Right Wing Freaking Out Over Common

It never stops

WingnutsMay 2011 • Views: 22,717

The other huge right wing fake outrage of the day: OMG! President Obama invited one of those “vile rappers” to the White House for a poetry event! He must hate America!

Of all the people for Fox Nation to call a “vile rapper,” they picked one of the most positive artists on the scene.

You don’t have to take my word for this; here’s Fox News reporter Jason Robinson interviewing Common in 2010, telling the rapper, “Your music is very positive, and you’re known as ‘the conscious rapper.’”

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The difference now is that Common was invited to a poetry slam at the White House, so now he’s fair game for the Fox News race-baiters.

Referring To Grammy-Winning Hip-Hop Artist, Rove Slams The Obamas For ‘Inviting A Thug To The White House’

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137 comments

windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 11:07:19am

That jungle music is bad for the soul, it leads to animalism!

(Wait, that's rock and roll. Rap is substantially worse, right?)

martinsmithy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:07:46am

"Right Wing Freaking Out" could be the title for lots of news stories these days.

Perhaps they are freaking out because they realize that the sun is setting on their day in the sun, and the anxiety this causes is too much for them to bear.

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:07:49am

And to add irony his name used to be Common Sense until a court ordered him to change it because there was some other shitty band already with that name.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:08:46am

But its rap!

Perhaps if we packaged it in a form they would be more comfortable with.

Youtube Video

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:09:11am

Anything to bash the Obamas I guess. I don't know his music that well but the freak out over his subject matter is stupid especially from people like Palin whose own rhetoric isn't exactly peaecful.

wee fury Wed, May 11, 2011 11:10:05am

re: #3 recusancy

And to add irony his name used to be Common Sense until a court ordered him to change it because there was some other shitty band already with that name.

Wonder if he could have used 'Common Cents'.

windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 11:10:20am

re: #5 HappyWarrior

There seems to be a large segment (usually older >>) of the population that thinks of rap as particularly henious, both because its not actually music (apparently) and also because its linked with those black criminals.

Vicious Babushka Wed, May 11, 2011 11:10:22am

I know that he has starred in some movies but I can't remember which ones.

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:10:28am

New slogan for Fox News:

"If it ain't white, it ain't right."

Charleston Chew Wed, May 11, 2011 11:10:58am

re: #2 martinsmithy

"Right Wing Freaking Out" could be the title for lots of news stories these days.

Perhaps they are freaking out because they realize that the sun is setting on their day in the sun, and the anxiety this causes is too much for them to bear.

A "Right Wing Freaking Out" blog entry template would save a lot of time these days.

Vicious Babushka Wed, May 11, 2011 11:11:20am

BTW President Obama totally does not approve of the "saggy pants" fashion.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:13:09am

First, you let a rapper in for a poetry recital, next thing you know, Kid and Play come out with a new House Party movie with Joe Biden as the token white guy.

Its a slippery slope.

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:13:30am

and GB would have invited Pat Boone, equally irrelevant to me....I don't get sucked into this stuff

Charleston Chew Wed, May 11, 2011 11:13:50am

Fox to Old White People: "At your age one gets forgetful so we just wanted to remind you, 'Black people in the White House!!!'"

windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 11:14:19am

re: #13 albusteve

way to miss the point Steve-O ><

Big Steve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:14:43am

well its a damn good thing Twain is dead because if he were invited to the current White House.....well he was against everything.....

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:14:56am

One of my favorite songs from him:

Youtube Video

It's about his lamenting rap turning gangster and material based. He misses when hip hop was intellectual.

But of course he's just another ghetto gangster to the right. Fuck them.

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:15:22am

re: #10 Charleston Chew

A "Right Wing Freaking Out" blog entry template would save a lot of time these days.

Charles already has a "Right Wing" tag. If you did a Venn Diagram of "Right Wing" and "Right Wing Freaking Out," those circles would overlap almost completely.

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:15:50am

re: #6 wee fury

Wonder if he could have used 'Common Cents'.

Then it doesn't have the same meaning. It becomes material.

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:15:52am

re: #15 windsagio

way to miss the point Steve-O ><

there is no point to any of this...if there is it's microscopic

windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 11:16:39am

re: #20 albusteve

Unfortunately the trend to race-baiting isn't something we can just sweep under the table :(

The US needs to come to terms with this racism thing.

