Maya Angelou Passes Away, Right Wingers Spew Hatred and Racism

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Beloved American poet Maya Angelou passed away today at age 86.

Maya Angelou, the memoirist and poet whose landmark book of 1969, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” — which describes in lyrical, unsparing prose her childhood in the Jim Crow South — was among the first autobiographies by a 20th-century black woman to reach a wide general readership, died on Wednesday in her home. She was 86 and lived in Winston-Salem, N.C.

And of course, right on cue, wingnuts on Twitter erupted with their trademark racist rage.

TOO SICKENING TO EMBED. (This may be a “parody” account in which case it’s a complete FAIL—this type of “parody” is just an excuse to post racist shit)

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248 comments
1 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 8:29:42am

Maya Angelou on everyone:

The brute, the bigot, and the batterer are all children of God, whether they know it or not, and I am supposed to treat them accordingly.

2 Eclectic Cyborg  May 28, 2014 8:33:43am

These people are sick.

Nominate for front page promotion.

3 Eclectic Cyborg  May 28, 2014 8:34:21am

re: #1 wrenchwench

Maya Angelou on everyone:

I wish more people had this attitude.

4 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 8:38:00am

Hating on Maya Angelou? Nice one wingnuts.

5 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 9:00:13am

Now she’s all butthurt:

6 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 9:01:01am

Bitter, angry Pamela wannabee.

7 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 9:01:30am

If she sends me an angry email, Ima share it with y’all.

8 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 28, 2014 9:01:46am

re: #7 Pie-onist Overlord

If she sends me an angry email, Ima share it with y’all.

heh

9 lockjawcanbefun  May 28, 2014 9:23:20am

I was considering heading off to Breitbart to check out the vileness. Thanks for swimming through the slime so I didn’t have to.

10 moderatelyradicalliberal  May 28, 2014 9:25:51am

These are truly terrible people.

11 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 9:33:18am
12 calochortus  May 28, 2014 9:56:12am

re: #5 Pie-onist Overlord

Now she’s all butthurt:

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Let us, for a moment, suspend reality and say she’s right and Ms. Angelou was talentless. Why would you need to take to the airwaves (metaphorically speaking) to carry on about it?
The only danger would come from someone with talent that you are trying desperately to denigrate.

13 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 9:58:14am

re: #12 calochortus

Let us, for a moment, suspend reality and say she’s right and Ms. Angelou was talentless. Why would you need to take to the airwaves (metaphorically speaking) to carry on about it?
The only danger would come from someone with talent that you are trying desperately to denigrate.

It’s total projection, coming from someone who has to deal with being the second worst Pamela Geller wannabee on Teh Internets.

14 Kragar  May 28, 2014 10:16:47am

Did anyone really expect them to respond differently?

15 b.d.  May 28, 2014 10:18:42am
“Pround Gun Owner”
16 b.d.  May 28, 2014 10:19:21am

Stay classy wingnuts.

17 Rightwingconspirator  May 28, 2014 10:20:30am

Well that fills my quota of viewing comments from horrible fugly people for a while. Yeesh.

18 Kragar  May 28, 2014 10:20:45am

re: #15 b.d.

Why would owning a relatively common device available to the general public make you proud?

19 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:20:57am

re: #11 Charles Johnson

Is Lizard Stomp part of the Diary Of Obsessive Stalker crowd?

20 GunstarGreen  May 28, 2014 10:21:24am

This is what happens when your society refuses to punish terrible people for doing terrible things. We have allowed this evil to flourish, in the name of ‘fairness’.

21 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 10:21:43am

re: #19 Dr. Matt

Yup.

22 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 10:21:52am

I was mistaken: Maya Angelou was not the nation’s Poet Laureate. She should have been.

23 GlutenFreeJesus  May 28, 2014 10:23:08am

Debbie should use a more recent pic that’s not from Highschool.

24 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 10:23:40am

re: #22 Pie-onist Overlord

I was mistaken: Maya Angelou was not the nation’s Poet Laureate. She should have been.

You can edit the post.

25 b.d.  May 28, 2014 10:23:53am

re: #18 Kragar

Why would owning a relatively common device available to the general public make you proud?

pround

26 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:23:55am

re: #23 GlutenFreeJesus

Debbie should use a more recent pic that’s not from Highschool.

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If she’s going to show that she’s as mature as a high schooler, why not?

27 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:24:24am
28 GlutenFreeJesus  May 28, 2014 10:24:47am

re: #26 HappyWarrior

If she’s going to show that she’s as mature as a high schooler, why not?

Then she needs a pic of her as an infant in soiled diapers.

29 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:25:16am

They seem nice.

30 Romantic Heretic  May 28, 2014 10:25:38am

re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg

These people are sick.

Nominate for front page promotion.

These people are addicts. They need the rush of anger, hatred and fear to get through their days.

They’re the crackheads of the political world.

31 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:25:43am

I remember when Andrew Breitbart died and everyone had to act like Jesus himself passed away.

32 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:27:22am

re: #31 Gus

I remember when Andrew Breitbart died and everyone had to act like Jesus himself passed away.

Sad fact but a douchebag who made his living trying to ruin the reputations of other people is more admirable to TCOT than a poet who wrote from the heart.

33 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:28:13am
34 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:28:41am

re: #33 wrenchwench

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Sad but true.

35 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:28:47am

re: #32 HappyWarrior

Sad fact but a douchebag who made his living trying to ruin the reputations of other people is more admirable to TCOT than a poet who wrote from the heart.

Poet, singer, musician, writer, speaker.

36 Kragar  May 28, 2014 10:29:08am

How has my day been?

37 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:29:21am

And dancer.

38 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:29:22am

re: #28 GlutenFreeJesus

Then she needs a pic of her as an infant in with soiled diapers on her head.

Slight improvement.

39 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:29:37am

A very talented woman.

40 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:29:37am

re: #35 Gus

Poet, singer, musician, writer, speaker.

Nobel Laureate I want to say too. Fascinating lady. We read from I Know Why the Cage Bird sings when I was in school.

41 Archangelus  May 28, 2014 10:30:55am

Someone should remind Debbie the Deranged that Jews aren’t even supposed to cheer the fall of an enemy, let alone spit on the fresh grave of someone who isn’t… בנפול אויבך אל תשמח

42 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:31:20am

re: #35 Gus

Poet, singer, musician, writer, speaker.

Actor, director, Grammy winner.

43 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:31:45am

re: #42 wrenchwench

Actor, director, Grammy winner.

Spy? //

44 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 10:31:55am
45 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:32:03am

Assholes like Debbie Schlussel try to be “relevant” by spewing hatred against recently deceased people who are actually relevant….and even in their death will always be more relevant.

47 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:33:04am

re: #44 Charles Johnson

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I’m totally expecting it when Willie Mays and especially Hank Aaron pass since Hank has been vocal in talking about how racism effected him and has related that to what President Obama has experienced.

