Messianic? or just messy? Many of us wrote to kind of "frame the issue". Pete and Woodie didn't effect great change either, but contributed to a sense of awareness and identity within some times of substantial political movement. In actuallity much of it backwards (McCarthy's heyday) Since that time it has taken a degree of bravery to utter any leftist idea. I liked the comments about Tupac Shakur wearing all the Nike merchandise. Could all that brand identity be sold without TV? I did read a fairly encouraging puff piece in the Sunday Magazine about a Rap Singer named L L Cool J, that led us to believe that he had made a change in his life and was openly discussing the mistakes he made.... Where there is life there is hope.