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UN to Investigate Racism Against Barack Obama

Sat, May 17, 2008 at 9:16:56 am PST

Coming to the rescue of Barack Obama—the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” to expose the bigotry and racism of the United States: U.N. racism investigator to visit U.S. from Monday.

GENEVA (Reuters) - A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit.

“The special rapporteur will...gather first-hand information on issues related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” a U.N. statement said on Friday. [Well, yeah. That’s why they call him the “Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.” – ed.]

His three-week visit, at U.S. government invitation, will cover eight cities — Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Omaha, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Doudou Diène was last seen at LGF when he was denouncing Denmark for racism—for publishing the dreaded cartoons of Mohammed: UN on Wrong Side of Cartoon Jihad.

(Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)

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#1 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:18:27 am 0

I have no words

#2 galloping granny 5/17/08 9:18:48 am 26

I would LOVE to know just exactly who it is in the U. S. Government that invited this ass here. The UN has no power, no authority and absolutely NO place investigating squat in the United States of America. Whoever extended the "invitation" should be fired forthwith.

#3 jcm 5/17/08 9:18:48 am 0

Saved at last,
Thank God Almighty,
Saved at last,

/

#4 MJ 5/17/08 9:19:00 am 13

Every criticism of Obama's policies will be met with cries of racism.

#5 Dr. Shalit 5/17/08 9:19:12 am 0

Sounds like Captain Renault Investigating Gambling.

-S-

#6 sabra412 5/17/08 9:19:22 am 4

This is complete and total Doudou.

#7 schultzw 5/17/08 9:20:04 am 4

Get John Bolton on this!

#8 MandyManners 5/17/08 9:20:18 am 0

Doudou? How do you pronounce that?

#9 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:20:39 am 8

re: #8 MandyManners

Doudou? How do you pronounce that?

sh*t

bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahah

#10 Filala 5/17/08 9:20:48 am 1

Alice just went through the looking glass. Is this an upside down world or what?

#11 Charles 5/17/08 9:20:58 am 14

This is almost certainly a State Department idea.

#12 paint-right 5/17/08 9:21:06 am 7

Did anypne hear Rush's list of things you can't criticize about Obama?

List = anything you can think of LOL

#13 MandyManners 5/17/08 9:21:10 am 0

re: #9 ploome hineni

sh*t

bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahah

*snicker*

#14 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:21:30 am 0

re: #13 MandyManners

giggle

#15 MandyManners 5/17/08 9:21:35 am 6

re: #11 Charles

This is almost certainly a State Department idea.


Can't the president refuse? Have we lost our sovereingity?

#16 galloping granny 5/17/08 9:21:42 am 5

re: #11 Charles

This is almost certainly a State Department idea.

In that case, it seems reasonble to immediately fire Condi Rice for approving of any such thing. How DARE they?!

#17 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:22:16 am 1

re: #16 galloping granny

In that case, it seems reasonble to immediately fire Condi Rice for approving of any such thing. How DARE they?!

then they will examine racism at State

#18 jones 5/17/08 9:22:34 am 0
an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

Hillary is going to be stuffed in Milosevic's old cell.

#19 DistantThunder 5/17/08 9:22:39 am 11

Are they going to investigate why black people won't vote for John McCain as racism? You realize that this means that most of liberal America is not mature enough to back a black candidate for president - because they interpret all opposition to him as racist. Obama as President could ruin the country - and anyone who spoke out against him would be tried for hate speech.

Here come the pogroms.

#20 wrenchwench 5/17/08 9:22:57 am 1

Are they going to look into Obama's allegations that his white grandmother is "typical?"

#21 schultzw 5/17/08 9:23:06 am 1

What's this fella gonna do on his multi-city tour? Interview people walking down the street and ask if there's racism? Is he going to ignore what Typical White People have to say? Is he planning on getting waffles for breakfast?

/all legit questions

#22 yesandno 5/17/08 9:23:17 am 8

They will seek, they will find.

And if they don't find what they seek, they will change what they find.

