Rachael Ray is a terrorist!

[Gumbeaux]

Click hear to see who's saying this and why. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE7jFV2vSEA)

http://i.l.cnn.net/money/2008/05/29/news/companies/dunkin_donuts.ap/rachael_ray.ap.03.jpg

[TieKitty]

I saw this in the news this AM and had to reread it to be sure I read it correctly. It's absolutely ridiculous. We, as Americans, have to walk on egg shells so that we don't offend anyone from other cultures. I get tired of all of the PC changes we have to make.

Oh....don't get me started!

[beacooker]

I saw this in the news this AM and had to reread it to be sure I read it correctly. It's absolutely ridiculous. We, as Americans, have to walk on egg shells so that we don't offend anyone from other cultures. I get tired of all of the PC changes we have to make.

Oh....don't get me started!

I didn't watch the video Gumbeaux posted, but my understanding was that it was pulled because some right-wing bloggers claim that her wearing that scarf somehow supports terrorism.

[PAMMELA]

My goodness....have we nothing else to do??? This is so ridiculous.

[Grace]

I don't think it's so ridiculous. Not so different from wearing a swastika. I don't suppose anyone here would think that was "no big deal".

Here is an excerpt from a column by Michelle Malkin (a conservative blogger). You may not agree with her personally, but the facts she states about the scarf are true. So you can make up your own mind how you feel about it once you know the real symbolism.

--from a column by Michelle Malkin www.michellemalkin.com

The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not-so-ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.

Three years ago, pop singer Ricky Martin donned a traditional red-checked keffiyeh with the phrase “Jerusalem is ours” inscribed in Arabic. Apologizing for his obliviousness, Martin said: “I had no idea that the kaffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message.” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Spain’s Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, and Hollywood darlings Colin Farrell, Sienna Miller, and Kirsten Dunst, and rapper Kanye West have all been photographed in endless variations on the distinctive hate couture. So has Meghan McCain, daughter of the GOP presidential candidate, who really ought to know better given that her dad positions himself as the candidate best equipped to “confront the transcendent challenge of our time: the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.”

The scarves are staples at anti-Israel rallies in San Francisco and Berkeley. Balenciaga made them chic on the runway. British retailer Top Shop sold them stamped with skull prints. Urban Outfitters turned the keffiyehs into a youth trend a few years ago and marketed them as “anti-war scarves.” Which brings us to Rachael Ray.

Ray hawked Urban Outfitters scarves on her website before appearing in the Dunkin Donuts ad. If she (or whichever stylist is dressing her) wasn’t aware of the jihad scarf controversy before she posed for the Dunkin campaign, she should have been. Urban Outfitters initially pulled the keffiyeh merchandise and apologized when Jewish customers protested, but reintroduced them with different names and colors in several global markets. This is the same company that marketed a bigotry-laced “Everyone loves a Jewish girl t-shirt” stamped with dollar signs and shopping bags. Most recently, the company halted sales of a violence-promoting t-shirt last week depicting a young Palestinian boy in a keffiyeh carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, over the word “Victimized.” The t-shirt also featured the Palestinian flag, a map of the Palestinian territories and a small white dove.

“Please understand that we do not buy items to provoke controversy or to intentionally offend,” a company spokesman pleaded. Their actions, however, speak louder than their assuaging words.

Dunkin Donuts won’t identify where Ray’s scarf was purchased, but issued this statement after blogger Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs and I, along with many other bloggers and consumers, called attention to it:

“Thank you for expressing your concern about the Dunkin’ Donuts advertisement with Rachael Ray. In the ad that you reference, Rachael is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design that was purchased at a U.S. retail store. It was selected by the stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we will no longer use the commercial.”

It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists. Too many of them bend over backwards in the direction of anti-American political correctness. Naturally, liberal commentators on the Internet are now up in arms over Dunkin Donut’s decision to yank the ad and mock anyone who expresses concern over the keffiyeh’s symbolism.

It’s just a scarf, the clueless keffiyeh-wearers scoff. Would they say the same of fashion designers who marketed modified Klan-style hoods in Burberry plaid as the next big thing? Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence—unintentionally or not–they matter. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. In post-9/11 America, vigilance must never go out of style.

[DmOrtega]

“Thank you for expressing your concern about the Dunkin’ Donuts advertisement with Rachael Ray. In the ad that you reference, Rachael is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design that was purchased at a U.S. retail store. It was selected by the stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we will no longer use the commercial.”

