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Election Year Vandalism

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Apparently, someone vandalized the Obama HQ in Gregg County Texas:

The building is the Gregg County campaign office of Barack Obama where just yesterday, hundreds of East Texans showed up to see actor, Samuel L. Jackson stump for the campaign.

The building is not only the headquarters for Obama’s Gregg County campaign, but it is also a phone service center. Early this morning the owner, Eddie Towles and his technicians found the words “a racist” spray painted on two company vans.

“I don’t even know why anyone would do this except ignorance- total ignorance,”said Towles Phone Center technician, Lonzell Johnson.

Has anyone seen his guy, and if so, does he have any spray paint on his hands?

Total ignorance, indeed.

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  2. 2.

    Rudi

    Has anyone seen his guy, and if so, does he have any spray paint on his hands?

    The paint is probably all over his face too.

  3. 3.

    Tim F.

    I don’t think we can assume that the vandalism had anything to do with racism. That could be some guy named Racit’s parking spot, and he’s sick of people taking it all the time but too cheap to buy a sign.

  6. 6.

    Krista

    That is why I always get a kick out of comment threads, where you encounter some people whose spelling and grammar are utterly horrendous. And if anybody dares point it out, the response is usually some protest that only a tightass brainiac (or some such thing) would care about the spelling and grammar of other people. I tend to see this frequently on various Facebook groups, or other comment threads that tend to be frequented by younger people.

    Guess what? When you can’t spell, and especially when you don’t care that you can’t spell, it makes you look stupid. Sorry, but that’s the truth. If you don’t like it, then buy a damn dictionary.

  7. 7.

    capelza

    On my screen, when I opened BJ, I saw the top photo and immediately thought of the bottom one, before I saw it.

    I wonder if the Moran guy knows how famous he is?

  8. 8.

    Krista

    I wonder if the Moran guy knows how famous he is?

    Rick? I wouldn’t go so far as to say “famous”. Notorious, maybe.

  11. 11.

    Tsulagi

    “Morans” Guy is a classic. Wonder what his username is on RedState.

    The paint is probably all over his face too.

    Probably, even though he was trying to get it up his nose so he could have another big picture vision. Morans Guy, the proud embodiment of today’s GOP intelligence and competence!

  12. 12.

    karen marie

    when i was in elementary school, when we misbehaved, we would be kept in from recess and made to write a phrase a hundred times to learn our lesson. obviously this was not a practice in the school that the person responsible for this attended, otherwise he surely would have been master of a pluralized six-letter word.

    if this person is caught (hahahahahahahaha), in addition to a significant number of hours of community service scrubbing graffiti off walls, the punishment should include him being forced to write “i will not write on property that does not belong to me” and attend a remedial spelling class.

  13. 13.

    The Other Steve

    Yesterday the Governor of Minnesota was on the air with a bunch of bluster about how the legislature had to balance the budget his way, or else. Well today the Legislature sent him a message.

    FUCK YOU!

    They’ve thrown his Transportation Commissioner out of office.

    TIMMEH!

    That’s the second time he’s had an appointtee ousted. The first was his education comissioner, who was a wingnut out of virginia.

  14. 14.

    TR

    Asked for comment, Samuel L. Jackson said he was “sick of all these motherfucking racists on this motherfucking campaign!”

  15. 15.

    DFH

    Has anyone seen his guy, and if so, does he have any spray paint on his hands?

    Better yet, does he have any spray paint on his chin?

  16. 16.

    Jorge

    Not directly related but…

    I’ve figured out why Rove is saying that the Reps should avoid saying racist things about Obama. It is way too early in the election cycle. They are giving Obama an 8 month head start. The Swift Boaters didn’t hit the air about Kerry until August – after John Kerry had introduced himself to the country as a war hero. He spent the lead up to the Republican Convention trying to explain himself and then it was the debates and he never recovered.

    Obama now has all spring,summer and fall to strengthen his bonafides as a flag loving Christian.

  17. 17.

