Who's Your Daddy?

Al Sharpton Amidst A Strom Of Controversy
March 6, 2007

JACKSONVILLE FL -- It had often been said that if one digs too deeply, he is bound to discover something he really did not want. The curious nature of man will not permit us to stop digging at a predefined level, thus we continue to sift through the dirt that laid dormant for ages. Sometimes our sifting uncovers a piece of rock that is to big to fall through the holes in the pan. That kind of rock was recently dropped into the lap of Reverend Al Sharpton.

For more than 40 years, Al Sharpton has been a vocal figurehead of the push for African American civil rights. His statements, be they all just, were often deemed to be overtly provocative again the "Establishment" [white run Federal Government]. Some of his statement were even considered to be borderline racist in a sense. Let us pause there for a moment, and talk about another individual.

One of the longest seated members of Congress was Strom Thurman. Strom made no bones about his position on matters of civil liberties, affirmative action, and African Americans in general. Strom Thurman was once classified and the "Biggest Bigot In Congress" even surpassing Jessie Helms of North Carolina. If anyone represented the embodiment of the "Establishment", Strom Thurman was such a man.

With the foregoing thought in mind, one would find it easy to believe that Al Sharpton would bump heads with Strom Thurman on more than 90% of the issues. My extremely wise mother once told me that "it is easy to tell brothers by the way they fight".

A recently genealogy survey was performed and the results was a revelation that not even Al Sharpton was prepared to accept or believe. According to the survey, Al Sharpton is distantly related to Strom Thurman. This would not normally be a surprising revelation for many Americans by virtue of the fact that there nothing in America is purely black or purely white anymore; indeed, the bloods lines of slave owners and that of their slaves were mixed quite frequently as anyone named Jefferson may attest. Regardless, Al Sharpton is in staunch denial of the results. He [Sharpton] has always maintained that his family is rooted in Chicago. What Al Sharpton failed to realize is that many freed slaves migrated to Midwestern states like Illinois, Wisconsin, and Ohio. That fact alone makes it possible that tainted bloodlines may have taken root in those states as well. With that thought in mind, it is extremely possible that Al Sharpton's bloodline may be tied to that of Strom Thurman.

As previously stated, nothing is pure in America anymore. America is a melting pot of multiple diverse cultures. It is very fair to say that if David Duke were to dig deep enough, he may find a little chocolate syrup on the whipped cream. This writer feels that even if he [me] were to dig deeply, he may discover that he is distantly related to one he is not very fund of. "Can't Do It, Won't Happen, Just Wouldn't Be Prudent".

-- Numinous Owl -- The All Seeing Owl - March 6, 2007