Now THIS is how feminists should look! And protest!
Image courtesy of Jammie Wearing Fool
These ladies in the Ukraine know how to do a protest. They aren’t some skanks like that motley crew from Code Pink or some hags from NOW. They actually bring out the hot babes. Who cares what they’re actually protesting, they look good.
Seems like it was some Ukranian feminist group called Femen. And they were protesting something or other. I think they like democracy. I know they’d like capitalism! No need to do such things for free, girls!
Jammie Wearing Fool has the full story. Not that it really matters; who cares why they were protesting topless? Am I right, fellas? (and ladies, lest I be labeled a homophobe). But, they also have more pics.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
So now that we’ve seen the life-affirming, compassionate ad? They’re still at it. Now NOW says the ad was a “celebration” of violence against women. The Los Angeles Times reports:
Some anger persisted after the ad aired.
NOW president Terry O’Neill said it glorified violence against women. “I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it,” she said. “That’s what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don’t find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself.”
Yes, the same Terry O’Neill who said that the ad “created a climate” to overturn Roe v. Wade and did not empower women. You know, unlike NOW and the Feminist movement that seeks to keep women as victims.
Oh noes, my daughter just gave me a running tackle hug! I suppose I’d better file a domestic violence report against her. She’ll probably grow up to be one of those “self-hating, gender traitors with Stockholm Syndrome” like her Mom!
As for being “blown away”, the only thing that I’m blown away by is NOW’s utter stupidity and transparent hatred. NOW hates love!
P.S. I hope NOW didn’t see THIS ad. Violence against a Golden Girl. Egads!
Yes, I do realize that “feminist lunacy” is sort of redundant.
Those shocking ads, portraying a Mother’s love for her son, are what had Feminists’ panties (sorry for that visual) in a bunch. Of course, they had nothing to say about the Go Daddy ads, as Ed Morrissey notes. Lunacy.
In a statement to POLITICO, NOW President Terry O’Neill said that Palin is “missing our point.”
“The goal of the Focus on the Family ad is not to empower women. It’s to create a climate in which Roe v. Wade can be overturned,” O’Neill said. “There are always going to be women who need abortions. In this country, one in three women will have an abortion.”
Wow. An ad showing the love between a Mom and a son creates a “climate” to overturn Roe v. Wade? If Roe v. Wade is on such shaky ground, doesn’t that sort of take the wind out of the sails of the validity of your pro-abortion arguments, Miss O’Neill? And that is what they are: pro-abortion arguments. You see, self-proclaimed feminists are actually pro-abortion and anti-choice. We’ve seen that time and time again and it was only further evidenced by the insanity displayed over the mere hint of an ad focusing on a woman who chose not to abort. If you were truly pro-choice, you’d embrace examples of women who chose to continue with high-risk pregnancies, creating — and saving — LIFE.
You might want to remove any children (who you’ve been “punished” by) from the room before watching this. This is the pre-game ad. The second ad is allegedly more “controversial” and hasn’t been released yet. In that one, Mrs. Tebow may actually mention that she CHOSE (not the Newspeak feminist version of chose) not to have an abortion. Oh, the horror!
Terrifying stuff! This is part of what had all those feminists up in arms. Behold! If you can bear watching it without shielding your eyes in horror!
UPDATE: The 2nd Tebo ad ran. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seemed to be almost the same as the above and didn’t even mention Pam Tebow’s decision to continue her pregnancy and not abort. It was just more love between a Mom and son. Shocking!
And that is what had Feminists’ panties (sorry for that visual) in a bunch. Lunacy. Here is the 2nd ad:
She knocked it out of the park — with no teleprompter!
I’ll update and add some thoughts later. In the meantime, The Weekly Standard makes two excellent points that hint at a Presidential run for Sarah Palin:
The media are playing into Palin’s hands. They’ve used her celebrity as an excuse to cover her relentlessly even though she holds no office–and yet the attention helps her communicate to her supporters and reach out to audiences who may be giving her a second thought.