Nothing like 3 weeks in America to discover what we are all about! Since they haven't understood the butchery that goes on even today in all parts of the world and throughout human history. Must be like Obama sitting in church...the hearing aid was turned off.

The Audacity of these hypocrites knows no bounds.

#23 pegcity 5/17/08 9:23:27 am 9

And in return Barry will give control of the United States to the UN.

#24 DistantThunder 5/17/08 9:23:30 am 0

Time to start wearing my:

"Another typical white person for Obama"

t-shirt.

#25 Cognito 5/17/08 9:23:36 am 10

As I mentioned earlier, if they're down to sniffing out problems in America, I assume they've solved all the problems in, say, Rwanda. And Algeria. And Haiti. And Iran. And Kyrgyzstan. And in Saudi Arabia. And in Russia. And China.

And so forth.

(However, I will say that titling the issue as an investigation of "racism against Barack Obama" is a bit of a reach.)

#26 itellu3times 5/17/08 9:23:41 am 0

What about Wesley Snipes?

#27 jcm 5/17/08 9:23:46 am 2

re: #8 MandyManners

Doudou? How do you pronounce that?

Is little brother Poupou coming?

#28 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:24:13 am 0

re: #20 wrenchwench

Are they going to look into Obama's allegations that his white grandmother is "typical?"

can they get under the bus?

#29 MJ 5/17/08 9:24:26 am 9

Now that the UN is involved in our election, and also Al Sharpton and the rest of the race hustlers, including the media, the die has been cast:

If Obama looses, they'll blame the Jews.

#30 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:24:33 am 0

re: #27 jcm

Is little brother Poupou coming?

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahha

#31 pegcity 5/17/08 9:24:33 am 0

re: #25 Cognito

They're to busy trying to destroy Israel

#32 PoorMan 5/17/08 9:24:43 am 1

This is just about the most morally and intellectually inverted thing I've ever read.

At U.S. government invitation, no less.

#33 schultzw 5/17/08 9:24:47 am 2

re: #28 ploome hineni

Is Michelle driving the bus?

#34 MigueldowninMexico 5/17/08 9:25:04 am 13

Any critizism of Condi Rice is RACISM!

Oh wait, she's taken TONS of racist attacks from the left and nobody says a darn word about it.

I guess she's the kind of black you can attack and critizise as "some are more equals than others".

#35 missouri boy 5/17/08 9:25:07 am 10

Are they going to investigate that racist church BHO attends?

#36 MandyManners 5/17/08 9:25:11 am 1

re: #27 jcm

Is little brother Poupou coming?

Mr. Hanky!

Okay. I'm done channeling a pre-teen boy.

#37 right_wing2 5/17/08 9:25:20 am 2

Wasn't Doudou Inspector Clouseau's aide in the cartoon version of the Pink Panther?

#38 ScottG 5/17/08 9:25:26 am 2

Ah come on, you know this is just an excuse for some UN thug to wander around NYC and Vegas looking for little boys and girls to molest.

Heck, if it was real, I'd propose detaining and horsewhipping the guy/s....

#39 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:26:21 am 3

re: #21 schultzw

What's this fella gonna do on his multi-city tour? Interview people walking down the street and ask if there's racism? Is he going to ignore what Typical White People have to say? Is he planning on getting waffles for breakfast?

/all legit questions

he is gonna meet with Jesse, rev AL, mayor Berry and of course the rev Wright

all the leaders of America

#40 looking closely 5/17/08 9:26:25 am 6

America is SO racists we're spending billions of dollars to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa.

We're so racist, a (half?) Black man is about to receive the Democrat nomination for president.

We're so racist (and sexist) that the Secretary of State is a Black woman.

#41 schultzw 5/17/08 9:26:38 am 4

Who the hell in our government would pull this type of chicken**** stunt?

#42 grumpy_old_soldier 5/17/08 9:26:43 am 5

Given the splendid work that the UN has done combating racism in places like the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, no doubt they will solve the Barack Obama problem double quick!

Yeah...whatever!

