11/21/2008 06:23:32 AM EST

House Negro

posted by doorman

Just pointing out the Irony of calling Barack a 'House Negro' while being so helpful to him. First cartoon, I have a long way to go.

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hilarious... (none / 0)
oh wait, that wasn't funny at all...

Chris

by chrisandyasemin on 11/21/2008 08:40:23 AM EST

you might get published in a redneck magazine (none / 0)
because they won't notice that you misspelled "helpful".  

Yes I am being a dick.

Chris

by chrisandyasemin on 11/21/2008 08:42:33 AM EST

ohter than (none / 0)
the typo, I think it's well done.

by grebrim on 11/21/2008 09:26:08 AM EST

cartoon (none / 0)
This is actually really excellant!  I really wonder at these Al-Qaeda guys.  That house-negro thing was so off the mark.  It won't appeal to or enrage conservatives in this country because they WISH Obama was their house-negro and he isn't.  Obama himself will just laugh.  I can't see that Muslims will really understand the jibe or care if they did.  Most Muslims now (I believe) are in a "wait-and-see" mode.  Which is a lot better than knee-jerk hatred.

A wire in the fire room

by blueheartinaredstate on 11/21/2008 10:03:24 AM EST

Well, ''excellent'' in a counter-productive way (none / 0)

You're right that most psuedo-conservatives won't think this cartoon has much validity, every racist and fascist in the country will nod his or her head and say, ''yep, that's what I'm sayin'.''

We got them out in the open with Obama's campaign, and now we need them to stay there rather than to slither back into their holes.  It makes dealing with them so much easier.

by EveningStarNM on 11/21/2008 11:16:28 AM EST

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now for sterilizing them (none / 0)

by desertpear on 11/21/2008 03:42:14 PM EST

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Cenk Misunderstood (none / 0)

Cenk's comments about this story made me think that he misunderstood the meaning of the House Negro remark and the reason it was used.

The House Negro is interesting in contrast to the Field Negro.  The House Negro loves his master.  The Field Negro hates his master.  The House Negro leads a privileged life.  The Field Negro is beaten and abused. There are only a few House Negroes but there are many Field Negroes.  The House Negro keeps the Field Negroes under control.

Zawahiri's use of the term is interesting in part because the term was made popular in modern times in a famous talk by Malcom X:

Now, what Cenk got really wrong was why Zawahiri brings all this up.  Cenk suggested that it is because they are worried now that Obama is going to go after them in Afghanistan.

No, what Zawahiri is worried about is Al Qaeda's recruiting efforts.  The idea of Obama as President of the United States makes Al Qaeda somewhat pointless.  Bush and the Iraq War made it easy to recruit into Al Qaeda.  But what are they asking young men and women to sacrifice their lives for now?

Zawahiri is trying to save the purpose of his organization by painting Obama as nothing more than a House Negro who serves the Bush-and-Israel master.  It seems to me that Zawahiri is desperate, Obama might have already won the war against Al Qaeda before he even served a day in office.  There is a good chance that the anti-American radical Muslim world might lay down their weapons as Obama walks past.

by rbruck on 11/21/2008 02:49:48 PM EST

By Any Means (none / 0)
Here's a mix I made featuring Miles Davis and Nora Jones dad (Ravi Shankar). The ballot or the bullet, by any means. I guess I've always interpreted that differently than most people. Everyone seems to focus on the violent aspect of it, the bullet. I've always felt he was saying it is your right as a human being to vote, that's all. I mean, isn't that what the Founders were saying, taxation without representation, and they fought and died to defend that right, and used guns and bullets too. I'm not saying that he wasn't still advocating violence, which I do not, personally. But still I think there should be more open mindedness about what he was really saying, that's all.

by any means.mp3

right click and download to save and listen, thanks

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by tiggerporn on 11/21/2008 03:31:14 PM EST

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and (none / 0)
and the video version can be dl at my site, too.

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by tiggerporn on 11/21/2008 03:31:47 PM EST

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Good point about the recruitment issue. (none / 0)
This was also talked about by Evan Kohlman on the Rachel Maddow show, particularly the issue of recruitment in Africa. At the end Evan mentions that al-Qaeda itself has had issues with bigotry and racism in its own ranks (shocking I know) and paid different salaries to its members depending on whether they were Arab or Black African, so the mention of "house negroes" by Zawahiri is a risky strategy.

by jutewe on 11/21/2008 04:28:59 PM EST

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Message (none / 0)
Hello, Mr Alzvahiri?
I think the "hous negro" has left a message for you and your boss

http://www.deezer.com/#musi c/result/all/sam%20dave%20h old%20on

by grebrim on 11/21/2008 04:47:39 PM EST

Misplaced (none / 0)
It is a misplaced analogy.
In this case the 'House Negro' has worked and earned his own house like any person, black or white.

To just whine and cut down all the tall poppies is very unproductive.

by Maverick on 11/21/2008 07:14:38 PM EST

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