TYT: Cenk's Take On The Insane Dunkin Donuts Story

[ihavenobias]

http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/05/29/dunkin-donuts-gives-into-insane-right-wing-boycott/

To me the right-wing blogosphere is so filled with venom and nonsense that I simply can't understand it anymore. It's like they live on a different planet. The planet where George Bush is a good president and we haven't started enough wars in the Middle East. But now they've topped themselves. They've come up with one of the most inane and insane boycotts in American history http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/28/dunkin-donuts-pulls-ad-fe_n_103859.html -- and what's crazier is that it worked!

Find out about it here (great rant by Michael Shure and Cenk):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=140049&mesg_id=140049

There are still some sane conservatives left in the country -- Andrew Sullivan, George Will, Charlie Crist (who McCain is considering for a VP spot), Ron Paul, Bob Barr and even Pat Buchanan. You can disagree with these folks, but they haven't lost their minds. For the most part they have valid and interesting opinions that are worthy of debate. But the same cannot be said of the right-wing bloggers. They sound like crazed zealots to me. I guess they probably view me the same way, and that's why it feels like we're not living on the same planet.

I leave it to you to decide who makes sense and who doesn't. I know some of the readers of this blog think the Michelle Malkins of the world are clear headed and the rest of us (progressives, moderates, centrists, etc.) don't understand the existential threat we face from Rachel Ray's scarf. I don't think I'll ever reach those people. But I take some comfort in the fact that it appears about 75% of the country has seen what this brand of conservatism has wrought -- and doesn't want any piece of it.
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[gateley]

1. K&R - Be sure to check out the video, too! nt

[Beregond2]

2. Anyone who can't tell Malkin

is certifiable after reading even one of her columns - any one will do - is just as crazy as she is.

I wrote her a note several years ago correcting her on some facts, and she responded with a venomous diatribe that bore no relationship to the topic at hand. I forwarded it to the editor of our local paper, and that was the last time her column appeared in it.

[CherylK]

5. You are right she is nuts!

And a terrible person.

[ihavenobias]

8. Ditto n/t

[mcg]

9. and has a keffiyeh

Malkin's keffiyah

From DU post "My favorite Michelle Malkin photo (Guess how she accessorises!)"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3359045

[JackRiddler]

3. We must boycott companies whose spokespersons wear neckties.

Signifying a deceptive respectability, the tie is the preferred neckwear of some of the most notorious terrorists and mass murderers in history!





Any corporate spokesperson wearing a tie is sending a message that they support terrorists who want to kill Michelle Malkin!

[AldebTX]

4. My Republican Brother

My Republican brother called me all concerned because he had just seen a video showing McCain's wife wearing almost the exact same scarf as the Rachel Ray Dunkin Donut ad......those jihadists are working overtime....they won't stop until all of America is wearing ugly scarfs.....thank God summer is here!

[OhioChick]

6. K&R

:kick:

[RC]

7. Brought to you by the same reality challenged idiots that brought you the

Proctor & Gamble logo BS of yester year.

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Wicca%20&%20Witchcraft/devil_companies.htm

Proctor & Gamble's Old Man in the Moon

Image of Proctor and Gamble Logo
Old Proctor and
Gamble Logo

We receive mail from time to time asking us if Proctor & Gamble (P&G), the maker of many well-known soap and detergent products, is a satanic organization. Inquirers frequently call our attention to P&G's curious logo.
In fact, I have no evidence whatsoever that Proctor & Gamble is linked with Satanism. The constant rumor that the president of this huge company once went on a major TV talk show and professed to being a member of the Church of Satan has definitely been proven to be false. The company believes that rumor was begun by corporate competitors.
Strangely, however, Proctor & Gamble has for years stubbornly refused to toss out its logo of an old man in the moon surrounded by 13 stars. Some people suspect that the stars represent the occultic number 13, and the belief is that they were arranged to roughly appear as a 6, the number of the beast of Revelation 13. What seem to be two horns come out of the old man's head.
Proctor & Gamble vigorously denies the accusations, contending that the horns are merely curls of hair. And the 13 stars? According to Proctor & Gamble, they represent the original 13 colonies of the U.S.A. The man in the moon, a company spokesman claims, also honors the original colonies.
In 1992, Proctor & Gamble decided to slightly revise its bizarre and troublesome logo. A corporate spokesman announced that the curls (or horns?) were being softened artistically. Other minor changes were also made, ostensibly to alleviate concerns. But rumors and questions still remain.
In any case, soap-maker Proctor & Gamble has filed lawsuits against several people believed to be responsible for spreading the allegations of devilism. But, in at least one of the lawsuits, the company raised eyebrows when the news came out that Proctor & Gamble was seeking exactly $66,600 in damages!

[mcg]

12. triangles, pentagons, and hexagons are evil???

What a bizarre web site.

The Beast Has Risen!
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Illuminati/beast.htm

It's beyond idiotic, it's paranoid.

[TaffyMoon]

10. And Where Can I Get Me One Of Those Scarfs?

[ihavenobias]

11. I'm pretty sure the a link was posted here actually

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=140049&mesg_id=140049