Dunkin' Dumbasses
By SilentPatriot Friday May 23, 2008 6:31pm(title borrowed from John Cole.)
File this under: "we now know why McCain is ignoring Michelle Malkin."
A new Dunkin Donuts ad featuring Rachel Ray sporting a tattered white scarf has the wingnuts in a tizzy, with Michelle Malkin leading the charge. You have to be deranged to see this ad and come to the conclusion that Rachel Ray is a secret Yasser Arafat-loving, terrorist-sympathizing threat who must be stopped for the sake of civilization. Take a glimpse with me into the warped mind of a lunatic fringer:
Michelle Malkin - Of donuts and dumb celebrities:
Is Ray’s blunder worth boycotting DD over? I’ll be interested to hear the company’s take. At this point, I’m going to give the management the benefit of the doubt. They have braved boycott threats and attacks over their lonely, principled stance against illegal immigration. Given their pro-rule of law, America first position, I highly doubt the executive offices are filled with moonbats who endorse Ray’s keffiyeh chic.
Charles Johnson @ Little Green Footballs - Mainstreaming Terrorism to Sell Donuts:
I didn’t believe this story when people first started emailing about it; but sure enough, its true. Dunkin Donuts, the venerable old fried dough seller, is the latest American firm to casually promote the symbol of Palestinian terrorism and the intifada, the kaffiyeh, via Rachael Ray: Dunkin’ Breakfast Choices.
Pam Geller, when shes not demanding Obama be drug tested (seriously) - Rachel Ray, Dunkin Donuts Jihad Tool:
Have you seen Rachel Ray wearing the icon of Yasser Arfatbastard and the bloody Islamic jihad. This is part of the cultural jihad.
John McCain may have terrible judgment when it comes to war and lobbyists, but he's got Malkin figured out just right.
Update: Atrios:
I was a dirty f*&king hippie after all, booted out of the party by Peter Beinart (excuse link to freeperville, only place I could find it), called a crazed, ignorant ideological cannibal by Jon Chait, and witnessed how our mainstream media though it cute and funny that French Fries were renamed "Freedom Fries" in the House cafeteria and giggled as people destroyed their Dixie Chicks CDs. So, yes, I can imagine that I was a bit sensitive about such things at times.
But, you see, their side ran the f*&king world then. And, mostly, they still do. It's why I gaze with fascination at their continuing attempts to maintain cultural purity. How about taking responsibility for the mess you created, instead?
When Sadly, No! first tauntingly proferred the keffiyah thing to Malkin, I thought: not even she is insane enough to actually take this bait. Now that she has, I'm beginning to get an unaccustomed feeling of Christian sympathy for her. What a small, strange world she lives in -- one in which even simple breakfast choices are fraught with peril. What are her lunch and dinner choices like...
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Dunkin' Donuts is setting up shop here in Alabama very shortly. I think I just may have to add them to my boycott list.
Jihad for jelly donuts!
Dunkin Donuts is owned by the Carlyle Group.
Purchased in Nov. 1996 or thereabouts.
Let Malkin attack the right...
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Woops. That's Nov. 2006.
So we should boycott DD simply because of its connection to Bush Family warmongering.
Do I laugh, cry or shake my head?
ah hell. lets do all three.
Okay I always thought she was just a normal idiot right wing commentator, saying outrageous things just to be noticed. With this and that creepy cheerleading video, I do genuinely doubt her sanity now. She might really need help.
hate is all they know.
Christ. I already boycott DD because their stuff is pure shite.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, they're fascist propaganda artists who feed this crap to their ignorant followers. And since they've made a business peddling this garbage, it's important to keep creating it.
Goebbles would be so proud.
Wow.
And here I was thinking that there were limits to deliberate stupidity.
Yeah, I hear that Whistler's Mother is also on their radar as a symbol of Palestinian support. All of that "Arrangement in Gray and Black" bullshit is definitely an Obama reference for when he is strung out on crack. Further, James Mc"Neil" Whistler's name proves that Barrack will get down on his knees to terrorists. It all makes sense to me.
omg...this is just too funny
42Cliff @ 11:
Not in Murika!
