Showing posts with label Samuel L. Jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel L. Jackson. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 07, 2017

New HUD Secretary, and apparent idiot savant, Ben Carson claims that slaves were really just immigrants who came here to "pursue prosperity and happiness."

Courtesy of CNN: 

Ben Carson appeared to liken slaves to immigrants who choose to come to the United States while addressing employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday.

"There were other immigrants who came in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less, but they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land," said Carson, who is black. 

"And do you know of all the nations in the world, this one, the United States of America, is the only one big enough and great enough to allow all those people to realize their dream. And this is our opportunity to enhance that dream," he added.

Yep those silly old African immigrants all chained together for safety who came to this country to pursue their dreams of not being whipped to death or raped by their white masters.

Actor Samuel L. Jackson responded quickly on Twitter.
Later Carson tried to walk his remarks back:

I’m proud of the courage and perseverance of Black Americans and their incomprehensible struggle from slavery to freedom. I’m proud that our ancestors overcame the evil and repression that we know as slavery. 

The slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. Slaves were ripped from their families and their homes and forced against their will after being sold into slavery by slave traders. 

The Immigrants made the choice to come to America. They saw this country as a land of opportunity. In contrast, slaves were forced here against their will and lost all their opportunities. We continue to live with that legacy. 

The two experiences should never be intertwined, nor forgotten, as we demand the necessary progress towards an America that's inclusive and provides access to equal opportunity for all. 

We should revel in the fact that although we got here through different routes, we have many things in common now that should unite us in our mission to have a land where there is liberty and justice for all. 

Dr. Ben Carson 
Secretary of HUD 

Nice try. However this is response cobbled together for damage control, while the initial statements were just off of the top of Carson's pointy head.

Which one do we think more accurately portrays his way of thinking?

Oh yeah, and there is also this.
Carson also famously suggested that the Egyptian pyramids were used to store grain, so his understanding of history in general seems to be suspect.

And these are the people who are now in charge of our country.

Friday, January 08, 2016

Samuel L. Jackson talks about golfing with Trump, the fact that he cheats, and the time he hooked him up with Bill Clinton.

Courtesy of TV Guide:

Samuel L. Jackson appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers Tuesday night to address a recent insulting Donald Trump tweet. 

"I don't know @SamuelLJackson, to best of my knowledge haven't played golf w/him & think he does too many TV commercials - boring. Not a fan," the Presidential candidate tweeted Tuesday, in response to accusations from Jackson that he a.) cheats at golf and b.) signed Jackson up for a paying membership at one of his country clubs without permission. 

Seth Meyers informed Jackson of the tweet, and the bemused Hateful Eight star doubled down on his claim that he has in fact met Trump on numerous occasions, including playing golf with him, and said that he has someone who can back him up: former President Bill Clinton.

Well Jackson just gift wrapped an attack against Trump and handed it to the Hillary campaign. Now all Bill has to do is talk about all of the times that Trump invited him to go golfing, and all of the gifts he was given, and oh and by the way, he's lying about not knowing Samuel L. Jackson.

I find it a little ironic that the things that seem the most damaging to Trump's candidacy are being reported on TV guide.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

"Get these motherf***ing voters to the motherf***ing polls." Samuel L. Jackson endorses Hillary Clinton.

Courtesy of The Hill:

Actor Samuel L. Jackson said Sunday that he is backing Hillary Clinton for president next year because Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has no chance of winning the White House. 

“I’m forever a Democrat, you know, and I’m gonna vote for Hillary,” he said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

“I mean, I love Bernie — Bernie’s a man of the people — but he can’t win,” Jackson continued. "So I gotta cast my vote for a person that can keep those other people from winning, okay?" 

Jackson argued that Clinton’s past political experience gives her a significant edge over other White House hopefuls from both parties. 

“Hillary kind of knows the job — she can hit the ground running,” the movie star said of the Democratic presidential front-runner. "She doesn’t have a huge learning curve like [President Obama] had or some other people had.” 

“Hopefully she can open up the skeletal files on these do-nothing assholes that go to work like four times a year and not vote on things and threaten them with whatever she and [former President Bill Clinton] uncovered on them years ago and make them do something and we can get something done.”

Jackson who is a frequent golf partner with Donald Trump had this to say about the GOP front runner:   

“[Trump is running on] hate,” Jackson said of the GOP front-runner. "There’s absolutely nothing I can do." 

“There are some other people that aren’t as open about what he’s saying that are running also, you know, that are just as crazy,” the performer said of the GOP’s 2016 field.

