And an "ape" shall lead them.

Those poor Obamas, between conservatives and Belgium newspaper editors they just can't get away from the ape references.


Honestly, Donald Rumsfeld should know better than referring to an ape when comparing the first black president to something. It's sad, really, you would think that we can do better than that in this country.


Rumsfeld is a man of some stature. He is not some ignorant redneck posting anonymously on the Internet from his mother's basement.


Understandably, black folks are upset:


 "I’m not sure what’s more exhausting: The invocation of primates when discussing Black people, much less the first Black man to be elected president of the United States, or the people who pretend not to know the racist implications behind the comparison.


Now begs the question whether former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will follow suit.


In an interview with FOX News’ Greta Van Susteren on Monday, Rumsfeld offered a harsh critique of President Obama’s diplomatic dealings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rumsfeld went as far as to say he doesn’t fault the Afghans for supporting Vladimir Putin.
Rumsfeld explained:

By golly they have trashed Karzai publicly over and over and over. I really think it’s understandable given the terrible, terrible diplomacy that the United States has conducted with Afghanistan over the past several years.”

Then came the unfortunate inclusion of ape talk:

A trained ape could get a status of forces agreement. It doesn’t take a genius.

Rumsfeld is referring to the extension of a 2003 agreement that recognizes the American military presence.


As of now, Donald Rumsfeld has yet to apologize to President Obama for comparing him to an ape. I’m not sure that walking, blabbering example of curmudgeonliness will say he’s sorry, though he certainly should." [Source]


And then there are the folks over in Belgium:


"A Belgian newspaper is under fire for an image it printed showing President Barack Obama and the First Lady as apes.


The progressive newspaper De Morgen is being accused of racism for the image along with an article it published just prior to Obama's visit to the Netherlands Monday morning.
 
The image clearly depicts the couple as two apes-- an editorial decision that has been slammed as "stale racist drivel." [Source]


Oh my, racist "progressives"? Who knew? Anyway, some folks from De Morgen will be sending out feelers to FOX Views, soon. Because you can never have enough racists in the cable news business.

"I am for freedom of religion and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another”

I love that quote attributed to Jefferson.

So I was thinking: Why is it that people can be such blatant hypocrites in A-merry-ca and get away with it? For instance; my man Glenn Beck is all over this Mosque being built near Ground Zero, and his argument goes something like this: (I am paraphrasing) Of course they have a right to their religious freedom under our Constitution, but why do they choose to build a church there given how people feel about that? They should be more sensitive to the feelings of their fellow A-merry-cans, just because they have a right to do it, doesn't mean that they should do it.

Ahhh Glenn (and I hate to agree with your colleague, Greta Von Frenkenstein, but do you notice something about that kettle staring you in the face? Yep, it looks just like you.
My man, you are doing the very same thing when you hold your march on the anniversary of Dr. King's I Have A Dream speech. Of course you have a right to do it, but should you? Given how some folks feel about you and your views on race. (You did call A-merry-ca's first black president a racist) I call bullshit on it being a mere coincidence, you knew exactly what you were doing.

And as for this Mosque at Ground Zero, I see that something like seventy percent of A--merry-cans oppose it. I wonder how many of them lost loved ones on 9/11? I agree with
Bob Cesca when he writes the following:

"If we take Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and Newt Gingrich at their word, their objection to the proposed community center two blocks north of Ground Zero is that the entire area is hallowed ground, and a Muslim facility so close to the site is an insult to the victims and heroes of September 11.

Of course this is entirely about a swath of 9/11 fetishists, mostly Christians, ginning up anti-Muslim fear and demagoguery to score political points. It's a cheap and obvious exploitation of the widespread American prejudice that anyone who happens to be Muslim is equally as guilty and offensive as the terrorists who hijacked and crashed two airplanes into the World Trade Center towers.

It must be an election year because Republicans are once again rolling out September 11 as a wedge issue. You know, because they care about honoring the fallen. When it helps them politically.

If Beck, Limbaugh, Palin and Gingrich, along with the entire population of far-right AM talk radio, really cared about hallowed ground and historical preservation, they wouldn't be limiting their crusade to Park 51 (formerly Cordoba House).

As many of us have heard, there's a strip club two blocks away. I'm not sure how lap dances are less offensive than a religious community center. In fact, there are quite a few places in lower Manhattan within short walking distance of Ground Zero that would have to be eliminated as part of these stringent guidelines dictating how sacred ground ought to be respected. Via Twitter, Sarah Palin urged President Obama to weigh in on the Park 51 issue. Well, I urge Sarah Palin to weigh in on the strip club "at Ground Zero." We're waiting, Sarah. Will you campaign against the strip club? How about the gun shows that happen at Cox Pavilion, not far from the site of the Oklahoma City bombing? Or the shinto shrines a mile or two from Pearl Harbor?" [Article]

And I agree with Robert McIlvaine:

"Robert McIlvaine still struggles and probably always will. When the subject of his son, Bobby, comes up, McIlvaine asks that I give him a minute so he can compose himself.

Bobby McIlvaine, a Princeton graduate and aspiring writer who worked in media relations for Merrill Lynch, was on his way up to the 106th floor of the World Trade Center for a seminar that September morning when the plane hit. He never made it there. He was only 26.