48 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:34:25am
49 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 10:34:54am

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

50 calochortus  May 28, 2014 10:35:27am

re: #49 Sergey Romanov

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

A fertile imagination?

51 S'latch  May 28, 2014 10:36:03am

Has Joe the Plumber spoken out yet about her passing? I really am anxious to hear his insightful and empathetic commentary.

52 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:37:22am

Mediate had to close the comments sections, after only 29 comments, about Maya’s last tweet (which is beautiful). Multiple comments, which are no doubt racist hatred from RWNJs, have been deleted.

Maya Angelou’s Last Tweet Is Perfect

53 Archangelus  May 28, 2014 10:37:22am

re: #50 calochortus

A fertile imagination?

Probably the result of intense research conducted by one of many split personalities… /

54 Decatur Deb  May 28, 2014 10:37:42am

re: #51 S’latch

Has Joe the Plumber spoken out yet about her passing? I really am anxious to hear his insightful and empathetic commentary.

“The death of your poet does not trump my right to gracelessness.”

55 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:38:25am

re: #49 Sergey Romanov

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

I imagine all it takes is saying something like agreeing with the 1967 borders and a peace settlement that involves the West Bank going to the Palestinians. Boom! Hater. Etc.

56 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 10:39:25am

re: #50 calochortus

A fertile imagination?

OK, I’ve read Debbie’s piece. Her evidence is MA’s participation in the Million Men march, her alleged support of NOI and her speech at a Rachel Corrie rally.

57 Killgore Trout  May 28, 2014 10:40:26am

re: #49 Sergey Romanov

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

I think she spoke at a Rachael Corrie memorial or something

58 calochortus  May 28, 2014 10:40:30am

re: #56 Sergey Romanov

Oh. Well. That certainly settles it then.
/

59 S'latch  May 28, 2014 10:40:34am

re: #54 Decatur Deb

Uh oh! I spoke too soon! I think Joe the Plumber is going to miss this Maya Angelou:

MAYA ANGELOU: “Well, I do like to have guns around, I don’t like to carry them. But I like — if somebody is going to come into my house and I have not put out the welcome mat, I want to stop them.”

TIME MAGAZINE: “Have you ever fired a weapon?”

ANGELOU: “Of course!”

“And your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights!”

(No, she didn’t say that last line, did she?)

60 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 10:40:45am

re: #49 Sergey Romanov

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

I think this comes from the fact that she once spoke at a Louis Farrakhan rally. But it’s an absolutely ludicrous allegation, of course.

This is the person they’re accusing of being an antisemite: menemshafilms.com

61 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 10:41:00am

re: #24 Charles Johnson

You can edit the post.

Fixed now.

62 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:42:06am

re: #57 Killgore Trout

I think she spoke at a Rachael Corrie memorial or something

She read her emails. But you know how it goes. Freedom of speech for right wingers but not for people center and left. AMIRITE Killgore?

63 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 10:42:21am

While supporting Farrakhan is bad, this support is not prima facie evidence of Jew-hatred, obviously. Farrakhan is known for social work, so some ppl support him because of that, and not because of his views.

64 Feline Fearless Leader  May 28, 2014 10:42:44am

re: #19 Dr. Matt

Is Lizard Stomp part of the Diary Of Obsessive Stalker crowd?

If you stomp on me, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

65 calochortus  May 28, 2014 10:43:02am

Gah. Deer. Walking into the driveway in broad daylight. Speaking of guns…
(Wouldn’t be good. Residential neighborhood.)

66 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:43:43am

re: #64 Feline Fearless Leader

If you stomp on me, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

That guy is nuts. Hard to believe he’s still going at it. Talk about derangement. I don’t send messages to Greenwald.

67 Lidane  May 28, 2014 10:44:17am

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

— Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise”

68 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 10:44:23am

re: #41 Archangelus

Someone should remind Debbie the Deranged that Jews aren’t even supposed to cheer the fall of an enemy, let alone spit on the fresh grave of someone who isn’t… בנפול אויבך אל תשמח

בנפול אויבך אל תשמח refers to someone who was a rival or a competitor, it’s OK to rejoice when a truly evil person is removed from the world.

It is of course truly evil to rejoice when a beloved artist passes away.

69 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:44:25am

In RWNJ world she was “a Jew hater”, “a Gun Grabber”, “Uppity”, “Welfare Recipient”, and “Race-Baiter”

70 CriticalDragon1177  May 28, 2014 10:44:39am

The Vicious Babushka,

These are some truly messed up people. What the hell did May Angelou do to tick these guys off so much other than being black and woman?

71 klys  May 28, 2014 10:45:33am

re: #70 CriticalDragon1177

The Vicious Babushka,

These are some truly messed up people. What the hell did May Angelou do to tick these guys off so much other than being black and woman?

Although those two things are enough, she was also successful and voted Democrat.

72 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:45:51am

Same old “class of 2004” mentality. Rachel Corrie, Rachel Corrie, Rachel Corrie, Rachel Corrie, Rachel Corrie, Rachel Corrie… Shut up already about Rachel Corrie.

73 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 10:45:51am

re: #49 Sergey Romanov

Where does the “Jew hater” accusation stem from?

She was once photographed dancing with Amiri Baraka.

74 CriticalDragon1177  May 28, 2014 10:46:04am

re: #68 Pie-onist Overlord

בנפול אויבך אל תשמח refers to someone who was a rival or a competitor, it’s OK to rejoice when a truly evil person is removed from the world.

It is of course truly evil to rejoice when a beloved artist passes away.

I agree, like I said these people are sick.

75 Feline Fearless Leader  May 28, 2014 10:47:36am

re: #70 CriticalDragon1177

The Vicious Babushka,

These are some truly messed up people. What the hell did May Angelou do to tick these guys off so much other than being black and woman?

Writing this had a lot to do with it.
en.wikipedia.org

76 Rightwingconspirator  May 28, 2014 10:47:44am

re: #67 Lidane

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

— Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise”

Great pick. Thank You, now I feel much better after reading all that awful up top. Twitter can such a hateful thing.

77 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:48:04am

If we played their guilt by association game, they all would look a hell of lot worse than Maya Angelou.

78 Minor_L  May 28, 2014 10:48:41am

re: #45 Dr. Matt

I was just thinking about this. It is so sad that, on the right, this is how people become relevant. All of these tweeters wanted to be the first one out of the gate to say something nasty about Angelou, because that’s what makes them one of the “in” crowd. It’s their “thing.”

Gross.

79 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:49:12am

You’d think she visited an SS cemetery in Germany or helped prop up South American dictators. AMIRITE?

80 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 10:49:35am

Fuck those bigots. Here is a wonderful tribute in the NYT.

Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86

nytimes.com

RIP, my Sister.

81 calochortus  May 28, 2014 10:49:53am

re: #78 Minor_L

I was just thinking about this. It is so sad that, on the right, this is how people become relevant. All of these tweeters wanted to be the first one out of the gate to say something nasty about Angelou, because that’s what makes them one of the “in” crowd. It’s their “thing.”