    Andrew

    Hey, maybe the “Morans” guy was just referring to Rick and Terry, in which case he makes a very valid point.

  18. 18.

    John S.

    Asked for comment, Samuel L. Jackson said he was “sick of all these motherfucking racists on this motherfucking campaign!”

    When the reported who asked for the comment inquired as to why Mr. Jackson was yelling, he replied “I’m not yelling! This is how I talk!”

  19. 19.

    caustics

    Speaking of racits and morans, wasn’t RedState 3.0 supposed to roll out this month?

    I’m beginning to suspect that Erick has recently acquired fully functional granite counter tops.

  20. 20.

    DougJ

    What’s that wall made out of? It looks an awful lot like granite or marble from this angle.

    I wonder how those latte-liberals feel about the fact that Obama is wasting their donation money on erecting expensive stone walls at his HQ.

  21. 21.

    Zifnab

    Lulz!
    I eagerly await the dumbass who tries to set a giant red crescent in fire in front of his lawn.

  22. 22.

    tBone

    I wonder how those latte-liberals feel about the fact that Obama is wasting their donation welfare money on erecting expensive stone walls at his HQ.

    Fixed. Everyone knows that liberals don’t have jobs.

  26. 26.

    tBone

    I thought some worked as reporters.

    Well, yeah, but they send all of their money home to the Motherland.

  27. 27.

    David

    I’m not sure what’s more offensive to the copy editor in me, the graffiti itself or the comma after “actor.”

  28. 28.

    Halteclere

    I’m not sure what’s more offensive to the copy editor in me, the graffiti itself or the comma after “actor.”

    The comma is more offensive. Bad spelling reinforces bigotry and vandalism stereotypes, and makes the actions laughable. But reporters and editors should not be tripped up with grammar issues.

  31. 31.

    caustics

    Romans Go Home

    What is this then? Romanes eunt domus, “People called Romanes they go the house”?

  32. 32.

    Zifnab

    “Romans Go Home”

    Centurion: What’s this, then? “Romanes eunt domus”? People called Romanes, they go the house?
    Brian: It says, “Romans go home.”
    Centurion: No, it doesn’t! What’s the Latin for “Roman”? Come on, come on !
    Brian: Er, “Romanus”!
    Centurion: Goes like?
    Brian: Annus.
    Centurion: Vocative plural of “Annus” is?
    Brian: Er, “Anni”!
    Centurion: “Romani”… [writes “Romani” over Brian’s graffiti] “Eunt”? What is “eunt”?
    Brian: “Go”.
    Centurion: Conjugate the verb, “to go”!
    Brian: Er, “Ire.” Er, “eo,” “is,” “it,” “imus,” “itis,” “eunt.”
    Centurion: So, “eunt” is… ?
    Brian Third person plural present indicative, “they go”.
    Centurion: But, “Romans go home” is an order. So you must use… ? [twists Brian’s ear]
    Brian: Aaagh! Imperative!
    Centurion: Which is…?
    Brian: Aaaaagh! Er, er… “i”, “i”!
    Centurion: How many Romans?
    Brian: Aaaaagh! Plural, plural… er, “ite”!
    Centurion: “Ite”… [writes “ite” on wall] “Domus”? Nominative? “Go home” is motion toward, isn’t it?
    Brian: Dative! [Centurion pulls out gladius and holds it against Brian’s throat] Aaagh! Not the dative, not the dative! Er, er… accusative, accusative, “ad domum”, sir, “ad domum”!
    Centurion: Except “Domus” takes the…?
    Brian: The locative, sir!
    Centurion: Which is…?
    Brian: “Domum”!
    Centurion: “Domum”… [writes “Domum” on wall] Um. Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
    Brian: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
    Centurion: Hail Caesar! And if it’s not done by sunrise, I’ll cut your balls off.

  35. 35.

    Billy K

    I’m not sure what’s more offensive to the copy editor in me, the graffiti itself or the comma after “actor.”

    Sadly, that was my first thought, too.

  37. 37.

