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When I posted this picture I took of a house here in Austin,* I was informed by commenters that it’s just not possible that someone could be be that bad, and it had to be a joke. Well, if it was,** then whoever thinks it’s so funny to do stuff like that sure gets around because they hit up Sara Anderson’s mom’s car, and her mom doesn’t live in Austin, as far as I know.
They’re also erecting signs in Missouri.
We seem to have the face of the prankster. Because this guy who showed up at McCain/Palin rally with a stuffed monkey that he’s stuck an Obama sticker on can’t be serious, right? He has to be pretending to be a wingnut, because no one would really do this, would they? (Hat tip.)
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In all seriousness, it’s genuinely hard to believe that these people could be for real. I have no idea how it got this bad. The good news is I think this sort of proud ignorance and racism is not being passed down to younger generations. Obviously, some young people are picking up the torch and running with it, but the percentage of the population that are proud ignoramuses is shrinking by generation.
*By the way, some people at Sadly, No seemed to think it was a double wide. It’s not. It’s a really nice house that, if I had to guess, would probably sell for $400,000 without batting an eye, even in the midst of the bubble bursting. My guess is based on what the asking price on other houses in the neighborhood are. Having advantages like money and the access it buys you---or living in the middle of an enlightened part of the country---doesn’t necessarily translate into being a better person. Some people’s privileges actually make them meaner and more bitter, weirdly.
**It’s not, but you’ll be interested to find out what’s happened since I took that picture. At first, the entire display came down and was replaced by a sedate McCain/Palin sign. Then the wooden signs went back up, but this time he hung two American flags instead of a Dixie flag and an American flag. So there was clearly some negotiations on how much they wanted to freak out the neighbors going on.
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Here’s my favorite one. They say lots of negative things about Obama, but this is the first time I’ve seen him accused of being a finely woven cotton fabric.
Get ready for the 1990s Part II, complete with the emails TYPED IN ALL CAPS about bizzare, made up conspiracy theories about the President.
Neil,
If only he was a finely-woven cotton fabric. Unfortunately, he’s only half muslin. And therein lies the problem.
If you’ve ever watched Project Runway, you know that muslins are used and then cast aside as though they were worthless.
That’s what makes them militant…
I like the comment on the billboard article in which the trog claims that Obama will send “ordinary folks” to re-education camps… this, of course, presupposes that they have been educated in the first place!
One of the theaters I used to work at had volunteers lead the backstage tours, which led our overhearing many interesting “facts.”
There was the cluster of 20 PAR cans waiting to be hung identified as “fire extinguishers.”
And, of course, there was the guide who informed her tour group that the costume shop used “muslims” to make mock-ups for fittings.
If only he was a finely-woven cotton fabric. Unfortunately, he’s only half muslin. And therein lies the problem
You’re right. The old testament says that cotton blends are an abomination. But he’s clearly been soaked in fireproofing salts.
The interesting part I didn’t include is that she works a couple of doors down from the county democrats’ headquarters, so I wonder why she lucked out and got the note, instead of one of the office staffers.
Why do they all write “your” instead of “you’re”?
Why do they all write “your” instead of “you’re”?
What are you , some type of edumacated elitist librul or somethun? /s
I’m digging the quotation marks around his actual middle name.
Yes, I know. When a guy on a message board I’m kind of ashamed to say I frequent told me that I’m an idiot, he typed “Your an idiot”. The same guy said that blacks shouldn’t complain, because America is the most excepting country in the world. Another guy on the same board parenthetically explained that white traitors are white people who cow cow to blacks.
white traitors are white people who cow cow to blacks.
I’m always fascinated by things like this—why does this seem like a comprehensible thing to write? The only thing I can think of is some association between cows and docility, so the person who takes orders is being cow-like…
Did he honestly say “cow cow”? Because if he did...wow. It’s one thing to not be paying attention and get you homophones wrong. It’s another to screw up such a common phrase.
Or to not be paying attention and skip typing the final letter of “your.” 