Gross.

Sad.

82 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:50:11am

re: #79 Gus

You’d think she visited an SS cemetery in Germany or helped prop up South American dictators. AMIRITE?

Yeah but she didn’t make them feel good about themselves and she never took care of a chimp named Bozo.

83 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 10:50:11am

re: #31 Gus

I remember when Andrew Breitbart died and everyone had to act like Jesus himself passed away.

Let’s weigh Breibart against Angelou shall we?

84 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:50:32am

re: #76 Rightwingconspirator

Twitter can such a hateful thing.

It’s the people who are hateful, not the platform.

85 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:51:01am

re: #83 b_sharp

Let’s weigh Breibart against Angelou shall we?

Body mass? Otherwise, I can’t. :D

86 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:51:14am

re: #31 Gus

I remember when Andrew Breitbart died and everyone had to act like Jesus himself passed away.

Yet that asshole said some of the most vile things when Senator Ted Kennedy passed away,

87 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 10:51:43am

Nice slideshow.

88 Rightwingconspirator  May 28, 2014 10:52:39am

re: #84 wrenchwench

It’s the people who are hateful, not the platform.

Good point. But the people that admin the T.O.S. just might be a bunch of slackers.

89 Gus  May 28, 2014 10:52:56am

Yikes, these people are freaking nuts. No class whatsoever.

90 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 10:53:30am

Also, I always love it when racists complain about alleged racism. Here’s a message for you guys: only anti-racists are logically justified to complain about racism. If you’re a racist like Debbie Schlussel, what sense does it make to complain about others being alleged racists? They are just like yourself after all.

91 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 10:54:04am

re: #60 Charles Johnson

I think this comes from the fact that she once spoke at a Louis Farrakhan rally. But it’s an absolutely ludicrous allegation, of course.

This is the person they’re accusing of being an antisemite: menemshafilms.com

Debbie is going according to the Pamela Geller Definition of Anti-SemiteTM which uses different criteria than the commonly accepted definition of Somebody Who Hates Teh Juice.

92 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 10:54:08am

re: #83 b_sharp

Let’s weigh Breibart against Angelou shall we?

“Stopping raping people….behave yourself, behave yourself, behave yourself”

vs.

“When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I CRY.”

93 Bulworth  May 28, 2014 10:54:44am

This Debbie Schlussell person sounds really nice….

///

94 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:54:45am

re: #86 Dr. Matt

Yet that asshole said some of the most vile things when Senator Ted Kennedy passed away,

It’s in that sense I think Yogi Berra had some wisdom when he told people to go to other people’s funerals or else they wouldn’t go to yours. Really, I’m not perfect I concede. I don’t think the recently deceased should beyond criticism but at the same time, what the hell did Maya Angelou do deserve the onslought of hatred she’s getting form these people? That’s a rhetorical question mind you but damn it.

95 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 10:57:24am

re: #94 HappyWarrior

It’s in that sense I think Yogi Berra had some wisdom when he told people to go to other people’s funerals or else they wouldn’t go to yours. Really, I’m not perfect I concede. I don’t think the recently deceased should beyond criticism but at the same time, what the hell did Maya Angelou do deserve the onslought of hatred she’s getting form these people? That’s a rhetorical question mind you but damn it.

She herself did nothing. She’s just mourned by all the “wrong” people.

96 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 10:58:53am

Really, whenever a person of color talks about racism and it having an impact on their life. Almost like Pavlov’s dogs, wingnuts are on the case to cry about how that person should shut up or how the real racists were liberals. I mentioned Hank Aaron above. He recently talked about how racism did effect him and how he saw some of the same racism in regards to how President Obama is treated by some. So what do the usual suspects on the right do? Attack Hank Aaron as a bigot. Tell him that he should know that the real bigots were Democrats and liberals as if Mr. Aaron is too stupid to know that the forces that fought to keep racism alive were not liberals at all but proud and staunch conservatives who saw themselves as defending “traditional Southern values.” These people claim to be color blind but they’re blinded by hatred above all else. Hatred for anyone who dares to speak out about experiences at the hands of right wingers being primitive dickbags.

97 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  May 28, 2014 10:59:14am

re: #95 Sergey Romanov

She herself did nothing. She’s just mourned by all the “wrong” people.

DWB = dying while black.

98 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:00:40am

Why does Debbie capitalize w in “white”?

But she inherits her White father’s estate and finds White suitors when she is of marriageable age (while her White cousin cannot find suitors because she is penniless, and men of higher rank in society are looking for money and land in a marriage, according to this movie). But Belle does not really want to be with the racist White suitor she agrees to marry.

Frankly, I mostly see skinheads doing that.

99 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:02:13am
100 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 11:03:18am

re: #98 Sergey Romanov

Why does Debbie capitalize w in “white”?

Frankly, I mostly see skinheads doing that.

Probably for the same reasons, then.

101 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 11:04:26am

re: #98 Sergey Romanov

Why does Debbie capitalize w in “white”?

Frankly, I mostly see skinheads doing that.

In research/medicine, White is now a race category (Caucasian is nearly completely phased out) and is capitalized: White, Black, Asian, American Indian, etc.

102 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 11:05:21am
103 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:05:22am

re: #101 Dr. Matt

OK, but Debbie is neither a doctor, nor a researcher…

104 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 11:05:41am

re: #103 Sergey Romanov

OK, but Debbie is neither a doctor, nor a researcher…

Touche’

105 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:05:56am
106 Killgore Trout  May 28, 2014 11:07:15am

re: #62 Gus

She read her emails. But you know how it goes. Freedom of speech for right wingers but not for people center and left. AMIRITE Killgore?

Yup, I’m unbothered by it.

107 blueraven  May 28, 2014 11:08:14am

After listening to themselves, what are these assholes hearing in their quietude? I don’t think it is the voice of God.

108 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 11:08:15am

Maya Angelou and the power of pain, audacity and joy

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat,” she wrote in “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” making clear the lethality of a constant litany of slights and insults.

That autobiography, a revelation when it was published in 1969 for its frank treatment of sexual violence, economic discrimination, racism and the inadequacies of the justice system, now feels a bit like “Casablanca.” If you read the former or watch the latter after first being exposed to their many imitators, it is easy for both to seem like cliches. But while “Casablanca” entered the flow of the culture, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” changed the course of that river, letting new tributaries feed into it, providing new jetties from which readers who did not see themselves in much literature could set sail in its waters.[Emphasis added.]

People love her for the same reason other people hate her.

109 calochortus  May 28, 2014 11:08:25am

re: #103 Sergey Romanov

OK, but Debbie is neither a doctor, nor a researcher…

Well, neither am I, but I never know whether or not to capitalize color as it applies to race. I’ll give her a pass on that, but not on the sentiments expressed.

110 Gus  May 28, 2014 11:09:02am
111 calochortus  May 28, 2014 11:10:51am

BBL

Much baking to do today. Gluten free cookies, gluten free bread, gluten free chocolate shortcake to go under some really, really good strawberries. (The hubby is gluten-intolerant.)

