State of the Union by Carl Moore

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Pacejv said, about 18 hours ago

Shades of Emily Litella!
HectorPriam said, about 18 hours ago

Funny how the names, “American Negro College Fund” and “National Association for the Advancement of Colored People” are accepted as non-offensive but the words “negro” and “colored” used in any sentence are considered racist.

Of course redneck and blonde jokes are always acceptable and anyone who is offended by them is too sensitive and needs to “get over it.”
GJ_Jehosaphat said, about 15 hours ago

Mrs. Palen got upset with a liberal using the word “retarded” but let it pass for Rush Limbaugh. A double standard for the Fox News Commentator & TEA Party Spokeswoman?
ANandy said, about 14 hours ago

The cartoon misrepresents the event. The state media ignored the remark made by Reid. I believe it was Limbaugh, quoting Reid who pointed out the selective indignation, as was the case with the “retardo” comment made by Emanuel quoted by Limbaugh. The same applied to the “special olympics” remark made by BozOTUS and insults by other libs.
The point of the discussion is the bias in the media.
GJ_Jehosaphat said, about 14 hours ago

Political Correctness aside - word usage has changed from what was acceptable to what has become just plain rude. Not to fault previous generations - what was acceptable to our Grandparents - is not acceptable now. Doesn’t matter what your politics are - Rude is Crude!

“Founded in 1876, the AAIDD is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization of professionals (and others) concerned about mental retardation and related disabilities.
The first meeting of the “Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feebleminded Persons” was held at the Elwyn Training School in Elwyn, Pennsylvania.
The organization later changed its name to “American Association on Mental Deficiency” (AAMD) and then to the “American Association on Mental Retardation.”
In June 2006, members of the association voted to change its name to the “American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.”

Wiki Reference

Rush is Rude as well as Crude!
LibrarianInTraining said, about 12 hours ago

Hector, it’s sad, but true.

Actually, we were having this conversation all week since it’s black history month.

My coworker is from Mozambique, born and raised. My other coworker is Puerto Rican, but she’s lived most of her life in Pennsylvania.

Neither of them can understand this “entitlement” attitude that African Americans and those from the local islands seem to have that makes them so haughty,

My lady from Mozambique says they give real Africans a bad name and, if they acted like this back in her country, no one would stand for it. They would be considered exceedingly rude and most likely ostracized by the community, or had their egos taken down by the town elders.
Lewreader said, about 10 hours ago

Someone asks, I am such and such profession. I worked for that title. Race,nationality, or other accidents of birth are not of my making. Why should I be proud of being a black/Irishman/ Hispanic or any other description on my ancestor’s birth. Did I do it? Should I wave a green flag in March and cry, “My ancestors came to America in chains”!How about, “My father spoke another language as an immigrant, so I will too.”

Perhaps the military is a good place to learn diversity. Don’t matter a persons accent or hue, you all wear green and believe in the same country. The man next to you may save your life.
pschearer said, about 10 hours ago

I am not now and have never been a member of any racial minority, so I can’t quite share in the sensitivities that I’m sure must develop in those long victimized by prejudice.

But I am old enough to have watched decades of change in attitudes and I take some consolation that we have almost…almost, mind you… corrected the worst of once rampant American racism.

For those younger, the best history lesson would be to become a fan of old movies on Turner Classic Movies. As one example, I was horrified to learn that the famous Agatha Christie story known as “And There Were None” or “The Ten Little Indians” was originally named (and the movie was shown in England as) “The Ten Little N^^^^^s”!

The change is slow, but real.
shermscott said, about 10 hours ago

Emily Litella, ah the days of classic SNL. I’m shermscott and you’re not.
mroberts88 said, about 10 hours ago

When its someone on the left, its ok. That is bs. If it is racist and offensive, it doesnt mater where it came from.
Jim said, about 9 hours ago

