Alas, the two sides in this debate seemed unlikely to find common ground. The right is outraged, the left is dumbfounded. Here’s an idea: chalk it up to a crime of passion — for doughnuts.

This ain't about the donuts.... it's about a terrorist symbol!

I thought covering her neckline would be a move that was against her best interest...but I'm obviously a sexist, so what can I say?

Now's the time for Rachel Ray Inc. to introduce America to the dark arts of the kitchen. Subvert the dominant culinary paradigm!

The left uses this as an excuse for ridicule, while tacitly acknowledging they understand the symbolism completely. In fact most think they can read the mind of those that disagree with them. BS

Notice I spelled her name right. I owe her that much.

The fact that we cannot agree that this obvious symbol of anti-Western/pro-Phakestinian ideals is a bad thing that should be shunned is to me a huge red flag that we are not accomplishing the necessity of acknowledging and knowing who the enemy is and uniting to defeat it.

Although this symbol is not the enemy itself, its is a symbol on its behalf.

Throughout all this I feel as if it is 1934 and I have just seen a prominent actor wearing a Swastika and when I complain that it is a Nazi symbol I instead get a response going through the thousands of years this symbol was used by Asians and Hindu.

If we can't get it together...we are going to have some real trouble defeating the enemy.

Cooked one her recipes the other day. Very good.

The comments below are amazing, right in line with the Times reader. See if you can spot Cognitos.

"Rachael"? Ok.

Leave it to the nyt to spin this issue more towards nice, light, fluffy donuts instead of taking a deeper look into the meaning of the symbol that actually caused this controversy. It's really shameful.

I cooked her Chicken Noodle Soup recipe. Bleh.

They should do an ad with some white guys wearing white robes and see how it goes over.

"All publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right."

-- often attributed to P. T. Barnum

Are there still those who get excited by the idea of RadicalChic® ?

It's just an ugly accessory worn by a silly bimbo with no fashion sense.

re: #14 Charles

At this point, it's purely etiquette. What other "Rachael" or "Rachel" Rays exist in MSM World?

It's like Michael without the 'Mi'

re: #7 WrathofG-d

It doesn't help that per the State Dept we're not supposed to name the enemy.
We've all said it here - how can you fight a war when no one is allowed to say who we are fighting?

re: #16 Alouette

It's just an ugly accessory worn by a silly bimbo with no fashion sense.

There is a pie joke in there, but.....

re: #7 WrathofG-d

The swastika being subverted by the Nazis is a perfect and concise analogy. Just because it WAS harmless and may still be used innocently, it has come to represent vile and hateful things.

As with the kaffiyeh.

re: #19 seekeroftruth

Oh fer pete's sake. You can bloody well fight a war without naming the enemy explicitly. This isn't WWII.

It's like wearing the Jolly Roger during our war against the Barbary Pirates, no?

re: #22 godfrey

Yup - it's WWIII of WWIV depending on who you talk to.

re: #23 godfrey

It's like wearing the Jolly Roger during our war against the Barbary Pirates, no?

Except the JR was never meant for anything other than to inspire fear.

re: #6 Charles

LOL

Okay I'm a cave man.

Just what is Ray's claim to 15 minutes of fame?

Other than posing in a "peace scarf" in front of the OR Capital Building.

Once upon a time, you could wear a kaffiyeh, and nobody made an issue of it. Until the LLL started assigning a political identity to it by referring to it as a 'freedom scarf', or some such idiocy, it was just another piece of cloth from the ME. Now it is worn precisely to show solidarity with the splodeys and their murderous ideology. You can thank the liberal left for turning everything into a political statement.

re: #23 godfrey

For me- as a woman- it's more than just palestinian solidarity. You're wearing a scarf of a culture that oppresses women. So I find it disgusting on a couple levels.

re: #9 unrealizedviewpoint

The comments below are amazing, right in line with the Times reader. See if you can spot Cognitos.

Picador.

Easier than a direct statement of your own, I suppose.

Rachael Ray is one of O'Reilly's "pinheads" tonight.

re: #22 godfrey

Oh fer pete's sake. You can bloody well fight a war without naming the enemy explicitly. This isn't WWII.

re: #24 seekeroftruth

Cold War -- WWIII.
GWoT -- WWIV.

By my count.

re: #31 Charles

Rachael Ray is one of O'Reilly's "pinheads" tonight.

I didn't realize he would be elevating her status.

I think Rachael Ray is as cute as a bug in a rug. I also think she is probably not the sharpest tool in the bag. She may not have known what she was getting into.

The fact that we can not agree on our enemy is a cultural failure. Education has failed to ground our people in our own history. Churches have failed to teach people between what is right and wrong. Politicians have failed to educate the public on the dangers this country faces.

The result is that there are more idiots in the USA now that you can shake a stick at.

Is it so hard for to understand that the donuts are fine and it's the scarf being worn is the problem?

re: #34 hrhamilton

That's because the LLL have politicized everything from the vagina to, well, scarves.

re: #34 hrhamilton

I think Rachael Ray is as cute as a bug in a rug. I also think she is probably not the sharpest tool in the bag. She may not have known what she was getting into.

The fact that we can not agree on our enemy is a cultural failure. Education has failed to ground our people in our own history. Churches have failed to teach people between what is right and wrong. Politicians have failed to educate the public on the dangers this country faces.

The result is that there are more idiots in the USA now that you can shake a stick at.

I think that is the biggest mistake President Bush made. Not naming the enemy and white washing radical Islam from the get go. And it went down hill from there.

re: #35 Idle Drifter

Is it so hard for to understand that the donuts are fine and it's the scarf being worn is the problem?

Apparently, yes. But this is the nyt we're talking about- obfuscating the real issue is what they do best.

O'Reilly is too stupid to really call Ms. Ray a "pinhead".
So many ssues pass him by due to his fear and loathing of the blogs.

re: #34 hrhamilton

The result is that there are more idiots in the USA now that you can shake a stick at.

You could shake a stick at them, they would just begin to debate the meaning of it. Whether it was a fair expression of protected speech, or perhaps the shaking stick represented some psychological failure. Maybe their was some primal spiritual significance to shaking a stick...?

/sarc

re: #32 jcm

Thanks !

re: #16 Alouette

Wait, wait, wait. We should not put this Kaffiyeh thing on Rachel Ray. If you know anything about the entertainment industry you know that the actors (talent) are nothing but puppets.

She doesn't pick her clothing, she doesn't pick what she is supposed to say, she doesn't pick anything. She shows up, and has a bunch of other people instruct her on all of that.

The Kiffiyeh being used is the problem....not the person that wore it.

