Follow me home
better have a full tank, money for shoes
What you fools think
-Peedi Crakk, Freeway, Young Chris, Beanie Siegel, "One For"
Found myself reading about Philly's recent violence and drawing my own parallels between what's happening down (shouts to hot chocolatathoughts for the link) there with what's been going on in Boston (and around the country). They had 100 homicides before April. That is nuts. It's odd how if subconsciously we equate crime with reality. Contrasting similar situations serves to validate or null some arguments just because things may pale in comparison. A dozen murders in a month may see an outcry in the Bean, but it could be a typical weekend in the D. Somebody might say, "oh my." I said might.
I did find it ironic that former Philly City Councilor Michael Nutter is calling for Mayor Street to declare a state of emergency. My local heads will recall that Reverend Bruce Wall has been pushing for Mayor Menino to do the very same thing here (and Bob Donovan in Milwaukee). And to top it off, both of them are considering a run for mayor in the next election against the current incumbent. But I have found Wall's posturing to be more about himself in the grander scheme of things. I have seen his passion firsthand and wouldn't want to detract from that community activism, but even the whole notion of being mad because the police commissioner won't meet with him seemed absurd to me. Go where he'll be and say whattup, is the thought that came to me upon first hearing that nonsense.
Someone asked me not long ago when I was going to run for office. I laughed it off. They knew I was working on the homie's campaign and figured they'd put it out there. Not to mention my moms is nuts and she once left a rambling voice mail message saying something to the effect of, "you need to run for office and I'll do all the cooking until you get married." That lady is hilarious. I might have to post a stream of one of her messages. They are cult classics. Just not for the faint of heart though. So anyways, I've been messing with a few people's heads and no when asked that question, I respond by saying that i am going to run for mayor if no one steps up to oppose Menino in the next race. It'll be fun. I think I'm going to have to keep toying with that one for a little bit. Konichiwa, b!tches.
2 comments:
try it out. you just might win.
First of all, LMAO @ your mom's phone message! That is hilarious!
Yea man, shit is crazy out here. It's crazy cuz I remember being in the bean, perpetually in shock everytime I heard of another homicide. Then when I was up there in April the Metro reported on the 17th homicide of the year. I was like, "huh? 17? 17!" I was buggin cuz at that point, Philly was already at 100. It's crazy man. It's scary. A state of emergency should be called but I don't know how much good that would do. Brothas are angry and broke and most importantly... they don't give a fuck. They could care less about being murdered or locked up for life. They don't expect anything else. Last month, a mothers group was holding a candle light vigil outside for crime victims. A shooting started in the area and one of the moms got shot. What the fuck kind of irony is that!? I have no ideas of how this mess can be fixed..
Anyway, you should run for Mayor damnit. Bump Menino.
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