Stepped on What?

My Uncle Shortboy used to ask "Stepped on What?" when he heard something incredulous or half-baked. A lot happens in the news but one thing this week that caused me to stop and think was when NY Governor Patterson commuted the sentence a black man sentenced to prison for killing a white man who came to his house with violence in mind. It was a bold move by Patterson who has, more than once, felt heat from detractors. Uncle Shortboy, who was the first family member to come to upstate New York from North Carolina, would be laughing after hearing this story.