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:17:01am

re: #17 recusancy

One of my favorite songs from him:

[Video]It's about his lamenting rap turning gangster and material based. He misses when hip hop was intellectual.

But of course he's just another ghetto gangster to the right. Fuck them.

And, fuck, I miss it too.

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:17:24am

re: #7 windsagio

There seems to be a large segment (usually older >>) of the population that thinks of rap as particularly henious, both because its not actually music (apparently) and also because its linked with those black criminals.

Rap frankly is a genre I've never gotten in to but the right seems determined to paint these guys all as thugs and that's just dishonest not to mention race baiting.

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:17:28am

re: #21 windsagio

Unfortunately the trend to race-baiting isn't something we can just sweep under the table :(

The US needs to come to terms with this racism thing.

individuals do, and I have

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:17:46am

Never occurred to me until just this moment.

I wonder what kind of music President Obama listens to? Not what they publish as his IPOD list. But, what he really likes.

I'm guessing 70's funk.

windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 11:19:20am

re: #24 albusteve

mmhmm ><

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:19:21am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Never occurred to me until just this moment.

I wonder what kind of music President Obama listens to? Not what they publish as his IPOD list. But, what he really likes.

I'm guessing 70's funk.

if he's not a huge Neville Bros fan, then he should be spanked

Big Steve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:19:29am

"Nature, red in tooth and claw"........better keep Tennyson out of the White House, he clearly doesn't believe in God.

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:19:40am

re: #12 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

First, you let a rapper in for a poetry recital, next thing you know, Kid and Play come out with a new House Party movie with Joe Biden as the token white guy.

Its a slippery slope.

Abe Simpson? Is that you?

Slap Wed, May 11, 2011 11:20:23am

A bit of proto-rap....

JimmyD!

A little short on the breakbeats....

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:20:54am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I know at one time he said he likes Jay-Z, Beyonce's husband. For that matter, he likes Beyonce.

Charleston Chew Wed, May 11, 2011 11:21:41am

Actually, this is a good thing because my children's book that teaches the alphabet using right-wing outrages now has a "C":

A is for Ayers
B is for birth certificate
C is for Common
D is for death panels
E is for embryonic stem cell research
etc.

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:21:59am

Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart,
You just gotta poke around...
Well, well, well
You can never tell.
(Listening to Shakedown Street right now...can't get into the hate).

wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 11:22:15am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I'm guessing 70's funk.

Youtube Video

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:14am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Never occurred to me until just this moment.

I wonder what kind of music President Obama listens to? Not what they publish as his IPOD list. But, what he really likes.

I'm guessing 70's funk.

CBSNews.com headline:

Obama's iPod: Dylan, Stones and Lil Wayne

Big Steve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:21am

re: #14 Charleston Chew

Fox to Old White People: "At your age one gets forgetful so we just wanted to remind you, 'Black people in the White House!!!'"

Hey....I am 54....I just made a wooden rocking horse for a friend's kid and engraved the horse's name as Mr. Wendal. So not all us old white folk are rap illiterate.

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:22am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, and he did call Kanye a jackass. Extra points for that.

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:30am

I'd like to think that BO is well versed in Chess Records, their players and the rich tradition of Chicago blues and it's delta roots....if he isn't, it's no sweat off my back

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:36am

re: #33 darthstar

Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart,
You just gotta poke around...
Well, well, well
You can never tell.
(Listening to Shakedown Street right now...can't get into the hate).

Fuck it...I'll share the love...a little disco Dead for everyone...

Youtube Video

elisabeth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:38am

re: #25 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

On his iPod’s 2,000 song collection: “Thanks to Reggie [Love, the president's personal aide], my rap palate has greatly improved. Jay-Z used to be sort of what predominated, but now I’ve got a little Nas and a little Lil Wayne and some other stuff, but I would not claim to be an expert. Malia and Sasha are now getting old enough to where they start hipping me to things. Music is still a great source of joy and occasional solace in the midst of what can be some difficult days.”

From a 2010 Rolling Stone article, fwiw.

Charles Johnson Wed, May 11, 2011 11:23:47am

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Slap Wed, May 11, 2011 11:24:25am

re: #27 albusteve

if he's not a huge Neville Bros fan, then he should be spanked

Unless he's a Meters fan, in which case he gets a pass....(Cheap excuse, I just felt like some Cissy....)

Youtube Video

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:24:58am

re: #39 darthstar

produced by Lowell George....useless factoid

albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:25:38am

re: #42 Slap

Unless he's a Meters fan, in which case he gets a pass...(Cheap excuse, I just felt like some Cissy...)