I see that the commenters at the NYT pretty much all drink from the same poisoned tub of koolaid.

When you fail to recognize the influence of creeping islamization in western society, by the time its pervasiveness has truly alarmed you, it's just way too late.

All these "progressive thinkers" out there had better get real soon, or they will get exactly what they are asking for, which is something that they would never ever want if they truly understood what it would mean to them.

I am all for politicizing right back at the LLL. The problem is no Republicans want to get down and dirty.

GOOD EVENING, LIZARDS!

I'm baffled by the hate mail from Rachael's 'fans'... as far as I can recall, Charles never attacked Rachael Ray, just the symbolic attire she was wearing. Some posters here may have had fun at Rachael's expense; I don't know. Most of us took the position that Ms. Ray probably didn't understand the offensive nature of her stylists' wardrobe choice. So...what gives with the hate mail?

The very LAST thing Rachael Ray needs is MORE publicity. Her Joker-from-Batman grin is EVERY damn place. I used to like her a little. Now she's just obnoxious, and ubiquitous. GACK!

re: #43 WrathofG-d

The Kiffiyeh being used is the problem....not the person that wore it.

Exactly.

OT
McClellan might vote for Obama?

re: #30 Cognito

Picador.

Easier than a direct statement of your own, I suppose.

I've noticed you say things just like the above statement an awful lot when addressing someone who has issue with your position. WTF

re: #36 Gang of One

That's because the LLL have politicized everything from the vagina to, well, scarves.

I was subjected to a tv ad earlier today that featured two bright-eyed and presumably intelligent women discussing their new birth control pills which reduce their periods to only four a year.

We are doomed.

The Lede (NYT) says:

On Tuesday, Dunkin’ Donuts announced that it was dropping the advertisement. But they also made clear that this was all a big misunderstanding. “Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design,” the company said in a statement, according to The Boston Globe. “Absolutely no symbolism was intended.”

The Boston Globe says:

Said the suits in a statement: ‘‘In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot.

[Link: www.boston.com...]

Has anyone actually seen a high-res photo of this 'paisley' scarf, or are the reporters just repeating what the company said, without checking the original scarf? This is just sloppy.

Imagine Martha Stewart wearing " The Taliban Are Cool" t-shirt on one of her shows. Would never happen.

Fact is I find it incredibly amazing that this attractive idiot, the ladies from "The View", and leftist women in the media in general haven't set up a charity that would provide places of refuge for muslim women facing honor killings, genital mutilation, and the like.

The rights of women only matter to these women when they dovetail perfectly with their leftist views and occur in the western countries it seems.

re: #49 unrealizedviewpoint

I've noticed you say things just like the above statement an awful lot when addressing someone who has issue with your position. WTF

Really. I don't believe I've ever brought up another commenter on a thread. Ever.

Please feel free to prove me wrong.

re: #37 Nevergiveup

I think that is the biggest mistake President Bush made. Not naming the enemy and white washing radical Islam from the get go. And it went down hill from there.

It doesn't look like it's going to get better:

Jihad Watch is talking about " The great war against nothing in particular"

"Security chief decries ‘war on terror,’" by Demetri Sevastopulo in the Financial Times, May 28 - The west needs a more comprehensive strategy to counter al-Qaeda propaganda and the US should stop using the term “war on terror”, according to a top intelligence official.

[Link: www.jihadwatch.org...]

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

Honestly, I wouldn't know Ray if I bumped into her.

Isn't her claim to fame making "orgasm face" when eating things on the TV screen?

When my boys were rug rats i was known to use a' piece of shit scarf' as a diaper cover. good use for it i think.

re: #28 Gang of One

Once upon a time, you could wear a kaffiyeh, and nobody made an issue of it. Until the LLL started assigning a political identity to it by referring to it as a 'freedom scarf', or some such idiocy, it was just another piece of cloth from the ME. Now it is worn precisely to show solidarity with the splodeys and their murderous ideology. You can thank the liberal left for turning everything into a political statement.

You got it. This only became an issue because the MSM decided to portray terrorists, and their symbols, as freedom fighters. Only a mind terminally addled by deconstructionism [or Islamism] could possibly see them as such. It is the job of the righteous to thwart the lies of the corrupted.

re: #56 looking closely

Honestly, I wouldn't know Ray if I bumped into her.

Isn't her claim to fame making "orgasm face" when eating things on the TV screen?

Yea, that's the face, she makes it on TV too?

re: #45 hrhamilton

I dunno. The LLL politicize everything because that is the only way they can frame an argument -- by making it a matter of the oppressor vs. the oppressed. It's just the same old tired Marxist dialectic applied to every conceivable idea and object. Refuting and demolishing their 'arguments' is more important, and to do that we need to marshal all our facts -- historical, scientific, literary, etc. LLL and facts are like water and oil: they just don't mix well together.

re: #53 Cognito

Really. I don't believe I've ever brought up another commenter on a thread. Ever.

Please feel free to prove me wrong.

How dense are you? I'm referring to the comment, not the commenter.

The Kiffiyeh being used is the problem....not the person that wore it.
Unless the person wearing it is doing it to make a political point. I don't think Rachael Ray was doing that. On the other hand being uneducated and uninformed is not way to go through life!

re: #55 FightingBack

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

So, she cut up that dress and wore it as a scarf?

re: #55 FightingBack

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

Stockings?

re: #56 looking closely

Honestly, I wouldn't know Ray if I bumped into her.

Isn't her claim to fame making "orgasm face" when eating things on the TV screen?

Yup.
I thought so.

re: #58 stevieray

To the Left....everything is politics!

re: #41 psyop

Post-modernism will be the death of us all.

re: #55 FightingBack

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

Eeeewww! That's wrong on SO many levels! But, she still could have relied on a stylist to pick that crap out. Scary....

re: #61 unrealizedviewpoint

How dense are you? I'm referring to the comment, not the commenter.

As I said. It's easier to be a picador than to make your own statements.

If you need to imagine that I might have said something, rather than citing it outright, then feel free. Because I think you're making it up as you go.

Moving on.

Ya know Gog, I find most of your positions sound. Unfortunately, all too often, you go off the rails (I think as devils advocate), and you take a position, stick with it, just to see how far you can take it.

re: #55 FightingBack

I like her stockings, but that's just my oddity, neh?

Depressing comments on this one. If Ms. Ray dressed up as a nun and filmed the commercial outside a church, and militant atheists boycotted DD, I wonder how many of these people would see this as a "non-story".

/ I know the analogy is imperfect, but still

re: #55 FightingBack

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

Good gawd. BTW, who is Rachael Ray? I'd never even heard her name until I read about the current controversy.

re: #70 unrealizedviewpoint
Okay.

