Another Case of the Porch Monkey

Have you been keeping up with your local chimpanzee news lately? If you haven't here's a quick update:

February 16, 2009 - A pet chimpanzee attacks its owners friend (click here to read the story)

February 18, 2009 - The New York Post runs the above cartoon (click here to read backlash)

First things first, what are you doing with a pet chimpanzee? Secondly, why is everyone so surprised that wild animals get buck wild every now and then. If you read the story, you'll see there were so many violations and signs that In the words of Chris Rock, "...that tiger went tiger."

Thirdly, the "covert" or rather overt racism isn't even debatable. I would hope that the watch dogs wouldn't spend any significant amount of time with this ignorance. It's like the Lakers arguing with the Clippers over who gets the good parking at the Staples Center.

Lastly, and not really talked about is the stereotype (which typically have some truth to it) that the police will shoot a black man in cold blood whenever they want to. It's very disturbing that even cartoonist recognize this and it's not just a black thang.