[Video]

hey!....good one

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:26:26am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Any decision by Obama calls for a freak out.

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:26:41am

re: #41 Charles

Uppity black woman has the gall to say "perform random acts of kindness" and "volunteer" is obviously a communist that hates America.
//

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:27:25am

re: #40 elisabeth

From a 2010 Rolling Stone article, fwiw.

AAAAAAHHH!!! HE'S VERBING THE WORD "HIP"!!! HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!

abolitionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:27:41am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

This Jill Scott ? Why?

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:02am

re: #47 BongCrodny

Can't you just see his daughters roll their eyes when he said that?

Bulworth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:11am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Who?

Charleston Chew Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:11am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

I'm gonna need that one explained. Until now, I had just thought of her as one of the least threatening people on earth.

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:46am

re: #42 Slap

Unless he's a Meters fan, in which case he gets a pass...(Cheap excuse, I just felt like some Cissy...)

[Video]

I saw the Meters last year...I can take several hours of Meters..

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:55am

It's going on live right now and you can watch it here:
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

elisabeth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:28:56am

re: #48 abolitionist

What a gorgeous picture!

Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 11, 2011 11:29:23am

In other outrage news, a mob of a thousand people showed up at the LSU student union today to protest a planned flag-burning by LSU graduate student Benjamin Haas. Haas, no genius himself, was planning this side-show in support a student who has been arrested for tearing down and burning a flag from a war memorial he had also vandalized with graffiti.
Haas story

As it turned out, Haas didn't go through with the stunt. Rightwing account He was pelted with water balloons and every known form of verbal abuse and escorted from the scene by mounted police.

Video (charmingly entitled "LSU riot against hippies" although Haas was apparently the only "hippie" present)

Youtube Video

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:29:23am

re: #48 abolitionist

She's black and pretty and sweet and positive. What's not to hate?

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:29:49am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

She's about as wholesome and non controversial as you can get.

wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 11:30:21am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

She's being Sherroded.

Obdicut Wed, May 11, 2011 11:30:23am

re: #56 theheat

She said something rather shortsighted about interracial marriage-- particularly, black men marrying white women-- at one point. Can that possibly be what they're freaking out about? It'd be a bit, uh, weird.

recusancy Wed, May 11, 2011 11:31:00am

re: #53 recusancy

It's going on live right now and you can watch it here:
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Oh nevermind.. It's a student workshop. The poets read later tonight.

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:31:06am

re: #53 recusancy

It's going on live right now and you can watch it here:
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

I like what she's saying. I do amateur poetry from time to time.

Slap Wed, May 11, 2011 11:31:09am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Goes to show what happens when you throw a poetry party and don't invite the God of Poets, Rod McKuen..../

SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:31:22am

Maybe they could invite the Hip-Hop Hoodios. They're very pro-Israel.

They also sings stuff like:

"You like our dicks and you like our noses/you see a Jewish guy and you forget where your clothes is."

Slap Wed, May 11, 2011 11:32:15am

re: #63 SanFranciscoZionist

Maybe they could invite the Hip-Hop Hoodios. They're very pro-Israel.

They also sings stuff like:

"You like our dicks and you like our noses/you see a Jewish guy and you forget where your clothes is."

The Steve Miller Rhyming Dictionary strikes again! Gaaaah!

SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:32:44am

re: #11 Alouette

BTW President Obama totally does not approve of the "saggy pants" fashion.

He came out strongly about that, during the campaign, thereby scooping up the 'middle-aged black church lady vote', which was tilting toward McCain at the time.

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:32:56am

re: #59 Obdicut

Basically, they're pissed because they see this as an affirmative action guest list. I dunno, did someone forget to call Lee Greenwood or something? It's all so stupid.

BTW, Lee Greenwood makes me retch.

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:33:17am

re: #56 theheat

She's black and pretty and sweet and positive. What's not to hate?

She is quite pretty...music's not exactly my taste, but it is positive which I like.

Youtube Video

SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:34:17am

re: #31 theheat

I know at one time he said he likes Jay-Z, Beyonce's husband. For that matter, he likes Beyonce.

Jay-Z mostly produces these days, though. Amazing entrepreneur. The man is a damn marketing genius.

(I also liked when he turned on Cristal, the champagne he pretty much single-handedly made popular in the States.)

