what is better than coming in first at the special olympics? NOT being retarded 2
what the same between a retard and a slinky? both are useless but you can still laugh as they tumble down the stairs 3 some people are like hiring the handicapped they are fun to laugh at but the job will never get done On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > : 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. Kahle, , > www.filacoffee.com > -- Mark M. 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