OT; Leftwing insanity never ends - corrected
islanders
Provincetown.
The town isn't exactly Mayberry to begin with, if you know what I mean.
But as the cold winds blow relentlessly down Commercial Street and the
gray waves slap constantly against the shore, the isolation must lead
to a total divorce from reality. Think Jack Nicholson in ''The
Shining."
How else to explain the bizarre behavior of a majority of the town's
selectmen at a meeting earlier this month?
To wit, Selectwoman Sarah Peake spun her chair around near the end of
the Nov. 14 meeting, gazed up at an oversized oil painting depicting
the Pilgrims voting on the Mayflower Compact when they first landed in
Provincetown, and declared that she wanted it removed.
Mind you, it's not that she didn't like the look or the colors or the
style. It's not that she thought it was too big or too small for the
Judge Welsh Hearing Room. It's not that it clashed with anything around
it.
No, what Peake didn't like was that the painting didn't include any
women. That and the fact that the painting's only Indian -- Native
American, I'd better call him -- wasn't holding a ballot like everyone
else.
If you don't believe me, let's go straight to Cheryl Andrews, the
chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen. She also happened to cast the
only vote against the painting's removal, making her a rare voice of
sanity on the board.
''There's this lovely oil painting," she said yesterday. ''The thing is
huge. It's been up there since forever. It was painted by Max Bohm,
who's considered quite something in local art circles.
''And Sarah Peake turns around and faces it, and it's government.
They're voting. She says, 'I'd like to talk about this painting. I find
this painting disturbing.' That's a quote. She said it's disturbing to
her because there are no women in the painting and the only one not
holding a ballot is the Native American Indian. And I thought, 'Here we
go.' "
In other words, William Bradford and the rest of those piggish,
prejudiced Pilgrims had the audacity to exclude Indians from their
civic affairs and, like the rest of the Western world, had yet to give
women the right to vote. So, get them out of here.
The selectmen took a vote, and three of the four supported removal of
the painting. By my count, that's 75 percent in favor of politically
correct insanity, 25 percent opposed.
I called Peake and asked her why. She sounded normal, even pleasant,
and explained that her proposal was mostly born of a tremendous pride
in the town's vast art collection, and she wanted to give other
paintings the chance to hang in such a prominent spot behind the
selectmen.
''I feel it's somewhat of a tempest in a teapot," she said.
Others don't think so.
The former head of the town's Art Commission wrote to the local paper
that the vote was ''an act of idiocy." Bohm's granddaughter, Anne
Packard, herself a noted local artist, said, ''It offends me because
they're trying to change the history of the town, or just history."
Who knew that the Pilgrims actually landed in Provincetown before
arriving in Plymouth? Not me. So I double-checked with Plimoth
Plantation historian John Kemp, who confirmed this fact and also said
that only male colonists signed the document. He did say, though, that
there was never a vote on the Mayflower Compact and that it was signed
by passengers before they landed in Provincetown.
No matter. Andrews, the chairwoman, said she plans to try to overturn
the painting's removal.
''Instead of P-Town, we'll be PC-Town," she said. ''Some of the things
that are PC aren't bad, having sensitivity to different groups. But
this feels strained, horribly strained."
I'm just glad the statue depicting the flag-raising at Iwo Jima isn't
in Provincetown. There's not a woman in it, meaning that the selectmen
would order it melted down for scrap.
Bill Schenley
> around near the end of the Nov. 14 meeting, gazed
> up at an oversized oil painting depicting the Pilgrims
> voting on the Mayflower Compact when they first
> landed in Provincetown, and declared that she
> wanted it removed.
"It doesn't matter if this painting is historically
accurate! It offends my feminist and humanist
sensibilities today and therefore it must be taken
down and removed from our sight!"
- Sarah Peake -
As a Selectwoman for Provincetown ... Sarah Peake voted to legalize
public nudity. The law was passed in a secret session ... It was
repealed after almost 1000 Provincetown citizens signed a petition.
In 2006 she will make her second run for the office of State Rep.
Ms. Peake's website: http://sarahpeake.org/home.html
Loki
>Winter must come awfully early to that little spit of sand called
>Provincetown.
Yadda, yadda, yadda. Since this article contains big words and no
misspellings diaper boy, it was clearly not written by you.
Now, the obvious question. Were you actually at the meeting and do you
have any first hand knowledge as to what occurred, or did you just
stumble upon an article that validated your preconceived ignorant
notions and repost it? In other words, do you actually have a clue as
to what you are talking about?
