bush takes on hiphop nation

i didn't watch the state of the union address, but apparently in between the talk of dismantling social security and "responsible" spending, the prez announced an initiative to provide inner city youth with alternatives to gang membership (which is on the rise again, even here in the metromess) and, um, hiphop. journo/author jeff chang weighs in here with an interesting take: that the sound you heard in the background during dubya's address was the lefties, snoozing through yet another opportunity.