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:34:21am

re: #64 Slap

The Steve Miller Rhyming Dictionary strikes again! Gaaah!

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes

Slap Wed, May 11, 2011 11:35:10am

re: #66 theheat

Basically, they're pissed because they see this as an affirmative action guest list. I dunno, did someone forget to call Lee Greenwood or something? It's all so stupid.

BTW, Lee Greenwood makes me retch.

Lucky you. I get the retching, the explosive diahhrea, the blindness, and the vapors.

(Almost stopped watching Round 1 of the draft when they took a jingo pause to play that tune.....

wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 11:35:40am

re: #64 Slap

The Steve Miller Rhyming Dictionary strikes again! Gaaah!

I love the Steve Miller Rhyming Dictionary!

"El Paso/ great big hassle" is pure genius!

ZeroGain Wed, May 11, 2011 11:35:42am

If Rove had even a shred of cred left in my book (he's an eliti$t prick like everyone else in WA, DC) that would tear it. The only time I've ever been down on Common is for his role in "Smokin' Aces" because he gets to walk out with Alicia Keys. I mean, damn!

Now that's a movie with some justice for the skinheads, even the one that becomes Captain Kirk ;-)

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:35:45am

re: #69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is
He ain't gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes

WORD.
Take da honey and rum!

SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:36:07am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Jill Scott?

Ooh it's love, ooh it's love

Do you want it on your collard greens?
Do you want it in your candy sweets?
Do you want it, do you want it
Gimme it, gimme it
Do you want it on your rice and gravy?
Do you want it on your biscuits baby?
Do you want it on your black-eyed peas?
Come on gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme it

Love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:36:35am

re: #73 darthstar

Big ol' Jed had a light on.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:36:43am

re: #63 SanFranciscoZionist

Maybe they could invite the Hip-Hop Hoodios. They're very pro-Israel.

They also sings stuff like:

"You like our dicks and you like our noses/you see a Jewish guy and you forget where your clothes is."

Perhaps they could invite the RedNex and have the House GOP sing along to "Cotton Eye Joe".

Decatur Deb Wed, May 11, 2011 11:36:45am

re: #59 Obdicut

She said something rather shortsighted about interracial marriage-- particularly, black men marrying white women-- at one point. Can that possibly be what they're freaking out about? It'd be a bit, uh, weird.

"Once you go White, you can't dance right"?

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:37:22am

re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist

Beyonce is a guilty pleasure for me, and she and Jay Z are some the savviest people in the business.

I even like Kanye, actually, but I have a love/hate thing going on with him. When he's great he's brilliant, and when he's bad he's a national tragedy.

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:37:28am

re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist

Jay-Z mostly produces these days, though. Amazing entrepreneur. The man is a damn marketing genius.

(I also liked when he turned on Cristal, the champagne he pretty much single-handedly made popular in the States.)

He really is a brilliant guy. I remember my brother listening to Hard Knock Life in the late 90's. I also heard Empire State of Mind which he did with Alicia Keys quite a bit at parties this year. Really catchy song. Even put it on the playlist I made for this semester.

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:37:53am

re: #75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Big ol' Jed had a light on.

Love that song...always wondered what that verse really said. ;)

Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, May 11, 2011 11:39:03am

He remade Forever Young. My younger brother didn't even know it was a remake.

Silly 25 year old baby brother.

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:39:09am

By the way regarding Jay-Z, one of my favorite works by him is when he used the Beatles music from the White Album with his own lyrics. It's really well done.

Bulworth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:39:39am

"Smokin' Aces" because he gets to walk out with Alicia Keys. I mean, damn!

Alicia Keys was my favorite thing about that movie. My second and third favorite thing as well.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:39:45am

All rap should include a heavy metal version of Hava Nagila.

Youtube Video

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, May 11, 2011 11:39:58am

this is where I give a blank stare, never was much of a rap fan so don't know much about any of 'em.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:40:15am

re: #83 Bulworth

Alicia Keys was my favorite thing about that movie. My second and third favorite thing as well.

I still like the Tremor Brothers.

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:40:37am

re: #81 EmmmieG

He remade Forever Young. My younger brother didn't even know it was a remake.

Silly 25 year old baby brother.

Heh...I remember hearing a local high school radio station a few years back play a "New song" by some local band once - "Magic Carpet Ride"

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:41:25am

re: #59 Obdicut

She said something rather shortsighted about interracial marriage-- particularly, black men marrying white women-- at one point. Can that possibly be what they're freaking out about? It'd be a bit, uh, weird.

