... okay, WHAT.

So I was going to continue reposting, but I am too pissed off to do so right now. Return of the Failboat Fleet! News at 11! Heads-up credit goes to sheafrotherdon, as always.

From ColorofChange.org [<-- link goes to the petition; please sign!]:

Yesterday, the day after President Obama signed his stimulus bill into
law, the NY Post ran a cartoon depicting the bill's "author" as a dead
monkey, covered in blood after being shot by police. You can see the
image by clicking on the link below.

In the face of intense criticism, the Post's editor is standing by the
cartoon, claiming that it's not about Obama, has no racial undertones,
and that it was simply referencing a recent incident when police
shot a pet chimpanzee. But it's impossible to believe that any
newspaper editor could be ignorant enough to not understand how this
cartoon evokes a history of racist symbolism, or how frightening this
image feels at a time when death threats against President Obama have
been on the rise.

Please join me and other ColorOfChange.org members in demanding that
the Post apologize publicly and fire the editor who allowed this
cartoon to go to print.

FYI: The New York Times on the cartoon.

Ah, rage. What an excellent catalyst for activism. *sigh*