BREAKING: St. Louis Sues Gateway Pundit For Tarnishing Its Most Famous Monument

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ABOVE: Jim Hoft


After all the time we spend over here ridiculing Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, you would honestly think that he wouldn’t have gone into his bedroom this evening, fired up Blogger on his eMachine, taped a “Kick Me” sign to his back, and then posted this. But he did.

After Helping at Burial Last Year– Detroit Mayor Resurrects “N*gger”

It lives! After helping to bury the n*gga last summer in Detroit at the NAACP annual meeting, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resurrected n-word this week on local TV. FOX News reported: …

“In the past 30 days, I’ve been called a nigger more than anytime in my entire life,” said Kilpatrick, 37. “In the past three days, I’ve received more death threats than I have in my entire administration.”

So, Jimbo, let’s suppose that in the interest of civil discourse, you “buried” the word “dumb fuck.” Would that mean that when we say, as we’re saying now, that you are a world-class “dumb fuck,” you can’t tell anybody? Oh, and don’t bother answering that question, Jimbo, because it’s a rhetorical question and no matter what answer you give, you lose.


Gavin adds:

More… The kooks at Sadly No must have missed the funeral and the meaning behind the funeral– not that they really care.

Um, I hate to be the voice of sense and reason here again, Mr. Pundit, but the point of the mock funeral was to end the casual use of the word inside and outside the black community. The point was not to set up a sting operation on black people, where they could be called ‘nigger’ and would get in trouble if they said something about it. I mean really now. Let’s pause for a dramatic reconstruction:

NAACP: So we symbolically bury this hateful word, and may it never be heard again.

KILPATRICK: Amen.

[phone rings]

KILPATRICK: Hello?

VOICE: Bwahaha! Kilpatrick, you lousy nigger, I’m going to assassinate you. Blar-har! [click]

KILPATRICK: Holy Toledo, that guy just called me ‘nigger,’ and said he was going to…

FOX NEWS: Hypocrisy alert! Kilpatrick resurrects the n-word!

GATEWAY PUNDIT: [typing on keyboard] Heh-heh. Black people want to have it both ways.

That was about the point at which we came in. Of Clif and myself, Clif is the more profane: Rather than ‘dumb fuck,’ I would have used a term like ‘Testors-huffer’ or ‘our Maupassant of the Meramec.’ But of course he was right about the no-matter-what and the losing.


Clif adds: How about “The Spittle of St. Louis”?

UPDATE: Well, the Gide of the Gooey Butter Cake saw Gavin’s update and is trying to fine tune his pithy riposte, which now reads:

The kooks at Sadly No must have missed the funeral and the meaning behind the funeral–
Just words.

Although we are touched (no, really, we are) that Jim has retracted his unspeakably cruel allegation that we don’t care, we don’t think he improves his case that he’s not an idiot of an unsurpassed magnitude by saying that “n****r” is “just” a word. That’s sort of like George Allen hanging a noose in his office and saying its “just a rope.”

But wait . . . there’s more. The point of the funeral isn’t to say that the n-word is just a word, as Hoft would have seen if he followed his very own link to the NAACP site on the mock funerals:

No word defames, degrades and denigrates like the N-Word and we want to STOP it! … [W]e are calling on others of goodwill to march with us against this word that hurts and diminishes us everyday. … The N-Word is the most well known example of racist language by others and self hatred by African Americans. The NAACP believes the time has come to celebrate the end of its wretched, destructive life, today!

I think it’s time for Jim to hang up his hat as a political commentator and get back to his career as a “male model,” which is a vocation at which he is more likely to be successful.


Gavin adds: I think the operant assumption here, the assumed story-beneath-the-story, is that the embattled Kilpatrick is lying about the racial terms and the assassination threats, that he’s ‘playing the race card’ to distract attention from the controversies surrounding his office.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

Comments: 194

 
 
 

Dumb Fuck

I believe this should be a compound word, i.e., “dumbfuck”.

I base this on nothing other than personal preference.

 
 

He buried it in the same place Saddam buried all his WMDs. That’s why it keeps coming back to life, it’s this nefarious netherworld where nothing ever stays dead because it never really lived.

 
 

I’m going to put a vote in for hyphenation:

“Dumb-fuck”.

 
 

It’s kind of like riding a bicycle into a tree. You have to get up, dust youself off, get back on and ride into another tree.

 
 

If you say “dumb fuck” with a full stop between “dumb” and “fuck,” then it’s two words. And the full stop is reserved for the dumbest of dumbfucks.

 
 

Wasn’t there a different picture of Gateway Pundit last time?

 
 

He does look quite drukn in that picture. Like that annoying, moist-lipped guy you see at bars trying to convince people by shouting at them that MLK was killed by the CIA because he was secretly a Commie.

 
 

He buried it in the same place Saddam buried all his WMDs an old burial ground used by Micmac Indians.

 
 

Hello. I am Randall’s mother. I would ask your consideration. Randall is disturbed, he has seen too much and, thus, he drinks too much. Please remember that he was there when the blood ran ankle deep defending your freedoms. You would not have this wonderful internet forum if not for the sacrifices of young men like Randall.

Randall saw many things, and sometimes he goes off the deeper end of the pool, but he still manages to hold a high paying IP job. and support his mother. You might have noticed that even in his most obliterated drunken state, when he was even incapable of realizing the date, he still made gbear run to mommy, Gavin woefully misread his wordpress logs and sent your resident “war hero” into a tizzy.

I am not sure if ‘tizzy’ is a word I can use, or whether it, like ‘slut’ and ‘douchebag’ are unacceptable in the new liberal fascist regime, but please, open your hearts to my son, he is a good person.

Thank you,
Margaret L Byrd

?”Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks.  Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools.  And their grandchildren are once more slaves. 
-D.H. Lawrence 1922

 
 

Marge, you Dumb Fuck.

 
 

The fact is I’m shocked that Randall has the same last name as his mother.

 
 

Again, I would plead for understanding, my son said you were all easily trolled (he also said something about you being ‘total whiney pussies’ and ‘crybabies’ , but I ignored that, it was the alcohol talking).
Please, find it in your hearts to forgive.

 
 

I vote for ‘fucking dumb fuck.’ It covers all the bases, so to speak.

As it were.

Which is neither here nor there.

All things considered.

 
 

I would like to comment on Mr Hoft’s blog, but there is no link.

 
 

I don’t want to be buried
in a Word Sematary,
I don’t want to live my life again…

 
 

I am from St. Louis. I wish I could sue this guy. Every time I see him pop up somewhere I wonder what hole he writes from. Truly an embarassment this one.

 
 

How many holes could there be in St Louis?

 
 

Nevermind, dear. I found it.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
March 14, 2008 at 5:57

How’s it hangin’, Randy?

