The New York Post published a cartoon lampooning the recent shooting of a pet chimpanzee and connected the chimpanzee to President Barack Obama with the caption "I quess they're going to have to find someone else to write the stimulas bill," or words to that effect.

In doing this, the Post has revived a way of thinking that harkens back to the early 1800s. In 1831 George Fitzhugh wrote a pro slavery propoganda document called Cannibals all of Them: Slaves without masters. In that document cartoons depicting African slaves as half human and half beast Some images are combined with apes and others are combined with elephants.

To suggests that the employee of the Post lacks the education which would have taught him this would be an insult the intelligence of those of us who are aware of this historical document. The text of the document mirrors the ideology of modern day conservative ideology. However that would take pages and pages to discuss. What can be discussed from that text is the fact that that type propoganda has been preserved and continues to be taught in universities across the country to this day.

Fitzhugh calls his text the "sociology of the south." It attempts to justify slavery as a necessary evil whic must be maintained. He claims that the alternative woud be Socialism or Communism. We hear these arguments today with the language slightly transposed. The conservatives use this transposed language the most.

I would suggest that those who don't think that the cartoon meant to portray a link between the chimp and Obama read George Fitzhugh. Those who read him will think that they are reading into the political philosophy of today's politically conservative minded individuals.

There should be a backlash against the Post from those who are justified in being offended by that type of content. The question the Post should have to answer is whether they are advocating the shooting of the President of the United States. Their denial of such intent is as transparent as the words of Alex Rodriguez when he spoke to Katie Curic.

Fortunately the rest of the media is addressing the issue. No suprise that the only suport that the Post is receiving is coming from FOX News and other conservative media jocks.