Then the stylist and Rachel Ray needs to watch the news. This is the reason gang clothes and colors are banned from some schools. They are used as a representation for their gangs. Besides it looks awful!

[Jazzmatazz49]

That scarf looks like what a million knitters make using that novelty yarn that Michael's is so fond of. I, too, and fed up with political correctness. I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Rachel might be extremely annoying, but I doubt she is a terrorist.

[blazedog]

The lunatic fringe (pun intended) has struck -- or scarved again.

Large scarves with fringes are fashion accessories -- sometimes a scarf is just a scarf.

The analogy to a swastika is really ludicrous since that is a complete symbol of the Nazi regime -- just as the American eagle or hammer and sickle are of their respective countries.

Are we going to ban riding boots as well -- to me that is the correct analogy since boots are boots and scarves are scarves.

That Dunkin Donuts has caved in lest they offend some nuts and conservative bloggers (oh wait they are one and the same.:rolleyes:) is something that could literally appear on the Colbert Report of SNL -- you can't MAKE this stuff up.

[KAnn]

Just one more reason to ignore right-wing bloggers. :rolleyes:

[BucknellAlum]

Wait, I am confused. When I first heard about this story, I just overheard some bits about "a headscarf, like Yassar Arafat wears" and I thought RR was wearing a garment on her head!

Does this scarf have any particular slogans or other symbols printed on it? Or is it just "offensive" because of the style of a scarf with fringe?

Can it be a keffiyeh if it is not worn on the head? The analogy to Burberry print klan-style hoods is not accurate for me - because it is precisely the "hood style" that is offensive. RR does not appear to be wearing an item with symbols on it, nor is she wearing a traditional ethnic/cultural headscarf on her head. I guess I just don't see the connection. . .

[blazedog]

Wait, I am confused. When I first heard about this story, I just overheard some bits about "a headscarf, like Yassar Arafat wears" and I thought RR was wearing a garment on her head!

Does this scarf have any particular slogans or other symbols printed on it? Or is it just "offensive" because of the style of a scarf with fringe?

Can it be a keffiyeh if it is not worn on the head? The analogy to Burberry print klan-style hoods is not accurate for me - because it is precisely the "hood style" that is offensive. RR does not appear to be wearing an item with symbols on it, nor is she wearing a traditional ethnic/cultural headscarf on her head. I guess I just don't see the connection. . .

You don't see the connection because you are not on the lunatic fringe looking for terrorists under your bed.:D

It is a large woven scarf with a fringe -- there is no secondary meaning as the public at large would certainly not read anything sinister into it -- unless all those woman I see at the Century City Mall are planning a suicide raid on Bloomingdales.

[KristiB]

I agree it's ridiculous.:rolleyes:

[Loremma]

That's it, I'm never wearing a scarf again! ;):D:p

[Gumbeaux]

RR does not appear to be wearing an item with symbols on it, nor is she wearing a traditional ethnic/cultural headscarf on her head. I guess I just don't see the connection. . .

I don't either. Maybe I should throw away the two paisley ties I own rather than run the risk of being deported. :rolleyes:

[ggs830]

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Why am I not surprised that conservative right wingers have jumped on this, pitchforks ready? Stupid, stupid BS.

[Miss Giggles]

I never saw the ad so I thought she must have been wearing it on her head too!

I think she's annoying but I like Dunkin Donuts so I am not boycotting them yet :)

[carolinagirl77]

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Why am I not surprised that conservative right wingers have jumped on this, pitchforks ready? Stupid, stupid BS.

I couldn't agree more. RR gets more negative press from the right-wing over an obviously innocent scarf than W gets over his "search for WMD" in Iraq---go figure!

[jjsooner73]

I know a soldier in Iraq who said on another board that
Some of our gunners wear those while out on patrol....to keep from eating so much dust.

I agree that it's ridiculous.


Here's a print version of the story.

Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Rachael Ray Ad Over 'Terror' Symbolism


CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Donuts said Wednesday it stopped running an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.
The coffee and baked goods chain said the ad that began appearing online May 7 was pulled over the past weekend because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."
In the spot, Ray wears the scarf around her neck and holds an iced coffee while standing in front of trees with pink blossoms.

