Brother, brother, brother

Somewhere in China there is a matriarchial society that has not followed the lead of the dominant Han culture in proclaiming 2008 as the Year of the Rat. Instead they have designated this year as the Year of Marvin Gaye.

Their proclamation has become prophecy. A brown-skinned man has ascended to be the presumptive presidential candidate for a major US political party. And his words seem to echo Mr. Gaye's:

"We don't need to escalate.

You see, war is not the answer."

"Bills pile up sky high,

Send that boy off to die."

"War is hell, when will it end,

When will people start gettin' together again"

and so on...