What’s the matter with Spanish athletes?
Geez, here we go again. On the 11th, I noted the idiocy of the Spanish basketball team, which posed for an official photo making slit-eye gestures. I guess this is a popular trend in Spain, because another Spanish team has been photographed doing the same. In fact, the photo was on the official Spanish tennis website.
Via the Telegraph:
The latest photo to emerge shows Spanish women tennis players pulling the pose, apparently in anticipation of their Federation Cup match against China in April.
Pictures of the Spanish men’s and women’s basketball teams making the gesture, a crude impersonation of Chinese people, were published in adverts in Spanish newspapers earlier this week.The photos, which were reprinted around the world, added to Spanish sport’s poor reputation for racial sensitivity.
The latest image appears to show players in Spain’s Federation Cup team doing the “slit-eyed” gesture along with members of their support staff. There is no suggestion that they intended to cause offence.
It was apparently taken after the team defeated Italy in the quarter-finals of the competition – the leading team contest for women tennis players – in February.
But you know, it’s us ignorant Americans who are the biggest racial bigots in the world.
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I’ve said it before, Do not be surprised to hear that the Spanish team bus has “ran into” a Chinese tank. I hear they do stuff like that to people they don’t see eye to eye with.
I was in Madrid last week on business.
Beautiful city……beautiful women….nice people.
This is just proof that every country has its share of a**holes.
(…..and they eat dinner at 9:30pm……a custom I could not get used to…)
I’m surprised that they even have enough athletes to make a team, considering how dreadful the birthrate is in Spain…
When I get home tonight, I’ll ask my Malaysian Chinese wife what she thinks. In the meantime, tell me, 30 Pieces Of Silver, do you think I’m racist just because I’m a Southern Redneck?
I heard that they are going to play their next event in black face just to make up for their insult.
What on earth is going on? When the biggest sector of your economy is tourism, it’s not a smart move to make fun of those who were actually still interested in visiting your country.
oh geeezzz can we please get past this crap????
it’s not racist though, they promise.
I year ago I watched an “Real Sports” (HBO) on how African (black not arab) soccer players are treated when their team travels to a game in Spain. It was shocking.
The crowd was throwing banannas at them, making money calls, etc. It seems that racism is the norm in Spanish sports.
It seems odd that this comes from a culture that peaked in 1492.
Here are some links about the HBO show:
http://noautographs.blogspot.com/2005/10/european-soccer.html
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/04/Sports/Hate_in_the_stands.shtml
Guess they don’t want to be upstaged by their fellow countrymen when it comes to exhibiting colossal ignorance and sophomoric behavior. If only the Spaniards had demonstrated the same sort of unabashed brazenness in the wake of the Madrid bombings by re-electing a tough, anti-Jihad leader instead of a squishy socialist.
I mean we have a possiable war in georgia that might involve the usa and we are worried about a few idiots in spain? Seriously?
Yes, of course. Anyone south of the Mason Dixon line is. You allow your wife to have an opinion? I thought she was to submit to you and adopt your opinions about the world.
/sarc
tre:
From one Southern Redneck to another, “How’s ya mama an ‘em?”. Racist? Naw
I think it’s funny, but also kinda stupid of them at the same time.
You know if there were pics like this making fun of Americans, or “whitey,” then nary a word would be said.
People get too worked up over stuff like this. *shrug*
Frankly, considering all the cheating that’s going on in China, I am not inclined to be all the p.o.’d about some unprofessional behavior on the part of competitive atheletes…who are probably old enough to particiapte. Seriously, in light of all the crap that the Chinese government has pulled in regards to everything having to do with the Games I’m just not at all roused by Spain’s poor choice of taunts.
You know, I was telling my wife the same thing last night. Greta comes on and she’s covering a whore in Florida that either killed or sold her child. And I was sitting there thinking, there are wars (Iraq, Georgia, etc.) going on and all she wants to cover is this sick whore?
If your offended by me calling the whore a whore, then sorry.
Maybe what it really means is that people in other countries don’t loose a lot of sleep over political correctness and fake sensitivity. Are they dumb for doing it? Sure they are, but I’m not sure it’s that big of a deal.
I’m not hearing the Chinese making a big stink about this. Perhaps I’m missing something? I was under the impression that the photos of the Spanish basketball team were taken for a Chinese athletic company…
If the world had a better sense of humor about itself, this wouldn’t really be a big deal. We’ve all got things that make us different. As revenge, the Chinese rival could photograph itself getting math problems wrong.
my friends…they’re just God’s children, they can’t be racists.
only you white european conservatives can be and ARE bigoted racist sexist homophobes.
remember you have nowhere else to go, vote Juan El Presidente 2008.
I don’t think it makes them racial bigots or hateful.. just a maturity level..
