United We Stand??? Arabian Bigotry and our Congressmen

[BDawg]

Here's an article on a jackass representative from Louisiana, John Cooksey.

IMHO, Bush/Ashcroft should single out ignorant people in power like Cooksey and make an example of them.

 

[Tauren]

<<IMHO, Bush/Ashcroft should single out ignorant people in power like Cooksey and make an example of them.>>

They had better not try and fire an elected official. Let the people have a recall vote.

 

[BDawg]

There are other ways that he can be handled other than fired.

 

[Miramonti]

'white trash in congress' at its best.

 

[hungrypete]

<< white trash in congress >>



bingo

 

[UNCjigga]

Haha, former governor of Louisiana was a KKK GRAND WIZARD!!!

Better NOT let them have a vote...let federal courts deal with him instead...

I pity any minority citizen dumb enough to settle in Louisiana...

 

[Tauren]

<<let federal courts deal with him instead>>

Freedom of speach. He's definately a racist prick, but he has rights in this country. If his constituants don't like it, they shouldn't re-elect him.

 

[Russ]

DemocraticUnderground? HeHe, good one.



<< "If I see someone (who) comes in that's got a diaper on his head and a fan belt wrapped around the diaper on his head, that guy needs to be pulled over," Cooksey said. >>



Okay, class, who knows what the parenthesis around the word "who" means?

Clearly, this Congressmen is an idiot, but the author is no ethical journalist.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Tauren]

They should treat it the same way they treated the 'Jimmy the Greek' incident.

 

[GasX]

I agree with Cooksey. I also think that anyone who pronounces onion, "OnYon" should be made to squeal like a pig before getting anally raped in the swamp.

 

[UNCjigga]

<< Okay, class, who knows what the parenthesis around the word "who" means? >>

It means the congressman is too stupid to form coherent sentences, so the editor/reporter had to put it in himself so educated Americans would know what he's talking about...


<< "a fan belt wrapped around the diaper on his head" >>

Okay, case in point. WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

 

[Pocatello]

Rainmaker Political Group, can they really make rain

 

[Russ]

uncJIGGA,

You fail. Next student.

Russ, NCNE

 

[GasX]

<< Okay, class, who knows what the parenthesis around the word "who" means? >>



The use of brackets -> [...] around a word in a quote means that the author has edited the quote to put it in context.

example:

What was said: "Me and him went down to the 7-11"

Newspaper: "Me and [Bubba Smith] went down to the 7-11"

Bubba's name would be put in because you are only getting part on the conversation and you don't know who he is talking about.

 

[Russ]

And the nature of that edit frequently extends to removing parts of the quote in order to dramatize the point. In addition, without the preceding portion of the conversation, the sentence is clearly taken out of context.

The point being that, while we obviously have a moron representing LA, it is very easy for an author to make somebody look just about any way they choose.

Russ, NCNE

 

[StageLeft]

I think he should be made an example of also!

 

[BDawg]

<< DemocraticUnderground? HeHe, good one. >>



I admit they're partisan, but it's just as much of a legitimate news source as News Max or dare I say the Washington Times.

 

[Russ]

BDawg,

And, if you ever see me link or quote either of those, feel free to point that out.

Russ, NCNE

 

[FrysInsider]

Does anyone doubt what the Congressman was trying to say?

Damn any decent person in his district should be screaming for a recall...or at least petioning him to stepdown.

 

[GasX]

<< And the nature of that edit frequently extends to removing parts of the quote in order to dramatize the point. In addition, without the preceding portion of the conversation, the sentence is clearly taken out of context. >>


Don't I know it. I had some amazing quotes for my papers in college that without the [..] would have meant something completely different!!

 

[BDawg]

<< Does anyone doubt what the Congressman was trying to say? >>



It appears some people are saying it's being over dramatized. I don't know if doubting his comments is the intention though.

 

[Russ]

Oh, I'm sure the idiot said it. He has a long history of stupidity. Unfortunately, that state seems to have an epidemic of it among their politicians. I'm just trying to point out that we should never just take everything we read at face value.

The press, NONE of them, are ever completely accurate, EVER.

I know from personal experience just how easy it is to manipulate an article or column to achieve a pre-defined agenda. I've been on both sides of that fence.

Russ, NCNE

 

[FrysInsider]

"over dramatized"?

Sorry, the congressman's comment needs no extra drama to prove the point that he is as unamerican as the terrorists who attacked the WTC.

 

[BDawg]

<< The press, NONE of them, are ever completely accurate, EVER. >>



Except The Daily Show, right?