: How do you get a retard to commit suicide? A: Put a knife in his hand and ask him "Who’s Special?"
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:34 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > You have obviously not noticed all the PC krep that we are stuck with > now. Someone mentions nappy-haired and he temporarily loses his job and is > only brought back under sufferance and our wonderful liberals go ballistic > on him. Now The One skews up and talks about retards and we are just > supposed to say it doesn't mean anything. Sorry, but as one who had a niece > who was told that because of physical disabilities she would not live 6 > weeks and she lived almost 50 years paralyzed from the waist down and having > to have almost 300 operations just to keep her alive I very much resent the > facile remarks from this idiot we have as president piled up on top of all > the other things he has said and done. I am beginning to think he has > Asperger's Disease. He surely does not seem to be able to conduct himself > in public too well and his idea of proper gifts to our major allies and the > way to treat them is not exactly of the type to make him a good role model. > But he is The One so we are just supposed to overlook all these missteps. > He is just new to the job or some such thing. Of course the fact that 43 > other people all were also new to the job at one time and did not do things > as bad as this creep has done means nothing. We have to make allowances or > so we are told by those who were stupid enough to vote for him. > > THE ANNOINTED ONE wrote: > > Only a retarded moron that can't even operate a wheelchair would find > that offensive. To not be able to express oneself in undeniable terms > is rediculous even to the deaf (just what the fuck do they say and do > with those fingers ?? If they swear do they have to wash their hands > with soap ?? > > > On Mar 21, 9:02 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Marianne Leone > The Boston Globe <http://www.boston.com/news/globe/> > <http://www.boston.com/news/globe/> > > Special needs aren't funny, Mr. Obama > > President Obama's ''joke'' was a knife-in-the-heart moment for many > parents. President Obama's ''joke'' was a knife-in-the-heart moment for > many parents. (Larry Downing/Reuters) > > By Marianne > Leone<http://search.boston.com/local/Search.do?s.sm.query=Marianne+Leone&ca...> > <http://search.boston.com/local/Search.do?s.sm.query=Marianne+Leone&ca...> > March 21, 2009 > > * Email > > <javascript:openWindow('http://tools.boston.com/pass-it-on?story_url=http://www.boston.com/bo...>| > * Print > > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...>| > * Single Page > > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...>| > * Yahoo! Buzz > > <http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/bostoncom751/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.bos...> > <http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/bostoncom751/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.bos...>| > * ShareThis <javascript:void(0)> > > Text size -- + > > PRESIDENT OBAMA made an off-the-teleprompter remark on "The Tonight Show > with Jay Leno" on Thursday that wasn't the least bit funny. Joking that > his bowling skills were "like the Special Olympics" was one of those > knife-in-the-heart moments that parents of mentally challenged children > live with every day. > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > Discuss > COMMENTS > (75)<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > > Obama's presidency was hailed for breaking stereotypes. We have had a > disabled president - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - but the fact that he > used a wheelchair was kept hidden. > > Now we have a "cool" president, and racial slurs are supposed to be > banished forever, but it's still OK to make fun of "retards." After all, > our president does it. On national television. > > All over the progressive blogosphere, the Obama supporters who retired > to the fainting couch over racial slights are quick to tell the disabled > community to "get over it." > > A poll on the Huffington Post has 28 percent agreeing it was "just a > light-hearted, self-deprecating comment. Get over it, people." > Twenty-six percent agreed that it was "Maybe a dumb thing to say, but he > didn't mean it in a mean-spirited way, and it is pretty funny." And 23 > percent wondered, "Why are we even talking about this?" > > We're talking about this because words have power, and because Obama > promised change, and to be a leader, not a comedian. > > There is little doubt that we'll be seeing lots of wheelchairs in photo > ops at the White House in the coming weeks and Michelle Obama will have > her arms around a lot of children with Down syndrome. But no stereotypes > will have been broken by this new president in the area of public > perception of children with disabilities. Not when they are used as a > punch line on national television in a "joke." > > Obama apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, > who regards this gaffe as a "teachable moment." But here's what Obama > should learn from this: Stop your cringe-inducing attempts at humor, and > try to bring about the change you promised when I voted for you. And > don't go off the teleprompter again anytime soon. It makes you sound. . > . not so smart. > > /Marianne Leone is an actress and writer living on the South Shore. / > > © Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. > READER COMMENTS (74) Post a > comment<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > > I don't get it, Special Olympic atheletes try really hard and have a lot > of heart but aren't ever going to be the best in the world. Funny, Obama > is trying really hard to bowl but isn't ever going to ... Click here to > see full > comment<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > I don't get it, Special Olympic atheletes try really hard and have a lot > of heart but aren't ever going to be the best in the world. Funny, Obama > is trying really hard to bowl but isn't ever going to be the best in the > world. I think he's probably 100% accurate in his description. > by BosPP March 21, 11:02 AM > Report > Abuse<javascript:OpenWindow('http://people.boston.com/?p=bcreportabuse&id=7675024984366419463',400...> > > Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Out of the overflow > of the heart, the mouth speaks. > by nadie March 21, 10:59 AM > Report > Abuse<javascript:OpenWindow('http://people.boston.com/?p=bcreportabuse&id=7867845776510021976',400...> > > Jgp1954....that "macaca moment" you refer to was mean-spirited and > deprecating; Obama's Tonite Show moment was none of the kind. George > Allen is nowhere near Obama on ANY scale, just another idiot Rep... > Click here to see full > comment<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > Jgp1954....that "macaca moment" you refer to was mean-spirited and > deprecating; Obama's Tonite Show moment was none of the kind. George > Allen is nowhere near Obama on ANY scale, just another idiot Republican > trying to establish he's better than the Main St. folk... > by bigunit47 March 21, 10:57 AM > Report > Abuse<javascript:OpenWindow('http://people.boston.com/?p=bcreportabuse&id=8986816913183622060',400...> > > It is amazing how the media has picked up this remark as if it was the > only thing Obama said. Obama was lucid, articulate, self-effacing, and > most refreshing of all...presidential. He made a mistake a... Click here > to see full > comment<http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > It is amazing how the media has picked up this remark as if it was the > only thing Obama said. Obama was lucid, articulate, self-effacing, and > most refreshing of all...presidential. He made a mistake and he > apologized promptly. It's done. Move on. After the past 8 years of 'not > so smart' and 'I don't have anything to apologize for' it is refreshing > to see that we have a capable and accountable leader. Cut Obama a break > he is working his tail off. If Bush was still in office he would have > been on his 3rd vacation by now. > by cutmeabreak March 21, 10:53 AM > Report > Abuse<javascript:OpenWindow('http://people.boston.com/?p=bcreportabuse&id=5731765964921157105',400...> > > VIEW ALL READER COMMENTS (74) > ><http://people.boston.com/articles/oped/?p=articlecomments&activityId=...> > <http://people.boston.com/articles/oped/?p=articlecomments&activityId=...> > > * Email > * Email > * Print > > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > * Print > * Single page > * Single page > > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> > * Reprints > * Reprints > * Share > * Share > * Comment > * Comment > * > > > > > > -- Mark M. 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