Single Mother's Day

Just finished watching obama give a fathers day speech ata church in south side chicago. I have to say, he is really fucking good at what he's doing. It's really interesting watching a politician be good, in some ways it tells you that he is good at deceiving but in Barak's case i feel a truth permeate every political mask he must wear. Being at a black church he changed the his rap a little bit, he put a little more on god then he normally would have (maybe it's cause he was in a church.....i'm an idiot), he had a little more swagger, but it was real and really touching. Did you know more then half of all black children in this country are raised by a single parent, and that's double the number from the 70's. It really made me think about the kids i grew up with, who is where and how their home environment had an effect on there lives. Sometimes i like to say that people raised by single mothers are stronger, and in a way they are, but looking at my troops.....it's a sad story. I was talking to my mom the other day about how i have two sets of friends. One set is amazingly talented but never accomplishing anything, one is somewhat talented and graduating college moving to new york and working on wall street........you can guess which set was raised without a dad. Every single one, all my friends who sell drugs, are in and out a jail, fight, they were all raised in single parent homes. Makes me think.

peace
marc