Once the elder McIlvaine starts talking about the mosque controversy, sadness gives way to anger. How can people shred the Constitution to justify their biases?

"Nobody's asked me, and there are plenty of 9/11 families who feel the way I do," says McIlvaine, 65, a retired teacher who lives in Oreland.

When he first heard of the proposed Islamic center, he had no problem. "I didn't give it a second thought," he said. "And if you knew my son, you'd know he'd be rolling over in his grave over this."

As would the American Muslims who also died on that day.

"It's a sin what [fearmongers] are doing, making this about politics at the families' expense," McIlvaine adds. "It's producing hate, and it's the last thing this country needs right now." [Story]

Mr. McIlvaine, it's folks like you who makes us all realize that the terrorist lost that day. Sadly, if folks like Beck and company have their way, our victory will be short lived.

Happy Birthday Mr. President!

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See that picture of Obama up there*? He sure looks different doesn't he? Well, it's his birthday, and I want to join the rest of A-merry-ca and wish him a happy 49th year on earth. Field, that's not Obama, that's Will Smith in that picture... I know it's not Obama, but I figured Will was close enough. Don't laugh, the folks over at Radio Rwanda do it. Seems my girl Greta Van Frankenstein and her producers thought that it would be cool to put up Shirley Sherrod's picture instead of Maxine Walters for their news story about girlfriend. Come on folks, don't we all look alike?

"During a segment about the ethics violations California Democrat Maxine Waters is accused of, "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" producers actually showed footage of another black woman in the news: Shirley Sherrod.

Van Susteren took to her blog immediately after the show to apologize for the mistake and to say that she and her staff were "sick over" it.

"OOPS...we so screwed up on this one and we are sick about it..." the blog post was titled.

"Right now we are trying to console ourselves with the fact that, while we did a doozy of a mistake, at least it was unintentional, we noticed it immediately and scrambled to fix it immediately," she wrote. "And yes, even with telling ourselves that, we still feel horrible! (and we should feel horrible!)"

Van Susteren acknowledged that it was "a very bad mistake and a painful one for which we are very apologetic.

"We really don't know what to say and there is nothing that you can post to make us feel better (not that we deserve to feel better!) This mistake was bad, very bad and we are immensely sorry," she concluded." [Article]

Yeah right! I would believe any other news organization and the sincerity of their apology except this one. Let's just say that they have a history. You only have to look here, and here and here....you get the picture.

I guess I can't really blame them, it's not like they know many of us folks over there. And when they do have us on, it tends to be a little fishy if you get my drift. "We report you decide" is one of their sayings. I guess this takes it to a whole different level. Picture of Flavor Flav, story on Kendrick Meek. Picture of Morgan Freeman, story on Eric Holder. Picture of Michael Jordan, story on Colin Powell. Nice. Still, I guess it's easier to do these things when you are "FOX NEWS." Why? Because the typical Fox viewer wouldn't know the difference in the first place.

Greta's World.

I know Greta Van Susteren didn't just question why Barack Hussein Obama had to fly on Air Force One to Colorado today. Yep, that was her telling Rudy on her T.V. show tonight that the president should not have used tax payor's money to fly all the way to Denver to sign the stimulus bill. Nope, she wants his O ness to practice what he preaches. Yeah Barack, hop your black ass on Greyhound like all the other Negroes in A-merry-ca when they want to get from point A to point B.

And let me say a few words about Ms. Van Susteren: If you want another reason to hate lawyers, Greta does not disappoint. This former criminal defense lawyer actually made her bones playing the defense side on national television during the O.J. trials. (Yes, another nobody made somebody thanks to O.J.) Her daddy was a good friend, law school buddy, and campaign manager to the infamous commie chaser, Joseph McCarthy, so it isn't surprising that she ended up with the FAKE NEWS people. Of course her own daddy wouldn't know her now, thanks to some serious "Nip/Tuck" real life version. Yes, Greta has been under more knives than a dinner napkin. But I am not going to hold that against her. What I will hold against her is the faux journalism passive aggressive bull shit she pulls every night to millions of viewers. Thing is, I can't really figure out if Greta does it out of true blue convictions or the money. I am guessing that Greta does it for the money. Nothing about Greta says conviction to me.

"Is there any harm to this? I mean is there a chance that this will work? I mean... good Americans, we'd love to have it work. It's just that it scares most of us to think that you vote on something you've never read or you make up the numbers. It doesn't give us a whole sense of security, but I there is any harm in this bill?" Bullshit Greta! You don't want this bill to work anymore than you want your plastic surgeon to stop cutting. If it works, you will have egg on your face, and what will you do then? A-merry-ca can only take so many Sarah Palin interviews.

Oh, and did I mention that Greta has a blog? Yes she does. But unfortunately, it seems Greta has a problem keeping a certain element from her site. Greta, that's a problem you could fix tomorrow. Just get on the air and write a post on your blog about the truth. Tell the minions who watch you on FAKE NEWS and read your blog that they have all been hoodwinked. Tell them that you are only doing what you do to cash Rupert's checks, and that you could care less what happens to A-merry-ca. Of course you would get kicked off the FAKE NEWS network, but so what? You have made more than enough money off of those clowns. And honestly, we have seen and heard more than enough of you.