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Iowahawk: It Takes a Proverb to Run a Village
Iowahawk | January 28, 2009 | David Burge

Posted on 01/29/2009 11:50:56 AM PST by EveningStar

As grad student experts have long taught us, Western culture is quick to marginalize and devalue knowledge from the "Other." For example, look at the recent ridicule aimed at the "Egg of Power" sculpture President Obama keeps in the Oval Office. There is a disturbing hint of racism to the ridicule, because that sculpture happens to refer to a traditional proverb that comes from, depending on how you Google it, either Kenya or a 1993 Hallmark Kwanzaa card. Would these critics be so cavalier in their snickering if the president had brought some traditional white art, like a Successories poster or replica Harry Potter wand?

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: iowahawk; proverbs; satire
This is satire.
1 posted on 01/29/2009 11:50:56 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: dighton; IowaHawk

ping


2 posted on 01/29/2009 11:51:27 AM PST by EveningStar (Socialism in the USA began in 1933. In 2009 it kicked into warp drive.)
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To: EveningStar

It’s kind of sad you had to say that, in the big black letters and all. Iowahawk is a genius.


3 posted on 01/29/2009 11:53:56 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: EveningStar
LOL!

"Embrace the foreigner, for he only wants to know what love is."
Mulleti

4 posted on 01/29/2009 11:54:09 AM PST by Constitution Day (Big Brotha Is Watching You)
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To: EveningStar

5 posted on 01/29/2009 11:58:41 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 10 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: Constitution Day
"Give a man a fish, he will eat today. Promise a man a million fish, he will contribute heap big wampum to your tribal election campaign fund."

Iroquois

6 posted on 01/29/2009 11:59:27 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: EveningStar

I keep the double mocha latte of productivity on my desk.


7 posted on 01/29/2009 12:01:29 PM PST by auntyfemenist (If only FDR could come on TV again to encourage us.)
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To: EveningStar

I thought Dave was cleaning out his junk drawer...


8 posted on 01/29/2009 12:03:46 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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To: auntyfemenist
"The tawny kitten writhes before the white snake."
Mulleti


9 posted on 01/29/2009 12:04:10 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 10 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: EveningStar
My fav:

"The power of the leader is like his loincloth: worn too tight it will ride up and chafe, worn too loose it will expose all his junk." Ibo

10 posted on 01/29/2009 12:05:07 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Computer says No..... Carole Beer)
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To: EveningStar

Some really funny stuff. This one could have come from Woody Allen in his prime:

“Remember that the egg of power will drop if held too loosely; and an egg cannot break a rock. Okay, maybe if it’s some sort of crazy unbreakable super-duper-power egg. But then you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs, and neither can you make an omelet with broken rocks. It would taste like crap, and be hella hard on your teeth enamel. That is why you should probably just order the waffles.”
- Luo


11 posted on 01/29/2009 12:18:06 PM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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To: EveningStar

12 posted on 01/29/2009 12:37:48 PM PST by Leisler
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To: EveningStar

“The clever old leopard does not fear double parking in Midtown, for his limo has UN plates and he has diplomatic immunity.”

Malawi


13 posted on 01/29/2009 12:47:14 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: secret garden

Yeah, he’s really been firing on all cylinders lately!


14 posted on 01/29/2009 12:57:08 PM PST by Pessimist
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To: EveningStar

“While the polar bear bickers with the seal, that fat @$$hole walrus snarfs all the fish.”
Inuit

“Cola up the nostril makes one sit up and take notice.”
Darnright


15 posted on 01/29/2009 12:58:49 PM PST by Darnright (A penny saved is a government oversight)
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To: secret garden
It’s kind of sad you had to say that, in the big black letters and all. Iowahawk is a genius.

Unfortunately, past experiences with posting Iowahawk columns have rendered this necessary.

16 posted on 01/29/2009 1:16:43 PM PST by EveningStar (Socialism in the USA began in 1933. In 2009 it kicked into warp drive.)
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To: EveningStar

The thought of pelting O with eggs suddenly has become irresistable and would be protected free speach according to DU..


17 posted on 01/29/2009 1:28:11 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: EveningStar

18 posted on 01/29/2009 1:54:37 PM PST by paulycy ("BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex")
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To: Pessimist

Speaking of firing on all cylinders, did you see this one?

The 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY

Just awesome.


19 posted on 01/29/2009 1:56:33 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: EveningStar

BTTT


20 posted on 01/29/2009 3:36:21 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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