"My B*tch N*gga; Buy Your Own Damn Fries!"

One of my friends on facebook quoted this on their status and..I'll just let the youtube description, um, describe it for you because it is brilliant

If you've ever read President Barack Obama's "Dreams from My Father", good for you. I couldn't get past the foreword.
I wish I had. Because today I discovered that there's a fairly juicy little subplot in the book, involving one of Obama's high school friends.
Ray, a fellow classmate of Obamas, was also bi-racial, and also trying to define himself. But what set him apart was his colorful manner of self-expression. Ray cursed like a motherfucker.
This would all be snickerworthy enough, but it turns out that Obama actually read the audiobook version of Dreams For My Father.
And that means he read Rays quotes.
And that means you're about to hear the President of United States using language that would finish Cheney off once and for all.

Ah Barack! Ha! In the words of Denzel as Alonzo Harris from Training Day

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Tinged With Envy

I'd Be Lying If I Said I Wasn't Jealous
From the Daily Mail

The pop singer Kim Petras - born Tim - is well known in Germany for having started hormone replacement therapy as part of her gender transition by the age of 12.

Now 16, she completed Gender Reassignment Surgery in November, according to a posting on her blog.

Dr Bernd Meyenburg who heads the Psychiatric Special Outpatient Clinic for Children and Adolescents with Identity Disorders at the University of Frankfurt Hospital said: 'Very few youth psychiatrists have any experience with transsexual developments. The families wander from one psychiatrist to the next.

'I was always against such operations on children so young but after seeing how happy one of my patients was and how well adjusted after returning from having the operation abroad while still a teenager – I realised that in some cases it is the right decision.

In Germany, such operations are not usually allowed until the patient is 18.

However Kim managed to convince doctors when she was just 12 that she should have the surgery.

By 14 she was officially registered as a girl - and was already famous for her choice.

The costs of her procedure were covered by health insurance as her condition was officially diagnosed as an illness.

Ok I think that's just incredible and good for her! She's gorgeous (though perhaps a little generic, which is what most trannies are going for, but also I've discovered most white girls look kinda the same to me.)
But I was thinking about myself because I am obviously the measure of all things and I'm not sure I could've handled anything of this, what I'm going through now, what she's done and is doing at her age. Even though I wanted it so badly and I prayed every night for god to change me (before I lost my faith) I don't think I was "ready" and maybe my family wouldn't have been ready ten years ago- the increase in visibility and acceptance in the last decade has been incredible- but even though I started this whole transition shebang pretty early I wish I had the courage to start earlier so a) I wouldn't feel so disfigured by testosterone but also so I would have been able to enjoy "growing up." One thing I've come to realize is it's pretty hard, maybe not "hard" but it's strange to go from boyhood to becoming a woman without that period of "girlhood" where you're supposed to make bad fashion choices and slip in your heels and be awkward around boys and like at my age I feel that women are supposed to be confident and mature and together and most of the time I don't feel I'm any of those things.
So yeah a part of me is jealous that she was able to start with the support of her family when she was so young, though I might not have gotten the support and the wonderful experiences I've gotten this way, but I should always keep in mind that for every younger tranny that I'm jealous of there are probably at least 4 older ones who transitioned in their 40s after being married and having kids who probably look at me with that same jealousy.
But we're all wonderful and it's great that there are varied experiences because if everyone transitioned at 13,well I don't think we'd be nearly as interesting people.

Anyway Kim is apparently a german pop star but I can't subject myself to european pop music unless I'm really really under some influence so I didn't include any here, but if you're so inclined- enjoy some here.

For everyone else here's some music that I guarantee is better
Gossip- Jealous Girls [mp3]
Tegan & Sara- So Jealous [mp3]

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Ad Dishin': Cue The Stereotypes

(firstly i can't believe it took me a year and a half to think of a more coherent/catchy name than Ad Diction. ad dishin'... a dishin'.... addition... it works in my mind)
So I originally wanted to use this space to discuss the new ubiqutous Verizon commercial, I'm sure you know the one (i couldn't find the video online.) A pretty (stereo)typical Italian guy is grilling and what looks like a family barbeque. He introduces his best friend who's "like a brother to [him]", he introduces his brother who;s "more like a cousin" and this is where the commercial gets if not interesting at least mention worthy. In the original version that aired as recently as last week he then introduces his uncle "who doesn't owe [him] money so he's a keeper" but in the revised commercial that I first noticed this weekend and didn't know if it was just a attempt to shorten (by a second) the commercial, but in the new version the italian griller guido just introduces his "uncle...he's a keeper." And like I said before i didn't know if it was just me, but I've seen this version exclusively and so I began to think that the Italiam American lobby or anti defamation league was offended, or believed that the mention of someone owing an italian money would bring up old mafia/ loan shark stereotypes and imagery. (and apparently there's already been a lot of huffing and puffing and rigmarole over this) But at what point are you secure enough "as a people" to laugh off such things and instead take it for what it is, a meaningless bad commercial. I don't think Verizon will be able to tip someone over the age into anti- italian bigotry, or that any of the stereotypes brought up are new (and to be honest some of the best achievements in our visual culture have rested on such stereotypes)
If any commercial should offend them I'd think that new Denny's "eat a serious grown up breakfast" commercial where three "wiseguys" are basically planning a hit

I mean really? At least the verizon commercial shows a family having a good time. Plus that breakfast offends me. Umbrage has been taken!

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Jew Haters Split on Love for Obama

On the one hand we have Anti-Semites for Obama

NASHVILLE, TN - The Tennessee Republican Party today joins a growing chorus of Americans concerned about the future of the nation of Israel, the only stable democracy in the Middle East, if Sen. Barack Hussein Obama is elected president of the United States.

“It’s time to set the record straight about Barack Obama and where he really stands on vital issues such as national security and the security of Israel,” said Robin Smith, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. “Voters need to know about two items that surfaced today which strongly suggest that an Obama presidency will view Israel as a problem rather than a partner for peace in the Middle East.

On Sunday, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday likened Obama to a new messiah, calling him “the hope of the entire world.” That’s the same Louis Farrakhan who has a history of making openly anti-Semitic statements, calling Judaism a “gutter religion,” and suggesting that crack cocaine might have been a CIA plot to enslave blacks.

Farrakhan, addressing 20,000 people at the annual Savior’s Day celebration in Chicago, praised the Democrat presidential candidate, calling Obama “The hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better.”

He also compared Obama to the founder of Islam, remarking that both had a white mother and black father, according to the Associated Press. “A black man with a white mother became a savior to us,” Farrakhan said. “A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall.”

Obama, (pictured dressed in Muslim attire in a 2006 visit to Africa) has on the campaign trail pledged to rapidly remove American soldiers from Iraq regardless of the resulting instability and the creation of opening that would be filled by Islamic extremists, like Al Qaeda, in Iraq’s government and military.

Obama has pledged to hold a Muslim Summit to determine Middle East policy with the very leaders that have as their goal to remove Israel from the map, referenced Jews to be “dogs” and “pigs,” among other vile references.

Over the weekend, news reports surfaced casting more disturbing evidence of Obama’s anti-Israel leanings.

The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director alongside a confessed domestic terrorist granted funding to a controversial Arab group that mourns the establishment of Israel as a “catastrophe.”

The co-founder of that organization, Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi, who also has held a fundraiser for Obama, is a harsh critic of Israel and has made statements supportive of Palestinian terror. Khalidi reportedly has worked on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization while it was involved in anti-Western terrorism and was labeled by the State Department as a terror group.

