[Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke

Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Sat Aug 29 07:44:08 PDT 2009


I called it a joke in both cases you jackass; an offensive joke.

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On Aug 29, 2009, at 6:58 AM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>  
wrote:

> 1. Not much
>
> 2. I noticed
>
> 3. Yes. I find it amusing that when it's you and yours it's always  
> just "a joke" and when it's me and mine it's a howling offense.  
> Consistency is not your long suit.
>
> g
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe at gmail.com 
> >
> To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>; "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com 
> >; "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke
>
>
>> As "serious as Teddy's tumor"!?! For God's sake, you jackass, do  
>> you  have one bit of respect for a man who served his life for  
>> your  country? Are you so far to the radical right that you can't  
>> even  notice that another human being has died just .because he  
>> happens to be  left? That it was just a few days ago and sone of us  
>> are mourning?
>>
>> And are you comparing protesters who joke about Bush's death with  
>> an actual Republican candidate's joke about killing the current   
>> president, which is a crime by the way?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:37 PM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>   
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure what the relevance of your question is. None of the   
>>> photos I
>>> posted were the work of "Black Bloc" members or groups. The  
>>> majority  of the
>>> photos were taken at Obama campaign rallies. That said, I would  
>>> have  to
>>> think that the "death to Bush" crowd are extremely well  
>>> represented  at the
>>> very highest levels of our government.
>>>
>>> Can you point out an instance of the "mainstream left"  be it   
>>> national or as
>>> local as our little list raising up a "outraged roar" at the shabby
>>> treatment of our previous prez?
>>>
>>> Please remember that we are comparing a silly off the cuff joking  
>>> comment
>>> made by a nowheresville gubernatorial candidate and protesters  
>>> that  were as
>>> serious as Teddy's tumor. If the former demands outrage and   
>>> castigation why
>>> was silence the preferred response to the later?
>>>
>>> g
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
>>> To: "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com>
>>> Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary --
>>>
>>> I'm a little interested by this, and seem . How related do you think
>>> the mainstream left -- that is, the left that actually has its
>>> interests represented in Congress -- is to the "radical" left, by
>>> which I mean the McDonalds-window-breaking Black Bloc members?
>>>
>>> -- ACS
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM, the lockshop<lockshop at pull.twcbc.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>> http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/
>>>>
>>>> I don't think m ost of these folks were joking. The "outraged  
>>>> roar" from
>>>> the
>>>> progressive leffty's was tough to make out. Most were too winded   
>>>> from long
>>>> hours of angry chanting and marching to and fro with imprecatory  
>>>> placards
>>>> and ducks concocted from soiled bedsheets.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How is Rammell's ill considered, off the cuff jape any more   
>>>> outrageous
>>>> than
>>>> what you just posted with plenty of time to consider what it was  
>>>> you
>>>> wanted
>>>> to convey? Are you REALLY ready to purchase a Minnick tag and go  
>>>> a hunting
>>>> or was that "just a joke?"
>>>>
>>>> g
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>>>> To: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
>>>> Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think you are on to something there, Keely.
>>>>
>>>> People got all pushed out of shape when Rose Huskey referred to   
>>>> Idaho's
>>>> DINO (Democrat In Name Only), Walt Minnick, as a jackass.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps Rose would not have been so harshly criticised had she been
>>>> packing a gun and, instead of asking about Minnick's election   
>>>> potential in
>>>> 2010, asked where to buy Walt Minick hunting tags.
>>>>
>>>> I'd buy one.
>>>>
>>>> Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please, everyone - quiet down. I want to be sure I hear the   
>>>>> outraged roar
>>>>> of indignant protesters from the GOP . . .
>>>>>
>>>>> Keely
>>>>> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:47:01 -0700
>>>>>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>>>>>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>>>> Subject: [Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Courtesy of today's (August 28, 2009) Spokesman Review.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'Obama tags' called a joke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BOISE - An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he  
>>>>>> was  only
>>>>>> joking when he said he'd buy a license to hunt President Barack  
>>>>>> Obama.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rex Rammell, a long-shot candidate slated to run against   
>>>>>> incumbent Butch
>>>>>> Otter in the May 2010 GOP primary, made the comment at a  
>>>>>> Republican
>>>>>> rally
>>>>>> Tuesday in Twin Falls where talk turned to the state's planned  
>>>>>> wolf
>>>>>> hunt,
>>>>>> for which hunters must purchase an $11.50 wolf tag. The hunt  
>>>>>> is  due to
>>>>>> begin Tuesday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When an audience member shouted a question about "Obama tags,"  
>>>>>> Rammell
>>>>>> responded, "The Obama tags? We'd buy some of those."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rammell told the Associated Press on Thursday he sees no reason  
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> apologize because the comment was just a joke.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "What I would say to all my Democrat Idahoans: Take a deep  
>>>>>> breath  and
>>>>>> relax," he said. "We're not going to go out and hunt Obama."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Threatening the president can be a felony punishable by five   
>>>>>> years in
>>>>>> prison and a $250,000 fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
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