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Afterbirthers in a Neo-Racist Society.
Author: Raine    Date: 04/28/2011 13:07:58

This morning I find myself fascinated once again over the amount of racism that is acceptable (for me, you know, NONE is the proper answer). For the Media, I just don't know. After yesterdays press conference, where the President actually declared that he released his Birth Certificate, some assumed that the issue would finally be over. They were wrong. The reason why is that it was never really about the birth certificate. If one needs more proof, take a look at Donald Trump and Orly Taitz. One is now attacking the President's education, the other has deemed the President committed fraud with his selective service papers. I won't bore you with the freak show here, but she was kicked off of Lawrence O'Donnell's show last night. Trump, on the other hand, not satisfied to let his birther stupidity go, has moved on to Affirmative Action.
... accusing him of being a "terrible student" who shouldn't have gotten into Columbia University or Harvard Law School. "How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?"
One can easily read between the lines and hear the Dog Whistle there. Funny thing -you'll recall that Obama became the first black president of the Harvard Law review. The NYT wrote of it back in 1990:
The new president of the Review is Barack Obama, a 28-year-old graduate of Columbia University who spent four years heading a community development program for poor blacks on Chicago's South Side before enrolling in law school. His late father, Barack Obama, was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, is an American anthropologist now doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii.

''The fact that I've been elected shows a lot of progress,'' Mr. Obama said today in an interview. ''It's encouraging.

''But it's important that stories like mine aren't used to say that everything is O.K. for blacks. You have to remember that for every one of me, there are hundreds or thousands of black students with at least equal talent who don't get a chance,'' (snip)

A President's Future

The president of the law review usually goes on to serve as a clerk for a judge on the Federal Court of Appeals for a year, and then as a clerk for an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Obama said he planned to spend two or three years in private law practice and then return to Chicago to re-enter community work, either in politics or in local organizing.
He did just that, by returning to Chicago and eventually becoming a Senator. I'm surprised Trump hasn't questioned how he got elected... You see, It was not - nor was it ever really - about a Birth Certificate or his citizenship status. As I pondered writing today's blog, I had a funny feeling that I've been here before, So I went to our archives. I wrote this piece, about our Neo-Racist Society. It's easy to forget stuff like this:
Since when did a peace sign on a little girl cause so much angst in this world? Over the weekend the website FreeRepublic got a lot of attention for allowing a thread to run about Malia Obama and her peace tee shirt. The Vancouver Sun wrote an article about it.
“A typical street whore.” “A bunch of ghetto thugs.” “Ghetto street trash.” “Wonder when she will get her first abortion.”

These are a small selection of some of the racially-charged comments posted to the conservative ‘Free Republic’ blog Thursday, aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama’s 11-year-old daughter Malia after she was photographed wearing a t-shirt with a peace sign on the front.

David Schuster said that he will be covering the story today, on his afternoon show - to which FR responded with (Warning: the link is offensive) homophobia. That is right, they blamed the messenger when charged with racism by responding with homophobia. I will be the first to admit that FR is not exactly what some would call a bastion of typical conservatism. I refuse to buy the idea that we are in a post-racial world when we have neo-racists out there spewing this kind of hatred towards an 11 year old black child. Where is that fierce child advocate, Sarah Palin now? One would think she would speak out on behalf of Malia, right? Somehow, I don't think that will happen. Next, we will be told that it is just a message board. Well, it isn't.
In that same blog post we talked about the then newly elected President of the Young Republicans
In the meantime, the Young Republicans elected a new president of their organization: Audra Shay... This Audra Shay.(the image is too large to post here, but it's worth the click)
Shay now claims that she was only responding to Piker’s first comments, not having noticed the second. The eight-minute gap between the second post and her response strains the credibility of this defense.
It didn’t take long for other posters on Shay’s page to do the math. First, Derek Moss wrote “What’s disheartening is the use of the word 'coon' in 2009. Wow… I’m usually outnumbered about 500-to-1 on Audra’s threads so go ahead, lemme have it, I deserve it.” He apparently expected to be criticized as among this crowd for calling out the racist comment.

Cassie Wallender, a national committeewoman from the Washington Young Republican Federation, then wrote: “Someone please help a naïve Seattle girl out, is Eric’s comment a racist slur?” She answered her own question one minute later: “Okay, why is this okay? I just looked it up. ‘It comes from a term baracoons (a cage) where they used to place Africans who were waiting to be sent to America to be slaves.’ THIS IS NOT OKAY AND IT’S NOT FUNNY.”

