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.
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...
OKCupid revealed some interesting statistical data based on dating preferences and race. The higher the number, the greater the interest. For example, Asian men rate Asian women 11% higher that a neutral rating. However, Asian men have no interest (-24%) in black women. What is interesting is that White men now prefer Asian women (18%) over White women (5%). In 2009 White men still preferred White women (10%) over Asian women (6%). It is a rough world for Asian men and Black women. Only Asian women like Asian men. And not even Black men like Black women. http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/ Many Eurasian men are now despondent about their situation. White girls typically do not like Asian men. And Asian girls either want an Asian man or a White man. https://wilkes888.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/final-message-thank-you-everyone/ https://longingfordeath.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/eurasian-mental-illness-in-motion-example-number-1/ https://longingfordeath.wor...
The #NRORevolt continues. National Review, the old "conservative" magazine and think tank for the Republican Party is in disarray as their preferred candidate, Jeb Bush, is swirling down the drain in the polls. What makes matters worse is that former mainstream pundits such as Donald Trump and Ann Coulter are now embracing much of the Alt Right ideology. (I am convinced that Donald and Ann have been exposed to Alt Right websites and videos. Hi Ann!) Meanwhile many of the old fossils of of National Review and the Republican Party have not even heard of the Alt Right. And these dinosaurs are SHOCKED that younger Americans are moving away from the cuckservative platform of lower taxes for the rich, outsourcing American jobs and whoring for Israel. Poor Jeb Bush looks lost and confused about the change. This was the year he was supposed to be the Republican nominee so he could lose gracefully to Hillary. Then he could cry about what a historic occasion it is to have a President ...
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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