April 09, 2010
What The Hell Is Dog Whistle Racism? Any Phrase The Left Doesn't Like
LGF used the term 'Dog Whistle' to refer to Gingrich's comment that we needed a 'President, not an athlete'. I had never heard of the term so I Googled it. Turns out it is just another pathetic way to throw the race card.
Here's what WIKI says:
One group of alleged code words in the United States is claimed to appeal to racism of the intended audience. The phrase "states' rights", although literally referring to powers of individual state governments in the United States, has been described as a code word for institutionalized segregation and racism.[6] Other terms that some people say are used to indicate alleged veiled racism are "crime in the streets" and "welfare queens".[7]Former president George W. Bush is alleged to have used coded language in his speeches to send messages to his supporters among the religious right that will be ignored by other parts of the U.S. population. Examples include his frequent use of biblical phrases and the veiled mention of the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision in the 2004 Presidential debates. The latter refers to overturning Roe v. Wade, which is likened to the Dred Scott case by some of its critics.[8]
David Gergen claimed that John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign against Barack Obama used dog whistle tactics targeting racists, while retaining plausible deniability though only cited one example in which a McCain ad featured Obama as "The One". David Gergen said that it was implying Obama was "uppity" and that was code for "he should stay in his place". The McCain campaign made it clear it was in reference to Obama's popularity as a god-like figure.[9]
Here's what a site (Stop Dog Whistle Racism) set up during the election defined it as:
Dog-Whistle Racism is political campaigning or policy-making that uses coded words and themes to appeal to conscious or subconscious racist concepts and frames. For example, the concepts ‘welfare queen,’ ’states’ rights,’ ‘Islamic terrorist,’ ‘uppity,’ 'thug,' 'tough on crime,' and ‘illegal alien’ all activate racist concepts that that have already been planted in the public consciousness and now are being activated by purposeful or accidental campaign activities, media coverage, public policy and cultural traditions. So, what’s dog whistle racism? It’s pure political theater to push buttons to win elections and policies. StopDogWhistleRacism.com, a project of the Center for Social Inclusion, is here to identify, expose and help you to track it.
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Pic of the Day...
Apparently Moqtada al-Sadr's supporters didn't get the news, Obama hates da Joooos just as much as they do...
A man waves an Iraqi flag as supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burn effigies of U.S. President Barack Obama and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a demonstration in Najaf April 9, 2010. Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a key player in forming a new Iraq government, urged Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims on Friday to unite to oust American troops. (Reuters)
Bonus: Just came across this gem from the same protest...
How do you guys feel about being the "enamy" of the world?...
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Breaking: 'Devil Horns' Grandmother Now Growing Matching One On The Other Side Of Her Head...
"Me so horny. Me love you long time."
The 101-year-old Chinese woman who grew a devil-like horn from her forehead has confirmed that she's now growing a matching one on the other side of her head - and says that she's looking forward to it.
Zhang Ruifang first noticed the horn on the left side of her forehead developing in 2009 - and it's now around 6cm long.
And she says that doctors have now confirmed earlier suspicions that she's now developing a similar growth on the right side of her forehead.
Zhang says she's turned down offers to have them removed - because she's never had so many well-wishers and visitors at her home in Linlou, eastern China.
'At first it was a nuisance sleeping and so on, but now I get people visiting me all the time bringing me food and gifts and asking to take my picture. 'I had some doctors who said they would cut it off for free but I told them no. In fact I'm quite looking forward to when the matching one has grown a bit,' she explained.
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Momma's Diet: Look At What Defense Secretary Robert Gates And His Wife Becky Gates Are Laughing At
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Queen 'Hemorrhoid Cream' Pelosi Tells Americans Not To Worry About ObamaCare: 'It's Like The Back Of A Refrigerator...'All You Need To Know Is That You Open The Door. The Light Goes On'
Wow. Just Wow. What she fails to mention is that there is a three month wait to even open the door and when you finally do, you realize the damn thing is empty . . .
Via Neo-Neocon: What an oily, condescending, manipulative, lying piece of work she is. Referring to the HCR bill, Pelosi says:It’s like the back of the refrigerator. You see all these wires and the rest. All you need to know is, you open the door. The light goes on.
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Thanks to AoSHQ
Rumor of the Day: Bawney Fwank to Wetire...