    Ed Drone

    Actually, they vandalized two of the proprietor’s vehicles, too, but spelled ‘racist’ correctly on those.

    Ed

  38. 38.

    Irfo

    Things never change. Back during the last pointless meatgrinder war, somewhat famously spray-painted on an underpass in Evanston, IL, were the words “BOMB HANIO!”

  39. 39.

    The Other Steve

    Speaking of racits and morans, wasn’t RedState 3.0 supposed to roll out this month?

    I’m beginning to suspect that Erick has recently acquired fully functional granite counter tops.

    I’m afraid the granite countertops were an early wedding present for Mr. and Mrs. Krempansky.

  40. 40.

    Goseph Gerbils

    Rudi Says:

    Has anyone seen his guy, and if so, does he have any spray paint on his hands?

    The paint is probably all over his face too.

    Found him!

  42. 42.

    SamFromUtah

    Found him!

    LOL! That’s one hard-looking dude. I could imagine him painting RACITS on a building, easy.

    And yes, the comma after “actor” in that article is an atrocity.

  43. 43.

    Incertus

    You think they’re even aware that they’re as stupid as they are? Doubt it. Look at Bill Donohue. He’s so blissfully unaware that he has no clue he just sent irony meters off the scale today.

  44. 44.

    Alex

    OK, my inner pedant is snarling at the leash…GO BOY!

    “Graffiti” is plural. The singular is “graffito”. It goes like “paparazzo, -i”. By all means criticize Morans Guy, but get your own posts right!

    Morans!

  46. 46.

    libarbarian

    “Romans Go Home”

    I have Life of Brian on my video Ipod and I just re-watched that scene cause of you guys. Thx.

  47. 47.

    Eric S

    Please, please don’t post the picture of Moran Man anymore. It momentarily makes me depressed to be a St. Cardinals Fan.

  49. 49.

    myiq2xu

    Please, please don’t post the picture of Moran Man anymore. It momentarily makes me depressed to be a St. Cardinals Fan.

    How about showing Josie Moran instead?

  50. 50.

    JWSwift

    Maybe *I’m* a bit dense, but it just now struck me: the very people who are so busy yelling “Lurn Eeenglush!!!” at the “scary brown people” are the same ones who mangle the language so badly, themselves!

  52. 52.

    D-Chance.

    Hey, my neck of the woods!

    Obama (screw you, Mozilla, it’s spelled “Obama”!) had Samuel L. Jackson leading a rally. Young, old, black, white, rich, poor, white collar, blue collar, no collar… it was a party-hearty good time.

    Yesterday, McCain made his way into Tyler (next town over). You’ve never seen a paler shade of white. All rich, white, professional types.

    Come the GE, the comparison between the two campaigns… wow. McCain doesn’t stand a chance.

  53. 53.

    RSG

    Get used to it, folks. The type of grammar you see in that ‘news article’ is pretty much what you see in smaller newspapers all over the state. I’m not quite as proud to be a Texas as I once was, for a variety of reasons. I doubt this is limited to Texas, though.

  54. 54.

    merrinc

    Maybe I’m a bit dense, but it just now struck me: the very people who are so busy yelling “Lurn Eeenglush” at the “scary brown people” are the same ones who mangle the language so badly, themselves!

    Case in point.

  55. 55.

    AnotherBruce

    You know, I’m a liberal, and I love me some motherfucking lattes. You got a problem with that?

  56. 56.

    bernarda

    From the mug shot article of Mr. Tribett, “Patrick Tribett was nabbed in July 2005 by Ohio cops and charged with abusing harmful intoxicants.”

    How horrible, what sort of abuse was he subjecting those harmful intoxicants to?

    Then there is this 9 1 1 call by a policeman using or abusing a substance.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACRsCRdqxM

  57. 57.

    Pelikan

    I think we’re all missing the main point here. Obama has got Samuel L. Jackson stumping for him. He’s already won! He’s the one badass who trumps Chuck Norris.

    -Galen

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