As everyone has heard, even troglodytes like me, Harry Belafonte called Colin Powell a "house slave" (I think he intended another word to come to mind) because Mr. Powell was not able to stand against the entire lot of D.C. (deepest apologies to Columbus) Machiavellians (deepest apologies to Machiavelli) champing at the bit (deepest apologies to horses) for war. It’s quite difficult to imagine a more idiotic statement, but of course I’m sure if given the chance he’d express even greater derision for the loyal Confederate slaves whose graves I’ve visited, who were shot, hung, and mutilated by marauding treasure-seeking … Continue reading Harry Belafonte vs. Colin Powell