[ClaraB]

I don't think it's so ridiculous. Not so different from wearing a swastika. I don't suppose anyone here would think that was "no big deal".It is different, because a swastika is universally recognized as a symbol of Nazism, whereas scarves aren't seen as symbols of jihad (at least, not in North America) - they're just scarves. I've seen that ad before and it never even crossed my mind that RR's scarf looked like a symbol of jihad, and I'm willing to bet that for 98% of Americans, it didn't either. This conservative witchhunt smacks of Mccarthyism, honestly :(.

[Jazzmatazz49]

I'm probably one of the more conservative people on this board, and I thought it was ridiculous. Please don't paint all conservatives with the nutty brush.:)

[lindrusso]

It is different, because a swastika is universally recognized as a symbol of Nazism, whereas scarves aren't seen as symbols of jihad (at least, not in North America) - they're just scarves.

I agree. Scarves are pieces of clothing worn by many cultures. Now this particular scarf may have features that are unique to those worn by terrorists but the differences are going to be much more subtle because most people are just going to see a scarf. I had no idea and wouldn't have thought twice about that ad.

Swastikas were far more unique to Nazis than scarves are to jihadists.

[Gumbeaux]

Michelle Malkin needs to think about The Law of Unintended Consequences before she opens her mouth. Millions of American men are now going to see terrorists in a whole new light. ;)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/bayoutitan/Albun5/Sexy.jpg

[Robyncz]

Wait a minute. Terrorists have hair. And YOU have hair. You must be a terrorist. Or if you're not, you're glorifying jihadist culture.

Give me a break. What a bunch of horsesh!t.

For what it's worth, I don't care for Rachel Ray OR Dunkin Donuts, but I think this is absurd. People in the middle east wear loose scarves that can be easily pulled over their face and head because it's dusty and they sometimes need to cover their mouths and eyes. While some terrorists might wear them--so do a LOT of other people.

This is a protest born out of ignorance, plain and simple. A scarf is NOT like a swastika, that, in Nazi Germany at least, served NO OTHER PURPOSE but to represent the National Socialist party. In fact, if you must make the Nazi comparison, I'd say it's much more comparable to Hitler's boots. Hitler can be seen in countless photos wearing black boots. So do we assume that anyone wearing black boots is glorifying the work and philosophy of Hitler and the Nazis? Of course not---because it's RIDICULOUS!

[testkitchen45]

I'm probably one of the more conservative people on this board, and I thought it was ridiculous. Please don't paint all conservatives with the nutty brush.:)

You & me both. It's just a scarf. :confused: If you have to go to a lot of trouble to explain it, then it logically follows that it's not recognizable to a bunch of people as a symbol.

[Grace]

To me it's not about any kind of specific message being sent about what the wearer believes, but rather the offense taken by those who do know what it means. Anyone whose loved one was beheaded. And many Jewish people. THEY know the meaning, and it obviously offends some of them.

FTR, I don't think Rachel Ray is a terrorist :rolleyes: . I do think that it's not "just a scarf" for all people, since a certain group has gone out of their way to make it more than that.

I find it interesting that this sentence of Michelle's commentary (see the whole thing above) shows to be true here on this board too. :(

liberal commentators on the Internet are now up in arms over Dunkin Donut’s decision to yank the ad and mock anyone who expresses concern over the keffiyeh’s symbolism.

[charley]

To me it's not about any kind of specific message being sent about what the wearer believes, but rather the offense taken by those who do know what it means. [/B].[/I]

For cryin' out loud! Where does this foolishness end? Are we to believe that you base everything you wear and say during a day on the possible "offense taken by" others? :rolleyes:

[blazedog]

To me it's not about any kind of specific message being sent about what the wearer believes, but rather the offense taken by those who do know what it means. Anyone whose loved one was beheaded. And many Jewish people. THEY know the meaning, and it obviously offends some of them.

FTR, I don't think Rachel Ray is a terrorist :rolleyes: . I do think that it's not "just a scarf" for all people, since a certain group has gone out of their way to make it more than that.

I find it interesting that this sentence of Michelle's commentary (see the whole thing above) shows to be true here on this board too. :(

liberal commentators on the Internet are now up in arms over Dunkin Donut’s decision to yank the ad and mock anyone who expresses concern over the keffiyeh’s symbolism.

