Protesting Americans

A short while back, authorities found the body of a beautiful little girl. They theorize her mother killed her. They have arrested the mother for this horrific act. When they arrested and booked her, there were no protesters to be found. This was a human being-a baby. But remember the case of the football player and the dogs?

There are military personnel coming home broken in body and mind. There are hardly any people greeting them as they return and even fewer saying goodbye as they leave to do their duty. The ones that come back have to fight to get the much needed medical attention they deserve. There are no protests for them. There is no one telling the media how much they need their treatments. They are our fellow citizens of the human race. But remember the case of the professional football player and the dogs?

Another professional football player was awaken from sleep, tried to defend his family and home and was gunned down by intruders. They have arrested the people who are reported to be the assailants. There were no protest for the lost of a father, son, cousin and fiancee. Remember the case of the football player and the dogs?

There are people devastated by Katrina and her sister Rita. These people still live in trailers. Some can never go home. There are some who need medical attention, but they cannot get it because they do not have a permanent address. There are no protests for these our human neighbors. Remember the football player and the dogs?

A very prominent radio personality degraded our children by calling them "nappy headed hoes". Oh yes there were protest for a moment. He recently got a better job than the one before-where are the protesters?
Remember the dogs and the professional foot ballplayer?

There are drive by shootings daily in some parts of these United States, there are no protest about these events. As our sons and daughters and sometimes our friends are innocently gunned down, there are no protests. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

There is a missing young woman who left her children behind. There are no protests. Her children are still motherless. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

The media hunts down poor Brittany Spears like a pack of wolves. She almost drops her baby and it makes front page news. How many mothers have not almost dropped their babies? There is no protest for this tragic soul. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

A deranged man shoots up a college campus. He kills innocent people and wounds so many more. There is no protest concerning gun control. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

Drugs are in every neighbor including the so called good neighborhoods. Our children, our friends even our mothers are becoming addicted. There is no protest. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

People get a slap on the hand for driving under the influence. They may not have killed anyone as of yet, but we all know they eventually will. There is no protest. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

Aids is still killing, and there seems to be no one working on a cure. There is no protest. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

People are losing their homes to foreclosure daily. They are becoming homeless in the blink of an eye. There is no protest. Remember the dogs and the professional football player?

No, I am not a person who is fond of dogs, I like cats. More importantly, I love my fellow siblings of the human race. While we are protesting for the safety of our furry four legged friends who I know cannot protest themselves, let's remember that sometimes our fellow two legged friends need someone to protest for their rights when they can't.