Obama's photo taken down after customers complain...

[kentuck]

at the Peterson Air Force Base commissary.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/presidents_48070___article.html/obama_commissary.html

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President Barack Obama's picture was removed this week from a Presidents Day sign at the Peterson Air Force Base commissary after customers complained that the image did not fit the holiday commemorating the birthdays of past presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

The head of the local NAACP and a commissary employee say it was blatant racism.

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Rosemary Harris, president of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said something more sinister was afoot.

"It bodes poorly for the progress that we hoped we would see in this country; we might have taken one step forward but we see many steps being taken backwards," she said Friday.

A cashier at the commissary who did not want her name used said pictures of past presidents, including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have accompanied the Presidents Day closure sign.

One customer, a military retiree, objected this year because of Obama's race, the cashier said.

"He said they're not going to have no black man on the window where he shops," the cashier said.

[thunder rising]

1. Peterson Air Force Base ... find the Commanding General, the Inspector General, the Center Chaplain

and complain your ass off ... that's OUR president they are dissing ... fuck'em

[YvonneCa]

57. Here's an idea: Isn't Obama going to Denver on Tuesday to sign...

...the new Stimulus legislation? MAYBE he should include a visit to Colorado Springs. ;) THAT could really shake things up. :7

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. one should make a compalint to the commander

[frogcycle]

3. "He said they're not going to have no black man on the window where he shops," the cashier said.

fucker's gonna have to go hungry

[jwirr]

30. The window of a commissary? That is a privilege that service persons

are given with cheaper costs. If they do not like the picture of the President of the USA up in a military establishment then they can shop in the higher priced stores.

[bunkerbuster1]

53. Sure am glad my tax dollars are funding the wishes of racist pricks!

Wouldn't want anyone enjoying taxpayer-funded subsidies while being "forced" to accept that their CiC is African American.

[jwirr]

55. Absolutely agree and I also would not want to send them to some

other country to win their hearts and minds. Maybe we can see what happened in Iraq that made it turn so bad so fast.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Oh good grief

[kentuck]

5. Read comments on first page if you get the chance...

Everybody is not happy about it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. What comments?

When I bring up the story, it says "0" comments.

[kentuck]

25. There are about 27 pages of comments.

at the bottom of the page.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

33. Here's what I get -

does it say "Comments - 0" when you open it, or am I doing something wrong?

http://www.gazette.com/articles/presidents_48070___article.html/obama_commissary.html

I really want to see the comments, too.

[kentuck]

35. Here is what I found at bottom of link

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pastor wrote:
popeanti wrote:
whomper wrote:
"At one time there was a good reason for the NAACP, they have out lived their purpose."


Name one. The NAACP was created by jews to gain support for their own acceptance in american culture. With the jews and negroes on the same team, their numbers could influence congress to pass laws against racial oppression. When the negroes needed the jews support for segregation issues in the south, the jews refused to show up and help. It's all in nation archives, if needed I can post the links.


Where were the Dem. Party? "When the negroes needed the jews support for segregation issues in the south, the jews refused to show up and help." OH what Ted Kennedy and Al Gore Father were fighting for segregation of the south.
2/15/2009 10:28:23 PM
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pastor wrote:
I do not care if you are white or black or purple. if you judge someone base on their color or want special rights or pormotion base on your color, you are a raciest.,
2/15/2009 10:20:26 PM
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pastor wrote:
"Harris isn't buying it, and said she wants Obama to again greet shoppers.

"To me it doesn't matter if its racism or politics," Harris said. "It's probably some of both."



Folks here is the problem an it is not those who disagree with Obama on political issues or those who felt that his picture had no place there, but people like Rosemary Harris, president of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Who can not see pass race. These people are the true bigots and raciest. They are the ones who can not look past the color of someone skin. This statement is a sign of someone who is a raciest "To me it doesn't matter if its racism or politics," Harris said. "It's probably some of both."


She can get away with it by hiding behind the color of her skin.


I do not care if you are white or black or purple. if you judge someone base on their color or want special rights or pormotion base on you color you are a raciest.,
2/15/2009 10:18:16 PM
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shellywilson wrote:

lwirbel wrote:
You are disgrace to your ancestors and should be treated as such. You deserve no more of anyone in here's attention. I spit you out of my mouth........

Gee, I'm sitting here with the aftertaste of vomit in my mouth caused by the likes of whomper and shellywilson, and you don't think I need a good mouthwash (and shower) by this point? A bad case on this board of individuals with twisted values charging others with twisted values. For example, anyone who would use an avatar picture of Obama photo-morphed to look like a monkey is perverse, no matter whether one likes Obama or not.

who asked you whirlbutt?
2/15/2009 10:03:15 PM
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pastor wrote:
airvet wrote:
pastor wrote:

sorry good try, Rush has never made a racists about Obama. I know how you people on the left hate Rush, and how he is a threat to your point of view.