The Woods Fund, a Chicago-based nonprofit that describes itself as a group helping the disadvantaged, provided a $40,000 grant in 2001 to the Arab American Action Network, or AAAN, for which Khalidi’s wife, Mona, serves as president. The Fund provided a second grant to the AAAN for $35,000 in 2002. Obama was a director of the Woods Fund board from 1999 to Dec. 11, 2002, according to the Fund’s website. Tax records show he was paid $6,000 per year for his service in 1999 and 2001.

Also serving on the Wood’s Fund board alongside Obama was current University of Illinois-Chicago professor William C. Ayers, who was a member of the Weathermen terrorist group which sought to overthrow of the U.S. government and took responsibility for bombing the U.S. Capitol in 1971.

“You don’t even have to go outside Obama’s campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel,” said Bill Hobbs, communications director for the Tennessee Republican Party. “Robert Malley, a principal foreign policy adviser to Obama, has advocated negotiations with the Iranian-funded radical terrorist group Hamas and urged that Hamas – which sends suicide bombers to kill innocent women and children - receive international assistance.”

According to DiscoverTheNetworks.org, an online guide to the political Left, Malley “consistently condemns Israel, exonerates Palestinians, urges U.S. disengagement from Israel, and recommends that America reach out to negotiate with its traditional Arab enemies.”

“Nothing in Barack Obama’s history or his choice of advisers suggests he will be a friend to Israel,” said Hobbs. “On the contrary, supporters of Israel should view a possible Obama administration with extreme caution, as America’s ally is being put in the cross-hairs by the anti-Jewish left.”

(via Wonkette)

but then we have those master haters, the KKK who are quite emphatic in their denial of ever endorsing Barack

Ku Klux Klan DOES NOT Endorse Barack Obama for President

Despite some rumors, the Ku Klux Klan is not endorsing Barack Obama for President. In fact, Thomas Robb, national director of The Knights Party says his organization has serious questions it would like Barack to answer. Said Robb, "Is he willing to stand for the protection of white men, women and children who are quickly to be America’s new minority. Just over two years ago, the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. stated that white children under the age of five were counted for less than 50% of the population. I do not feel it is an exaggeration to be very concerned about America’s future." Where does Barrack Obama’s allegiance lie? And what about Hillary Clinton or John McCain? Will they voice concern for the sons and daughters of the Republic?

The United States of America is a great nation! How great will we be should a traitor take office as President? Is America headed down a dangerous path? We believe so. While we do not take an official position toward any candidate, we feel that we represent the opinion of many dissatisfied people throughout the country who worry for the future of their children. Will anyone, be it Republican or Democrat, stand up and voice their support for white Christian Americans?

Rachel Pendergraft, the national spokeswoman for the organization said, "We pray for the day when we will see a strong candidate; a God fearing white man or woman, who will restore the principles of the Constitution, promote free enterprise versus a planned economy, put military troops on the border to stop illegal immigration, put an end to the social experiment called forced integration which has had a devastating effect on all races, and return our schools to a wholesome environment of learning by removing homosexual indoctrination"

(via Radar)
always seems to come back to the gays, doesn't it. But I must admit that the fact the KKK's website is so horrible and inept and glitchy, as well as their grammar really makes me feel better and gives me a good laugh.

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In Maggie She Trusts

After a series of defeats and setbacks Hillary has decided it’s probably best to dance with the one who brung her

From the L.A. Times

When crisis would strike the Clinton White House, senior staff would meet at 7 a.m. in a kind of war-planning session. Sometimes an uncomfortable truth would waft silently about the room, like steam from the coffee mugs.

Leon E. Panetta, a former chief of staff to President Clinton, recalls that one person in those meetings would often speak the truth when others hesitated: Maggie Williams.

"She would raise it and she would deal with it directly," Panetta said of Williams, who was then the first lady's top aide. "I never got the sense that she was holding back."

More than a decade later, Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to win the Oval Office for herself, and this week she turned to her former chief of staff to reinvigorate her campaign.

"People know that when Maggie says something, it's because she believes it and she doesn't have another agenda," Panetta said. "In politics, that's a very unusual set of traits."

Clinton has known Williams since the early 1980s, when Clinton was on the board of the Children's Defense Fund and Williams was the advocacy group's communications director.

Since then, the two have developed an intense personal loyalty, but not a blind one -- Williams is known as someone who is able to tell Clinton what she doesn't want to hear.

"She is a consigliere to Hillary and always has been," said Lisa Caputo, who was press secretary to Clinton as first lady and who is informally advising the Clinton campaign.

Caputo said Clinton, 60, and Williams, 53, treat each other more as peers. By contrast, Clinton's former campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, while equally trusted, is 42 and had related to her boss more as an employee than as an equal.

After college [Williams] worked in the press office of the Democratic National Committee and for Rep. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) before landing the job at the Children's Defense Fund.

At the White House, Williams was the highest-ranking African American, and she became an integral part of the Clinton inner circle. The mere fact that she attended Panetta's high-level meetings was unprecedented. Hillary Clinton was the first presidential spouse to have an office in the West Wing, and she installed Williams next door with a dual title as "assistant to the president."

Friends say her self-deprecating manner allows her to focus those around her on the task at hand and the principles at stake. She is passionate and persistent and -- rare for someone in politics -- not egocentric. And that's one reason she inspires others.

One friend tells a story from her time at the Children's Defense Fund when the nonprofit was trying to start a public service ad campaign to discourage teenage pregnancy. Williams tried to persuade a cutting-edge advertising firm to work for free.

She got "no" for an answer, but continued to phone the Minneapolis firm's director for months. Eventually, he told her he would be in Washington -- for 15 minutes to change planes -- and would see her then. Williams met him at the airport, made her pitch and sealed the deal. The firm worked pro bono for the organization for the next five years, until Williams left

No one is saying how long she will run the campaign.

But her return has already made a difference. Said Caputo: "Morale is up."

Well win or lose she’s had a phenomenal record- maybe Hillary should announce Maggie would be her v.p. That would be one handy way to sew up the black women’s vote…if not the height of hubris considering that she’s behind right now. But no risk no reward
(though Maggie would have to step out from behind the scenes which I don’t feel she’d enjoy-besides the picture accompanying the Times article these are the only other images I found of the right Maggie Williams though you can watch her welcome message as a JFK School of Government Fellow here

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Color Me Blind

"How NOT to celebrate Black History Month.
While planning a diversity rally a misguided group of activists fail to see eye to eye with their newest member"

It’s not as simple as black & white... even though it’s in black & white

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Whither the White Man?

After all this talk and hype about history being made in this election, what with the first female candidate, first half black candidate and the oldest candidate something has been lost in the shuffle.
Oh yes, the white man, who seem for the first time in the history of Western Civilization to be losing their power. But if you think that you're perhaps a tad naive- power keeps power and the white man still controls the show from behind the scenes, and no we're not talking about the Masons or Illuminati or Tri-Lateral Commission or some other organization that conspiracy theorist rail against but rather in that newest cabal "super delegates!"

from Politico

In an ironic twist to the historic Democratic nominating contest between an African-American and a woman, the balance of power may be held by a more familiar face: the white male.

According to a Politico analysis, close to half of the 700-plus Democratic superdelegates who could end up determining the party nominee are white men.

One Obama superdelegate, a House member, had sharp criticism for the superdelegate racial and gender makeup, a reaction that reflects the sensitivities surrounding the issue.

“It’s still the old guard, the white men. They always want to control the outcome,” the superdelegate said. “But this time, they won’t be able to do it.”

That strong response could portend a messy intraparty fight in the event that superdelegates cast the decisive votes for the nominee.

The exact percentage of white males varies slightly depending on whether the penalized Michigan and Florida delegation superdelegates are counted, but the overall percentage is at least 46 percent. Overall, men of all races represent 64 percent of the party’s superdelegates.

