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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
you said:
Whenever I hear about this kind of ignorant, stomach-turning disinformation campaign, I can't help but think of one of my favorite Henry James quotes: “I don’t want everyone to like me. I should think less of myself if some people did.”
What in the first email is misinformation? It's all quotes from her thesis, except one quote from a mystery fellow student. Seriously, point out something that is factually incorrect...............Okay, you can't. So please, PLEASE can you all stop with the knee-jerk reactions to facts that may not be beneficial to the Obama campaign? The best argument against Michele Obama's thesis is that she was 21. We all say stupid things when we're that young.
And to be honest, Mr. Madden's "debunking" of the first email actually makes it more credible since he didn't debunk a damn thing.
I would add to your enlightened e-mail this: in his book, Senator Obama declared that the most beautiful sound is the sound of the mosque calling for the prayers.Or that he doesn't like the American anthem because it is a symbol of oppresion in the world. These are his own words, among others. These words cannot be debunked. There is not worst deaf than the one that doesn't want to hear. Right liberal media?
There are many things people do not know about BARACK OBAMA. It is every American's duty to read this message and pass it along to all of their friends and loved ones.
Barack Obama wears a FLAG PIN at all times. Even in the shower.
Barack Obama says the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE every time he sees an American flag. He also ends every sentence by saying, "WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." Click here for video of Obama quietly mouthing the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE in his sleep.
A tape exists of Michelle Obama saying the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE at a conference on PATRIOTISM.
Every weekend, Barack and Michelle take their daughters HUNTING.
Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG.
Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It's upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.
There's only one artist on Barack Obama's iPod: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.
Barack Obama is a DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His favorite book is the BIBLE, which he has memorized. His name means HE WHO LOVES JESUS in the ancient language of Aramaic. He is PROUD that Jesus was an American.
Barack Obama goes to church every morning. He goes to church every afternoon. He goes to church every evening. He is IN CHURCH RIGHT NOW.
Barack Obama's new airplane includes a conference room, a kitchen, and a MEGACHURCH.
Barack Obama's skin is the color of AMERICAN SOIL. John McCain's skin is the color of SAUDI ARABIAN sand.
Barack Obama buys AMERICAN STUFF. He owns a FORD, a BASEBALL TEAM, and a COMPUTER HE BUILT HIMSELF FROM AMERICAN PARTS. He travels mostly by FORKLIFT.
Barack Obama says that Americans cling to GUNS and RELIGION because they are AWESOME.
I, too, have received many emails like these, and not just about Obama, from friends and family. And my efforts to get them to source Snopes.com has only lead them to take me off of their email lists.
I think these tactics are unfortunately very effective -- and I think Democrats, Progressives, or whatever we're calling ourselves these days, need to be militant in fighting back.
Enjoyed the joke. There is usually an element of truth in humor. Especially good humor. Thanks.
Umm ... where does he pin it?
Thanks for that visual image. ;-)
We were "force fed" this ersatz candidate by the media consortium and by anti-Clinton Democrats, salivating at the prospect of destroying the Clintons and their potential extended legacy. Alas, we have as our standard bearer an ill-equipped piece of hype - good at reading tel-prompters and at inflecting his voice at the right time so as to stir the emotional viscera of willing throngs of acolytes and dreamers. Ironically, we wind up with the only Democrat that can possibly lose what was an almost "guaranteed election." While the repugnant and mostly untrue attempts to portray Obama in the worst way and simultaneously capitalize on the ignorance and prejudice of many voters is an ugly comment about the "opposing party' and its' followers, we are getting our just deserts for acquiescing to the wrong choice as our Presidential Candidate.
express it. I have to say goodnight now. There's been a terrible plane accident at Madrid airport with about l50 people incinerated. That's grim reality. We have to take our laughs where we can find them in the harshness of everyday life.
No, love, I'm not suggesting censorship at all. I'm suggesting that Salon install the ability for each individual user to stop the postings of the people he or she chooses to block from appearing on his or her list of posts -- on that persons private, individual computer only.
Say, for example, that you, Maureen, spent the afternoon reading the comments sections of three or four Salon articles and found that they were all dominated by postings from user MonkeyPoop and all he (surely it would be a He) said over and over and over again was "Kaka poopoo, kaka poopo, kaka poopoo." Three or four paragraphs to each posting, two or three postings to each page of letters.
Then, say, that fed up with his drivel, you forget yourself (because you know you know better) and engage this troll yourself, saying that maybe he could just possibly tone it down a little, and asking him if he's thought about the possibility that maybe there might be some validity to your clever point of view on the matter?
Of course his reply (I know you can see this coming.) comes right back at you: "@ Kaka Poopoo Maureen Bitch Proposes Kaka Poopoo Fascism [paragraph] Moo Cow, you are a kaka poopoo. I'll bet your father took one look at you when you were born and tried to stuff you back in your mama's c___." And a few more paragraphs of the same. And then maybe he says you'd better watch your back 'cause the Monkeypoo tribe is on the rise and they're gonna getcha.
Pretty icky, right?
Under what I proposed, there would be a button to the right of his name that you could click and posts from him would never show up in your view of the comments section again.
His kakapoopoo would still be there for everybody who chooses to read it, but you wouldn't have to wade through it to read the posts from people whose opinions mattered to you. Another benefit is that you'd never again be tempted to engage this guy in an intelligent conversation, 99% sure that he was just going to shit on your head for all your effort.
Don't know about you, but a feature like that would add great value to Salon for me. I don't have time or energy to waste reading bullkaka.
PS: Sorry. I don't do close to the wall. ;-)
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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