TOONS: Doonesbury and Opus both skewer the Texas Tard

[yurbud]

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. Can you please not use the word 'tard?'

That would is a slur against the developmentally disabled.

[yurbud]

3. it is not implying that they are as morally deficient as Bush

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Regardless, just like the N-word, it is a word that should not be

in your vocabulary.

[yurbud]

9. it's hard to insult someone without inadvertently insulting someone else.

[yurbud]

15. N-word? What word is that? It's not in my vocabulary. How dare you even think it.

[Kelly Rupert]

30. How dare you use that letter!

As for me, I believe it is impossible to so much as read, because my vocabulary (or orthography, perhaps, to be more precise), completely lacks that awful letter.

[Javaman]

38. ABCDEFGHIJKLM OPQURSTUVWXYZ...nt

[yurbud]

45. Mo way. Mot possible.

[yurbud]

48. on a serious note, I find saying "N word" as embarrassing as saying the whole word is racist

It's like bozo or honky--it makes the person saying it look like a dork or church lady trying not to say vagina.

[Goblinmonger]

50. Me, too

It is like we are in 3rd grade and are telling the teacher that Johnny said the "S word" because if we said it ourselves, we might get in trouble, too.

[yurbud]

51. we need something besides saying it and saying "the N word"

[Gruenemann]

4. And drop 'Texas' too, while you're at it.

Call him the Connecticutt Cockup or something.

FYI Opus is the creation of Berke Breathed, whose career as a cartoonist started at the Daily Texan, the Universtiy of Texas paper.

[pansypoo53219]

7. bullshit

georgie is all texasstan sWagger.

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. Bullshit. Devine "Texas swagger."

And stop trying to stereotype Texans in the process. A bigoted statement if I ever saw one.

This family got its start in the Northeast. If Prescott hadn't been "successful" we never would have had to deal with Poppy and Dubya. They simply "carpetbagged" their way down here.

On edit - Dubya took a stereotype of Texans and tries to emulate that. He doesn't know anything about real Texans, just what he imagines them to be.

[yurbud]

11. then why did Texans vote for him?

[dogday]

18. Three words

Too many Republicans...


Texas is a red state, so they will vote for the red candidate... Makes sense to me... But the times they are a changing, I see blue popping up everywhere in this state now...

[yurbud]

20. the Democrats should put lipstick on a pig and call it the generic republican candidate.

[dogday]

32. They did, and called it George Bush

:rofl:

[yurbud]

43. that's an insult to pork

[Ishoutandscream2]

24. By the same token, why did Connecticut vote for Prescott?

There's the start of the BFEE. Prescott begat Poppy, Poppy begat Dubya. All born out of Texas, and for the most part, educated out of Texas.

[Ian_rd]

41. Oh come on, dude

More people in Utah voted for Bush than Texans did - by a LOT. So this whole "He's Texan because Texas voted for him" is b.s. And he's not even from Texas. He's from Connecticut. And where did he get that Texas accent? His mom? His dad? Uhh ... don't think so - they don't have an accent. He got it from playing "I'm a cowboy" fantasy camp for too long. Just like he plays "I'm an oil tycoon" fantasy camp, "I'm a war president" fantasy camp, and "I'm a jet pilot" fantasy camp.

His Texan image is a false one, encouraged by his political handlers to appear as an "everyman" - a simple guy who is "just like you and me" (Sweet Jesus, how many morons have you heard say that?). Does this fake image fool a lot of Texans? Of course it does, just like it fools a lot of people all over the country (Don't let it fool you too by the way). The reason Texas backs him so much is the same reason a lot of Southern rural states back him: Because of the Republican Party's dominance in states of the Old South where the Civil Rights movement caused them to jump ship from the Democratic Party under LBJ and never look back, and the fact that rural America is dominated by rightwing media. When you're in your car in rural America, if you're listening to talk radio you have two choices: Hannity/Savage/O'Reilly/Limbaugh, or some fire and brimstone preacher talking about how gays are destroying our country. That's a fact.

[mark414]

14. whoa there, settle down pardner

and stop taking yourself so seriously

[Ishoutandscream2]

22. Tired of the stereotyping

and bashing. When people start pulling "Texass" and other stereotypes about folks LIKE ME, I will take it seriously. And I will call them on it.

"Pardner?" C'mon.

[mark414]

23. oh you poor baby

i'm from wisconsin so i know a thing or two about my entire state being stereotyped - suck it up and get over yourself

if i whined every time someone made fun of my state i wouldn't be able to do anything else

[Ishoutandscream2]

25. You know what, your bigotry is showing

And I guarantee you Texas is bashed all the time on this board, and very little do I ever see anything about Wisconsin. My original address was to someone else, and you dove in. Shows right there that you have a real problem with Texans, and calling someone from Texas a "pardner" shows your ignorance. So, go on watching your westerns, and watch Giant for that matter. You know, we all own oil wells and ride horses.

