MLK day was Monday. Park Hill Elementary School is this really beautiful school in North Little Rock. It sits on JFK avenue and in front of the school is a retaining wall. Over the weekend (last) they went out there to paint a mural honoring Doctor King. It was a nice mural (notice the ominous 'was' in that sentence) which had a painted portrait of Dr. King on it along with one of his sayings ("we have learned to fly through the air like birds, sin the seas like fish, but have not learned to walk like brothers on the Earth"). I pass along this wall, now mural every morning on my way to work. I like the mural, I found it fitting, I found it powerful, I enjoyed it. Hoever in the back of my mind I thought.
"That is not lasting until Thursday". What is today? Thursday. Has the mural been defaced? Yep.
Some sumbitch lacking all their required chromosomes took a spray can and completely covered the portrait of Dr. King. Then since Mr. Vincent Van Gogh didn't think it was enough, drew a, well he painted a... a... well... a schlong (no bonus points if you can guess where it was pointed to).
Three days, the mural didn't last three days down here. I guess, actually, that is probably a record for this forsaken part of the country. Three days!
So here begins the blog. A compiling of the 100 (or more) reasons the South should be re-invaded. Ok, maybe that's too strong. Maybe the south should merely secede again from the Union. That way I can claim political asylum in America.
I feel the ramble monster coming, so we'll just stop here.
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I can understand how you feel. I was the one who painted Dr. King's face on there, and just heard about it this afternoon (I was on a member development retreat for the past few days with my corps members).
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