Unlike traditional pledged delegates, superdelegates are unbound by the outcome of any primary vote or caucus. They are allowed to make their own choice for the nomination, and this year, the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are aggressively courting their support in the event that superdelegate votes are needed to determine which candidate wins the nomination.

Representing about 20 percent of all delegates to the Democratic National Convention, the superdelegate roster is composed of members of Congress, other elected officeholders and party officials.

The percentage of white male superdelegates is disproportionate to the share of white males who make up the overall Democratic electorate. According to a January 2008 national poll by Zogby International, 28 percent of Democratic voters are white men. Women account for 55 percent of Democratic voters.

But superdelegates have never reflected the diversity of the Democratic party as a whole, nor were they designed to. They represent the party insiders, a group that white men still dominate.

Among the superdelegates, including Michigan's and Florida's, there are 28 governors (21 white men), 49 senators (33 white men) and 228 representatives (137 white men). Members of the Democratic National Committee are also superdelegates, and among this group, there is more diversity.

Many superdelegates were not surprised that there were so many white males in their ranks.

“Obviously it’s an imperfect system. It smacks a lot of the old state legislatures electing senators,” said Rep. John B. Larson (D-Conn.), an Obama supporter. “I do think you’ll see some kind of reform after this to make it binding with the majority of votes.”

It seems on the Democratic side "whitey" will have to choose someone not like them (unless Mike Gravel pulls out the greatest miracle since that one guy but this Fox News personality Bob Beckel (former Democrat) lays it all out on the line when discussing the general election and the ever important cracker vote and the two kinds of people "crackers" will never vote for and...you guessed it! blacks and women

Yup. Shed no tears for whitey, at least not today

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Dave Kovic was the Best Movie President

This Onion columnist raises a very good point and one that has, not surprisingly, not been mentioned in the MSM

Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?

I am not prejudiced. Far from it. What I am—or, I should say, who I am—is a man who loves his country so deeply that he is unwilling to stand idly by while our nation allows itself to be completely annihilated by another incoming comet.

Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact that this country is even considering putting another black man, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office proves that we have not.

We can't deny the facts, people. All we will get by electing an African-American is Texas-size space particles crashing into the Earth's surface, mega-tsunamis that barrel into the Appalachian Mountains, and 6.6 billion dead people.

I'm not suggesting that President Freeman was directly responsible for the creation of the Wolf-Beiderman comet or its Earth-bound path. That would be ridiculous. What I am saying is that under the watch of a black man that comet destroyed the entire Eastern seaboard. So, if history is any indicator, a vote for Barack Obama in 2008 is essentially a vote for the complete and total obliteration of the human race.

Don't we owe it to our children, and our children's children, to use this upcoming election to guarantee the Earth's existence rather than dooming it for eternity?

To even risk putting Mr. Obama in a position where he would insist, as past black presidents have, that our nuclear arsenal is powerful enough to divert the incoming comet would be foolish, to say the least. Any decision like that would only break the fast-approaching space rock into two very powerful asteroids, both of which would end up heading straight for Earth, leaving all of us who aren't on the small list of people picked to live in the government-sponsored protective caves to burn, drown, or die while in the arms of our estranged fathers. The only difference is, this time around, the late astronaut Robert Duvall will not be alive to save millions of lives by conducting a suicide space mission to destroy the larger of the two asteroids before it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

In my book, any possible repeat of this extinction-level event is reason enough not to elect another African-American president. Consider that later that same summer, just two months after the first deep impact, this very country once again faced Armageddon in the form of another comet hurtling toward Earth. In this instance, under the watch of a white president who sort of looked like an older Dennis Quaid, that catastrophe was avoided entirely.

As if that is not enough, history shows us that, besides carrying the baggage of a guaranteed asteroid strike, black heads of state also give terrorists extra motivation to destroy the United States. During the presidency of 24's David Palmer, there were no fewer than four nuclear bombs smuggled into this country. That's four more than under any white president. Though we should have known better than to elect President Palmer in the first place (he was elected three years after President Freeman left office), the U.S. populace made him the commander in chief because it was swayed by then-Senator Palmer's commitment to change, his no-nonsense approach, and his ability to inspire. Sound familiar?†

Asteroids and nuclear bombs—that's what this nation can expect from an Obama White House.

Need I even mention that former President Chris Rock and his administration's slogan was "The only thing white is the house"? Though this attitude broke down the stuffiness typically associated with proper White House decorum, President Rock's laissez-faire approach not only made a mockery of the office at home, but made the United States look like a joke abroad.

I concede that the United States has had a competent African-American president in the huge black guy from the The Fifth Element, who did great things for this country by keeping the evil Mr. Zorg at bay. But that is years from now. There is no denying that by 2236, when we have flying taxicabs, this country will be ready for a black president. But until then, if we want life in this great land to continue as we know it, we owe it to ourselves to make the right choice and reelect Kevin Kline.

I agree-Dave Kovic for America- he loves the kids

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Nas’ Shirt May Offend You

As may the title of his album, Nigger, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't care . And in fact Nasir makes an incredibly accurate and articulate point about it, as the red carpet interviewer at the Grammys Brooke Anderson squirms a little awkwardly

Nigger, due to be released this month probably going to be pushed back. hopefully it’ll come out on Election day in November what a coincidence that’ll be.

From BallerStatus
I'm debating whether or not I want one of those shirts...

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It Must Be Hard To Be A Racist

especially nowadays.


I do wish I could find the lyrics to that song by Kevy Nova though
Or I wish now that I’ve found them that they weren’t all in Caps

IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A RACIST, HARD TO BE A WHITE SUPREMIST
IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A BIGOT AND HAVE SUCH A TINY PENIS
YOU HAVE TO WORK A LOTSIE JUST TO BE A NEO-NAZI
AND IM SORRY THAT YOUR PENIS IS SO SMALL

YOU REALLY HAVE MY SYMPATHY, YOU LITTLE, SCARED NEO-NAZI
YOUVE LIVED IN FEAR FOR ALL THESE MANY YEARS
AND NOW THE ONE THING SMALLER THAN YOUR TINY, LITTLE FIREMAN
IS THAT THING THAT YOU KEEP BETWEEN YOUR EARS

IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A RACIST, HARD TO BE A WHITE SUPREMIST
IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A BIGOT AND HAVE SUCH A TINY PENIS
YOU HAVE TO WORK A LOTSIE JUST TO BE A NEO-NAZI
AND IM SORRY THAT YOUR PENIS IS SO SMALL

SO LETS BLAME THE BLACKS AND ASIANS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CAUCASIONS
AND DONT FORGET THE JEWS WHO OWN THEM ALL
WELL BLAME THE GAYS AND HISPANICS, THE MUSLIMS AND THE CATHOLICS
WELL BLAME THEM CAUSE YOUR WEE-WEE IS SO SMALL

IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A RACIST, HARD TO BE A WHITE SUPREMIST
IT MUST BE HARD TO BE A BIGOT AND HAVE SUCH A TINY PENIS
YOU HAVE TO WORK A LOTSIE JUST TO BE A NEO-NAZI
AND IM SORRY THAT YOUR PENIS IS SO SMALL
YES, IM SORRY THAT YOUR PENIS IS SO SMALL (NOT REALLY)
AND IM SORRY THAT YOUR PENIS IS SO SMALL, YOU LITTLE PRICK!

Ow, that hurts my eyes. Sigh, oh well.
All that being said of course spewing racist propaganda is incredibly easy. It practically writes itself:

All my life, I dreamed of writing racist propaganda, but I was always too scared to try. I came up with every excuse in the book: I lacked the necessary education, I wasn't a good enough writer, I didn't know enough racial slurs. But then, one day, I gave it a whirl, and you know what? It was easy! The hateful rants just poured out of me and onto the page. I'm telling you, this racist propaganda practically writes itself.