Ayuh .
mytinytown said, about 9 hours ago

GJ_Jehosaphat
You think Rush is rude? Personally I don’t care for Rush, I prefer Hannity..
But about being rude, do you as well think Gore, Reid, Pelosi, Obama, etc. are rude too?
Jade said, about 9 hours ago
“The state media ignored the remark made by Reid. I believe it was Limbaugh, quoting Reid who pointed out the selective indignation, as was the case with the “retardo” comment made by Emanuel quoted by Limbaugh.”
- No. The remark by Reid was widely publicized and he was attacked for it by both sides. However Reid was also making a truthful statement which was taken out of context. One only has to look at the campaigns especially by the Right to see how attempting to point out his racial heritage was used against him. Hillary is not beyond this accusation, either.
- However, Rush said not only a couple days ago, quoting Rahm Emanuel’s “F’ing retards” comment that there was this crying about political correctness and blah blah blah “retards retards.” Palin then said that Rush’s statement was Okay (where she had called for Rahm’s firing) because Rush’s comment was “satire” and that he wasn’t calling a group of people he doesn’t agree with “retards.” Yet that’s EXACTLY what Rush did.
- So no. Both sides do it. If it’s not Race on the Left, it’s Abortion on the Right, tax evasion left, infidelity right. To be honest though, both sides have seriously abused race, especially with Michael Steele. “What up?” Oh and “Teleprompter” right while “palm reading.” >.> (these teleprompter jokes are particularly funny after Obama destroyed Republicans so badly in a live Q&A [no teleprompter] that Fox News cut away).
- Oh and the big one: “Civil liberties and small government” vs. “Putting the government in my bedroom when I’m with another consenting adult.”
jack75287 said, about 9 hours ago

On today’s streip did you notice the obituary on Murtha from CNN. King of pork and called his state a bunch of racists and they never called him a Democrat.

Tiny

Don’t worry about the rude argument remember Anderson Cooper and his Tea bagging comment and Keith Olbermann and his tirade after the Massachusetts election.

Then you have the now defunct Air America did you ever listen to Janeane Garofalo or Al Franklyn every other thing was stupid or racist or white male Republicans oh the left can be pretty rude.

Saul Alanski said to attack people who you disagree with don’t try to have a rational argument. The left learned that leason so well we don’t care anymore we already have been called every thing in the book.
mroberts88 said, about 9 hours ago

Tiny, everyone can be rude. Sometimes you don’t intend to be, but everyone can be rude. Prejudice also.

Jade, I think the teleprompter deal should go away with the Palin palm deal.
Jade said, about 9 hours ago
“You think Rush is rude? Personally I don’t care for Rush, I prefer Hannity..
But about being rude, do you as well think Gore, Reid, Pelosi, Obama, etc. are rude too?”
- So … you’re comparing a Radio Talkshow host with legislators. I mean… unless you’re saying that Rush is one of the legislative leaders of the Republican party… I would have chosen Keith Olbermann, personally. =\
mytinytown said, about 9 hours ago

Jade
You do realize the difference in the teleprompter and “palm reading” right?
Teleprompter = someone else thoughts quite possibly and it is a word for word reading most of the times.
Notes on hand = her own thoughts and it is only a few words to help remind her the topics she wants to talk about.
No comparison at all.

You said:
“(these teleprompter jokes are particularly funny after Obama destroyed Republicans so badly in a live Q&A [no teleprompter] that Fox News cut away).”

Are you 100% certain there was no teleprompter anywhere? They can be off camera pretty simply. Did you see the set? I have seen where Obama was talking and the teleprompter failed and he was a stuttering mad man on stage. It is not above a politician to lie.

I will agree that both republicans and democrats are bad and can easily show racist tendencies. But it does seem that people like Robert Byrd get a free pass unless they need to “make an example” of him/her. Does Rod Blagojevich ring any bells? Surprised he is not visiting Jimmy Hoffa.
mytinytown said, about 8 hours ago

