The news is a little slow today. All anybody wants to do is say 'What a great man" MLK was and tell us that we need to be less racist. I have a theory about people that preach to the rest of us about the ills of racism, you know, like the folks that put "Eracism" bumper stickers on the back of the car. I get a funny feeling, as a hispanic, that I ought to avoid the person in that car.

Back in high school, we had a guy who used to wear sunglasses that had 'Just Say No' written all over it. He was one of the biggest potsmokers in school, yet nobody ever suspected him of smoking pot. That's the feeling I get from the people that preach to us about the ills of racism. The "Eracism" bumper sticker is like camouflage for racist.

Hopefully I'm not referring to any of my readers, but I think some people have to preach to us about racism because they have their own unresolved issues to take care of. Personally, I don't have a need to talk about the need to end racism, it doesn't affect me because I don't associate with racist. My friends aren't racist. My family isn't racist. I have no need to tell you how unracist I am. Since I don't associate with racist, I don't see it as often as others. It's because I rarely see it, I don't have a need to preach about it.

But others do, because they see it more than I do. They see it more because the people they associate with are. It's built into their world. Often times, they are the ones to use the racial names. Now, it may seem that I am talking about just white people here, but I am talking about all races.

Take for example Louis Farrakhan, whose commented that New Orleans "Reflects what white supremacy has done.", is an example of a man who claims that he wants to see an end to racism, but his actions only increase it. Somebody ought to remind Mr. Farrakhan that New Orleans was majority black.

And Mayor Nagin wants to live up to the King dream of racial harmony, but when he said "God Wants New Orleans to be majority black.", and to desire a "Chocolate New Orleans" is to tell white folks, they are no longer welcomed in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mayor Ray Nagin told a crowd gathered at City Hall for a Martin Luther King Day march that New Orleans will be "chocolate" again.

"We ask black people ... It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans — the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans," Nagin said Monday. "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans."

I don't take cream in my coffee, but this is going a little too far.

Imagine if Rudy Gulliani had said after 9-11 that New York should be white again. Mayor Ray Nagin's comments were nothing short of being racist and it's a crying shame that he disrespected Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of a "nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." while we take the day off in honor of him.

The greatest threat to the end of racism isn't members of white supremist organizations, they are at least visible enemies. It's people such as Mayor Ray Nagin and Louis Farrakhan that wear sheep's clothing but only lead the sheep to the wolf pack. They both say they want an end to racism, but on this day, a day we remember how far we've come as a nation, they both stood there to remind us how far we haven't came. Nagin and Farrakhan are simply two people that need to keep black people down, in order to prod theirselves up.

To the white people around the nation, I think Mayor Nagin's message is 'Yoo hoo' clear, you and your money doesn't belong in New Orleans. 'Hersey clear, white people add too much vanilla to Mayor Nagin's chocolate city. There isn't any milk in this chocolate, it's special dark. It's a city of music, a music where sharps and flats matter, but the regular notes don't. Mayor Nagin, I got your message, I'm not dark enough to go to YOUR city.

And those that have "Eracism" bumper stickers come to his defense. I can no longer support Mayor Ray Nagin.

NFL PLAYOFFS

I'm not going to rub it in to the Chicago Bears, nor would I to the Washington Redskins. Though I will admit, I found the grizzly performance scary. They were both teams that deserved to be where they are at, but the other teams were just better.

But I am sick and tired of hearing how lucky the Steelers and Broncos are. It wasn't luck that either team won. I picked the Broncos to win, I didn't pick the Steelers. I also stated that "if Pittsburgh played smashmouth football, they would walk away victors."

I figured Bill Cowar would make some terrible calls and lose the game, but to say the Colts should have beat Pittsburgh? Well, your momma shouldn't have had you, but she did, didn't she? Pittsburgh deserved that victory as much as anybody ever did. Pittsburgh is a good enough team that they could have very well been the team with homefield advantage. The Steelers may have been a sixth seed, but this isn't a typical playoff year. I've said all along that any team this year is capable of winning the superbowl. This is a unique year.

To say the Broncos got lucky against the Patriots? Right, a team that's won three out of the last four superbowls. A team that no other team has been able to beat twice in one season since Bill took over. A team that has been undefeated in the playoffs in their last 10 tries. A team that held the potent Colt offense to 6 points in the playoffs, ran away from Blitzburgh, man-handled the Eagles, used the Panther's fangs for toothpicks, and basically was being named histories greatest dynasty. But Denver just got lucky against them, by beating them twice in one year, and forcing five turnovers in one game. Denver took this cool and collected team no matter how down and out they were, and sent them into disarray, but don't give Denver credit. I guess New England Patriots just don't know how to play in big games, after all, they couldn't even beat Denver.

I believe that this NFL year is unlike any other. This year, any of the NFL playoff teams could have been in the NFL championship round. This year, the four best teams have made it to the conference championship round. Next Monday, we'll know who the two best teams are. They'll deserve to be there, unlike the eight teams that are sitting at home now.