Sweet. Thanks, well remember the first time i heard that song, sitting in the front seat of a car in the highschool parking lot smoking a joint (we called them ‘jays’ back then) it changed my world.
Regardless of what others say “Relayer” is NOT Yes’s best album, not even close.

 
 

How many holes could there be in St Louis?

Clearly, you’ve never been to St Louis…

 
 

How many holes does it take to fill Albert Hall?

 
 

For no apparent reason, I began wondering what a group of dumbfucks would be called. You know, as in a murder of crows, parliament of owls, charm of hummingbirds, etc. Then it struck me.

A clownhall of dumbfucks.

 
 

How many holes does Albert Hall have?

 
 

Anybody wanna talk about that chick Kristin that Spitzer was into?

mikey

 
 

A clownhall of dumbfucks.

Bravo!

 
 

into = invested in.

I’ve been avoiding linking to anything about her. I don’t want to be a part of her 15 minutes. Same with any of the other scandals. I have no idea what Craig’s cop looks like.

 
 

…he wouldn’t have gone into his bedroom this evening…

I think you mean bathroom.

 
 

I’d imagine at $4000 a night, she brings her own cheerleader outfit.

I’d imagine…

 
 

There’s a method to my madness, gbear.

Dammit..

mikey

 
 

A mini-skirted power-suit and black leather briefcase?

 
 

Not me, mikey. I’m kinda depressed wrt some of the folks I used to work with. Good people, imho, save for the fact that they buy into every single piece of shit that the reich wing has to sell.

They got in deep long ago, and their egos prevent them from facing up to the obvious/hideous reality of today’s GOP.

Republican Fascism. It’s In Your Face.

 
 

Anybody wanna talk about that chick Kristin that Spitzer was into?

Many would claim that she was obviously manipulated and used by men, because, after all, she was a whore. But that’s the old paradigm. With kids today its all about publicity. Don’t have to have talent like Sammy Davis Jr or Billy Ray Cyrus, now all you need to do is show your floppy vagina or wear sunglasses-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rin1_XUuVY

Fortunately all those brats are doomed to pay my medical bills.

 
 

Dumbfuck, I’ve just met a blogger named Dumbfuck,
and suddenly the name will never be the same to me.
Dumbfuck! I’ve just read the blog Gatreway Dumbfuck.
And suddenly I’ve found how odorous a mound can be.
Dumbfuck, say it loud and there’s brains decaying.
Say it soft and you’ll feel like spraying,
Dumbfuck, I never stop saying: “You Dumbfuck!”

 
 

Hey, earlier I teased about my workaday experience with a wacko Xtian. Wanna hear the story?

Oh, you do? Of course, I’ll be happy to tell it!

So – my employer rents our building out for special events. We rented the building to a , for a fundraising event that is very poular in the community.

One of the logistical problems to solve has been parking. My building coordinates parking for people who attend the event, but our capacity can’t accommodate attendees and the support personnel, so the organization pays to park its support people in another location.

This year, for the first year, a new parking structure has opened, and its run by an affiliate of my employer. So instead of sending their off-site parkers to another company, we’re sending them to another department, so all have agreed that this is very cool, because the parking revenue stays within our big umbrella company.

Only – this morning when I came in to work, the parking coordinator for the organization stopped me and said that one of her off-site parkers reported to her that the attendant at the new structure was really rude. In fact, he said that she was one of those “punk ass bitches” working for that group over at the ——- [our place].

Oh, really? so I get on the phone and call the people who run that parking structure. They say she’ll take care of it.

A half an hour later, the parking coordinator for the organization comes to my office and says another person has told her that not only has the guy called her a bitch, but also, he said to her that she was lucky he “didn’t go postal on her – he used to be in the army, you know?”

Boom!
I’m on the cell phone. I’m getting people out of meetings. In ten minutes, we got a replacement attendant, and in a half an hour, the guy’s ass is FIRED!

But – OK — well, that’s not the end of it. Cause who’s to kow that the guy won’t actually go postal, or even – wil be pissed that he lost his job?

Plus, because we are a bureaucratic morass – I have to ass-cover everything I’ve done.

but what else could I do? the guy was a fricking nut case. I won’t tell you the entire dialogue he had with these people, but it’s quite obvious that he harbored an extreme hostility to them because they were volunteers or affiliates for the certain well-known non-profit that provides womens’ reproductive health services. We had to provide descriptions of the guy to the building security guards, cause we were worried he’d come back.

it was fucked.

 
 

I don’t know why you’re surprised; In Wingnut World, reality doesn’t happen so long as no one reports it. Just as there isn’t actually 4,000 dead Americans in Iraq, so long as the damn treasonous MSM doesn’t mention it, Bush is the most successful President in the Universe, so long as no one reports on all his many many failures, and the word nigger has never been used, so long as the mayor doesn’t make mention that’s been called one quite a lot.

http://www.shrinktalk.net/archives/better_a_devil_worshiper_than.phtml
Slightly related, mostly interesting.

 
 

oops, — I made a critical copy/paste error. It reads: “We rented the building to a , for a fundraising event that is very poular in the community.”

Because of inept cutting, rather than copying, it should have read: “We rented the building to a certain well-known non-profit that provides womens’ reproductive health services, for a fundraising event that is very poular in the community.

 
 

Black bodystocking and IR Goggles?

 
 

If we had a functioning democracy, g, all the fucknuts would be fired.

Until then, we do the best we can. Thank you, for doing your part.

 
 

Trust me, its all one word.

 
 

Well, to be fair, ittdgy, the guy was a fucking loser minimum wage parking attendant, so he was not connected to the power, He was just a fucking loser minimum wage parking attendant who happened to threaten women for their affliation with a legally operating non-pprofit organization that provides womens’ reproductive services.

actually, I omitted the thing he said that really set off the alarm bells. the guy actually threatened one of them women with bodily harm. That was the kicker that got him fired.

 
 

Hmmm, maybe I should take a part-time job at a parking lot when the republican convention comes to town. Could be fun.

 
 

You know, I bet Eliot had his own trunk o’ costumes as well.

Fedora and notebook?

 
Rugged in Montana
 

Randall is the internet’s much revered “Mall Ninja” and I honor his service protecting IslamaHomos like you, in settings of commerce and capitalism. He has seen much, too much.

Not to worry Randall, I’ve got your back. As to the rest of you phonies here, now the hunter will become the hunted! Semper Fi (or whatever they say in the Army).

 
 

Hey, earlier I teased about my workaday experience with a wacko Xtian. Wanna hear the story?

Interesting story, dear. Kindof a difficult read, you might want to edit it up better, but i gather you work in a parking garage and had to fire someone and now you are worried they might cause you problems?
If its a real problem, and not just an internet perceived problem, get a restraining order.
Seriously, a girl can’t be to careful nowadays.