I went to Malkin's site and read the comments on that post. To their credit, the vast majority of comments are critical of Malkin for the mental gymnastics it requires to link this donut ad to Islamic propaganda. Below are three randomly cut comments.
On May 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm, madchef said:
I doubt that it’s political. She probably just thought it would go with the top. She makes sammies not policies.
#6On May 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm, zeroangel said:
There is no doubt in my mind this is a case of ignorance. Much in the same vein as a clueless teenager wearing a “Che” shirt. In fact, even more so involving ignorance, because at least the teenager understands that “Che” has something to do with rebellion. RR more likely than not thinks shes wearing a nifty scarf.
#7On May 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm, caligulajones said:
This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read here. She is wearing a scarf. Do you hate Muslims and Middle Eastern people so much that you can find their hidden agenda even in a doughnut ad? Should we dress like John Wayne and Ma Ingles to make sure everyone knows how American we are? I guess it is more important that a man’s jewelry.
http://www.carlyle.com/Portfolio/item7440.html
http://cheesebikini.com/2006/07/
Ken Krayeske @ 3:
If you're anywhere even sort of near the LAX airport,
Randy's is as good as it gets in the donut world. It's
not just that they have that huge donut sign, their
food is absolutely top notch, and it's always open.
http://randys-donuts.com/
It's owned by just a couple of very normal guys...
I have a scarf exactly like that (from Morocco), and I've been known to wear it with a jean jacket. Is that all it takes, in America, to be internment camp fodder? My gawd!!
We should really just boycott it on account of her not wearing a flag lapel pin. Or flair.
miss_kitty @ 9:
And all the cops hang out there.
Just because she's paranoid doesn't mean they aren't looking for her. Fucking retard.
First the wing-nuts freaked over the obscene(?) StarBucks logo, and now it's this. Jesus! Can't these people volunteer or join a charity instead of inventing controversies? Guess they have to much hatred and time on their hands.
Like the Pavlovian DOGS they are the Rape-Public-Cans and end timers see the boogy-man and terrorists around every corner, in every shadow, in every minority.
Sad the lunatic fringe project their mental illness and are both naive and ignorant enough to think it is the norm.
Manufactured outrage. For their next trick they'll be singing 'war against xmas' carols around a bonfire of Darwin's works. Wrapped in flags of course.
Comrade Kevin @ 1:
Yeah, well, who cares? Be a dick. No one is stopping you.
(Unless that was a joke. Then, nevermind. Hard to tell and I don't know your name, but I like the Comrade part, comrade ^.^)
But seriously folks, Rachael Ray will be fired for this. I'm not kidding.
As the right wingnuts become less and less relevant, they become more and more strident. They want attention.
Malkin needs to consider committing herself. She's nuts.
Ken Krayeske @ 3:
Yeah, boycott Dunkin Donuts. But not Rachel Ray.
Michelle Malkin is dumber than a rock. Her observations aren't even mildly entertaining. They're just stupid.
Jo @ 19:
Yeah. There IS that.
Leaping lizards.
Charles bought into this crap?
And he called me stupid when he banned me.
Geez.
What scarf?
Your right yellow dog. The gay rights bill in LA didn't barely raise an eyebrow, much to the religious rights chagrin. The more they yell and act like children, the more we yawn and ignore them.
Next they'll say I can't flip the British version of the middle finger because it looks too much like a peace symbol.
Are these effin wingnuts for real? Do they have to go someplace to get their brain altered to come up with crap?
Sometimes a scarf is just a scarf.
This is one of the more amusing fake controversies the wingnuts have come up with. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get a gay abortion while I plan the next battle in the War on Christmas.
My fellow C&Lers, these people still believe the Earth is 6 thousand years old and flat!
typical... people with tanks hating people with rocks...
