Tucker and Caboose concure...but Caboose is confused.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Someone once asked me...
"What quote best defines you?" And I was all like *BACKHAND!* "THAT ONE SUCKA!"
Tucker and Caboose concure...but Caboose is confused.
Tucker and Caboose concure...but Caboose is confused.
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Keffiyeh
A Keffiyeh, is headwear originating with Arab men. It's intended use was as a headwrap used to keep out wind and sand, or to help protect from the sun. In more recent decades, it has, according to Michelle Malkin, "come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad."
Granted, Yassir Arafat and his little PLO group, as well as jihadists have given the Keffiyeh a quite brutal symbolism, I don't think it's fair to jump all over people (Hollywood cyborgs, or otherwise) for choosing to wear them because they happen to be chic. Now, if they happen to be overseas at an anti-American rally, and just happen to be sporting one, well that's in poor taste. But take Rachel Ray for example, conservative blowhards like Michelle have made something out of nothing and turned Rachel's fashion accessory into an anti-American faux pas.
Cry about it some more Michelle, the children in Africa need more water, and since all you do it pick out things to complain about that are out of your realm of control (or knowledge for that matter), the least you could to is help the starving children in Africa.
Now, this is going to divert from my initial topic, but I've pretty much said what was on my mind interms of that...well, wait, one more thing. I think adorning yourself with something that has in recent years taken on a violent and brutal conotation, but initially wasn't such, is a postive thing. It's helping to show that you see past the negative aspect that a collective few have spewed onto it, and see it for the cultural beauty. Because they are quite beautiful and stylish. If this world had indeed attained the cultural and racial utopia that the Liberals so desperately want (and that quite frankly, we all should desperately want), then people would be free to intermingal various aspects of different cultures into their own style according to their taste, and people wouldn't look down on them, as though to say "you aren't arab, you can't wear that", "you aren't black, you can't wear that", or "you aren't white, you can't wear that." Though you'd probably never hear that last one. Apparently our style is quite passe, and it carries no cultural or racial identity to it, with probably the exception of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. But my point is, if you see something that you like, and you know what it has come to symbolize...have the courage to try to make a positive out of a negative. If you're going to make something out of nothing...make it a positive something. People like Michelle and Sean Hannity are looking for things to complain about. Just because I wear one doesn't make me less of an American...it probably makes me more of one, this country was built on immigrants, the world over. Our rail roads were built by Asians, and for the longest time out cotton was picked by Blacks (not by choice I know). This is not a white country. We're not Canada. We're America, the melting pot.
So Sean, Michelle...calm down. Seriously. I mean Michelle, you've already identified the problem: "Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones". I don't think they're oblivious, how could they be? For the last thirty to fourty years, any time the Arab-Israeli conflict has been covered, we've seen murderes in Keffiyeh's with AK's and RPG's in the air. You'd have to be under a rock to not notice that. And yeah, for a long time anytime I saw someone who was obviously Arab wearing a Keffiyeh I was a little nervous. And that was from the news and from the aforementioned blowards. But when you come to understand that anything really lifechanging, from the election of Obama to small things in your life that have large ripples; they're all part of a larger plan. Some positive, some negative. And if you're going to let a small thing like celebridiots wearing Keffiyeh's ruffle your feathers, then step outside. And just because Hugo Chavez happens to rock one ever now and then, who cares. His reasons are different than mine, or maybe the same. Maybe he thought they looked cool. But given his obvious infatuation with everything anti-American and middle eastern, I doubt we have the same reasons.
So everyone:
Calm Down.
Granted, Yassir Arafat and his little PLO group, as well as jihadists have given the Keffiyeh a quite brutal symbolism, I don't think it's fair to jump all over people (Hollywood cyborgs, or otherwise) for choosing to wear them because they happen to be chic. Now, if they happen to be overseas at an anti-American rally, and just happen to be sporting one, well that's in poor taste. But take Rachel Ray for example, conservative blowhards like Michelle have made something out of nothing and turned Rachel's fashion accessory into an anti-American faux pas.
Cry about it some more Michelle, the children in Africa need more water, and since all you do it pick out things to complain about that are out of your realm of control (or knowledge for that matter), the least you could to is help the starving children in Africa.
Now, this is going to divert from my initial topic, but I've pretty much said what was on my mind interms of that...well, wait, one more thing. I think adorning yourself with something that has in recent years taken on a violent and brutal conotation, but initially wasn't such, is a postive thing. It's helping to show that you see past the negative aspect that a collective few have spewed onto it, and see it for the cultural beauty. Because they are quite beautiful and stylish. If this world had indeed attained the cultural and racial utopia that the Liberals so desperately want (and that quite frankly, we all should desperately want), then people would be free to intermingal various aspects of different cultures into their own style according to their taste, and people wouldn't look down on them, as though to say "you aren't arab, you can't wear that", "you aren't black, you can't wear that", or "you aren't white, you can't wear that." Though you'd probably never hear that last one. Apparently our style is quite passe, and it carries no cultural or racial identity to it, with probably the exception of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. But my point is, if you see something that you like, and you know what it has come to symbolize...have the courage to try to make a positive out of a negative. If you're going to make something out of nothing...make it a positive something. People like Michelle and Sean Hannity are looking for things to complain about. Just because I wear one doesn't make me less of an American...it probably makes me more of one, this country was built on immigrants, the world over. Our rail roads were built by Asians, and for the longest time out cotton was picked by Blacks (not by choice I know). This is not a white country. We're not Canada. We're America, the melting pot.
So Sean, Michelle...calm down. Seriously. I mean Michelle, you've already identified the problem: "Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones". I don't think they're oblivious, how could they be? For the last thirty to fourty years, any time the Arab-Israeli conflict has been covered, we've seen murderes in Keffiyeh's with AK's and RPG's in the air. You'd have to be under a rock to not notice that. And yeah, for a long time anytime I saw someone who was obviously Arab wearing a Keffiyeh I was a little nervous. And that was from the news and from the aforementioned blowards. But when you come to understand that anything really lifechanging, from the election of Obama to small things in your life that have large ripples; they're all part of a larger plan. Some positive, some negative. And if you're going to let a small thing like celebridiots wearing Keffiyeh's ruffle your feathers, then step outside. And just because Hugo Chavez happens to rock one ever now and then, who cares. His reasons are different than mine, or maybe the same. Maybe he thought they looked cool. But given his obvious infatuation with everything anti-American and middle eastern, I doubt we have the same reasons.
So everyone:
Calm Down.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
LolBama
Presidential candidate, Barack Obama was visiting a primary school, and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked the presidential candidate if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'. So our illustrious democratic presidential candidate asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy'. One little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him,that would be a tragedy. ''No", said Obama, "that would be an accident." A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy." ''I'm afraid not," explained Obama. "That's what we would call greatloss." 'The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Obama searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?" Finally at the back of the room, ittle Johnny raised his hand. In aquiet voice he said: "If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that wouldbe a tragedy.'" 'Fantastic!" exclaimed Obama. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?" ''Well," says little Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss... and it probably wouldn't be a freakin'accident either."
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