Sure, going off on the niggers, Jews, and towelheads is easy enough when you're knocking back a few Coors Lights with your buddies at the Triple Dice Bar. Me, Frank, and Curtis, we can jabber on for hours about how the spics are taking away all the construction jobs. But to actually organize your ill-informed opinions into a coherent, well-structured screed on the printed page, well, that's a whole different animal.

It all started last Friday night down at the Triple Dice. As we're knocking a few back, Frank goes on one of his tears about affirmative action, and how the blacks are these lazy fucks who don't value education and just want everything handed to them on a silver platter—and he knows what he's talking about, too, since he has a sister who lives by Detroit. Whenever Frank gets on a roll about the blacks, I always say we should write it all down, but we never do. This time, though, he was so on fire, I started scrawling down his rant on a cocktail napkin. Within a few minutes, I had about eight napkins worth of primo bigotry. If I hadn't been so trashed, I might've asked the bartender for one of those paper placemats to keep going.

The next day, after I got over my hangover, I thought I'd try writing sober. Wouldn't you know it, I had six pages on the so-called "American Indians" and how they're all drunks on welfare before I finished my cup of coffee. I even had a World Book encyclopedia sitting next to me, in case I needed to look things up, but I didn't have to crack it open once.

Now that I've finally done it, I've learned that the hardest part about writing racist propaganda is simply getting started. A friend of mine, who's written some eye-opening stuff about the Italians, once told me, "You just gotta get that pencil moving." You know what? He was right! It was so simple, I can't believe everyone with two brain cells to rub together isn't doing it.

To pen virulent, racist dogma, I always assumed you had to read a lot of history books and keep up with the news. Or at least read more than just Motor Trend and Hustler. But the reality is, you don't. My friends and I have been giving each other all the information we need through our beer-soaked speculating and finger-pointing. The morning after a long night of drinking, I may not remember half of what Curtis said about the Pakistanis taking over his neighborhood, but half a truth is better than the hundreds of lies you get from the Jew-run liberal media.

Fucking Pakistanis.

One of the best things about racist propaganda is that it only needs to seem to make sense. The barest threads can tie the Emancipation Proclamation to the Elders of Zion. I mean, look at them. They both start with "E," don't they? And that was just off the top of my head. And if someone starts to argue with you about facts, just call them a nigger-lovin' faggot-queer Jew, and that'll shut them up real quick.

Another great thing about writing racist propaganda is that you don't even need to know how to write all that good. There are computer programs that'll correct most of your grammar and spelling mistakes. And if I need to find another word for "gook," my handy slang dictionary gives me zip, gink, and slope. It's true: The only thing stopping you from realizing your dream of becoming a writer is your own fears.

The bottom line is, all you need to write racist propaganda is a pen, some paper, and a refusal to take responsibility for your own problems. Most folks probably don't write because they think it's only for people with reasonable arguments and an open mind. But it's just that kind of thinking that keeps a lot of decent, honest, God-fearing racists from sharing their crackpot theories.

Christ, if I can do this, anyone can. Believe me

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The Choice is Yours

(via Wonkette)

“You can get with this or you can get with that, I think you’ll get with this cuz this is where it’s at”


Black Sheep- Choice is Yours [download]

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Paint the White House Tan

So some big news that brought shock and outrage to a lot of people today (and no, not that Barack compared himself to the anti-Democrat and thus anti-humanity and pro-evil Reagan) but rather because of a joke.
From the Rocky Mountain News

William R. Farr was pretending to read telegrams congratulating this year's award recipient, University of Colorado President Hank Brown, when he pulled out a piece of paper and said, "I have a telegram from the White House."

Then he added, "They're going to have to change the name of that building if Obama's elected."

Witnesses said they could hear people gasp in the ballroom of the Adam's Mark Hotel.

Really?! That was the joke?! Firstly it wasn't really funny.
Secondly I know I'm not easy to offend but I thought with the buildup; this was one of those things where you have to click on a read more link after "I have a telegram from the White House" so I thought it would be like really bad like "And they're fixin' to plant a banana tree in the backyard so the Obama's will feel at home" or something.
Thirdly, we'd have to paint the White House tan or maybe a brownish taupe for Barack (half WASP and all)
Finally, the idea of "painting the White House black" is not a new idea- I mean I remember when I was young reading some children's book about an inner city kid dreaming about becoming President and painting the White House black as a symbol of Black pride or a sign of the end of white European hegemony and privilege or something, I think it was an Ezra Jack Keats' book.
And doing a very quick check, because I knew I had heard a similar sentiment expressed in some old rap song, I thought PE, I found these songs, mostly hip hop that talk about the same thing that Bill Farr did.

From X-Clan: "Xodus"
I hear some niggas talking 'bout they'll paint the White House black
I'd blow the sucker up and pressure on the attack

(featuring similar elements to 2Pac’s Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z )

MC Breed- "Ain't No Future in Yo Frontin'"
If I was the president, then I would state facts
You leave it up to me, I paint the white house black

(wow I actually knew this song! I think it was on a lot back in the day. I’m such an o.g. obvi)

Lil' Wayne- "Knuck if You Buck (freestyle)"
Young mane for President
I'd probably paint the white house black if it was my residence


George Clinton- Paint the White House Black

(featuring Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Yo-Yo, Flava Flav and a Hillary impersonator dancing on tables in the Oval Office. Jesus, the early 90s were weird)

Social Distortion- Don't Drag Me Down
Taking two steps forward
And four steps back
Gonna go to the White House
And paint it black


S.L.A.B.- Ready 4 War
I stay on Barbary and Scott, 5000 block
I paint the white house black, and start renting it out
"Video" (at about 1:42)

DJ Vadim- Ghetto Rebels
No time to idle the rastas are rising black we come to wipe out crack
Paint the Whitehouse black and speak real fast to the children
Expose our government foes who know the truth will never be told
They teach the people the root of all evil while they're stashing all of the gold

And from Snoop Dogg, a Dolomite skit (and I really enjoyed these lyrics)

Yes, This is me,
The bad bad Dolemite
and i'm Ready
to put me,
in the White House
make me the President,
i'm gunna move on my first act
I'm a get me 2000 ragedy ass painters
to paint the mutha fuckin white house black
Dolemite,
for your president
I'm a legalize every mutha fuckin thing

Somebody ask me how do I stand on Marijuana
Very high baby, very high
How do I stand on prosititution
I don't stand on it
I lay on it
im a legalize sellin pussy
Sell it Sell it
Sell your pussy girls
pussy will sell
if pussy don't sell
grits ain't gross
and eggs ain't poultry
and Mona Lisa is a mutha fuckin' man


I also found a few songs about painting the White House pink, which I enjoyed; songs for Hillary, perhaps?
Anyway people are way too sensitive and reading so much into everything in fear of not offending. What I did find offensive though was while continuing to read that article stumbling across this delightful anecdote

Between calf roping contests, a black rodeo clown, Leon Coffee, attempted to rope a calf without success. After an announcer pointed out that Coffee couldn't rope very well, rodeo clown Eddie Hatfield, who is white, responded by saying that Coffee knew everything about roping because his father and grandfather had died at the end of a rope. {Ed. Note WTF?!?!?!}

The exchange outraged a number of spectators, who filed complaints with the stock show and the mayor's office. At the time, stock show officials said that Coffee, a 30-year rodeo veteran, helped write the script for the banter, and that the reference was to the lynching of outlaws and not about slaves or blacks.

