Nice to see you showing some real class. Guess you musta talked to Bambi and Imus before you filled these in.
Mark wrote: > 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 <markmka...@gmail.com > <mailto:markmka...@gmail.com>> 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 > <rhomp2...@earthlink.net <mailto:rhomp2...@earthlink.net>> 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 <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> >> <mailto:rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> Marianne Leone >>> The Boston 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...>| >>> * Single Page >>> >>> <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...>| >>> * Yahoo! Buzz >>> >>> <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...> >>> Discuss >>> COMMENTS (75) >>> >>> <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...> >>> >>> 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...> >>> 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...> >>> 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...> >>> 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...> >>> * Print >>> * Single page >>> * Single page >>> >>> <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200...> >>> * Reprints >>> * Reprints >>> * Share >>> * Share >>> * Comment >>> * Comment >>> * >>> >> > > > -- > Mark M. Kahle, , > www.filacoffee.com <http://www.filacoffee.com/> > > > > > -- > Mark M. 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