Bush official lauded racially offensive Halloween costume.
Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, has apologized for “awarding ‘most original costume’ to a Homeland Security Department employee who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency.” The AP reports:
Julie Myers, assistant secretary overseeing Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, was part of a three-judge panel that lauded the costume, worn by a white employee, last Wednesday. She also posed for a photo with him. […]
The employee who wore the costume was not identified, but ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said he was counseled by his supervisor. He was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin, Nantel said.
The photo of Myers and the employee has been discarded. Myers has been sharply criticized for her lack of qualifications to head the division. She is the niece of former Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers and married to U.S. attorney in Missouri John F. Wood, who was Michael Chertoff’s former top aide.
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He was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin,
Ahh…so it was more like “brownface” or “arabface”…
What has happened to us? How could we have gone so wrong?
November 6th, 2007 at 9:48 amThis reminds me of The Office.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:48 amIn an earlier discussion, I wondered what these people would do if confronted with a person wearing a costume consisting of an orange jumpsuit and a black hood.
Guess I know what they would do now…
November 6th, 2007 at 9:50 amHe was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin, Nantel said.
In his defense, perhaps this is merely a side effect of shoving his head up bush’s ass.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:52 amI think that the Bush administration is just composed of totally clueless individuals who are stuck in a 1930’s cultural timewarp.
And this comes right at the heels of Lynne Cheney visiting a racist country club.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:52 amJust another reward of incompetence for us…
November 6th, 2007 at 9:52 amJust your typical whitey having some fun at the expense of the incarcerated ‘brownish’ population.
You know, good ol dixie fun!
I wonder why they didn’t include a noose around his neck, just to complete the imagery?
November 6th, 2007 at 9:53 amumm… so what was he?
November 6th, 2007 at 9:53 amThe inbreeding in the Bush administration has created a mutant staff of pure idiots. Interesting genetics.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:54 amReally, does everyone just check their common sense at the door when they go to work for this Administration? Oh, yeah — part of being a “loyal Bushie” is that your common sense is impaired by defintion.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:56 amMAMMY! MAMMY!
November 6th, 2007 at 9:56 amYeah we know what the Republican agenda involves.
“Julie Myers, assistant secretary overseeing Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division has apologized for “awarding ‘most original costume’ to a Homeland Security Department employee who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency.â€
Just who we need to keep those “darkies” their places. But don’t apologize for your racism, girl; be proud that you’re a rebel, ’cause the South’s gonna’ do ‘er agin!
November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 amLook at her eyes - something is seriously wrong inside that head. No costume needed - this lilly-white biotch is scary.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 amSo why, if there was a three-judge panel, is Julie Myers the only one twisting in the wind? Because she was the only one who posed for a photo with the winner?
Who were the other two who “lauded” the offensive costume?
November 6th, 2007 at 9:58 amjulie myers is the niece of former jcs general richard myers; is married to the dhs chief of staff of michael chertoff and had absolutely no qualifications for the position she was appointed to. but she is a loyal bushie….
November 6th, 2007 at 10:00 amMay be she was looking for a promotion !!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:01 amHe was not wearing blackface but makeup that was a darker color than his skin, Nantel said.
So fcking what?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:03 amIt was a Halloween costume. Geez.
People dress up in all kinds of stupid ways on Halloween.
This is a bit too PC.
think Waxman should launch a congressional into the Halloween costume caper.
I think we’ve finally found grounds for impeachment.
Comment by jdc — November 6, 2007 @ 10:01 am
It would be truly sad if impeachment stemmed from conduct at a department party instead of misrepresentation, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and contempt of Congress — all far worse offenses.
No, this little episode isn’t worthy of impeachment. It’s just indicative of the mindset of these bozos.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:04 amjdc sez:
Oh yes…because invading a sovereign nation under false pretenses, practicing torture, and subjecting American citizens to surveillance without warrants or oversight aren’t grounds at all, right?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:07 amAs a black person I see their actions as republican, I’m trying to change my mind on the issue knowing a good portion of the GOP isn’t racist but stories like this make me thing (I have no concrete proof) that racist are more accepted amongst that group.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:08 amGasp! Someone dressed as a witch halloween, in a stereotypical way. This was bad because it put wiccans in a bad light, religious bigotry. This person wore a pointed hat, a fake nose with a wart, deliberately making all wiccans seem ugly.