I’ve got the gluten free baking down pretty well now, though let’s face it, people bake with wheat flour for a reason. It works better.

I really need to help the aforementioned husband work on his g-f skills. He is a good baker, but since he can’t use wheat flour any more, and as he hasn’t had a chance to work on his g-f skills, he hasn’t done much the last 2 or 3 years. If I get hit by a truck or something he’ll be in trouble, and we wouldn’t want that.

112 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 11:11:38am

Oh and there is this wingnut meme:
OH SO YOU THINK OBAMA IS EVIL?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—TWICE.

113 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 11:12:13am

re: #111 calochortus

BBL

Much baking to do today. Gluten free cookies, gluten free bread, gluten free chocolate shortcake to go under some really, really good strawberries. (The hubby is gluten-intolerant.)

I’ve got the gluten free baking down pretty well now, though let’s face it, people bake with wheat flour for a reason. It works better.

I really need to help the aforementioned husband work on his g-f skills. He is a good baker, but since he can’t use wheat flour any more, and as he hasn’t had a chance to work on his g-f skills, he hasn’t done much the last 2 or 3 years. If I get hit by a truck or something he’ll be in trouble, and we wouldn’t want that.

I’m working on developing gluten-free gluten so people can stop worrying.

114 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:13:27am
115 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:13:43am
116 Gus  May 28, 2014 11:16:03am

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2008

MRS. BUSH: Welcome, everyone, to the Ford’s Theatre Gala, and thank each and every one of you for your generous friendship to Ford’s Theatre.

Tonight, we present the Lincoln Medal, an annual award given by Ford’s Theatre. The Lincoln Medal brings Abraham Lincoln’s legacy to life by recognizing his wisdom and vision in the work of today’s leaders. It honors those who, through their accomplishments or personal attributes, illuminate the character of our most beloved President.

Earlier this year, at a Lincoln birthday celebration at the White House, we honored two Lincoln Medal recipients: Sandra Day O’Connor and Benjamin Carson. A former Supreme Court Justice and a renowned pediatric surgeon, these honorees have upheld Lincoln’s ideals of equality and service.

Tonight, we reflect on Lincoln’s love of the arts by recognizing two magnificent artists: the poet Maya Angelou and the actress Ruby Dee…

117 Gus  May 28, 2014 11:16:22am

Not that it matters. These people hate everybody.

118 calochortus  May 28, 2014 11:17:02am

re: #113 b_sharp

I’m working on developing gluten-free gluten so people can stop worrying.

Maybe gliadin free gluten?
Of course it could always be a saccharide malabsorption issue. Who knows?

Well, off to the kitchen.

119 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 11:18:06am

Pamela’s Definition of Anti-SemiteTM=Somebody Who Doesn’t Like Pamela’s Islamophobic Bus Signs.

120 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 11:20:04am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

Nobel Laureate I want to say too. Fascinating lady. We read from I Know Why the Cage Bird sings when I was in school.

Oh, so you were indoctrinated in some commie institution, eh?

///

121 blueraven  May 28, 2014 11:20:33am

re: #114 jaunte

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Oh it is perfectly fine to mourn a person of color as long as they were not celebrated in life as a revered figure, beloved by the world regardless of race.

Especially now that we have a black president. It is just too much for them to handle.

122 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:24:27am

re: #120 ObserverArt

Oh, so you were indoctrinated in some commie institution, eh?

///

Totally. Had to read some Richard Wright too.

123 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 11:26:45am

MOAR SICKENING RACIST ERUPTIONS HERE. (Daily Caller)

124 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:27:42am

Happening now:

Houston City Council to vote on Mayor Parker’s proposed equal rights ordinance

“…Parker and other supporters want to ban discrimination based on sex, race, national origin, age, religion, disability and for an array of other categories, even obscure ones such as discrimination based on one’s genetic composition. Federal law already bans discriminatory practices in many of the categories.
Violators could be fined up to $5,000.”

125 Mike Lamb  May 28, 2014 11:29:45am

re: #123 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR SICKENING RACIST ERUPTIONS HERE. (Daily Caller)

Nope. Not getting off the boat.

It’s days like this that make realize that no matter how jaded I am towards conservatives, I’m still naive. I would’ve expected that everyone would have said something respectful about MA and moved on…

And when Jim Hoft has the most “innocuous” comment, something is dramatically out of whack.

126 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:29:51am

re: #124 jaunte

Happening now:

Houston City Council to vote on Mayor Parker’s proposed equal rights ordinance

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Wingnuts who cry about not being able to bring their guns into puppet shows will cry about this because you know it’s okay to refuse to serve someone because they’re gay or black but I am not allowed to worry about public safety when you bring in an assault rifle.

127 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 11:30:12am

So far Breitbart seems to be remarkably under control. I only counted 3 racist comments.

128 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:31:07am

re: #125 Mike Lamb

Nope. Not getting off the boat.

It’s days like this that make realize that no matter how jaded I am towards conservatives, I’m still naive. I would’ve expected that everyone would have said something respectful about MA and moved on…

And when Jim Hoft has the most “innocuous” comment, something is dramatically out of whack.

Sometimes, I think I’ve gotten the most disillusioned I can get and then I see crap like what Hoft and these people post or Todd Kinkannon, an actual elected GOP official describing murder victims as “running like bitches.” One thing’s for sure. The idealist that was me in high school is gone.

129 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:31:45am

re: #126 HappyWarrior

Since the new Lt. Gov of Texas is a religious warrior, we’re going to need this.

131 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:32:20am

re: #129 jaunte

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Since the new Lt. Gov of Texas is a religious warrior, we’re going to need this.

Yep you are.

132 Jack Burton  May 28, 2014 11:32:41am

re: #123 Pie-onist Overlord

MOAR SICKENING RACIST ERUPTIONS HERE. (Daily Caller)

“Ghostery blocked comments powered by Disqus.”

Blessed silence.

133 Randall Gross  May 28, 2014 11:33:27am

poemhunter.com

134 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 11:33:49am

re: #127 Pie-onist Overlord

So far Breitbart seems to be remarkably under control. I only counted 3 racist comments.

Notice that they didn’t put it on the front page. Probably because they know what will happen.

135 Randall Gross  May 28, 2014 11:33:53am
136 Randall Gross  May 28, 2014 11:34:34am
137 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 11:35:15am

re: #122 HappyWarrior

Totally. Had to read some Richard Wright too.

Me too. Native Son. Too old to have had any of Maya Angelou in school.

By the way, Catholic school…truly commie!

139 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:37:26am
140 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:38:01am

re: #137 ObserverArt

Me too. Native Son. Too old to have had any of Maya Angelou in school.

By the way, Catholic school…truly commie!

Black Boy for me. We only had to read through where Wright moves to Chicago but I asked the teacher if I could go on and read the whole thing because I found it fascinating. And what do you know for my final English class for my minor, I ended up writing about Richard Wright.