Back to the topic at hand.

re: #55 FightingBack

Rachael's Fashion Sense.

(Note the stockings, please.)

This confirms my #2 (ducks and smiles)...

Don't ban me bro!

#60 gang of One

Actually your point there is exactly how I feel about it. The way you get ahead is by convincing people that you are right. We all need to be educators about the greatness of the USA, the justness of our cause, the great values that Western Civilization shares with us. This is where we need to be fighting. I'm a fighter not a lover, and we need to fight for our great country.

re: #69 Cognito

As I said. It's easier to be a picador than to make your own statements.

If you need to imagine that I might have said something, rather than citing it outright, then feel free. Because I think you're making it up as you go.

Moving on.

Bull-sh**
I commented that I thought the comments below the LEDE article sounded just like your comments. And they do.

re: #71 Gang of One

I like her stockings, but that's just my oddity, neh?

NEVER, Never, never....wear stockings with open-toed shoes! Ugh! And if you must break this rule, wear a stocking that matches the color of your legs!

Short girls with ample hips should NEVER wear that type of print, either! It makes her look much larger than she is. What girl wants THAT?

re: #76 hrhamilton

I agree.

re: #73 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Se has a cooking show on the Food Network.

re: #76 hrhamilton

I'm with YOU.

who on the other thread said that Swastikas would never become fashionable in our lifetime?

re: #77 unrealizedviewpoint

Bull-sh**
I commented that I thought the comments below the LEDE article sounded just like your comments. And they do.

Right.

Back to the topic.

re: #80 Sharmuta

Se has a cooking show on the Food Network.

I just browse fooddownunder until I find one of the 200K plus that tantalizes me...

re: #80 Sharmuta

Se has a cooking show on the Food Network.

She has three (used to be four!) shows on the Food Network. Oprah Winfrey liked her so much, she gave her a talk show, too. She shills for crackers, olive oil (EVOO....Phuleeze!), donuts, and anything else that will bring in a buck.

She's Beatrice!

/old ad campaign....anyone else remember?

#79 gang of one

Does that mean we are a gang of two now?

Or three with #81 nevergiveup?

Rachael Ray...OOPS!

The other side of the debate appears to think that wearing the keffiyeh as a fashion is wrong because it isn't political enough.
Design students talking about Keffiyehs: is wearing them insulting and irreverent because the wearers don't understand them as a show of Arab solidarity?

"I have taken to asking people wearing the keffiyeh whether or not they support Palestinian independence. The look of confusion in 90% of peoples' faces is priceless. It has come to be one of my favorite pastimes when I go out in Manhattan!

I have my keffiyeh, brought back from Germany, which I have had since the 1980's, proudly wore through the first intifada, and now must leave in my closet because apolitical rich white hipster f*ks have appropriated a charged symbol of political struggle. I have to satisfy myself with my "Free Palestine Now" button." --Jacqueline Schoeffel

[Link: mfad.typepad.com...]

re: #85 Grammy Cracker

Then she's living the American dream. Just hope she ditches the terror sympathizing accessories.

re: #78 Grammy Cracker

OK, not being a female, I don't know all the rules about hose and shoes, but I thought there is a type of hose, 'sandal foot' or something, for that choice. If anything, it looks like they are not a sheer weight hose, or maybe the angle of the light makes them look like high-compression, varicose-vein stockings. I guess it's a girl fashion thing?

None of the stories about this show Arafish or other notable "freedom fighters" of that region wearing their "scarves". Why is that? They don't want us all to come to the same conclusion?

Kiffeyeh shoes too?
(what do arafat, sting, and colin farrel have in common?)

re: #62 Nevergiveup

The Kiffiyeh being used is the problem....not the person that wore it.
Unless the person wearing it is doing it to make a political point. I don't think Rachael Ray was doing that. On the other hand being uneducated and uninformed is not way to go through life!

I agree. However, do we -- or better yet -- should we, give a pass to every idiotic celebrity who espouses ridiculous ideals just because they should know better? Unfortunately, they are what the world sees of America.

Better hypothetical than my previous ham-handed analogy:

If Rachael Ray had worn an IDF t-shirt, and DD was not only boycotted (by CAIR), but threatened with violence (by CAIR-funded groups), would these NYT bloggers be calling the Islamists "loony", "unreasonable", etc. - or would they be calling DD "insensitive".

re: #82 WrathofG-d

who on the other thread said that Swastikas would never become fashionable in our lifetime?

Dear Lord! That get-up is fugly enough without the nasty nazi symbol! What is WRONG with these people?

#87 bob

Here is where I get in trouble. I said she was cute as a bug in a rug.

re: #86 hrhamilton

#79 gang of one

Does that mean we are a gang of two now?

Or three with #81 nevergiveup?

We get one more, we can run the Peoples Republic of China!

/Mouse E. Dung

re: #92 WrathofG-d

Kiffeyeh shoes too?
(what do arafat, sting, and colin farrel have in common?)

Not Sting. Nope- that one's red, so it just can't be!

/cognito

re: #92 WrathofG-d

Kiffeyeh shoes too?
(what do arafat, sting, and colin farrel have in common?)

Drop shoes, not bombs!

Alright. I just got here.

I have a black and white plaid scarf that looks smashing with my Black Wool Overcoat and Fedora.

Am I not allowed to wear it? I have had it for years. The Arafish thing never occurred to me.

All of your black and white plaid are belong to us? I think not!

RIP Hedley Lamarr.

#97

You made me laugh.

re: #100 buzzsawmonkey

Whatever happened to winslow the composer?

re: #87 Bob in Breckenridge

Rachael Ray...OOPS!

At least I won't be the first one banned....

re: #88 jaunte

The other side of the debate appears to think that wearing the keffiyeh as a fashion is wrong because it isn't political enough.
Design students talking about Keffiyehs: is wearing them insulting and irreverent because the wearers don't understand them as a show of Arab solidarity?

[Link: mfad.typepad.com...]

What a charming dhimmi...

re: #98 Sharmuta

Not Sting. Nope- that one's red, so it just can't be!

/cognito

From the link:

What has been worn by Arab men in the Middle East for centuries is now fashion industry’s accessory of the season. It’s not nomadic kitsch or a political statement but cutting-edge Middle Eastern grunge, equivalent to what the doc martens represented in the 70s.

The red one is a pan-Arab piece of gear. Not a Palestinian symbol. Sorry.

re: #28 Gang of One

Once upon a time, you could wear a kaffiyeh, and nobody made an issue of it. Until the LLL started assigning a political identity to it by referring to it as a 'freedom scarf', or some such idiocy, it was just another piece of cloth from the ME. Now it is worn precisely to show solidarity with the splodeys and their murderous ideology. You can thank the liberal left for turning everything into a political statement.