This shows juat how far out of touch you are Pastor, if indeed you are a "pastor."

Just before the elections Rush Limbaugh called Obama a "Halfican American" because of his multiracial lineage.

Too bad you don't notyice these racial transgressions...but thenm again racists rarely do.

2/15/2009 5:02:34 PM


sorry he qouted from one of the far left groups that called Obama that.


but I guess it is ok for Obama friends to attack white people, jewish people, I guess it is ok for Obama to go to a false church lead by one of the most racists man calling him slef a rev. I ever hear. an that is ok airvet?
2/15/2009 10:01:50 PM
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pastor wrote:
Folk, you may as well get use to this treatment by the Obama worshipers. When ever some stands up again him, or points out that he is not the next Lincoln. You are going to be called a racists for the whole reason to try an bully you into silences.
2/15/2009 9:51:17 PM
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popeanti wrote:
manitoumon wrote:
" brain-dead white christian"
Wow!! Hate at it's Finest!!!


That's not hate. it's justifiable lashing out at centuries of oppression. Just ask Rosemary Harris.
2/15/2009 9:40:53 PM
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rationalobserver wrote:
"lwirbel",

you write:
"For example, anyone who would use an avatar picture of Obama photo-morphed to look like a monkey is perverse, no matter whether one likes Obama or not."

Perhaps so----but I'll bet you never complained about George Soros' MoveOn.org when they ran that commercial of George W. Bush morphing into ADOLPH HITLER.


Did you lwirbel?

Likening your president to one of 20th centuires' most heinous of men was incredible HATE, and, let's see, how did you phrase it---"perverse".

You Liberals are the Masters of PERVERSITY.
I am no fan of putting BIG EARS on Odrama, however, it pales in comparison to the PERVERSITY exhibited by liberals.

What was that you called our general?
OH YEAH....General BETRAYUS (Nah, that's not perverse).
What was that HUGE Bold-faced headline on the front page of the newspaer just a few miles north of us?

Oh yeah, "F*CK BUSH!"
(No perversity in that publication).


"LWIRBEL", your party is an embarassment. it is run by Leftists, he!!bent on the destruction of our country.
And, you want to complain about BIG EARS on Odrama......LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

2/15/2009 9:38:29 PM
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popeanti wrote:
whomper wrote:
"At one time there was a good reason for the NAACP, they have out lived their purpose."


Name one. The NAACP was created by jews to gain support for their own acceptance in american culture. With the jews and negroes on the same team, their numbers could influence congress to pass laws against racial oppression. When the negroes needed the jews support for segregation issues in the south, the jews refused to show up and help. It's all in nation archives, if needed I can post the links.
2/15/2009 9:35:56 PM
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rationalobserver wrote:
airheadvet'

writes
"In your case I find little of intellectual value so I simply overwhelm your pitiful efforts in my posts. Please go to bed now and when you wake up the God of conservative idiots will be there to comfort you."
HYPERBOLE AND AD HOMINEM ATTACKS----together.

You'll obviously never learn, and continue to use these feckless methods as if they were an admirable attributte.

You're persistently pathetic.
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[Tangerine LaBamba]

36. Well, dammit!

I get NONE of that. What is Firefox doing to me?

Thank you very much for this - at least I can see these?

I wonder what's blocking me?

Thanks again.

:toast:

On edit: I read what you posted for me. It's just never going to end, and it's always going to be ugly. All we can do is keep on doing what we do and let the haters stew in their own fetid juices.

It's 2009, we have a racially mixed President, and still it's the blacks and the Jews for these people.

It never ends..........................

[1776Forever]

42. It isn't Firefox - it came up fine for me - Don't know what is going on but it isn't Firefox.

:shrug:

[1776Forever]

43. I would have had them go to the Commander of the post there if they ask to remove it!

Who the H made the decision to remove the picture in the first place? Sounds like a set-up that someone in the managerial part made because they were either Republican or raciest or both. It needs to be looked into! I hope someone takes the lead. This should not be allowed to go on!

[Greyhound]

45. Did you get it to work? n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

47. Nope

Isn't that a pickle? It's not Firefox, I was assured by someone below, very kindly (thank you), but it just won't give me the Comments. I cleared the cache, restarted, and nothing.

But, thank you for the article, and for your kindness in sending me those comments.

Again, here's to you: :toast:

[Greyhound]

59. Are you running "No Script"? (Is there a blue "S" with a line through it in the lower right corner

of the browser window?) I went to the site and the comments need this script to display.

This particular batch of comments is only depressing and serves mainly as a reminder of just how whacked-out so many Americans are, but knowing how your browser is set up can be very helpful in the future.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

60. No blue "S", no.

This is an absolute mystery, isn't it?