 
 

You know, it’s fucked up. It’s fucked up if you’re just a regular person who worked a lot of part time andminimu wage and on-call jobs, and then you eventually get yourself in a situation where you have some resonsibility and job security and discretion.

and you end up encountering a loser – a loser like YOU were – who says something stupid and steps over the line. So you gotta decide – do I report them when they say something fucked up? Or not? What if something actually happens and it turns out I laughed it off? How do you live with yourself then?

So I decided to report it. Motherfucker lost his job. Well – you tell a member of the public that “if you don’t get a better attitude I might go postal on you” – I guess you deserve to lose your fucking job. for fucking stupidity, if nothing else.

 
 

I believe this should be a compound word, i.e., “dumbfuck”.
—————————–
I’m going to put a vote in for hyphenation: “Dumb-fuck”.

Proper usage is ‘dum-bfuck’.

 
 

g, if you’re feeling guilty, stop right now. The guy was threatening people.

 
 

Margaret, I don’t work in a parking garage, I work for a company that refers people to a parking garage. You can go fuck off, and take your fucking little Randall with you.

 
 

Rugged in Montana said,
March 14, 2008 at 6:51

Randall is the internet’s much revered “Mall Ninja” and I honor his service protecting IslamaHomos like you, in settings of commerce and capitalism. He has seen much, too much.

Not to worry Randall, I’ve got your back. As to the rest of you phonies here, now the hunter will become the hunted! Semper Fi (or whatever they say in the Army).

Randall mentioned that it was okay to steal others nyms hear as long as you were a member of what he called the ‘groupthink’.
He also mentioned that the nym “Rugged in Montana” put him in mind of that gay movie, and i sorta agree. Its so sad about Mr Ledger, but what is it with kids today?

 
 

Margaret, I don’t work in a parking garage, I work for a company that refers people to a parking garage. You can go fuck off, and take your fucking little Randall with you.

I’m so sorry dear if i misunderstood, please forgive me, you weren’t really clear in your storytelling. But i must say, its no surprise, judging by your language, you never had much of an education.

 
 

I’m sure escape is behind one of these doors!!

 
Rugged in Montana
 

nyms hear

Wow, code? I’m Impressed MN! Unfortunately, I am not skilled at this particular skill, as I mostly guard the rural heartland from atheists and Hollywood types. Due to my ignorance of your Special Forces skills, I have to ask that we converse in normal police english.

Over.

 
 

We’re never getting out this place!!!

 
 

Margaret, you’re a poor judge of education and language.

 
 

Anyway, who the fuck cares? we’re short one more asshole in the People’s Republic of _______!

 
 

How do you keep a Dumb Fuck occupied?

 
 

Yep, definitely a Liberty University student.

 
 

Margaret, you’re a poor judge of education and language.

I really don’t think so, dear.

 
 

Margaret, let me just say that you can’t even comment with authority on the issue of parking.

 
 

The problem with asshats like that, g, and you must understand this, is you can’t enforce change upon them. It’s a shitty little job. They’ve had dozens of them. Firing only makes them bitter. Prosecute? Sure. You think these fucks haven’t done a fair number of 90 day stretches in county? Makes ’em bitter and angry, but doesn’t change anything.

Grip a roll of nickels and break up their face?

What. Honestly, these dudes are ASSHOLES. You don’t really believe they are unfamiliar with bigger, stronger, more confident men kicking their pathetic, greasy, pimply ass, do you?

You take them by the hair and slam their face into the wall two or three times, just to get their attention. When you have their undivided attention, you tell them all the bad things that are going to happen to them, things that don’t involve a simple beating, fine or jail sentence, but are more, well, existential in nature. You make them understand that their best solution is to lower their profile and leave town soonest.

If you do it right, you’re done with them.

If not, you might have to convince them…

mikey

 
 

mm, I get it mikey. Only I can’t do it. I represent the people’s government. somebody else has to do all that. All I can do is fire their asses.

 
Rugged in Montana
 

I really don’t think so, dear.

Wow! Color me “in awe”! It looks like you Liberalsexualites are going to get a real bottom whuppin’!

Mr. Ninja (or can I call you “mall”)? You go get ’em!

I’m just gonna stand on the sidelines and watch you do a verbal Chuck Norris on ’em.

 
 

mikey, you all come down to the People’s Republic of ____ I’ll give you a list. And you can stay at my place and we’ll have a nice barbecue.

 
 

I missed something here that might be funny. Are Rugged In Montana and Randall Byrd’s Mom having a fight?

too, too delicious!

 
 

When you have their undivided attention, you tell them all the bad things that are going to happen to them, things that don’t involve a simple beating, fine or jail sentence, but are more, well, existential in nature.

Indeedy. Couldn’t do it myself, but I understand its effectiveness. William Gibson documented the concept well:

“That’s the key word here, Laney, ‘personal.’ ‘Up close, and.’ We will not meet, we will not carve out this deep and meaningful and bloody unforgettable episode of mutual face-time as representatives of our respective faceless corporations. Not at all. It’s one-on-one time for your Kathy and I, and it may well prove to be as intimate, and I may hope enlightening, as any she ever had. Because I will bring a new certainty into her life, and we all need certainties. They help build character. And I will leave your Kathy with the deepest possible conviction that if she crosses me, she will die-but only after she’s been made to desire that, absolutely.”

 
Rugged in Montana
 

Are Rugged In Montana and Randall Byrd’s Mom having a fight?

In the first place, that’s not Randall’s mom, it’s the legendary Mall Ninja in one of his many disguises (he’s the man of a thousand faces, they say). I would NEVER pick a fight with his momma, as he has Special Forces skills that are augmented by shooting 1000 rounds per night at the gunrange, through his .38 calibre 1911 Colt, modified for full-auto. He has seen much, too much.

 
 

Not this door!
Not this door!
Not this door!

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!1

 
 

g said,

Margaret, let me just say that you can’t even comment with authority on the issue of parking.

You are right there, girlfriend, I have never run a parking garage.
My advice was to get a restraining order, but you might be better off listening to Mikey and get a sock full of nickels. Who knows?
You are obviously frightened and he might have the solution. Violence.

mikey said,
March 14, 2008 at 7:16

The problem with asshats like that, g, and you must understand this, is you can’t enforce change upon them. It’s a shitty little job. They’ve had dozens of them. Firing only makes them bitter. Prosecute? Sure. You think these fucks haven’t done a fair number of 90 day stretches in county? Makes ‘em bitter and angry, but doesn’t change anything.

Grip a roll of nickels and break up their face?

What. Honestly, these dudes are ASSHOLES. You don’t really believe they are unfamiliar with bigger, stronger, more confident men kicking their pathetic, greasy, pimply ass, do you?

