Below is a hilarious clip by Wanda Sykes at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. It seems some stuffed shirt conservatives are mad because she joked that she hopes Rush Limbaugh dies of kidney failure. That Wanda always cracks me up!
There was quite a bit of controversy here about her remarks. Lines were crossed there that should not have been crossed, even though she had her defenders on the sunday morning lineup.
The bigger issue is that our comics are not taking on Obama at all, really. He's like "off limits" to the comedian set still. That's troubling. I think in part it has to do with race -- the taboo making fun of a successful (half) black man. And in part I think it's because the comedian community largely sympathizes with him, and is reluctant to criticize him or poke fun at him in any meaningful way. That's unfortunate, because that kind of ribbing is one of the things that keeps people usefully skeptical of our leadership -- rather than the personality cult I think we are seeing right now.
They slaughter our women and children and we do nothing. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3717339/london-bridge-attack-police-shoot-terrorists-dead-latest/
One of the cool things of doing videos is that it has allowed me to meet all sorts of interesting people (both on the Left and the Right). It is amazing how many doors a camera will open. While I was in Washington Harold Covington agreed to an interview. Harold currently advocates a creation of a homeland for White people in the Pacific Northwest. To me it basically sounds like Zionism for White people. As Harold is a controversial character, the security measures to arrange a meeting were interesting. But everyone was quite nice. I hope do to more video interviews with interesting characters across the world. There is a famous Russian that I hope to meet soon and get an interview. Below is an interview Covington did for Vice magazine: http://www.vice.com/read/this-guy-wants-to-start-his-own-aryan-country Blow is a link to his weekly radio show. And there are links on that web site to his novels. Harold was kind enough to provide me with a signed novel called "The Brigade". h...
Some of the prettiest girls in the world are Irish. The emerald isle is famous for blondes and red heads. An Irish Actress Emma Murphy is a pretty young Irish girl who has been enriched. She posted a video that went viral on Facebook.
There was quite a bit of controversy here about her remarks. Lines were crossed there that should not have been crossed, even though she had her defenders on the sunday morning lineup.
ReplyDeleteThe bigger issue is that our comics are not taking on Obama at all, really. He's like "off limits" to the comedian set still. That's troubling. I think in part it has to do with race -- the taboo making fun of a successful (half) black man. And in part I think it's because the comedian community largely sympathizes with him, and is reluctant to criticize him or poke fun at him in any meaningful way. That's unfortunate, because that kind of ribbing is one of the things that keeps people usefully skeptical of our leadership -- rather than the personality cult I think we are seeing right now.
I almost feel guilty laughing at this.
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Well, Wanda is a professional comdedian.
ReplyDeleteI am not big Rush fan but wishing somebody were dead is pretty sad.
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