Oh, and let it be said that you started the namecalling. One more time, and I'm coming right back.

[mark414]

26. dude you are paranoid

i love texas

i want to live in austin and i went to high school with tony romo, making me a cowboys fan by default

[Ishoutandscream2]

29. Well, that's fantastic. Austin is wonderful

And you have good taste in a football team (don't say it too loudly here, but you will be jumped on for that, also). So how about laying off the bashing. Ask just about any other Texan on this board, and they will say the same thing.

[Goblinmonger]

34. Oh, come on

Hate to "jump on the thread" but you gotta take the stick out of your ass. Some pretty fucked up stuff goes on in Texas and you know it. I grew up in North Dakota. Now there are some pretty fine people there, but a lot of their politics are just complete bullshit. Own up to it, why don't you.

Oh, and the Cowboys suck :evilgrin: The sooner you come to that realization, the better off you will be. Any team that signs TO is clearly run by fucking idiots. How many hours do you give before TO starts going off on Romo for not "throwing him the damn ball"? Oh, wait, he did throw him the ball, TO just didn't catch it. I was so damn happy when the saints kicked the on-side to let Tuna know there was no damn way they were letting him back in the game.

[dogday]

33. I am from Texas and there is hardly

a day that something is not said, but unfortunately, Texas has some freak-up things in this state... I love this state, but I wished I could change a few things.....

[King Coal]

35. True, and Texas is right by Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has so much history. Some of it just had to rub off a little bit on Texas.

[Nicole]

42. Hey! Don't blame Oklahoma for Texas problems.

We have enough of our own without dragging Texas shit across the Red River. :P

[Ian_rd]

39. Wisconsin sucks ... :P

[Goblinmonger]

40. Stop using the term sucks

Using it in a derogatory fashion is an insult to hard-working prostitutes of both genders everywhere.

[dogday]

17. Georgie did not adopt that swagger till he lost an

election and decided to become one of the "good ole boy's club". It is an act and it is not a true Texas accent, or attitude... He is a big phony born in Conn.....

[yurbud]

10. hold Texas to same standard righties do Muslims: Have leaders publicly condemned him?

Has the Texas state legislature passed a motion disassociating itself from Bush and demanding that he refrain from calling himself a Texan?

I agree that Bush is a fake Texan, and many good things have come out of Texas.

I just like the alliteration.

[librechik]

36. I got it: LongHorn Turd

It has the "Texas" feel without the direct reference, and keeps the blunt sound of the original "Tard," yet relieves it of it's PC disadvantages.

Sounds like it hurt some to come out too!

[dogday]

37. Have you seen the new Air Force !?

[librechik]

46. yeehah!

I can picture Slim Pickens riding that...

[AndreaCG]

49. Thanks for posting the Opus

[liberal N proud]

2. K&R

[Speck Tater]

6. You should avoid the word "skewer" in a political context.

It casts a bad light on barbecue cooks. In fact, it would be better if you could avoid the use of words entirely. Use of the spoken word is an affront to the hearing impaired and use of the printed word insults the illiterate. I would recommend the use of wordless cartoon drawings as long as offensive subject matter is avoided.

[yurbud]

12. are you saying deaf people CAN'T READ?! As a half-deaf person myself, I'm half-offended

[yurbud]

13. Howard Stern once said that even "nice" comedians hurt someone's feelings--think about those people

who work so hard to make airline food, only to be the butt of a bad comic's joke.

[Bozita]

16. There's a job waiting for you in the DOJ's 1st Amendment division

nice!

[Homer Wells]

21. *****

:spray: :spray: :rofl:
Wonderfully said!

[EnviroBat]

27. Please stop using the word "You" in any statements at all.

*ou might indirectly, inadvertently imply that someone, somewhere is a free-thinking person of some moral capability. We should all be the "decider's" when it comes to what should or shouldn't be in someone's vocabulary, and IMHO we should all have our mouths surgically sutured shut so not as to inadvertently offend someone of obviously higher moral standards and.... AWWW FUCK IT already, I've had enough of this petty shit! What the hell happened to this place after Nov 7th? Bunch of morality police pansies. Oops, I might have offended some flowers out there somewhere...

[EnviroBat]

28. Please stop using the word "You" in any statements at all.

*ou might indirectly, inadvertently imply that someone, somewhere is a free-thinking person of some moral capability. We should all be the "decider's" when it comes to what should or shouldn't be in someone's vocabulary, and IMHO we should all have our mouths surgically sutured shut so not as to inadvertently offend someone of obviously higher moral standards and.... AWWW FUCK IT already, I've had enough of this petty shit! What the hell happened to this place after Nov 7th? Bunch of morality police pansies. Oops, I might have offended some flowers out there somewhere...