Via Laura Ingraham
To spend the rest of his days running a gay brothel out of his DC condo, no wait, he already did that...
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Obama Says Virginia Gov Proclaiming Confederate History Month Without Mentioning Slavery Is "An Unacceptable Omission"...
Obama's unacceptable omission is his failure to mention the history of Muslim, Kenyan and Democratic Party involvement in slavery...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says Virginia's governor made "an unacceptable omission" when he proclaimed it Confederate History Month without mentioning slavery.
"I don't think you can understand the Confederacy and the Civil War unless you understand slavery," said Obama, the nation's first black president.
First lady Michelle Obama is descended from a South Carolina slave.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell came under harsh criticism for issuing April's history month proclamation without any reference to slavery.
The Republican governor at first defended his decree, saying it was intended to honor the Confederate sacrifice on Virginia soil and promote tourism.
On Wednesday he apologized and added a paragraph condemning slavery, saying that leaving it out had been a "major omission."
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Gallup: Dems Favorable Rating Hits All Time Low...
Hope and Change...
(Gallup)- Americans' favorable rating of the Democratic Party dropped to 41% in a late March USA Today/Gallup poll, the lowest point in the 18-year history of this measure. Favorable impressions of the Republican Party are now at 42%, thus closing the gap between the two parties' images that has prevailed for the past four years.
Gallup last measured party images in late August/early September of last year. At that point, the Democratic Party enjoyed an 11-point favorable image advantage over the Republican Party. Now, the favorable ratings of the two parties are essentially tied.
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Planned Parenthood Denounces Laws on Disclosure of HIV/AIDS to Sexual Partners...
Why would anyone, even a group as liberal as Planned Parenthood, be against telling a sexual partner they have HIV?...
(CNSNews.com) – In a guide for young people published by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the organization says it opposes laws that make it a crime for people not to tell sexual partners they have HIV.The IPPF's “Healthy, Happy and Hot” guide also tells young people who have the virus that they have a right to “fun, happy and sexually fulfilling lives.”
“Some countries have laws that say people living with HIV must tell their sexual partner(s) about their status before having sex, even if they use condoms or only engage in sexual activity with a low risk of giving HIV to someone else,” the guide states. “These laws violate the rights of people living with HIV by forcing them to disclose or face the possibility of criminal charges.”
Under the heading “Sexual Pleasure and Well-Being,” the guide declares that it is a human right and not a criminal issue as to whether a person decides if or when to disclose their HIV status, even if they engage in sexual activities.
“You know best when it is safe for you to disclose your status,” the guide states. “There are many reasons that people do not share their HIV status. They may not want people to know they are living with HIV because of the stigma and discrimination within their community.”
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Momma's 'Diet': Can You Say Propaganda? Mo'chelle Graces Two Magazine Covers This Month
Yesterday, I pointed out the 'How to give the First Family verbal fellatio' article that accompanied this cover:
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Republicans Cheer After Hearing News Netanyahu Planning to Snub Obama...
hear, hear....
WASHINGTON - The news of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's canceled trip to Washington was warmly welcomed by some republicans in the United States on Thursday. Liz Cheney's announcement of Netanyahu's cancellation was met with a round of applause in the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
Cheney, daughter of former US Vice President Richard Cheney, opened the conference with a verbal attack against the Obama administration and noted the cold reception the president gave the prime minister during his last Washington visit.
"President Obama is playing a reckless game of continuing down the path of diminishing America's ties to Israel," she said deeming the world safer when there is "no daylight" between the two countries.
Netanyahu decided to cancel his Washington trip after learning that several Muslim nations were planning to raise the fact that Israel is a not a member of the Non Proliferation Treaty during the conference.
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Guess Who Has Her Own Facebook Page: Episcopal Priest Barbie
USA Today- The creator of the stylish little priest, Rev. Jule Blake Fisher, a priest in Kent Ohio, who outfitted "Episcopal Church Barbie -- High Church Edition,"as a gift for a friend, Rev. Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew, rector of Christ (Episcopal) Church, in Manlius, N.Y., near Syracuse.
