Posted on 10/20/2009 5:57:42 PM PDT by Mo1
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Re #1102 Beautiful!
Oy!
And back to you Darlin.
The list that black people want to avoid
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
By Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Aaron McGruder, the creator of the now-defunct comic strip "The Boondocks," had a recurring story line that became legendary for its mean-spiritedness: "The Most Embarrassing Black People Awards."
Last year, I decided to continue these awards because, well, they're fun and there's never a shortage of candidates rolling back black folks' hard-won progress.
In 2008, Alan Keyes, the Somali pirates and Kanye West made the list. Kanye is obviously a perennial, but he brought a fresh batch of new faces with him this year. So, without further ado, these are the Most Embarrassing Black People of 2009:
Whoopi Goldberg, who said of the three-decade-old charges against fugitive director Roman Polanski, "I know it wasn't rape-rape," though he had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old after plying her with drugs and alcohol and taking nude pictures of her in a tub. Talk about "dumb-dumb" glibness.
Michael Steele, the gaffe-prone Republican National Committee chairman, said too many idiotic things this year to list here. His plan to attract blacks to the GOP with hip-hop-inspired slang, his rejection of global warming, his comparing embryonic cell research to the Holocaust and his endorsement of GOP fear-mongering about "death panels" says a lot about his mercenary politics. Even white folks are tired of him.
ACORN does a lot of good work with low-income people, but too many criminal-minded folks work in its front offices. Conservative activists caught several on camera advising a "pimp" and "prostitute" on how to avoid taxes and declare underage prostitutes from South America as tax deductions. Now, outlandish theories about ACORN stealing the 2008 election sound a lot more plausible to millions of paranoids.
Kanye West was called "a jackass" by no less than Barack Obama after storming the stage during the MTV Video Music Awards to protest singer Taylor Swift's winning over one of his friends. Kanye lives on this list.
"Chris" the black guy who showed up at an Obama rally in Phoenix last summer carrying an AR-15 rifle and a handgun. Now we know that the next Lee Harvey Oswald won't necessarily be an alienated white guy.
Dr. Conrad Murray, who administered the powerful anesthetic propofol to Michael Jackson on the day he died. Good luck in finding an impartial jury, Doc.
Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary with only one job: make sure no one gets in uninvited. When two reality show wannabes got next to the president during his first White House state dinner, she was cavorting with the glitterati instead of doing her job. Ms. Rogers let the Secret Service take the fall instead of admitting that her negligence got the ball rolling.
The D.C. detective who drew his service weapon on hundreds of 20- and 30-somethings having a snowball fight arranged by Twitter. Cell phone cameras caught the action, so there was no plausible denial. The detective has since been "reassigned" to desk duty pending an investigation.
Baby-faced R&B singer Chris Brown, who can't understand why everyone is still mad at him for beating up former girlfriend Rihanna. Even R. Kelly is getting more love these days. Why isn't there a statute of limitations on domestic violence?
Tiger Woods. OK, we know he's technically "Cablinasian," but because we can't find Cablinasia on the map, black folks are stuck with him. People who used to claim the world's greatest golfer for their ethnic group are quietly ceding him back to black folks until the scandal blows over. Still, Al Sharpton won't be coming to this guy's defense anytime soon.
President Barack Obama. No, we're not officially putting him on the list -- yet. The 44th president of the United States should consider the embarrassing possibility he'll be on it next year, though.
Mr. Obama came up short in the leadership department too many times in 2009. Instead of making great speeches, he should fight for a set of core beliefs, even if he loses. He needs to make a stand.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman for not including Alicia Keys' brilliant "The Element of Freedom" on his list of the best CDs of 2009. He will probably feel the same way about Mary J. Blige's new CD once he gets a copy of it.
A few good examples of unacceptable conduct. This writer is certainly not conservative but I do appreciate his willingness to publically chastise bad behavior instead of ignoring or condoning it. Unfortunately, he failed to include all the "folks" who encourage this dumbing down of values, morality and decency by their silence.
*rolling eyes*
You’ve been chewing on the mistletoe, haven’t you, Gramps.
Lol! Ahhh, little boys....it’s a wonder any of them make it to adulthood!
That one may have ruined his chances of passing on his genes.
I just hang around underneath it and enjoy the doublemint pleasure.......
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Quadruple one!!!!
*Off to buy lottery ticket*
Wait.. what would a shark do with lottery innings?
Heh...I noticed Lame isn’t laughing at the video. It’s probably happened to him a few times, too. :)
Sharks has caused that a few times.
Nutz! Missed it again!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY FREEPER FRIENDS and especially to those on THIS thread!! Have a great and blessed day!! CO
Dallas had about an inch of snow and they freaked out. It's no wonder the south lost the war......
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Happy New Year, let's hope 2010 is better, and may we be gifted with Harry, Nancy, and Bambi's approval numbers in single digits by November..............
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