I just have to wonder, is the high gas taxes witch like the antithesis or the tooth fairy or something?
I’m digging the quotation marks around his actual middle name
Me too. Are you an English major also?
Makes me recall the days of Flagtritis ... when there was all this red white and blue lint balls on the roadside from decaying car flags. In those days, you could easily identify the would-be problem drivers ... the more flags, the more likely the impairment.
Well, this is equivalent to “I’m With Stupid”, only it is more like “Stupid Inside”.
FTW!
Unfortunately, he’s only half muslin.
Genius!
Ah, muslin! Did you know that the wet muslin dress was the late Victorian equivalent of the wet T-shirt contest?
Galveston is in a world of hurt after Ike. Maybe they need to bring the wet muslin dress to Dickens’ Night on The Strand.
Seriously, I have a couple of co-workers who seem quite reasonable who have told me weirder stuff about Obama than any of those people in that line in PA from that video. What’s up with them?
The only thing I can think of is some association between cows and docility
I think the dude had heard the word ‘kowtow’, but never seen it spelled. Hence, ‘cow cow’. Wonderful.
Me too. Are you an English major also?
Sort of. The short answer is yes, the longer answer is “probably,” but the quickest answer is “my only true major is hangovers.” I’ve had more of them than I’ve had lit classes, so I figure that’s a more accurate assessment.
The thing I don’t get is that many of the McCain supporters around my parts all drive imports. Now, I don’t mean nice green cars made all over the world, including here like Hondas and Toyotas. I mean giant European BMW and Mercedes SUVs. They’re plastering these things with stickers and anti-Obama propaganda. It begs the question of which one is actually the candidate of elitists and the one who hates America.
Careful. Not everyone here is a perfect speller either, or aware of all cliches. There’s always someone “towing the line” or exclaiming “viola”!
The logic in that handwritten note, not to mention the grammar, is something else entirely.
I COW COW TO BLACKS
BECAUSE IM A RACSIST
OBAMA WILL MAKE FRIED CHICKEN THE NATIONAL BIRD NO AFFENCE
YOUR WELCOME.
Careful. Not everyone here is a perfect speller either, or aware of all cliches. There’s always someone “towing the line” or exclaiming “viola”!
No, you’re right, of course. I don’t spell perfectly either, nor should we focus on spelling or tone over the reasoning behind the message. There’s still something wack about that note. The spelling, the tone, and the message all coalesce into a kind of holistic message of anger, fear and superior feeling.
It’s pie time we make our moove and leave nasty notes on the pewny cars of libruls! GIT-R-DONE!!
The good news is I think this sort of proud ignorance and racism is not being passed down to younger generations. Obviously, some young people are picking up the torch and running with it, but the percentage of the population that are proud ignoramuses is shrinking by generation.
I really want to believe this, but I have to say that the younger generation of my family is as likely to regurgitate racist talking points against Obama (alliteration, yay!) as my parents’ generation. Of course none of the above are putting “Half-Breed Muslin” signs in their yards. But still—there doesn’t seem to be a large generation gap at play, in red states at least.
I received a very similar note on my windshield in response to a “One People, One Planet” bumper sticker. There is an eerie similarity in spelling and grammar errors between this note and the one I got that I attribute to the fact that the people who do this receive all of their information aurally, either from right-wing talk radio or from FOXNews. They do not read enough to be able to see the errors.
Thank god Obama’s name is easy to spell.
At least we know who they are slamming…
I remember when the ‘Your a moran’ sign came out. Yeah…
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt”
The word “muslin” is an English corruption of the city responsible for its initial manufacture - Mosul, Iraq.
Yep, that sign is West Plains, all right.
Atheist:
Can’t...move...laughing...so...hard!
Can “cow cow” and “YOUR WELCOME” become part of teh Internet tradishuns?
The irony of that sign claiming there would be more abortions if Obama becomes president, didn’t the number of abortions increase under Bush’s presidency?
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Here’s my favorite one. They say lots of negative things about Obama, but this is the first time I’ve seen him accused of being a finely woven cotton fabric.