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Believe It?: SEIU Starting Their Own Political Party...Wait, I Thought They Had One Already (DNC)
Is this their way of trying to get Tea Parties to run their own candidates? If they can successfully 'fake' this thing, are they hoping Tea Parties follow their cue (after which the SEIU would drop out and the Pubs would be forced to split the vote, effectively electing another Dem)
Plum Line: In a shot across the bow of Dems, the labor powerhouse SEIU is starting a new third party in North Carolina that hopes to field its own slate of candidates, part of an effort to make the Democratic Party more reliable on issues important to labor, I’m told.SEIU officials setting up the new party, called North Carolina First, are currently on the ground collecting signatures to qualify as a state party, SEIU officials tell me, adding that there are around 100 canvassers on the ground right now. The goal: To have the party up and running so candidates can run in this fall’s elections.
It won’t be lost on political observers that three House Dems who voted No on reform are from the state: Heath Shuler, Mike McIntyre, and Larry Kissell.
The new project is an outgrowth of SEIU’s earlier vow to hold House Dems accountable for voting against heatlh reform and against labor’s interests in general. That said, presuming the party qualifies at all, it remains to be seen how much clout it will wield.
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April 08, 2010
Natanyahu Cancels Planned Trip to Obama's Nuclear Summit...
Lion's den..no thank you...
(Reuters)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned trip to Washington next week to take part in President Barack Obama's 47-country nuclear security summit conference.ZIPHe made the decision after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to raise the issue of Israel's presumed nuclear arsenal at the conference, a senior government official said on Friday.
Israel is believed to be the only nuclear-armed power in the Middle East but has never confirmed or denied that it possesses atomic weapons. It has not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
Netanyahu saw Obama at the White House late last month for talks on the stalled Middle East peace process with the Palestinians, but they failed to see eye to eye and relations between the two leaders remain at a low ebb.
"The prime minister has decided to cancel his trip to Washington to attend the nuclear conference next week, after learning that some countries including Egypt and Turkey plan to say Israel must sign the NPT," the official said.
Israeli media said Netanyahu feared that Islamic countries attending the summit would try to shift its focus from nuclear terrorism to a concerted attack on his country's presumed nuclear weapons capacity.
Poll: Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low, 43%....
Jimmy Carter will look like Abraham Lincoln once Obama is finished....
Fox News poll finds Obama’s overall job approval rating dropped to a new low of 43 percent -- and finds by a 54 to 39 percent margin, American voters oppose the new health care law.
Two weeks after President Obama signed the new health care bill, opposition to it remains strong. In addition, the president’s legislative victory did not help his job approval rating, which hit a new low in a Fox News poll released Thursday.
The poll also finds more voters would punish rather than reward incumbents who voted for the health care bill, and that the Democratic win did nothing to energize the party faithful for the midterms.
President Obama’s overall job approval rating dropped to a new low of 43 percent. Nearly half -- 48 percent -- disapprove. In mid-March, it was 46-48 percent. His current rating among Democrats (80 percent) and independents (38 percent) are among his lowest ratings with these groups. He is now in single digits among Republicans (7 percent). By comparison, former President George W. Bush’s approval among Democrats went as low as 4 percent.
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UK: Muslim Charity Praised by Prince Charles and Gordon Brown Has Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds to Hamas, Islamic Jihad...
Sadly, Prince Charles would consider this a good thing...
(Telegraph)- A CHARITY praised last week by Gordon Brown and the Prince of Wales has channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds to groups linked to Hamas, the banned terrorist organisation, according to security sources.The Prime Minister and the heir to the throne personally praised Muslim Aid, whose own accounts show it has paid at least £325,000 to the Islamic University of Gaza, where leading Hamas figures teach, and £13,998 to the al-Ihsan Charitable Society, designated by the US government as a “sponsor of terrorism” and a front for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group.
Security sources also claim that Muslim Aid has helped channel a further £210,600 to six other organisations in the Gaza Strip since July 2009, all of which they say are linked to Hamas.
In a video address to Muslim Aid’s 25th anniversary dinner on Wednesday, Mr Brown praised the charity’s “valuable work” and said: “I wish Muslim Aid and its passionate and committed staff and supporters the very best for another 25 years of achievement.”