I think maybe I'm lucky in not being able to see all those comments. I've seen enough hate in my life, thank you very much, and I seriously doubt that there were any new and clever ways of expressing it there.

But aren't you sweet to try to help me? You knock me out, and I thank you yet again...............................

[Greyhound]

63. Something is blocking the script, I see the same thing you describe until I allow it through.

Normally I'd say you're better off protected from what can happen when they are allowed to run free, but there are cases when you want them.

Could be your OS, any Vista aficionados out there?

[firedupdem]

6. That shit really pisses me off...

I hate that there is so much fucking ignorance and hate in this world. :grr:

[Journeyman]

7. The holiday doesn't commemorate the sitting President, never has . . .

and these days can commemorate more than Washington and Lincoln. Some states honor all Presidents on this date, others those Presidents with close association to their state in addition to Washington and Lincoln. It's all very higgledy-piggledy, with as many variations it seems as there are States and/or past Presidents, though none indicate involvement of the sitting executive.

That said, the attitudes of those who object in this story are despicable, and deserve all the scorn that can be lumped upon them. A valid objection to the picture might be made, just not for the racism or politics advanced by those cited in the article. (As the image itself isn't shown, it's hard to say how legitimate any objection might be.)

[firedupdem]

9. Did you read the article?

It stated that Bush and Clinton's pictures were displayed along with the others in the past.

Why would anyone object to a sitting President's picture being anywhere? It's blatant ignorant ass racism and it's not a legitimate objection no matter how you spin it.

Did you miss this part?

"He said they're not going to have no black man on the window where he shops," the cashier said."

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. Read on...........

There is a statement contradicting that assertion, saying that no current Presidential pictures were ever displayed.

Ah, but racism wears lots of different dresses when it goes out in public, doesn't it?

[kentuck]

17. Still, why would anyone object to the President's picture??

It doesn't matter if it's Presidents Day or Groundhog Day.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. I agree, but

if you're a racist, anywhere you see PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PICTURE, you're going to look for any excuse to get that picture taken down.

See, you have to learn to think like these fuckers so that you can counter them.

[firedupdem]

19. I'm going to believe the cashier....and you know what...

It really doesn't matter who is telling the truth. The President is the CIC and this is a military commissary. Of course it's racism at it's nastiest or else there would have been no complaint. It's disgusting.

[Journeyman]

21. Did you read MY comment? . . .

Do you understand the meaning of the term "sitting president"? What, in my statement that since the image itself isn't shown, there's a difficulty of making a legitimate assessment about it, did you not understand?

How much more plain did I have to make my distaste for the racist and/or political objections that have been made?

(The remainder of this reply is self-edited.)

[firedupdem]

26. Journeyman..

I completely understand what a sitting president is and everything you stated about the holiday. I also understand the only reason it's an issue. The President's ethnicity is the entire problem here.

I highly doubt that anybody would complain about another President's picture being on a sign closing a store on Presidents day. It really doesn't matter if they celebrate them all or exclude the sitting President in this particular case.

[whopis01]

49. The Federal holiday is Washington's Birthday

and I would think that is what would likely apply on an Air Force base particularly one in Colorado where they do not have Presidents' Day as a state holiday.

That said, I agree completely with your "That said..." comment as well.

[Jamastiene]

8. They wouldn't have been allowed to do that if any other president was president.

The NAACP is right. It's racism.

[firedupdem]

13. And they took the picture down! Ain't that something! n/t

[orleans]

18. right. what the fuck is WRONG with them? caving into what that

asshole wants? who the fuck IS this guy anyway? mr. "they're not going to have no black man on the window" where he shops. who the fuck is HE?

and...

who was the idiot who removed the picture?

now everyone else shouldn't shop there. this place disrespects the president--the "commander-in-chief" to them. how unamerican can they get?

[ulysses]

10. then let his stupid ass shop somewhere the fuck else.

[tsuki]

11. And he's going to go on the economy and not get his

taxpayer subsidized gas, alcohol, cigarettes, food and dry goods. I think not. Tell him to go shop downtown and pay the state taxes.

[Blue_Tires]

12. it's not like Obama is a REAL president or something...

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :wtf:

[BlooInBloo]

15. Every officer involved needs to be stripped of rank immediately.

[firedupdem]

23. What kind of shit is this? And on a military base? What makes

me even sicker is that they removed it!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

34. Remember the Marines in a coffee shop

who were greeted by John Kerry as he campaigned, and those idiotsticks refused to shake his hand?

That's what this act of stupidity reminds me of.

[firedupdem]

39. Doesn't remind me of that at all.....

Kerry has never been President. Removing a sitting President's picture from a commissary at a military base is unheard of....for any reason.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

41. I see both as a matter of disrespect

John Kerry was a sitting Senator. I expect members of our Armed Forces to have enough intelligence and integrity to respect the office, even if they don't respect the man.