Who in their "right" mind would think of shit like that? I believe I just answered my own question. I find it amusing that Malkin believes Obama should be drugged tested? Ha! Jesus Christ that buck toothed bitch has lost her mind. Even Faux Noise won't have her.
I am really curious what Rachel thinks of this analogy of her wearing the 'Yassar' scarf. Rachel should invite Malkin to her talk/cooking show (does she still have it?) and have everyone in her audience wear one of those scarves. HA!
So, if wearing a black and white scarf means you're advocating support for jihadists and terrists, does wearing a solid green T-shirt mean you're an acolyte of Qaddafi?
Shit, these people are insane.
malkin is drinking too much imported water from her
friend coultergist. it's called recycled "summer's coulterdouche eve".
These people have really tumbled down the rabbit hole into a magical land of insanity. The extreme nature of their delusions kind of leads me to think it's no longer morally right to laugh at them. They've stepped so far into their own delusions that I think many of them are now genuinely suffering from serious mental illnesses. Their paranoia, anxiety, delusions of grandeur and persecution, it's all getting to such an extreme level that I'm starting to really worry about them. It's only going to get worse as we move through the general election. It used to be funny to see people like Malkin and company wail, whine, and get up in a lather over the outrage du jour and the evil MSM's ignoring their "thoroughly researched blog posts!!" that always end about as accurate as a term paper on advanced astrophysics researched and written by a monkey with a learning disorder would be. Now though, as I said, it seems like they've lost it. Their grip on reality is, well, weak at best. I think many of them have lost it altogether. I'm not trying to just throw around insults. I genuinely feel for them. I don't know what went wrong to scramble them up like this. I suppose some of them might be suffering from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress syndrome in the wake of the attacks on September 11th. Their behaviour is very similar to that of a Vietnam veteran I know who has never gotten over his experiences there. The paranoia, anxiety, over-reaction, all of those strange behaviours that you see in Malkin and her buddies are very similar to the kind of behaviour I see from this vet when his condition is affecting him. For instance, Malkin and them have fits of rage and paranoia over an innocent scarf, this guy had fits of rage and paranoia when a Thai restaurant opened around here. Both things seem absolutely ridiculous to get upset over, but, when your judgement is clouded by an anxiety disorder, the fear, panic, and paranoia make it very difficult to put things in proper perspective and realize when your thoughts and behaviour have become unreasonable or inappropriate. I suspect anyone with a background in psychology would find some of these people would make an interesting case study, not only because of the psychological damage they have apparently suffered, but also in how they seem unreasonably driven to feed off the illness of fellow sufferers. I don't know. The whole thing, to me, is just becoming unbearably sad and disgusting. When you are so far gone that you think a white scarf with any sort of black design on it is a sure sign of an evil plot to promote the killing of innocent people, your delusions are certainly more powerful than your ability to think rationally and recognize reality.
Wow!
Rachel Ray has put on a little poundage as of late (preggers, maybe) & probably thought the scarf was a good coverup for a chubby neckline. Would CrazyAss Malkin feel better if the scarf was red, white, & blue? Would a really really big flag pin help?
Moronic, as per usual, Malkin.
look this is part of neocon/Zionist campaign to defame everything Palestinians(their leaders, culture, clothes) and equivalent of advocating genocide. Just shows the axis between necons and extreme right wing in Israel.
I just read this entire post, and I still don't get what the problem is. Is there something wrong with the scarf she's wearing? Some explain this please, because at this point, it just looks like the right is running out of options.
Yup, one lizard bucked:
"Charles:
re: #109 PhoenixMike
I'm going to have to be more of a Jawa than a Lizard on this one. Not every scarf is a Kaffiyeh.
That's OK, you can disagree. I've documented a lot of this stuff, though, and there is a definite trend to legitimize the kaffiyeh -- and in many cases, it's happening with full knowledge of its symbolism."
The rest have bought into this bs.