“We are the loyal opposition, and we have a vision for the future of our country, too,” Palin said. She repeatedly said the Tea Party movement does not need a leader. But is there an American politician who inspires such enthusiasm from her supporters (and her detractors)? And isn’t that a unique strength in a polarized age in which the ideological stakes are so high?
Hmm. Veddy interesting.
Also, I’m giggling madly at the thought that the media is actually aiding Palin. I’m sure they are just thrilled about that. Ah, karma is sweet.
Part One. See the full speech (5 parts, but well worth it) at The Right Scoop
That’s right; Obama can’t even “create or save” the creepy shrine-like store specializing in merchandise with his likeness. It’s a sure sign that the honeymoon is totally over when even the sheep-like and the “hipsters” (redundant?) are far too ashamed to continue wearing Obama head t-shirts — although, I thought they always should have been embarrassed by that. And by being hipsters.
I really don’t have much to say about this, except for:
This time last year, the Obama Store was teeming with customers. Ideally situated in the basement of Washington’s Union Station, the store was filled with consumers eager to buy anything with Obama’s likeness while others took pictures of the life-size cut-outs of the president and first lady. Now, the Obama Store is boarded up.
Even though Hannah Giles is younger, way younger, sigh, than I am, I want to be her when I grow up. Best. Smackdown. Ever. For those who didn’t see the show, the creepy Bob Beckel called Hannah Giles, Queen of the awesome ACORN take-down, a Ho during his Monday night appearance on “Hannity.” In case you also don’t know, Tony Snow wrote one of Beckel’s speeches for him one time when Beckel was hungover after being drunk off his arse. Seems that, even allegedly sober, he is still a drunken lout. Hannah Giles responds:
This isn’t the first time he has been befuddled by a young woman’s actions. In the summer of 2002 Beckel came to know 20-year old “Tiffany,” a professional hooker who, after establishing a business relationship with him, attempted to extort $50,000 in exchange for her not exposing their relationship to his ex-wife and employers.
Don’t believe it, don’t remember it, want to get the facts? Check the police report for the gory details:
She also took a swipe at Obama’s White House, referencing a constituent who “fears that there’s no one in your administration that understands what it means to go to work on Monday and make a payroll on Friday.“
Of course, she’s likely only finally getting a bit of the old “Oh, Snap” because she’s facing a fierce re-election battle. Still, it made me giggle madly. And she’s correct. Obama has little real world experience and he has surrounded himself with others who are lacking in that area as well. They can read fancy books and stuff, but that’s about all. It’s all theory; they’ve never actually put anything into practice.
Obama’s response to Senator Lincoln:
Obama responded by defending steps his administration has taken to right the economy and said “Moving forward, Blanche, what you’re going to hear from some folks…[is that] the only way to provide stability is to go back and do what we did before the crisis.”
The president reiterated that he would not return to past policies.
“If the price of certainty is for us to adopt the exact same proposals that were in place for eight years leading up to the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression…the result is going to be the same.”
Oh, really? He will not return to past policies that created the Crisis ™ ? Great! That must mean he is getting rid of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, I presume. He must also be planning to get rid of some of the growth-killing regulations that were in effect as well the past 8 years. Right?
It seems that advertising executives now think it’s totally cool to include teens in that whole “sex sells” marketing tool. Diesel Jeans has a new ad campaign running, called Be Stupid (sadly, they mean it unironically) wherein they encourage people to “have balls.” Okay, “having balls,” or as grown-ups like to say, taking risks, has its merits, and on the surface is a good thing. However, you don’t need to be stupid to have guts. You also don’t need to be trampy:
Image courtesy of We Are The Real Deal
Show us your t*ts, girls! Yes, girls. The ad ran in Nylon magazine, for one, which, while not officially a “teen magazine,” is read by teens and young women. Objectify much, Diesel? Not to mention, the tagline “stupid has balls.” Hey, guess what? Smart can have “balls” too. In fact, I don’t think it takes any balls to be stupid. Stupid is easy.
