Juneteenth

Coming up on this weekends show:

• Cultural Literacy of Outtakes
• Telephone Service
• Cocaine
• Much Much More

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.

Also, Jun 19th is officially listed as Garfield (the cat)'s birthday. Which means that rather than being a particularly unfunny Comic Strip, Garfield may actually be a metaphor for the fate of the emancipated black man in America.

Consider: He beats the crap out of Odie who is the symbol of southern oppression being that he's not only white but a dog, like the dogs used to hunt down escaped slaves questing for their freedom. Odie drools too like the stereotype of the inbred yokel.

Consider: Nermal is the next generation coming up but he has no substance to him, he's all surface. He represents the hip hop generation that is more concerned with bling and 'stret cred' than the struggle for equality

Consider: Jon Arbuckle represents the government. He appears to be dimwitted and to cowtow to Garfield's needs but let's face it, Garfield may be emancipated but he isn't really free is he? Jon owns that cat and seems all but completely indifferent to any of Garfield's attempts to change the status quo and make his voice heard.