When those Marines - non-coms - were interviewed, they said they didn't shake his hand because "they supported our Commander-in-Chief," proof positive that our educational system had utterly failed those young men.

I don't care for anyone being disrespectful, but when someone is in uniform - or utilizing the advantages of a commissary on a military base - I expect a bit more where our President - or a Senator - is concerned.

[RiverStone]

20. Hopefully they will now end up with MANY Obama signs!

Maybe not on the property, but next to it.

Nothing like shining the light on the bigots. The publicity may backfire.

[mykpart]

24. Aren't military personnel forbidden from

making any derogatory remarks in public about the CIC?

[uppityperson]

28. Sounds like a retiree. Maybe he should just lose hisretirement payments?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

40. On what grounds? If that was the case Bush could have stripped Wesley Clark of his.

[uppityperson]

56. I don't think he should, just in response to the previous reply. However, I do feel he

should be able to say what he likes (within "fire" in movie theatre thing), and I also disagree that just because you are in the military you should lose your freedom of speech outside business hours. He has he freedom to express his racism. I wish "isms" were not present, but he has the right to express it. As I have the right to call him a narrow minded bigot.

If he doesn't want to shop where there is a picture of a black president, he can go elsewhere. I don't think removing Obama's picture to appease him was right.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Well, well, well......what do we have here?

Hel-lo Mr. No-Black-man-where-I-shop asshole, there's a Black man in the White House in charge of the country where you live, in case your dumb ass didn't know!

[ThomCat]

29. In a Military Comisary?

:wtf:

That's fucked up that anyone military would take down a picture of the commander in chief that way. x(

Their racism is more powerful than their patriotism, and they don't care who sees that. If civilians did this they should get fired. If military people did this then heads should roll.

The retired bastard that demanded the photo be removed should be escorted off the base and instructed not to come back.

[Bluerthanblue]

31. why didn't the cashier tell the military retiree that he could take his

business elsewhere???

He's the Commander in Chief after all.


:shrug:


(edit: kan't spel for benes)

[Vickers]

32. Fuck Colorado Springs.

As a liberal veteran who was stationed at Cheyenne Mountain/NORAD *and* Falcon Air Station (since renamed), and who lived (briefly) in a dorm on Peterson AFB, and spent a LOT of time in Colorado Springs, I have the right, no, the DUTY to say that.

FUCK. COLORADO. SPRINGS.

One of the most back-asswards towns I have ever visited, and I've seen a whole SHITLOAD of 'em. Mainly because of the back-assward retiree population.

Now BOULDER on the other hand...groovy place. :thumbsup:

[uncle ray]

54. florida resident, huh? pot meet kettle.

[rockymountaindem]

62. I don't know how long ago you were in CS

but as a lifelong resident who keeps going back on winter and summer break, I can safely say the town has gotten way better in the last 10 years or so.

[snot]

37. um, is there a summary

I thot Prez day consolidated a very few particular past Prez B-day holidays, like the Rushmore types.

Have other Prez's tacked themselves on in the past?

[whopis01]

51. There is no Presidents' Day holiday (not at the Federal level)

And Colorado does not have it as a state holiday either.

The Federal holiday is "Washington's Birthday". So I would think that it is technically correct that the current president (or anyone but Washington) should not be included as part of the holiday.

[GiveMeFreedom]

38. I believe that the President of the United States should...

Go to this air force base and to this particular commissary and buy something? Then, should he ask "Hey I heard you guys took my picture down?, that's OK, but the bad news is your all going to Afghanistan because I am the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States and you'll see my picture in the chow hall there" That would be sweet justice, please make that happen god, please? I love the "what if" scenario, please add more to my limited thought process.

[TexasObserver]

44. The President/CIC's photo is always appropriate on military installations.

And if all the old retired farts living in Colorado Springs don't like it, let them buy their damn food at some grocery store that isn't subsidized by their federal government.

[marmar]

46. Colorado Springs Strikes Again.......

...... that place seems like a real piece of ...... something.

[lonestarnot]

48. Conduct Unbecoming of an entire fucking AFB. Boooooo!

Clean it up you fucking asshats!

[L0oniX]

50. Too bad we can't post pictures and names of those racist asscarrot all over the inet.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

52. I wonder if that is the reason why the courthouse in Hope, AR, still has W's picture up.

n/t

[newtothegame]

58. Who knows why this happened?

I find it said that this is a priority for the NAACP though. They used to go after rights being violated, like bus segregation and voter intimidation. Now it's all about being "offended."

[Retired AF Dem]

61. My wife has worked for DECA for 21 years

She is currently the Commissary Store Director at one of the Navy bases. She is so sick of customers complaing she would like to just quit and walk out the door. I have to keep reminding her "just four more years to retirement". I forwared that news article to her. I know what her reply will say.