The Prince sent a message saying that “our country is incredibly fortunate to be able to count on organisations like Muslim Aid, who bring not only help, but hope to those most in need”. However, one foreign security source said: “We are opening our eyes on them. In the past they were supporting the outer rim of Hamas societies in Gaza. Now they are supporting the core.” The Islamic University of Gaza, created in 1978 by the founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, is the main training ground for future Hamas leaders and dozens of its current leaders also teach, or have taught, there. Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader, was a trustee. It is described by The New York Times as “one of the prime means for Hamas to convert Palestinians to its Islamist cause.” Its rector of advanced studies has been quoted as saying that Jews should be “butchered”. Other Hamas-linked organisations to which Muslim Aid has channelled money,according to security sources, are the National Association for Moderation and Development (£125,000), the Islamic Society of Nuseirat (£37,000), the Islamic Centre of Gaza (£21,000), the Islamic Society of Khan Younis (£15,000), the Khan Younis Zakat Committee (£7,600) and the Islamic al-Salah, Gaza (£5,000.) Some of this money was not raised by Muslim Aid itself but by other charities.
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CAIR Releases Autopsy Photos of Radical Islamist Imam Killed by FBI During Raid....
We supposed to have sympathy for this POS?...
The Council on American Islamic Relations in Detroit has released autopsy photographs taken of a Detroit Imam shot to death by federal authorities late last year.
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was shot 20 times by federal authorities during an attempt to arrest him. Police say he fired first.
The photos (warning: photos may be graphic) show Abdullah’s body handcuffed in the warehouse where he was shot, and also shows injuries CAIR officials say could have been caused by an FBI dog. A police dog assisting in the arrests was shot to death that day. CAIR says it received 75 photographs, but has only released five of them.CAIR’s Executive Director Dawud Walid says on his blog that he intends to ask Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D to review the photographs and autopsy report.
“One of America’s foremost forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D. will be reviewing the photos along with an autopsy to give an independent analysis of the initial autopsy report including his expert opinion about the raw wounds on Abdullah’s face.”
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NOmentum: In Ohio More Dems Switching Parties: 7-1 In Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), 9-1 In Hamilton County (Cincinnati) And 6-1 In Franklin County (Columbus)
Awesome . . .
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A newspaper reports that more Ohio voters are switching to the GOP than the Democratic party in a reversal from 2008 as early voting begins for the May primary election.The Columbus Dispatch reports that Democrats switching to the Republican party outnumbered Republicans switching to the Democratic party by about 7-to-1 as of Tuesday in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland. In 2008, the figures favored Democrats 5-to-1.
In Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, about 9 times as many Democrats have switched parties. In Franklin County, which includes Columbus, about six times as may Democrats have switched.
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Palin: "Obama Like a Kid Who Wants to Get Punched in the Face"....
Not-so-bold prediction time: Tingles has an epic meltdown tonight...
(ABC News)-Sarah Palin is hammering President Obama for putting unprecedented limits on the use of U.S. nuclear weapons, comparing him to a kid in a playground who is asking for a punch in the face.
<>"It's unbelievable. Unbelievable," said Palin on Wednesday evening while appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox News program. "No administration in America's history would, I think, ever have considered such a step that we just found out President Obama is supporting today. It's kinda like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, 'Go ahead, punch me in the face and I'm not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to with me.'"No, it's unacceptable," she continued. "This is another thing that the American public, the more that they find out, what is a part of this agenda, they are going to rise up and they are going to say 'no more.' National security, national defense is the No. 1 job of the federal government."
Palin, who is a Fox News contributor, made her remarks while appearing with Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., on a special edition of Hannity's program. The conservative Fox News anchor brought his show to Minneapolis and conducted it in front of an enormous audience of people who had just attended a Palin-Bachmann rally.
...On the domestic front, Palin warned that President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress were making good on their promise to fundamentally transform the United States away from its free-market origins.
"Steps towards insolvency. Steps towards socialism with some of their programs," said Palin. "We don't want to see that transformation."
Palin predicted that the press -- which she now regularly refers to as the "lame stream media" -- would get "wee weed up" about her warnings.
"Their heads will spin, and they will tell people that we are fear mongers and that we are exaggerating the state of the union," said Palin. "And yet, this is reality, we cannot keep going down the path were going down."
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GWP: Roseanne Barr: Parents Who Take Children to Catholic Church Should Lose Custody
Wow. She must be against parents taking their children to public schools, DNC events, and pro-basketball games (because as she says: Taking your kid where you know sex offenders hang out is inexcusable) . . .
GWP: Roseanne Barr: Parents Who Take Children to Catholic Church Should Lose Custody
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