Half-breed Muslin
Meanwhile, in a Florida backyard, more proof of how far the US has come since the days of lynching and segregation. Remember folks, people died in Iraq for Americans to have freedom to do this:
Muslin? And all this time I thought he was a Linenist.
This one is almost as good as the bumper sticker: “A vote for a Democrat is a vote for Islamic terrorism”.
Hat-tip: Wonkette
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Perhaps Obama should just write ‘Christian’ in big capital letters on his forehead…maybe just for the debates.
I bet these ppl are the same folk that believed the Iraq/9/11 connection…
“I bet these ppl are the same folk that believed the Iraq/9/11 connection…”
You give these rednecks to much credit. They don’t think that far ahead to worry about connections between 9/11 and Iraq. Bush says here is bad man an evil man, and they will believe him because he is a good little born again christian.
These people are hateful morons. Hopefully, we’ll get a brain dead Republican on here soon to rip the shit out of… It should be fun. Though, I suspect they might be Libertarian trailer trash in disguise.
You have to worry about that. Nutjob Libertarians with the added God factor seem to be very popular in the US right now. It should make even DK shit his pants.
Yes, for these folks ( and there’s a lot of them), it’s about voting for what they think God wants. Not anything more.
Wait, I thought he was a Secret Muesli, working on behalf of Alpen-Americans. Lies!!!
But the stupidity, wilful or not, is just staggering.
Notable isn’t it, how people who immediately howl with anger at any generalisation about Muslims, asians, blacks etc. won’t turn a hair when sweeping generalisations are made about “americans”.
And by the way:
digitalcntrl :
“You give these rednecks to much credit.”. What you meant was “too much credit”. How could anyone make such an elementary spelling mistake? Didn’t you go to school, or what?
What an enlightened nation the USA is.
http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com
Letters from a Tory,
Just asking. Why does your link go to an attack on a chap called Sadiq Khan, who appears to be a British MP or some such? How does that link into your tag:
Clearly Sidiq Khan is wrong. Happy now? One of the few legitimate enterprises of government is to disenfrachise religious institutions and place the individual at the forefront of politics. Which neither the Labour Party nor the Tories appear capable of doing. So what was your point exactly?
ha ha, linenist!
Genius.
When are these people going to have a road-to-Damask moment?
(ha… very lame, I know… sorry!
)
Obama’s a half breed fabric??
Let’s not forget about all those cashmerey separatists.
Yes, his father is Osama bin Lycra, the evil leader of al-Crylic, a subsidiary of Terrsts-R-Us.
Well, now we know why he didn’t pick Hillary Lint-on as running mate…
(sorrysorrysorrysorry)
Trofim – maybe you should read a little more carefully:
“I bet these ppl are the same folk that believed the Iraq/9/11 connection”,”You give these rednecks to much credit.”
It’s clear that these remarks are aimed at a particular group of Americans, not all.
Even the picture caption doesn’t make the claim that “all” Americans are as ignorant as this individual.
You need to reset your sensitivity meter.
Hahahahahaha These all funny comments. v.v. good!
This election is about the unspeakable, and the republicans have in desperation played the one and only card they knew would work. It has worked and how…
Since I come from a city that is majority African American and with a very large diverse working class, I will tell you that the generalization of non-urban whites is, if anything, considerate. They are worse than you can imagine.
Cities=progress=awareness=modern=community=kindness
Non-urban=ill-read=backward=closeminded=reactionary
That is what this election is about. When an African-American who grew up on food-stamps works his way up and with a wife who too has come up the very hard way, both reach the best of schools and triumph, and are called elitist, while a gold-digger of a sugar daddy is called in-touch with hte common folk, you know that prejudice and bigotry is at the root of it all.
KELvi,
Dunno whether this is to the point you were making or not. I am as white as the driven snow, so I am. And yet, if Sunny or Sonia were to stand for Parliament, I’d drop everything to pass out leaflets or whatever for them.
Because they are people I completely believe in. And it has absolutely nothing to do with their skin colour. Well, whoop de doo.
Perhaps. But that is why we all support Obama, is it not? It is nothing to do with his colour either. It is to do with him being on the right side of the arguement. If, perhaps he was arguing for ‘end times’, I might think he was an idiot.
Judge a politician on the basis of their beliefs, rather than on prejudice, I think.
Notable isn’t it, how people who immediately howl with anger at any generalisation about Muslims, asians, blacks etc. won’t turn a hair when sweeping generalisations are made about “americans”.
Absolutely. It’s ok to hate the americans.