Damn the man, damn the man!!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:10 am/snark
Do tell. I wonder what the reaction would have been if someone in a plastic suit, dildo crammed in deep in the bunghole, with a cross tied to his back, would have brought?
(I know, bad example)
But saying something is too PC, or too liberal, giving these two things a bad name, is why we can’t seem to pull ourselves out of the dark ages.
Bad taste? Definitely!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:12 amI’m curious, does anyone know if Ms. Myers is Jewish? We don’t often hear about racist Jews in the media. The stereotype often cited is the Aryan nation type white supremacist or the Gentile Great White Male racist (Don Imus, etc.) What is Julie Myers’ ethnicity? Anybody know?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:14 amSomeone else dressed as a stereotypical Indian, feathered war bonnet and facepaint, this guy was white, so he was just trying to make a mockery of my Indian ancestry.
I am so offended /snark
It was Halloween for Fck’s Sake. There are alot of legitimate issues out there. This is not one of them.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:16 am# 25, was that Indian shown in a stereotypical negative light like the brown person was? Being unaware of how these acts affects people doesn’t make the act less offensive.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:20 amIt was Halloween for Fck’s Sake. There are alot of legitimate issues out there. This is not one of them.
Comment by Wayne — November 6, 2007 @ 10:16 am
sorry, Wayne, this is a government agancy. a government that is, by law, to represent all people equally. this is very wrong, bnad must be punished, and it’s not simp’ly “PC”, it’s indicative of the sickness that has infested the GOP-run, Bushie-loyal administration. If you let this pass, then you are OK with nooses. this is a legitimate issue.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:22 amwhat did julie go as…?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:25 amLauding a Halloween costume is the official’s prerogative, just as being offended by her behavior is someone else’s. It is important to remember that prudence cuts both ways. Anyway, the costume that she was lauding is reflective of all the illegal immigrants in this country.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:26 amIf you let this pass, then you are OK with nooses. this is a legitimate issue.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — November 6, 2007 @ 10:22 am
So someone dressing up for halloween = nooses?
Because I think this is stupid to condemn them for something someone wore to a halloween party I am ok with nooses?
Fck you very much.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:26 amIt was Halloween for Fck’s Sake. There are alot of legitimate issues out there. This is not one of them.
Comment by Wayne — November 6, 2007 @ 10:16 am
you might be right. but then you’re always here and you wouldn’t waste your time on something unless it was important. so it must be important. thanks!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:27 amFck you very much.
Comment by Wayne — November 6, 2007 @ 10:26 am
perhaps you can commiserate with hits.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:28 amComment by hits — November 6, 2007 @ 10:26 am
nice one, hits, racist, ignorant and factually wrong, all at once. you make the GOP proud to have reached 1840 on their trip back through time.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:30 am“Being unaware of how these acts affects people doesn’t make the act less offensive.”
Exactly!
Seems the republican party lacks apathy. (understatement of the year here!)
It’s more than offensive. It’s hypocritical that a room full of white-collar crooks to find humor in this.
Would someone in a Nixon mask, wearing prison stripes, been found as humorous? I doubt it.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:33 amWait, she’s head of Immigration and COSTUMES Enforcement?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:35 am…or even better, someone in a Bush or Cheney mask with an orange jump suite on…
Aahhhh, we can only dream….sigh
November 6th, 2007 at 10:40 amSomeone should have dressed up as “Lady Liberty” and gone around the room giving everyone the finger. Maybe not the most original, but the most realistic.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:48 amAnyway, the costume that she was lauding is reflective of all the illegal immigrants in this country.
Comment by hits — November 6, 2007 @ 10:26 am
how do you know that? are you an illegal immigrant? what are you doing here? please cite examples in your reply. thank you.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:48 am# 37 LOL!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:50 amIs this news in the lib world?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 10:50 am
I guess it was big enough news to draw you in and get you to spend as much time as you did writing your typically clueless, windbag reply.
BTW, howza Neuticlesâ„¢ doin’? And wish as you might, they’re STILL not real, and neither is that ridiculous codpiece.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:55 amSo, A person with a George Bush mask, a noose around his neck, and a sign saying “I am a MURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL” would be OK??
RIGHT?
Sincerely,
NRA Gun Nutes
November 6th, 2007 at 10:59 amAs i said, lack of apathy.
It’s amazing how someone that can so thoroughly miss the point can spend so much time and effort defending the lunacy.