It’s easy to be shocking. It’s harder to be smart. I think Greg Gutfeld said that, but I’m stealing it because I like it.
When Bush mispronounced nuclear, the left went bananas. It became someone he was bashed for non-stop. Obama’s misspoken plenty of times, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so offended — and I’m not even in the military.
Cassy Fiano is right. Sure, some may (and I’m sure will) say that it seems like nit-picking and acting “just like them”, but it is the military. And he is the Commander in Chief. Shouldn’t he know how to pronounce the rank titles of the men and women who put their very lives on the line for their Country — and at HIS command?
Worst person/entity in the world? You decide! I won’t hold my breath for Keith Olbermann to make them so, however. Remember, racism, straight up, is totally cool as long as you are of the “correct” political stripe. Olby is just dumb enough to consider an entity a purveyor of sweet, sweet liberal policy.
As part of this commitment NBC Universal established the Diversity Council in 2000. Made up of leaders from across the company, the Council has made strides in increasing diversity and creating programs that encourage diverse individuals to pursue careers in media and entertainment or explore business opportunities with the company.
Hey, here’s an idea — stop splitting people up into groups! Try and think like the rest of us. We see people as, you know, people.
The indefatigable John Hawkins recently interviewed John Yoo, one of the authors of what have become known as the “torture memos.” The memos were actually the legal arguments that the Bush Administration used as the basis for the employment of enhanced interrogation techniques.
In the afterword part of your book, you didn’t seem to think highly of putting terrorists captured on the battlefield through the civilian court system. Can you give a brief explanation of why?
I think it’s a terrible idea for a number of reasons and we’re seeing that right now with the proposed trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City. It’s not even really whether he’s going to be convicted or not in the end, although you have a much higher chance of an acquittal, I think, in a civilian court. Really, it’s for three reasons.
One is if we’re going to put these folks in civilian court, we’re probably going to start treating them like criminal defendants right away, which means that we’re drying up the most important source of information that we have on Al Qaeda and its pending attacks. The thing to remember is that this is an enemy that has no country, no territory, and no cities or population. They have no regular armed forces. So the only way we can gain intelligence on where they’re going to attack is from their own people. So, if we’re going to start giving them with Miranda warnings and lawyers, we’re going to dry up our best source of information.
The second thing is we’re going to have to open up our files and produce in open court the intelligence sources and methods that we used to capture them. So essentially, the trials have become a trial of the CIA and how did they know where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was, how did they capture him, what intelligence did we get, and so on. That would be an intelligence bonanza for Al Qaeda.
The third thing is that it’s going to create terrible incentives for our men and women who are actually on the battlefield carrying out the fight against Al Qaeda. If they are going to detain Al Qaeda operatives abroad, they have to assume there’s a chance that they might be tried in civilian court. So, they’re going to have to start following the rules that govern our own police officers — but on the battlefield. They’re going to have to read Miranda warnings, let them have access to a lawyer in the battlefield area, collect witness statements, collect evidence on the field — and make sure it gets transported back to New York and Washington. Think about that — they have to do that while they’re also performing their missions, fighting the enemy, and protecting their own safety. I think it’s going to put our men and women in uniform even more in harm’s way than is necessary to beat Al Qaeda.
I was right across the street from the CVS, and I waited for the crosswalk light to tell me to go before I crossed. I had plenty of time left, according to the countdown clock. I was more than halfway there when a black SUV made an illegal left turn and hit me head-on. I absolutely had the right of way. I yelled something like, “Are you really doing this?” as it hit me before I could move. I landed on my face on the street and smashed my glasses and scraped my hand and immediately I knew something was wrong with my left knee ….
One last thing: I’m told by multiple people that the SUV that hit me was Secret Service. If this is true, I want to know why that happened. I was crossing legally, and they just left me there. At the very least, I want an apology. What happened to me was wrong.
