Totally Incomprehensible

OK, today we the people of the United States Of America have gone completely off the deep end.

We have gone beyond just plain stupid. We have passed the bend in the road and on to where the road ends.

You couldn’t make up this kind of craziness if it didn’t exist.

What am I talking about you ask?

Rachael Ray's 'Terrorist' Ad Yanked

NEW YORK - Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad featuring the celebrity chef dressed in what some critics say looks like a scarf commonly worn by terrorists.

In a picture taken from the pulled ad, Rachael Ray is seen wearing a black and white scarf around her neck that was said to resemble a kiffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

The scarf has enraged conservative Fox News pundit Michelle Malkin and some others.

Critics say it's also the scarf of choice of "murderous" Middle Eastern terrorists.

Michelle Malkin saw this:

The rest of the normal people saw this.





At first, Dunkin' Donuts ignored the complaints.

But after seeing criticism grow on the Internet, including calls for a boycott, the company officials decided to pull the ad.

In a statement released by the company, Dunkin' Donuts officials said they did not want the ad to misrepresent Ray as a terrorist sympathizer.

Rachael Ray has been called many things -- loud, brash, elementary, and so forth -- but we're pretty sure this is the first time we've heard her name and "terrorist" in the same conversation.

The scarf had a paisley design and no one disputes that.

Malkin took the removal of the ad as a chest-thumping victory for herself, and terrorist-hating Americans. "It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."

AOL survey:

The Rachael Ray/'terrorist' scarf controversy is:

Completely ridiculous 92%
Completely deserved 8%

Total Votes: 248,812

Should Dunkin Donuts have yanked the ad?

No 88%
Yes 12%

Total Votes: 227,232

In an AOL survey , it clearly shows that 8% of the 246,812 people that voted and 12% of the 227,232 are completely stupid.


Amahl Bishara, an anthropology lecturer at the University of Chicago who specializes in media matters relating to the Middle East, said complaints about the scarf’s use in the ad demonstrate misunderstandings of Arab culture and the multiple meanings that symbols can take on depending on someone’s perspective.

“I think that a right-wing blogger making an association between a kaffiyeh and terrorism is just an example of how so much of the complexity of Arab culture has been reduced to a very narrow vision of the Arab world on the part of some people in the U.S.,” Bishara said in a phone interview.

“Kaffiyehs are worn every day on the street by Palestinians and other people in the Middle East — by people going to work, going to school, taking care of their families, and just trying to keep warm.”

While some extremists and terrorists may wear kaffiyehs, “To reduce their meaning to support for terrorism has a tacit racist tone to it,” Bishara said.

I was visiting with two cowboys the other day and one had a red bandana around his neck the other a blue one.

I became very concerned the one wearing the red one might be mistaken for a "Blood" gang banger and the one wearing blue might be mistaken for a "Crip" gang banger.

You get my point? Where do we draw the line?

I have seen pictures of terrorists wearing camouflage pants and shirts and also Nike shoes. Should we ban those as well?

Michelle Malkin is a hypocrite!

A lot of people feel the Hell's Angels are a type of terrorist organization. In the following picture she gives the impression she approves of motorcycle gangs.


Here she is on a motorcycle, holding a gun and wearing a leather jacket which outrages me that she is promoting a motorcycle gang.

And this:

Which appears to me to be Communist Vietnamese attire.

With all the problems we have here in the United States, I am dismayed to see one of our major concerns is what Rachael Ray is wearing in a donut commercial.