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Wed Feb-18-09 11:26 AM
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| 3. What about the editor? |
| -NY Post cartoonist under fire for portraying stimulus author as a dead chimp |
kpete |
Feb-18-09 11:20 AM |
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A flagrant abuse of free speech |
bluestateguy |
Feb-18-09 11:22 AM |
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Yeah, damn those free-speech-abusing protests about racism .... |
Spazito |
Feb-18-09 11:29 AM |
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You do know that I kid around? |
bluestateguy |
Feb-18-09 11:32 AM |
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My apologies! |
Spazito |
Feb-18-09 11:38 AM |
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Let's throw the light of reason on this debate |
timtom |
Feb-19-09 02:53 PM |
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such a tasteless cartoon. And I say that as someone who dabbled in underground comix |
KittyWampus |
Feb-18-09 11:23 AM |
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i saw |
kpete |
Feb-18-09 11:26 AM |
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What about the editor? |
lame54 |
Feb-18-09 11:26 AM |
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But...George W. Bush didn't write the stimulus bill! |
Quantess |
Feb-18-09 11:28 AM |
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Neither did Obama!!!!! n/t |
Zywiec |
Feb-18-09 11:34 AM |
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Quiet! You'll ruin the media fire storm with your "facts"! |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 12:22 PM |
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and think there wouldn't be no stimulus bill if george didn't fuck up everything. |
bdamomma |
Feb-19-09 08:38 AM |
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The year is 2003. |
SOS |
Feb-18-09 11:34 AM |
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Advocating the murder of the President is supposed to be illegal, but I guess it only appliesl |
T Wolf |
Feb-18-09 11:35 AM |
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Lost me. How is this advocating the murder of the president??? |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 11:41 AM |
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The pigs shot the stand-in for Pres. Obama, or am I looking at a different cartoon? |
T Wolf |
Feb-18-09 12:01 PM |
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it is what it looks like to me. n/t |
seabeyond |
Feb-18-09 12:18 PM |
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Ahh - OK - I did not look at it that way. (as I know Obama did not write the bill). |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 12:21 PM |
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purposely obtuse? of course you are excusing something outrageous |
seabeyond |
Feb-18-09 12:37 PM |
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What? |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 12:42 PM |
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No matter how you try to twist it Obama did not author the bill. |
951-Riverside |
Feb-19-09 12:00 PM |
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Oh, please. You can't be that ignorant. |
closeupready |
Feb-18-09 12:21 PM |
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I did. Saw it as comparing the bill writers to having the intelligence of a monkey. Who wrote it? |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 12:23 PM |
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You're blind, too? |
closeupready |
Feb-18-09 12:34 PM |
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Cops...dead monkey... guns.. text... cars...sidewalk... |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 12:37 PM |
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Okay. So you're eight years old then, right? |
closeupready |
Feb-18-09 12:40 PM |
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Must be obtuse, as I don't get this either... Blind? 8 yrs old? Not following. |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 12:43 PM |
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Never mind. You are the only one playing dumb here, so it doesn't matter. |
closeupready |
Feb-18-09 01:23 PM |
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Cheers! You too! nt |
jmg257 |
Feb-18-09 02:11 PM |
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Isn't the Post a right wing rag? |
Zodiak |
Feb-18-09 11:43 AM |
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It's allowed in the US because of free speech. |
Quantess |
Feb-18-09 12:12 PM |
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Sorry, when I mean allowed, I meant the editors allowing it |
Zodiak |
Feb-18-09 03:27 PM |
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Sounds about right. |
Quantess |
Feb-18-09 08:58 PM |
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We have this thing called freedom of speech |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Feb-18-09 12:36 PM |
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This is not an issue of freedom of speech |
Zodiak |
Feb-18-09 03:22 PM |
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I'm not saying that should do it, I'm just saying they have the right to |
HarukaTheTrophyWife |
Feb-18-09 03:33 PM |
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Don't know if you saw this or not |
timtom |
Feb-19-09 02:51 PM |
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Someone might inform Al Sharpton that the President doesn't write legislation... |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 12:21 PM |
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maybe inform the feller who did the cartoon. |
