By The Time I Get To Arizona

Greetings all. I hope your New Year started off well. For those of you following, I am 16 pounds into my Operation Anti-Disco Three. 16 pounds closer to Bill Winters hand delivering the DVD collection that Netflix refuses to carry....yes, BJ and the Bear! But that is not what brings me here today. Is it to discuss Jodie Foster coming out of the closet on the Golden Globes? Is it to argue once again that Starbuck wasn't a woman (that's for you, Terence)? Don't think that I have forgotten about Netflix, the big red rig, and the ape in people clothes, either. But....nay nay...these are not the reasons that I am here today.

                                                       
Many of you may remember the 1991 Public Enemy release "By The Time I Get To Arizona". This was about Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a holiday. This was a huge black eye (irony) for the state of Arizona. People threatened to stop visiting the state, cactus viewing was down, and the Super Bowl was moved away from the state. The state finally came to its senses and voted to acknowledge MLK Jr's birthday as a holiday. But what does any of this have to do with why I am here?

The University of Arizona is offering Hip Hop as a minor! The State that would not acknowledge the importance of the Civil Rights movement now wants its students to compare Rakim and KRS One? I am wondering if I can get my bachelor's in Information Systems and Minor in Hip Hop? I checked, U of Arizona offers their degree programs online. I am almost willing to pay out of pocket to get my degree from them just so I can minor in Hip Hop. The debates that I could have with other students (who are mostly "college age") on this topic would be borderline epic. The thing that is slowing me down on this is the fact that they will probably get into PDDFL and Weezy, and I may completely lose it. I will have to look into this further, and see if this is possible. Hopefully I will figure it out by the time I get to Arizona.

I know that this post went nowhere for most of you, but the fact that I can study the impact of Public Enemy's "By The Time I Get To Arizona", on the State of Arizona, at the University of Arizona just makes it all worth while. So, until next time....Stay Salty.

-Salty Dog