Attention Angry Shoppers!

Another Thanxmas shopping season, another collection of news stories about social retards who don't know how to behave in public...

People in other parts of the world fight over food, water or religious freedoms; we fight over DVD players and toys

Store employees are to blame when two women get in a fight over a pair of discounted pajamas.  Just like...

... Teachers are to blame because our kids behave like spoiled brats, little sluts, and junior gangbangers.

... George Bush is to blame when people too benumbed by corrupt liberal governance don't know how to get out of the way of a hurricane

... People who dis Islam are to blame when wild-eyed radicals slash, bomb and burn

It's called personal responsibility.  People who don't know how to behave should be jailed or cast out beyond the pale of civilized society.

Liberals Kill Racism

Liberals going after Rush Limbaugh remind me of the sweaty, screaming hordes of pious Muslims at Mecca, inflamed by fervid religious passion, stoning Satan and trampling fellow believers in the emotionally-pitched frenzy.

Why is is the Rush story important? 

Because they've called him a racist.  A serious charge.  Words mean things, and the misuse of words cheapens them.  Everyone on all sides have thrown "Hitler" and "Nazi" around until, unfortunately, being called a mass murderer or a member of his hideous regime is no longer an insult. 

"Racist!" has lost it's sting

The left has done the same mortal damage to the word "racist."  They shout it through media bullhorns as they clutch their chain of worry beads, caressing the "bigot" and "speaking in code" beads as they go.  

Well, I'm done. That word doesn't work on me anymore.  And after this past year of leveling the charge at everyone who didn't vote for Obama or anyone who now criticizes him, the word "racist" is a spent shell casing. 

The libs went full auto, scattering rounds everywhere, hitting nothing

And that's unfortunate, because bigotry still exists in this country, but it's legitimacy is held hostage by limousine liberal races hustlers, including the NFL crowd. 

WSJ - Limbaugh's Article
Big Hollywood - NFL Owners Who Use the N-Word and Wet their Pants on Stage

Excellent Limbaugh Summary... By a Brit, No Less!

Toby Herndon has the best Rush summary I've seen so far.  He sums the issue up nicely and provides buku links.

Here's a short excerpt that summarizes how these virulent (and completely made-up) quotes got into the national bloodstream:

Trouble is, he didn’t say either of these outrageous things. 

And it wasn’t difficult to check, as protein wisdom shows here. They originated from, er, Wikipedia and Wikiquotes. Both quotes ended up in this book – a hit job that doesn’t cite any sources. They’re also included in this internet list posted a year ago and endlessly ripped off ever since.

 I love this trenchant dig at our lazy, biased press:

The irony is, of course, that the people reporting this as fact are the same types who are always denouncing bloggers and the internet as forces of evil intent on destroying proper journalism – proper journalism being the kind that involves checking facts.

In the case of Rush Limbaugh, however, it seems to be enough that the intention (i.e. to show the talk radio host is a racist) is considered pure.

British reporters in America...  Doing the work American reporters just won't do...

Read his entire article here:  Toby Harnden - Telegraph

Hush Rush: Bigotry Goes Equal Opportunity

Why haven't we cowards accepted Attorney General Eric Holder's invitation to racial dialogue? 

The outcry over Rush Limbaugh's attempt to purchase an NFL franchise is exhibit A.  Entitled groups own the conversation and make the rules, often on the fly.  Those authorized to freely dialog on race form an exclusive club. 

The rest of us can only come in through the back door, and then we must sit quietly while we are admonished and clucked over by the aggrieved and the anointed.  We must choose our words, nay, even our targets carefully lest we be branded with the scarlet R.    

Too often, the dialog becomes a lecture, and ordinary Americans of all stripes don't like being shouted at through bullhorns.  I know many black people as well who have refused to join the dialog because they are worn out by the implied tokenism. 

Many also tire of getting cornered into defending the Jacksons and Sharptons, or worse, repudiating them when they may actually agree with their larger point while simultaneously decrying their bombast.  

Bigotry still exists in America, but life's too short.  It's easier to just shut your pie hole and keep moving.

Even Jason Whitlock, the nation's most credible traffic cop working the intersection of sports and society, thinks Limbaugh owning the Rams would be a bad idea.

Here are two quotes from the best-of Rush Limbaugh racist collection:

"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray (Dr. King's assassin). We miss you, James. Godspeed."

And ...

"Let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back. I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

You can argue the comments are presented out of context and were meant as jokes. Then I'd argue that Limbaugh needs to get on the comedy-club circuit and out of the business of attempting to influence presidential politics.

Jason admits the comments were yanked from their larger, sarcastic context by provocateurs wanting only to inflame, but it doesn't matter.  Limbaugh is not authorized to make such cracks that are routine fodder for liberal comedians, black and white. 

Rush doesn't belong to that exclusive club, but he brazenly barges in the front door amid billowing clouds of fragrant cigar smoke and pungent right-wing commentary.  He doesn't know his place.

So he is deemed a racist.  This is why a large segment of the population just avoids the whole subject.  Invite me in to "dialog" and then castigate me for saying the wrong thing?  Nah, I don't need the hassle.

There are certain franchises in America, exclusive clubs, where only the right kind of people are welcome.  I'm staying away.  I know my place. 

Black Voices
Sporting News
Fox Sports - Jason Whitlock