You take them by the hair and slam their face into the wall two or three times, just to get their attention. When you have their undivided attention, you tell them all the bad things that are going to happen to them, things that don’t involve a simple beating, fine or jail sentence, but are more, well, existential in nature. You make them understand that their best solution is to lower their profile and leave town soonest.

If you do it right, you’re done with them.

If not, you might have to convince them…

mikey

 
 

It’s a 1911, sure, but it’s in .38 Super, and here in america we spell it caliber.

And a couple of well placed double taps will shut down even the mall ninja, so buck up, soldier, stop crying and saddle up and finish the mission…

mikey

 
 

Not mirrors too !!

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!1111!!!!

 
 

mikey said,
March 14, 2008 at 7:33

It’s a 1911, sure, but it’s in .38 Super, and here in america we spell it caliber.

And a couple of well placed double taps will shut down even the mall ninja, so buck up, soldier, stop crying and saddle up and finish the mission…

mikey

Okay, this has never been the real Mikey, right?
You kidders.

 
 

Margaret? You need to go put on the tea kettle, and fix yourself a cuppa, and STFU.

My advice was to get a restraining order

Actualy, that was not your adivce at all. But even if it were, that demonstrates a total fucking ignorance with the situation. We referred our client to arrange parking with another department. My client told me about the fucked-up attendant who worked for the other department I reported the fuckup to the other department’s boss. The guy was fired within an hour of his bad behavior.

I don;t even know what the fuck a restraining order has to do with it.

 
 

Margaret, you should have gone ahead with the abortion once you realized you’d been shit faced drunk for the first 4 months of pregnancy. Think how much better your life would be now, rather than being trapped in a nightmare that will never end. You must know he’ll never be able to live on his own.

 
 

Excellent comment, gbear.

Margaret needs to fuck off.

 
Rugged in Montana
 

And a couple of well placed double taps will shut down even the mall ninja, so buck up, soldier, stop crying and saddle up and finish the mission…

Hah! You wish, liberal! If I’m not mistaken, Mr. Ninja and I have a nodding acquaintance (weren’t you a guest speaker at a recent symposium I attended on Special Entry Teams in Times of Martial Law?). If he is who I think he is, he turned down a chance to be a Special Forces full-bird kernal, as a) he wanted to stay in the field, where the bloodletting is and c) Top Pentagon brass are not liscenced to shoot automatic machine guns.

Mall Ninja has seen some awful things in his time, things so dark that you would puke every day of your liberal pansy life. He has seen too much and he is an American Patriot. You should salute him and his mother as U.S. American heros.

 
 

Fuck that!

 
 

‘night all.

 
 

g said,
Margaret? You need to go put on the tea kettle, and fix yourself a cuppa, and STFU.

My advice was to get a restraining order

Actualy, that was not your adivce at all.

Actuallly, dear, it was-
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/9046.html#comment-565351
I also mentioned that you should edit up your commentary so it readable
But carry on…

But even if it were, that demonstrates a total fucking ignorance with the situation. We referred our client to arrange parking with another department. My client told me about the fucked-up attendant who worked for the other department I reported the fuckup to the other department’s boss. The guy was fired within an hour of his bad behavior.

I don;t even know what the fuck a restraining order has to do with it.

Hey whatever. So what you whining about?

 
 

Actually it’s a fucked up comment but I’m sick of him. I’m off to bed too.

 
Rugged in Montana
 

I also mentioned that you should edit up your commentary so it readable

Repeat, Mall Ninja, repeat! As I vectored in an aforementioned internet post, I do not read code. Please advise, repeat, please advise.

Over.

 
 

gbear said,
March 14, 2008 at 7:56

Actually it’s a fucked up comment but I’m sick of him. I’m off to bed too.

Sleep well knowing that others are protecting your freedoms.
And edit your posts in the future, think of the children.

 
 

The trolls were thicker than usual that night. The topic had been forgotten and the thread lost hours ago, but I kept reading. I would scroll past one troll’s comment and another would be waiting. Don’t know why I kept reading, guess I didn’t want to let the dumbfucks win. I was gettin’ pretty good at spottin’ ’em and skipping their comment entirely, then I remembered: Where I come from, you don’t ask questions. Why not? I don’t know, I never asked . . .

 
 

Monkay said,

The trolls were …

Young man, you really need to update your webpage. It’s not 1990 anymore. Sure, we put up with “Susan From Texas” and ‘Ifthethunderdontgetya”, but that toilet you are spamming is just unacceptable.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

Notice how Ms. Byrd obliquely sniped at Rugged in Montana for stealing “nyms”? That’s because Ms. Byrd used to be Rugged in Montana, until that name was successfully hijacked by the parodist who posts under that name now.

And, to bring us back to our subject, Gateway pundit is teh suxxor.

 
 

Johnny Coelacanth said,
March 14, 2008 at 8:57

Notice how Ms. Byrd obliquely sniped at Rugged in Montana for stealing “nyms”? That’s because Ms. Byrd used to be Rugged in Montana, until that name was successfully hijacked by the parodist who posts under that name now.

I always figured you for funnier, Johnny. Always figured you at least knew what was going on. Sad how dreams die.

 
 

A little update from Drinky the drunk guy:

The kooks at Sadly No must have missed the funeral and the meaning behind the funeral…

Then he links to proof that nobody missed anything, and that he is indeed a stupid, stupid fucker:

The mock funeral is a part of the NAACP “STOP” Campaign an initiative of the NAACP Youth & College Division that seeks to “STOP” the demeaning images of African Americans in the media, particularly with respect to the portrayal of African American women. These images are also reflected in songs and music videos that show half-dressed women being objectified by men. The NAACP, through its STOP Campaign calls on those outside and especially those within the Black community to Stop Defaming our Women, Degrading our Community, and Denigrating our History. No word defames, degrades and denigrates like the N-Word and we want to STOP it!

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

You haven’t earned the right to call me Johnny. To everyone except my momma, I’m Mr. Coelacanth, or Dr. Oldfish, if you insist on using my honorary degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Yale. And Texas Tech.

 
 

A little update from Drinky the drunk guy:

Sigh, could you kids just please post a link to whatever it is you are talking about? Give an old lady a chance.

 
 

You haven’t earned the right to call me Johnny. To everyone except my momma, I’m Mr. Coelacanth, or Dr. Oldfish, if you insist on using my honorary degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Yale. And Texas Tech.

Whatever, johnny. Still always thought you would be funnier.

 
 

Old woman, you’re not making any sense. Go to bed.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

I think Margaret L. Byrd IS Gateway Pundit. I can totally see that moist-lipped mug in an Anthony Perkins wig, whacking Janet Leigh in the head with a USB keyboard.