Mediaite.com has a good take on it. Breaking it down, here's Jill Scott's quote:

“When my friend told me his wife was Caucasian, I felt my spirit wince.”

Here's her follow-up -- from the same article:

“Was I jealous? Did the reality of his relationship somehow diminish his soul’s credibility? The answer is not simple. One could easily dispel the wince as racist or separatist, but that’s not how I was brought up. I was reared in a Jehovah’s Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me. African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded. We share our culture sometimes to our own peril and most of us love the very notion of love. My position is that for women of color, this very common ‘wince’ has solely to do with the African story in America.”

Gee, I wonder which quote did not get any play from Drudge.

Mediaite: Jill Scott

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:41:35am

re: #82 HappyWarrior

By the way regarding Jay-Z, one of my favorite works by him is when he used the Beatles music from the White Album with his own lyrics. It's really well done.

He did Jay-Z's Dead a while back...some of that was pretty good, I will admit.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:41:51am

re: #86 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still like the Tremor Brothers.

Coincidentally, 2 of them were killed by Common in the movie.

mikefromArlington Wed, May 11, 2011 11:42:48am

The tri-fecta of hate (Drudge, Fox, right wing radio) is going all out on this one hoping to change the topic from Obama Superhero? to lets remind America just how black Obama really is.

HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:43:25am

I had forgotten that Common played one of the corrupt cops in Date Night. That was a fun little movie. Tina Fey and Steve Carrell were believable as a couple if you ask me since their chemistry was really good in that movie.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:43:48am

re: #91 mikefromArlington

The tri-fecta of hate (Drudge, Fox, right wing radio) is going all out on this one hoping to change the topic from Obama Superhero? to lets remind America just how black Obama really is.

They're still trying to figure out how to spin the death of Osama into a bad thing.

Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:44:18am

re: #92 HappyWarrior

I had forgotten that Common played one of the corrupt cops in Date Night. That was a fun little movie. Tina Fey and Steve Carrell were believable as a couple if you ask me since their chemistry was really good in that movie.

He also played the good cop in Kick-Ass.

iossarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:44:20am

re: #88 BongCrodny

Difference between the people in the crazy right (CR) and everyone else (EE):

When you discover quotes by someone in "EE" that the media haven't picked up on yet, they generally make that person sound more sane, balanced and reflective than selective quotation had initially suggested.

When you discover quotes by someone in "CR" that the media haven't picked up on yet, the opposite generally occurs.

Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, May 11, 2011 11:44:35am

I was on an early flight to Pittsburgh once, sat beside "Treach" from Naughty By Nature.

Poor dude. He'd been up all night partying from the concert the night before, and that white dude (*waves!*) beside him did not shut up the whole flight.

As we were getting off the plane, I told him, "Has to be tough when you have some fame and people just want to chat you up." He said, "Naw, you were okay, man."

I'll bet you he remembers me to this day. Not as the okay guy. But, as that "White dude who would not shut the fuck up."

yay! I'm famous!

darthstar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:44:44am

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He also played the good cop in Kick-Ass.

No wonder why he's so Common...he's everywhere.

theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:45:29am

Hell, now I wish Kanye was on the guest list. He'd either fulfill every wingnut's hate fantasy or be on his best behavior and be dazzling. Yeah, I'd be Team Kanye on this one. I'd be Team Tupac is he was still around.

BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:45:47am

re: #71 wrenchwench

I love the Steve Miller Rhyming Dictionary!

"El Paso/ great big hassle" is pure genius!

I knew it was "hassle," but I always "heard" that lyric as "I swear they ran into a great big asshole."

100

SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:46:00am

re: #88 BongCrodny

Mediaite.com has a good take on it. Breaking it down, here's Jill Scott's quote:

Here's her follow-up -- from the same article:

Gee, I wonder which quote did not get any play from Drudge.

Mediaite: Jill Scott

These people are so stupid and mean it blows my mind.

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HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 11:46:06am

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He also played the good cop in Kick-Ass.

That was a kick ass movie and I don't even like the superhero subgenre.

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wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 11:47:12am

re: #99 BongCrodny

I knew it was "hassle," but I always "heard" that lyric as "I swear they ran into a great big asshole."

Another great rhyme for El Paso!

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webevintage Wed, May 11, 2011 11:47:22am

It seems "freaking out" is pretty much all the right wing has left these days.

And Drudge is going after Jill Scott...I love Jill Scott...