mroberts88
I know I can be very rude. Sometimes you need to be. My point was it is annoying to hear people suggest one party is rude and the other if perfect. I know I am exaggerating slightly, but I am sure you know what I mean.
Jade said, about 8 hours ago
“Teleprompter = someone else thoughts quite possibly and it is a word for word reading most of the times. ”
- No, a Teleprompter merely means that you have words there to read off of. They do not mean that the writer is necessarily removed from the production of those words. Take Colbert or Jon Stewart, for example, they both clearly use teleprompters. They’re both also contributors to the content they read. Obama knows how to write a speech, and regardless of any stuttering (remember that all-over-the-place speech by Palin or Bush’s Bushisms?), at least he knows what his own core talking points are.
- So let’s be clear: use of a teleprompter does not automatically remove the speaker from textual contribution. However it is hypocritical to attack someone over the use of a teleprompter when you’re sitting in a Q&A and holding a mic in one hand while trying to nonchalantly read off your talking points, you’re supposed core principles, from your hand. I know what my core principles are. I don’t have to write them down.
“Does Rod Blagojevich ring any bells? ”
- That “I’m sitting on F’ing gold and I’m going to get something for it” Senate seat? Isn’t he that guy who’s a celebrity now – not unlike a certain failed governor of a certain state who couldn’t make it through a whole term yet claims to be more ready for the presidency than the current president?
“Are you 100% certain there was no teleprompter anywhere?”
- Considering the bias of Fox News, I’m quite sure if there were any teleprompters in use during the meeting, they would have been called out particularly by them. “Well… he had a teleprompter.” So, does he have to sit there and wait for someone to type up the answer to every Republican’s question before he can speak? Watch the Q&A. Or is it so difficult to swallow that Obama, this guy people claim can’t speak at all, was able to spar with 140 of his opponents and come out on top? I mean, if that were to ever happen on the Republican side, I’d have a difficult time eating it, too, but guess what, there were no teleprompters there. Days later not even Fox News has stated there were. No one is a perfect speaker every single time out. But guess what… he’s in his element in Q&As. Whereas Palin is a deer in headlights, and like Dick Cheney’s daughter, can’t answer tough questions.
- By the way, seriously, “Obama should start a war with Iran to prove how tough he is?” Seriously? Maybe she should use a teleprompter more often so she doesn’t say ridiculous stuff.
“Keith Olbermann and his tirade after the Massachusetts election.”
- Exactly. I watch 1 hour of MSNBC a night, and that’s Rachel Maddow. Keith Olbermann leads in and follows her show. I can’t watch him, he’s far too rude. Rachel Maddow, at least, is very calm and soft-spoken, even in the face of someone who thinks he can “cure” her being a lesbian [or should I say, thinks he can cure gay men, for some reason the gay theories never apply to lesbians nor do the treatments /eyeroll]. But even she’s to the left of me.
mroberts88 said, about 8 hours ago

Tiny, I did know what you were saying.

Jade, it doesnt matter. If you are a legislator, or a talk radio host, you need to tone down the rudeness.
GJ_Jehosaphat said, about 7 hours ago

Re -Crib Notes:

“She could be seen glancing at them during her Q&A with Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips when asked what were the top three things a Conservative majority in Congress should do.

A AP photographer’s picture revealed the words “Energy,” “Budget cuts” (crossed out), “Tax,” and “Lift Americans Spirits” scribbled in ink on the inside of her left hand.’

CBS News

Now why would Mrs Palen cross off “Budget Cuts” as one of the 3 things a Conservative Majority in Congress would do? That’s the Funny Part!
jack75287 said, about 7 hours ago

Ok jade first about Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow what is your point. Second Rachel Maddow was the women that Anderson Cooper made all the Tea Bagger jokes with. Sorry could not remember her name at the time.

And yes there is a big difference from a Teleprompter and a Texas Palm Pilot.
John Pike said, about 7 hours ago

This has been the most informative and constructive discussion I have seen. Leftys and Rightys coming together to hash out differences. I love it. If you all will reread the above comments, even your own, you will see the true need for a complete change in Washington. To my eyes, all are guilty of greed and are complicent(sp) with one another in their excessive greed and corruption. Am I perfect? No, like Paul, I am chiefest of sinners. God bless and keep discussing. And, don’t stop here, talk to friends and strangers.
mytinytown said, about 7 hours ago

Jade
You rip Palin for writing on her hand (because she should know her own points), but give Obama a pass for maybe NOT using a teleprompter 1 time. Which you have no proof of. Then you actually say Fox New is Bias??!?!!?! Wow! That was the best statement ever.

I thought you were better then that. Guess I was wrong, so I am done. Good day!

John Pike
You are correct, for me it is a way to vent and release frustrations. As well get a load of how ALL people give the party they root for a pass. I know I am guilty of this myself, but I try not to be.
Jade said, about 7 hours ago
“Jade, it doesnt matter. If you are a legislator, or a talk radio host, you need to tone down the rudeness.”
- Legislators and Talk-show hosts are in different categories. So you should compare legislators with legislators and pundits with pundits.
“You rip Palin for writing on her hand (because she should know her own points), but give Obama a pass for maybe NOT using a teleprompter 1 time. Which you have no proof of. Then you actually say Fox New is Bias??!?!!?! Wow! That was the best statement ever.