Let me for the moment play Treacher’s advocate: if he’s right (and I’m not saying he is), could Demon Sheep be a distraction? Glenn Beck? Bueller?
Conspiracy theories abound! All I know is that if it was the Secret Service, they owe Jim Treacher/Sean Medlock not only an apology, but a nice check. I’d also warn other outspoken conservatives to be wary of black SUVs (racist?) in D.C.
On a serious note (I deflect with humor. Or, rather, alleged humor. Sigh) please get well soon, Sean! I’m awfully sorry this happened to you and I hope you mend quickly. On the plus side, enjoy the pain pills! Rest and get well; plenty of time to get the bastids then! My thoughts and prayers are with you.
** UPDATE: The Daily Caller tweets:
Secret Service not involved with Jim Treacher’s accident last night. Working to confirm it was a State Department security employee.
Still, the State Department should fire this dude. Hit and run is A CRIME. He could always get a job at CNN like Rick Sanchez and Jack Cafferty, both of whom were involved in DUI hit and run accidents. Sanchez KILLED his victim.
The State Department has refused to answer basic questions about an accident that took place in Washington on Wednesday night, in which a U.S. Diplomatic Security Service vehicle struck Daily Caller employee Sean Medlock as he was crossing the street.
An agent in the vehicle, Mike McGuinn, did not identify himself to Medlock at the scene, or apologize for running him down. Indeed, Washington, D.C., police drove to a local emergency room to serve Medlock with a jaywalking citation as he lay prostrate in a hospital bed, while a man who identified himself as “special agent” stood by watching and taking notes.
Reached on his cell phone the following day by the Daily Caller, McGuinn refused to answer questions about the incident.
Carly for California released this ad for Carly Fiorina. Try to get to the 2 minute mark at least, where the disturbing hilarity really ensues.
Firstly, FCINO ( Fiscal Conservative In Name Only) is a bit cumbersome and doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. That’s important to me, in a slur. Plus, it doesn’t really negate the RINO term that has been pinned on Fiorina.
Secondly, the narrator is spooky. It sounds like he should be doing voice-over work for a really bad basic cable “true crime” show.
Oh, the horror. California, don’t unleash the Demon Sheep!
Vote Carly! She’s not an evil, creepy sheep!
Let me be clear: I am not, nor have I ever been, a demon sheep.
Vote. Or DIE. At the hands of the demon sheep!
UPDATE:Just in: “It is not Barbara Boxer’s seat. It’s the Demon Sheep’s seat! (If you know what’s good for you. Mwa ha ha)
UPDATE II: Andrew Sullivan, at the daily dish, calls for an investigation into the Demon Sheep ’s uterus.
UPDATE III: Harry Reid has great hopes for the Demon Sheep. He’s light-wooled and baaas with no “negro dialect.”
Obama can’t seem to keep that “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” thing straight. He keeps forgetting that you have to GO to Vegas first and, instead, he is constantly deterring people from visiting the sin-alicious city.
“He has a real psychological hang up about the entertainment capitol of the world. An apology won’t be acceptable this time, I don’t know where his vendetta comes from but we’re not going to let him make his bones by lambasting Las Vegas, that’s why (the press) is here today.
“He didn’t learn his lesson the first time, but when he hurt our economy by his ill conceived rhetoric, we didn’t think it would happen again, but now that it has I want to assure you, when he comes I’ll do everything I can to give him the boot back to Washington and to visit his failures back there.
“I gotta tell you this, everybody says I shouldn’t say it, but I gotta tell you the way it is. This president is a real slow learner.”
I’d want to make him “America’s Mayor” for the slow learner line alone, but he went one better. From Fox News:
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said during a hastily called news conference that Obama is no friend to Las Vegas and would not be welcomed here if he visits. “I’ll do everything I can to give him the boot,” Goodman said
“He has to step up right away and say, you know, he wasn’t thinking,” Goodman said. “Sometimes when he’s not using his monitors and reading what he says, he doesn’t think. And this is one of those times he didn’t think, and he should straighten out the record because he’s been here, he knows Las Vegas is a great place.”