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ZeroGain Wed, May 11, 2011 11:47:50am

re: #93 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It's sad, but it epitomizes politics to me. If my guy didn't do it and can't get credit for it, it's BAD.

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Bulworth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:48:11am

Coincidentally, 2 of them were killed by Common in the movie.

Obama WH invites "killer" to poetry reading!!!!!

Developing...

Must credit The Drudget Report...

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makeitstop Wed, May 11, 2011 11:51:18am

re: #102 wrenchwench

Another great rhyme for El Paso!

Didn't Kinky Friedman write a song called 'Asshole from El Paso?'

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albusteve Wed, May 11, 2011 11:52:43am

re: #106 makeitstop

Didn't Kinky Friedman write a song called 'Asshole from El Paso?'

been there once, ain't never going back...and Juarez makes me a bit...ah, wary

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Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:53:11am

re: #105 Bulworth

Obama WH invites "killer" to poetry reading!!!

Developing...

Must credit The Drudget Report...

The Tremors do seem like the kind of guys who would enjoy Drudge and Fox Nation.

Youtube Video

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BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 11:53:38am

re: #94 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He also played the good cop in Kick-Ass.

IMDB shows that as being someone named Omari Hardwick.

Common was in "Wanted," which I thought was also a rather fun comics-to-film adaptation.

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theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 11:54:14am

Burning question: Why not Ice T and Coco?

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wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 11:54:31am

re: #106 makeitstop

Didn't Kinky Friedman write a song called 'Asshole from El Paso?'

Apparently so.

Youtube Video

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watching you tiny alien kittens are Wed, May 11, 2011 11:55:05am

re: #41 Charles

And now they're also freaking out about Jill Scott.

Well you know...

If we get too many of "those people" in the "White House" at once they might just decide to change it's name to something more nuetral. Or perhaps they might even do something worse to destroy True American™ values, you just can't trust "those" people after all.

///To paraphase loosely the last hundred O.O.T.D. posts I have read.

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Bulworth Wed, May 11, 2011 11:56:21am

Michelle Obama Hosting Vile Rapper White House

We Report, You Decide. Fair And Balanced.

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Kragar Wed, May 11, 2011 11:57:00am

re: #109 BongCrodny

IMDB shows that as being someone named Omari Hardwick.

Common was in "Wanted," which I thought was also a rather fun comics-to-film adaptation.

Hmm, my mistake, I thought it was Common.

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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, May 11, 2011 11:58:09am

re: #106 makeitstop

Didn't Kinky Friedman write a song called 'Asshole from El Paso?'

Yes.

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theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 12:00:14pm

re: #106 makeitstop

Curiously, did not become Governor.
//

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engineer cat Wed, May 11, 2011 12:00:34pm

outrage machine has the dry heaves

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BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 12:05:11pm

re: #114 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Hmm, my mistake, I thought it was Common.

Yeah, I only checked because I thought if he had been in both Smokin' Aces and Kick-Ass, that would have been pretty damn cool. I liked both of those movies more than a little bit.

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Transfromnation Wed, May 11, 2011 12:09:24pm

I saw this story this morning, I can't believe it. Common is one of my favorite artists, his lyrics are intelligent and inspiring.

Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize that I'm gonna learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'm gonna do it, I gotta change the world through her.

It's classic right wing over-exaggeration. Common's a very talented man; I don't think Michelle could have chosen a more brilliant artist to come.

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BongCrodny Wed, May 11, 2011 12:09:29pm

re: #106 makeitstop

Didn't Kinky Friedman write a song called 'Asshole from El Paso?'

"We don't wipe our asses on old glory,
God and Lone Star Beer are things we trust.
We keep our women virgins till they're married
So hosin' sheep is good enough for us."

I would have voted for Kinky in a heartbeat over Governor Goodhair.

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lawhawk Wed, May 11, 2011 12:10:49pm

Sign fail of the day. Sign says: What mosques can do: They can promote jihad!!!
They can promote sharia!!!!
They can turn people against each other!!!

Never accept triumph of Islam in America.

Context here. These are the protesters against a proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn.

Of course, churches can and do promote hate, violence, homophobia, xenophobia, and turn people against each other - just look at any number of 'em that have been featured on LGF - the Westboro freaks come to mind.

