Barack Obama Placed Under Secret Service Protection

wow, that sucks.

i can't imagine wanting to be president.

 

I really feel sorry for the first black president in the USA. You know that some Klan member is going to try to make that one not end well.

 

well, the Dalai Lama was surrounded by secret service at Rice U. this week.

here's an article about his protection in Hawaii last week....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704251082apr26,1,7098538.story?track=rss

 

It's good that these guys get practice and get to know Obama for 2009 and beyond.

 

I hope there haven't been any real threats. (But the conspiracy theorist in me thinks that Obama's already chosen as the next President, so they want to protect him now. No more RFK incidents.)

 

Stop it. You can't be serious. Does this mean I have to destroy the MadMax/Refman 2008 bumper stickers I had made?

 

no less using his concealed or high-powered gun.

 

Is this really appropriate to this thread?

 

A threat perhaps spurned on by crap like this ...

Rush's "Magic Negro" Routine

The Nation -- Rush Limbaugh has obviously learned nothing from the outrage and anger unleashed by Don Imus' unfortunate "nappy headed ho's" remark. Never one to shy away from unfunny "humor", Limbaugh recently played a song parody on his radio show in which an Al Sharpton impersonator (played with stereotypical gusto) sings a song filled with idiotic assumptions about black people and dripping with ignorance called "Barack the Magic Negro".

Perhaps this kind of garbage (set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon") is someone's cup of tea. Limbaugh does have millions of listeners and they do adore of much of what the man says. Whether he's lampooning former
President Clinton's daughter or suggesting Michael J. Fox is exaggerating the effects of his Parkinson's disease. So I don't expect his listeners to desert him over this. What does surprise me is that Vice President Dick Cheney among other major conservatives is still a regular guest on Limbaugh's show and I don't anticipate the kind of repudiations that Don Imus received over his transgression from him or anyone else on the right with regards to Limbaugh.

It is true that Imus was chided because he was on a national cable news network and was perhaps less associated with being a provocateur than Limbaugh. But I still think Cheney and his ilk should refuse to appear on Limbaugh's show from now on. I wonder, will there be any outcry? Are people becoming so desensitized to this now that they just don't care about the inevitable phony apology and/or Al Sharpton protest. I'd like to see calls for Limbaugh's removal not just from the black community but from the supporters of the president and vice-president who are not racist, who don't find "jokes" like "Barack The Magic Negro" funny.

But this will never, ever happen. Limbaugh's entire career and success is based on being petty and juvenile, so one more stupid act will most likely change nothing. Personally, I'm just disheartened that so soon after the Imus controversy came and went the so-called shock jocks and right wing nuts went right back to business as usual, didn't blink an eye and continued to use racism to insult and humiliate.

 

I heard that the other day, and it wasn't much funny at all. But it isn't about Obama, but rather the prickling response that Rev. Sharpton always gives when he's asked about Obama.

 

That's why the Imus reaction by folks like Sharpton and Jackson was annoying.

Imus was an easy target, because he actually came out and said he was sorry, and admitted being wrong. He wasn't going to fight back. Rush however, pulls this stuff, and there is nowhere near the uproar.

 

Exactly
This is why Jessie and Al are not as well respect as they once were

Rocket River

 

Yeah, and it's odd, because I think that's one of the reasons they kept trying to milk the Imus thing. They aren't as respected and that made them want to show that they are willing to take a stand.

 

They still have a place
and they still do some good
but
sometimes I worry the focus on the wrong thing
They never seem to touch Rush .. . and his ilk
I often wonder why?

Rocket River

 

Here is transcript from Rush ...
Obama Displays Maturity, Laughs Off "Barack the 'Magic Negro'" Song
Rush clearly does not see himself or his audience as racist. Of course he is delusional but we know that.

 

Because they are "ambulance chasers" and only selectively pursue what suits their personal agendas. This is one of the few things I agree with Jason Whitlock about. With Al Sharpton, I will always have zero respect for him until he comes clean on the Tawana Brawley story. What he did to that policeman was one of the worst cases of character assassination ever, yet he never apologized for his disgraceful behavior.

 

One more reason we need more people like Barack Obama.