I thought you were better then that. Guess I was wrong, so I am done. Good day!”
- Don’t even attempt to spin this. I rip on Palin for using writing on her palm because in that SAME instance she was ripping on Obama. If you can’t see the difference then perhaps YOU’RE the biased one. The only time Obama and his teleprompter come up as an issue is when the Right attempts to use it as a talking point. We BOTH know he uses a teleprompter. So what? Every public figure does! When you make fun of someone using a teleprompter while you’re writing on your hand, it’s delicious irony and I’m calling it out. So I ask you this: When has Obama ever attacked anyone for using a teleprompter or reading off of their hand? Okay then. It’s a one-sided attack.
- Keep on spinning.
Jade said, about 7 hours ago
“Second Rachel Maddow was the women that Anderson Cooper made all the Tea Bagger jokes with.”
- I remember seeing the place where she got that joke from. She didn’t make it up out of nowhere. The first parties she covered set themselves up for the joke. If you’ve got a bunch of tea bags on your head and you get a bunch of people together to contribute money to do, and I quote, “tea bag the White House” guess what, you set up the joke, in as much seriousness as you are the joke. That is exactly what they are. Granted, these’re the same people now calling themselves Tea Baggers… which is irony since they’re supposedly so against sodomy, and we know what that contemporarily, “tea bagging” is a sodomy reference.
- Now, I never said that such a reference wasn’t rude. I said that Keith Olbermann is “too rude” for me to watch and that Rachel Maddow is not. Guess what, raising your voice is also rude. So many people do that. Rude. No one is perfect. But I don’t consider a “tea bag” joke outside of my realm of entertainment.
mytinytown said, about 7 hours ago

Jade
Of course I a a bit bias. If you are a republican, you will be bias towards republicans. It is human. The way I read your post about you saying that even you know your own core values. Suggesting you do not need to write them on your hand. It is gone, did you edit it? You RIPPED Palin for the palm reading. I read it and commented on it.
You must have edited it.

So if you are going to edit comments and not post an edit comment it makes things more difficult. I should have copy and pasted the text, but I did not expect it to be gone a couple hours later. Did you post and edit right away and I caught it? If not and you try to suggest you did no such thing I am absolutely done talking to you about anything Sorry it has to be this way. I know what I read.
mroberts88 said, about 6 hours ago

Jade, I wasnt comparing them. I was saying they dont have to be as rude.
jack75287 said, about 6 hours ago

Oh come on now. Don’t they ever learn just look at what Congress just spent 50 million of china’s money on now.

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/09/tracking-your-taxes-park-pork/

Ok it is the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is territory fine we might have the right to open a national park but not now, we are in dept. Stop buying federal land hell sell some.
Jade said, about 6 hours ago

@mytinytown - No, my “I know my own core values” line is still there. No, I do not need to write them on my hand. The reason I bring up the point that her core values are written on her hand is because they’re supposed to be core values. They’re supposed to be what you fundamentally believe in. If you’re attacking someone’s use of a teleprompter, saying they can’t speak without it (again, 140 Reps vs. 1 Obama, game : Obama), then you shouldn’t need to be writing anything on your hand, especially not the fundamental things you believe in.

You know what, this whole thing would probably not have come up at all, and you certainly wouldn’t see me sitting here with it, if she hadn’t been attacking someone for doing essentially the same thing she is doing. Anyone can read a teleprompter. If you don’t at least know some of your content, you will look like you’re reading it, it will not look or sound natural.

So it’s really a case of a blaring hypocrisy. And not even “on different days” hypocrisy like Palin v. Rahm | Palin v. Rush. It’d be like a PETA person attacking someone for wearing a fur coat… while wearing a fur coat.