I remember doing something like that as a little kid.. (Chinese, Japanese, in between..).. but stopped as I grew up.. (just yesterday, as my wife will tell you )
It stopped being funny.. and also, having some, uhh, ‘padding’ around my mid section helps not to pick on other people too.. and puts things in perspective..
betcha alcohol was involved somehow when the latest picture was taken..
Funny, no world outrage over the Russian invasion of Georgia, but had two American Olympic teams posed in such a way, global media outlets would’ve pounced all over it….while pinning the blame on George Bush of course!
#12 30 Pieces Of Silver
Of course I allow my wife to have any opinion she wants, as long as I approve of it.
See, I’m a nice guy!
Actually, whoever it was who started the stereotype of Asian women being humble, submissive, and demure, needs to tell my wife about that.
SHE thinks she supposed to be strong willed and have a mind of her own!
Daria, and of course Michelle Malkin, the all powerfull queen of darkness (acording to at least one left wing nutcaes) :-0
It’s the liberal mentality that everyone has the right to be offended. Freedom of expression (no matter how stupid, boorish or juvenile) is the foundation of a free society. And even though the Spanish Constitution (and related E.U. Constitution) may prohibit offending people, our Constitution doesn’t guarantee anyone the right to not be offended.
The Spanish teams are being insensitive to people of Asian descent, but if that’s they way they want to be percieved by the rest of the world, so be it.
We have more important things to be concerned about, here and in Europe.
oh yeah I forgot to add:
suckers hehehehehe
ooooooo you are in so much trouble….
I kinda like the image of the vicious mean dragon lady…
oh wait all women are like that…they just fool you until you’re married…
I know I am going to be crucified for this, but I think this is the Spaniards way of bucking the ridiculous pc frenzy that has seemed to engulf the entire planet. I actually found it to be humerous.
I know I was a child, but I remember the joke rhyme: chinese, japanese, dirty knees, look at these, while stretching my eyes out to look Asian. I know that the “look at these” part was supposed to be the real joke behind the rhyme, but I never imagined that I was disrespecting Asians…or women.
I know, many of you are going to disagree with me, and believe me I stopped doing the lymerics a long time ago and I am a professional at work, but sometimes I just want to go out and offend someone just to buck against this whole “pc” run amuck!! (sp?)
Having been born in the US from German immigrant parents, and having had a swastika painted on our garage door when the parents into a house in Chicago, and having endured countless stereotypes of hapless German Nazis in the media over the past 4 decades, I’d have to give one piece of advice to folks that feel offended: Suck it up.
#25 Sonofdy
So, what else is new? “Trouble” is my middle name.
Overreaction to some goofy nonsense?
Naw, not MUCH.
Joke ‘em if they can’t take a….
Childish. What’s stupid about it is that one is ridiculing someone for something they cannot be responsible for, i.e., physical appearance. It’s an accidental trait, not a deliberate one. That’s why mocking someone for it is dumb and mean spirited.
I’m with frontierguy- big deal, why is it necessary to get offended by this? I can’t see what is so offensive. There’s not a more PC country in the world than Spain. I think they were just saying that as Olympic athletes competing in China, they are all Chinese today.
There is a difference. The Germans chose to be Nazis. However, people do not choose to be Asian, or whatever race they may be.
Every nation and people on earth have their prejudices and bigotries. Only Americans feel ashamed of them and try to correct them (alas, typically making things worse in their efforts — paving the road to somewhere with good intentions and all that). It never fails to shock me that people are shocked by this.
As for the Spanish they are among the very worst. Their crimes against the indigenous people of the Americas far exceeded anything done by the English or French.
I have no idea why the Spanish are behaving this way. Maybe they forgot but the last time they were relevant was about three hundred years ago and this is their way of getting attention.
My children are bi-racial Asian so I notice anti-Asian gibberish a little more than most. Whatever the case, the humor does not translate and it needlessly offensive. Actually, this type of playground humor is usually outgrown by the 2nd grade in “unsophisticated” America.
I was the fat kid, I was the bookworm kid, I was the geeky kid, I was the kid with no social skills. And I was harassed mercilessly. And I got the heck over it. Grow a thick skin already.
(Gee, maybe I STILL have no social skills. Gosh, that’s too bad.)
This sort of behavior seems to be par for the course for the Spanish. During the winter, Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, a black Englishman, was taunted ruthlessly by the Spanish “fans” while he was testing his McLaren-Mercedes.
Very true. The Spanish were probably the worst colonials in the history of Europe, in terms of human rights violations.
Apparently there are some here who think it’s justified, and support it. I guess they haven’t outgrown their own lack of sophistication.
It’s the Ugly Europeans at work again, acting boorish abroad.
It’s also amusing to read the lefty partisans minimize the bad behavior of the oh-so-superior Europeans they so admire, the ones who spent the last century fighting tribal wars with high tech weapons.