spanone |
Feb-18-09 12:44 PM |
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So we just ASSUME he's a racist, and make up whichever facts necessary to support our conclusion? |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 01:13 PM |
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My crossword puzzle has many more WHITE squares than BLACK ones |
Seeking Serenity |
Feb-18-09 03:11 PM |
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The Times article indicates this cartoonist has a history of offensive work |
Lavender Brown |
Feb-18-09 05:33 PM |
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To the general public -- |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 01:09 PM |
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I'm sorry, but I'd like something more substantial than third party misconceptions |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 01:14 PM |
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Look... |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 01:31 PM |
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You've skipped a step: President Obama DID NOT WRITE THE STIMULUS BILL. |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 01:37 PM |
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You're being obtuse. |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 01:43 PM |
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*I'm* being obtuse? I think you are projecting. |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 03:06 PM |
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One more time: I know Obama didn't write the thing, okay? |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 05:56 PM |
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I'm sorry, but if it takes you two or three leaps of logic to brand something as "racist" |
Romulox |
Feb-19-09 07:11 AM |
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The point is the perception of the general public |
sunnybrook |
Feb-19-09 08:34 AM |
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OK. What makes you think that you have some unique insight into same? |
Romulox |
Feb-19-09 11:11 AM |
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most people who read a newspaper regularly? |
sunnybrook |
Feb-19-09 11:55 AM |
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Most people who saw the strip in its original context saw it in the paper. |
Romulox |
Feb-19-09 11:59 AM |
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It's known as "Obama's Stimulus Plan". |
Lars39 |
Feb-18-09 01:33 PM |
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He didn't write it. nt |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 01:38 PM |
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He signed it. |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 01:47 PM |
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The cartoon didn't say a word about signing anything,. |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 03:02 PM |
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You're absolutely infuriating, Romulux. |
Chorophyll |
Feb-18-09 06:01 PM |
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I think it's telling that you find a respectfully voiced difference of opinion "infuriating" |
Romulox |
Feb-19-09 07:09 AM |
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Yes. You've got me pegged. |
Chorophyll |
Feb-19-09 08:18 AM |
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Agreed. |
Romulox |
Feb-19-09 11:07 AM |
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A distinction mostly overlooked by the media and watching public. |
Lars39 |
Feb-18-09 01:47 PM |
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So is this projecting? *I* didn't know that the President didn't write the bill |
Romulox |
Feb-18-09 03:03 PM |
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Name removed |
Feb-18-09 02:22 PM |
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And I blame George W. Bush! |
sofa king |
Feb-18-09 12:36 PM |
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What a fucking racist asshole |
ismnotwasm |
Feb-18-09 05:20 PM |
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DISGUSTING |
Raine |
Feb-18-09 05:40 PM |
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aside from the obvious racism as a first thought |
radfringe |
Feb-19-09 07:19 AM |
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this is full frontal assault on this President by the media whores |
bdamomma |
Feb-19-09 08:36 AM |
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BINGO! |
Karenina |
Feb-19-09 01:51 PM |
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It's pure fucking racism, and anyone who says it's not is racist themself. Period. |
Redstone |
Feb-19-09 01:49 PM |
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Go pound sand. |
Seeking Serenity |
Feb-19-09 03:20 PM |
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What does that mean, "Go pound sand"? |
ZombieHorde |
Feb-19-09 03:22 PM |
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It's an expression of disdain, akin to "Go fly a kite." |
Seeking Serenity |
Feb-19-09 03:38 PM |
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Wow, now it makes sense. Thanks for lesson. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Feb-19-09 03:42 PM |
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And you have a most wonderful rest of your day! |
Seeking Serenity |
Feb-19-09 03:44 PM |
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New Yor Post Contact Link ......... email your comments here: |
TWiley |
Feb-19-09 02:25 PM |
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Here is a copy of my first email to the Post |
TWiley |
Feb-19-09 02:27 PM |
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