And even that isn't nearly as offensive as one of my favorite jokes from The Aristocrats, delivered by T.Sean Shannon

Three women of color, they go into this agent's office. He says, "What do you do?" She goes, "Well, my sister plays the cello. She plays Chopin's third movement, in B minor. I lie on a chaise lounge, naked, reading sonnets from Shakespeare, and my third sister, she makes a painting very similar to Decroix's 'The Girl'."
He says, "Wow, that sounds good, what do you call this act?"

"Oh, we're Nigger Cunts."

insert rim shot...or sound of utter despair and disgust, I don't judge but feel free to judge me. I am a horrible person.

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The 5th Pillar

I think it started when I saw Malcom X but ever since then, ever since I've known about it I wanted to go on Hajj.

I'm not Muslim, though people used to think I was and a part of me feels like I would be executed in an Islamic country but I've dreamed about going on Hajj just once. Maybe it is that obsession with secret and forbidden knowledge that I have, maybe its the overt surrender to faith and belief, maybe its the oneness and brotherhood that everyone share, maybe it's because in most religions, besides Hinduism there is no proscribed ritual pilgrimage or maybe it's just because I'm not supposed to (and no one puts Baby in a corner) but the whole thing holds a great mystery and appeal to me. Who knows, maybe I'll put on a hijab and learn basic Arabis and take a trip...
But since "today" is the last day of this year's Hajj and because (I have readers in Afghanistan(!)] I can do this I wanted to do some kind of post about it.
So here it is...





from Wikipedia

The Hajj (the holy matrimony of faith and guidance of Islam) is associated with the life of Muhammad, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca predates Islam, and was considered ancient even during his lifetime in the 7th century. Many Muslims believe that it goes back to the time of Abraham in 2000 BC. Pilgrims would join processions of tens of thousands of people, who would simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals. Each person would walk counter-clockwise seven times about the Kaaba, the cubical building towards which all Muslims pray, kiss the sacred Black Stone on its corner, run back and forth between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, drink from the Zamzam Well, go to the plains of Mount Arafat to stand in vigil, then proceed to Muzdalifah to gather pebbles, which they would throw at a rock in Mina to perform the ritual of the Stoning of the Devil. The pilgrims would then shave their heads, perform an animal sacrifice, and celebrate the four day global festival of Eid ul-Adha

The Hajj was based on a pilgrimage that was ancient even in the time of Muhammad in the 7th Century. According to Hadith, elements of the Hajj trace back to the time of Abraham, around 2000 BC, and it is believed that the angel Gabriel, who revealed the location of the Zamzam Well, taught the rites of the pilgrimage to Abraham's son, Ishmael.

Each year, tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula would converge on Mecca, as part of the pilgrimage. The exact faith of the tribes was not important at that time, and Christian Arabs were as likely to make the pilgrimage as the pagans. Muslim historians refer to the time before Muhammad as al-Jahiliyah, the "Days of Ignorance", during which the Kaaba contained hundreds of idols representing totems of each of the tribes of the Arabian peninsula. The idols represented multiple faiths, from pagan gods to symbols of Jesus, Mary, Hubal and Allah.

Muhammad was known to regularly perform the Umrah, even before he began receiving revelations. Historically, Muslims would gather at various meeting points in other great cities, and then proceed en masse towards Mecca, in groups that could comprise tens of thousands of pilgrims. Two of the most famous meeting points were in Cairo and Damascus. In Cairo, the Sultan would stand atop a platform of the famous gate Bab Zuwayla, to officially watch the beginning of the annual pilgrimage.

In 632, when Muhammad led his followers from Medina to Mecca, it was the first Hajj to be performed by Muslims alone, and it was at this point that the Hajj became one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Kaaba had been cleansed of the previous idols, and Muhammad ordained it as the house of God

During the Hajj, male pilgrims are required to dress only in a garment consisting of two sheets of white unhemmed cloth, with the top draped over the torso and the bottom secured by a white sash; plus a pair of sandals. Women are simply required to maintain their hijab - normal modest dress, which does not cover the hands or face.

The Ihram clothing is intended to show the equality of all pilgrims in the eyes of Allah, symbolizing the idea that there is no difference between a prince and a pauper when everyone is dressed equally. The Ihram also symbolizes purity and absolution of sins. A place designated for changing into Ihram is called a miqat.

While the pilgrim is wearing the Ihram, they cannot shave, cut their nails, wear deodorant or perfume. They may not swear or quarrel, kill any living thing (even an insect) or engage in sexual intercourse.

On the first day of the Hajj, the 8th day of Dhul Hijjah {the 12th month}, the pilgrims perform their first Tawaf, which involves all of the pilgrims entering The Sacred Mosque (Masjid Al Haram), and walking seven times in a counter-clockwise direction around the Kaaba, kissing the Black Stone (Hajr Al Aswad) on each circuit. If that is not possible due to the crowds, they may simply align themselves with it and point to the stone. Each complete circuit constitutes a "Shout" with 7 circuits constituting a complete tawaf. The place where pilgrims walk is known as "Mutaaf". Only the first three Shouts are compulsory and the rest optional, but invariably almost all perform it seven times.


Eating is not allowed and the tawaf is normally performed all at once, the only exception being the drinking of water. Men are encouraged to perform the first three circuits at a hurried pace, followed by four times, more closely, at a leisurely pace.

After the completion of Tawaf, all the pilgrims have to offer two Rakaat prayers at the Place of Abraham (Muqaam E Ibrahim), a site near the Kaaba. However, again due to large crowds during the days of Hajj, they can instead pray anywhere in the whole mosque.

After Tawaf, the pilgrims perform sa`i, running or walking seven times back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwah. This is a re-enactment of Ibriham's wife, Hajar, frantic search for water for her son, before the Zamzam Well was revealed to her by an angel sent by God. The circuit used to be in the open air, but is now entirely enclosed by the Masjid al-Haram mosque, and can be accessed via air-conditioned tunnels. Pilgrims are advised to walk the circuit, though two green pillars mark a short section of the path where they are allowed to run, along with an 'express lane' for the disabled. The safety procedures are in place because previous incidents in this ritual have resulted in stampedes which ended in the deaths of hundreds of people.

As part of this ritual, the pilgrims also drink water from the Zamzam Well,

The next morning, on the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, the pilgrims leave Mina for Mount Arafat. This is considered the highlight of the Hajj, as they stand in contemplative vigil, near a hill from which Muhammad gave his last sermon. Pilgrims must spend the afternoon within a defined area on the plain of Arafat until after sunset. No specific rituals or prayers are required during the stay at Arafat, although many pilgrims spend time praying, talking to God, and thinking about the course of their lives. If a pilgrim does not spend the afternoon on Arafat then their pilgrimage is considered invalid

As soon as the sun sets, the pilgrims leave Arafat for Muzdalifah, an area between Arafat and Mina, where 49 pebbles are gathered for the next day's ritual of the stoning of the Devil (Shaitan). Many pilgrims spend the night sleeping on the ground at Muzdalifah, before returning to Mina

At Mina, the pilgrims perform Ramy al-Jamarat, throwing stones to signify their defiance of the Devil. This symbolizes the trials experienced by Abraham, as he wrestled with whether or not to sacrifice his son per God's demand. The Devil challenged him three times, and three times Abraham refused. Each pillar marks the location of one of these refusals. Each pilgrim must hit each pillar at least seven times.[4] Because of the crowds, in 2004 the pillars were changed to long walls. Pilgrims climb ramps to the multi-leveled Jamarat Bridge, from which they can throw their stones at the three jamarat.



After the Stoning of the Devil, an animal is sacrificed. This symbolizes God having mercy on Abraham, and replacing his son with a ram, which Abraham then sacrificed.

