Who the Hell is Beulah?

 

Beulah says

Who the hell is Beulah?

I don’t use this symbol as a way of tearing down of

My own race

I use it as an explanation of how a man who raised his kids alone can some times feel

I mean when my wife passed away, this macho cop had to become mommy and daddy

So I created a caricature, a mammy to laugh at my plight

And to help with my transition into the new dual role of parent hood

the transition of braiding hair, and getting kids ready for school

you guys know the drill

And you have to take your hats off to woman who have been raising kids alone for ever

It’s funny

All of my brothers and I had two raised their kids mostly alone

My oldest brother who recently died

Was my hero

He had a child in his 50’s and raised him alone until his death

My youngest brother has a lovely lovely daughter

He too raised his daughter alone

Then their was me with my three and more

My father once looked around the table at a holiday

And asked where all of the women are

But he didn’t mean it in a nasty way

After all Dad

You raised us this way, to take care of our children

And all that

So guys when you see Beulah

Don’t take it as a slight against black woman

She is my alter ego, the one that cooks and cleans

And take care of all of Gods Chillen

Anyway recently

I have started really listening to my republican friends

And what I have found is astounding to me

They really like Palin

Consider Obama to be less than American

And in some ways simply inferior

They believe the nonsense that the Republican Party puts out

They believe that their party actually chose good leaders

And many of them believe that democrats are actually ill read and informed

Let me break this down for them quickly

From Ronald Reagan to Sarah Palin

The Republican Party which is after all about big business

Tends to put these not so bright figure heads in office

Reagan was not a heavy thinker

And he had not too much sympathy for people

That’s where I don’t get the religious connection

With the Republican Party

For a people who love god so much

They sure don’t like to give any thing to any one

They believe in the old school welfare state

What I found amazingly was people

Who were so concerned about any one who they think?

Doesn’t work or is lazy

Concerned that these people

Who in effect or America’s poor are lazy

Not true

And that they are stopping these other Americans from getting any

Of the fruits of their labor

A bunch of welfare queens getting over

They like figure heads and are concerned about

Real people getting in office

I don’t want real people in office

I want the best and brightest in office

I don’t want me running things I am real

I want more

They like a Palin who they think for some reason is real

Or a bush who they think is home grown

When in fact he is a blue blood

It’s amazing the lack of clarity

Republicans have

The disconnect they the exhibit

And the hateful way in which they seek to deprive

The poor and infirmed of any thing

They create a Joe the plumber

And then throw this idiot in our faces

What about Miguel the door man

Or Leroy the gas station attendant

We don’t need stand in for real people

But republicans do

McCain real, please

This man is rich and crazy

She be seeking therapy

Instead of trying to run a country

Palin she calls and brings out all of the worst in this country

And if republicans put this silly woman up front

They will lose again

There is a new world order

Out there

And this countries inherent hatred of intellect

Is astounding

Granted on the other side you have

Unrealistic liberals

Fighting silly wars that can’t be won

The anti war folks

Are simply out of touch

There is nothing wrong with a war fought for the right reasons

Nothing wrong with defending America

We just have to stop thinking that America is the world

Anyway I just left a long conversation with a republican friend

That left me breathless

Ok so Beulah got to get ready for work

Got to wash some clothes first

Find some food for my huddled masses

Finish up two sculptures that have to be delivered tomorrow

Help a few college students later with their homework

And more

Beulah is tired