From the quoted article:
Really? Then what did they mean? I’ll take a stab at it: “Hey, ’slant-eyes’ — you’re next!!”
I think that’s exactly what they were trying to say. It’s hard to think of anything else they could’ve had in mind.
MBuck,
Exactly. These people have to get over it.
Asians DO have almond shaped eyes, much smaller noses than caucasians, flatter faces, etc.
So?
Some of the most beautiful women I’ve ever known were Asian but, yes, they did have “slanty” eyes if that’s what you want to call it. I’m pretty sure they were OK with it. Believe me, no doors were being closed on them for their looks – these people are spectacular.
I once dated a Danish girl with blonde hair. So what?
I’ve known more than a few Italian women with large noses, olive skin, and black hair. Could they kiss? Like you wouldn’t believe.
Anyone ever known a Czech with those high cheekbones and slender face? Spectacular.
I knew a girl named Raven who was Native American. I don’t know what tribe. She, unfortunately, wouldn’t go out with me – but not for lack of my trying.
And, yes, black women tend to have black kinky hair – and the most amazing lips for kissing that I’ve ever had the pleasure to gnaw.
Just because I notice that people look different doesn’t mean I don’t like it.
Just because I point it out doesn’t mean that I don’t find it appealing.
And even if I imitate it, in jest, doesn’t mean I mock it.
Europeans ARE more rascist than Americans – I won’t argue that… but we really have to get a better perspective than this.
Good grief.
I believe that many times there is a mob mentality that occurs among groups, a behavior that is not inherent among most in individual situations.
Growing up, I was interested in playing sports, but honestly I am not very coordinated when I have to employ footwork. Baseball was about the only sport I could play, and I could play it okay, but I am obviously not in the majors. Running in a straight line, I can do, but moving around? Basketball and football were just not for me and prompted boos and very unsportsman like comments when I would play pick up games with friends. Some of the comments were downright nasty and were obviously intended to start fights.
These same guys were cool when we were out of the “group”. I know people are supposed to outgrow this condition, but I still see it on occasion even with my workmates. Sometimes you need to have a thick skin, that is advice for everyone.
Spain has a lot bigger problem than some latent racism by their jocks at the Olympics. Consider the pitiful Spanish response to the train bombings–give in to the jihadists, vote in a socialist government, fail to put convicted bombers in the ground or in jail at hard labor forever. This isn’t the Spain that put together the Mexican / Central / South American empire!
Rocketman
robm1981:
So you think it’s okay for adults to behave this way?
I’m not saying we should start a war over this, but I’m surprised at people who I assume are adults here who think there is nothing wrong with this behavior. We’re talking about adults, not 2nd grade children.
I heard that the fat chick that used to be on the view is now their biggest fan. What was that huge chicks name again?
The sad part of this story is that people on this site are rarely offended by racism, but are taking some exception to these incidents.
Isn’t all racism the same?
They should have taken a photo dressed as monks. That would have caused more outrage.
Monks badly beaten.
Making slit-eye gestures. Mercilessly taunting black soccer players by tossing banana peels and making monkey-sounds whenever they step on the field. Roving gangs of skin heads brutalizing any non-white person they come in contact with.
That’s your modern-day “sophisticated” European Obama! And a “merci beaucoup” to you too Barry.
I remember that, too. Kids did it all the time. Of course, I’m white, and southern, so racism is in my blood, right?
This is one of those things that just gets blown way out of proportion. People are looking for reasons to be offended and it is silly.
My Filipina wife, who is 1/4 Chinese, does this all the time to make fun of other Asians even though she is 1/4 Chinese.
This stuff gets a pass from the left all the time in America. Watch and listen to Spanish language TV in America and you will quickly realize how “un-PC” the Latino culture is. But, they are evidently free from the same “PC” requirements leftists put on Anglos.
If it weren’t for double standards the left would have none at all. But, we don’t need to get drawn into this silliness.
If the leftist want to scream about silly stuff like this then let them but we don’t need to hop on the “PC bandwagon.”
Deindividuation. I have an excellent article on it, I would be happy to send it to you but I would need you to work 6 hours in Denver for me. You see I have this free ticket to an event there, but I was told it wasn’t free if I didn’t do labor. Weird situation. So hit me up if you’re interested.
We’re just plain bad, as you can see.
No surprise here. I’ve always found Iberian perspectives on world matters to be a bit slanted.
No, it isn’t. A white person can’t even appear to be racist without getting in trouble. Case in point, the Washington DC official who used the word “niggardly”, which means “stingy”, and got into trouble for it. Also Don Imus, who used the term “nappy headed ho’s” and got fired for it.
On the other hand, Jesse Jackson can call NYC “Hymie Town” and get away with it. An NYC city councilman, I can’t remember his name, said he wanted to slap a white man for his own mental health, and got away with it. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said he wanted to make New Orleans a “choclate city”, and got away with it.