Traditionally the pilgrim slaughtered the animal himself or oversaw the slaughtering. Today many pilgrims buy a sacrifice voucher in Mecca before the greater Hajj begins; this allows an animal to be slaughtered in their name on the 10th without the pilgrim being physically present. Centralized butcher houses will sacrifice a single sheep for each pilgrim, or a cow can represent the sacrifice of seven people. The meat is then packaged and given to charity, shipped to poor people around the world. At the same time as the sacrifices occur at Mecca, Muslims worldwide perform similar sacrifices, in a four day global festival called Eid ul-Adha.

On this or the following day the pilgrims re-visit the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca for a tawaf called the Tawaf az-Ziyarah (or Tawaf al-Ifadah) which is an obligatory part of the Hajj. The night of the 10th is spent back at Mina.

On the afternoon of the 11th, pilgrims must again stone all three jamarat in Mina (seven pebbles per jamarat). The same ritual must be performed on the following day.

Pilgrims must leave Mina for Mecca before sunset on the 12th. If they are unable to leave Mina before sunset, they must perform the stoning ritual again on the 13th before returning to Mecca.

"Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colors and races here in this ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all the other Prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed all around me by people of all colors.

"I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca, I have made my seven circuits around the Ka'ba, led by a young Mutawaf named Muhammad, I drank water from the well of the Zam Zam. I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. Al-Safa and Al Marwah. I have prayed in the ancient city of Mina, and I have prayed on Mt. Arafat."

"There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white."

"America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color."

"You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth."

"During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana."

"We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude."

"I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept in reality the Oneness of Man - and cease to measure, and hinder, and harm others in terms of their 'differences' in color."

"With racism plaguing America like an incurable cancer, the so-called 'Christian' white American heart should be more receptive to a proven solution to such a destructive problem. Perhaps it could be in time to save America from imminent disaster - the same destruction brought upon Germany by racism that eventually destroyed the Germans themselves."

"Each hour here in the Holy Land enables me to have greater spiritual insights into what is happening in America between black and white. The American Negro never can be blamed for his racial animosities - he is only reacting to four hundred years of the conscious racism of the American whites. But as racism leads America up the suicide path, I do believe, from the experiences that I have had with them, that the whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, will see the handwriting on the walls and many of them will turn to the spiritual path of truth - the only way left to America to ward off the disaster that racism inevitably must lead to."

"Never have I been so highly honored. Never have I been made to feel more humble and unworthy. Who would believe the blessings that have been heaped upon an American Negro? A few nights ago, a man who would be called in America a white man, a United Nations diplomat, an ambassador, a companion of kings, gave me his hotel suite, his bed. Never would I have even thought of dreaming that I would ever be a recipient of such honors - honors that in America would be bestowed upon a King - not a Negro."

"All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the Worlds.

Sincerely,

Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)

inshallah

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She has a very real and valid point

I'm not the biggest Hillary supporter but she is my second choice and the enemy of my enemy and all but this is something I’ve noticed and been pissed about for a long time- I’m just glad someone is picking it up (though of course in the article she’s been portrayed as kinda whiny)

Senator's Camp Insists That the Press Holds Her To a Tougher Standard

Clinton's senior advisers have grown convinced that the media deck is stacked against them, that their candidate is drawing far harsher scrutiny than BarackObama. And at least some journalists agree.

"She's just held to a different standard in every respect," says Mark Halperin, Time's editor at large. "The press rooted for Obama to go negative, and when he did he was applauded. When she does it, it's treated as this huge violation of propriety." While Clinton's mistakes deserve full coverage, Halperin says, "the press's flaws -- wild swings, accentuating the negative -- are magnified 50 times when it comes to her. It's not a level playing field."

Newsweek's Howard Fineman says Obama's coverage is the buzz of the presidential campaign. "While they don't say so publicly because it's risky to complain, a lot of operatives from other campaigns say he's getting a free ride, that people aren't tough enough on Obama," Fineman says. "There may be something to that. He's the new guy, an interesting guy, a pathbreaker and trendsetter perhaps."

Obama spokesman Bill Burton says the accusation of softer treatment is untrue but "the Clinton campaign whines about it so much, it becomes part of the chatter. No candidate in this race has undergone more investigations and examinations than Barack Obama has," he says, citing lengthy pieces in the Chicago Tribune and New York Times. "As Obama says, running against the Clintons is not exactly a cakewalk. Their research operation has ensured that if there's any information about Obama to be had, it's been distributed to the media."

The question, of course, is what journalists do with that information.

But now many media accounts are casting her recent dip in the Iowa and New Hampshire polls as a disaster in the making.

"Slipping Away?" said a headline on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Hillary Clinton's campaign is teetering on the brink," Fineman wrote in Newsweek. CBS's Jim Axelrod said her operation is "reeling." The Los Angeles Times said she is facing her "most serious crisis." And a banner headline on the Drudge Report asked: "Is It the End?"

When Clinton's New Hampshire co-chairman resigned last week after raising the issue of Obama's adolescent drug use, the issue itself received scant treatment in the media because Obama had disclosed it in his 1995 autobiography. "He has been able, by luck or planning, to control his own story, because he wrote it first," Fineman says.

The Illinois senator's fundraising receives far less press attention than Clinton's. When The Washington Post reported last month that Obama used a political action committee to hand more than $180,000 to Democratic groups and candidates in the early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the suggestion that he might be buying support received no attention on the network newscasts. The Clinton team is convinced that would have been a bigger story had it involved the former first lady.
There was also a lack of media pickup when the Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reported that an Obama aide had sat down next to him and "wanted to know when reporters would begin to look into Bill Clinton's post-presidential sex life."

When NBC's David Gregory interviewed Hillary Clinton Monday during her round of morning-show appearances, he briefly noted her endorsement by the Des Moines Register before asking what had happened to her momentum. He pressed six times for a reaction to her husband's telling PBS's Charlie Rose that the country would "roll the dice" if it elected Obama. "So you're choosing not to answer that question," Gregory finally said.

The onetime leader's recent dip in Iowa and New Hampshire polls has been portrayed as disastrous by many in the media.
Sen. Clinton filing candidacy papers in New Hampshire last month. The onetime leader's recent dip in Iowa and New Hampshire polls has been portrayed as disastrous by many in the media.

Moments later, when Meredith Vieira interviewed John McCain, who had also won the Register's endorsement, most of the questions revolved around how he could win the Republican nomination despite trailing in the polls, with one query about his temper.
When Obama appeared on "Today" last month, Matt Lauer asked whether Clinton was playing the "gender card" against him, about his pledge to meet with hostile foreign leaders, and whether he thought the country was heading for a recession.

Journalists repeatedly described Obama as a "rock star" when he jumped into the race in January. His missteps -- such as when his staff mocked Clinton's position on the outsourcing of jobs overseas by referring to the Democrat not as representing a state but as "D-Punjab" -- generated modest coverage, but rarely at the level surrounding Clinton's mistakes

[snip]
But his recent rise in the polls hasn't brought the kind of full-time frisking being visited on the hottest Republican, Mike Huckabee. In fact, much of the coverage of Oprah Winfrey stumping for Obama bordered on gushing.

In an online posting Monday, ABC reported that an Obama volunteer wearing a press pass asked the candidate a friendly question about tax policy at an Iowa event. But several of the assembled reporters huddled and concluded that it was not a story, one of them said. Clinton faced a storm of media criticism over a similar planted question.

Some reporters confess that they are enjoying Clinton's slippage, if only because it enlivens what had become a predictable narrative of her cruising to victory. The prospect of a newcomer knocking off a former first lady is one heck of a story.
Halperin, who surveys political news at Time.com's the Page, says: "Your typical reporter has a thinly disguised preference that Barack Obama be the nominee. The narrative of him beating her is better than her beating him, in part because she's a Clinton and in part because he's a young African American. . . . There's no one rooting for her to come back."

