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'Black' hurricane names brewing swirl of dissent
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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So if Hurricane Shamiqua comes rolling throw a trailer park, does that constitute a hate crime?!
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So if Hurricane Shamiqua comes rolling throw a trailer park, does that constitute a hate crime?!
LOL. I guess so. :-\
This is just ridiculous.
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fair dinkum
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lets keep it multi-cultural.
dos santos
torres
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bruce leroy
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why would the black community concern itself with the dire problems it faces like none of their fathers being in the home, or the disproportional amount of young black males going to jail
they have more pressing issues to deal with like getting that WALMART loudspeaker idiot arrested, and of course, this :-\ :-\
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I think it's stupid and that Congresswoman has too much time on her hands and needs to be focusing on other issues. Black comedians have always joked about it. Destructive forces are neither black nor white, nor do they care who is, that being said, if they want to name them with "lily" white names, so be it. Be careful what you ask for, if they name one Hirricane Tanika and it turns out to be the worse hurricane in history, then black names might stick due to negative connotation.
Unsung, this is not about the black community, but a Congresswoman, don't get one twisted with the many. That's a veiled racist comment. Too assoc what her agenda is with others is a far stretch, black people are not monolithic on all issues.
Also black fathers not being in the homes is a direct result of black women not requiring them to be there. They are the ones that pick the dudes to have kids with. Which results in the latter thing you said. There is this prevalent attitude of "I'm a strong black woman and I can do anything" mentality, which hurts the chances of the child even having the father around. Couple that with the fact that many would rather have a child with a thug or jailbird, then you have no fathers in the home.
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I think it's stupid and that Congresswoman has too much time on her hands and needs to be focusing on other issues. Black comedians have always joked about it. Destructive forces are neither black nor white, nor do they care who is, that being said, if they want to name them with "lily" white names, so be it. Be careful what you ask for, if they name one Hirricane Tanika and it turns out to be the worse hurricane in history, then black names might stick due to negative connotation.
Agreed. Next thing ya know, there will be lawsuits persued for racist sounding hurricanes lol
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'Black' hurricane names brewing swirl of dissent
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.
Proves liberals are wingnuts.
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Hurricane Jamarcus sounds pretty cool
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Hurricane Toby lol
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All black people must leave this thread.
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Is it April 1st already?
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Hurricane mohammed?? WTF....fuck no...this is messing with tradation and its getting way out of hand....
whats next...a black version of snow white and the 7 dwafs :-\
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lawdy lawdy....that humicane lajuicena sho am windy
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lawdy lawdy....that humicane lajuicena sho am windy
;D ;D
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lawdy lawdy....that humicane lajuicena sho am windy
LOL!
Why isn't there a hurricane Nasser? Fcuking racist Americans >:(
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LOL!
Why isn't there a hurricane Nasser? >:(
How could there not be. Guy's the biggest area of low pressure (x3) on the West coast.
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Unbelievable
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they have more pressing issues to deal with like getting that WALMART loudspeaker idiot arrested,
i commend the person who did that. even better seeing the liberal whackoffs get wound up
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Hurricane mohammed?? WTF....fuck no...this is messing with tradation and its getting way out of hand....
whats next...a black version of snow white and the 7 dwafs :-\
Toxie the Snow White thing has already been done, back in the 40s-50s. It was one of the banned Merry Melodies cartoons from Warner Bros. It featured every negative stereotype you could think of back then. From the foxy, curvy and promiscuious black chick to the fat Mammie to...well watch it. Has a great a great soundtrack.
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Toxie the Snow White thing has already been done, back in the 40s-50s. It was one of the banned Merry Melodies cartoons from Warner Bros. It featured every negative stereotype you could think of back then. From the foxy, curvy and promiscuious black chick to the fat Mammie to...well watch it. Has a great a great soundtrack.
sigh...i HATE changing of tradation in the name of political correctness...remember the fat black woman in tom n jerry cartoons..that beat up tom with cooking utensils...well i like that status que...can ya imagine if now it ws an asian woman...i'd hate that..
i'd equally hate a "brown" superman...i'd actually flip my lid
however...that cartoon...although i laughed that line " my hair is coal black but my name is so white".....thats pushing it....
i just cant bring myself to say its outright wrong...cause i still do believe in freedom to say what u want how you want...