So, will Ms. Malkin declare that anyone who owns a Persian rug should be strung up for being in support of Hamas and Hezzbolah?
First, a teevee chef endorsing Dunkin Donuts? LOL
Second, whaaathahfuk?
Malkin must have felt like such an outsider with her inferiority complex, growing up in a Filipino family, that she desperately wanted to shake that off and become part of the mainstream American culture. That condition manifests itself in her constant pursuit of demonizing families who's babies are born in the U.S.. She calls them, anchor babies. I wonder, doesn't she qualify for that label herself? She was born in the U.S. during the time her parents were on a visit to the U.S..
She's a sad fuck with serious psychological issues. I'd suggest seeing a shrink.
This is horrible. Malkin has been evicted and her home foreclosed on. She deserves sympathy, not mockery. The poor thing has been fired from all her positions and shunned by her right wing colleagues and lives under a bridge somewhere. She's obviously having mental problems-- probably taking the same drugs as McCain-- and we should offer her a hand... maybe take up a collection for her so she can stay in a hotel and take a shower this week. This is a tragedy. No sane person could ever write these kinds of things.
keith @ 41:
you had a typo.
Oh my. When you start to even see terrorist messages in Dunkin Donut commercials, it is really time to seek professional help.
These people have far too much time on their hands.
i cannot click on any of the links - except the cole link... i think i know enough...
i can't believe they're picking on rachel ray... rachel ray, kooky sweet bubbling mass of energy...
she taught me how to cook... albeit after my kids were grown and mostly moved away...
but, rachel ray... she's ITALIAN for heaven's sake! yeesh...
Saint McCain is steering clear of Malkin because she'll discover that he is a closet Muslim. Look at his campaign logo. The star is over the capital "C". It looks suspiciously like the star and crescent of Islam. Michelle will surely get to the bottom of this. She hates ALL semi-circles!
see: http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/14/following-michelle-malkins-lead-rep-...
Clearly its just a well matched scarf to her fetching grey top.
Wait.... wait...
is that a swastika in the folds there? in the pattern of the scarf? Right next to the picture of Hillary Clinton eating the baby Jesus?
[Ashton. We have no way of verifying your story, and due to its nature, I doubt we'd really like to keep it up on the site. Thanks-Sitemonitor]
Dipshits like Malkin really need to be round up and dumped on an island in the middle of the Pacific or something. Yeah there's freedom of speech and all that but to push stupidity like this in order to incite anger for profit and attention is really sick.
You people around here are not sufficiently paranoid... What we are going to need is another Pearl Harbor type event... That will get you on board the bigotry and bomb Iran ship...
They also see boobies on the Starbucks mermaid (or whatever it is). And P&G is in cahoots with the devil, you know (an oldie but a goodie: http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/procter.asp). Wingnuts as crazy as ever.
lunacy. but your title cracked me up.
Don't be fooled by Rachel Ray's megawatt all-American smile or her rags-to-riches, self made entrepreneurial spirit. I was once saw her make a thirty-minute meal with saffron and camel balls. She is a secret Muslim. Endorsing DD's iced coffee is in, reality, a message to the terrorists. Iced is a euphemism meaning to bump off someone, and coffee is the number one drink in America and who is the number one pundit in America ------- that's right, Michelle Malkin!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!
This is like telling ghost stories around the campfire!
Who's next?
Malkin has a valid point. The terrorists have figured that if they poison the population of the USA with excessive sugar we will all die of diabetes or obesity. Sure, it will take a while longer but no more messy suicide bombers. Did someone above say that Dunkin Donuts was owned by the Carlyle Group? Sure we were told that members Bin Ladin's family were no longer afiliated with him and they left Carlyle but how do we really know?It's lucky Malkin was there to untangle this devious plot.
President PNACcio @ 15:
there's this cult in texas...
The most frightening thing is that those people are allowed to vote, breed and leave their homes.