November 6th, 2007 at 10:59 amBuck sez:
Truer words were never spoken about the mouthbreathing neocon apologists who frequent this site.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:01 amComment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 10:50 am
another right wing sucker takes the bait.
eh?
November 6th, 2007 at 11:01 am“She is the niece of former Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers and married to U.S. attorney in Missouri John F. Wood, who was Michael Chertoff’s former top aide.”
But is she old enough to vote?
November 6th, 2007 at 11:01 amWhat was so creative about the costume is what I want to know?
Was the bong toting hippie costume or the bra burning feminist or the union flag waiving grape picker too boring. I mean a jumpsuit makeup and wig is original?
I think this just the GOP mindset and sad to say many times that of law enforcement. I remember in college back in the 80’s there were still frat parties with the jungle/native theme, with folks dressed in black face and afro wigs and leopard print. It was wrong then, so much so the frats were sanctioned and the rest of the non-greek students were all offended. (and that was at the U. of TEXAS!)
Welcome to the time warp or “Wayne’s World” wher it is OK to be racist as long as it is all in “fun”. It’s just a halloween costume after all. I wounder how many treats a kid could get if they wore a costume like that, or how many school costumes contest they would win.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:02 amConfession time: In ‘93, probably, we had a Halloween party for the kids — a nightmare event, with 20 or more of them running screaming through the house after they’d concluded all the scheduled events in 10 minutes, but I digress.
I wore a kaffiyeh, a djellabah and (sorry) carried a plastic Uzi. In retrospect, it was a truly tacky thing to do. At the time, I thought it was amusing, but I come from a line of Halloween costumers who do things like show up as a battered infant. A little tasteless seemed quite subdued.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:08 amAnother race-baiting loyal Bushie. IMPEACH THE SOB’s!
November 6th, 2007 at 11:08 am‘most original costume’ ??? Ha ha, ho ho, these racist pigs just crack(er) me up. That was not original, it was more repukian racism, these assclowns don’t have an original idea about anything.
hey WH, you suck.
Buck Fush
November 6th, 2007 at 11:12 amIn turning the argument around, I daresay such a costume would never have been thought up, let alone considered, by someone without a racist bone in their body.
These people think this way 24/7/365. We all know it! Halloween is that one day a year when they get to parade their hate in front of their like-minded peers. A ‘KKK-rally-lite’, if you will.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:14 amWayne, hits and O. Bigfoot: It’s racist, it demonstrates contempt for any black employee who may have been present at the event or saw the photograph and it shows and incredible lack of judgment from the person running the fricking Immigration division.
Defend racism and ignorance all you want. It speaks volumes.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:15 amJust imagine if Rudy was President, he could designate one day a month as crossdressing day. There’s a habit I could get into.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:16 amBuck,
Do you mean “empathy”? “Apathy” just doesn’t seem right in the context of your comments.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:17 amWould a Darth Cheney costume been lauded?
Or maybe a GI with his limb blown off?
Or maybe an Aborted Fetus?
OR maybe Maybe GW with a copy of the constitution hang out of the back of his pant?
Or maybe Larry Craig with his pants around his ankles and a huge right foot?
I mean it was ICE why didn’t this dress up like an illegal immigrant and be done with it?
November 6th, 2007 at 11:18 am54. -OtherDoug
You’re right! Yes, empathy. Head cold from hell… Need more coffee!
November 6th, 2007 at 11:19 amI’m curious, does anyone know if Ms. Myers is Jewish? We don’t often hear about racist Jews in the media. The stereotype often cited is the Aryan nation type white supremacist or the Gentile Great White Male racist (Don Imus, etc.) What is Julie Myers’ ethnicity? Anybody know?
Comment by kassandrasduplex — November 6, 2007 @ 10:14 am
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JFC! That didn’t take long. Here come the Jew/Ziophobes. Freaking DACS.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:22 amChe sez:
It was a legitimate question, your hysterical attempts to conflate the Jews and the Zionists notwithstanding.
Next time, don’t jump the gun. You kinda shot yourself in the foot on this one. ^_^
November 6th, 2007 at 11:25 amIt was a legitimate question, your hysterical attempts to conflate the Jews and the Zionists notwithstanding.
Next time, don’t jump the gun. You kinda shot yourself in the foot on this one. ^_^
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — November 6, 2007 @ 11:25 am
In your opinion. I didn’t shoot crap. I didn’t conflate crap either.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:28 amTo those who don’t see this as a “big deal” if a black man dressed up in a clan suite without the hood and some white face and a whip and the words GOP’r on the back of the KKK robe would that be offensive to you?
