Father Guido Sarducci

Father Guido Sarducci, (AP) – In the shadow of the Capitol and close to the election, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert kept a huge crowd rallying on Saturday of “common sense”, mocking the diversity of the nation and its policy in a bad mood.

In a shtick, Stewart and his associates interviewed some crowd of spectators to identify themselves by class, elicit responses from participants as “half-Mexican, half-white, ”’one American woman” and “Asian-American in Taiwan. ”

“This is a perfect demographic sampling of the American people,” Stewart cracked. “As you know, if you have too many white people at a rally, your question is racist if you have too many people color, then you need to ask something -. Special rights, like eating in restaurants or piggy back rides. ”

The event was partly intended to be a counterpoint to the “Restoring honor” rally in August by Glenn Beck, Fox News commentator popular among conservatives and supporters of the party tea. Beck’s rally, which had a strong religious connotation, drew some protests from civil rights advocates.

Don Novello, who played Father Guido Sarducci years on “Saturday Night Live,” provided the benediction. He surveyed the crowd on their religious inclinations, and gave thanks to God for allowing everyone to allocate the various causes of it.

Driven by the hosts, Ozzy Osbourne and Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, engaged in a sort of Battle of the Bands, heavy metal rocker and folk interrupt each other.

The crowd – easily tens of thousands strong – were festive, goofy, frustrated by the state of politics, if not the nation, and ready to play nice during a rally called as a counterweight to all the insults and cries Flight times polarized. But there were political overtones, too, pushing against the Conservatives before Tuesday’s election.

Slogans urged people to “relax.” But also “right-handed, do not stomp on my head,” a reference to a Republican rally in Kentucky where a liberal activist was shot down and trampled. And, “I would not, if the President was a Muslim.”

Shannon Escobar, 31, of Bangor, Pa., came with a group of 400 people on board chartered buses to New York. A supporter of President Barack Obama in 2008, she said she is tired of the nasty rhetoric from both sides and disillusioned by the lack of progress in Washington.

“I want to see real change – Obama will not change,” she said. “We need a clean slate and start over with people really work together.”

A regular viewer of Stewart “The Daily Show”, she said she had a dream he ran for political office, but got “corrupt and dirty.”

“I need him to stay pure,” she said, deadpan.

People have also carried signs in favor of United and the farm workers movement to give the District of Columbia a vote in Congress. Many were college students, but the crowd affects all age groups. “seniors pot” people cried half a dozen more.

The rally organizers urged restoring Sanity and / or fear is not political. Yet, the supporters and groups from left to revive hopes that the enthusiasm of voters for Democrats saw in 2008, particularly among young adults.

Stewart is especially popular with Democrats and independents, a survey by the Pew Research Center found. Colbert of The Colbert Report “poses as a hardliner, and Saturday stage was stacked with artists associated with Democratic causes and Obama 2008 campaign.

Although Stewart said the day was reducing the anger and partisan division. “Yelling is boring, cons-productive and terrible for the gorge,” he said on his website.

Comedy Central Park, allowed us to estimate the crowd at 60,000.

Jon Stewart Rick Sanchez

Jon Stewart Rick Sanchez, unfortunate and painful statement Rick Sanchez about Jews, elitist and the media probably helped him fired from CNN. In a satellite radio show hosted by Pete Domincik Earlier this week, the CNN anchor made the following comments:

I’m telling you all that CNN is running a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people that manages all other networks are much like Stewart, and imply that somehow, people in this country who are Jews are an oppressed minority ?…. Yes

He said, Jon Stewart is an intolerant “towards anyone who disagrees with your point of view, which is largely a white point of view liberal establishment”, but then tempered intolerant to the word “harmful.” Sanchez has made occasional gaffes in recent months, as Jon Stewart was biting in his rib including calling the anchor “a total meathead.”

likely point of Sanchez on the perception of the left leaning bias in much of the newsmedia and the prejudices of the right resting on the Fox was lost in the explosion of a self-inflicted by personal anger and religious stereotypes. Buried in his diatribe ou :”…[ Y] know we have a tendency to see only one side. I am saying that we should be able to look both ways. That’s all I’m saying. “Sanchez is a Cuban immigrant who rose from humble beginnings to the anchor cable network. He spoke as one executive said that Sanchez, a Mexican-American as the ABC reporter John Quinones was more like a correspondent from an anchor. He said that because Latinos are the executives as “see a guy automatically goes into the second level and not the top level.”