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Toxie the Snow White thing has already been done, back in the 40s-50s. It was one of the banned Merry Melodies cartoons from Warner Bros. It featured every negative stereotype you could think of back then. From the foxy, curvy and promiscuious black chick to the fat Mammie to...well watch it. Has a great a great soundtrack.
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahaaa
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o btw...i wasn't oblivious to the not so gentel push in that cartoon it provides to the back people to engourage them to classify their own culture "and in effect segregate themselves" from the general population...
didn't mean that black people had to fall for it though
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just name them after animals or after the place that's being destroyed ;D
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o btw...i wasn't oblivious to the not so gentel push in that cartoon it provides to the back people to engourage them to classify their own culture "and in effect segregate themselves" from the general population...
didn't mean that black people had to fall for it though
Actually when that cartoon was made, blacks were still segregated. Dorothy Dandridge's sister and mother provided the voices for So White and The Wicked Witch.
At the time Jazz was all the rage, and other aspects of black culture. Because Jazz is thought of as the first true American music, and blacks were segregated they did have a separat culture. It has been stated by old folks that integration has cause black people to rely on others instead of themselves...creating a type of laziness, ineptness, and ingratitude.
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Actually when that cartoon was made, blacks were still segregated. Dorothy Dandridge's sister and mother provided the voices for So White and The Wicked Witch.
did not know...ok in that context...thats quite bad
At the time Jazz was all the rage, and other aspects of black culture. Because Jazz is thought of as the first true American music, and blacks were segregated they did have a separat culture.
i always thought black people were quite good at rock n roll....i listen to the oldies now n then....dunno why they had to switch to boring arabic..errr..Rythim n blues music....its nothing but arabic music in english... >:(
It has been stated by old folks that integration has cause black people to rely on others instead of themselves...creating a type of laziness, ineptness, and ingratitude.
no welfare has...its actually done that to lower class whites and hispanics also...blacks just share the brunt of the load..cause as the lower classes go..they seem to be coming first and instead of fixing it..continue to complain about it <notice i didn't include lower class brownies and asians in this genere>
black doctors and engineers have no problems integrating into society...and i doubt black doctors listen to hip crap and rap
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did not know...ok in that context...thats quite bad
i always thought black people were quite good at rock n roll....i listen to the oldies now n then....dunno why they had to switch to boring arabic..errr..Rythim n blues music....its nothing but arabic music in english... >:(
no welfare has...its actually done that to lower class whites and hispanics also...blacks just share the brunt of the load..cause as the lower classes go..they seem to be coming first and instead of fixing it..continue to complain about it <notice i didn't include lower class brownies and asians in this genere>
black doctors and engineers have no problems integrating into society...and i doubt black doctors listen to hip crap and rap
Black musicians invented Rock and Roll, it was more of a branching off of or a combo of Souther Blues, R and B and Jazz. Even the Country Music stable of the banjo was a African instrument from the Ghana region called the banju. In old pics and paintings before Country Music, you would see a black man holding or playing a a banjo.
In fact with segregation, blacks had to depend on each other.
And big Mal will be a doc and listens to hip hop, and I other doctor as well and prominent attorneys
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Black musicians invented Rock and Roll,
ands then gave up on a good thing? >:(
And big Mal will be a doc and listens to hip hop,
seriously doubt it..unless he goes to med school in china...which many do
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hurricane shaniqua be all up in this shit
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LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahaaa
I remember watching that cartoon when I was a kid. I'm a cartoon buff. At the time it was no big deal, there were alot racial cartoons back then. You guys have to remember that those types of cartoons made by Merrie Melodies such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, etc, etc were not made nor intended for kids.
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ands then gave up on a good thing? >:(
seriously doubt it..unless he goes to med school in china...which many do
Its called marketing, and something else. Elvis, the Beatles---now its Em and Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke. If the buying public is X, then they don't want to see Y, even if Y created the music.
And Mal is in school in med school in LA
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Hurricane Toby lol
Pffffhahaha!!
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LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahaaa
OMG LMFAO on those cartoons....I feel so ashamed laughing but that's some funny ass fucked up shit. I remember watching some old merry melody where bugs bunny was being chased by a black version of Elmer Fudd. Let just say black Elmer made white Elmer look like Einstein. ;D
That hurricane shit.... ::) ::) ::)
Watch this shit....It's so fucked up but funny as fuck. ;D ;D ;D
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google "censored eleven" and you'll see the worst. ;D
then go to youtube and have fun