Edit: Hit “CTRL + F” or open your find box to search for the text you saw [which is still there] before accusing me of editing out something contentious, next time, please.
kit_jefferson said, about 6 hours ago

Vox et praetoria nihil.
mytinytown said, about 5 hours ago

Jade
Good to see it, I was looking for the wrong wording, I do apologize. I did read through your comments about 4 times to find it before I posted and did not see it. I did do the control F to find it, and FireFox has an awesome search. BUT I was looking for the wrong words. Once again I am sorry, for the accusation, but I did search like crazy for it. I searched for values and Palin, but you said “principles” not values. But to me, what you said, is still a rip on Palin. So no spinning required.
Jade said, about 4 hours ago

@mytinytown - I don’t deny I’m not ripping on her. But I’m ripping on her, for [as I have said] “ripping on a guy for doing one thing while you’re doing the same thing,” not for some isolated incident like you painted it as. You stated I was giving Obama a pass for using a teleprompter because he has had times when he has not been seen or called for using a teleprompter yet I’m attacking Palin for use of hand notes. Again I will state that I don’t care who uses or doesn’t use a teleprompter. It’s a red-herring. We may disagree on teleprompter use vs. writing something on your hand but the premise is still the same. Heck, Palin got through most of the speech with just having to glance at it a few times. Good job. But she had stuff written there for her Q&A. Whereas Obama uses his teleprompter more for speeches and can handle Q&A without a hand cue. The point is still it’s the pot calling the kettle black and that’s what this is about.

I will be the first to admit I don’t like Palin. No, I really really dislike her. And it’s not for her blaring ineptitude, it’s for the way she speaks about people like me. I have friends who disagree with things about my orientation. But guess what, they don’t try to legislate morality on me. We stay out of each other’s business on that. There’s the difference.
Kees said, about 4 hours ago

Rude, define the word rude:

pschearer writes in his comment: “The Ten Little N^^^^^s” and that he was horrified by it.
Let’s not forget that the book was published in 1939.

I believe that during that same period, grown up N^^^^^s were not allowed in the US army?

If I look to today’s cultures
Gang war between Latinos and Negro’s (yes I am dutch, so it is not a forbidden word and why should it be? it’s just a word that means ‘black’. ) and white and God may know what other historical background, I think it time to grow up and face the consequences of the general ostrich politic. we live on one (1) planet, so we need to get around/along with each other.

rude means “not leaving an other person in his or hers dignity and believes”.
Roger said, about 3 hours ago

Gag! I don’t know why I read Jade’s comments. They are so extremely biased, so extremely hypocritical, so extremely dishonest.

He spews a constant load of sewage and tries to tell us it smells like roses!
Tigger said, about 3 hours ago

hey! Now wait One Second! Ms. Palin nees to back off. She wanted a member of Obama’s Cabinet to Step Down because he used bleeep in a not so kind maner, yet Ms. Palin gives Rush Limbaugh a Pass for doing the exact same thing!. Come on Ms. Palin, Time for you to Slap the snot our of Rush for being so crule to your Child! fair is fair Ms. Palin, When are you going to demand Rush be taken off the Air?
Jade said, about 3 hours ago

@Roger - No such thing as a woman on the Internet? But let’s be clear, there’s nothing dishonest about my statements. If you don’t like it, go look at the news. Also, feel free to actually back up your statements about hypocrisy. Anyone can make a claim. Substantiate it. Show your work.

As for bias I won’t deny I’m any less biased than you are. Most people commenting here are either biased-left or biased-right.
GJ_Jehosaphat said, about 1 hour ago

mytiny said - “You do realize the difference in the teleprompter and “palm reading” right?

Teleprompter = someone else thoughts quite possibly and it is a word for word reading most of the times.

Notes on hand = her own thoughts and it is only a few words to help remind her the topics she wants to talk about.

No comparison at all.”

I thought “Palm Reading” was something gypsies do.

Writing crib notes to use to respond to questions (asked prior to the discussion) seems more like something that was “suggested” to her rather than her own thoughts.

Oh to be one of those proverbial flies on the wall to have witness what actually happened. Changing “Budget Cuts” to “Lift American Spirits” - sounds more like what a beauty pageant contestant would say…my guess it would be less controversial and less apt to lead to follow up questions by those “evil MSM’ers.
mroberts88 said, 44 minutes ago

Roger said, about 3 hours ago

Gag! I don’t know why I read Jade’s comments. They are so extremely biased, so extremely hypocritical, so extremely dishonest.

He spews a constant load of sewage and tries to tell us it smells like roses!

Oh no! Someones biased! Whatever will we do? Roger, everyone is biased. Yes, that includes the media, even Fox News.

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