Sounds like Jackson knows his politics.

Now I am really wishing that Jackson would show up at a Trump rally all decked out in his Jules Winnfield costume from the movie Pulp Fiction and when confronted just launches into his soliloquy from the movie:

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you."

Then we will just see how tough these lily white Trump supporters are for reals.

My guess is that there will be lot of soiled pairs of underwear in that group.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Samuel L. Jackson issues a challenge to his fellow celebrities to sing out against "racist police."

Courtesy of The Free Thought Project:  

In a bold move, heavyweight actor Samuel L. Jackson has issued a call to action, similar to that of the ice bucket challenge, but for police. 

Saturday, on his facebook page, Jackson offers to “all [the] celebrities that poured ice water on [their] head, a chance to do something else.” 

Jackson challenges celebrities to sing the “We ain’t gonna stop, till people are free” song. 

The song starts off with a reference to Eric Garner’s last words. 

I can hear my neighbor cryin’ ‘I can’t breathe’ 
Now I’m in the struggle and I can’t leave. 
Callin’ out the violence of the racist police. 
We ain’t gonna stop, till people are free. 
We ain’t gonna stop, till people are free. 

Jackson then ends the 47 second challenge asking celebrities to “come on, sing it out.” 

I don;t know if the police can ignore this.

After all that IS Nick Fury. 

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bill Maher's New Rules from last night. Update with link to entire episode.

Courtesy of HuffPo:

 "White people vote for white people like it's going out of style," Maher said during the New Rules segment at the end of his first post-election episode. "And like most things white people do, it's going out of style." In other words, Maher quipped that Republicans have "the same problem as the Beach Boys: Their fans are dying."

This is going to make some racist heads explode.

It was a great show last night with a panel that included Andrew Sullivan,  James Carville, and later Samuel L. Jackson, But it was almost ruined for me by the inclusion of S.E. Cupp, who spent the entire show spreading stupid all over the set.

Though I enjoyed watching Sullivan and Carville shut her down, it all seemed a little unnecessary so soon after the smart people won such a huge victory last Tuesday. (By the way I have NEVER struck a woman, but I REALLY wanted somebody to knock that ignorant bitch on her ass. That was wrong of me right?)

Update: For those who missed the show, here is a link so that you are not left out of the fun.


Thursday, September 27, 2012

As promised here is the newest pro-Obama online ad featuring Samuel L. Jackson.

Courtesy of Mother Jones: Hollywood megastar and snake-punching virtuoso Samuel L. Jackson plays the lead in a new ad from The Jewish Council for Education & Research (JCER), a liberal super-PAC. It is nearly four minutes long. It is unabashedly pro-Obama. It will be shown exclusively online. Oh, and it's titled, "Wake the Fuck Up." 

Jackson, 63, narrates in a Seussian fashion (Whoville!), while paying homage to the audiobook he recorded for Adam Mansbach's children's book sendup Go the Fuck to Sleep. The clip consists primarily of the actor, clad in jeans and a black beret, magically appearing in houses and hurling obscenities and Democratic talking points at unsuspecting white suburbanites.

Now remember this is not an ad that is  approved by the President, and it ONLY shows up online so it will not be beamed into the living rooms of voters.

In my opinion this will probably not appeal to everybody, but it will definitely be a big hit with Samuel L. Jackson fans among whom I count myself. (Though admittedly I cringed a little as the elderly couple started to "get busy.")


Saturday, September 15, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson to film expletive laden pro-Obama ad. Is it too much to hope that it will be something like, "Get these motherf*cking Republicans, out of these motherf*cking elections?"

Courtesy of the New York Post:

They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs. 

Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama’s re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f--k up, Vote for Obama.” 

The ad is a riff on Jackson’s viral video “Go the F--k to Sleep,” where he narrates a children’s book written by Adam Mansbach. 

It’s paid for by the Jewish Council for Education and Research Super PAC — which earlier this summer aired an ad of comedian Sarah Silverman offering “free lesbian sex” to billionaire Sheldon Adelson if he stopped supporting GOP nominee Mitt Romney. 

“It’s definitely going to get attention,” said Mansbach, who is writing the script for Jackson’s ad and said it would appear on YouTube on Sept. 24.

Okay well that's ALMOST as good as the idea in my headline.  I know I'll certainly post the advertisement!

By they if you have NOT heard Jackson read "Go the fuck to Sleep." You are in for a treat.