The Idiocy of the "Right"

Anyone who really knows me is aware that I am a political junkie, and that I have definite political beliefs. For clarity's sake, I am a social liberal and a fiscal conservative, which means I would like to see my hard earned tax dollars spent on healthcare, education...that sort of thing that benefits society, rather than war, bombs, and missiles. But that is another blog!

The Idiocy of the Right is my subject for now! I don't know who came up with the term right and left to describe political persuasion...the right being the conservative/republican branch, and the left being the liberal/democrat branch...to me, it should be the other way around, but since it isn't I will proudly wear the left leaning liberal tag!

Which brings me around to my point. Surely by now, most of you have heard about the flap with Rachael Ray's Dunkin Donuts commerical. I am a HUGE fan of Dunkin Donuts, and not so much of Rachael Ray; loved them since I was a kid, when my brother lived in Lubbock, TX. We used to visit about once a month, and the two places I had to visit was Dunkin Donuts for a box of donut holes, and McDonald's for some french fries (when they were really tasty). Anyway....Ms. Ray is a spokesperson for Dunkin Donuts, because they want their product to be associated with a popular, vivacious, celebrity...Ben Stein just wouldn't cut it!



In the commercial, Ray-Ray, as Adrienne affectionately calls her, is sipping an iced coffee, in front of a blossoming tree, and is wearing a fringed, black and white scarf around her neck (with a short sleeved shirt, no less). Well, right wing blogger, Michelle Malkin, a sometimes fill-in for Bill O'Reilly on Fox, starts to complain to the Dunkin Donuts Corporation, that it looked like (to her terrorist spotting trained eye) Ray was dressed in a scarf known as a kaffiyeh, and by allowing this commercial to be shown, DDC was offering symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.

I've seen pictures of these so-called terrorists, and the scarves they wear, held in place by what appears to be an embroidery hoop. To me, they look more like a checkered tablecloth like you would see at some cheap Italian restaurant, where they have candles made of wine bottles, with wax dripping down the side...you know, like in Lady and the Tramp. I'm sure the high fashion for the terrorists and extremists has changed with the fashion trend, however, and now it is haute couture to wear black and white paisley scarves embellished with fringe. You know how those "extremists" love to keep up with Western culture.



C'mon, now....isn't this the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard? Well, it would be, EXCEPT for this: Dunkin Donuts pulled the ad. Seriously! A little whining from a right wing nut is all it took! Ms. Malkin's response was this: "It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."

Be honest...aren't you a little tired of all of this right wing lunacy...a terrorist under every rock...terror level alerts....terrorists hate us because they hate freedom (acutally they hate us because we stick our nose in everyone else's business...another blog), now terrorist scarves? What is next? How will we ever have peace in the world, or in America for that matter, when this sort of nonsense is spewed over the airwaves on a day-to-day basis? That is part of their agenda: to make us afraid of our own shadows, and of our neighbors shadow, especially if they're a different color or religion, so they can step in and "take care" of us. Great....count me out!

So, I emailed Dunkin Donuts, and told them what I thought. And since they pulled the ad, I would no longer buy their product. It goes both ways, doesn't it? This is just the tip of the "right's" idiocy, but the most recent, so I had to share it!