You hit the Nail squarely here Gang.

Soon as they titled it the Freedom Scarf they began displaying their solidarity, by way of fashion, with the terrorists, who want to kill us, and them too.

re: #104 average_guy

Banned for what?

re: #108 Bob in Breckenridge

(nippy slippy)

re: #90 Gang of One

OK, not being a female, I don't know all the rules about hose and shoes, but I thought there is a type of hose, 'sandal foot' or something, for that choice. If anything, it looks like they are not a sheer weight hose, or maybe the angle of the light makes them look like high-compression, varicose-vein stockings. I guess it's a girl fashion thing?

Yeah. Stocking makers do market 'sandal foot' hose, and many women wear them. The key is to match your own skin tone, so it LOOKS LIKE you aren't wearing hose.

That picture does make her hose look more like tights (opaque rather than sheer). Actually, a nice pair of tights with a simple boot would have been much better with that dress, IMHO.

re: #109 buzzsawmonkey

T/Y.

re: #108 Bob in Breckenridge

Banned for what?

I'm being flippant...upthread I made a couple of smart a** remarks and then said "don't ban me bro!"....

I guess if no one gets the joke its not a joke right?

re: #110 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh c'mon. Compared to some of the NSFW stuff that gets posted?

re: #96 hrhamilton

#87 bob

Here is where I get in trouble. I said she was cute as a bug in a rug.

Here ya go.

/I accept checks and PayPal.

re: #105 really grumpy big dog Johnson

I misattributed that quote above, it was actually a statement made by "dadanarchist."

Looking up from my work, I ask "Who is Rachel Ray?.........Wait, don't tell me. I don't care."
NOkeffiyehs!
NObama!

re: #115 Bob in Breckenridge

Oh c'mon. Compared to some of the NSFW stuff that gets posted?

Not saying should be banned. You asked why he thought he might be, I answered why I think he thinks that he might be banned...huh?

re: #116 StinkHammer

Here ya go.

/I accept checks and PayPal.

Eeeewww. My EYES! Could you please warn the female Lizards about such?

/lol, a little

re: #119 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gotcha.

re: #116 StinkHammer

Here ya go.

/I accept checks and PayPal.

How shallow do you think I am? Do you think just because she is a piece, i am gonna give her a pass? Not me , No way. At least not until the cloths come off.

Yikes! The puppy just, uh, returned her supper to the living room floor. BBIAB....

re: #80 Sharmuta

Se has a cooking show on the Food Network.

Those shows don't exactly require deep talent and there is always a fresher face du jour. Rachael's "arabic" stylin' controversy won't exactly help her with the kind of image that she needs for brand diversification to maintain her position in the dog-eat-dog world of "entertainment". If her career swoons enough, well, who knows, she may have to go show her "muffins" in Playboy.

re: #119 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Not saying should be banned. You asked why he thought he might be, I answered why I think he thinks that he might be banned...huh?

If anyone needs to be banned it should be me....DAMMIT!

re: #120 Grammy Cracker

Eeeewww. My EYES! Could you please warn the female Lizards about such?

Apologies to the fairer . . . uh . . . Lizardettes.

re: #115 Bob in Breckenridge

Oh c'mon. Compared to some of the NSFW stuff that gets posted?

K, Bob...here's a better joke then I gotta go and get something done...

A husband and wife were scheduled to attend a Halloween party. The wife got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the Halloween party alone. He, being a devoted husband, protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed and there was no need for his good time to be spoiled by her not going. So he took his costume and away he went.
The wife, after sleeping soundly for about an hour, woke without pain, and as it was still early, decided to go to the party. As her husband didn't know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him. So she joined the party and soon spotted her husband in his costume, cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice "chick" he could and copping a little feel here and a little kiss there.
His wife went up to him and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his new partner high and dry and devoted his time to her. She let him go as far as he wished, naturally, since he
was her husband. After more drinks he finally whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off they went to one of the cars and had passionate intercourse in the back seat. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home and put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make up for his outrageous behavior. She was sitting up reading when he came in, so she asked what kind of time he had.
"Oh, the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there." Then she asked, "Did you dance much?" He replied, I'll tell you; I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guy, so we went into the spare room and played poker all evening. "You must have looked really silly wearing that costume playing poker all night!" she said with unashamed sarcasm. To which the husband replied, actually, I gave my costume to your brother, Apparently he had the time of his life".

re: #98 Sharmuta

The red and white kaffiyeh is the Hashemite tribal colors.

Saudi royalty wear plain white.

Surprised ya’ll aren’t getting your panties in a twist over the 2009 Mercedes GLK commercial in which one of their actresses is wearing the exact same scarf as Rachael Ray in the Dunkin Donuts commercial. OMG Mercedes supports the Pali Jihad! Seriously Charles, I have the utmost respect for you and Malkin but you both jumped the shark over this idiocy.

- Ciannaky

A month or so ago, Ashton Kutcher was hosting SNL and wore a scarf. Was accused of an Arafish scarf. It was nothing of the kind. I thought it was kind of cool (but I'm not an AT fan).

Don't get me wrong; the Arafish scarfs tick me off.

But, sometimes a scarf is just a scarf. IMHO.

Am I the only one who would love to find out the name of Rachael's "stylist"? If this person wasn't making a political statement, she needs to find a new profession. Esthetically, the scarf actually detracted from the image (IMHO).

re: #6 Charles

Notice I spelled her name right. I owe her that much.

Charles, Charles, Charles.... It has absolutely nothing to do with Rachael Ray or her supposed rabid fans, and everything to do with "liberal/socialist imbeciles studying to be morons and falling miserably" finding a common cause to disgorge the bile of their innermost hearts upon the objects of their contempt.

You sir have dared to violate one of their sacred bovine articles of faith, and for that there is simply no desecration of your personage that is unacceptable or uncalled for.

Yea verily I say unto you, only hells very lake of fire holds more torment unto the individual that dares cast aside the curtain behind which Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs manipulates the fortunes beliefs and emotions of the Dorthy Gales of the world.

re: #127 average_guy

LOL!

I never even heard of Rachael Ray until this controversy popped up a few days ago. Now I see her all over the place--on TV, on the cover of some Opra-like magazine. Ignorance was bliss. Can she cook?

re: #124 offendi

If her career swoons enough, well, who knows, she may have to go show her "muffins" in Playboy.

Well, she hasn't been too far from it already. (See my #116.)

re: #111 Grammy Cracker

Yeah. Stocking makers do market 'sandal foot' hose, and many women wear them. The key is to match your own skin tone, so it LOOKS LIKE you aren't wearing hose.