Just wondering, I know to some the impact of these acts aren’t know readily.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:34 amChe sez:
From your earlier post:
Looks an awful lot like you’re trying to conflate Jews with Zionists. If you don’t want to be called on it, perhaps you should be less blatant about it next time.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:41 amOh, I’ll take any opportunity to ridicule left-wing knee jerk kook libs.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 11:53 am
In other words, your knee jerked.
Jerk.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:55 amHug a pirate!
Comment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 11:53 am
Well, some of the “women” **cough… cough** say they would hug ya, but that codpiece keeps gittin’ in tha way.
Talk about scary costumes. Happy Halloween.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:56 amLooks an awful lot like you’re trying to conflate Jews with Zionists. If you don’t want to be called on it, perhaps you should be less blatant about it next time.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — November 6, 2007 @ 11:41 am
Spare me.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:59 amPeople need to lighten up. For all we know, the fellow in question who dressed up for halloween was wearing a “Snoop Dog†costume.
Pirates are People too!
Comment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 11:59 am
People don’t need to lighten up, they need to punish fools like you and that racist creep wo works for our government, as well as the GOP moron who supports that vile, prehistoric behavior. Your little screed just strengthens the fact that you’re mind-numbingly stupid, and that you have no American values in your deluded, filthy soul. You’re just an animal with skills, and very few of them. A coward as well, but you’ve proven that since you showed up here.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:08 pmNext time, don’t jump the gun. You kinda shot yourself in the foot on this one. ^_^
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — November 6, 2007 @ 11:25 am
You mean like the fckers comparing me to a gop troll because I think this is a non-issue?
I have put up with racist redneck idiots calling me a spic, wetback and been subjected to racism because I am Native American and non-white. There is discrimination going on today, now from the government not just against blacks but Native Americans. Kids are sent to “Indian Schools” run by religious organizations, beaten and punnished if they dare speak their language or spiritual beliefs, yet because I think a halloween contest costume is a non issue, I am racist, a gop troll and it is the equivilent of hanging nooses on a tree.
Real nice….
November 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pmDefend racism and ignorance all you want. It speaks volumes.
Comment by OtherDoug — November 6, 2007 @ 11:15 am
I have probably condemned racism and been subjected to it more than you ever have. Why don’t you condemn a real issue, instead of someone’s bad choice in a halloween costume?
November 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWayne sez:
Wayne, I hate to have to say this, but I must (respectfully) disagree with you oin this issue, for two reasons:
One: The Halloween costume in question was not merely of a person of color…it was of a person of color who is also a criminal. The stereotype the person was shooting for is pretty obvious.
Two: It would have been bad enough, had it ended there…but it didn’t. This racially offensive costume was judged worthy of an award by members of this administration…one of whom was the head of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division. The implications of such a judgment by people in such positions of power and authority are obviously and understandably disturbing in the extreme.
While I’m not going to go off on you as some of the other posters have here, Wayne, I will say this: Writing off such a disturbing and revealing incident as this as a “non issue” is irresponsible.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:27 pmwelcome to Stepford nation. please wear your veneer of civility at all times.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey — November 6, 2007 @ 12:27 pm
Maybe we should ban all costumes that reflect race, ethnic, spiritual, religious and social stereotypes because someone can find something offensive in all of them, while ignoring the real world issues of discrimination. Yeah, thats the ticket. The Christo-nazis believe Halloween is satanic anyway.
How many of you condemning this costume have actually done something to fight racism in real life? Tell me what you have done?
November 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pm60. The problem is if a black man did that he would probably get lynched or thrown in jail for criminal mischief or inciting a riot or whatever the DA in Jena could think up. (after he got the crap beat out of him) So no black man in his right mind would do that.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:37 pmUnfortunately, some of the posters here and elsewhere conflate “all Jews” with “Zionists,” using the term Zionist as a new codeword for “all Jews,” as in: ‘The Zionists control the U.S. media.’ Based on the evidence, the assertion’s laughable. Based on the common implication, it’s Jew-hating with a new mask.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:44 pmWhy don’t you condemn a real issue, instead of someone’s bad choice in a halloween costume?
Comment by Wayne — November 6, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
Uhm, can’t we do both? And isn’t it easy to see that this may be/is a symptom of the attitudes that underlie the policies and procedures of this agency?
