June 5th: Obama receives Nomination. Lincoln sez: TWO THUMBS UP

November 4th: Obama wins Election! Lincoln raises but one thumb!

January 20, 2009: Lincoln’s hands are down! Look out, President Obama!

Perhaps Lincoln’s thought balloon of “godspeed” is not a blessing, but a warning that our new President should run, for a giant marble statue is about to give him chase! Don’t laugh, it’s happened in cartoons before!

Be careful!

Okay, so maybe Obama isn’t really a secret Muslim. I mean, I don’t think editorial cartoonists are completely convinced of this. But what other racist spectres can they invoke?

Perrrrrrrrrrrrrfect!

A few cartoonists couldn’t even bring themselves to show the white ladies smooching on Obama, but made the message clear:

Why are these white women so attracted to the swarthy Obama?

Ah. I see. Thank you, editorial cartoonists, for being open with your fears!

]]> http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/2008/07/more-proof-cartoonists-fear-obama-will-steal-our-white-women/feed/ 1 http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/2008/07/just-in-case-you-thought-maybe-america-wasnt-still-totally-afraid-of-black-men/ http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/2008/07/just-in-case-you-thought-maybe-america-wasnt-still-totally-afraid-of-black-men/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:50:34 +0000 Chris Eckert http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/?p=47 The New Yorker did that Obama cover last week and everyone talked about it. Surely, a fiery Muslim/Negro like Barack Obama would strike down with great vengeance and furious anger at those who would besmirch him in cartoon form! He was on Larry King, and as the Old Grey Larry looked on with fear, let loose [...]]]>

The New Yorker did that Obama cover last week and everyone talked about it. Surely, a fiery Muslim/Negro like Barack Obama would strike down with great vengeance and furious anger at those who would besmirch him in cartoon form!

He was on Larry King, and as the Old Grey Larry looked on with fear, let loose with the following vitriol:

Well, I know it was [their] attempt at satire. I don’t think they were entirely successful with it. But you know what, it’s a cartoon, Larry, and that’s why we’ve got the First Amendment. I haven’t spent a lot of time thinking about it.

Oh. Well, I guess he isn’t that upset. And he certainly isn’t a Muslim, that’s been thoroughly debunked. I’m glad that’s settled and a bunch of retards aren’t going to totally ignore his response and–

Is this just a big exercise in seeing how far people can go before Obama is actually offended by a cartoon? Is the national discourse really gonna be:

PRESS: OBAMA U A MUSLIM!
OBAMA: Actually I am not, not that there’s anything wrong with being a Muslim, but I wish you’d stop telling people I’m a Muslim, like that is something bad.
PRESS: WHY U SO ANGRY U GONNA JIHAD US OSAMA?
OBAMA: I’m not angry. Nor am I Muslim.
PRESS: U SURE LOOK ANGRY WIT UR MUSLIM RAGE
OBAMA: Please stop saying I am a Muslim. I am not a Muslim.
PRESS: SOUNDS LIKE CENSORSHIP TO ME U SHARIA LOVIN MUSLIM

Will Obama eventually snap and choke out a guy from Newsmax with a rosary? Is that the only way this can end?

We cannot allow a Theme Restaurant Gap!

Hezbollah gets this:

While we in America are stuck with Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger. I liked Good Burger as much if not more than the average American, but this is some really weak themeing. They don’t even have their promised gimmick burgers.

We are losing.

If one searches for “Russert” on youtube today, the autocomplete box will give you the following suggestions:

“russert fart”
“russert mcclellan”
“russert farts”
“russert obama”
“russert ickes”
“russert clinton”
“russert bush”
“russert mccain”
“russert meet the press”
“russert farting”

Most baffling: if you do search for videos of the late Tim Russert farting, NONE EXIST! I thought perhaps he was the new Robert Tilton, who has a rich history of farts being dubbed into his videos. Further youtube searches reveal that people love to add fart noises to videos of famous people. Here’s a seven minute compilation of McCain farting. But no Russert! Not a single suggestion for “McCain” comes up at fart*!

Were the producers of these videos looking to appreciate the life of Lil Russ in the only way they knew how? I don’t know. Either way, R.I.P. Tim. Yours was the first video podcast I ever downloaded.

Man, this is going to get me the worst Google hits.

On the September 28th episode of the Sean Hannity Show, Mr. Hannity gave extensive shoutouts to Rugged Individualism and not relying on the Government constantly for handouts. He was speaking out in response to the Democrat’s claims that the Government should fund programs to provide health care and pre-school to children free of charge, but then he just started riffing, man…

Rugged Individualism is the only way to go! The government is inherently evil and corrupt, and will take over like Big Brother if we just give it an inch! All the great heroes refused government handouts! X-PRIZE FOR LIFE!

And c’mon, he’s got a point; what kind of society allows children to expect education or health care for free? I for one wish my parents and the social structure of this country hadn’t filled my early years with HANDOUTS: when I have children of my own, they are certainly going to work for every meal, doctors’ visit and book they get, from birth. Don’t tell me that’s not possible, I’ve watched nature documentaries. Okay, maybe a week of breastmilk, and then I’m cutting them off — no child of mine will get a free ride on his or her mother’s teat! They’ll be outfitted with tiny bootstraps, but only so that they can pull themselves up using this other small concessional handout.

Now, a lot of this may sound harsh, but listen to Mr. Hannity’s point: isn’t this just a slippery slope to letting the government own everything? If the government subsidizes things, how can we possibly be proud of those things, or value them? This is a horrible government, everyone knows it, they ruin everything they touch! Hannity is always quick to jump on all of the lying bureaucratic fatcats who work for the Postal Service, the Department of the Treasury, the FCC, the United States Military, and all those other scumbags when they do our nation dirty. I haven’t checked this personally, but I assume he’s stopped using US currency, broadcasting his show on the radio, or accepting mail — can you imagine the same assholes who ran those groups (and of course the Keystone Kops involved with protecting our nation domestically and abroad) running HEALTH CARE? Better stock up on Robotussin alongside you gold bullion and semi-automatic weapons — another one bites the dust! I never really thought ill of any of those groups (especially our troops, who like Hammer, I unconditionally support) but after listening to Hannity constantly remind me of how shitty the government is at doing things, I’m a believer. I still support our troops, but only if they slough off the evil yoke of THE GOVERNMENT and start doing the damn thing on their own, Conan the Barbarian style. I bet those horsemen worked for a GOVERNMENT. Me, I have no tongue for government!

So, having been converted to Sean’s belief that the government is good for nothing, I was shocked to hear Mr. Hannity praising massive government-funded undertakings like NASA’s Apollo 11 or the royalty-funded trips to the New World. He has to be joking, right? It’s a wonder we didn’t blow up the moon with those government yukaluks involved! Clearly, there’s only one solution to this: topple the United States government, and all other governments. That way, only INDIVIDUALISTS will survive, and people will be going to the moon, like, all the time!

By the afternoon of 10 September 2003, the fire department’s sign had been expanded to

And then on the day in question, the sign maker got extra verbose!

…which pretty much sounds like something you’d put in a high school yearbook.

The sign now reads, “ARE YOU READY FOR ISABELLE?” which also sounds inappropriately flippant for a public safety organization.