#43 ShumBaayaMyLord 5/17/08 9:26:47 am 0

Will they investigate the anti-black racism of Tony Rezko and his associate in the UK, erstwhile Saddam front-man Nadhmi Auchi? Those two keeping BHO financially obligated seems to me like a modern-day twist on the old story of Arab slave-traders subjugating black folk.

Oh wait, I just woke up -- never mind.

#44 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:26:49 am 2

re: #33 schultzw

Is Michelle driving the bus?

better believe she is in charge

/and he is terrified of her

#45 snowcrash 5/17/08 9:27:13 am 2

Has the world has gone crazy? Who files the complaints and requests to seek investigation? Anyone else detect the hand of Islam pulling the strings?

#46 looking closely 5/17/08 9:27:30 am 3

And let me guess, the UN special inspector for racism is. . . .

going to find racism.

Wow. . .

Thanks, UN for another bang-up job.

#47 infidelia 5/17/08 9:27:56 am 3

"Doudou" -- not a name you want to play fast and loose with, dude...

#48 The Other Les 5/17/08 9:27:58 am 3

Can we establish a real government, please?

#49 pat 5/17/08 9:28:03 am 0

What does that mean that a UN employees is going to visit the USA? That he gets out of NYC? must have been quite a surprise to find out the UN was in the USA to these dolts. Someone should have told them.

#50 MigueldowninMexico 5/17/08 9:28:12 am 4

re: #46 looking closely

And let me guess, the UN special inspector for racism is. . . .

A Muslim!

/Hmmmm...

#51 right_wing2 5/17/08 9:28:18 am 3

re: #40 looking closely

But there are people who AREN'T going to vote for him, and that can only be because we're racist, hate-filled, & bitter, holding on to religion and our guns...

#52 sattv4u2 5/17/08 9:28:24 am 5

re: #40 looking closely

We're also so racist, we;re the only nation that ever had a war to END slavery, which we did, while other countries still PRACTICE slavery !

We suck ,,, I'm so outta here !

/ sarc

#53 pegcity 5/17/08 9:28:40 am 0

Michael Keyes?

oh wait hes a rethuglican so its ok to be racist against him

#54 galloping granny 5/17/08 9:28:42 am 2

re: #40 looking closely

America is SO racists we're spending billions of dollars to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa.

We're so racist, a (half?) Black man is about to receive the Democrat nomination for president.

We're so racist (and sexist) that the Secretary of State is a Black woman.

Who the heck are you kidding? Didn't you hear Obamessiah's preacher, the good "reverend" Wright? The United States of America invented AIDS to kill the brown folks!

/please!

#55 azcon 5/17/08 9:28:42 am 5

You mean they are going to investigate Obama's Pastor? It's about time the UN got on that!

#56 Charles 5/17/08 9:29:05 am 10

re: #25 Cognito

As I mentioned earlier, if they're down to sniffing out problems in America, I assume they've solved all the problems in, say, Rwanda. And Algeria. And Haiti. And Iran. And Kyrgyzstan. And in Saudi Arabia. And in Russia. And China.

And so forth.

(However, I will say that titling the issue as an investigation of "racism against Barack Obama" is a bit of a reach.)

I know what you mean. He could be investigating the racism against Hillary Clinton or John McCain.

#57 infidelia 5/17/08 9:29:22 am 3

Meanwhile the Ahmadhimmijerker has arrested 5 leaders of the Ba'hai religion in Iran... Doudou? You paying attention, dude?

#58 schultzw 5/17/08 9:29:35 am 0

re: #53 pegcity

that's Alan Keyes

#59 Killgore Trout 5/17/08 9:29:42 am 16

Doudou is from the Muslim country of Senegal....

The Government, at times, limited the freedoms of speech and association. Domestic violence and discrimination against women, female genital mutilation (FGM), child labor and trafficking in persons remained problems.
....
RADDHO and local press reported that on August 10 and 17, youth from the neighborhood of Dieuppeul III in Dakar attacked the Assembly of God of Bethel church.
...
There were credible reports that domestic violence against women, usually wife beating, was common. According to a study funded by the Canadian Center for International Research and Development done in Dakar and Kaolack in 1996, 87 percent of 515 women interviewed had suffered from some form of domestic violence.
...
FGM was not practiced by the Wolof, the largest ethnic group (43 percent of the population), but was performed on girls of most other ethnic groups. Sealing, one of the most extreme and dangerous forms of FGM, was sometimes practiced by the Toucouleur, Mandinka, Soninke, and Bambara, particularly in rural areas


Perhaps he should worry about what's going on in his own country.