November 6th, 2007 at 12:48 pmGeez, man. Have you tried Zoloft? Or maybe lithium? How about a little Jack Daniels?
Life’s too short to go through it with such anger and hatred.
Heck, how about a Coke?
http://www.countrygoldusa.com/teach_world_to_sing_MU.asp
Comment by O. Bigfoot — November 6, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
You should take your own medicine, you angry little KOOK that comes to LIBERAL BLOGS to SPEW YOUR ANGER AND HATE! LITHIUM or a LOBOTOMY would DO YOU GOOD!
November 6th, 2007 at 12:58 pmYawn.
Comment by TCDon — November 6, 2007 @ 1:07 pm
Need more koolaide to keep you awake?
November 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pmWayne sez:
Didn’t actually read my post, did you? Pity.
Ah…so, what we do here online doesn’t count, because it isn’t “real”?
That’s a fascinating viewpoint, Wayne. Given that sentiment, why are you here again?
November 6th, 2007 at 1:40 pmSooo billyboy, you’re equating children with bush appointees? fair enough.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:42 pmWayne’s here because it’s easier than living in his actual life.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:43 pmNoOneYouKnow sez:
First of all, that’s just plain wrong. People who speak of the Zionists controlling the media do not conflate them with the Jews…in fact, they assiduously avoid that mischaracterization.
Second, “some of the posters here”? Who? Name names. Otherwise, your assertion is just more of the bullsh!t “some people say” pablum that FOX “news” has taught us to hate.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pmAh…so, what we do here online doesn’t count, because it isn’t “real�
That’s a fascinating viewpoint, Wayne. Given that sentiment, why are you here again?
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — November 6, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
Pointing out the irony that racism is happening today, and not a goddamned thing is being done about it, because people are sidetracked by a costume contest.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:58 pmAnd her credentials for her job are?? Nepotism? Cronyism?
November 6th, 2007 at 2:02 pmAnother fine example from Bush&Co.
Wayne’s here because it’s easier than living in his actual life.
Comment by Bobwurst — November 6, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
Fck you, you small minded twit.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:05 pmWant to call me a GOP troll too because you are too small minded to open your mind a bit?
[I’m] “Pointing out the irony that racism is happening today, and not a goddamned thing is being done about it, because people are sidetracked by a costume contest.
Comment by Wayne”
And how is excusing or minimizing racist behavior, on an online comment thread, at a government function, by government officals fighting racism?
post 18
“So fcking what?
It was a Halloween costume. Geez.
People dress up in all kinds of stupid ways on Halloween.
This is a bit too PC.
Comment by Wayne”
November 6th, 2007 at 2:09 pmFck you, you small minded twit.
Want to call me a GOP troll too because you are too small minded to open your mind a bit?
Comment by Wayne
November 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pmWhere exactly did i call you a troll? Who decided you have the authority to decide who gets to be offended by what. What “indian school” did you attend? How are you fighting racism? If your arugment is so strong, why the strawman arguments? Is your diaper full?
Wayne sez:
So…let me get this straight.
People here who express disapproval over the racist behavior of our governmental officials are not only failing to combat racism, but are actually aiding it?
I’m sorry, Wayne, but that’s just plain stupid. Speaking out here does not preclude one from acting elsewhere.
You still haven’t answered my question. Given the fact that this isn’t “real”, why are you here? After all, it’s not as if anything said here matters…not even your pointing out of perceived irony…right? Why aren’t you out combating racism in the “real world”, instead of wasting time here?
November 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pmWhile you’re at it Wayne how about some citations for those “indian schools”? When and where are/were they? Why are they relevant to this discussion? One would think that state sponsored oprpession of one set of minorities would not excuse state sponsored oppression of another group. But then again, I’m a member of the reality based community…
November 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pmJulie, you’re doing a heck of a job.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:23 pmhttp://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushism-brownie.htm
One would think that state sponsored oprpession of one set of minorities would not excuse state sponsored oppression of another group. But then again, I’m a member of the reality based community…
Comment by Bobwurst — November 6, 2007 @ 2:18 pm
Please explain why a costume contest is state sponsored oppression of a group. I want to hear this.
And if you want to know about state sponsored, catholic church ( and others ) “Indian Schools”, that is if you really fu(king care, google it.