 
 

The trolls were thicker than usual that night. The topic had been forgotten, the thread lost hours ago, but I kept reading. Scrolling past one troll’s comment to find another’s waiting. Don’t know why I kept reading, guess I didn’t want to let the dumbfucks win. I was gettin’ pretty good at spottin’ ‘em and skipping their comment entirely, and I remembered: DNFTT

 
 

Eh, Kwame’s comments aren’t a big deal. In fact, if his job as mayor of Detroit doesn’t pan out, he can be Barack Obama’s spiritual advisor. He’d fit right in with Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright.

 
 

tb said,
March 14, 2008 at 9:18

Old woman, you’re not making any sense. Go to bed.

Johnny Coelacanth said,
March 14, 2008 at 9:23

I think Margaret L. Byrd IS Gateway Pundit. I can totally see that moist-lipped mug in an Anthony Perkins wig, whacking Janet Leigh in the head with a USB keyboard.

Monkay said,
March 14, 2008 at 9:29

The trolls were thicker than usual that night. The topic had been forgotten, the thread lost hours ago, but I kept reading. Scrolling past one troll’s comment to find another’s waiting. Don’t know why I kept reading, guess I didn’t want to let the dumbfucks win. I was gettin’ pretty good at spottin’ ‘em and skipping their comment entirely, and I remembered: DNFTT

Sigh. My Randall said it would end up like this. Sad people vying for his attention.
If you kids would put half the time you put into commenting on these ‘blogs’ into real political change, the world might be a better place.

 
 

tb said,
March 14, 2008 at 9:18

Old woman, you’re not making any sense.

As much as i don’t like your tone, young man, I am so impressed that you are a drummer, on a ship. Your mother must be so proud.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

Excellent point, Monkay. Ms. Byrd is about to exhibit an unusual predilection for pie.

 
 

Johnny Coelacanth said,
March 14, 2008 at 9:43

Excellent point, Monkay. Ms. Byrd is about to exhibit an unusual predilection for pie.

As my Randall always says, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out”

 
 

Jim Hoft can take his civil discourse and shove it up his miserable arse.

The only sensible comment to any of his posts is a string of obscenities.

 
 

Dear God, what has happened here today, weird trolls, parking attendant stories & strings of obscenities, even our old friend Ruppert is back muttering like a winos in Tesco’s. Jesus, I’m coming back when the acid runs out.

 
 

Sorry to hear about that g. But don’t feel bad about firing the guy. You did the right thing, you had to fire him. You can’t have the parking attendant threatening people fer crying out loud.

I’d like to follow up in the way that Mikey described, but frankly I don’t think I’d do it right.

 
 

But i must say, its no surprise, judging by your language, you never had much of an education.

Byrd’d insults are always so dumb.

 
 

Geez, you’d think he was supposed to be like one of the Knights Who Until Recently Said ‘Ni’. “Oops! I said ‘it’ again!”

 
 

lobbey said,
March 14, 2008 at 12:43

Dear God, what has happened here today, weird trolls, parking attendant stories & strings of obscenities, even our old friend Ruppert is back muttering like a winos in Tesco’s. Jesus, I’m coming back when the acid runs out.

I feel your pain “failed to open page”. It must be trying to read these comments every day, people patting each other on the back for really stupid remarks, pretending to be ‘progressives’ while secretly dreaming of violence, Quite frankly I don’t know how you kids do it.

 
 

A concern troll, fakeposter, Secret Agent Retard and general dumbfuck all rolled into one!! The quadrifecta of being a useless shitball!

 
 

Another productive day/evening spent by Randy. Apparently, he does not have much to do.

 
 

Is it just me, or is anyone else a little disturbed at the thought of Randy impersonating his own mother?

What’s the deal Randy? Are you sitting at your computer wearing the faded dress that normally resides on your mother’s dessicated corpse in the basement? Will you be opening the motel later tonight?

Creepy stuff…

 
Your Uncle Bastard
 

Honestly, it’s about the perjury and the coverup of a murder!

From a local’s perspective: Kwame lied on the stand during a recent whistleblower trial, about his illicit affair with the Scottie Pippen-lookalike Christine Beatty (the ultimate reason behind firing 2 Detroit police officers who happened to know too much). The officers sued the City successfully and received a payout of almost $9M!

Another wrongfully fired officer has come forward about the supposedly “mythical” party at the Manoogian Mansion in 2003, and shortly thereafter exotic dancer Tamara Greene (long rumored to have shown the Mayor and his cronies a good time that evening) was shot and killed with ammunition that exactly matches that used by Detroit police officers. Discrepancies between official reports, eyewitness reports and the official autopsy report have us convined the other show has yet to drop on this sorry spectacle. More reports are coming out daily from people who’ve been silenced by threats of violence and retaliation from Detroit’s Pimp Mayor™ to keep this all quiet. It’s beyond disgraceful, and the text messages he tried to keep quiet for so long WILL COME OUT. Mark my words!

So let’s recap: a crumbling American city is liable for the shenanigans of a Mayor who has terrible judgment and a penchant for thuggishness. None of this criticism is related to his color – it’s simply the truth.

I invite any interested parties to Google any of the above, and you’ll see that I’m right. For more coverage, go to the local news station’s website.

 
Typical Republican
 

Liberals, hmpf.

 
 

Well I see another overnight thread was wrecked by our lady of perpetual replies . Hopefully everyone can perk up to the news that today is officially Pi Day. I think we should celebrate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

 
 

Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant ? (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in American date format), due to ? being equal to roughly 3.14. Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (commonly known as Pi Minute). If ? is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m., Pi Second (or sometimes March 14, 1592 at 6:53:58 a.m.). Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates, most often July 22 (22/7 (European date format) is a popular approximation of ?). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday.

The first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies; the museum has since added pizza pies to its Pi Day menu.

 
 

Awesome! You beat me to it! I’m going to have pie for Pi Day @ 1:59

=D

 
 

Honestly, it’s about the perjury and the coverup of a murder!

No, seriously: How is it ‘about’ that? There are investigations of Kilpatrick, and maybe he’s guilty of some, or even all, of the things that he’s been accused of doing.

How is it that accusations of misconduct — even of serious, criminal misconduct — render the word, nigger, to be ‘about’ the investigations?

 
 

Blue Buddha, I was shocked, shocked that someone hadn’t gotten it posted before me. The overeducated S,N! crowd seems to be very math savy.

I was going to celebrate with a song, but the only ‘Circles’ song I can think of in my collection is by Ten Years After, and it’s not one of their best songs. Bad Ten Years After is not something to celebrate. Maybe I’ve got ‘Circle Game’ in there somewhere…

 
 

I like pi.

 
 

I must have really ticked off our sexually ambiguous troll if he/she is still talking about me. Go ahead, dear. It’s always better to get it off your chest, and let the squirrels in the neighborhood live another day.

 
 

The Spirit of St. Lou-ass?

