Last night, we followed the very short trail from the racist rantings (er, research) of New York Republican Jim Russell to the racist rantings (er, research) of Caste Football. And it was really fun.
But why stop there? Caste Football directs your attention to two "affiliates." One of them, the American Nationalist Union, definitely either owns a copy of Photoshop or knows someone who does.
See what I mean?






I think they actually have access to google- I've seen both the occult and the "bush as a video gamer" images somewhere before. (Or at least, most of the images already cobbled together)
But these definitely looked 'shopped, I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time. (yeah, I went there)
Black people are the reason the world has gone to hell...that and Muslims...and Mexicans /nod
Well, we knew that the neo-Nazi/skinhead/KKK/white supremacists of the 1970's hadn't just vanished into thin air. By golly, they grew up, put on ties, grew hair and joined the TeaParty! Just like the John Birch Society didn't go away; it just learned to use the Interwebs and bided its time. The worst thing about all of it is that us older folks have seen it all before but, with the crippling of our education system and politicization of our textbooks (Texas, I'm talkin' to you!), our youngsters don't know that this is all old recycled, disproved crap. So, it ends up sucking in a whole new generation.
Does this racist candidate want me to segregate my roto team? I have read the websites material, and it seems to want to promote that white people are better for sports.....who cares? We are a rainbow nation that will not tolerate this hate. The candidate will even stoop to racist hate to get attention for his campaign, which is the lowest common denominator available. The argument is absurd.
Call me naive, but it seems to me that sports is one of the few meritocracies left in our country. You fail to perform on the field, off you go, either to sit on the bench or get traded to some other team that may be desperate enough to take a chance on you. Any GM who decides they're going to let race or any other factor determine the makeup of their team instead of athletic ability is going to end up losing, as is the case in any situation where discrimination rejects qualified individuals based on an arbitrary set of standards.
That bush Photochop looks like it was inspired by the art of Kenny Irwin, aka "Your Intergalactic Pakistani Ambassador" -- one of the most inspired Photochoppers on flickr! Rachel and Co. MUST check Kenny's work out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennyirwin/sets/72157604476547192/
His profile says it all... http://www.flickr.com/people/kennyirwin/
I Still Think that the (Photo-Shopped) Image of Rachel Maddow Modeling (Ralph Lauren) is the Best Ever!
Diana B
I have no idea of what the above blurb means since I didn't see the show?