Most of the people who think this is a ridiculous piece of idiocy aren't liberal -- I think Jazzmatazz would be mortally offended by such a label.:D

I don't know any Jews --- let alone MANY Jews who would have looked at a picture of Ray in that scarf and thought OHMIGOD she is flagrantly displaying her loyalty to the Jihad --- 30 minute suicide raids next on Jihad Food TV.:D

Some things are so lunatic like concern over a bit of non-sectarian fashion worn by a completely non-political figure, that there is unanimous "mocking" that anyone could see the world through such a twisted perspective -- and very sad that a company caved into the lunatic elements.

ETA -- Do you really know people who were concerned when they saw this picture?

[Robyncz]

To me it's not about any kind of specific message being sent about what the wearer believes, but rather the offense taken by those who do know what it means.

But that implies that this garment has a universal meaning and that it stands for terrorism. I disagree with the basic premise. Just because Michelle Somebody (I'd never heard of her before today) says it symbolizes terrorism doesn't make it so.

And I do understand that she's not the only one who makes the connection between a printed, fringed scarf and Yassar Arafat, but the fact remains that for the majority of people that wear this type of scarf, there is no nefarious connection. It's a practical and arguably necessary piece of clothing in that part of the world. Must British solidiers in the region also stop wearing it? They've apparently been wearing it for protection from sun and sand in the area since before World War II--long before Arafat came onto the world stage. So, why does a bad guy suddenly get to own it so nobody else can use it? I take exception to that idea as well as to the idea that Rachel Ray wearing this scarf constitutes any type of controversy.

Grace, I apologize for the impression that I was mocking you. That was not my intention. In my mind I was mocking an *idea* that I find ignorant and absurd, but I can see that I didn't do it respectfully. I've tried again here to make my point without the sarcasm.

[honeygirl1971]

Let me get this straight...large fringed scarves no matter what color or print and no matter how they are worn are now seen as a symbol of terrorism/jihad/beheadings????? Even considering that the source of the outrage is a few ultra-right wingnut bloggers, I find this absurd beyond belief. :rolleyes:

Aren't there enough REAL issues get riled up about??? :rolleyes:

[jmarie]

These scarves used to be fashionable...I have a pink one still hanging in my closet, that I loved.

Grace, I usually agree with your POV...but this political correctness has to end somewhere. I know that my MIL's pastor is offended by women wearing slacks, and if you wore them to the church where he preaches, you would be warned, again and you would be asked to leave (like God really cares).

We do live in America....we have certain Inalienable Rights and wearing a scarf should be one. We are all going to wear something that someone else doesn't like...for whatever reason...I just think the scarf thing is going too far...

For Dunkin Donuts to remove an internet ad...over a scarf?...We are in some sad times indeed...if before we get dressed in the morning we have to worry about who all our outfit might offend....I think this is scary.

[Robyncz]

For Dunkin Donuts to fire her...over a scarf?...We are in some sad times indeed...if before we get dressed in the morning we have to worry about who all our outfit might offend....I think this is scary.

In the interest of getting the facts straight, they removed the online ad from their website, but she wasn't fired.

Still. . . absurd.

[granolagirl]

I'm rather concerned that Rachael seems to be wearing 10 pounds of makeup in that picture. ;)

[joybuzz]

I am a military Mom and I support several adopted platoons In Iraq and Afganastan. One soldier sent me that black and white scarf a few years back as a thank you for all the homemade cookies I baked for his platoon. I received another from another soldier but not sure where he was stationed at the time. I proudly wear that scarf all the time. When someone remarks how nice it is I tell them I received it from a wonderful soldier. I use the other scarf as a table cloth. I wonder if the crazies are going to come to my house and arrest me for wearing one scarf and using the other as a table cloth???? Of course if and when they come to my house I will refuse to surrender the homemade cookies:) Hey, a scarf is a scarf is a scarf !!!

[tamawrite]

I'm probably one of the more conservative people on this board, and I thought it was ridiculous. Please don't paint all conservatives with the nutty brush.:)

Ditto. ;) I'm a "conservative right-winger" and also thought this was beyond ridiculous.

And FWIW, it seems to me that it's more often the liberals who yammer on about equality and non-offensiveness. Pots and kettles...

[Robyncz]

And FWIW, it seems to me that it's more often the liberals who yammer on about equality and non-offensiveness. Pots and kettles...

"Yammer on about equality"? Silly, silly liberals and their "equality."

