California Mayor's 'Watermelon White House' email

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

What's populist about the humour implied by the image?

You''re right. You win. I am going to do some paperwork now.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Orange County likes the attention

The racial makeup of Los Alamitos City - 76.97% White, 3.20% African American. Maybe the Mayor was playing the odds?

Edited February 26, 2009 by Mister Fancypants

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/l...0,1421222.story

I call bullsh!t. Where's the joke without some kind of understanding what watermelon patches on the White House lawn mean? He needs to resign from his position.

[peejay 327]

He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/l...0,1421222.story

I call bullsh!t. Where's the joke without some kind of understanding what watermelon patches on the White House lawn mean? He needs to resign from his position.

But what if he doesn't resign, doesn't get impeached, and gets reelected? Isn't that democracy?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/l...0,1421222.story

I call bullsh!t. Where's the joke without some kind of understanding what watermelon patches on the White House lawn mean? He needs to resign from his position.

But what if he doesn't resign, doesn't get impeached, and gets reelected? Isn't that democracy?

Yep.

[HAL 9000 96]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

Some comedy has good taste... and some has bad taste.

You need to think more and react less.

Racism is what it is.

So you want that discussion? How we deal with racism? Didn't your mommy ever tell you what to say, when the kid down the block called you a name, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"

No. You should perhaps focus on what is a stupid remark borne out of bad taste versus something your mommy should have taught you, yet apparently didn't, X number of years ago. Attitudes become entrenched with age, what can I say?

[panamania79 2]

Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose is finding himself in hot water after sending out this fake photo of watermelons on President Barack Obama's White House front lawn.

Grose's email included the heading, "No Easter Egg hunt this year."

"I think he's saying that since there's a black president, there will be no need to hunt for eggs since they're growing watermelons in the front yard this year," said Keyanus Price, an African American who was among those receiving the email. Price told Fletcher that she considers the email rascist and offensive.

"What I'm concerned about is how can this person send an e-mail out like this and think it is OK?" Price said. "He's putting the city into a bad place and he is a liability."

Grose apologized to Price, city council members and others.

"It was just poor judgment on my part and I am deeply sorry," he said.

http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2009/...-rascist/13675/

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/l...0,1421222.story

I call bullsh!t. Where's the joke without some kind of understanding what watermelon patches on the White House lawn mean? He needs to resign from his position.

Harsh! Let his constituents decide.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

Some comedy has good taste... and some has bad taste.

You need to think more and react less.

Racism is what it is.

So you want that discussion? How we deal with racism? Didn't your mommy ever tell you what to say, when the kid down the block called you a name, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"

No. You should perhaps focus on what is a stupid remark borne out of bad taste versus something your mommy should have taught you, yet apparently didn't, X number of years ago. Attitudes become entrenched with age, what can I say?

Your mommy told you to hide or cower when someone called you a name? Poor Hal! Time for some desensitivity training for you!

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/ca...lbumBanner2.gif

[HAL 9000 96]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

Some comedy has good taste... and some has bad taste.

You need to think more and react less.

Racism is what it is.

So you want that discussion? How we deal with racism? Didn't your mommy ever tell you what to say, when the kid down the block called you a name, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"

No. You should perhaps focus on what is a stupid remark borne out of bad taste versus something your mommy should have taught you, yet apparently didn't, X number of years ago. Attitudes become entrenched with age, what can I say?

Your mommy told you to hide or cower when someone called you a name? Poor Hal! Time for some desensitivity training for you!

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/ca...lbumBanner2.gif

Who said anything about me?

Quit trying to evade the topic of you grunting before thinking.

[peejay 327]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

Some comedy has good taste... and some has bad taste.

You need to think more and react less.

Racism is what it is.

So you want that discussion? How we deal with racism? Didn't your mommy ever tell you what to say, when the kid down the block called you a name, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"

No. You should perhaps focus on what is a stupid remark borne out of bad taste versus something your mommy should have taught you, yet apparently didn't, X number of years ago. Attitudes become entrenched with age, what can I say?

So then why does HBO have black comedians do racist skits and jokes about blacks? I watched one HBO special where this black guy (can't remember the guy's name) got up on stage and told a whole laundry list of old racist jokes about blacks. The whites in the audience were laughing their azzes off. So...should they all be summarily shot or just deprived of their livelyhood as punishment? Should HBO be required to pay reparations? Should the black comedian go through a Stalinist public show trial where he admits to his guilt and then summarily shot afterward as atonement?

Yes...I wonder how attitudes become entrenched with age. Stalin sure knew how to adjust attitudes. Eh, comrade?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Bad taste is bad taste.

At least the guy had the sense to apologise for it.

Yep... too bad some still don't get it that bad taste is not good.

So, you are not a fan of popular humor, I take it? Monty Python? Saturday Night Live? Fox News? Morning Joe?

Some comedy has good taste... and some has bad taste.

You need to think more and react less.

Racism is what it is.

So you want that discussion? How we deal with racism? Didn't your mommy ever tell you what to say, when the kid down the block called you a name, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"

No. You should perhaps focus on what is a stupid remark borne out of bad taste versus something your mommy should have taught you, yet apparently didn't, X number of years ago. Attitudes become entrenched with age, what can I say?

Your mommy told you to hide or cower when someone called you a name? Poor Hal! Time for some desensitivity training for you!

http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/ca...lbumBanner2.gif

Who said anything about me?

Quit trying to evade the topic of you grunting before thinking.

Careful. I think it's time to check your man card. Real men grunt.

[alienlovechild 75]

I'm curious if any Bush bashers ever find anything tasteless on OT and called a poster on it. Hell, I'll take a Cheney, Palin or McCain example.

I don't like the watermelon joke but it's too late for the respect the Presidency ####### and too early in Obama's reign to look for every tasteless insult to strike some self-righteous pose. My guess is as Obama begins his slide in the polls there will be a concerted effort to distract the public with these stories on a weekly basis. It builds sympathy and will paint any and all detractors as racists no matter how incompetent Obama is.

[Ban Hammer 13,355]

Bill's got to be old enough to know the racial implications of watermelons associated with blacks.

For anyone who is too young or is unaware...here's some history.

(Disclaimer: These offensive images were published a long time ago.)

from what i recall in the book "roots" (read about 2 decades ago, so if my memory is incorrect, sue me) watermelon allegedly resembled in taste a fruit from africa, hence why the newly arrived slaves liked it so much.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I'm curious if any Bush bashers ever find anything tasteless on OT and called a poster on it. Hell, I'll take a Cheney, Palin or McCain example.

I don't like the watermelon joke but it's too late for the respect the Presidency ####### and too early in Obama's reign to look for every tasteless insult to strike some self-righteous pose. My guess is as Obama begins his slide in the polls there will be a concerted effort to distract the public with these stories on a weekly basis. It builds sympathy and will paint any and all detractors as racists no matter how incompetent Obama is.

alc - this was a Mayor of a city sending out an email with a racially charged joke. So the question beyond the obvious bad taste, is why an elected politician would send something like that out? Imagine if he were a manager of a company - he'd most likely be fired. This was not some stand up comedian doing a routine. There's a big difference.

Edited February 26, 2009 by Mister Fancypants