Sanchez, who sincerely and, possibly, quite reasonably argues that he had to overcome the subtle biases to reach just lost his position may have merged some things that undermined its strongest point about the frequent closure in small homogeneous groups. First, Stewart took Sanchez for one fundamental reason, and it was not ethnicity – was because he made quick laugh. Another point that S?nchez confusing is that the liberal bent of many journalists (luckily for someone like me who devotes his life to eradicating hate crime!) Is much more of a socio-cultural issue than religious. Bill Kristol, Dennis Praeger, Michael Savage, Charles Krauthammer, Michael Medved and show that there
right and conservative Jewish voices are quite remarkable and sometimes even embarrassingly so, in the media. Inartful how he made his points, Sanchez left vulnerable to accusations of being supporters of a more egregious form of intolerance which I sincerely doubt you really believe anyway – that some kind of coordinated Jewish control of media is designed to undermine stories against “Jewish” interests.

Perhaps the point should have done (not that I necessarily want to go myself, by the way) is that most Jewish people vote Democratic and strongly reliable. Some of these left-leaning people, both Jews and non-Jews can become more inflexible to other points of view you live in closed social circles and use as often like in the media and academia. A similar charge is often used on FoxNews too. Perhaps Jon Stewart is one of those people who live in closed social circles, but from what I know about comics is that sacrifice the reputation of his grandmother for a good laugh. The funny thing is that a few years ago after winning a prize Stewart himself jokingly said it was based on a homogeneous group of Jewish writers Ivy educated.

The second point is that Sanchez lost Jews and even achieving access to high society, at least historically has protected the Jews for violence of alienation and mass slaughter of whole societies in which live. Although obviously unlikely to happen any time here, is the fear that many Jews, particularly older with European roots feel at a deep level. In his comments Sanchez had a greater empathy for the bias faced by parents of his Jewish childhood friends, but not for them, probably because their parents see the struggles through its own prism immigrants, instead of centuries of religious persecution. Interestingly, these elderly Jewish likely to intolerance in the form of the canard of Jewish domination S?nchez awkwardly employees.

The irony of all this is that as a presenter Rick Sanchez largest cable news anchor lost the same platform that had to do his most notable, the Intelligent without prejudice to the need for objectivity and diversity in journalism. Not only lost his show, he also lost the moral authority to condemn stereotypes, using to make his point about Jews and white heads just can not relate to the plight of women, immigrants and minorities. On the other hand, Sanchez blunder “that offers a great opportunity for him to host a show that might be considered a real problem that our society faces – the lack of civil discourse across lines between groups. As someone who has been a guest of his on several occasions I feel sad, because I think Sanchez is decent, but angry and confused man who has more to offer now that learning the hard way the error of their own prejudices.

Others have recovered from similar blunders. Jesse Jackson mockingly referred to New York as “hymietown”, and then initially blamed on the claim that Jews conspire. Jackson, who also said he was “sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust,” made one of his best speeches, at least for those of us who really believe in the Democratic National Convention in 1984:

If in my low moments, in word, deed or attitude, through some error of temper, taste, or tone, I have inconvenienced anyone, created pain or revived someone’s fears, it was not my true self. If there were occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge my head and not my heart. My head – so limited in its finitude, my heart that knows no bounds in his love for the human family. I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing everything possible against all odds. As I can develop and serve, be patient: God is not finished with me yet this campaign has taught me a lot, that leaders must be strong enough to fight, tender enough to mourn, human enough to make mistakes, enough humble to admit it.? them strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to recover and keep moving.

If Sanchez makes a statement after a significant blunder, I sincerely hope you get another chance somewhere. At a broader level, we need in this society the right to be wrong. We need to encourage sincere speech, even hurtful and wrong – it is only through an honest exchange and testing of views that the real learning actually takes place. Moreover, even within apparently wrong arguments are often dose of truth that deserve consideration, once can be isolated from the bias and inaccuracy. To do otherwise will promote a false appearance of civility in which a cauldron of fear left unanswered and that false stereotypes, and untested by the public. As the U.S. Supreme Court said:

A function of freedom of expression in our system of government is to invite dispute. May indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces a state of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or people move to anger. Terminello v. Chicago, 337 U.S. 1, 4 (1949)

Sometimes the best teachers are those who have had the experience – the hard lessons of life that sometimes come in part from their own doing, from which emerge a better person, more humble, less angry and a higher dose of knowledge others once distrusted.

Bigot Definition

Bigot Definition, We have established that the Rev. Terry Jones – you know, the pastor in Florida who told Anderson Cooper that he knew the definition of a fanatic, but not see himself as one, although it is intolerant of other religions, especially Islam – – well, not liked by a lot of people at this time.

It seems that most of the American public did not think much of their protest proposal, the burning of copies of the Koran, the 9 / 11.

So, like anyone halfway decent, said the protest was not going to happen. All seemed well and good.

Then he started smoking again the burning bush.

Immediately after announcing the cancellation of the bonfire of books, went on to say that a Florida magnet had said that the controversial Muslim “mosque” (actually more of a cultural center or community) in Manhattan and moves Jones met with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Unfortunately, Rauf knew nothing about any of these events.

