crash course in polite conversation

Ya, I know, I'm a little behind on the news, but WHAT! Apparently President Obama called Kanye West a jackass on TV!! Wow! I'd say the evolution of the office has now officially come full circle. Of course being a public office and all apologies from the network were immediately dispatched and the PR clean-up machine went into overdrive saying how it was off-the-record. And then Kelly Clarkson went and wrote the guy (Kanye) an open letter about did he have a lot of emotional problems as a kid? was his mum not kind enough to him? has he led a depraved life?... and I'm thinking, Dude, clearly there's a dis-interface of values here. The guy's as black as they come: doesn't know the meaning of decorum; thinks Fidy[50 Cent, y'all]'s cool for gett'n shot nine times, "He a gangster!"; puts on jeans thrice his actual size, or suits and those Airforce(TM) sneakers; plays Grand Theft Auto and Kingpin: Life of Crime during his free time; plus which, this ain't his first time crashing the awards. And you're gonna what, recommend a hug, or counselling? Ask him to bare his soul? Tell him it's OK to cry, to let it all out? Attribute his un-simpatico disposition to deep-seated emotional problems? Duude! {{{incredulous look on face}}}

But I gotta say, big-ups to the Pres for being real. Helps when you see from people in positions with power of some note show you that we're all just human in the end. And that it's OK to express your shock as you see fit. I just wonder if that "expression of feeling" would be so welcome if it went the other way, say me [a nobody] speaking out against the Vice President [THE somebody]. It might not be applauded, I'm guessing. If I had something less-than-polite to express about the vice president, I'd have to find a respectful way to say it, wouldn't I? Like I can't just up and call him a moron for speaking in a manner likely to infringe on the speaker's independence, right? See people like him should know that because of their office or otherwise (and in his case I'm pretty sure it's exclusively because of the office; I'm doubting if he didn't have that power backing him up people would pay him nearly as much mind) anything they say no matter how insignificant can have far-reaching consequences. When you're the vice president it's not just your personal opinion any more. And so they should sit down and think before they speak, or say anything in public. But he's lucky he did a thing like that in a country like this, where it begins and ends with what tribe you are. Where such misdemeanours simply get let slide as mere "political rhetoric." Where no one's gonna remember anything you do five days later, so it's a good thing the elections come once every five years coz by then, definitely it won't even come up. Totally figures, especially when you consider the fact that it took us 24 years to get so fed up that we overturned an oppressive regime in 2002. Who knows, maybe in another 24....

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