Rev. Joseph E. Lowery electrified supporters of Coretta Scott King with his eulogy for her. His eulogy also offended the followers of George W. Bush, who squirmed in his seat like a petulant child behind Lowery.

Bush's followers criticized Lowery.

Yesterday, Lowery spoke out.

Many emitted understandable groans over the prospect of none other than George W. Bush showing up at the funeral of one of America's civil rights legends, Coretta Scott King, and shamelessly attempting to pretend that he shares her vision.

The Bush vision is totally different than that of the departed African American leader.  As Texas governor Bush made a sweetheart deal with corporate polluters, which resulted in the befouling of the air in Houston.  

Those in Houston's poorest neighborhoods, African Americans and Hispanics who had their lungs invaded by the noxious poisons, incurred the major health detriment.  The very young and  elderly were most at risk.

Not only do these hypocritical conservatives want to step in and tell me and my family that I can be kept alive for years against my wishes, a petri dish harboring their precious "culture of life," now they want to control the "message" at my funeral. Well ... I've got news for them. It's time they shut their yaps, this GOP party of control freaks extraordinaire.

Not that I plan on departing anytime soon, but today's hyped-up, hand-wringing caterwauling about the "politicizing" of Coretta Scott King's funeral makes me inclined to officially endorse any use political that can be made of my death. Just to piss them off, you know. (As one is in life, I'm assuming one will be in the hereafter.)

Progressive Americans, particularly progressive African-Americans, can't be allowed a single day to express themselves.  No, it's the role of Americans to act as prop for the establishment of Right Wing ideals, and should anyone dare speak even a dash of truth to power, that's just... rude.

President Bubble Boy emerged from hiding yesterday just long enough to encounter actual Americans at the funeral of Coretta Scott King, and in doing so, got his ears burned by the words of people who had known and worked with Mrs. King for decades.  Of course, from the undented smirk on his face, it wasn't clear the president understood, or even heard, the comments.

That didn't stop the right from being outraged.  Outraged, I say! By the political statements at the funeral of someone who was involved in political actions all her life.