Detroit Mayor's Apology "Too Little, Too Late"

You wouldn't want to be Kwame Kilpatrick right now. The Detroit Mayor has got to be one of the dumbest men alive. First, he was dumb enough to get involved in an extramarital affair. Second, he was dumber still to do it while being the mayor of a major city. Third, he was an idiot for letting the scandal simmer for so long before breaking his silence about it. But break it he did, on Wednesday in a televised address to Detroit. He made his speech from a church, but that probably didn't score him any points with God. The Detroit Free Press has been giving excellent coverage of the bizarre happenings in Detroit's City Hall: The Free Press filed a Michigan Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Kilpatrick and the city on Jan. 3, claiming the city was withholding secret documents that flesh out why Kilpatrick abruptly agreed to settle with the cops last October after losing in a jury trial. Earlier, the mayor had pledged to appeal. In the September circuit court trial, former Deputy Chief Gary Brown and Officer Harold Nelthrope won a $6.5-million verdict. They said Kilpatrick ruined their careers for their involvement in an investigation that could have exposed his extramarital affairs, including with his chief of staff Christine Beatty. FULL STORY.... For a scathing bit of satire and sarcasm, read Skeptical Brotha's "Kwame Apologizes" ... one of the sharpest and funniest bits of writing I've seen in a while.