But seriously. I don't think this particular "controversy" is conservative or liberal. It's just goofy. Had the whole thing not been stirred up by a conservative blogger, I'd have a hard time labeling it either way. There is silliness at either end of the spectrum, that's for sure.

[AzAnne]

Does this mean I have to stop driving around a Ford F250 in my hoodie

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Unabomber-sketch.png

[mikesmom]

This RR controversy is beyond ridiculous. Seriously, it's just crazy!

[MaryMac]

I'm surprised they haven't gone after Eileen Fisher stores, as this week the window displays are fringed scarves in various colors.

[zwieback]

I think the whole thing is ridiculous, but I'm just a little confused on something. Is it that the scarf is a fringed scarf? Or, is it the design on the scarf that is causing the huge ado? I was under the impression that it was the design, not the fringes?? Maybe both? :confused:

[Becky13347]

What I LOVE about this thread is how I was laughing out loud reading it! Thanks for giving me a good laugh today!

[DmOrtega]

Does this mean I have to stop driving around a Ford F250 in my hoodie

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Unabomber-sketch.png

The 7-11's around our area reguire hoodies to be off and the banks require hoodies to be off and sunglasses to be removed. They want a good picture.

[blazedog]

I think the whole thing is ridiculous, but I'm just a little confused on something. Is it that the scarf is a fringed scarf? Or, is it the design on the scarf that is causing the huge ado? I was under the impression that it was the design, not the fringes?? Maybe both? :confused:

As far as one can discern from the illogical rantings of a lunatic :D, it is the style -- i.e. any large scarf with fringes should now be worn ONLY if one is a Jihadist.

Here is the wiki entry for Keffiyehs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh

This might put in in perspective -- from today's Jewish TImes

Interfaith group blasts Dunkin' on keffiyeh

Published: 05/30/2008

An interfaith group that includes rabbis blasted Dunkin' Donuts for yielding to pressure to pull an ad featuring a keffiyeh.

The online ad featured Rachael Ray, the celebrity cook, posing against a background of cherry blossoms, wearing a black and white keffiyeh scarf, and holding up iced coffee. Conservative bloggers led by Michelle Malkin complained about the ad, saying it endorsed Arab radicalism because of the keffiyeh's identification with Yasser Arafat, the former Palestinian leader.

Palestinian nationalists adopted the checkered keffiyeh as a symbol in the 1960s, but its use predates that period and persists in the Middle East. Additionally, the scarf adorning Ray is fringed, which is not common to keffiyehs.

Dunkin' Donuts pulled the ad, saying "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."

The Interfaith Alliance, a religious freedom advocacy group, blasted the decision.

"Enough already," Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, the alliance's president, said in a statement. "Have we really reached the point where we are associating wearing a scarf of Middle Eastern origin with terrorist sympathies? Should we apply this standard to everything that comes from the Middle East? Or are we only applying this standard to our wardrobe?"

The alliance's chairman is Rabbi Jack Moline of Agudas Achim congregation in Alexandria, Va. and its vice-chairman is Rabbi David Gelfand of New York.

[blazedog]

McCain's daughter seen wearing terrorist scarf.:D:D

http://gawker.com/5003288/mccain-daughter-dons-islamic-terror-scarf

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[Gumbeaux]

McCain's daughter seen wearing terrorist scarf.:D:D



ROFLMAO. Take that right-wing bloggers!

[zwieback]

So, is it okay for me to wear my solid black pashmina? Or, might I be considered a terrorist should I wear it? Hmmmm, every single time I've flown I have been pulled aside to be searched and patted down. There might be something to it! Note to self: get rid of pashmina. :rolleyes::p

ETA -- LOL about McCain's daughter.

[KristiB]

Pic of Malkin and some scarf wearing terrorist. Oh and she's sitting on a Keffiyeh

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/Hascape/malkinkeffiyah.jpg

[Gumbeaux]

KristiB, that's just too funny!!!!

[Robyncz]

Ummmm. That scarf-wearing terrorist is pointing at his bits. . .

[Gumbeaux]

A "terrorist" has infiltrated the White House! :eek:

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[KristiB]

Ummmm. That scarf-wearing terrorist is pointing at his bits. . .

Oh my and his bits are a bit...prominent....

[beacooker]

Oh my and his bits are a bit...prominent....

Dang Kristi and Robyn for making me look at that guy's crotch!

[Robyncz]

US???????????

He's the one pointing at it.