Out of a population of 250,000,000 many on the left will choose this sign to represent the thinking behind that nation, especially if McCain wins. See Jonathan Freedland if you think I am exaggerating the leftist anti-american prejudices (which I say is perefectly acceptable). He says anti-americanism will have a whole new legitimacy.
What an enlightened nation the USA is.
Ok, anti-american prejudice is on the right too! :p
I really hope Obama gets in. I wonder how people will react when he authorises strikes inside Pakistan etc. As if a Democrat president is going to be so far removed from a Republican one…
No, and it’s frustrating when it enters debate, but – unlike, say, anti-arabism – it isn’t very important.
Incidentally, why shouldn’t the world judge the American voters? Bush has adopted a particularly aggressive foreign policy, and so noone should be surprised when the world adopts a rather adverse view towards his supporters.
Did people have such an understanding view of the Palestinians that elected Hamas (or Brits that elected Labour)?
Well, according to some of our more eccentric blogging friends he’s going to establish a Communist state-prison. As it happens, I agree with you.
Ben
Why is ‘anti-arabism’ very important and anti-americanism (which has culminated in massive loss of life through terrorism) not important?
This sounds very much like a prejudice. It’s ok to hate americans, but not arabs…
If the Republicans stated view was to obliterate the middle east, push every last Arab in to the sea — and then a majority voted for this; then yes I would seriously question that country and feel inclined to lay the blame at America as a whole. But hating the americans because the Republicans got in power? Pathetic!
Not aimed at you personally, Ben-Six…
Doug,
There’s a good reason why African-Americans think the appointment of Clarence Thomas is an insult, coming as it did after the retirement of that titan, Thurgood Marshall. It’s the same justification that saw Cory Booker unseat Sharper James in the city of Newark. Early in the Democratic primaries many of the old guard African-Americans, went for Hillary. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones was planning to go to Denver to answer the roll call for Hillary when she was felled by a stroke. The support for Obama began from outside the mainstream of the African-American community, and early on was confined to hte hopeless romantics among the youth and the post-baby boomers – white, black, brown or yellow. Norman Mineta was for Hillary but young Pacific-Americans went for Obama. The restaurateurs and moteliers went for Hillary while the Subodh Chandras and Jay Goyals rooted for Obama. While Ted Strickland rooted for Hillary, Sherrod Brown right from day 1 endorsed Obama. For the GOP Hillary would have been easier meat than Obama, till it decided to play the one card it knows will work. Even before the weep pick McCain’s campaign has been running divisive themes – elitist, celebrity, urban spender, unpatriotic, world citizen, etc., these are all tropes that were trotted out during the civil rights era, most notably about MLK. Then it was said that blacks did not need an elitist like MLK telling them what rights they needed. But today that cliche will not work, because even in the heartland, the youth are disgusted with these divisive attacks.
“Notable isn’t it, how people who immediately howl with anger at any generalisation about Muslims, asians, blacks etc. won’t turn a hair when sweeping generalisations are made about “americans”.
And by the way:
digitalcntrl :
“You give these rednecks to much credit.”. What you meant was “too much credit”. How could anyone make such an elementary spelling mistake? Didn’t you go to school, or what?”
What sweeping generalizations about Americans?? Unless you mean to imply that all Americans are rednecks? I can assure there is at least one person (me) who is not.
Because cultural anti-arabism – nicely dissected here – has contributed to a mindset that allows us – and me more than most – to adopt a blithe attitude towards the havoc in the Middle East. It creates an image of ‘The West’ and the other.
International anti-Americanism has certainly contributed towards terrorist outrages, but it’s distinct from the anti-Americanism in British culture – which is merely petty snobbery from morons. It’s surely self-evident that perceptions of America will be vastly different in Britain and, say, Syria or Palestine.
No, that’s not what I said. They’re both bigotry, but that doesn’t mean that they’re of equal importance.
Is the wars killing hundreds of thousands not enough? Incidentally, I’m not suggesting that it’s right for blame to be attributed to America ‘as a whole’, but it’s certainly understandable to blame the Administration and the supporters of it. As McCain has played a large part in this administration – and echoes its policies/rhetoric – he is naturally opposed.
Ben
No worries.
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Ben
Is the wars killing hundreds of thousands not enough?
The Americans haven’t killed hundreds of thousands.
Hundreds of thousands have been killed by assorted criminals, jihadis and militias, the vast majority either Sunni or Shia Muslim — not American. They were killed in the power vacuum of the removal of the baathist genocidal terror-like regime.
You can’t blame all this on the Americans, the same way you can’t blame the world’s ills on the British for the terrible massacres and blood shed that resulted after the British had left their colonies and resulting in a power vacuum. Although I know many do subscribe to this viewpoint. This argument would have some merit if the natives were literally savages without the apparent ability to think for themselves. Yet this was never the case.