PassedPawn @ 57:
Or we could just deport the anchor baby as she herself has suggested in the past.
mccarthy red scare
isn't there a saying about history repeating itself?
Need to start boycotting a lot of things
Modern Western medicine owes a lot more to Islamic borrowings than to the theoretical writings of Greek and Roman authors. Then there's algebra, and astronomy, and the number zero... The list of things you see unthinking cultural traitors in the West use every day that derive from our civilizational enemy is mind-boggling, and all of them a lot more important than clothing styles. I trust that we'll see Malkin et al boycotting medicine and anything built using any mathematics more advanced than algebra. These people are nothing if not intellectually rigorous.
Malkin gives new meaning to lunatic "fringe".
Seriously, is there lead in Michelle Malkin's drinking water?
That scarf, actually, is a symbol of solidarity with oppressed people. In the 1920s, during the British Mandate in Palestine, those fighting colonialism often came from rural Palestine and wore the traditional scarf. Palestinians in the cities wore western headgear. So, the British colonizers would round up Palestinians wearing the scarf in cities for fear that they were anti-colonial activists. So, many Palestinians began wearing the scarf in the cities so as to thwart the British efforts of crushing freedom fighters. The scarf became a symbol of solidarity with oppressed people everywear. Then again, that probably why those on the Right, who faciliate oppression, oppose the scarf.
Am I committing grave acts of terror if I like kurtas and other suspiciously Middle-Eastern looking stuff, because I am a giant hippy? Is there a list of acceptable clothing one must wear to not be considered a threat?
Also, Afghan hounds - terror dogs?
mmmm coffee...
Hey Malikin you know where coffee came from???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee
It's been tainted by the jihadis ... aaakkk!!!!!!!!!! It's a conspiracy!!!!
When the nuts on the other side find out those donuts are cooked in hog fat, they'll likely issue a fatwa on the poor girl. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...
Actually, this is a rather inspired action. On the surface, even a scratch or two below the surface, there's nothing but stupidity. But look deeper & you'll see (as some commenters here have pointed out) that this is the core value which "the right" have been playing to, and can't escape from: fear of the other, fear of what they refuse to understand. Or, simply, fear. It's not just the politics of fear, it's the religion of fear, the modus operandi of fear, the cult of fear. It's not new to humans, the history of the past five millennia is the history of fear. What is encapsulated in this instance is that fear has no allies. It has only enemies. It is inherently self-defeating, as no one can stand alone. It's drive is to isolate, to cut off, to disempower, to weaken & destroy.
What keeps the fear alive is that in our desire to connect, ofttimes the easiest way to connect is through fear. This is strong lesson not only not to unite in fear, but not to use it in any way. We are not afraid, of the corporate-controlled state nor of the religious dictators.
What confuses the hell out of me are all the people who wrote "we should give them a pass" or "she probably didn't know what it represented". When I first spotted the posting, I looked up images of a keffiyeh because I had no idea what it was. Did no one on MM's site think to do that? It's obviously not a keffiyeh. I suppose it looks a little like one, in the same way a yak looks a little like a buffalo (they both have four legs and a lot of hair). But still, it's a scarf. It represents nothing, except a participation in one of the more odder recent trends, wearing scarfs with short sleeve shirts.
This goes so far beyond stupid I don't there is a category for it. I looked at that and my first thought was this is an ad to get me to recognize Palestine NOT
Ho Hum, I'm going to hit the hay. Wait, that mirror! The beard, the pajamas; it must be Osama bin Laden!!!
Oh, come on.
Edwin Hussein the Appeaser @ 18:
Thats all it takes in the RW mindset, is to be different, or speak out or be vocal.
I guess their 16thC fundie xtian theory is that people who are degenerate exhibit symptoms like weird clothing and weird music.
WHAT the everlovin' FUCK is wrong with wearing a kaffiyeh??? I have one and wear it all the time in cold weather. Freaking idiots.
Stories like this are proof positive that:
1. talking heads have entirely too much time on their hands.