141 jaunte  May 28, 2014 11:38:29am

Ebony link:
ebony.com

142 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 11:38:31am

re: #137 ObserverArt

Me too. Native Son. Too old to have had any of Maya Angelou in school.

By the way, Catholic school…truly commie!

I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in school, and I’m 56. IIRC you are younger?

143 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:38:43am

Youtube Video

144 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 11:38:49am

re: #130 Killgore Trout

Only if your hair is more important than your riding.

145 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:40:27am

I always did enjoy reading about the Harlem Renaissance in school. I always being on the spectrum could relate a little to Dunbar’s We Wear the Mask.
WE wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

146 Lidane  May 28, 2014 11:41:07am

And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

—Maya Angelou, “When Great Trees Fall”

147 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:43:21am

I think AA literature by writers like Angelou, Wright, Dunbar, and Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin to name a couple of others make the TCOT types uncomfortable since they write and wrote about subjects that make them feel uncomfortable. The one common thread I’ve observed among conservatives even the less batshit insane ones is they have a tough time relating or wanting to relate to people who have vastly differing experiences tahn they do. So a book dealing with the experiences of Jim Crow as a black woman will at the very least perplex them or in some cases even anger them.

148 Charles Johnson  May 28, 2014 11:47:06am
149 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 11:49:17am

re: #148 Charles Johnson

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Is that creature even human Todd degenerates a bit more every day, 24/365.

150 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:50:06am

re: #148 Charles Johnson

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You know, when you read that, you forget that the guy’s an actual elected official rather than some Rush Limbaugh wannabe but there in lies the rub, too many GOP elected officials are Limbaugh wannabes.

151 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:51:03am

Roses may be red
and Violets will stay blue
Todd Kinkannon hides like a loser from a keyboard
through and through

152 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:53:00am

Really though communist? Joseph McCarthy wants his playbook and bottle of cheap whiskey back.

153 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 11:56:09am
154 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 11:56:48am

Roses are red and violets are blue, but Todd is a dick. #FTW

155 Kragar  May 28, 2014 11:57:50am
156 piratedan  May 28, 2014 11:58:08am

re: #149 Sergey Romanov

one of these days Todd can aspire to being at the same intellectual level as something I scrape off the bottom of my shoes, but I see that today is not that day.

157 A Mom Anon  May 28, 2014 11:58:27am

re: #152 HappyWarrior

You know what they say…beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. And in Todd’s case, rots the soul.

There’s simply no response to that that wouldn’t make him gleeful. Because his soul is putrid, rotting and the stench hangs around long after he leaves the room.

158 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 11:58:44am

OUTRAGE!
OUTRAGE!

159 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 11:59:27am

re: #155 Kragar

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No CoI there at all./

160 Kragar  May 28, 2014 12:00:59pm

re: #148 Charles Johnson

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161 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 12:02:14pm

re: #160 Kragar

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Todd has chode breath.

162 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 12:02:20pm

re: #142 wrenchwench

I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in school, and I’m 56. IIRC you are younger?

Nope…about to turn 60. Caged bird was late 60s and I was going into high school (freshman - 9th grade) in ‘68. So the book probably hadn’t made it into the curriculum yet.

163 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 12:03:19pm

re: #162 ObserverArt

Nope…about to turn 60. Caged bird was late 60s and I was going into high school (freshman - 9th grade) in ‘68. So the book probably hadn’t made it into the curriculum yet.

Hi old man!

164 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:06:48pm

This seems a bit back-handed to me. Nice sentiment until you get to the end.

Former President George W. Bush on Maya Angelou: ‘She was among the most talented writers of our time. Her words inspired peace and equality and enriched the culture of our country. We are grateful for the work she leaves behind, and we wish her the peace she always sought’ - via @NBCNews
End of alert

165 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 12:06:59pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Hi old man!

I’m going to remember this comment. And I have a great memory. It shall at some point come back to haunt you…

: )

166 makeitstop  May 28, 2014 12:09:19pm

Is it wrong to hope Kincannon someday meets with a long, slow, painful end?

167 A Mom Anon  May 28, 2014 12:10:39pm

re: #166 makeitstop

Involving hemorrhoids and lots of habanero pepper.

168 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:11:22pm

re: #167 A Mom Anon

Involving hemorrhoids and lots of habanero pepper.

If he gets any age on him, that’s a distinct possibility. And adult diapers.

169 Dr. Matt  May 28, 2014 12:11:58pm

re: #166 makeitstop

Is it wrong to hope Kincannon someday meets with a long, slow, painful end?

Just as long as taxpayers don’t have to flip the bill.

170 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 12:13:05pm
171 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 12:13:12pm

re: #165 ObserverArt

I’m going to remember this comment. And I have a great memory. It shall at some point come back to haunt you…

: )

You’ll always be older than me, though.

: )

172 jaunte  May 28, 2014 12:13:15pm

Was That Just a Gamma Ray Burst in Andromeda?! (Updated: No, but still cool.)

“…The entire story, from trigger through Twitter to correction, ran its course in just a few hours. This is a part of doing science in public, and exactly what to expect from preliminary results. The excitement, the What-if?, the theorizing, the analyzing, and, most importantly, reporting the results no matter what they are, is the nature of science. You love science? You love the messy, painful, disappointing bits, too, when your beautiful theory gets crushed before your eyes by the weight of data. It’s not as fun, but it’s part of the process that leads to glorious discoveries.”

173 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 12:13:47pm
174 blueraven  May 28, 2014 12:14:25pm

re: #164 Justanotherhuman

This seems a bit back-handed to me. Nice sentiment until you get to the end.

Former President George W. Bush on Maya Angelou: ‘She was among the most talented writers of our time. Her words inspired peace and equality and enriched the culture of our country. We are grateful for the work she leaves behind, and we wish her the peace she always sought’ - via @NBCNews
End of alert

Sorry, I just don’t see anything backhanded in that statement. Is there more or is that it?

175 The Awkward Guy  May 28, 2014 12:14:36pm

re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord

Isn’t that photo from long before Maya Angelou’s passing?

176 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:14:52pm

re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord

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Another RW fail. Can’t remember where it was taken, but she hasn’t even had a funeral yet.

177 Pie-onist Overlord  May 28, 2014 12:14:56pm

re: #175 The Awkward Guy

Isn’t that photo from long before Maya Angelou’s passing?

That is Nelson Mandela’s funeral.

178 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 12:15:10pm

re: #170 Pie-onist Overlord

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That wasn’t a funeral, it was a memorial service.

179 jaunte  May 28, 2014 12:17:02pm

re: #173 Pie-onist Overlord

Put those haters on a treadmill and they could power California.

180 blueraven  May 28, 2014 12:17:11pm

re: #177 Pie-onist Overlord

That is Nelson Mandela’s funeral.

Not even a funeral…a Memorial service.
The funeral was days later.