[Kelly Rupert]

31. Pls d nt pst twc.

Ls, vwls r ffnsv t ppl wh d nt hv vcl crds nd cnnt sy thm. Pls d nt wrt thm.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. Why wait 100 years?

The status quo has already figured out how to keep the Ivy League Schools filled with rich kids who are willing to game the system:

Does Loophole Give Rich Kids More Time on SAT?

Educators Say More Wealthy Students Get Diagnosed With Learning Disabilities to Get More Time on Test More high school students, especially at elite schools, are being diagnosed with learning disabilities in order to get more time to take the SAT and bump up their scores. The College Board no longer flags test-takers who were given special accommodations. (The Associated Press)

by JAKE TAPPER, DAN MORRIS and LARA SETRAKIAN March 30, 2006

When Ali Hellberg, 19, was in prep school, she said several of her classmates obtained notes from psychologists diagnosing them with learning disabilities, even though they didn't have any learning problems. They faked learning disabilities to get extra time to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, in the hopes of getting a higher score, she said."I had a friend who is a good math student but is no math brain, and she got extended time and got a perfect score on her math SAT," Hellberg said. That friend now attends an Ivy League school. Some call this scheme the rich-kids loophole. With intense competition to get into Ivy League and other elite colleges, students say they need nearly perfect SAT scores, as well as great grades and impressive extra-curricular activities. A rising chorus of critics say high school students from wealthy ZIP codes and elite schools obtain questionable diagnoses of learning disabilities to secure extra time to take the SATs and beef up their scores. Hellberg believes that to get into Harvard or Princeton, she'd need to score at least a 1500. The highest SAT score is 1600. "I got below 1400 and I knew I didn't have a shot getting into an Ivy despite my grades and extra-curriculars," she said. 'Hired Guns' Give Diagnosis Approximately 300,000 students will take the three-hour-and-forty-five-minute SAT this Saturday; about 30,000 taking the test this year will be given special accommodations, including extra time. For decades, the College Board, which administers the SAT, has allowed up to twice as much time to accommodate students who have legitimate learning disabilities, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. But with college admissions more competitive than ever, guidance counselors and other educators say privileged kids have gamed the system.

http://members.aol.com/clinictest/SATnightline.html

and


Paying for a Disability Diagnosis to Gain Time on College Boards
by Jane Gross, New York Times, September 25, 2002
For more articles on disabilities and special ed visit www.bridges4kids.org.


Dr. Dana Luck and Dr. Steven Mattis work in a modest suite of offices here, in the shadow of Westchester County's fanciest mall. The sign on their door reads "Center for Neuropsychological Services." These days, for the two educational psychologists, that often means the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities.

Clients pay $2,400 for a battery of tests and an evaluation, $200 an hour for psychotherapy and $250 an hour more if Dr. Luck or Dr. Mattis visit a high school or the Educational Testing Service to lobby for a learning-disabled student who is not getting the special services the law requires.

Lately, Drs. Luck and Mattis are seeing many parents and college-bound teenagers who want only one thing: a diagnosis that will entitle the youngster to additional time to take the Scholastic Assessment Tests. They assume this has something to do with a recent decision by the College Board to remove the asterisk flagging the scores of disabled students who take the exam under various special conditions.

"More and more people are asking legitimately," Dr. Luck said. "But more and more are also asking because, why not ask? It's part of our culture that every point matters, so they're looking for any kind of edge," including time and a half or double time on the stressful three-hour exam.


http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/9-02/NYTimes9-25-02.html

[Mich Otter]

44. Texas TURD seems more like it to me.

Or just say, "Shit-for-Brains".

[Paladin]

47. 2,832,704 Reasons Why You Texas-Bashers Can Kiss My Ass

That's the number of Texans who cast votes for John Kerry in 2004. I was one of them.

You'd never think of publicly expressing such rank bigotry against black people, Jews, gays, or just about any other group. But it's open season on Texas, just because George W. Bush, sometime in his 40's, came out of a drug-and-alcohol induced fog and allowed the Republican Party to put him to use---and he happened to be in Texas when it happened.

This constant barrage of Texas hating got old a long time ago. How about giving half a thought to the huge number of Democrats here, before you spew out the next bunch of blanket insults? When you indulge in this sort of shitty behavior, what makes you any different from the droolers over at FreiRepublik? Enough......

[yurbud]

52. problem, using anything as an adjective or metaphor for Bush is an insult to that thing. Someone

suggested calling him the "Texas Turd," but I have taken a lot of perfectly decent dumps that I have no hard feelings toward. They did nothing to hurt me or anyone else. But if someone else wants to call Bush a turd, I won't take offense on behalf of turds.

[yurbud]

53. you can get even with me when Arnold is president.