That picture does make her hose look more like tights (opaque rather than sheer). Actually, a nice pair of tights with a simple boot would have been much better with that dress, IMHO.

A simple kombat boot, perhaps.

Jeez ... I had never heard of her until a couple of days ago when this controversy began. I had to do a google search to confirm that I'd never seen her.

She's ordinary.

#14 charles
"All publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right."
-- often attributed to P. T. Barnum

I always thought that Humphrey Bogart coined that phrase.

RR was well hated and ridiculed way before this:

[Link: community.livejournal.com...]

re: #113 buzzsawmonkey

Kuffars in keffiyehs
Casually claim
They aren't promoting terrorists
In high fashion's name.

Not a one of these kuffars, who wear this keffiyeh, know what a kuffar or keffiyeh be.

What concerns me more than keffiyeh-wearing celebs (the non-black/white ones, of course) is the statements made by our own Speaker of the House:

"Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That didn’t happen. Whatever the military success, and progress that may have been made, the surge didn’t accomplish its goal. And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end, they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians."

This is way more overtly supportive of terrorism than Rachael Ray's head scarf, and much more dangerous.

I reckon Ms Pelosi truly believes that the Iranians showed this "good will", yet they're the ones who shipped weapons and explosives to the insurgents. Pesky little details, Nancy.

re: #128 Alouette

The red and white kaffiyeh is the Hashemite tribal colors.

Saudi royalty wear plain white.

Sometimes Saudis wear red, too; and sometimes Kuwaitis wear white. The red is a traditional bedouin thing, and they carried it across a number of Arab countries.

re: #134 Midwestprof

I never even heard of Rachael Ray until this controversy popped up a few days ago. Now I see her all over the place--on TV, on the cover of some Opra-like magazine. Ignorance was bliss. Can she cook?

/Dinner in the kitchen and dessert of the bedroom! : )

re: #134 Midwestprof

I never even heard of Rachael Ray until this controversy popped up a few days ago. Now I see her all over the place--on TV, on the cover of some Opra-like magazine. Ignorance was bliss. Can she cook?

She can't.
And she is very annoying.

re: #134 Midwestprof

She can "cook," but more importantly, young housewives, like, connect with her. You know?

re: #134 Midwestprof

I never even heard of Rachael Ray until this controversy popped up a few days ago. Now I see her all over the place--on TV, on the cover of some Opra-like magazine. Ignorance was bliss. Can she cook?

My wife has one of her cookbooks. It keeps my TV stand quite level.

National Palestinian Radio mocks the kaffiyeh kontroversy: Dunkin' Donuts Scraps Ad over Scarf Criticism : NPR.

This issue must have gone out on one of the left wing action listservers.

re: #139 ted

RR was well hated and ridiculed way before this:

[Link: community.livejournal.com...]

Hah! The first post title says it all: "Damn B*tch is Everywhere"!

Charles posted a thread about Netherland Merchant putting a kaffiyeh on Anne Frank back in Jan. The kaffiyeh was red & white:
[Link: www.littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #145 godfrey

She can "cook," but more importantly, young housewives, like, connect with her. You know?

More importantly.... She likes to tease with an almost flash of her boobies quite often..... Which of course trumps whether or not she can cook.....

re: #131 moonstone

I thought the same thing - the scarf overwhelming her dress and made the coffee cup - the thing they were selling - hard to see.

OMG! Speaking of celebs...Clay Aiken is going to be a father.

I didn't see that coming.

Harvey Korman died. I'm kinda bummed about that.

re: #134 Midwestprof

She does 2 shows on FoodTV- 30 minute meals and $40 a day, where she visits various cities and has $40 to buy breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She's cute, not pretty, and she is a lush, so I like that about her.

re: #150 doriangrey

More importantly.... She likes to tease with an almost flash of her boobies quite often..... Which of course trumps whether or not she can cook.....

But who is her audience? I don't watch her and I doubt my wife would care about a peek at her boobs?

re: #141 Intrepid

What concerns me more than keffiyeh-wearing celebs (the non-black/white ones, of course) is the statements made by our own Speaker of the House:

"Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That didn’t happen. Whatever the military success, and progress that may have been made, the surge didn’t accomplish its goal. And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end, they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians."

This is way more overtly supportive of terrorism than Rachael Ray's head scarf, and much more dangerous.

I reckon Ms Pelosi truly believes that the Iranians showed this "good will", yet they're the ones who shipped weapons and explosives to the insurgents. Pesky little details, Nancy.

She's gonna get an up close and personal look at the concept of cessation of hostilities in Denver.

She makes my stomach turn just looking at her.

The Mainstreaming of a Symbol of Murder.
(and before we get there; What Palestine Online Store has to say about the Kiffiyeh)

Trent Rezner

Arab Women Leaving a Koran Study Class
Arafat
An Idiot (or the future of America)
For Kids (young kids)
On the runway
In "the scene"

re: #129 Ciannaky

Are you comparing the :02 seconds of an unknown makeup artist at :15 in that clip, with an ad for a huge corporation featuring a wildly popular FoodTV and talk show host?

And yes, that is offensive also. It's the sneaking it in here and there that's the problem. Not as important as who's wearing it, is the fact that they're trying to slip it in to the mainstream, until it's true meaning is dulled.

I actually have a black and white one, but because of you people my hopes of a complimentary cup of Dunkin' Donuts has now been cruelly crushed.

Thanks a lot.

Nancy Pelosi is out of her league. She has been such a tool of the Islamists. If she were to change places with the President of the US, every enemy we have would be all over us.

On the other hand, if she were to change places with Rachel Ray, I would never eat again.

re: #148 StinkHammer

Hah! The first post title says it all: "Damn B*tch is Everywhere"!

She's on 3 of my boxes of Wheat Thins. Well, her pic is, not her.

re: #150 doriangrey

She likes to tease with an almost flash of her boobies quite often..... Which of course trumps whether or not she can cook.....

...And she's always got her damn yap going -- like a chipmonk on steroids. So that tends to cancel out the almost-boobage quite sufficiently also.

re: #147 Charles

It looks like diverting attention away from the political symbolism
of the keffiyeh, to talk about donuts is the approved spin direction.
Donuts are funny.
Buses filled with civilians exploding, not so funny.

re: #156 WrathofG-d

The Mainstreaming of a Symbol of Murder.
(and before we get there; What Palestine Online Store has to say about the Kiffiyeh)

That about covers it!

re: #156 WrathofG-d

From your first link:

In Palestine, the red colored kuffiyas normally represent the socialist factions, whereas in other Arab countries they have different symbolisms.

