Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Benito Giuliani: Motherfucker of the Day


I know! I can't believe this idiots pay to hear me speak, either!

First there was the whole telephone thing--which isn't an isolated incident, by the way.

Now he's showing how racist he can be for the Republican primary voters.
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani campaigned Monday at a landmark South Philadelphia cheesesteak stand that grabbed headlines when it posted signs telling customers to speak English.

In June 2006, Geno's Steaks garnered national attention for posting two small signs stating, "This is America: When ordering 'please speak English.'"

Giuliani, who has toughened his stance on immigration policy since his time as mayor of New York City, said recently that all immigrants who want to become U.S. citizens should learn English. Giuliani also opposed the bipartisan immigration overhaul backed by President Bush.

Yet as mayor of New York, Giuliani often spoke positively about illegal immigrants, telling The New York Times in 1994, "If you come here, and you work hard, and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city."

Giuliani denied changing his view on immigration.

"Immigration is wonderful," Giuliani said. "Immigration is the best thing we have going for us. We need new people. We need people who are going to inform us, give us new ideas, but it has to be legal.

"Illegal immigration is a bad thing."

Both Giuliani and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have spoken favorably of 2006 legislation providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants; they opposed a similar bill earlier this year.

Giuliani has pledged to closely track immigrants with tamperproof identity cards, bolster fencing and high-tech surveillance along the border with Mexico and deport illegal immigrants who commit felonies.

Geno's owner Joe Vento said he posted the signs because of concerns over immigration reform and the increasing number of people who could not order in English.

Vento said his grandparents struggled to learn English after arriving from Sicily in the 1920s, and insisted that no one has ever been turned away from his business for not speaking English.

A discrimination case by the city's human relations commission is pending against Geno's.

Geno's, along with cross-street rival Pat's King of Steaks, is crowded round-the-clock with tourists and locals lining up for the signature Philadelphia sandwiches.
Mega motherfuckery. If he wanted to prove he was racist, why didn't he just point to the record of the NYPD while he was mayor?

Giuliani's grandparents were immigrants. I kind of doubt they spoke the Queen's English, and I'd be willing to bet lots of money that they spoke Italian far more often than they spoke English (if, indeed, they ever learned it). That's just what immigrants do. Their children and grandchildren learn the language of their adopted homeland, but it's very fucking difficult for most adult humans to learn new languages.

Oh, and Geno's cheesesteaks suck ass, anyway.

Finally, have you noticed this striking similarity?




Brothers?

Slight edit for clarity.

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Monday, April 30, 2007

More Rank Hypocrisy


Do they hand these out to Bush appointees?

So it seems that another GOP jerkoff has been caught doing bad things--in this case, it's Randall Tobias. He is fond of strangling irony while someone else is choking his chicken.

That's right. Here's another right-wing gasbag who pushed abstinence on other people while visiting handjob huts around DC. He's married, of course, and encourages abstinence and/or monogamy for others. So let's add him to the list.

Stunning Examples of Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Bill Bennett
Rush Limbaugh
Newt Gingrich
Henry Hyde
Bob Barr
Bob Livingston
Tom DeLay
Mark Foley
Ted Haggard
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson
Randall Tobias

Note that this is by no means an exhaustive list.

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