Exactly- it’s such bullshit. And, as if to prove her campaign's point I hadn't even heard of many of those missteps of Barack, and I'm a thousand times more obsessed with politics than the average person. And every reporter, most of whom are white, seem to be afraid of even mentioning race, perhaps for fear of being called racist (I remember a column by Eugene Robinson, who I normally like about something like "Is Barack's ambition uppity" a very deliberate choice of word that seemed to cast a warning that even quizzing Barack about his overwhelming and driving ambition was tantamount to oppressing him and reinforcing the white power structure) or betray the slightest possibility that his position in the polls is a result of the Bradley Effect. Like when Elizabeth Edwards mentioned something like “it’s not John’s fault that he’s white and a man” implying that in this election that was a disadvantage and boring the press jumped all over her, or when John brought up the very valid point that there are still a lot of white people especially in the South who would not vote for a half black guy named Barack he was roasted for using the race card. It’s really fucking frustrating. (not to mention the Clinton campaign staffer who pointed out that Barack's drug use will be an issue in the general election got fired after a media firestorm. Like that is not going to be an issue and this shouldn't be mentioned? Of course it would be an issue. Pointing out the truth, apparently is a valid reason to apologize or resign

Though at least she gets some coverage- the MSM only mentions John Edwards in passing like he has no chance to win (which is why I get so excited and post anytime John is featured in an article somewhere prominent.) And that is the reason I hate the media.

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A Clash over Cutty

Barry Saunders, who I assume was hired to the News and Observer (along with his writing and journalistic skills, blah) to provide the young hip urban (read: black) perspective wrote an article calling Duke's decision to hire the savior of our football program, Coach Cutcliffe "spineless."
I assume Saunders is black because of his repeated use of the word "brothas" (something that I don't know any black person under the age of like 40 to say), when referring to Rod Broadway and Karl Dorrell and so his argument, which isn't really backed up by any facts besides the fact he's known Rod Broadway for years and that Broadway is a good coach, seems to come down to racial disappointment. More or less he's mad his friend didn't get a job. Just say that- don't make it a racist conspiracy.

It really doesn't make any sense to complain, sure I was all about Rod Broadway but to have a coach come in with that experience and those credentials, acclaimed universally is an amazing hire and an amazing moment for the program and Saunders' in his assertion that Joe Alleva " owed it to us to tell why Rod Broadway wasn't [the perfect choice]" would have been unfair to everyone involved, especially to Rod Broadway; perhaps by explaining why he wasn't the choice (something I've never seen any AD or GM do ever) he would point out Broadway's flaws thus putting him at a disadvantage for any future head coaching positions.

It's actually a pretty horrible column and Saunders just seems really angry; I don't know if it's the racialness that seems to creep up so often over Duke or whether he's just bitter because he has a "u" in his last name and thus he's not the greatest running back ever and instead is relegated to writing and criticizing. (and of course you know once Duke starts winning the decision he labeled as "spineless" he'll be calling genius, though probably couched in an awkward urban vernacular so he can keep his street cred." P.S. nice hat, jackass
(I am fiercely loyal, obviously; within 3 days of him being my coach I'd defend him to the death)
And about "It was business as usual, business as it has been the last 22 times Duke hired a football coach" at leats one of those 22 times worked out incredibly well as AlFeatherson invokes in his article praising Cutty entitle "Cutcliffe Announcement Mirrors Wade Hiring"

When Dean W.H. Wannamaker lured Alabama head football coach Wallace Wade to Duke after the 1931 Rose Bowl, he knew that he was getting a proven major college football winner. Wade arrived in Durham with a 63-13-3 record in eight seasons at Alabama that included two Rose Bowl trips and three national championships.

None of the next 11 head football coaches hired by Duke have started work with a winning resume as a major college head coach. Bill Murray and Red Wilson had successful small-college records when hired and Steve Spurrier had three winning years in the USFL. But not one had even been a winner at a major college before landing at Duke.

David Cutcliffe, introduced as the Blue Devils’ new coach Saturday night, Dec. 15, 2007, breaks that streak. The former Ole Miss coach was 44-29 in six seasons as the head coach at the University of Mississippi.

“When I talked about the criteria we were looking for in a head coach, that criteria included a coach who has been a head coach with a winning record,” Blue Devil athletic director Joe Alleva said. “Coach Cutcliffe is an experienced leader and a proven winner.”

The parallel between the Wade hire in 1931 and Cutcliffe’s hire in 2007 is no coincidence. As the 1930s opened, the former Trinity College had just become Duke University and the massive construction project that became West Campus was in the final stages of completion.

Wannamaker wanted his athletic program to reflect the transformation of the small regional college into a great national university. Hence, he went out to get the best coach in college football.

“We are determined to integrate the sports of youth with the whole program of the university,” Wannamaker wrote to Wade on Feb. 15, 1930 (and quoted from Lewis Bolling’s excellent biography Wallace Wade).

Alleva and current Duke president Richard Brodhead had similar motives as they searched for a replacement for Ted Roof.

“This is a university that’s committed to the highest levels of athletic achievement, together with the highest levels of academic achievement,” Brodhead told the media when Cutcliffe was introduced. “As you probably know, we’ve had one sport that has fallen a little short of the athletic achievements we aspire to. We love our football players. We admire them. We respect their efforts. And we are invested in their success.”

That investment often has been questioned by those outside the Duke community, who see the program’s recent lack of success – just one winning season in the last 18 years – as a sign of Duke’s disinterest in a sport it once excelled in.

Brodhead made it clear that by hiring Cutcliffe, he was trying to send the same signal as Wannamaker’s hire of Wade sent so long ago.

“When we made our announcement three weeks ago about looking for a new coach, it wasn’t just about making a change of one person,” Brodhead said. “That was really a moment for Duke University to recommit itself to the proposition of excitement in football and winning seasons in football.”

It was that renewed commitment to football success that convinced Cutcliffe to come to Durham.

“We have a president and a director of athletics that I’ve got to thank – because they are about total commitment,” Cutcliffe said. “As they were evaluating me, obviously I’m evaluating them. I know where their heart is. I know where their intellect is. They are totally committed to what we’re doing.”

Cutcliffe said that before he agreed to come, he wanted to know what Duke’s plan for success was.

“My job is to have a plan,” he said. “What is the administration’s plan to make Duke football better?”

He learned about the long range Strategic Plan for Duke football – a study of schools that have successfully blended football success with academic success and a blueprint for doing the same at Duke.

“They very quickly went into what they were going to do from a commitment standpoint, whether it was personnel, facilities – there is a plan in place here,” Cutcliffe said. “I like looking at this ... you look at what Mike Krzyzewski has done here; look at the other sports here. It all comes together when you put that strategic plan in place.

“I believe we have 100 percent commitment from the administration.”

It will be up to Cutcliffe to convert that commitment into success on the field – and, as he pointed out, excitement in the stands.

One of Alleva’s hiring criteria was to find a coach with a strong offensive background. That certainly fits Cutcliffe, who established himself as one of the nation’s most renowned quarterback coaches and offensive coordinators during his first six-year stint as Phillip Fulmer’s offensive boss at Tennessee.

“David Cutcliffe is an offensive mastermind,” ESPN commentator Mike Patrick said. “Peyton Manning pays him the highest compliment when he tells Tennessee quarterbacks, ‘Just do what he says. Period.’”

Peyton Manning was his prize pupil in Knoxville, but Cutcliffe also turned Health Shuler into a first-round NFL draft pick and fashioned a national championship offense around Tee Martin. His Tennessee teams scored 30 or more points in 62 games – which had a lot to do with the Vols’ 55-5 record from 1995-98.