It's all part of the jihad, I tell you.

[Angelina]

Ok, you guys are making me laugh like a nut and my husband is getting worried...stop it!!

[KristiB]

Dang Kristi and Robyn for making me look at that guy's crotch!

Need some of this?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a22/buffgirl/eyebleach1ua5ds5.png

[leightx]

I sense a boycott of LOLcats in the very near future.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-pictures-yassir-arracat.jpg

[Canice]

To me it's not about any kind of specific message being sent about what the wearer believes, but rather the offense taken by those who do know what it means. Anyone whose loved one was beheaded.
So, all men and women in US uniform are torturers and rapists? On account of the fact that torture and rape have been perpetrated by men and women in uniform? Or is it more accurate to say that the US uniform is a symbol of Americans' support of rape and torture?


And many Jewish people. THEY know the meaning, and it obviously offends some of them.

There is no "meaning". It is an article of clothing. One that is worn in a part of the world where it's very suitable against dust, sand, wind, and cold. Many millions of people wear it. Some honorable and well-intended, some not (kinda like everywhere). But it is not a symbol of a political agenda or social policy ("swastika" - shame on you!). It is an article of clothing. Particular to the topography and climate in a part of the world. Popularized in the West by global pop music.

There are Japanese women every spring who play traditional instruments under the cherry blossoms in Golden Gate Park. They wear kimonos. I do not fear for the security of Pearl Harbor when I see those kimonos. Perhaps you would.

[beacooker]

Need some of this?



I think I need some dignity bleach - do you have any of that? When I was looking at the pic last night, to see how 'prominent' his bits were, DH came in and asked me what I was looking at, so I had to explain I was looking at the guy pointing to his big crotch.

[Robyncz]

I think I need some dignity bleach - do you have any of that? When I was looking at the pic last night, to see how 'prominent' his bits were, DH came in and asked me what I was looking at, so I had to explain I was looking at the guy pointing to his big crotch.

Dignity bleach?!? If only.

I'd keep some of that on hand at all times. . . And a travel size in the car for sure.

[ErinM]

I'm rather concerned that Rachael seems to be wearing 10 pounds of makeup in that picture. ;)


I was concerned about this as well, as it makes her look like a figure in a wax museum.

And unfortunately, I am unable to copy my slide from my anatomy class showing a histological cross section of the male reproductive appendage that looks just like the Unibomber picture that was posted. If you'd really like to see it, PM me. :D

[ErinM]

And unfortunately, I am unable to copy my slide from my anatomy class showing a histological cross section of the male reproductive appendage that looks just like the Unibomber picture that was posted. If you'd really like to see it, PM me. :D


Don't be shy, people, I've had one taker! :D

Oh, and you'll need to give me an email address if you don't have one I access by clicking on your profile...

[Gumbeaux]

Photos are starting to surface that may support what Michele Malkin is saying. :rolleyes:

http://www.boingboing.net/images/x_2008/rachelosama.jpg

[ErinM]

Ok, I'm a little concerned about what that hand is doing...it's making the drink look perverted...:eek:

:D

[Gumbeaux]

Ok, I'm a little concerned about what that hand is doing...it's making the drink look perverted...:eek:

:D

Yeah, but Michelle Malkin's "boy toy" (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/Hascape/malkinkeffiyah.jpg) has a similar perversion.

[Farhana]

So, all men and women in US uniform are torturers and rapists? On account of the fact that torture and rape have been perpetrated by men and women in uniform? Or is it more accurate to say that the US uniform is a symbol of Americans' support of rape and torture?



There is no "meaning". It is an article of clothing. One that is worn in a part of the world where it's very suitable against dust, sand, wind, and cold. Many millions of people wear it. Some honorable and well-intended, some not (kinda like everywhere). But it is not a symbol of a political agenda or social policy ("swastika" - shame on you!). It is an article of clothing. Particular to the topography and climate in a part of the world. Popularized in the West by global pop music.

There are Japanese women every spring who play traditional instruments under the cherry blossoms in Golden Gate Park. They wear kimonos. I do not fear for the security of Pearl Harbor when I see those kimonos. Perhaps you would.

Very well said, THANKS Canice.

[ErinM]

Yeah, but Michelle Malkin's "boy toy" (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/Hascape/malkinkeffiyah.jpg) has a similar perversion.


True, but he's not downing a dunkin donuts coffee drink at the same time!