 
 

gbear said,

March 14, 2008 at 15:14

I was going to celebrate with a song, but the only ‘Circles’ song I can think of in my collection is by Ten Years After, and it’s not one of their best songs. Bad Ten Years After is not something to celebrate. Maybe I’ve got ‘Circle Game’ in there somewhere…

Well, there’s always this and this.

 
 

BB, After following that first link to the Zap video about Pi, Ten Years After is sounding pretty good. How bizarre.

 
 

I had actually forgotten all about Pi Day. I was busy gearing up for the Ides of March. Every year I anticipate a surprise party, and every year I am mistaken.

 
 

pedestrian said,

March 14, 2008 at 15:53

I had actually forgotten all about Pi Day. I was busy gearing up for the Ides of March. Every year I anticipate a surprise party, and every year I am mistaken.

Et tu, Brute?

 
Your Uncle Bastard
 

Well Gavin, people around Detroit are rightfully pissed about their Mayor’s conduct, and him going on local TV accusing his own community members of race-baiting doesn’t sit well – hence, nobody’s wasting too much sympathy on Kwame.

Perhaps that offends your sensibilities as much as the whole sordid episode has offended mine.

 
 

Bob Mould- Circles
REM – Perfect Circle
Marillion – Warm Wet Circles
Mekons – Circle City
Squeeze – Love Circles
Waco Brothers – Circle Tour

…and, of course, the Circle Jerks.

Happy Pi Day!!

 
 

gbear said,
March 14, 2008 at 15:14

Blue Buddha, I was shocked, shocked that someone hadn’t gotten it posted before me. The overeducated S,N! crowd seems to be very math savy.

You know what really bugs me? When the parking lot attendant acts all douchy and sucky-uppy. Don’t try to tell me how wonderful I am or tell me about your screenplay, just park my car, bitch. Here’s a dollar, try not to spend it on booze.

 
 

Perhaps that offends your sensibilities as much as the whole sordid episode has offended mine.

Actually, I added an update. This context (believe me) isn’t apparent to people outside of Detroit.

 
 

Your Uncle Bastard said,
March 14, 2008 at 16:08

Well Gavin, people around Detroit are rightfully pissed about their Mayor’s conduct, and him going on local TV accusing his own community members of race-baiting doesn’t sit well – hence, nobody’s wasting too much sympathy on Kwame.

Perhaps that offends your sensibilities as much as the whole sordid episode has offended mine.

People still live in Detroit? Damn, learn something new every day on this blog, first i learn that people actually care about Philadelphia, and now Detroit. What next, someone will go to Odessa Texas and say, “hey it doesn’t really smell like poo and we matter”?

 
 

Randy, maybe when you sober up you’ll remember which ‘g’ you were talking to last night.

 
 

(jumps back on the DNFTT wagon)

 
 

gbear said,

Randy, maybe when you sober up you’ll remember which ‘g’ you were talking to last night.

Just park my car, bitch. And try not to steal the pennies from the ashtray.

 
 

Breaking news- Elizabeth NJ’s website in spanish!
http://www.elizabethnj.org/html_spanish/index.html

 
 

I think we can all enjoy the chorus at 1:40 into this vid:

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/?inc=vid&id=741279

 
 

Thanks for the list Billy. I’ve got the REM & Bob Mould songs here.

There’s also ‘Red Rubber Ball’ by The Cyrcle.

 
 

…’Circle One’ by The Germs…

 
 

We are in serious need of a Two-Minute Corner. They’re completely off the rails today.

 
 

“Circle Sky” by the Monkees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtCM932eQdk

I live in Michigan and if Kilpatrick has any evidence that people are calling him “nigger” he hasn’t shared it with us, to my knowledge. He has zero credibility on anything right now as far as I’m concerned and I wish he’d resign. Of course I couldn’t believe the people of Detroit re-elected him in the first place….

 
 

Will the circle be unbroken by Perfect Circle?

Well, no, they haven’t done it yet, but it could happen…

mikey

 
 

Another great Detroit band- the Stooges

 
 

D.N. Nation said,
March 14, 2008 at 17:06

We are in serious need of a Two-Minute Corner. They’re completely off the rails today.

Love your blog, dude. Exactly what the world needs, another poorly designed political webpage.

 
 

Where is your blog? Was it that clip joint you’re link to?

 
 

^Oh, this could be fun.^

Circle Circle Dot Dot. I got my cootie shot.

 
 

Susan of Texas said,

Where is your blog? Was it that clip joint you’re link to?

Speaking of ‘yet another boring political blog’ shouldn’t you be off hunting some snarf?
Not like that’s never been done before.

 
 

Where is your blog?

 
 

But seriously, does everyone need a blog nowadays? Have we become so shallow that we must have an online diary to say something sarcastic about Jonah or Lopez, even if no one reads it?

Personally, i find that kinda sad, ymmv.

 
 

Susan of Texas said,
March 14, 2008 at 17:52

Where is your blog?

What’s your myspace page? Cuz thats what the really cool kids use.

 
 

So: question to the general populace:

What is more pathetic, maintaining a blog or spending all day trolling somebody else’s blog?

‘Cause the way I see it, creating an argument and defending it requires some thought and creativity. Smearing feces on the walls is a lot easier, if less productive.

 
 

And it makes you vulnerable to criticism. It takes bravery to show yourself to the world. (And some healthy ego.)

I neither have a myspace page nor wear retro Jefferson Starship tee shirts. Age has its benefits.

 
Smiling Mortician
 

Sigh.

Know what’s depressing? An entire thread covered in byrd shit on an otherwise promising Friday morning.

 
 

Totally OT, but speaking of dumbfucks (dumb-fucks?):

Chris Hedges, “I Don’t Believe in Atheists”

 
 

This Randall Byrd creature is boring. It also seems never to sleep. Tweaking and drinking, I’m guessing. Sadly, if it has a good tolerance and a steady supply of speed and beer, it will probably be able to keep up the non-stop obsessional commenting for about three days.

I wish it would go take a shower and about four Dalmane and sleep for a while.

 
 

Too bad. I liked his “War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning.”

The utopian dream of a perfect society and a perfect human being, the idea that we are moving toward collective salvation, is one of the most dangerous legacies of the Christian faith and of the Enlightenment.

True, which is why ascribing this dream to athiests and the Enlightenment is exactly wrong.

 
 

So… about this Gateway Dumbshit guy…

Why is he bothering to point any of this out about “nigger” being resurrected? Just to point out what he thinks is hypocrisy, or is he just glad that it’s no longer dead so he and all his buddies on the TrogloRight can start saying it whenever they want?

Go on, Mr. Hoft – it’s safe now! Start hurling the word “nigger” around.

 
 

PZ Myers had a good post on Hedges yesterday.
Chris Hedges wastes everyone’s time.

True, which is why ascribing this dream to athiests and the Enlightenment is exactly wrong.

Yes.