Cutcliffe’s success at Tennessee earned him the chance to replace Tommy Tuberville at Ole Miss. It wasn’t long before he lured Peyton’s younger brother Eli to play for the Rebels.

“He was a huge reason why I chose to attend the University of Tennessee,” Peyton Manning said. “Speaking for Eli, Coach Cutcliffe being named the head coach at Ole Miss was a swaying factor in Eli’s decision to go to school there.”

Cutcliffe arrived at Ole Miss in time to coach the team to a victory in the 1998 Independence Bowl. That was the first of his five bowl games. He won four, including the 2004 Cotton Bowl, which capped a 10-3 season and an SEC West Division championship.

“There’s no teacher like experience,” Cutcliffe said. “I spent six years at Mississippi as a head coach and I know I was prepared. I am 100 times as prepared this time around.”

Amazingly, Cutcliffe was released at Ole Miss after the 2005 season – less than a year after his Cotton Bowl triumph capped the school’s best season in 34 years. His six-year record at Ole Miss remains the second-best tenure in school history – trailing only Hall of Famer Johnny Vaught’s 25-year run (that started in 1947). Cutcliffe enjoyed a better winning percentage in Oxford (60.3 percent) than his predecessor Tommy Tuberville (55.6 percent) and a significantly better record than his successor Ed Ogeron (30.4 percent).

Despite his dismissal, Cutcliffe retained his reputation in the coaching community.

“He is truly one of the great offensive coaches in college football,” ESPN analyst Todd Blackledge said. “I thought he did a really good job at Mississippi and knew it would only be a matter of time before he was his own boss again.”

Cutcliffe was hired as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame and spent a few months in South Bend before he suffered a heart attack that required triple-bypass surgery. He sat out the 2005 season before returning to Tennessee to resume his old duties as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

The 53-year-old coach insists that health is not an issue.

“I got fixed up,” he said. “That was like a new lease on life. My health is great – how great is it coming to Duke with all these medical facilities?”

Clearly, that was a joke. Cutcliffe made it clear that he came to Duke because he felt he could accomplish something special for the football program. That was clear when he talked about the night he drove from Knoxville to Durham for his interview.

“I got in here about 2:30 in the morning, checked into a hotel and laid down for a couple of hours,” Cutcliffe said. Then he described how he got up before dawn and toured the Duke campus on his own.

“I was looking for a sign,” he said. “I just wanted a sign – am I in the right place, doing the right thing? So I got over here and drove around. There were a few gates open, so I made my way into the stadium. I looked around the campus. There wasn’t anybody stirring at that time and I got lost a couple of times. As I got out and walked, I’ll tell you what I noticed. I didn’t find a penny. I didn’t find a nickel – something to tell me I was in the right place.

“I didn’t find any trash. That told me I was in a place that spelled pride. The buildings, the grounds ... you felt like you were on hallowed ground.”

While neither Duke nor Cutcliffe would discuss the terms of his contract, the new Blue Devil coach insisted that he is here for the long haul.

“I came here to stay,” he said. “I came here to make this home and I’d like to be here a long time. I try to stay away from ego but I am a believer in legacy. The most important lesson to me is to leave a place better than you found it and I’m about that. I really want to be a part of that. I want to leave Duke football far beyond what we found it.

“I love this opportunity. Years from now I want to look back and say, look at what we did; we did make a difference. That’s what we came here to do.”

That’s what Wallace Wade did so long ago – he changed the football culture at Duke. David Cutcliffe’s tenure won’t be measured so much in wins and losses as in his ability to restore the football culture in Durham.

If he can do that, it will be quite a legacy.

Word. God I love Coach Cutty. And this'll probably be the only time I ever say it so.. "Good Job, Joe Alleva"

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Sunday Morning Stand(ing) Up

The always wonderful Sarah Silverman at:

Comic Relief 2006


and
the Pam Anderson Roast from 2005

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The Internet is One Big Knitting Circle

Knitting circles are supposed to be places for gossip right?
Anyway I saw this on Queerty this morning and I was immediately hooked and intrigued

This successful rapper has drawn headlines in the past over his alleged homosexual acts. Since the start of his career rumors have swirled that he plays for the other team. However in a recent interview, when asked about if there are any misconceptions about him that he would like to clear up he immediately defended himself calling the rumors nonsense. This particular MC burst on the scene with a catchy tune that had everyone using his trademark accent.However after three albums his celebrity star has seemed to have descended.

He had a bitter battle with another popular rapper and even accused said rapper of shady business practices. But has since resolved all issues with said rapper. This particular hip-hop star has delved into creating a female fashion line, which have further spread the gay rumor.

No matter how much he tries to deny the gay rumors theres [sic] a certain tattoo that seems to haunt him when people see it.

It was originally posted here asking the question "Which Rapper is Denying Gay Rumors?" and according to the comments people seem to think it's either Nelly, Chingy or The Game.
Well through my extensive knowledge and minutes upon minutes of research I want to try to deduce the identity. My original and pretty immediate guess was Nelly, fyi.

Since the start of his career rumors have swirled that he plays for the other team: A lot of people seem to think that Chingy's gay or at least bisexual. I really can't find anything for Nelly or The Game. A Red stripe for Chingy

This particular MC burst on the scene with a catchy tune that had everyone using his trademark accent: Nelly's first hit was Country Grammar and I remember there being maybe an accent, though I'm not sure if it could be considered "trademark" worthy. The Game is from L.A. and we usually don't have accents plus his opening single wasn't anywhere near as catchy as Nelly or Chingy. Chingy's first single (and the only one I know by him) was Right Thurr and I remember everyone everyone doing that "thurr" thing. It was annoying. An Orange stripe for Chingy

However after three albums his celebrity star has seemed to have descended: This one I had a little trouble with, interpretation wise. Did it mean after the first big album he had three subpar albums? two subpar albums? For Nelly I remember his second album being a monster, Nellyville, and he's only release two other albums since then (with another supposedly being released within a week or two) for a total of 4+1 and, at least in my mind, his celebrity has dipped. The Game has only released two albums, so that should maybe disqualify him (though he did make really homophobic statements so, maybe self hating a bit?) Chingy has released three albums with a fourth due by the end of the year. Hmm. Matches up well. That's a Yellow stripe for Chingy

He had a bitter battle with another popular rapper and even accused said rapper of shady business practices. But has since resolved all issues with said rapper: All of them have had beefs- Nelly with Eminem and KRS-One, Chingy was in a feud with Nelly and Ludacris. The Game with...just about everyone really. Though i haven't found any mention to business dealing so far for any of them. [UPDATE: Upon further research Chingy accused DTP of mismanaging his money. Winner.] A Green stripe for Chingy

This particular hip-hop star has delved into creating a female fashion line: The Game created a fashion line but it's for men. The Frank Pace collection. Nelly has had a fashion line for women for a few years called Apple Bottom so maybe that's it. Chingy has just launched a line call Pink Monkey, which is...interesting (and sounds like something I'd think a creative homophobic racist would call a black gay dude) I'm giving a Blue stripe to Chingy

No matter how much he tries to deny the gay rumors theres [sic] a certain tattoo that seems to haunt him when people see it.: The Game has a butterfly tattoo near his eye, but face tattoos are really scary so I don't think people would consider that "gay". Nelly has a bundle of tattoos though I can't see the specifics, though I'm sure there's one that has to be embarrassing. Chingy has a tattoo on his neck that says Daddy's Angel. And finally a Purple stripe to Chingy.

and we all know what red orange yellow green blue and purple in that order makes

Well, that was surprisingly one sided. All that's left to do is appear on the cover of Vibe (and hang out with Bow Wow.) Chingy has totally won today's gay sweepstakes.
(and this was soo much fun, I'm a little embarrassed.)

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