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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