Racism! Racism!

No Salute for Remark
About Flying of Flags

by Amy Worden
Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG - A heated debate on the state House yesterday over flag flying degenerated into a less-than-patriotic slur session when a black Philadelphia lawmaker called a white colleague "a cracker."

Rep. John Myers directed the epithet at a fellow Democrat, Rep. Thomas Yewcic of Cambria County, after Yewcic spoke in support of a bill to allow homeowners to fly the American flag even if their homeowners' association forbids it.

Medic's Musings: I'm shocked! Imagine,..in this day and age, people STILL use the "C" word! As I gaze into my crystal (meth) ball,..I can foresee the following outcomes from this travesty:

• The Right Rev Thurston Howell III, leader of the Morally Oppressed People of European Descent (MOPED) will lead a march on Harrisburg on Monday, July 4th
• Students in Wynnewood, Merion and Upper Dublin will burn down their synagogues; students in Gladwyne and Wayne will overturn and burn their Lexuses and Beemers
• CNN and MSNBC will interrupt their 24/7 coverage of the Natalee Holloway body recovery to focus attention on the plight of poor, Western Pennsylvanians
• Rep. Myers will face censure in the PA House. In a public apology, he'll plead his statement was "taken out of context." He'll go on to explain that he meant "cracker" as a derivation of "coal cracker," a job many Western Pennsylvanians held for years.
• The UNtied Nations will condone,....I mean, condemn Myers' actions and call for a boycott of North Philadelphia.

Yup,..think it all sounds stupid? When the shoe is on the other foot, it usual does!