MOO-LAH!KENYANS TELL HILL: PAY US IN COWS FOR OBAMA INSULT (or goats or camels...)

The New York Post ^ | March 1, 2008 | GEOFF EARLE

[muawiyah]

Young goats Fur Shur.

[kalee]

Yesterday I read a similar article in The Independent, a British paper.I tried to post it but the source doesn;t allow posting on FR.
You can search the web for the article with this title.

Kenyans: ‘Apologise for Obama photo’

Make sure you read the last line which I quote below...

“If there was no apology, the elders would demand the expulsion of US troops based in the town of Garissa.”

[michigander]

Considering the circumstances, we've informed Chelsea that
since she's now part of the team it's time to step up.
We hope she really enjoys Kenya.

[BigCinBigD]

“Get a hold of yourself man. That would be a picture of a cow with mad cow disease!’

Know how you can tell if a cow has mad cow disease?

It go’s Moooooo,damn it.

[Issaquahking]

:)

[Slings and Arrows]

She could pay them in birds:

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[Stoat]

“If there was no apology, the elders would demand the expulsion of US troops based in the town of Garissa.”

It seems that the Kenyan 'elders' would prefer to have al-queda members in the town instead of American troops.  We should let them have their wish.

"Oh, you want us to return and clean up the terrorist trash that moved in while we were gone?  Sorry, we're busy elsewhere....helping people who appreciate the blood that we spill every day in order to make the world a better place."

[xenophiles]

Can anyone explain what the elders are complaining about? Do they take umbrage at being photographed? Do they consider their tribal clothing a private matter? Do they resent being used in a political attack on a man they consider kin? I know that some consider their suit insincere, but what is the alleged insult?

[Stoat]

Can anyone explain what the elders are complaining about?

From the article:

"Kefa Otiso, a Kenya expert at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, said the use of the photos for political purposes is a sensitive subject because it mocks the generosity of the tribal leaders, who were honoring Obama by dressing him in the clothing of a clan elder. "

Stoat translation:  "Tribal elders see an opportunity to get several thousand head of cattle for free"

[sageb1]

“It seems that the Kenyan ‘elders’ would prefer to have al-queda members in the town instead of American troops. We should let them have their wish.”

I don’t think the Christian Kenyans would appreciate that.

[Stoat]

I don’t think the Christian Kenyans would appreciate that.

Undoubtedly true....in which case they should 'persuade' the Kenyan tribal elders to be more hospitable to the American troops who are protecting them from just that very fate.

[martin_fierro]

l          o          l

[Lady Jag]

Hillary, "I'll pay them in cows!"

[xenophiles]

Thanks, I missed that line. But I still don't see how circulating the photo is mockery.

Another line is even more baffling:

Hussein Ali, a 32-year-old unemployed man outside Jamia Mosque in the capital Nairobi [how lazy can a reporter get?], told Reuters: "Obama's enemies are trying to portray him as a terrorist, saying all Muslims, and especially Somalis, are dangerous men."

This is just silly. Saying that a turban or other traditional Somali clothing is the garb of murderers would indeed be an insult, but nobody said that. Saying that many Americans would believe such an idiotic idea is an insult to Americans, not Somalis, and Clinton's people didn't even say it out loud. (And furthermore, Somali men, like men in many cultures, might be a little insulted if someone said they were not at all dangerous.)

[Fresh Wind]

Sorry, no camels, goats, or cows are available. Would a few pigs do?

[Stoat]

Thanks

You're quite welcome :-)

But I still don't see how circulating the photo is mockery

I would suggest that when a hotly-contested political campaign and the potential for millions of dollars (as well as several thousand head of prime cattle) in an unearned windfall are all at stake, seemingly innocuous things that would otherwise be overlooked are suddenly and magically found to cause offense, particularly when you have hysterical, emotional issues such as racial and cultural politics at play and particularly when it involves the one political party that has so very forcibly inflicted the sickness of divisive racial politics and 'the cult of the perpetually offended' upon not only the United States but on much of the rest of the planet as well.  In such a foul, seething cauldron of money, greed, ego and unhinged, apoplectic hysteria you're bound to have incidents like this crop up now and then.

It's still early in the year and there's lots of time until the election, after all.  Plenty of opportunity for more 'offensive incidents' to recur between now and November.

This is just silly.

Agreed, and I would imagine that you are looking at these events through the lens of sanity, reason and coherence.....none of which lend themselves particularly well to anything involving the Dems   :-)

[Stoat]

Sorry, no camels, goats, or cows are available. Would a few pigs do?

Somehow, I'm guessing that they would be far too offensive for the Kenyans.....

 

[mouser]

Furious Kenyan tribal elders said yesterday that they may slap Hillary Rodham Clinton with a fine for her campaign’s alleged role in publicizing photos of Barack Obama wearing a turban - and it must be paid in cows, goats or camels.

If she dose not pay them I see this as a win for hillery

you have two candidates one dressed as a muslem (obama )
and one who is willing to stand up against them (hillery)

[null and void]

Tip to Hillary!™:

Invest in cattle futures...

[null and void]

And all we said nobody wanted Code Pink. I guess we were wrong.

LOL! Perfect.

Ya know? Legally, you can't deport someone born here.

OTOH, exile...