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ProGunLiberal Wed, May 11, 2011 12:13:33pm

The airport the Qaddafiniks were holding in Misrata has fallen to the rebels. The rebels got stuff:

freedomgroupTV Freedom GroupFF also gained from airport area, 20chinese made cars, a car used by special forces, large number of rocket launchers #Libya #Feb17

In addition, they have found ammo.

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windsagio Wed, May 11, 2011 12:16:17pm

re: #122 ProLifeLiberal

21 cars!

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engineer cat Wed, May 11, 2011 12:19:14pm

a little meditation on sarah palin as the only true prophet of ronald reagan from freeperville

When will this great lady formally announce?
The wait is beginning to worry me.
...
There is no other potential candidate more on target against the Obama regime than Sarah Palin. People who don’t see that are in denial.
...
I hope she waits longer to announce. Late August would be a good time to formally announce. In the meantime, just assume she is already running because she is.
...
“announcing” is playing the enemy’s game.
She has at least a year, perhaps more. Relax.
...
Sadly I do not believe that she is going to run. The constant media beatings have had their effect. Not that she isn't strong enough to withstand them, but I doubt she wants to put her family through any more. Can you imagine what one of her other kids who commits an adolescent indiscretion will be in for??
...
Sarah Palin reminds me of a moray eel....lying in wait...until the right “target” comes into view...then WHAP out she jumps and snaps ‘em.....she is a hunter...she knows how to be patient and wait for just the right time to take the prize....right now she can be effective saying what she wants without massive criticism from everyone in this nation who wants to continue business as usual.
Right now she has the opportunity to say what she wants without as much interference. She is also a player of sports...she knows how to lay out a game plan. Those who want her to hurry up and get in the game evidently aren’t used to using strategy to win....and those who sit on the sidelines during a game are able to view the big picture of what is going on on the field.
Generals use height to observe the battle and to direct from their positions. She is aware of all of these tactics and when the time is right...and she is ready for the battle ahead...she’ll let us know. Until then, I just keep on enjoying her smack downs!! She has my vote...in the race or not.
I REFUSE to support an establishment candidate no matter who it is. If the people in this country are too stupid to see what Obama is doing and want to hand us a GOP candidate that is the same same but different...then we have had it....but I can’t be a part of it...period! My vote, should that happen, will be a protest vote.
...
Sarah appears to me as a volcano, where the pressure to release (announce) is building up, when it does hopefully it will be like Krakatoa.
...
You still think the way forward is the Republicans?
You need a checkup.

she appears to me more like the volcano is gonna like spew and then a bunch of flying monkeys come out and oh the poppies surrender dorothy surrender dorothy...

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HappyWarrior Wed, May 11, 2011 12:22:27pm

re: #124 engineer dog

a little meditation on sarah palin as the only true prophet of ronald reagan from freeperville

When will this great lady formally announce?
The wait is beginning to worry me.
...
There is no other potential candidate more on target against the Obama regime than Sarah Palin. People who don’t see that are in denial.
...
I hope she waits longer to announce. Late August would be a good time to formally announce. In the meantime, just assume she is already running because she is.
...
“announcing” is playing the enemy’s game.
She has at least a year, perhaps more. Relax.
...
Sadly I do not believe that she is going to run. The constant media beatings have had their effect. Not that she isn't strong enough to withstand them, but I doubt she wants to put her family through any more. Can you imagine what one of her other kids who commits an adolescent indiscretion will be in for??
...
Sarah Palin reminds me of a moray eel...lying in wait...until the right “target” comes into view...then WHAP out she jumps and snaps ‘em...she is a hunter...she knows how to be patient and wait for just the right time to take the prize...right now she can be effective saying what she wants without massive criticism from everyone in this nation who wants to continue business as usual.
Right now she has the opportunity to say what she wants without as much interference. She is also a player of sports...she knows how to lay out a game plan. Those who want her to hurry up and get in the game evidently aren’t used to using strategy to win...and those who sit on the sidelines during a game are able to view the big picture of what is going on on the field.
Generals use height to observe the battle and to direct from their positions. She is aware of all of these tactics and when the time is right...and she is ready for the battle ahead...she’ll let us know. Until then, I just keep on enjoying her smack downs!! She has my vote...in the race or not.
I REFUSE to support an establishment candidate no matter who it is. If the people in this country are too stupid to see what Obama is doing and want to hand us a GOP candidate that is the same same but different...then we have had it...but I can’t be a part of it...period! My vote, should that happen, will be a protest vote.
...
Sarah appears to me as a volcano, where the pressure to release (announce) is building up, when it does hopefully it will be like Krakatoa.
...
You still think the way forward is the Republicans?
You need a checkup.

she appears to me more like the volcano is gonna like spew and then a bunch of flying monkeys come out and oh the poppies surrender dorothy surrender dorothy...