Then Donald Trump got involved and the shit just too weird.

Naturally, after all these events, the hairball was thinking – maybe Rev. Jones needs a hug? Maybe it was collected in the last ball? Maybe he is the only one in your church? Maybe he just likes to burn things? Let’s go with the latter. And with that, four things that we believe Rev. Jones would be better on fire, other than the Koran, or any book, for the case:

1. His mustache. We have difficulty to watch Rev. Jones and not immediately thinking that seems to belong to the “sex offenders 10 who are very similar to sex offenders’ list.

2. Your PC Web Editor. We were all excited to go to the website doveworld.org and work ourselves into a frenzy for all the messages of hate that is up there, but the site was under construction. Do not know how many hits you’re missing right now?

3. Donald Trump’s hair. On the one hand, it is almost as ridiculous as the aforementioned mustache. Second, Trump is stealing their thunder – and the thunder, just say the owners. Trump comes in and says it will buy the controversial Islamic Center located near Ground Zero, not because the location is a “spectacular”, just because he wants to be a nice guy and put an end to all disputes.

4. The Braveheart poster hanging in his office. After Mel Gibson’s drunken, racist, indecent photos of young women and charges of spousal abuse, Rev. Jones did not know how their support of Gibson’s movie reflects on him? Oh, wait, our bad – Gibson is probably a personal hero.

Rick Sanchez Jon Stewart

Rick Sanchez Jon Stewart, CNN host Rick Sanchez was attacked Friday after making controversial comments the previous day on a satellite radio program.

Sanchez called Comedy Central host Jon Stewart as a “bigot” for making fun of him, and complained that Jews – and Stewart – are not facing discrimination. He also suggested that CNN, and perhaps the media industry more broadly, is run by elitists who despise Jews and Hispanics like him.

Clearly, these comments did not sit well with the network, which released a brief statement about 6 pm Friday.

“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company,” read the statement from CNN. “We thank Rick for his years of service and wish him well.”

So far, Sanchez has not commented on the explosive interview Thursday on “Stand Up! With Pete Dominick.” In the radio show, the star of the now ex-CNN did not just make a statement only impolitic, but spoke at length – about 20 minutes – about Stewart and a world that believes that the media be filled with “Northeastern liberal elite” who are considered Hispanic journalists “second level”. Sanchez is a Cuban-American.

He specifically called Stewart as someone with “a white liberal establishment views” that “can not refer to a guy like me.” Additionally, Sanchez said Stewart is “upset that someone of my ilk is, almost, their level.”

Sanchez also has to address the controversy through Twitter, which is a frequent user. He even made the platform of social media part of the signature of his afternoon program, “Rick’s List.” Sanchez did not appear in the program at 3 pm on Friday, but the public relations department of CNN put the word that he would be at a book signing at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It is unclear whether he attended.

Sanchez joined CNN in 2004 after working as an anchor in Miami. Prior to that, Sanchez worked as a correspondent for MSNBC, providing updates of breaking news on CNBC, and other local stations.

CNN plans to air “CNN News” slot “Rick’s List” time, Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 pm

Rick Sanchez Fired

Rick Sanchez Fired, CNN host Rick Sanchez was attacked Friday after making controversial comments the previous day on a satellite radio program.

Sanchez called Comedy Central host Jon Stewart as a “bigot” for making fun of him, and complained that Jews – and Stewart – are not facing discrimination. He also suggested that CNN, and perhaps the media industry more broadly, is run by elitists who despise Jews and Hispanics like him.

Clearly, these comments did not sit well with the network, which released a brief statement about 6 pm Friday.

“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company,” read the statement from CNN. “We thank Rick for his years of service and wish him well.”

So far, Sanchez has not commented on the explosive interview Thursday on “Stand Up! With Pete Dominick.” In the radio show, the star of the now ex-CNN did not just make a statement only impolitic, but spoke at length – about 20 minutes – about Stewart and a world that believes that the media be filled with “Northeastern liberal elite” who are considered Hispanic journalists “second level”. Sanchez is a Cuban-American.

He specifically called Stewart as someone with “a white liberal establishment views” that “can not refer to a guy like me.” Additionally, Sanchez said Stewart is “upset that someone of my ilk is, almost, their level.”

Sanchez also has to address the controversy through Twitter, which is a frequent user. He even made the platform of social media part of the signature of his afternoon program, “Rick’s List.” Sanchez did not appear in the program at 3 pm on Friday, but the public relations department of CNN put the word that he would be at a book signing at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It is unclear whether he attended.

Sanchez joined CNN in 2004 after working as an anchor in Miami. Prior to that, Sanchez worked as a correspondent for MSNBC, providing updates of breaking news on CNBC, and other local stations.

CNN plans to air “CNN News” slot “Rick’s List” time, Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 pm

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