The news of the passing away of Rosa Parks is splashed all over the internet, and for no unobvious reasons. I studied about Parks in school and I came to read of her later on in some Italian class.
I learned of her death through muppetlord’s blog. I did not have the time to listen to or read any news recently, and that explains my tardy learning of Parks’ death. I was struck by a shade of sadness and pain. A feeling somewhat shallow, because as I read the news bit on the BBC site, I noticed that Kwame Kilpatrick is still mayor of Detroit.

It is odd what the human mind captures of seemingly important matters. There I was, reading about the death of the prominent spark behind the modern US civil rights movement and I noticed that Kwame Kilpatrick has won the elections in Detroit. He was running for the position, to resume his previous round, against Freman Hendrix during the final days of my stay in Michigan. The issue was big at the time, and it looks like it still is. Kilpatrick seems to have a knack at having scandals glued to his name.

Kilpatrick’s reelection takes the “wow” out of the current political situations of Arab and Muslim countries, I’d say.

October 27th note: I need to brush up on my news. Kilpatrick is still in office because the elections are scheduled November 8th. Should Kilpatrick win, my entry will be valid as a comment on that victory. Should Hendrix win, it would serve as a critique on Kilpatrick’s time. I do apologize for the errors in dates.