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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on August 06, 2003, 08:33:06 AM
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LOL! more (http://www.aimface.com/ikons/IKONc14643b6883d35c9ee93dd95fc0ee4402ce8f9b5bc.gif) from the left!
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33896
Rush Limbaugh rips congresswoman's call for African-American storm monikers
Was Hurricane Andrew too 'lily white'?
Do devastating hurricanes need help from affirmative action?
A member of Congress apparently thinks so, and is demanding the storms be given names that sound "black."
The congressional newspaper the Hill reported this week that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, feels that the current names are too "lily white," and is seeking to have better representation for names reflecting African-Americans and other ethnic groups.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas
"All racial groups should be represented," Lee said, according to the Hill. She hoped federal weather officials "would try to be inclusive of African-American names."
A sampling of popular names that could be used include Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn, according to the paper.
Jackson Lee's call is brewing its own storm of response across America.
A WorldNetDaily reader wrote:
"You can be sure if there were too many 'black' names assigned to hurricanes, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee would instead be complaining that this practice unfairly stereotypes blacks as violent. Let's hope this silly storm blows over!"
Another, Greg Cook, says, "This is ridiculous. How about naming the storms after gang members, or infamous criminals? How about not having any name at all associated with hurricanes?"
Regina Roberston writes: "We should only name hurricanes for foreign officials who are in hiding or considered to be terrorists, or assisting terrorists. We could name the hurricanes after known illegal immigrants, since they are both unwanted and unwelcome anyway. Or how about we only choose French names, so the fear of hurricanes will be put to rest?"
Radio talk-show giant Rush Limbaugh says he was having dinner with his wife when he first learned of the proposal.
"I just threw up my hands. I said, 'Has it come to this now?'" Limbaugh recounted on his show.
"There's discrimination and actually elected officials wandering around worried about the discrimination in the name of hurricanes. And hurricanes are destructive. You know nobody's very excited when a hurricane's heading their way, and yet here she is demanding that hurricanes be named after black people.
"You know it used to be that hurricanes were named only after women because they were destructive and unpredictable. And that's the reason. The feminists grew upset about that, demanded that hurricanes be named after men, and so now, the civil rights leaders are demanding black names for hurricanes.
Limbaugh continued his analysis, saying it was not the mainstream populace responsible for what he called the "Balkanization" of race relations in America.
"It is these elected black leaders, the civil-rights coalitions – they're the ones that keep causing all this racial divide, they're the ones that keep calling attention to all this," said Limbaugh. "They're the ones that keep stirring this pot. They're the ones who don't want there to be any colorblind society. They're the ones who keep being agitated and trying to agitate others over all this, and now it's descended into the meaningless element of the names of hurricanes."
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hurricanes were for centuries named after the Catholic saints' days on which the storms fell.
In 1953, the United States abandoned as confusing a two-year-old plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie) when a new, international phonetic alphabet was introduced. That year, weather services began using female names for storms.
The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
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lol....I think a category 5 hurricane called "Tupac" would be quite appropriate.
;)
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Originally posted by Curval
lol....I think a category 5 hurricane called "Tupac" would be quite appropriate.
;)
How about a Hurricane that is downgraded to a tropical storm before reaching land? >>> Shizzle fizzle..
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aww Rip your a week late on this one bud!
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Originally posted by boxboy28
aww Rip your a week late on this one bud!
Dang! :( but...but...its dated Aug.3rd!~
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Simple reply for the congresswoman from texas...
:rolleyes:
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i've never had a hurricane named after me, can i sue for reperations?
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Hurricane DeLaAnferneeniqua
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Originally posted by john9001
i've never had a hurricane named after me, can i sue for reperations?
I think Hurricane Mondo has a nice ring to it, actually. :)
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Yeah, here it is.
Thread from last week (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92859&highlight=sheila+jackson+lee)
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I don't understand. How could you possibly stand up in front of congress and say this sh*t with a strait face?
SOB
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banana, thats my "race driver" name, where you know me from, GPL or NASCAR? I need to get back into racing.
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"race driver"?! Just what do you mean by that anyway! :mad: ;)
SOB
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Originally posted by john9001
banana, thats my "race driver" name, where you know me from, GPL or NASCAR? I need to get back into racing.
banana = Johnny Bax
Yes, we would all like to see you back in the red car this Sept, when we start the new season. :)
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A black sounding name???? Can you imagine the repercussions? If someone named a hurricane sha-naynay I suspect many people would be offended.
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This is preposterous!!
What about the Asians? What about American Indians? What about Latinos?
I will NOT be satisfied until there are hurricanes named 'Kamakazie,' 'Blows With Rain,' and 'Ricky Martin' respectively!
...your tax dollars hard at work. Congressmen attacking the big issues - every day.
Insert big ol' rolly eye guy here.
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Blows with rain!! AHAHAAAHAA!!!
hehe
Oh, Indians Suck...not as much as hippies though.
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who cares. really?
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Originally posted by Frogm4n
who cares. really?
Apparently a few here do.
I say if you are stupid enough to care, you are as much of an idiots as the people who are making a deal out of this.
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Mondo is a wrecker!!! :p :D
at least that's what Johnny Bax Johnson says!
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Originally posted by Stringer
Mondo is a wrecker!!! :p :D
at least that's what Johnny Bax Johnson says!
Fact One: Stringer Johnson needs to change his name back to Cobra Johnson
Fact Two: Cobra Johnson needs to get back into the GROWL swing of things.
Thank you! :D
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Originally posted by Animal
Apparently a few here do.
I say if you are stupid enough to care, you are as much of an idiots as the people who are making a deal out of this.
Ah, the 'youre stupid if you care' argument. Valid to a point - but I blame worthless movements such as this on people that never said anything. If we all go along saying we dont care, where does this PC bull**** stop?
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And we pay these people LOL
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Hurricane Jamal and storm Laquisha.
hahahha