Inquiring minds want to know.
>I have never seen diapers big enough for me to wear.
> -erik lander 6/1/2004 2:54 PM
Loki
With the holidays approaching, to support
our men and women overseas who may
not be getting packages from home, you can
get some ideas as to how to do so at:
http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm
It is a non profit, volunteer run organization.
I encourage everyone to check it out,
respond from the heart, and pass it
along to anyone you think may want
to remember our overseas military personnel,
especially at this time of year.
islanders
have any first hand knowledge as to what occurred, or did you just
stumble upon an article that validated your preconceived ignorant
notions and repost it? In other words, do you actually have a clue as
to what you are talking about?
Even you are ot dumb enough to think that any conservative would
complain that there are no women in a painting of the Mayflower
Compact.
Is your son dead yet?
Loki
I guess the question was too complex for your ignorant ass to
comprehend. No big surprise, though your lack of an intelligent
response was answer enough.
>Is your son dead yet?
Sorry to disappoint you, but he is still very much alive. You should
be approaching ecstasy though in that 10 more of our brave troops were
killed today.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
islanders
be approaching ecstasy though in that 10 more of our brave troops were
killed today.
No the fact that 10 are dead and your son lives doubles the tragedy.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
At least there is a difference. You and Osama both thought the attacks
of 9/11 where funny.
Loki
>Sorry to disappoint you, but he is still very much alive. You should
>be approaching ecstasy though in that 10 more of our brave troops were
>killed today.
>
>No the fact that 10 are dead and your son lives doubles the tragedy.
Are you now going to say that when you heard that 10 service people
died you rubbed your hands hoping that one of them was my son? Nope.
Doesn't fly. You just rubbed your hands and celebrated brave people
dying.
>The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
>go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
>
>At least there is a difference. You and Osama both thought the attacks
>of 9/11 where funny.
I never thought there was anything funny about the attacks, and there
is no reason that anyone with intelligence would suggest that I did
(explaining your suggesting).
However, you have said that you hope that death comes to a service
person, and you have also said that you cannot find diapers that fit.
Hence, my observation is correct.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
>I have never seen diapers big enough for me to wear.
islanders
is no reason that anyone with intelligence would suggest that I did
(explaining your suggesting).
You sure did, and all you are doing is trying to cover the fact that
your ideology is full of assholes who want to take down a painting of
pilgrims because it has no women in it. But no one could expect more
from someone who believes everyone is a liar except Bill Clinton.
Loki
Prove either allegation.
islanders
If you think I am going to spend a fraction of a second proving
something to a yellow-bellied coward like you, you are more fucked up
then even I believed.
Loki
In other words, you have been exposed as a liar again.
islanders
died you rubbed your hands hoping that one of them was my son? Nope
Nope. These poor guys were Marines. Your kid is too much of a chicken
shit to be a Marine.
islanders
Do you ever get tired of being wrong, Red Harry?
islanders
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
At least there is a difference. Both you and Osama thought the attacks
of 9/11 were funny.
islanders
Wrongo
Named VC recuiter of the Year: Red Harry Krause
Bob Feigel
>Winter must come awfully early to that little spit of sand called
>Provincetown.
Changing the subject to: Bothwing insanity never ends ...
"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen
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islanders
Changing the subject to: Bothwing insanity never ends ...
Both wings have their nuts, but this is about left wingers. Right wing
nuts complain about the Wizard of OZ and stuff like that.
Loki
Again, when asked to provide proof of your allegation, you ran away
with your tail hidden within your diaper.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
>I have never seen diapers big enough for me to wear.
Loki
As opposed to you who were afraid to enlist in the first place. I
guess that you were embarrassed about your inability to find form
fitting diapers.
John M.
And stuff like nude statues.
(Note 2nd degree quotes inserted.)
--
John M.
islanders
>
You know nothing about me. You may now continue licking Krause's ass.
islanders
Were is your proof?
Loki
Are you now claiming to be a United States Marine? Pretty straight
forward question. Yes or no answer.
Loki
>As opposed to you who were afraid to enlist in the first place.
>
>Were is your proof?
You have admitted in the past to have never been in the Armed Forces.
The reason is obvious to anyone who understands anything about your
fat, leaky, cowardly ass.
ingrid56
news:1133615278.7...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
> As opposed to you who were afraid to enlist in the first place.
>
> Were is your proof?
Four little words and one of them is misspelt. Does this knob have
any credibility at all (or education)?
Jack
islanders
any credibility at all (or education)?