181 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 12:17:24pm

re: #176 Justanotherhuman

Another RW fail. Can’t remember where it was taken, but she hasn’t even had a funeral yet.

It’s fail because it’s tasteless, but the wingnut did not claim it was Angelou’s funeral.

182 jaunte  May 28, 2014 12:17:26pm

It never stops.

183 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 12:17:48pm

I’m making some big ol’ stuffed green peppers. My house smells great! Mmmmm…

Anyway…you know what really gets me about some of these classless comments? They can’t restrain themselves from something they really do know is wrong. Now, if that isn’t sin in the eyes of any ‘Christian’ teachings, I do not know what is.

I wish it all the time. This would be a good time for a Jesus Christ type to show up and say he just happened to drop in when he heard this shit.

To hell with you!

184 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 12:18:17pm

re: #162 ObserverArt

Nope…about to turn 60. Caged bird was late 60s and I was going into high school (freshman - 9th grade) in ‘68. So the book probably hadn’t made it into the curriculum yet.

I’m heading headlong into 59.

I’m expecting a wall or two to slow me down.

185 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:19:34pm

re: #174 blueraven

Sorry, I just don’t see anything backhanded in that statement. Is there more or is that it?

“…the peace she always sought”? So she was a tortured soul?

She always seemed upbeat to me and overcame a lot of hardship and obstacles, as well as being a high achiever in her lifetime.

186 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 12:19:47pm

re: #171 wrenchwench

You’ll always be older than me, though.

: )

Just think of all those younger than you!

Besides, I am a very young 59+. Probably younger than 55.

187 dog philosopher  May 28, 2014 12:20:19pm

Hardened Leftist

does it involve galvanizing?

seriously, what the fuck do they think they mean by “hardened”?

188 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 12:21:00pm

re: #187 dog philosopher

Hardened Leftist

does it involve galvanizing?

seriously, what the fuck do they think they mean by “hardened”?

Anyone left of Bush is a hardened leftist. Well I take that back many think Bush himself is a leftist.

189 blueraven  May 28, 2014 12:21:34pm

re: #185 Justanotherhuman

“…the peace she always sought”? So she was a tortured soul?

She always seemed upbeat to me and overcame a lot of hardship and obstacles, as well as being a high achiever in her lifetime.

I think you are reading more into it than is there.
Rest in Peace? A very common sentiment.

190 dog philosopher  May 28, 2014 12:22:32pm

Maya Angelou

reading about her life and career in the wikipedia article, i have to say i am astonished and amazed

191 jaunte  May 28, 2014 12:22:40pm

re: #187 dog philosopher

Hardened Leftist

does it involve galvanizing?

seriously, what the fuck do they think they mean by “hardened”?

Not one of those wobbly leftists like Eisenhower.

192 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:22:52pm

re: #181 Sergey Romanov

It’s fail because it’s tasteless, but the wingnut did not claim it was Angelou’s funeral.

Well, I suppose this could be interpreted in different ways:

“So, maybe someone should remind Obama that maybe he shouldn’t do any selfies at Maya Angelou’s funeral”

I saw it as an implication that he was at her funeral when this was done. Others might have seen it as a “reminder” not to do it at her funeral.

At any rate, it was just another RWNJ vile jab.

193 dog philosopher  May 28, 2014 12:23:09pm

re: #188 HappyWarrior

Anyone left of Bush is a hardened leftist. Well I take that back many think Bush himself is a leftist.

i’ve certainly heard him called a ‘closet liberal’ by our friends in freeponia

194 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 12:23:40pm

re: #191 jaunte

Not one of those wobbly leftists like Eisenhower.

Part of me wishes Eisenhower had joined the Democrats. I get the reason why he ran as a Republican- he feared one party rule could happen but it would have been better to let the GOP implode on itself and some saner party to rise from the ashes.

195 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 12:24:10pm

re: #189 blueraven

I think you are reading more into it than is there.
Rest in Peace? A very common sentiment.

RIP is fine. I say that myself, even. So, nevermind.

196 NJDhockeyfan  May 28, 2014 12:24:38pm
197 ObserverArt  May 28, 2014 12:24:51pm

re: #184 b_sharp

I’m heading headlong into 59.

I’m expecting a wall or two to slow me down.

Just stay_sharp!

198 dog philosopher  May 28, 2014 12:26:20pm

re: #184 b_sharp

I’m heading headlong into 59.

I’m expecting a wall or two to slow me down.

i will exit 59 soon

it’s not as dangerous as it looks

199 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 12:26:29pm

re: #197 ObserverArt

Just stay_sharp!

Then I’m likely to impale the wall and get stuck.

200 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 12:27:05pm

re: #198 dog philosopher

i will exit 59 soon

it’s not as dangerous as it looks

My wife just crossed into 60.

Didn’t make a bit of difference.

201 A Mom Anon  May 28, 2014 12:27:30pm

Ahh wingnuts…
My neighbor just posted this on facebook:

“Avoid Hospital X, what a bunch of hacks. I feel like I’ve been at the VA.”

This from someone who never served. Sigh. Just when I thought I might be making some inroads with these people. He’s on a tear about this whole VA thing, blaming Obama, hoping he gets back “100 times the damage he’s caused”, that kind of crap. I don’t even have the strength to answer this crap anymore.

202 RealityBasedSteve  May 28, 2014 12:28:18pm

re: #184 b_sharp

I’m heading headlong into 59.

I’m expecting a wall or two to slow me down.

I’m 35. (with oh… maybe about 20 years time-in-grade). The kid is a bit wrinkled, but still there. My Cycling and Scuba tells me that.

RBS

203 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 12:30:31pm

re: #202 RealityBasedSteve

I’m 35. (with oh… maybe about 20 years time-in-grade). The kid is a bit wrinkled, but still there. My Cycling and Scuba tells me that.

RBS

Only my brain is still child-like.

204 Ding-an-sich Wannabe  May 28, 2014 12:30:42pm

re: #192 Justanotherhuman

Well, I suppose this could be interpreted in different ways:

“So, maybe someone should remind Obama that maybe he shouldn’t do any selfies at Maya Angelou’s funeral”

I saw it as an implication that he was at her funeral when this was done. Others might have seen it as a “reminder” not to do it at her funeral.

It would be “shouldn’t have done” then, and the use of “remind” in such a context would be out of place, IMHO.

At any rate, it was just another RWNJ vile jab.

On that we agree ;)

205 makeitstop  May 28, 2014 12:33:03pm

re: #198 dog philosopher

i will exit 59 soon

it’s not as dangerous as it looks

I blew past 60 last August.

Still don’t feel act a day over 40.

206 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 12:33:26pm

re: #193 dog philosopher

i’ve certainly heard him called a ‘closet liberal’ by our friends in freeponia

They turned on Bush as soon as they realized it was convenient to do so. Until then he could do no wrong. Hell in that sense, I do have some empathy for Bush since he wasn’t a bigot like these clowns are. How sad is it that George W. Bush is a sane face of conservatism.