Huh.

re: #154 Nevergiveup

But who is her audience? I don't watch her and I doubt my wife would care about a peek at her boobs?

Cough...cough... Hmmm, cough... I'm sure...Cough...that I wouldnt...cough know..... Blushes..................................

re: #157 gop_patriot

Are you comparing the :02 seconds of an unknown makeup artist at :15 in that clip, with an ad for a huge corporation featuring a wildly popular FoodTV and talk show host?

And yes, that is offensive also. It's the sneaking it in here and there that's the problem. Not as important as who's wearing it, is the fact that they're trying to slip it in to the mainstream, until it's true meaning is dulled.

I think of it as "slipstreaming radicalism".

#152 Fat Bastart Veggie
"OMG! Speaking of celebs...Clay Aiken is going to be a father."

I guess if Rosie O can be a mother, Clay Aiken can be a father.

re: #150 doriangrey

More importantly.... She likes to tease with an almost flash of her boobies quite often..... Which of course trumps whether or not she can cook.....

If one watches cooking shows on that premise, I would think Nigella Lawson is a bit "healthier". Just a casual observation, mind you.

re: #161 StinkHammer

...And she's always got her damn yap going -- like a chipmonk on steroids. So that tends to cancel out the almost-boobage quite sufficiently also.

Cough....remote control with mute button is your friend..... :)

re: #166 doriangrey

Cough...cough... Hmmm, cough... I'm sure...Cough...that I wouldnt...cough know..... Blushes................................. .

I never watched her because I never knew she existed; HOWEVER, I should watch to make sure she behaves herself I guess.

re: #156 WrathofG-d

The first site -- the Palestinian online store -- excellently proves Charles' point that the silly scarf symbolizes Palestinian resistance terrorism.

BTW, if you haven't seen Sandra Lee on FoodTV, check her out. Her show is "Semi Homemade" She's also a lush, and she is smokin' hot for a babe in her 40's!

re: #168 extrabob

#152 Fat Bastart Veggie
"OMG! Speaking of celebs...Clay Aiken is going to be a father."

I guess if Rosie O can be a mother, Clay Aiken can be a father.

Well as I understand it is a turkey baster insemination.

re: #165 buzzsawmonkey

Must...refrain...from...obvious...raunch y...humor.

Wow! That gay marriage thing really is working out!
/

re: #165 buzzsawmonkey

Must...refrain...from...obvious...raunch y...humor.

Who's the father?

re: #157 gop_patriot

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

re: #172 hermeneutics

Everyone but the usefull idiots knows this.

Its like what happens when you actually ask an Arab in private what he means by "end the occupation"

re: #156 WrathofG-d

The Mainstreaming of a Symbol of Murder.
(and before we get there; What Palestine Online Store has to say about the Kiffiyeh)

This really does answer all the question with regard for the left. Here is a seller of keffiyahs explaining it quite clearly.

re: #169 offendi

If one watches cooking shows on that premise, I would think Nigella Lawson is a bit "healthier". Just a casual observation, mind you.

Not that I am admitting anything, er like already knowing how to cook or anything... But...................................I have watched a couple of.... gak chortle cough Uggggggggggg...........

re: #179 unrealizedviewpoint

see 178.

In fact, when the story broke, LGF was linked:

[Link: community.livejournal.com...]

Hey, I was among the first to notice and post the screencap!

re: #150 doriangrey

More importantly.... She likes to tease with an almost flash of her boobies quite often..... Which of course trumps whether or not she can cook.....

see my #87, dude...

this is everywhere, who woulda thunk this little blog could create such a stir

re: #165 buzzsawmonkey

Must...refrain...from...obvious...raunch y...humor.

Hmmm, since were talking about food here... well sort of...shouldn't that be ranch dressing humor?

re: #177 Ciannaky

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

Since you obviously don't have a clue, I guess I don't need to respond to you any more. So be it, three comment poster.

re: #147 Charles

Nice touch with the rainbow sprinkle gay joke. Of course- if a conservative had made that "joke", there would be a whole new donut controversy in the works.

re: #177 Ciannaky

How do you know it's a "paisley" scarf?

re: #184 Bob in Breckenridge

see my #87, dude...

Ahem.... as I was saying... it aint her cooking that gets her watched........

re: #177 Ciannaky

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

I disagree. They know what they are doing. It is cool to them.

If I watch a cooking show it's Emeril. Rachel Ray, Martha et al annoy me to no end.

re: #178 WrathofG-d

Wrath, I have to admit I didn't know that scarf symbolized Palestianian terrorism until I started to connect the dots -- the last two threads helped.

My hunch is that many kids -- and adults -- simply jump on the fashion bandwagon without knowing the meaning behind some of the accessories. Think of all the kids who wear "urban" clothes which symbolize gangs, drugs and more.

re: #187 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Since you obviously don't have a clue, I guess I don't need to respond to you any more. So be it, three comment poster.

Yum yum, a tasty serving of Gamey troll buttocks..................

re: #192 pingjockey

If I watch a cooking show it's Emeril. Rachel Ray, Martha et al annoy me to no end.

Sandra Lee, ping, Sandra Lee! WOW!

re: #177 Ciannaky

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

Hey, yeah, there's a real cool good luck symbol I could incorporate into "Hip-Fashion". It's called a Swastika.
mmmm...maybe not.....

re: #177 Ciannaky
That scarf ain't paisley. Some dumbass marketing fool thought it could pull a fast one. That damn scarf represents one thing now, just like the swastika. It may have been benign at one time, no more.

re: #195 Bob in Breckenridge

Sandra Lee, ping, Sandra Lee! WOW!

Cough...blush...cough... never heard of her or...cough...her...cough...cooking show........... ;0

re: #180 doriangrey

Not that I am admitting anything, er like already knowing how to cook or anything... But...................................I have watched a couple of.... gak chortle cough Uggggggggggg...........

You are absolved. Didn't Jimmy Carter say it was o.k. to "lust in your heart" ... just for the food on TV here, of course.

re: #193 hermeneutics

Wrath, I have to admit I didn't know that scarf symbolized Palestianian terrorism until I started to connect the dots -- the last two threads helped.

My hunch is that many kids -- and adults -- simply jump on the fashion bandwagon without knowing the meaning behind some of the accessories. Think of all the kids who wear "urban" clothes which symbolize gangs, drugs and more.

There's really not an excuse for being ignorant about global subjigation movements, or not knowing the code of fashion of the extreme left.

I agree with people about the Swastika and the Kaffiyeh. Both had harmless meanings and now symbolize something quite different. So, would people be the same thing is Ray wore a swastika?

re: #195 Bob in Breckenridge

Don't know that one. Don't watch a lot of tv any more, 12 hour days will do that to you. Hell I'm 3 weeks behind on BSG!

