The Lazy Blogger

Will Smith (Photo on left) seen kissing Jada Pinkett Smith.
Here is a little FF. Jada is actually only 3 ft tall and must be carried by Will.




In the USA Today they ran a article of letters from famous people about the Inaguration of President Obama. It was exactly what you would expect. A bunch of Obama slurping vomit. However Will Smith's letter stood out. Here is what he said.

For me, it was something that I've always believed. I've read the Declaration of Independence. I've read the Constitution. I have the preamble memorized. It's something I've always believed in, and when Barack Obama won, it validated a piece of me that I wasn't allowed to say out loud - that America is not a racist nation.

I love that all of our excuses have been removed. African-American excuses have been removed. There's no white man trying to keep you down, because if he were really trying to keep you down, he would have done everything he could to keep Obama down. Yes, there are racist people who live here, absolutely. But they're not the majority anymore.

I'm an African American, and I was able to climb to a certain point in Hollywood. On that journey, I realized people weren't trying to stop me. Most people were trying to help me. Before Obama won the presidency, it was like, I'm the exception. Tiger is the exception. Michael Jordan is the exception. Bill Cosby is the exception. But there's something about being the leader of the free world, with every other position on earth below that. You can't argue with that. If Barack Obama can win the presidency of the United States, you can absolutely be the manager at Saks.

Come on. It was such a fantastic experience for me to be able to say out loud that I love America and not be called an Uncle Tom. That I can stand out, and I can say out loud that I love this country and not get funny looks.

I don't think we are African Americans, Irish Americans or Japanese Americans anymore. I think Americans are a new race of people. We are Americans of African descent. We are Americans of Irish descent.

It's a whole new world.

Thanks Will Smith! I couldn't agree more. While it is historic to have the first 50% African American President it's also true that people have to stop making excuses. As I tried avoiding watching the Inauguration, I failed since it was on for about 4 days on every channel, I did see some of the coverage. It seemed like all the commentators were telling me how guilty the white people should feel and how vindicated the black people should feel. Huh? I thought we were all Americans?

We should all feel proud to be an American. To live in a country where anyone can achieve their dreams. Who cares what color they are anymore? I know I don't.

Here is another nugget of fun. first it was done as a joke on SNL. Funny. But Ashford and Simpson decided to do a complete lyric change. That was bad idea #1. Bad idea #2 was what Valerie Simpson decided to wear.

ICYMI - Ashford & Simpson's - Solid As Barack @ Yahoo! Video