Now back to my day job in the “real world”
November 6th, 2007 at 2:34 pmRun away wayne. Don’t answer the questions. be a coward. to answer your question about the oppression. it is state sponsored oppression because it at an offical function of the state, one where dark skinned people work, one that makes decisions about dark skinned people. It’s not a random costume it depicts a dark skinned person as a criminal. Why is that so difficult to see as a problem? I already know about indian schools. Unless you are over 50, or were sent to a private fundie school you didn’t attend one, so why are you bringing them up? Why are you swearing at me? Do you think that makes you sound smarter? Did they teach you that at “Indian School”?
Why are you so offended by this thread?
November 6th, 2007 at 2:43 pmOh, I forgot, you won’t answer this because you went back to your job in the “real world”.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:45 pmbe a coward
Comment by Bobwurst — November 6, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
Where you want to meet, I’ll show you coward…..
November 6th, 2007 at 3:05 pm69. Wayne, I’m not trying to lump you in with the typical trolls, but I just feel the sort of crap this article mentions says a huge amount about the attitudes and judgement of those who are running the DHS. Are there bigger issues? Absolutely. Does that mean we should let blatant racism slide? No. I’d much rather be arguing about the actual policies of the DHS immigration division, but we’ve all gotten drawn in by this particular example of jackassery by those who are running the place.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:34 pmWhy does everything Richard B. Myers touches turn to shit?
November 6th, 2007 at 10:38 pmWayne, just got in, and I got to say, if you really don’t want to be called a troll, don’t act like one. You’ve been belligerant, obtuse, and unwilling to respond to oppossing posts on this thread. that is troll behavior. you’ve tried to sidetrack the discussion by bringing in strawman arguments, very troll like. And at the end, when all else fails, you challenge me to a fight. that is the second to last refuge of a troll. the last refuge is to change your screen name and then agree with your first screen name. Is that next?
November 7th, 2007 at 8:01 amThat’s not an original costume. They wore those all the time in movies from the first half of the 20th century. Jeez, ever watch Holiday Inn, Miss Meyers?
November 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pmFirst of all, the fact that this event was even newsworthy boggles my mind. Nearly ALL types of people have their own struggles in life, and nobody likes being made fun of, particularly in a way that degrades a race of people. But honestly, don’t you think maybe we’re starting to TRY to offend ourselves these days? This is really pushing the envelope a bit I feel.
Secondly, why is it that when nearly any news blog is opened up, people use it as an immediate chance to bash on Bush? The president was barely mentioned in this article, why all the hype about him here? Its as brainless as it is irrelevant. I feel that a lack of real critical thinking is becoming an epidemic in our nation, possibly due to the fact that we live so comfortably here. The whole “Bush is a moron” joke has been done, and overdone, ad nauseum. Don’t get me wrong, I will respect and acknowledge nearly any perspective on life, politics or religion so long as that perspective is based on sound knowledge, reasoning, deep thought and experienced personal insight. If you don’t like Bush, why was he elected a second time? …and don’t give me “oh the election was rigged” either. If it REALLY was rigged, then you should be ashamed of yourselves for knowing the government cheated you and not excercising your constiutional rights to correct the matter by any means necessary. If it wasn’t really rigged, then isn’t this just a childish way to excuse yourself from any responsibility in today’s word events? I support someone who doesn’t approve of Bush, but only if they can give me sound reasoning for it, not rumors and speculation, but fact. So far very little fact has been posted here. We all need to better educate ourselves and commit ourselves to action, whatever our decisions may be, based on critical thinking and factual knowledge. Short sighted screams of “Bring the troops home NOW” or “the Bush administration sucks” doesn’t really SAY anything. More importantly, it doesn’t CHANGE anything. The same is the case in this article. I feel that all the hype about a potentially offensive costume is about as irrelevant as possible to the situation at hand. A member of Homeland Security voting on a costume doesn’t particularly defame or enhance her abilities to function in the government. This event isn’t strong enough to justify accusing her of racial bigotry at all. If she is incapable at her post, that should justify this level of debate and news, not a small event outside of her realm of work entirely. Had this event proved her racist, like had she been seen at a KKK rally, that might have been different. But it isn’t, nor is it CLOSE. If our nation is to improve, it can only do so through knowledge and wisdom that generates ACTION and THOUGHT. Not sideline complaints. …and for the record to any who might think to attack me here, I say the same to conservatives as to liberals. We are ALL equally responsible, including myself, of being too poorly educated in politics as a nation, and need to take further steps to streghthen this so as to stop being the laughingstock of the rest of the world.
November 17th, 2007 at 1:48 pm