This was followed soon after by the chairman of the D.C. Young Republicans, Sean L. Conner, who wrote “I’m really saddened that you would support this type of racial language. ..wow! Thanks Cassie for standing up…”

They say we are now in a Post-Racialist Society; after learning about this, all I have to say is: Are you fucking kidding me? That is the new head of the Young Republicans. Sad state of affairs is this party and this country. There are people trying to dismantle the voting rights act using the excuse that we are in a Post-Racial world now that we elected a "Black President". Well I don't buy that crap. This party is becoming more and more polarized (as is the Country) because of sites like FR.
No it's not about the Birth Certificate, it's about people looking for permission to be blatantly racist in America today. If calling them out for what they do makes me a racist, fine. You know why? I wrote about that too. I must be racist -- you are too:

To these people, the rights in the constitution are selectable and only for a few privileged folk: Them. I might be more reluctant to call them out for what it looks like if they had been around for the past 8 years when we actually saw our civil liberties getting torn to shreds. They were nowhere to be found as our bill of rights was being disassembled. The silence was deafening right up until we elected a black man as President. I can't see it any other way. They were silent when the previous administration threw hundreds of billions of dollars into the banking industry with no oversight-- they said nothing. They were silent when their retirement funds dried up as the market went into a downward spin last year. They were silent when the previous administration gave the auto industry a 17 billion dollar loan and now they scream it's socialism. What else would explain it?

I believe one thing about these people. When they say 'they want their country back', they mean it. This I believe. What these people need to learn -- everyone of them from Rush, Steele, Beck & Hannity - to every marcher at the tea parties is how to share. It's not like people of color are going anywhere. They are here to stay in the United States. What they don't seem to understand is ALL Americans got the country back on January 20, 2009. Until they learn that this country does not belong exclusively to THEM, they look like a bunch of bigots and angry fools fanning the flames of hate. Ooh. I called them out. I guess that makes me a racist now too.
You can add Orly and Trump to the ever growing list of these people.

I don't care if calling out this post racial afterbirth waste makes me a racist. It won't stop me from calling this hate out. Seems like we've been at it for a long time now.

and
Raine
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 13:08:40
Morning

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:10:20
Morning all. Steph and Rachel= yucks galore!

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:13:37
Blog is up!

Comment by TriSec on 04/28/2011 13:14:59
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)


Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:23:47
Momma and the Dr.!

Comment by velveeta jones on 04/28/2011 13:25:33
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!


I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:26:04
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)


Not so much, Tuscaloosa has requested and gotten Federal disaster aid. FEMA is on the way!

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:30:14
He looks like a Fanta.

Aces ProducerChris!

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:30:44
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!


I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:31:56
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)
We are under a Tornado watch until 3 pm.


Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:32:18
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!


I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?


Comment by velveeta jones on 04/28/2011 13:34:18
Just so we all understand, we all know that Orly is a dude, yes? I mean.............. come ON!!!

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:38:44
Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:38:58
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!


I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?
I linked to it in the blog. it's worth it JUST for the zoom....


Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 13:39:24
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)
We are under a Tornado watch until 3 pm.



yep, I'm watching the clouds just wiz by and that wind is just crazy!

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:41:33
Quote by velveeta jones:
Just so we all understand, we all know that Orly is a dude, yes? I mean.............. come ON!!!

I prefer Crossdresser.

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:43:10
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)
We are under a Tornado watch until 3 pm.



yep, I'm watching the clouds just wiz by and that wind is just crazy!
WE have the NOAA radio suggest by the Lovely Velveeta, going.

It's wierd, listening to WTOP, I can here they have a NOAA radio in the studio with them


Comment by BobR on 04/28/2011 13:43:45
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!

I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED <3 when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?

Somebody didn't read the blog...

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 13:46:07
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)
We are under a Tornado watch until 3 pm.



yep, I'm watching the clouds just wiz by and that wind is just crazy!
WE have the NOAA radio suggest by the Lovely Velveeta, going.

It's wierd, listening to WTOP, I can here they have a NOAA radio in the studio with them



Our NOAA radio is in the attic with our hurricane box - keep me posted if you hear something

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:47:30
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!

I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED <3 when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?

Somebody didn't read the blog...


No, somebody skimed it. Didn't check any links.

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 13:48:03
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
Morning, comrades!

Pity much of the south doesn't believe in Global Climate Change.

Find your bootstraps and lift yourselves up, motherfuckers! Sorry, there's no tax dollars to help, maybe you could knock on the doors of whatever corporation runs your city now and beg for a handout? Good Luck, but if you can't recover without help, you're just lazy anyway.

{Note to Southern bloggers...stay safe out there, huh? We had our winter, looks like it's your turn now.)
We are under a Tornado watch until 3 pm.



yep, I'm watching the clouds just wiz by and that wind is just crazy!
WE have the NOAA radio suggest by the Lovely Velveeta, going.

It's wierd, listening to WTOP, I can here they have a NOAA radio in the studio with them



Our NOAA radio is in the attic with our hurricane box - keep me posted if you hear something

During commericail breaks you ought to stream WTOP. I will give you heads up if I hear anything near your workplace.


Comment by Scoopster on 04/28/2011 13:49:10
Mornin' all..

Got some hella pain goin' on today in my lower parts.. let's just say it's not a pleasant feeling at all and leave it at that.

