Hey! Stop insulting Rasputin! On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> > > I consider Ms Palin about as saintly as Rasputin. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:08:21 +0000 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End > Usage of "Retarded" > > > > Saw that a while ago. The string of words I released over the hypocrisy > would surely make the saintly Palin blush, and the sleazy Limbaugh laugh. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 6:58:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End > Usage of "Retarded" > > > A bit more on the matter, this time courtesy of Ms Palin and the > Drugster... > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1114 > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: truthseeker...@hotmail.com > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:28:19 -0500 > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End > Usage of "Retarded" > > > That's certainly at least two of us. Again, seeing crap like this, I > wonder what historians will think of us years hence, the level of influence > one sad little quitter from Wasilla had on the world. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: daikaij...@yahoo.com > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:37:48 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage > of "Retarded" > > > The best comeback was from Keith Olbermann who found multiple instances > of Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck either using the word retard or disparaging > mentally challenged people on air. Where's the outrage over that? I'm sick > of this woman using her child and the rest of her family to try and score > cheap points with the Fox news crowd. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> > wrote: > > > > > > Them insensitive comic-book 'ritin' folk... Ms Palin gon' git her gun on > 'em, iff'n they ain't careful. > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > From: keithbjohn...@... > > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:55:46 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End > Usage of "Retarded" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As an aside, i was reading an issue of the Fantastic Four comic earlier > today. Reed and Sue Richards have two children now: the > > older, their son Franklin, who has normal intelligence, and their young > > daughter Valeria, who at the age of four is already a supergenius on > > the level of her father Reed. In playing around with Franklin about a > > question he was asking, Valeria says "Oh Franklin, you're such a > > retard!" > > > > Do we need to alert Sarah Palin so she can get Marvel > > comics censured? Demand an apology from the creative staff? Maybe get > > the FF canceled? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@...> > > To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 3:13:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End > Usage of "Retarded" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (another standing ovation) > > > > When I first heard this story reported, I gave myself a headache when my > eyes rolled back into my head too fast. > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > From: keithbjohn...@... > > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:33:52 +0000 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage > of "Retarded" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry, but I don't see this as a firing offense. "Retarded" has many > meanings and connotations. When you call a person "retarded" for doing > something stupid, it's not in any way meant to suggest that person has Downs > or Autism or any other developmental condition. It means the person is an > idiot, pure and simple. The words "simpleton", "geek", "cretin", and > actually even, "idiot", could be tagged as equally offensive in this light. > This is a tempest in a teapot, especially seeing as this took place behind > closed doors. > > > > I'm not saying people don't have a right to be upset. Had he used the > n-word behind closed doors, even, I'd be pissed. If some hate "retarded" on > this level, i respect that. But I do think we need to do some serious > examination of how much stuff said in private can and should be used to > evaluate a person's character. No single one of us could bear the scrutiny > if everything we said in private were publicized. If my private utterings > around the house ever got out, I think a lot of conservative white religious > fanatics would probably want to have me drawn and quartered! > > > > End of the day, I don't think he at all was thinking of people with true > developmental problems, but now that it got out, an apology was the right > thing to do. Past that, let this die, and let's move on. The bigger problem > is a new Internet/Twitter/Facebook world where every single thing is > instantly universal, without any benefit of filtering, explanation, or real > analysis. > > > > And the biggest problem? A world in which that idiot Sarah Palin is still > being quoted for her opinion on anything of substance. With apologies to the > idiots of the world for that comparison.... > > > > ***************************************************** > > > > Yahoo News > > > > Dating back to the time he worked in the Clinton administration, White > House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has developed an almost notorious > reputation in Washington for being a brash personality with a penchant for > profanity-laced diatribes. Conversely, his intense nature, in addition to > his sharp mind, are what many attribute to his success and effectiveness as > a Washington power player. But a recently revealed remark he made in a > closed-door meeting attended by White House aides and leaders of liberal > special-interest groups has irked many, prompting him to issue an apology. > > > > Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Emanuel, exasperated > upon learning that liberal special-interest groups were planning to run ads > against conservative Democrats not supportive of health care reform, blasted > the plan as "f------ retarded" over the summer. Naturally, some outrage > ensued after Emanuel's words came to light, with former Alaska Gov. Sarah > Palin taking to her Facebook page to call on President Obama to fire him for > what she saw as the equivalent of a racial slur. > > > > Palin, whose son Trig is afflicted with Down syndrome, said she was > informed of Emanuel's comment by a fellow parent of a special-needs child > and pleaded with the president to "show decency" to the political process by > "eliminating" the Chicago native from his inner circle. > > > > In a post titled "Are You Capable of Decency, Rahm Emanuel?," Palin > wrote, "Just as we'd be appalled if any public figure of Rahm's stature ever > used the 'N-word' or other such inappropriate language, Rahm's slur on all > God's children with cognitive and developmental disabilities — and the > people who love them — is unacceptable," adding, "it's heartbreaking." > > > > A Politico story today reports that an administration official informed > them that Emanuel had already reached out to Special Olympics chairman and > CEO Tim Shriver, who recently launched a campaign to end the use of "the R > word." > > > > "Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was > accepted," the unnamed official said. > > > > A disabilityscoop.com story from last week sheds more light on Emanuel > and Shriver's back-and-forth. Michelle Diament reports that Shriver first > reached out to Emanuel in a letter: "I know that private political discourse > can sometimes include profanity....But at the same time, our community > cannot accept the idea that they will remain the butt of jokes and taunts. I > hope you will join us in changing the conversation and eliminating this word > from your vocabulary." > > > > It should be noted that Emanuel, who is rumored to have once mailed a > dead fish to a former coworker he disliked, has not offered any apology to > the liberals his slur was aimed at, and it's highly doubtful that he ever > will. > > > > -- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News blog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. 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