{"id":333,"date":"2010-04-09T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T18:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2010-04-09T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T18:34:20","slug":"for-the-kids-april-5-9-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/for-the-kids-april-5-9-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Kids (April 5-9 edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tiger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-335\" title=\"Tiger Woods Nike\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dcdistrictdiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/tiger-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per usual, all types of tricks went down this week. Unfortunately, the trickiest of them all occurred in my home state:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell thought long and hard about what the Commonwealth of Virginia <em>really<\/em> needs, and came up with this declaration that the month of April will now be &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/OurCommonwealth\/Proclamations\/2010\/ConfederateHistoryMonth.cfm\">observed<\/a>&#8221; as Confederate History Month (after all, the negroes got there month last month, it&#8217;s only fair!) Beyond that, McDonnell made no mention of slavery at all.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/04\/07\/bob-mcdonnell-leaves-out_n_528733.html\">folks were upset<\/a>. What kills me, though, is that everyone&#8217;s riled up about McDonnell omitting slavery, and not the fact that there is even a &#8220;Confederate History Month&#8221; to &#8220;observe&#8221; and &#8220;celebrate&#8221; in the first place!\u00a0 Such <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> revisionist history of the Confederacy and what it stood for is disgusting to me.\u00a0 Slavery &#8212; in both the North and the South (and no I am not revising history to pretend as if the North was an non-complicit hero in this tale) &#8212; is an ugly part of American history. It should be deemed as such, studied, and &#8220;understood,&#8221; as McDonnell has suggested. But it should not be celebrated or glorified, and neither should the prison guards, traitors, and turncoats of the Confederacy.\u00a0 But, on the other hand, I like my racism where I can see it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No word from McDonnell on his suggestions for how we should &#8220;observe&#8221; this month. Only Jon Stewart can do it justice:<\/li>\n<table style=\"font: 11px arial;color: #333333;background-color: #f5f5f5;height: 353px\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"360\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e5e5e5\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px\"><a style=\"color: #333;text-decoration: none;font-weight: bold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px 5px;text-align: right;font-weight: bold\">Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px\" colspan=\"2\"><a style=\"color: #333;text-decoration: none;font-weight: bold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/thu-april-8-2010\/virginia-s-confederate-history-month---griffin-mascot\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia&#8217;s Confederate History Month &amp; Griffin Mascot<\/a><a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14px;background-color: #353535\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 5px 0px;width: 360px;overflow: hidden;text-align: right\" colspan=\"2\"><a style=\"color: #96deff;text-decoration: none;font-weight: bold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px\" colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 0px\" colspan=\"2\">\n<table style=\"margin: 0px;text-align: center;height: 100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"middle\">\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a style=\"font: 10px arial;color: #333;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a style=\"font: 10px arial;color: #333;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 3px;width: 33%\"><a style=\"font: 10px arial;color: #333;text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/videos\/tag\/Tea+Party\" target=\"_blank\">Tea Party<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On a lighter note, Tiger Woods returned to the game of golf after a pornstar scandal-induced 5-month hiatus. (Apparently, that&#8217;s a really long time to be away?) I still don&#8217;t care, but his creepy Nike come-back commercial got my attention.\u00a0 It features the voice of his dead father and Tiger blinking and looking like Mike Vick kicked his puppy.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/industry.bnet.com\/media\/10007719\/a-vulnerable-tiger-woods-focus-of-bold-nike-ad\/\">I don&#8217;t understand it<\/a>. But, this remixed version brought the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/video_18170_rejected-version-new-tiger-woods-nike-ad.html\">LOL&#8217;s<\/a>!<\/li>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/video_18170_rejected-version-new-tiger-woods-nike-ad.html\">Rejected Version of the New Tiger Woods Nike Ad<\/a> &#8212; powered by Cracked.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>But all the bad stuff melts away with one fantastic trailer, a symbol of hope for what is to come. O.M.G!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will be in New York, New York for the premiere. Who&#8217;s coming with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per usual, all types of tricks went down this week. 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