The idea, occasionally flouted around, that the George Bush should be impeached for removing the Saddam regime would be a tad amusing, if it weren’t the earnest seriousness of those whom espouse it.
Fair comment – I’m not aware of the casualty ratios.
Nevertheless, the Coalition forces have directly killed very many thousands – however ambiguous that is – in both wars, and still cover up the catastrophic results of their attacks.
They also bear responsibility for the power vacuum in Iraq. Removing the power structure from a nation that contains much rivalry and ethnic tension was madness, and that was exacerbated by corruption and lamentable pre-war planning.
And institutionalising torture, ordering illegal surveillance, etc (not to mention his latest intrusion into Pakistan). He is a criminal, yes, and the promotion of the Iraq War, the torture memos and the aforementioned illegalities should all be investigated.
Ben
institutionalising torture
Not quite. Dick Cheney did sign off the use of waterboarding at Gitmo camp, which was used on three inmates. Other techniques such as sleep deprivation were used on many more of the inmates at Gitmo.
ordering illegal surveillance, promotion of the Iraq War
Yes these need investigating in the proper way.
He is a criminal
Judge jury and executioner! We don’t have the results from the aforementioned investigation yet!
As for Pakistan, Obama has already stated he would authorise that. But if Obama does it, is it for better reasons?
Well, a) the secrecy of Guantanamo means that that is all we can assume and b) the legality of it is institutional. The depraved John Yoo admitted that a President could legally torture children:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11488.htm
And there are, of course, multiple cases of torture in Iraq, and that only covers those that have been exposed. It’s possible that none of these were sanctioned, but they must be investigated nonetheless.
Considering it’s already known to be illegal – he ordered it after it had been declared illegal – the latter is enough for the term to be unconditionally suitable.
Nope.
Ben
I was watching an interview about CH’s book on religion and he said an American woman politician(?) had said when interviewed that if English was good enough for Jesus it was good enough for her.
Astonishing.
His water-boarding vid was disturbing to watch.
Impeached for lying, deceiving, breaking the law. There is actually a book that makes the legal case for Bush’s impeachment. If democrats were not pussies, that would be an open-and-shut case.
I love to watch that video. If only Galloway would follow suit…
Yes, burning, torturing, hanging blacks for looking at white women, apartheid, no voting rights… and now a sign in a redneck’s backyard. It’s a good thing someone has a good perspective on things.
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Remember in 2004 the GOP chastised John Kerry for being a gold-digger in marrying Thersa Heinz. Not a peep about John McCain doing the same thing. Odd, isn’t it?
Remember in 2004 the GOP chastised John Kerry for being a gold-digger in marrying a wealthy wife, Teresa Heinz? Not a peep about John McCain doing the same thing. Odd, isn’t it?
Just shows to go ya that the political landscape in America is littered with immaturity, bias, and ignorance. It’s good to know, based on some comments here, that some Americans do in fact think for themselves, instead of letting a party or pundit do it for them.
KELvi,
I don’t disagree with much of that, maybe the bit about the hopeless romantics, I never did see myself as a hopeless romantic, except in lurve, maybe….
Obama ‘08!
What’s the point, that there are stupid people who don’t like Obama? This coming from the party of imbeciles who, by a margin of 10-1, can’t fill out a ballot in Florida? Surely you are not attempting to argue that this person is typical of Republicans? If not, who gives a shit about a sign put up by some idiot?
And now we learn the idiot was a Democrat. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, this guy was probably one of the many Florida democrats confused by the 2004 ballot.
http://therightperspective.com/wordpress/?p=71
Drew @ 39,
Would that be the hanging chads fiasco to which you refer? I don’t recall it being 10 to 1 in favour or deficit compared to the overall vote. Perhaps you could enlighten me?
Drew @ 39,
Would that be the hanging chads fiasco to which you refer? I don’t recall it being 10 to 1 in favour or deficit compared to the overall vote. Perhaps you could enlighten me?
Sometimes you just have to let the madder Democrats go. They were probably going to vote Republican anyway. In fact, they might simply be agents provocateurs.
Hi Doug, I know, I just feel like someone has to challenge this relentless slander sometimes.
Admittedly the 10-1 number was fiction. The hanging chads were not so lopsided, though they did heavily favor Democrats. The bigger disparity was in West Palm Beach and other places where Democrats evidently voted for two or more presidential candidates.
The people who have died in Iraq certainly didn’t die to enable Americans “to have the freedom” to make silly signs. What a ridiculous assertion.