207 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 12:34:11pm

re: #201 A Mom Anon

Ahh wingnuts…
My neighbor just posted this on facebook:

“Avoid Hospital X, what a bunch of hacks. I feel like I’ve been at the VA.”

This from someone who never served. Sigh. Just when I thought I might be making some inroads with these people. He’s on a tear about this whole VA thing, blaming Obama, hoping he gets back “100 times the damage he’s caused”, that kind of crap. I don’t even have the strength to answer this crap anymore.

They blame Obama for the stuff we were supposed to shut up and not question our commander in chief during the Bush years.

208 Rightwingconspirator  May 28, 2014 12:43:24pm

re: #199 b_sharp

Then I’m likely to impale the wall and get stuck.

Now you are just bragging.

:-)

209 RealityBasedSteve  May 28, 2014 12:45:01pm

re: #208 Rightwingconspirator

Now you are just bragging.

:-)

In the event of an impalement lasting more than 4 hours. Tweet proudly about it on your way to seek medical attention.

RBS

210 Bulworth  May 28, 2014 12:48:37pm

Stay classy, Todd.

/

211 NJDhockeyfan  May 28, 2014 12:49:32pm
212 RealityBasedSteve  May 28, 2014 12:49:58pm

re: #210 Bulworth

Stay classy, Todd.

/

Todds definition of “Classy” is not dropping an “F-Bomb” for 3 consecutive tweets. (and yes, i saw the snark mark) :)

213 Eventual Carrion  May 28, 2014 12:55:20pm

re: #148 Charles Johnson

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Oh Todd

Suck it up your nose
blow it out your ass
Another chance to be an asshole
you just couldn’t let pass

214 b_sharp  May 28, 2014 12:55:40pm

Power-nap.
It’s too noisy down there.

215 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:01:58pm

Holy mother of dog! Who pissed in Debbie Schlussel’s Cheerios? She actually out-assholed Todd Kincannon, fer chrissakes!

216 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  May 28, 2014 1:03:26pm

re: #215 GeneJockey

Before today, when was the last time you read anything by her, heard anything about her, or even thought about her?

Exactly.

217 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:06:30pm

re: #216 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Before today, when was the last time you read anything by her, heard anything about her, or even thought about her?

Exactly.

Years ago. Probably either on the Bowsite posted by a guy I used to respect but who turned out to be alarmingly racist after Obama was elected, or on “Sadly, No!”. So, either as Tragedy, or as Farce.

218 Randall Gross  May 28, 2014 1:08:20pm

Here’s the family’s statement from the Maya Angelou FB page

Thursday, May 28, 2014
Statement from Dr. Maya Angelou’s Family:
Dr. Maya Angelou passed quietly in her home before 8:00 a.m. EST. Her family is extremely grateful that her ascension was not belabored by a loss of acuity or comprehension. She lived a life as a teacher, activist, artist and human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace. The family is extremely appreciative of the time we had with her and we know that she is looking down upon us with love.
Guy B. Johnson

219 Patricia Kayden  May 28, 2014 1:09:50pm

re: #69 Dr. Matt

In RWNJ world she was “a Jew hater”, “a Gun Grabber”, “Uppity”, “Welfare Recipient”, and “Race-Baiter”

No, in RWNJ she was simply Black. That was enough.

220 Gus  May 28, 2014 1:17:13pm

Beck Responds To Calif. Shooting With ‘Rape’ Comedy Skit Mocking Sexual Assaults

221 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:17:34pm

Between this, and the reaction to the Isla Vista shooting, I really find myself saddened and disgusted by a significant chunk of American humanity. Christ, was it always this bad? It sure didn’t seem so. Was this streak of revoltingly vile hate always there, somehow hidden, and got revealed? Or is the hate a reaction to fear of lost privilege and control that’s relatively new?

Whatever.

I almost wish I didn’t know about it. My wife asks me why I bother discussing politics online, since it obviously doesn’t do any good, and just makes me upset.

222 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 28, 2014 1:18:39pm

I met Maya Angelou back in the early 1980s when she came to the university (Governors State University in Illinois) where I was a graduate assistant. I did the sound and recording for the reading she gave. Somewhere here in house, in a box, I still have reel-to-reel and cassette tape copies.

223 NJDhockeyfan  May 28, 2014 1:18:45pm

Here is an emotional speech by Montel Williams on the VA scandal…

224 calochortus  May 28, 2014 1:19:09pm

re: #221 GeneJockey

I think it was always there, it just used to be shared over a 6-pack on the porch. Now one can share it with the whole wide world.

225 goddamnedfrank  May 28, 2014 1:20:23pm

re: #201 A Mom Anon

Ahh wingnuts…
My neighbor just posted this on facebook:

“Avoid Hospital X, what a bunch of hacks. I feel like I’ve been at the VA.”

This from someone who never served. Sigh. Just when I thought I might be making some inroads with these people. He’s on a tear about this whole VA thing, blaming Obama, hoping he gets back “100 times the damage he’s caused”, that kind of crap. I don’t even have the strength to answer this crap anymore.

I’d just show him this:

Former military service members using Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals are just as happy with their care as patients using private medical clinics, according to a leading customer-satisfaction survey.

The American Customer Satisfaction Index for 2013 shows that the VA health network, which serves more than 8 million veterans, achieved marks equal to or better than those in the private sector.

The entire VA scandal is predicated on a lie, that they perform worse than private hospitals and should be privatized.

226 jayjaybear  May 28, 2014 1:22:12pm

re: #201 A Mom Anon

Ahh wingnuts…
My neighbor just posted this on facebook:

“Avoid Hospital X, what a bunch of hacks. I feel like I’ve been at the VA.”

This from someone who never served. Sigh. Just when I thought I might be making some inroads with these people. He’s on a tear about this whole VA thing, blaming Obama, hoping he gets back “100 times the damage he’s caused”, that kind of crap. I don’t even have the strength to answer this crap anymore.

I’m actually rapidly losing what ability I ever had to simply let this stuff slide off my hide. I’m thisclose to just telling the next idiot who spouts some kind of RWNJ bullshit, in real life or on Facebook, to go fuck him(or her)self. And I’m sure the reaction will be shock and fury about how RUDE I was…self-awareness is not their forte.

227 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:22:30pm

re: #224 calochortus

I think it was always there, it just used to be shared over a 6-pack on the porch. Now one can share it with the whole wide world.

I think in a way that the sharing has made it worse. It’s allowed people who might have shared these thoughts with a close friend, in private, to have their hatred and bigotry publicly validated. Worse than that, it’s as if they see it as a competition to see who can say the most vile, hateful thing and get virtual backslapping from their fellows.

228 calochortus  May 28, 2014 1:22:45pm

re: #225 goddamnedfrank

Yes, and if you give them all vouchers and overload the private system just when the ACA means more people have insurance, maybe you can “prove” that broadening access to healthcare is a really bad idea and we should just go back to the way things were.