Comment by BobR on 04/28/2011 13:50:14
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!

I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED <3 when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?

Somebody didn't read the blog...


No, somebody skimed it. Didn't check any links.

Is that what you used to tell your teachers when you failed a test?

Comment by TriSec on 04/28/2011 13:50:35
I heard the news last night that the tornado warning center in Tuscaloosa was evacuated because of a....tornado. I'd have to categorize that as "very bad".

Hurricane Box, eh? Kinda like my winter storm kit I only just took out of the car.

Aaaand if any of you have the capacity to store gasoline, you might want to buy it now while it's still cheap. BBC is reporting that Russia is experiencing a shortage and is planning on banning all exports for the month of May.

I don't know how much Russian gasoline we buy, but nevertheless I can't imagine the world market reacting positively to this news.



Comment by BobR on 04/28/2011 13:50:47
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..

Got some hella pain goin' on today in my lower parts.. let's just say it's not a pleasant feeling at all and leave it at that.



Comment by Scoopster on 04/28/2011 13:51:58
I'd like to introduce you all to the latest net meme - Religion Pigeon!

http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/gallery/2c569159e916ea168bb058479fc9aa19.jpg


Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 13:54:38
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by velveeta jones:
Trump would actually benefit with a full blown KKK hood, it would hide his horrifying hair!!

I was worried about Lawrence O'Donnell last night, thought he might have a heart attack, but I'm just grateful that Ms. Oily Taitz was not in studio..... she'd no doubt have been strangled. And I'd hate to see Larry in jail for her murder.
I just LOVED <3 when he had the camerperson zoom in on her.



I missed it. Did she look all squirmy and panicked? Was there flop sweat?

Somebody didn't read the blog...


No, somebody skimed it. Didn't check any links.

Is that what you used to tell your teachers when you failed a test?


What is this "failure" of which you speak?

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 13:56:05
Tri - Hurricane box cause we used to live at the beach not so useful here though but it holds some of our emergency stuff

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:05:37
This is a must read and Watch:
So, tears in my eyes, pain in my heart and rage in my soul, I composed this video message. More than written text, it comes close to expressing my full pain at witnessing a white man who was handed everything call the President of the United States (and me) a nigger.


Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:06:37
What is a Skimed?

Comment by TriSec on 04/28/2011 14:12:31
Well, the Repugs have escalated the rhetoric on the whole citizenship thing.

I don't care if the next candidate had ancestors aboard the Mayflower; if they can't come up with exactly the same proof they have demanded of President Obama, then their citizenship must be cast in doubt, too.



Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 14:14:54
Wow they are all on point on this "it's Obama's fault" crap about the birth certificate.

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:21:18
I walked away, Did I miss a RWLM?

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 14:25:59
Quote by Raine:
I walked away, Did I miss a RWLM?


Nope!

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:28:06
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
I walked away, Did I miss a RWLM?


Nope!
Well, We have one now!




Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:28:39
What a damn fool, Ken is.

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 14:30:38
Quote by Raine:
What a damn fool, Ken is.



did I miss and idiot caller?

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:32:09
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Pretty simple to me. Born or naturalized. He's a DAMN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!



Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:33:20
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
What a damn fool, Ken is.



did I miss and idiot caller?
You didn;t hear a call, Yes. Did you miss it? probably not, you are better off for not hearing it.


Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:34:18
<--- For Ken.

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 14:35:06
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
What a damn fool, Ken is.



did I miss and idiot caller?
You didn;t hear a call, Yes. Did you miss it? probably not, you are better off for not hearing it.



missed it - ktlk likes to kick me off in the 10 o'clock hour

Comment by Mondobubba on 04/28/2011 14:38:21
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
I walked away, Did I miss a RWLM?


Nope!
Well, We have one now!




I was pounding my head on my desk.

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 14:39:30
Raine - there is a huge dark cloud rolling in ya'lls direction

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:41:06
After watching the Video I posted below -- I cried again. When someone accuses the President of not being a citizen, they are just racisit. That is it. I was willing to allow that these people were saying racisit things... but now I think they are racist.

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:41:33
Quote by wickedpam:
Raine - there is a huge dark cloud rolling in ya'lls direction

Yeah I just noticed.

Comment by wickedpam on 04/28/2011 14:41:43
Mondo!

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:46:01
Quote by wickedpam:
Mondo!



Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 14:47:45
Quote by Raine:
<--- For Ken.
Hmm, coincidence?


Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 15:02:41
This controversy was constructed solely as a way to de-legitimize the presidency of a black man. Those who question the location of Barack Obama's birth are the very same people who would pack up and move out of the neighborhood if someone like me moved in next door.

When they say they want to take their country back, they mean from us.
Still breaks my heart.

Comment by Raine on 04/28/2011 15:12:54
http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2011/04/25/12/judge04-24-11.slideshow_main.prod_affiliate.91.jpg