#60 MigueldowninMexico 5/17/08 9:30:04 am 2

No Mexican is going to vote for Obama.
Does this mean we're all racists?

Except for that moron of Kate del Castillo lol

#61 schultzw 5/17/08 9:30:08 am 4

re: #56 Charles

or the obvious ageism directed toward McCain

#62 sattv4u2 5/17/08 9:30:16 am 0

re: #53 pegcity

re: #58 schultzw

and MICHAEL Steele

#63 pat 5/17/08 9:30:31 am 4

Maybe he will investigate the horrendous black-on-white, black-on-Hispanic crime issue.

#64 jcm 5/17/08 9:30:43 am 4

re: #56 Charles

I know what you mean. He could be investigating the racism against Hillary Clinton or John McCain.

America is the source of all evil in the world.
What better place than here to start?

/Doudou head.

#65 VegasRick 5/17/08 9:30:52 am 5

re: #27 jcm

Is little brother Poupou coming?

Sister caa caa.

#66 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican 5/17/08 9:31:20 am 5

We need to dismantle the UN. Period.

#67 abolitionist 5/17/08 9:31:29 am 3

I'm reminded of Malcolm-X's agenda - fight racism at home by involving the UN in all manner of enforcement of civil human rights... thereby undermining US sovereignty.

#68 missouri boy 5/17/08 9:31:35 am 1

re: #59 Killgore Trout

That really highlights what a joke the entire UN is.

#69 ploome hineni 5/17/08 9:32:03 am 0

re: #65 VegasRick

pee

pee

?
/is this going too far?

getting outta hand?

#70 yesandno 5/17/08 9:32:12 am 0

re: #66 PatrioticNaturalizedAmerican

We need to dismantle the UN. Period.


What a racist statement!

/channeling DouDou

#71 infidelia 5/17/08 9:32:44 am 4

And if Doudou claims to find racism being used against the Obamassiah in the primary race, the UN plans to do exactly WHAT about it...?

#72 nyc redneck 5/17/08 9:32:53 am 1

they need to go over barack and his wife w/ a fine tooth comb. they have enough racism in them to keep the hack special investigators busy for yrs.

#73 pat 5/17/08 9:33:16 am 6

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Doudou is from the Muslim country of Senegal....


Perhaps he should worry about what's going on in his own country.

Killgore, again you misunderstand. Only white people can be racist. Rev. Wright. FGM and the subjugation of women is cultural, something white Americans do not have.

#74 Thanos 5/17/08 9:33:31 am 7

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Doudou is from the Muslim country of Senegal....


Perhaps he should worry about what's going on in his own country.


Which probably means he's really here to investigate Islamophobia

#75 opnion 5/17/08 9:34:09 am 3

Greetings Lizards.I have successfully Subdued my lawn.
The lunacy continues.Does anybody seriously doubt that a guy looking for racism will fail to find it?
And if he does, what then, cancel the election & just give it to Barry?
Somebody said it earlier.This is the State Department, Codi Rice.

#76 yesandno 5/17/08 9:34:12 am 0

Is DuoDuo the number 2 man at the UN?

#77 MJ 5/17/08 9:34:22 am 6

They should be investigating sexism against Clinton. They can start with MSNBC and that jerk-off Chris Matthews.

#78 pegcity 5/17/08 9:34:29 am 0

re: #62 sattv4u2

LOL, oops

#79 shibumi 5/17/08 9:34:53 am 2

A classic, from the article:

In a report last year he said Islamophobia had grown worldwide since the September 11 2001 attacks on the United States, carried out by al-Qaeda militants.

And:

Some 800 racially motivated incidents against p