Comments on: This and that, from here and there — the good and the evil from today’s news

By: Charles Martel

Charles Martel — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:19:45 +0000

Count me as surprised to learn all these years later that “Old Yeller” was really a story about an old black man!

By: SADIE

SADIE — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:48:29 +0000

“high yellow” – not just for old movies, I often heard it used in high school along with “banana skin” with an implied sneer. Oh dear, I grew up in the Middle Ages – time flies.

p.s. Mike Devx, don’t forget to add the LGBT rainbow halo to the list. No wonder they want all vestiges of religion removed from here and yonder – it conflicts with the Ten Commandments.

By: Caped Crusader

Caped Crusader — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:50:28 +0000

Book, you young and innocent creature, you are too young to know this, but the proper terminology in the Middle Ages of Darkness and Unenlightenment from which I spring, the proper terminology was “high yellow”. It was used frequently in old movies of the period.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=high+yellow

By: vinny

vinny — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:05:00 +0000

FLOTUS doesn’t want her floater sold on EBAY. That sounds like a reasonable request.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:51:51 +0000

I’m not even sure Krugman is worth shooting when it comes to it. Some people are just too stupid. And he’s had his run for a few decades now.

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:56:35 +0000

So, this Book post concerns good and evil, and is an open thread!

I am thinking of this headline from today’s news:

Beck Dips Obama Bobblehead In ‘Urine’ To Create New Work Of ‘Art’

And the tag is, has Glenn Beck gone too far?

After all, Glenn Beck then put his Obama-In-Urine on E-Bay. Bids soared, I believe, to $11,000. At which point E-Bay actually PULLED the item from bidding, if I remember the news correctly.

Did Glenn Beck go too far?

Absolutely not. E-Bay went too far, and should be ashamed.

Glenn Beck has engaged in PRECISELY the kind of culture war we have to engage in. It is startling, and it is populist, and it catches the news.

And the liberals paved the way for it, so they have absolutely nothing to complain about, though complain they will. Anyway.

Andres Serrano gave us “Piss Christ” many years back. The Christ in a vial of urine, photographed. It was hailed as provocative art by the Left. Thank You, Left. If it is *justifiably* provocative to do so for the Left, then it is equally *justifiable* to do so for the right.

Then we have the recent painting of Obama as a crucified Christ, complete with Thorns. This ties Obama to Christ, by the Left.

And finally we have Jamie Foxx, at an awards show, exhorting the audience to praise “Our Lord And God Barack Obama”, and urging them on to cheer Obama, cheer Obama!

And thus the circle is complete. Piss Christ, Christ Obama with Thorns, and exhortations to praise our Lord and God, Barack Obama. As a cultural statement, then, it becomes COMPLETELY appropriate to submerge a bobble-head Obama doll in a bottle of (fake?) urine. This succeeds as cultural commentary in, oh, at least ten different defensible ways. I could list at least ten, including the bobble-head symbolism indicating our disposable culture. And others of you could just as easily come up with another FIFTY cultural commentaries, I am sure.

So, hurrah, Glen Beck. And let them complain. And let them shout RACISM. It is nothing of the sort.

By: JKB

JKB — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:25:08 +0000

Book, shame on you. In regards to Rice, you know we are not to judge by content of character but by color of her skin. We are in upside down world. A world were judging by skin color is the goal of the civil rights movement and being taken care of based on vagina possession is the ultimate feminism. And let’s not forget the promotion of diversity over inclusion.