"subjugation".

PYTBMF

re: #199 offendi

You are absolved. Didn't Jimmy Carter say it was o.k. to "lust in your heart" ... just for the food on TV here, of course.

Hey.............................I'm single damned it, never married.................That aint lust...................It's ummmmm, comparison shopping damn it........

#192 pingjockey
"If I watch a cooking show it's Emeril. Rachel Ray, Martha et al annoy me to no end."

Oh, come on. Emeril is even more annoying than Rachael Ray. But I would like him to cook for me.

re: #142 Cognito

Sometimes Saudis wear red, too; and sometimes Kuwaitis wear white. The red is a traditional bedouin thing, and they carried it across a number of Arab countries.

Red and white, black and white, and plain white are the traditional tribal colors. The black tube around the head also has various tribal symbolism.

It's an Arab thing, non-Arabs do not traditionally wear them.

Harvey Korman dies 4 months after aneurysm

That's Hedly....Hedly Lammar!

re: #204 really grumpy big dog Johnson

"subjugation".

PYTBMF

I'm gonna have to quit posting if I can't do better...

PUTBMY (preview used to be my friend)

re: #205 doriangrey
Hehehe! Have to squeeze the melons to find a ripe one.

re: #199 offendi

You are absolved. Didn't Jimmy Carter say it was o.k. to "lust in your heart" ... just for the food on TV here, of course.

Well I know what I lust for and I can guess what you might lust for, but for th e life of me I can't fathom what Jimmah might lust for?

re: #168 extrabob

#152 Fat Bastart Veggie
"OMG! Speaking of celebs...Clay Aiken is going to be a father."

I guess if Rosie O can be a mother, Clay Aiken can be a father.

My favorite episode of South Park was the "Tom Cruise in the Closet" one.

re: #159 hrhamilton

Nancy Pelosi is out of her league. She has been such a tool of the Islamists. If she were to change places with the President of the US, every enemy we have would be all over us.

On the other hand, if she were to change places with Rachel Ray, I would never eat again.

Oops, she did it agan:

Pelosi Credits Iran’s “Goodwill” for Surge Success

In an interview yesterday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal. She then partially credited the success of the troop surge to “the goodwill of the Iranians,” claiming that they were responsible for ending violence in the southern city of Basra.

Asked if she saw any evidence of the surge’s positive impact on her May 17 trip to Iraq she responded:

Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That didn’t happen. Whatever the military success, and progress that may have been made, the surge didn’t accomplish its goal. And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end, they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians.

/this is what we get for staying home in 2006

This Ciannaky may not be the troll were lookin' for. Here's his/her youtube page:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]
with a few Islam vids saved, but rates them very low.
Not a fan of Islam it appears.

re: #173 Bob in Breckenridge

BTW, if you haven't seen Sandra Lee on FoodTV, check her out. Her show is "Semi Homemade" She's also a lush, and she is smokin' hot for a babe in her 40's!

That would be the only reason to watch her show! She IS very pretty. That's undeniable. But the garbage she calls food scares the crap outta me!

/Cool Whip, repeat after me, IS NOT A FOOD! It is a chemical cocktail / experiment gone horribly awry!

re: #206 extrabob
First time I watched Emeril he was making tailgate goodies and I watch him if I surf by and see him on.

re: #203 savage_nation

SAVAGE!

Let's just imagine that IDF T-shirts were the burgeoning fashion choice rather than the keffiya, the boycotts, seething, and yes, probably violence, would make this so-called keffiya "hysteria", seem, well, somehow not exactly hysteria...

re: #14 Charles

"All publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right."

-- often attributed to P. T. Barnum

And we all know what else Mr. Barnum said. He just underestimated the quantity.

Rays hubby has a questionable past:

John Cusimano likes the spit
November 16th, 2006

The Food Network’s Rachael Ray’s husband John Cusimano loves to be spit on and have dirty feet rubbed all over him. These are the claims Jeannine Walz makes in The National Enquirer. According to Jeannine, she and John carried on a five year affair where she was paid $500 a session to spit on him.

“We’d often have sessions at least twice a month ... I virtually supported myself by spitting on him. But there was never any normal sex involved. He once offered to pay me $1,200 to perform a kinky sex act with him, but I refused.”

Reps for Rachael and John have laughed off the story. John should have just bought himself a llama. It might have been cheaper and made for a better story. He might have to watch out for Rachael though. I don’t think she’s ever eaten a llama. Monkey brains, snakes and penis maybe, but llama? No.

[Link: theblemish.com...]

I wonder how many of these people bitching with the "it's only a scarf" line would actually point out a country on a blank map if you asked them to show you where Palestine is.

re: #211 Nevergiveup

Well I know what I lust for and I can guess what you might lust for, but for th e life of me I can't fathom what Jimmah might lust for?

To be President of Palestine of course.

re: #201 solergic

I agree with people about the Swastika and the Kaffiyeh. Both had harmless meanings and now symbolize something quite different. So, would people be the same thing is Ray wore a swastika?

Hell, we are about as tolerant of the Odin's Cross as we are of the Kaffiyeh.

re: #218 Bacchus's daddy

Let's just imagine that IDF T-shirts were the burgeoning fashion choice rather than the keffiya, the boycotts, seething, and yes, probably violence, would make this so-called keffiya "hysteria", seem, well, somehow not exactly hysteria...

Are you suggesting that If I wore an IDF tee-shirt on a collage campus I should expect an adverse reaction?

re: #177 Ciannaky

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

Are you still here? Have you found a picture of the "paisley scarf" yet?
The kaffiyeh in question may be an ignorant fashion choice, but it's not innocuous.

re: #224 savage_nation

Nutin' really just...

Clinton backers to protest outside rules meeting

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

Where you at on this beautiful evening?

re: #225 The Other Les
More than likely. The IDF and the US military are the font of all the problems in the world. Being orchestrated by George Bush and the Joooz.

re: #225 The Other Les

Are you suggesting that If I wore an IDF tee-shirt on a collage campus I should expect an adverse reaction?

I wouldn't try it at UC-Irvine (which is not to suggest that it would make you popular at many other campuses).

re: #189 jaunte

re: #214 unrealizedviewpoint
re: #214 unrealizedviewpoint

I'm with ya'll on most things just don't agree with this one, I'm a diehard Zionist and not a fan of RR and yeah I'm new to LGF; sorry I don't tow the party line on stupid fashion goofs.

re: #220 ted

Why did you make me read that?

