Notorious B.H.O., Sequel: On Point

You turned me out, you turned me on
And then you dropped me to the ground
You dropped a bomb on me 
--You Dropped a Bomb on Me, The Gap Band 

 We're drawin' the line,
So keep your noses hidden!
We're hangin' a sign,
Says "Visitors forbidden"
And we ain't kiddin'!
--Jet Song, West Side Story

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility.
It is like advertising and it is the same effect
that is achieved -- commitment to a scenario 
--Jean Baudrillard

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We commented on the "Notorious B.H.O" over a year ago HERE. As our first Black President, Mr. Obama is being tested yet again for his street cred over the issue of whether to bomb Syria. We wonder if other Presidents had to prove their credibility on the basis of their not quailing when an opportunity to shoot presents.

The same imperative stacks black bodies up in Chicago, Detroit, D.C. and every other gangsta ghetto. Perhaps the question is a sign of the times; more likely, the expectation that comes with having elected a black man from Chicago. Except a cruise missile is a little more than a 5 by 38.

Just think of any other recent murder in the press and imagine the perp stating that he killed to keep his credibility intact. If we are repelled at the thought of honor killings in the mafia, then why not those that issue from our Oval Office? As for the dead as a result of the cred-getting gesture? Buonanime, baby.

Why do we cry in our beer over Saturday Night street cred killings, while demanding, sanctioning or accepting them on a much larger scale at a national level?

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue should not be the address of a credibility-seeking street thug, nor should we be cheering on such behavior.