2. talking heads will go to any lengths to distract us from real issues.
3. talking heads are more than a little nutty on the subject of the Middle East.
If folks want to boycott Dunkin' Donuts because their new spokeperson,Rachael Ray, is annoying, go for it. Over a scarf....get out the big net and start carting them off.
Celia @ 71:
Methinks we should change their name to Victory hounds. I'll e-mail Malkin and request she start a petition and use her influence to press this, clearly, very, very, very, very important issue. Only moonbat Taliban appeasers on the lunatic fringe would find such an idea anything less than brilliantly glorious and patriotic.
Ah, another case of lonely, inferiority-laden nutbag right wing wannabe pundits shouting: LOVE ME! WILL SOME ONE LOVE ME?!?!?
Attila the Appeaser @ 73:
I needed a laugh...thanks.
As a trained psychiatrist I'd say Michelle Malikin is manifesting advanced donut envy.
Keith @ 82:
you might be onto something.
42Cliff @ 11:
WINNER FOR BEST COMMENT
Taonzen @ 61:
I am so sorry I didn't see this story earlier today. The weather was crappy and I was a little depressed. The comments on this item, including yours, have me sitting here with tears of laughter. Things are looking up.
"its in the trees, its coming !!!!"
John H. Farr @ 80:
do you wear it with or without your kufi?
Ken Krayeske @ 3:
I'm with you on this one Ken, reminds me of that clip that YouTube had of some dog attacking his hind leg when it scratched involuntarily. So what is it, black and white is now like some kind of GANG colors? LOL
Old Navy was selling these freaking fringed scarfs in early this spring for chrissakes - I bought two for $10. They're cotton and perfect for spring and fall when wool is too hot. What's next on Malkin's Very Serious Political Agenda? Outlawing every type of scarf for American women? Hermes & The Gap are gonna have a real problem with that. So is anyone living north of Tennessee. Good thing the new French Prez is Neocon-friendly or she'd be telling America their brassieres and toilets embolden the terrrrrisstss.
Anyone who watches the Food Network long enough can easily see that it is just a mouthpiece for Arab terrorists. If you watch closely, any show on the network, you can see the subtle pro-terrorist/ anti-American propaganda.
I’ll never forget the time I saw Mario Batali make Shrimp Shish Kebabs (A known terrorist treat)
3 pounds giant shrimp,U 10 size, peeled
4 long branches rosemary, leaves removed to yield skewers, leaves set aside
2 lemons, zested and juiced
2 ounces limoncello
2 bunches oregano, leaves removed and bruised
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Divide the shrimp into four equal portions and skewer them on each of the four rosemary branches. In a large, non-reactive casserole, combine the lemon juice and zest, limoncello, oregano and olive oil and place shrimp in the marinade, turning skewers to make sure that shrimp are well-coated. Cover, place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate for 30 minutes.
Preheat the grill or broiler. If using a charcoal grill, just before beginning to cook the shrimp, scatter the rosemary leaves over the coals. Cook each skewer for three minutes, then turn and cook for 1 minute more, basting with marinade. Serve either hot, or cooled.
Sure it was delicious ..... but I felt so dirty and ashamed of myself after eating it.
Bret @ 70:
one question: do you think anyone on malkin's side of the fence actually knows the facts you just pointed out? do you think any of them had even a modicum of the slightest hint of a clue? sorry, that was two questions.
Phoenix Justice @ 47:
I sincerely hope not considering I spent over a grand for mine.
AV @ 26:
Rachael Ray is richer than God and very powerful. Why, I do not know. She won't be fired.
I think Malkin does this so that she can feel the power if DD sales suffer at all. Then she can get a payoff from them to stop the talk of boycott. And I'm really not kidding.
I forgot to say Good Morning Americans. Today is Sunday here and there is a huge flower parade to happen by the old gated cite here in Chiang Mai. Hope there are good things there to take your minds off the terrible situation in the political world for a day or so.