The Spurs are playin' angry tonight. Bout time.

re: #221 mikeinmd

I wonder how many of these people bitching with the "it's only a scarf" line would actually point out a country on a blank map if you asked them to show you where Palestine is.

Well they might. If you remember that dirt road goat fucker Arafat always folded his in such a way that it appeared to outline the Palestine of his dreams--meaning without a State of Israel.

re: #177 Ciannaky

No I'm comparing two paisley scarfs that are popular in every major city and are not kaffiyehs and pointing to the idiocy of this controversy. Face it conservatives are starting to mimic the level of hysteria usually shown by our friends on the left over an innocuous fashion choice.

"popular in every major city". Hmm. Well, I think if you check to see with whom it is popular, you'll see that it's not hysteria.

And there is NOTHING innocuous about it, it is absolutely intentional. Very few people wearing this are ignorant of the history of this "fashion choice". Wearing a "paisley" black and white scarf with fringe that looks from more than 10" away exactly like a Kaffiyeh is not an accident.

Okay, all you rank amateurs!

This woman is drop-dead beautiful AND she can REALLY cook! Her name is Giada DeLaurentis (granddaughter of film director Dino), and she has two shows on the Food Network.

Oh, yeah....she does a little cheesecake, too!

Who knew there were so many rabid Rachael Ray fans out there?

Yummo!

re: #225 The Other Les

Are you suggesting that If I wore an IDF tee-shirt on a collage campus I should expect an adverse reaction?

Packing tonight for a trip to Indonesia.
I won't be taking my IDF tee-shirt.

re: #229 savage_nation

Good. You need to be home now and then.

Good. Rain is important to the little plants n things.

Good. We've been talkin' about kitchens for a while.

re: #231 Ciannaky

re: #214 unrealizedviewpoint
re: #214 unrealizedviewpoint

I'm with ya'll on most things just don't agree with this one, I'm a diehard Zionist and not a fan of RR and yeah I'm new to LGF; sorry I don't tow the party line on stupid fashion goofs.

Welcome, spend some time, and see.

Like many of the cooking channel's chefs , she has a compelling story. Cook show on local PBS station. Paid for by herself. No training but a love for cooking. 2 years of perseverance, then a small break to a sponsored show. More years. Then trials and interviews for the Food Channel. She is doing an Ad folks. She is being dressed by a Madison Avenue firm. She likely has no idea of the symbolism and is likely disturbed by it.

IBD backgrounder on Rachael Ray

re: #231 Ciannaky

It's analogous to the Che t-shirt. Are you indifferent to those?

re: #225 The Other Les

Are you suggesting that If I wore an IDF tee-shirt on a collage campus I should expect an adverse reaction?

Well, you'd certainly find out firsthand how liberals view freedom of expression as a basic and undeniable right.

/wrong

re: #236 Grammy Cracker

Hubba.

re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The Spurs are playin' angry tonight. Bout time.

The Spurs are going to lose. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

I like Rachael Ray. She is cute, perky (ugh) and a self made millionaire.
Her food does nothing for me, I much prefer Giada's Everyday Italian.
Sandra Lees food is gross cool whip covered crap I wouldn't serve my friends.

re: #205 doriangrey

Hey.............................I'm single damned it, never married.................That aint lust...................It's ummmmm, comparison shopping damn it........

LOL

I have heard the saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Will leave it to others to make crass commentary accordingly.

Good evenng everyone!

re: #226 jaunte

Are you still here? Have you found a picture of the "paisley scarf" yet?
The kaffiyeh in question may be an ignorant fashion choice, but it's not innocuous.

Actually I downloaded the RR donut add pic, and (after preparing myself) downloaded a pic of Arafat's keffiyeh. Tried to enlarge them.

They're not the same. RR's scarf/keffiyeh? has patterns on them (can't tell if they're paisley, but one side of the pattern is rounded, with other little rounded doodads) and plenty of white space. Arafat's is all little checks and lines. And the border fringes/tassel thingies are different.

re: #221 mikeinmd

I wonder how many of these people bitching with the "it's only a scarf" line would actually point out a country on a blank map if you asked them to show you where Palestine is.

The result would be similar to the FedEx commercial where the guy couldn't find China.

re: #246 DesertSage

I'm sure you are right. They're not gonna take three in a row.

I have come to a difficult realization lately. Kobe Bryant is every bit as good as Michael Jordon. It hurts to say it (long time Celtics fan) but, IMHO, it's true.

more like, the kaffiyeh's texture looks like like an old, groady oven mitt. maybe we've all confused the two...?

re: #9 unrealizedviewpoint

There's a couple that have Cognito's metre.

Hows it goin, Savage?

Totally off-topic:

I'll be glad when my paycheck hits and I can pick up more Imitrex.

If you can get through 30 minutes of pure Hell after taking it, the migraine goes away. It's pretty nice.

re: #241 pat
We aren't blaming her, at least I'm not. Some Madison Avenue jackass thought it would be hip and kewl. Good God, can't anybody from Madison Avenue to the WH do any background checks on anything.

re: #232 unrealizedviewpoint

Why did you make me read that?

Sorry :

re: #220 ted

Wasn't Dick Morris also a "foot" man?

re: #245 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hubba.

She's the ONLY person who can get Grandpa Cracker to watch the Food Network....LOL

/she's also a new mommy!

re: #234 Nevergiveup

Well they might. If you remember that dirt road goat fucker Arafat always folded his in such a way that it appeared to outline the Palestine of his dreams--meaning without a State of Israel.

I will refrain from any jokes about bent over pages....

NOT.

OT (somewhat)- I reconnected with some old high school friends through Facebook recently- yes, I know I'm too old for that shit but I got roped in. To my dismay, I found that all my friends who were totally apolitical 20 years ago, are now lefties ("liberal" or "very liberal")- I'm still a moderate conservative and I have friends who were liberal back then who now vote Republican. But everyone who didn't have a clue or a care back then is a moonbat. I guess if you are too politically obtuse to have a notion or a care about politics until you get to college, you are easy pickins for our lefty campuses.

re: #262 Grammy Cracker

Yeah. But you still a CRACKA!

re: #252 Intrepid

I wouldn't think that RR's is the same pattern as Arafat's, but the phrase "paisley scarf" appeared to be planted in the media by Dunkin' Donuts.
I don't know if anyone has actually asked the stylist, or seen a high-res image of the scarf. Not that it would change anyone's mind.

re: #254 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I hope the Lakers play the Celtics in the Finals, that would be a great series.
The Celtics are my second favorite team.....hey, I live in LA. I'm honor bound to be a Lakers fan :')

Home is a nice place to be.. Just got here myself, been busy during and after Memorial day. Been on the road all week.