If they really think Sarah Palin is going to be riding a white horse to save them, they're delusional. She's not even that well liked within her own party let alone the general populace. A lot in the establishment think she is what cost them the senate and candidates she backed like Angle, O'Donnell, and Buck support that thesis.

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Charleston Chew Wed, May 11, 2011 12:22:34pm

re: #121 lawhawk

Sign fail of the day. Sign says: What mosques can do: They can promote jihad!!!
They can promote sharia!!!
They can turn people against each other!!!

Never accept triumph of Islam in America.

Context here. These are the protesters against a proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn.
.

Irony alert: "We urge you to oppose people that turn people against each other!"

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Shiplord Kirel Wed, May 11, 2011 12:24:26pm

More video from the LSU flag burning riot, 6 minutes this time:

Youtube Video

Among other things, the mob chanted "go to hell, hippies," interspersed with calls for the erstwhile flag-burner Benjamin Haas to be deported or crucified. Haas did not in fact burn the flag, possibly because he had been repeatedly hit by water balloons and hosed down with Super-soakers.
One commenter declares how proud he is of the LSU student body. Sure, a thousand people manage to keep one delusional nitwit from beclowning himself and they are pleased with themselves, not to mention that the Baton Rouge cops might have had better things to do.
I also spotted an apparent ROTC type in uniform. His commanders need to have some words with him about going to a political protest in uniform.

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theheat Wed, May 11, 2011 12:32:29pm

re: #124 engineer dog

Okay, once more today, here's pretty much their Great White Hope Sarah Palin is about. I mean, deep down, this is her level of intellect. This is the fundie that seeps from her Botoxed pores. Shown with the abominable "witchcraft" preacher himself, Pastor Thomas Muthee:

Youtube Video

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dragonfire1981 Wed, May 11, 2011 12:41:12pm

I can't help but wonder what the response would be if he had invited Eminem instead.

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Mel1 Wed, May 11, 2011 12:45:59pm

One of my favorite Common tracks ends "I am a gangsta, call me the gangsta of love, I love my music, I love my momma, I love myself, I love you, and you love me, and that's it, I'm out". Pretty vile stuff I think you'll agree.

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TedStriker Wed, May 11, 2011 12:51:35pm

re: #56 theheat

She's black and pretty and sweet and positive. What's not to hate?

That's exactly why the the rabid wingnuts hate her...she apparently doesn't know her place, according to them.

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wrenchwench Wed, May 11, 2011 1:05:26pm

re: #130 Mel1

One of my favorite Common tracks ends "I am a gangsta, call me the gangsta of love, I love my music, I love my momma, I love myself, I love you, and you love me, and that's it, I'm out". Pretty vile stuff I think you'll agree.

Welcome, hatchling. Nice blog you have there.

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krypto Wed, May 11, 2011 1:10:00pm

The comments that were being posted since yesterday on the Fox website articles on this have been more incredible than usual. They seem to fit into three categories:
(1) Fox followers who've been programmed to hate Obama and just want to use this as a pretext - if Obama had sneezed instead, these are the people who would rallly to accuse him of germ warfare.
(2) Those among Fox's following who post comments like "it's trash inviting trash" often followed by the projection of accusing Obama of being a racist.
(3) Those among Fox's following that are basically category (2) but are explicit about their real issue being that they resent seeing black people in the white house.

Fox has really hit bottom on this one. I hadn't realized until checking here that it was other right-wing sites also.

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Mel1 Wed, May 11, 2011 1:16:10pm

re: #132 wrenchwench

Cheers. I thought that maybe after about six years of lurking it was time to register.

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brainiac-dumdum Wed, May 11, 2011 2:22:09pm

"The conscious rapper" like there's just one.

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brainiac-dumdum Wed, May 11, 2011 2:27:54pm

re: #22 recusancy

And, fuck, I miss it too.

There's a ton of conscious rap out there still. Check out Talon Kweli, Trek Life, Blu, Aceyalone, Myka 9, Blue Scholars, Mos Def, too many to list really.

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brainiac-dumdum Wed, May 11, 2011 2:37:11pm

Talib Kweli, stupid auto correct.......

Spy Mode Auto

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