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March 17, 2009
Open Thread

Posted by Van Helsing at March 17, 2009 10:57 AM
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Does this not NAIL down liberals or what!!
Posted by: TED at March 17, 2009 11:17 AM
Stupid brainless liberal moonbats they should put on a with in their front window reading IM A DUMB LIBERAL MOONBAT I CARRY NO GUN SO ALL BURGLARS,LOOTERS AND HOUSE BREAKERS ARE WELCOME BECUASE I WONT CALL THE POLICE BECUASE IM S BRAINLESS LIBERAL MOONBAT
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at March 17, 2009 11:30 AM
posted this in yesterday's open thread today... figured I'd stick it on the new opne thread now:
British mother begs for someone to sleep with her 21 year old Down's Syndrome son
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1162401/Will-sleep-Downs-syndrome-son-Mother-makes-appeal-lover-21-year-old-Otto.html
Jesus help us all.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2009 11:34 AM
When Racism Isn't Racism
The word “racism” seems to be bandied about with such frequency in America that it’s as if at least every third word emanating from some communities is either the charge of racism or the epithet, racist. I think that since it’s almost as commonplace as the use of the N-word in rap lyrics and since it’s so often misused, racism should be banished like the N-word has been from the American lexicon, even in rap lyrics.
To my knowledge, no other word but that N-word has ever been deemed so repulsive that it was deemed necessary to forbid its use, under penalty of law in some jurisdictions, and to dispatch it to the depths of a new Dantesque circle of Hell.
Granted, n****r isn’t a very pleasant word, nor are flatulence, vomit, and thousands of other English words. The terms ”AOL” and “politics” are almost equivalently unpleasant to millions of people, to students the initials ”SAT’s” can evoke tremors of disgust and trepidation, and to the Irish the word “British” can have comparable effects.
The preceding excursion into reductio ad absurdam is meant to accent the absurdity of overreaction to the N-word and to emphasize the overuse and selective use of the charge of racism in our society. Very often it is applied to crimes committed against Hispanics by Whites which cannot be termed racism since both Whites and (most) Hispanics are Caucasians. If anything, it could be called, “ethnicism.”
As kids, we used to chant, “Sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never harm me,” in a lame response to verbal harassment. Today, the school harasser would be accused of bullying or worse and probably be consigned to detention or sent home on suspension. More absurdity.
The banning of the N-word is made conspicuously more ridiculous by virtue of the fact that equally mean-spirited and derogatory terms such as spic, kike, mick, guinea, chink, slope et al., which I am permitted to use without fear of legal repercussions, are permissible even if not condoned. They certainly do not raise hackles like the use of “n****r” does.
While I don’t endorse or advocate the use of any such terms in writing or in social discourse, I also don’t endorse or advocate the actions of today’s PC mentality which makes their use tantamount to screaming, “Fire!” in a crowded movie theater when there is no fire and when the results could be catastrophic.
We Americans of Irish descent have gotten over being treated like dirt and being avoided like the plague by “polite” society. We ignored the ubiquitous warning signs that “Irish Need Not Apply” and we applied anyway and when we were rejected as unfit we moved on and secured other jobs, sometimes better jobs, sometimes worse, but our forebears knew that bitching was counterproductive so they just worked harder.
We elected an Irish-American president in 1960 and, if we ever had any doubts, we forever abandoned any thoughts that we were second class, or permanently steerage class, American citizens.
I understand the emotional baggage associated with the word n****r which conjures up within the Black community visions of slavery, discrimination, Jim Crow Laws, etc.
However, slavery is long gone in our world, except in Black Muslim Sudan and in a rare few other places outside the U.S, and systemic, legalized racism has been legislated out of existence for generations in America thanks to, literally, thousands of federal, state, and local statutes which make it a criminal act.
When Barack Hussein Obama was elected President of the United States last November 4th, millions of Americans assumed that would be the final nail in the coffin of alleged racism against Blacks. Forty three percent of White Americans voted for him, which was proof positive that Jim Crow was dead and America could finally move on as a racially unified nation.
That was not to be, mainly because almost 100% of Black Americans effectively voted for racism by casting their ballots against the White candidate, John McCain. Our new Black Attorney General later made it vividly clear that he believed if Joe Six-Pack didn’t invite Tyrone-Ripple to his next family bbq then Joe was evidently a racist, and a coward to boot: http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=847
The latest example of Black racism run amok are the protests against White, Jewish comedian Jackie Mason’s use of the yiddish word, “schwartza,” in reference to Blacks, http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/jackie-mason-racism-charges/383621: ”Mason.
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com/.)
Posted by: Berlet98 at March 17, 2009 12:21 PM
Posted by: TED at March 17, 2009 1:02 PM
Posted by: TED at March 17, 2009 1:08 PM
I found this posted on FreeRepublic. What Ms. Geller has to say is precisely what I've been thinking, but she puts it much better than I could. I'm going to FORCE my moonbat sisters to read this the next time they call me paranoid.
Posted by: hiram at March 17, 2009 1:55 PM
Oops, linky no worky.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2208495/posts
Posted by: hiram at March 17, 2009 1:56 PM
So if they are successful in banning guns, everyone will go old school and start carrying archery paraphernalia. When that is banned- boomerangs and throwing sticks. Maybe bolos. Slings are fun. And then, when they ban All ranged weapons, and we're reduced to throwing rocks, will they ban rocks as well? If they'd just ban rocks now, that would be alright; it would save me considerable quantities of money if I didn't have to keep my riding horse shod & padded to guard against stone bruises, not to mention the aggravation of broken plow points in the field!
