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Ariz. to still allow racist images on trucks
MSNBC ^ | 02/15/2007

Posted on 02/20/2007 12:26:19 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

PHOENIX - It's still going to be legal in Arizona for trucks to have splash guards with racist terms and silhouettes of naked women.

The House on Thursday rejected a Democratic amendment that would have banned splash guards with "images that are obscene or hateful."

The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Ed Ableser of Tempe, said he'd seen a splash guard that used the word "pickaninny" — a derogatory term for black children — and said his proposal was intended "to make sure those individuals that have hateful motives don't express or push those images upon others in our communities."

Rep. Theresa Ulmer, D-Yuma, supported the amendment and said it fit with lawmakers' other efforts to crack down on pornography and sexual predators.

"I personally am tired of explaining to my 11-year-old son why they (women) are depicted on mud flaps, but not all women are 36Ds. He's very confused by that," Ulmer said. "But seriously, this is about family values — what are we going to send out as a message to our children."

No law on 'hateful' Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, opposed the amendment, saying it probably violated First Amendment protections for free speech and that "hateful" isn't defined by law.

Democratic Rep. Ben Miranda of Phoenix voted for the amendment but said he did so only because he felt compelled to do so because a vote against it could be misconstrued.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: freespeech; mudflap; nakedwomen; pickaninny
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To: Responsibility2nd
"Democratic Rep. Ben Miranda of Phoenix voted for the amendment but said he did so only because he felt compelled to do so because a vote against it could be misconstrued."

If you want to vote against something it's a huge misconstruction to vote for it.


41 posted on 02/20/2007 12:40:56 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"The kid's 11 years old and confused by 36 D's?"

The kid is probably yelling, "Hey mom! I said disappointed not confused!"

42 posted on 02/20/2007 12:41:11 PM PST by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: umgud
Does that mean that my bumper sticker that says "Run Hillary Run" is offensive just because it's on the front bumper?

Is it backwards so we can read it in our rear-view mirror?

43 posted on 02/20/2007 12:41:32 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: CFC__VRWC

"I personally am tired of explaining to my 11-year-old son why they (women) are depicted on mud flaps, but not all women are 36Ds."

Just explain that it is a travesty of life, like hurricanes or earthquakes.

Fortunately medical science has made great strides in this regard, and horrible, life crippling, birth or congenital defects of this nature can be remedied.


44 posted on 02/20/2007 12:41:49 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Pickaninny?! Dang!... All this time I thought it said...

"Pick-a-winner!"

45 posted on 02/20/2007 12:42:57 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: Responsibility2nd

Mudflap Girl
Tumbuk3

It's a lonesome strecth out on Highway 9
Just another semi moving up from behind
Eyes are getting heavy, brain's about to bust
When a light comes shining through the diesel dust

It's that mudflap girl
Flashing in my headlight beams
That little mudflap girl
Shining like a midnight dream

Hey where are you going?
I guess you're going my way
I know you can't hear me talking
Still I just gotta say
You look so damned sexy sitting there
With your chrome steel curves
And your long chrome hair

Hey mudflap girl
Flashing in my headlight beam
I'll follow you around the world
You are my midnight dream

You pack no suitcase, you wear no dress
You ask no questions, you answer yes
You see no evil, you tell no lies
'Cause you have no mouth and you have no eyes

Hey mudflap girl
Flashing in my headlight beam
I'll follow you around the world
You are my midnight dream

Blacktop angel goddess, Queen of wanderlust
May your perfect body never turn to rust
Wherever you may be going
Don't ever lose that shine
Gotta keep them big wheels rolling
Straight down Highway 9


46 posted on 02/20/2007 12:43:22 PM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: wtc911
Owned is such a harsh word for someone's offspring
47 posted on 02/20/2007 12:43:22 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ahh.. the joy of keywords.

Added pickaninny. No other threads have pickaninny as a keyword. (yet)

Added nakedwomen. As I thought, there are a few other threads under this keyword.

(But not enough)

Keywords. Gotta love 'em.


48 posted on 02/20/2007 12:44:02 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
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To: SMM48
The Teamsters Union may be behind this lunacy as a way to harass independent truckers and small operators.
49 posted on 02/20/2007 12:44:45 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Don't let any government impose any more restrictions on free speech, because they sure as heck have no intention of stopping the trashing of Christian white males.


50 posted on 02/20/2007 12:44:59 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (freedom of speech - lost sometime between 1964 and 2007)
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To: texas_mrs

Yes I can.

Wait.

Did I say that out loud?

(Must stop posting before thinking)


51 posted on 02/20/2007 12:45:21 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Pickaninny?

Ditto on that. I doubt if one person in a hundred would know what it refers to. I think I've heard the word before, never knew it was a racist term.


52 posted on 02/20/2007 12:46:44 PM PST by -YYZ-
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To: Responsibility2nd
The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Ed Ableser of Tempe, said he'd seen a splash guard that used the word "pickaninny"

I'd say that old Ed here should lay off the moonshine before he sets out on the road.

53 posted on 02/20/2007 12:47:24 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (¡El proletariado del mundo, une! - Xuygo Chavez)
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To: sam_paine

That's a great song!

Thanks.


54 posted on 02/20/2007 12:47:36 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
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To: Dixie Yooper

How does one discuss slavery without using words like owned?


55 posted on 02/20/2007 12:47:51 PM PST by wtc911 (You can't get there from here)
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To: avg_freeper

And every young woman, as well.


56 posted on 02/20/2007 12:49:06 PM PST by Red Boots
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To: Responsibility2nd
The amendment's sponsor, Rep. Ed Ableser of Tempe, said he'd seen a splash guard that used the word "pickaninny" — a derogatory term for black children...

That was just Evan Meacham's car...why punish the whole state? ;)

57 posted on 02/20/2007 12:50:07 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Desperately Seeking Freedom
We deserve to be annihilated by aliens.

"We'd make great pets."

58 posted on 02/20/2007 12:51:04 PM PST by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

If the kid knows what a 36D is, why does she need to explain anything else?

Aren't there some illegal aliens in Arizona this witch needs to worry about and legislate against?


59 posted on 02/20/2007 12:51:04 PM PST by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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To: wtc911

We aren't discussing slavery, we are discussing names for children.


60 posted on 02/20/2007 12:51:08 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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