When you talk about knobs, men should be very careful, Ingrid.
islanders
You have no idea how upset this makes me.
Loki
<t_del...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 3 Dec 2005 05:06:53 -0800, "islanders" <islan...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Terry del Fuego wrote:
>>> On 2 Dec 2005 19:04:02 -0800, "islanders" <islan...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Your kid is too much of a chicken shit to be a Marine.
>>>
>>> What was your reason?
>>
>>You know nothing about me.
>
>Well, duh. That's why I asked. Is this your subtle way of saying
>that you in fact *were* (or are) a Marine?
No response. Draw your own (most likely correct) conclusion.
islanders
>that you in fact *were* (or are) a Marine?
No it is my subtle way of saying none of your fucking business.
Loki
Which answers the question. You begin by referring to a non marine as
being a coward and call attention to yourself. Then try to squirm (or
whatever it is that things of your size do) out of answering the
question.
However, anyone who has ever read more than two of your posts will
know that you would never be a Marine because:
A. You are a coward and
B. You hate America and wish death to service people.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
>I have never seen diapers big enough for me to wear.
> -erik lander 6/1/2004 2:54 PM
islanders
You didn't show up.
B. You hate America and wish death to service people.
No I am not a democrat and only your son.
Loki
>A. You are a coward and
>
>You didn't show up.
Yes I did. I was where I said I would be when I said I would be there.
You, of course, were too much of a coward to show up.
I was not where I said I would not be, and had no intention of ever
being.
>B. You hate America and wish death to service people.
>
>No I am not a democrat and only your son.
Be honest, for once. You hate America and wish death upon service
people who have more character than you will ever dream of.
islanders
You, of course, were too much of a coward to show up.
I was not where I said I would not be, and had no intention of ever
being.
I was in you state for over a week in six different places and you did
not show.
Be honest, for once. You hate America and wish death upon service
people who have more character than you will ever dream of.
Just your son.
islanders
people who have more character than you will ever dream of.
If I hated America I would be a LIbertarian party member.
Loki
>Yes I did. I was where I said I would be when I said I would be there.
>You, of course, were too much of a coward to show up.
>
>I was not where I said I would not be, and had no intention of ever
>being.
>
>I was in you state for over a week in six different places and you did
>not show.
So what? I said that I had no intention of driving several hundred
miles to the most abysmal part of the country just to be somewhere
within smelling distance of you.
>Be honest, for once. You hate America and wish death upon service
>people who have more character than you will ever dream of.
>
>Just your son.
Anyone who wishes any service person dead is in league with
terrorists.
Loki
Show me a libertarian who wishes death to any service person.
islanders
terrorists.
I told you I am not a democrat.
Loki
What Democrat wishes death to any American service people? It is not
Democrats who started this fake war, or spin their asses off to
justify the sending of more troops over there.
However, even the scum who want to prolong the war do not actively and
openly wish death to any service people.
You cannot make that claim. You are in league with the terrorists.
islanders
Obviously you missed the Vietnam protests.
Loki
>What Democrat wishes death to any American service people?
>
>Obviously you missed the Vietnam protests.
No, again the protests were about ending the war and bringing service
people home. Of course, you are too stupid to understand that.
Meanwhile, as has been said, even the scum who want to prolong the war
islanders
Loki's son joined is your business, the branch you joined is not mine.
Thanks for clearing that up.
He volunteered information. I did not.
Loki
You called attention to yourself diaper boy. When you indicated that
people who are not Marines are cowards you indicated that in your
world there are two types of people, Marines and cowards.
You are not a Marine, and never have been.
What you are is a terrorist sympathizer.
The only difference between Bin Laden and erik is that Osama doesn't
go on boards and discuss his ability to find diapers that fit.
>I have never seen diapers big enough for me to wear.
> -erik lander 6/1/2004 2:54 PM
islanders
people who are not Marines are cowards you indicated that in your
world there are two types of people, Marines and cowards
Just your son
What you are is a terrorist sympathizer.
I am not a democrat.
Loki
>You called attention to yourself diaper boy. When you indicated that
>people who are not Marines are cowards you indicated that in your
>world there are two types of people, Marines and cowards
>
>Just your son
My son is serving the country he loves. He is defending all Americans,
even the scum sucking, America hating, terrorist sympathizers like
you.
>What you are is a terrorist sympathizer.
>
>I am not a democrat.
Clearly. Democrats love America. You hate it. Democrats want our
troops to be safe. You want them dead, by your own admission.