Mayor Goodman, you are made of awesome. Just like Vegas! (if you are looking for a spokeswoman who doesn’t, you know, totally diss your city, call me! )
Today, during the question and answer period between Obama and Democrats, Barbara Boxer asked if Obama could, you know, sign stuff like Executive Orders, and force banks to lend money. No, really. She asked that.
Dear Ma’am: Who is John Galt? (Okay, I hate the overuse of that phrase, but it’s appropriate here)
I thank Babs, Ma’am for lifting the veil even further. This is how they think. This is the role they want government to play. This is the power they want to cede to The State.
So, Rahm Emanuel took a page from his boss’ joke book and tossed about the word “retarded” at a strategy session in August. From the Wall Street Journal:
The friction was laid bare in August when Mr. Emanuel showed up at a weekly strategy session featuring liberal groups and White House aides. Some attendees said they were planning to air ads attacking conservative Democrats who were balking at Mr. Obama’s health-care overhaul.
“F—ing retarded,” Mr. Emanuel scolded the group, according to several participants. He warned them not to alienate lawmakers whose votes would be needed on health care and other top legislative items.
Once this was reported, Sarah Palin issued a statement, calling for Rahm to apologize and questioning why this term is acceptable in Obama’s administration. Clearly, making fun of the developmentally disabled (I’m not talking about liberals this time) is A-OK, since even Obama made that Special Olympics “joke” during an appearance on The Tonight Show. Palin’s statement can be found in full at her facebook page. Here is an excerpt:
The Obama Administration’s Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them, “F—ing retarded,” according to several participants, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the “N-word” or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities – and the people who love them – is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking.
A patriot in North Andover, Massachusetts, notified me of Rahm’s “retarded” slam. I join this gentleman, who is the father of a beautiful child born with Down Syndrome, in asking why the Special Olympics, National Down Syndrome Society and other groups condemning Rahm’s degrading scolding have been completely ignored by the White House. No comment from his boss, the president?
Thank you, Sarah Palin. It’s about time we use Alinsy’s rules against them! Alinsky’s fourth rule? Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
They are the Politically Correct Police for everyone else, all the time. Good grief, we are even called racist — constantly — for merely disagreeing with Obama’s policies. We are called out for every word they deem politically incorrect. Remember George Allen and that whole “Macaca” deal? Dude, he was vilified for a word that no one even knew!
And Palin just showed that making them attempt to live up to their own rule book works. Rahm was forced to apologize.
“Rahm called Tim Shriver Wednesday to apologize and the apology was accepted,” the official said. “The White House remains committed to addressing the concerns and needs of Americans living with disabilities and recognizes that derogatory remarks demean us all.”
The best part? He apologized to the Special Olympics, but NOT to the Liberals he called retarded. As it should be; I think his biggest insult was to the developmentally disabled — for comparing them to Liberals.
U.S. President Barack Obama bows to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio at MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Tampa, Fla.
(AP Photo/Edmund Fountain, Pool)
Obama once again proves that he is a subservient nincompoop, so lacking in a backbone that he can’t even stand upright at times. Not only is Obama, the supposed Leader of the Free World, prostrating himself and subjugating himself in front of foreigners, he is now just doing it willy-nilly, with even less rhyme or reason. Bowing. To the mayor ofTampa.
Dude. His incompetence and level of cringe-inducing embarrassment has reached new heights. Or lows? Well, at least maybe this shows that he is finally realizing what we all know?
Good grief! There is one thing for certain that Obama is not “creating or saving” (besides jobs): Trees!
Behold, the budget:
So, now we know more about what Obama hates: Jobs, capitalism and trees. I hope the environmentalists get on this tree genocide case tout de suite! (I’m saying it fancy, so they’ll pay attention. They like that “citizen of the world” stuff)
P.S. This is the one instance where I don’t want to be able to truthfully say “Oh, baby, you are sooo big.” In fact, I wish there was some shrinkage.
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