 
 

Susan:

If you read the essay, he has a whole bunch of other crazy-ass statements in there. WTF? I had thought the guy was pretty smart.

 
 

It’s not a matter of this guy being a dumbfuck (though he assuredly gives every sign of being one). It’s that he wants to be able to call African-Americans “niggers” and get away with it.

I grew up in the Deep South. I’ve heard the conversations racists have amongst themselves when they hear African-Americans use that word. I know what goes through their minds at such times; I’ve heard it from their own mouths.

He’s trying to claim that there’s nothing wrong with the word. He’s trying to drag it back out into the light and make it acceptable. For those of you who saw Clerks II, he’s “taking it back.”

In short, he wants to legitimize the word.

 
 

For those of you who saw Clerks II, he’s “taking it back.”

That’s exactly what I thought of. I think he knows he can’t, even if it has been “resurrected”, and finds that frustrating as hell.

But like I said, I encourage him and his throwback pals to use it as much as they want. They’ll get exactly the public reaction they deserve.

 
 

“What is more pathetic, maintaining a blog or spending all day trolling somebody else’s blog?”

Good question. How much beer is involved?

Here is another question, wasting time maintaining a blog no one reads or whining about how you are being trolled on somebody else’s blog. Which is sadder?

 
 

Candy said,
March 14, 2008 at 18:16

This Randall Byrd creature is boring.

Oh please, don’t be shy, you know you want me.

So, what you wearing?

 
 

Susan of Texas said,

And it makes you vulnerable to criticism. It takes bravery to show yourself to the world. (And some healthy ego.)

Healthy? Maybe not so much.

I neither have a myspace page nor wear retro Jefferson Starship tee shirts. Age has its benefits.

Whatever. So you’re old, and have a blog. And that makes you feel somehow special.
Really, I’m happy for you.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

Yes, Randall. We all like pie, to one extent or another.

 
 

I’m thinking of changing my pie filter to say “ping!”

Partly as an homage to the Monty Python machine that goes ping, but mostly because then it’ll look like Randall’s repeated, unreplied-to posts are some kind of keep-alive signal for the blog.

 
Sadly, No's impatient mother
 

What are you boys up to, today? I’ve waited for hours for another post. Now get busy. Surely someone at Clownhall or Malkin’s House of Pleasure has written something to ridicule today. What’s a poor old mother to do with herself?

 
 

Today, shouldn’t it be the pi filter?
I’m going to go to Baker’s Square later and have a lovely piece of pie to celebrate pi, because, you know, I really do like pie!

 
 

Johnny Coelacanth said,
Yes, Randall. We all like pie, to one extent or another.

My mother said you had suddenly lost your sense of humour, I didn’t believe it, but now i see its true. Johnny, what happened? Some kind of tragic nucleus eccumbens accident?
The skill saw? It was the skill saw wasn’t it, dammit, johnny I told you to use caution with that damn thing, you know what happened to grandpa.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

Funny, our man Jim’s bio says he has made brief appearances in film and nationally syndicated TV shows, but IMDb doesn’t even list his work. Too bad. I imagine that “nationally syndicated” TV show was Cops, and Jim was one of the guys they busted for public masturbation. Jim is also “professionally one of the few in his field certified to train High Performance Team Building in World Class Organizations.” His field? He has a B.A in biology. As a pundit, he makes a great male model.

 
 

Partly as an homage to the Monty Python machine that goes ping, but mostly because then it’ll look like Randall’s repeated, unreplied-to posts are some kind of keep-alive signal for the blog.

Troll.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

Randall Byrd said,

March 14, 2008 at 19:01

I am inordinately fond of pie!

Would you shut up already about yer fuckin pie?

 
 

Funny, our man Jim’s bio says he has made brief appearances in film and nationally syndicated TV shows, but IMDb doesn’t even list his work. Too bad. I imagine that “nationally syndicated” TV show was Cops, and Jim was one of the guys they busted for public masturbation. Jim is also “professionally one of the few in his field certified to train High Performance Team Building in World Class Organizations.” His field? He has a B.A in biology. As a pundit, he makes a great male model.

See that’s better. Good work.

 
 

Hey, Cliffy! “Dumb Fuck” is not a word, it’s 2 words, dumb fuck! Now go bury that in your box of liberal charm.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

“Now go bury that in your box of liberal charm.”

Is that a breakfast cereal? “They’re always after me Liberal Charm!” “Liberal Charms, they’re magically not appealing to dumb fucks!”

 
 

Yiddish Steel said,

That’s awesome. But what a dumbfuck.

 
Johnny Coelacanth
 

One of crappiest bloggers on the intertubes using a name that’s a riff on one of the best Judas Priest albums? What a dumb fuck. Where’s my box of Liberal Charm?

 
 

Yiddish Steel said,
March 14, 2008 at 19:09

Hey, Cliffy! “Dumb Fuck” is not a word, it’s 2 words, dumb fuck! Now go bury that in your box of liberal charm.

Johnny Coelacanth said,
March 14, 2008 at 19:13

“Now go bury that in your box of liberal charm.”

Is that a breakfast cereal? “They’re always after me Liberal Charm!” “Liberal Charms, they’re magically not appealing to dumb fucks!”

Righteous Bubba said,
March 14, 2008 at 19:14

Yiddish Steel said,

That’s awesome. But what a dumbfuck.

See, that’s what I’m talkin’ about. Funny shit like that. Thats what people come to these comment threads to read.

 
 

Yiddish Steel said,

Dude, I am so commenting on your blog. You rule!

 
 

When I hear the word dumbfuck I reach for my genug.

 
 

“But like I said, I encourage him and his throwback pals to use it as much as they want. They’ll get exactly the public reaction they deserve.”

He’s not *that* stupid. He’s actually pretty cagey. He’s arguing that since African-Americans use the word, that alone makes it acceptable. And he wants to see if anyone will bite that bait. Hoft and his primate pals aren’t stupid or reckless enough to start bandying “nigger” about just to see if it takes. They’re floating trial balloons first.

That’s what his post is about.

 
 

Spewit of St. Louis?

 
 

moist-lipped mug

OK, no more references to GP’s lips. I’ve seen this twice and now I have to mentally pronounce the word “moist” every time I see the guy’s picture, and it’s grossing me out.

 
 

He’s arguing that since African-Americans use the word, that alone makes it acceptable. And he wants to see if anyone will bite that bait.

I think you’re right, but he’s in for yet another disappointment. This argument isn’t new, though usually it’s articulated as a despairing wail of “They call each other that word, why can’t we?”

It would serve them better to understand why they think it’s such a tragedy that they can’t use that word, but I’m not holding my breath waiting for them.

 
 

You’re saying i can’t say ‘nigger’? Is this a new rule?
Dude, that is really gonna fuck with my rap lyrics.

