Via Dan Savage's blog at The Stranger, some clever chappie (I don't know who) has declared May 20, 2010 "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day," in support of Matt Stone and Trey Parker and in opposition to religious thuggery. Why May 20? I haven't a clue, though it could have something to do with Otto ascending the throne of Greece. Or, more likely, King Sancho IV of Castile's founding of the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
I will be employing my tremendous skill as an illustrator, of course, and expect that my colleagues will do the same. If they refuse, they will be declared weak-kneed, namby-pamby, quisling infidels and will be shamed on this blog (Though such idle threats rarely work these days; perhaps I could threaten them with a painful death, which seems to do the trick). If readers would like to show their solidarity, please email your Mohammad masterpieces to me here: mmoynihan at reason.com. The best ones will be published on Hit & Run, which, along with the concomitant death threat, is reward enough.
My own artistic contribution, already sent to Reason, is below the fold (because it is PG-13 Rated):
If you are Muslim and see this and are offended thereby, that was my intent. In the days since the threat made to Comedy Central, I have waited to hear a Muslim response condemning the Muslims who made that threat in no uncertain terms. I have heard only silence. Should you decide to publicly condemn those who would silence speech regarding your religion, I will be more than happy to remove this picture and support your efforts.
From across the pond, with elections but a few weeks away, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats - committed socialists all - claimed that "the British people have a 'more insidious cross to bear' than Germany over World War II" and that Brits "suffered 'delusions of grandeur' and a 'misplaced sense of superiority' over having defeated the horrors of Nazism." What a complete ass. This is precisely what I was writing about when addressing the insanity of Britian's socialists here.
During his campaign for President, Obama made a central plank of his election the promise that he would not raise taxes on the middle class.
Apparently, what he meant to say was no new INCOME taxes - the teleprompter had it wrong. As for an incredibly regressive VAT tax that will completely screw the middle class and the poor, well, that doesn't sound so bad to him.
The Mexican government is mad because Arizona has passed a tough new law that allows them to arrest illegal immigrants. They really can go pound sand. We need the an Infantry Division on the border, preferably one with ties to Gen. Pershing.
The eunuchs at Comedy Central will now not even let South Park use the word "Mohammed" after receiving a threat reminding them of what happened to Theo Van Goh. So Comedy Central will allow comedy aimed at Christianity but Islam - well, that is now verbotten. My disdain for these people could not be any greater.
A rapper addressed school children as part of a sanctioned school event in Henry County, Ga. Parents found out after the fact and complained to the principal, believing the rapper not to be an appropriate role model and asking in the future to be appraised of any such speakers so they could keep their children home that day. The principal responded: "I thought about asking a guy who snorted cocaine and got arrested for DUI when he was 30 to come and speak to our kids, but President George W. Bush was not available." This ass should be fired so fast his head should spin.
I liked Michael Steele when he was a candidate for Congress in Maryland. As the RNC Chairman, I was inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. But he is doing more to hurt Republican's with black voters than all the Democrats put together. A few weeks ago, he played the race card against those on the right critical of his stewardship of the RNC. And the latest:
Why should an African-American vote Republican?
"You really don't have a reason to, to be honest -- we haven't done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True," Republican National Chairman Michael Steele told 200 DePaul University students Tuesday night.
I can think of a thousand reasons why blacks should be supporting Republicans rather than Democrats. If this clown can't think of one, he has to go. Now. Today. Send him to the DNC and let him screw them up.
Nicholas Kristoff, one of the NYT's stable of left wing columnists, has some very harsh criticism of the Obama's weak foreign policy, particularly as regards Sudan:
Until he reached the White House, Barack Obama repeatedly insisted that the United States apply more pressure on Sudan so as to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Darfur and elsewhere.
Yet, as president, Mr. Obama and his aides have caved, leaving Sudan gloating at American weakness. . . .
Actually, Mr. Kristoff, they are laughing from Tehran to Moscow and all points in between. Well, all except Israel.
And lastly, a recent U.S. military report speculated that we could reach peak oil by 2015, after which demand will forever outstrip supply. Well, perhaps there might be something we could DO ABOUT THAT . . .
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