This Cheerios commercial with a young biracial girl discussing the cereal with her White mother and Black father generated so much negative feedback General Mills disabled comments on its web site. But, according to Camille Gibson, vice-president of marketing for General Mills, responses have been overwhelmingly positive. “At Cheerios, we know there are many kinds of families and we celebrate them all,” added Gibson.
Some Americans just can’t get over the Black / White thing.
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“Practicing yoga brings evil as does reading Harry Potter. They may both seem innocuous but they both deal with magic and that leads to evil. People think it is an innocuous book for children but it’s about magic and that leads to evil. In Harry Potter the Devil is at work in a cunning and crafty way, he is using his extraordinary powers of magic and evil. Satan is always hidden and the thing he desires more than anything is for people to believe he does not exist.”
– Father Gabriele Amorth, the Roman Catholic Church’s “top exorcist” who claims he’s sent 160,000 demons back to hell.
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“A new American revolution is long overdue. This revolution has been brewing in the hearts and minds of the people for many years, but this Independence Day, it shall take a new form as the American Revolutionary Army will march on each state capital to demand that the governors of these 50 states immediately initiate the process of an orderly dissolution of the federal government through secession and reclamation of federally held property. Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.”
– Adam Kokesh, the mentally-challenged organizer of a planned July 4 march on Washington in favor of gun rights. Kokesh has compared himself to Mahatma Gandhi.
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“I think they ought to put a sign on the national committee doors that says ‘closed for repairs’ until New Year’s Day next year and spend that time going over ideas and positive agendas.”
– Former Sen. Bob Dole, in a discussion with FOX News’ Chris Wallace, about the Republican National Party. Dole went on to say neither he nor the late Ronald Reagan would stand a chance in the now-extremist GOP.
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“Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down,
You can stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won’t back down.
Gonna stand my ground, won’t be turned around,
And I’ll keep this world from draggin’ me down,
Gonna stand my ground and I won’t back down.
Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out,
Hey I will stand my ground,
And I won’t back down.
Well I know what’s right, I got just one life,
In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around,
But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
Hey baby there ain’t no easy way out,
Hey I will stand my ground,
And I won’t back down.
No, I won’t back down.”
– Tom Petty, “I Won’t Back Down.”
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“I want to shoot her right in the vagina and I don’t want her to die right away. I want her to feel the pain and I want to look her in the eyes and I want to say, on behalf of all Americans that you’ve killed, on behalf of the Navy SEALS, the families of Navy SEAL Team Six who were involved in the fake hunt down of this Obama, Obama bin Laden thing, that whole fake scenario, because these Navy SEALS know the truth, they killed them all. On behalf of all of those people, I’m supporting our troops by saying we need to try, convict, and shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina.”
– Radio talk show host Pete Santilli, who also accused Clinton of drug trafficking while still living in Arkansas.
Santilli previously espoused conspiracy theories involving the 09/11 terrorist attacks and claims that former President George H.W. Bush was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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“The sky the cloud brings,
In turn she sulks and sings,
Tear drops of her sorrow,
Drips from her tomorrow.
Her air she plenty knows,
Rides above winds she rose,
Lash the skies with ease,
Then dies down as she please.
Down field and pipe pours,
Draws her tears to yours,
Tries not release a drop of rain,
Slipping her cloud again.
Tearful cloud now free,
Them others cry unlike thee,
Now she will not sulk but sing,
Clearing skies will bring.”
“She Sulks and Sings” – Poetry’s Amateur
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“How many brothers and sisters find themselves in this situation? Not paying fairly, not giving a job because you are only looking at balance sheets, only looking at how to make a profit. That goes against God!”
– Pope Francis, about the fire and collapse of a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh that killed over 1,100 people on April 24. The calamity already ranks as the worst industrial accident in history.
Laws were enacted over a century ago here in the U.S. and other developed nations to prevent such work-place disasters. Corporations screamed and hollered that regulations would impact their profits, which in their pathetic little minds, is so much more important. I guess that’s why such companies as Wal-Mart and the Gap Corporation keep shipping jobs over there.
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“I will tell you, as I have been home in my district, in the sixth district of Minnesota, there isn’t a weekend that hasn’t gone by that someone says to me, ‘Michele, what in the world are you all waiting for in Congress? Why aren’t you impeaching the president? He’s been making unconstitutional actions since he came into office.’”
– Rep. Michele Bachmann, to a “Tea Party” crowd outside Capitol Hill on May 16.
Minnesota’s resident lunatic joins such geniuses as Texas’ own Louie Gohmert in entertaining the concept of impeachment proceedings against Obama over the ongoing Benghazi mess and the new scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups in recent years. The “Tea Party” gang suddenly feels victimized – like evangelical Christians – by an allegedly oppressive American oligarchy. They’re obviously just looking for any reason to get Obama out of office. I have 2 words for them: PRESIDENT BIDEN! Hell, that even scares me!
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Chief Writing Wolf 
Punch Drunk
“Let me tell you how journalists are being treated these days: They’re being stalked, they’re being spied on. This is what is happening to our press. This is Obama’s America! It’s like the Soviet Union. He said he would change the country. He said it. He said it. And a lot of people voted for him. And if you see any of those people today, do me a favor: punch them in the face.”
– Andrea Tantaros, hostess of “The Five” on FOX News, on May 23, reacting to the Justice Department’s probing of the Associated Press.
She was careful to add later that people shouldn’t attempt to strike Obama directly, but go after the low-hanging fruit: those of us who voted for him. She’s actually kind of cute. I’d like to meet her in a Wal-Mart parking lot where she can smack me around all she wants, if it’ll make her feel better. Oh, yes, baby! And, make it hurt, too!
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