229 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:23:11pm

re: #220 Gus

Beck Responds To Calif. Shooting With ‘Rape’ Comedy Skit Mocking Sexual Assaults

Yet if you mock Glenn’s hysteria, you’re like Hitler or something but it’s perfectly acceptable for him to mock sexual assault victims.

230 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:24:45pm

re: #221 GeneJockey

Between this, and the reaction to the Isla Vista shooting, I really find myself saddened and disgusted by a significant chunk of American humanity. Christ, was it always this bad? It sure didn’t seem so. Was this streak of revoltingly vile hate always there, somehow hidden, and got revealed? Or is the hate a reaction to fear of lost privilege and control that’s relatively new?

Whatever.

I almost wish I didn’t know about it. My wife asks me why I bother discussing politics online, since it obviously doesn’t do any good, and just makes me upset.

I don’t know. Cynic in me says it’s always been like this. Only more people have a platform for their hate. But another part of me does think that the reaction to fear of lost privilege and control is definitely there too i.e. Rodger resenting the fact that blonde white women were going out with non-whites rather than himself.

231 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:25:50pm

re: #228 calochortus

Yes, and if you give them all vouchers and overload the private system just when the ACA means more people have insurance, maybe you can “prove” that broadening access to healthcare is a really bad idea and we should just go back to the way things were.

Yeah - that interesting approach I’ve seen to criticizing the ACA by saying that because so many more people now have access, it’s harder to find doctors and all that. with the concomitant belief that the solution is to deny those people access. IOW, that America, the richest country in the world, cannot afford to provide healthcare to its citizens, unlike a lot of other, less rich nations.

232 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 28, 2014 1:26:08pm

re: #229 HappyWarrior

Yet if you mock Glenn’s hysteria, you’re like Hitler or something but it’s perfectly acceptable for him to mock sexual assault victims.

And then he’ll be stalking your estate sale looking for paraphernalia to add to his Nazi collection.
//

233 goddamnedfrank  May 28, 2014 1:27:30pm

re: #223 NJDhockeyfan

Here is an emotional speech by Montel Williams on the VA scandal…

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By and large Veterans like the care they get in the VA system, as much or more than patients at private hospitals. Be nice if self aggrandizing douches like Montel and everyone pushing the idea of a scandal heard that. People die wating for care at private hospitals too.

Man found dead in NYC hospital waiting room more than 8 hours after entering

And while it’s an inexcusable tragedy, nobody treats it as an an indictment of the entire private hospital system. The conservative and media need to manufacture a scandal and run with it is beyond pathetic at this point.

234 wrenchwench  May 28, 2014 1:27:49pm

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

I met Maya Angelou back in the early 1980s when she came to the university (Governors State University in Illinois) where I was a graduate assistant. I did the sound and recording for the reading she gave. Somewhere here in house, in a box, I still have reel-to-reel and cassette tape copies.

*****jellissssssssss*****

235 calochortus  May 28, 2014 1:29:17pm

re: #231 GeneJockey

Well, it is temporarily going to be harder to find doctors. I’m inclined to think things will settle down in a few years. I’m willing to deal with that. I’d like to see more doctors going into primary care-you’d think if we need more primary care physicians we’d pay them more, but apparently that isn’t The American Way.

236 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:29:33pm

re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth

And then he’ll be stalking your estate sale looking for paraphernalia to add to his Nazi collection.
//

He’ll get my Hitler blood soaked hanky from my stone cold hands.

237 Justanotherhuman  May 28, 2014 1:32:52pm

re: #196 NJDhockeyfan

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The triple dipper says what?

238 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:33:38pm

re: #235 calochortus

Well, it is temporarily going to be harder to find doctors. I’m inclined to think things will settle down in a few years. I’m willing to deal with that. I’d like to see more doctors going into primary care-you’d think if we need more primary care physicians we’d pay them more, but apparently that isn’t The American Way.

How can you be sure you’ve got good health coverage if there aren’t millions of people with none?
////

239 Gus  May 28, 2014 1:35:34pm
240 calochortus  May 28, 2014 1:35:35pm

re: #238 GeneJockey

How can you be sure you’ve got good health coverage if there aren’t millions of people with none?
////

Your right! I’ll be much happier if I know other people are in pain, or frantic with worry about their child’s health.
///

241 Gus  May 28, 2014 1:36:26pm

With the usual mind numbing derp.

242 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:37:20pm

re: #240 calochortus

Your right! I’ll be much happier if I know other people are in pain, or frantic with worry about their child’s health.
///

“It’s not enough to succeed. One’s friends must fail.”

243 GeneJockey  May 28, 2014 1:38:34pm

re: #241 Gus

With the usual mind numbing derp.

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When you have to go back 50 years or more to make your party the heroes, you really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

244 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:43:02pm

re: #243 GeneJockey

When you have to go back 50 years or more to make your party the heroes, you really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Not even that. The Democrats did Jim Crow ignores that the Republican party and the right began to turn a blind eye to segregation when they saw that they could win the South in elections because of it. In 1964, the GOP nominated Goldwater for President who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Meanwhile the Dems nominated the guy who signed it into the law. Plus the Republicans today have a presidential front runner named Rand someone who has said on the record he would have voted against it and their model supreme court justice someone Scalia has said he would have voted against Brown. The right wants to say libs were the real racists yet their own contemporary officials who they vote for or want to be the model of a judge have problems with the legislation. It’s the ultimate having their cake and wanting it too moment.

245 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:46:34pm

And honestly Jim Crow wasn’t only Democrats. One of the ways the Republican Party began to grow in the South is when Southern white Republicans usually disenchanted Democrats who hated the national party for turning pro civil rights tried to out-dixiecrat the dixiecrats. Yes, the Dixiecrats were Democrats but it’s also true that their only nominee for president ended up having a very long career in the Senate as a Republican.And it’s also true that a Republican Majority Senate leader not a Democratic one mind you said that “We wouldn’t have had all these problems had we elected him.”

246 Eventual Carrion  May 28, 2014 1:47:36pm

re: #241 Gus

With the usual mind numbing derp.

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Which ones Kathleen, the Jim Crow laws Strom Thurmond liked? Tell me Kathleen, why did Strom switch parties?

247 HappyWarrior  May 28, 2014 1:51:17pm

re: #246 Eventual Carrion

Which ones Kathleen, the Jim Crow laws Strom Thurmond liked? Tell me Kathleen, why did Strom switch parties?

They can never answer that. They just stupidly convince themselves that segregationists were liberals even though segregation was and is the embodiment of a conservative position just as integration is the same for a liberal position. They want to wave their rebel flags yet they want to be associated with any of the negative parts of that flag. In short, they’re cowards politically speaking. They want to take credit for the actions of a Republican Party whose platform would resemble the Democrats more so than the contemporary GOP one.

248 steve_davis  May 28, 2014 3:05:26pm

re: #70 CriticalDragon1177

The Vicious Babushka,

These are some truly messed up people. What the hell did May Angelou do to tick these guys off so much other than being black and woman?

Isn’t that enough?


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