Posted by: Brooke at March 17, 2009 3:08 PM
And just think, Brooke... the criminals will still be carrying firearms.
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2009 4:17 PM
Brooke,
I'll still have my 4 ft. axe handle for close quarters occasions. :)
Posted by: Farmer Ted at March 17, 2009 5:06 PM
Obama behaving more and more like a tinpot dictator...
Overturning the rule that allows pilots to carry guns.
Wants to end the filibuster to force his edicts through congress.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at March 17, 2009 6:38 PM
The feminist woman in the cartoon looks pleased to be oppressed by the patriarchal "minority gentleman".
Conservatives support Feminism as well, so I guess it's irrelevant.
Posted by: boobear at March 17, 2009 8:10 PM
just in case anyone though Obambi would take peoples' advice and focus on the economy instead of dicking around with stupid crap.
Posted by: mega at March 17, 2009 9:47 PM
I'm SURE Iran, our new bestest ally, will GLADLY sign on to that. Once they find gays in their country, that is.
Posted by: David Waldman at March 17, 2009 11:11 PM
Nappy Napolitano has banned the use of the term 'terrorist' when referring to...um...terrorists?
Oh no!
*!!!CRASH!!!*
Unknown Voice: Hands on your head, you hate mongering punk!
Napolitano Newspeak to congress: We have no enemies, we were never attacked
Posted by: SK at March 17, 2009 11:59 PM
Another link...
No terror talk: Napolitano's new Homeland Security tone
Also of note...
Five Ways that Insanity Has Become the New Normal in America
Since Barack Obama has been elected, gun sales and copies of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged have flown off the shelves. Meanwhile, there's a Russian academic all over the news predicting that America will soon collapse, "tea parties" springing up all over the country, and the stock market has been doing a great impression of Michael Richards' career since he left Seinfeld.
Is that because people have gone crazy? No, it's the reaction of sane people to the crazy as a football bat insanity that has begun to pass for conventional wisdom in large swathes of America. Living in this country today is like sitting in the back seat of a car that's hurtling towards the edge of a cliff at a hundred miles an hour while the driver fiddles with the radio and the guy in the passenger seat mocks the very idea of using brakes.
Posted by: SK at March 18, 2009 12:04 AM
Posted by: David Waldman at March 17, 2009 11:11 PM
There are no gays in Iran, you filthy infidel.
Posted by: M. Ahmadinejad at March 18, 2009 12:06 AM
Church Document Encourages Congregation To Obey Government
A shocking document has come to light from a church in Ohio which educates its congregation that Barack Obama’s presidency is appointed by God and that Obama himself is “God’s minister,” in another perversion of Romans 13, the bible verse cited as an excuse for Christians not to oppose tyranny.
Ohio District Superintendent Rev. John Wooton was responsible for distributing the pamphlet, which was handed out at the Assembly of God church in Ohio, according to a reader who forwarded the document to us.
“This was handed out at the Assembly of God church that my fiance and I used to attend. We immediately stopped attending after getting this flier about ’submitting to Obama and the government,’ states the reader.
“The pastor even brought children to the front of the church, encouraging them to submit to teachers, firemen, and the police. It was insane.”
“I confronted the pastor about his stance on Romans 13, a year prior, and he assured me that he would never sell out his church. This sermon was given on the immediate Sunday after Obama’s election win. Please post this and inform others about it. I never, ever thought this would happen in the church I was attending, but thankfully, we were informed enough to leave this church,” he concludes.
The document cites Romans 13 verses 1-4 and claims that the following “paraphrases” can be interpreted from the bible.
Posted by: SK at March 18, 2009 12:12 AM
I heard on the news somewhere that the Obama's will soon get their dog...a Portugese Water Dog. The news said those dogs usually sell for about $2000.00. That sounds about right for an elitist, pretentious family.
But to me, it seems a little expensive for a dog. I adopted my dog from a shelter...
adoption fee was 40 bucks.
Posted by: Andrea at March 18, 2009 5:09 AM
OMG, SK, that is so inappropriate. While the adult Sunday School classes at my church occasionally talk about politics if the discussion leans that way, we would never put such a blatant political endorsement in our actual services (Not counting during the prayer when the pastor suggests we pray broadly for all those in government, which he's done for years now). The closest thing to that we did was one Sunday before the 2004 elections, the bulletins each had a small flier encouraging church members to vote against a proposition to install slot machines in a local greyhound track, due to the church's opposition to gambling.
Posted by: Adam at March 18, 2009 5:42 AM
"How many Pittsburghers does it take to change a light bulb and make a difference in reducing global warming emissions?
According to the Pittsburgh Climate Initiative and its Black and Gold City Goes Green campaign that kicked off yesterday: everyone."
So, it takes hundreds of thousands of people to change 1 light bulb? Yeah thats about right. One to hold the bulb and the rest to rotate the entire city.
http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/09077/956409-53.stm
More hollow symbolism from the Burg. The only thing left about that city that worth anything is the Steelers. How long before the change the team colors from Black and Gold to Green and start wearing gay green uniforms?
Posted by: Name at March 18, 2009 5:53 AM
Posted by: Rob Banks at March 18, 2009 7:08 AM
Looks like the game is up with Mr Teleprompter Man. Third story today talking about Obama being overdependent on the teleprompter, using it even at meetings of 6-7 people.
But this one is funny and worth a click
Posted by: mega at March 18, 2009 7:39 AM
President Teleprompter reads wrong speech, ends up thanking himself.
I don't throw around the word "idiot" lightly.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at March 18, 2009 7:50 AM
time to get pist!
pardon me, but screw her and the ass she rode in on!
Posted by: nancz at March 18, 2009 8:04 AM