 
 

I think the operant assumption here, the assumed story-beneath-the-story, is that the embattled Kilpatrick is lying about the racial terms and the assassination threats, that he’s ‘playing the race card’ to distract attention from the controversies surrounding his office.

Of course that’s the assumption. Which means that Gateway Pundit must think that Kilpatrick was so desperate to say that word that he invented these threats just so he could say it. I think “dumb fuck” was actually too generous.

 
 

No seriously, all ‘snark’ aside, I can’t say ‘yo nigger’ to my black friends, ‘yo kike’ to my hebrew fiends, ‘yo fag’ to my homo friends, ‘yo inbred hillbilly’ to my appalachian friends?
Goddamn, its just words.

Oh wait, this has something to do with Detroit politics?
Like anyone cares.

 
 

Spewit of St. Louis?

I like Spewie of St. Louie.

 
 

OK, no more references to GP’s lips.

Oh, come on, please?

Anyone else think of Napoleon Dynamite?

 
 

He’s not *that* stupid. He’s actually pretty cagey. He’s arguing that since African-Americans use the word, that alone makes it acceptable. And he wants to see if anyone will bite that bait. Hoft and his primate pals aren’t stupid or reckless enough to start bandying “nigger” about just to see if it takes. They’re floating trial balloons first.

I think this is all attempting to lay the foundation for an “oppressed white people” argument. You know, “Our rights are restricted! We can’t say racist things about them, but they can say racists things about themselves! Isn’t that unfair, mister liberal? Huh? Huh Mr. Liberal?”

And the whole attempt at an argument makes no sense. It’s like this: if you’re friends with someone, you can call them an asshole and they won’t necessarily feel attacked. But if you call a stranger an asshole, they’ll definitely feel attacked.

Why am I telling you guys this? You know it. Just venting.

 
 

No seriously, all ’snark’ aside, I can’t say ‘yo nigger’ to my black friends, ‘yo kike’ to my hebrew fiends, ‘yo fag’ to my homo friends, ‘yo inbred hillbilly’ to my appalachian friends?

Not at all. By all means, go right ahead. Say whatever you like.

Let us know how it works out for you.

 
 

Macaca!

 
Your Uncle Bastard
 

I’m certain Kwame has experienced death threats and has been the target of racist screeds lately. That’s deplorable. In a city that’s experienced as much hardship and poverty as this one, people tend towards intemperance when they feel betrayed. He certainly had to know this outcry might happen, however – racism is alive and very well in this country. None of this is said to excuse such behavior; as a member of a minority group, I know too well the consequences of blind bigotry.

But Kilpatrick’s own neighbors, colleagues and coworkers are overwhelmingly in favor of him stepping out of office, NOW, because the longer he keeps making a public spectacle out of himself, the City cannot move forward – it’s not just “whitey from the suburbs”. Every day there’s a new story on the local news, sharing details about Mr. Kilpatrick’s iron fist rule – this week we learned via signed affidavit that he threatened and fired men under his own command because they knew too much about his on-the-clock dalliances. It remains to be seen what will happen with the wrongful death lawsuit involving exotic dancer Tamara Greene’s family.

I fail to see where pointing out Kilpatrick’s fairly egregiously illegal behavior – e.g., the perjury that he blatantly engaged in on the witness stand during the whistleblower trial – is racist. It’s also rather obvious, given the revelation of explicit text messages between Christine Beatty and Mr. Kilpatrick revealing their affair, that they both attempted to lie to a jury to avoid blowing their cover. Hence, a nearly $9M award to 2 wringfully-terminated police officers.

Again, not really understanding how pointing out the righteous anger of Kilpatrick’s constituency is racist, nor do I see that I’m excusing it. But I’m sure you’ll let me know.

 
 

The topic was “dumbfuck”, so I suppose the topic was never actually lost, per se. Here is a link to fun facts about Tee Are Oh Ell Ell Ess

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=12200012985

 
 

I fail to see where pointing out Kilpatrick’s fairly egregiously illegal behavior – e.g., the perjury that he blatantly engaged in on the witness stand during the whistleblower trial – is racist.

There’s nothing wrong with it at all! It’s perfectly valid and important.

I’m just not seeing Gateway Pundit’s point — that Kilpatrick’s having used the word, ‘nigger,’ to describe his having been called a nigger by persons unspecified, is hypocrisy because of the tenor of the NAACP rally.

It might even be the case that Kilpatrick is lying. That would be disgusting of him, and it would be even worse in light of the NAACP rally, but it still doesn’t create a conflict between his claims as stated and what the NAACP was saying.

Do you see what I mean?

 
Your Uncle Bastard
 

Got it, Gavin – I totally forgot we were riffing on that idiot’s asshole website! I’m just so sick at heart of hearing about the whole nasty Kilpatrick thing I get blinded with disgust – and it being Detroit, there’s virtualy a news blackout across the country (save for the more salacious details…). He’s a Dem mayor, so it’s a wingnut’s dream scandal.

Point well taken. GP doesn’t have some crystal ball and probably doesn’t even have an ounce of human compassion, so it stands to reason he couldn’t see the potential validity of how much invective could be hurled at one guy – and how ugly it can be, and often is.

Guys like this GP douchebag just cloud the larger points.

 
 

Do you see what I mean?

Doesn’t seem like he’s trying to. He’s arguing that pointing to Kilpatrick’s corruption is not racist but who said it was?

 
Your Uncle Bastard
 

Read above Lawnguy, you seem to be a few comments behind.

 
 

I think your last thought, Gavin, is correct, although since conservatives typically aren’t shy about accusing anyone of “playing the race card,” this may be a case of Gateway Pundit being forgetful, or more likely, assuming his audience doesn’t need an explanation (since we all know how those people are, don’t we?) rather than him playing coy.

As for him being cagey — I’ve read maybe a dozen GP posts over the past couple of years, and I’ve never seen him ever write a post without a major factual, logical or basic cognitive error. The only positive thing I can say about the guy is that he doesn’t seem to delete the comments pointing out what an astounding dumbass he is. He’s like Jonah Goldberg or David Frum with his “And this proves my point!” responses, only he’s much dumber.

 
 

Late to the party again, but may I suggest “Red Rubber Ball” by the Cyrkle? Co-written by Paul Simon, too.

If the thread was still alive, I’d contribute something like this:

Where have you been all the day, Randall, my son?
Where have you been all the day, my pretty one?
Out trolling the lib’rals, mother
Out trolling the lib’rals, mother
Pour me some snacks
For I’m back to my room
And I’d fain watch TV.

Who have you been posting as, Randall, my son?
(repeats as before)
I’ve been posting as my mother
(repeats as before)

What did they say to you, Randall, my son? (…)
They called me a dumb fuck, mother (…)

What did they do to you, Randall, my son?
They sent me back to my mother.

(and so on)

 
 

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