So, no, racism isn’t all the same.
It was obviously someone who had never met an Asian woman.
I don’t give a S**T about Spain ..after they backed out of Iraq and let the terrobombers go after killing a few hundred of their kinfolk.. They don’t have the backbone to be on the stage. Cowards they are!
Atheling – so you believe every German was a Nazi? The White Rose Society might disagree with you. From what you said above, it seems you think it was okay for people to paint a swastika on someone’s door for their heritage. Seems they didn’t have a choice about being German any more than Asians have a choice about being Asian. So which kind of racism is okay with you?
Just so you know – I don’t think the photo was appropriate, but it’s their right to do it.
Perhaps, but remember…we live in 2 different Americas.
I don’t know if all racism is the same or not. I mean I can point out differences in racism in different cultures. It is clear that all racism doesn’t necessarily lead to the same ends. Nazi racism against the Jews was intentionally genocidal. Spanish racism against the Native South American Indians was nearly genocidal but probably less intentional and certainly less systematic.
But Japanese racism against the Ainu has not been genocidal and neither was Afrikaner racism against Black Africans. Of course, that does not mean Japanase and Afrikaner racism wasn’t brutal and harsh and evil. But it didn’t result in millions dead in 10 years.
I agree that all racism is morally wrong and reprehensible. But, that doesn’t mean that all racism leads to the same ends. Clearly it does not.
But, i suspect that not everyone here would agree that these two stupid stunts by these Spanish teams was “racism.” These displays were clearly sophomoric but not clearly racist.
But, I think almost everyone here is offended by true expressions of racism. I don’t think we have a lot of Klan members hanging out here.
The “prankish” aspect was lost the moment they tried to defend it as anything other than stupid and racist. The second photo of another Spanish team doing the same thing takes away from accidental alibi and we have to wonder if open racism is acceptable in Spanish society. Asians, to their credit, do not hyperventilate over every suspected case of racism unlike many in the African-American community. It does not mean Asians do not care; it just means they do not spent a lot of time dwelling on it. The overactive tendencies of the American experience pervade our thinking. I believe many of those arguing that the Spanish picture was not “that” offensive are arguing from the perspective that many African-American leaders crusade against anything they consider racist.
Keeping the Spanish photo in perspective does not validate false racism we deal with in the U.S. on a semi-regular basis. However, publishing the photo should give the Spanish reason to reflect why most of the world is appalled and decide if they are worthy of the criticism.
It is not a stop the presses moment but certainly a “Spanish should be embarrassed” moment.
This is indeed more idiocy on the part of whomever oversees their “Olympic” manners.
Maybe this is something that might be considered acceptable “humor” in the Spanish culture? Anybody here know?
At any rate, it’s a fair bet to say these folks probably are not Dale Carnegie School grads.
Just so everyone knows, I was in Kuwait when the Spanish were withdrawn from Iraq and I can tell you I never saw so many ashamed soldiers. Many were on the verge of tears when they apologized to American soldiers they passed on the way to the APOD. They were not happy to leave Iraq the way they did and wore the shame of an entire nation on their heads in the process. Their government pulled them out so I cannot fault them in any way.
They served honorably and I can verify that every soldier I know who had any dealings with them held them with high regard.
True. For that, you would need to contact the Democrat Party to meet with it’s most senior US Senator.
next time olympics are in Spain, Chinese athletes should put on a sombrero and eat a can of beans
Never served myself, but I have heard the Spanish make for some fine comrades come crunch time.
Also heard the Polish soldier is the best you can find in an ally – you’d obviously know much better than I on that account, tho, MjrKen.
And demand that power-napping be made an Olympic competiion.
Hey Michelle,
I’m glad you discovered this photo of the tennis team, but I already had posted this on your previous blog regarding the Spanish basketball team. See comments #84 and #121 with a link to the photo on a tennis forum that I belong to. You could have scooped everyone about this photo of the Spanish Federation Cup Tennis Team which was taken in Jan., 2008 before their match with China. Oh, the Spanish team did defeat the Chinese when they played.
We all need to take a chill pill. Everyone is too touchy about everything. Were those pictures in bad taste? Definitely. Were they silly and dumb? Yes! But just forget about it, please. The whole world has gotten so overly sensitive to everything, I am afraid to talk to anyone I don’t know. What if I say the wrong thing? What if I’m being insensitive? Some very blatantly racist things are off limits, or course. But kidding around and being stupid should be ignored. Remember the old saying, “If you ignore them, they’ll go away”? We have lost the ability to laugh at ourselves and that is sad.
I never served with the Poles but I heard they like to shoot first and ask questions later and they do not lack for bravery. Insurgents do not like the Polish soldiers because they really took care of business. I also heard cleaned out anything of value when they took down a stronghold. It was not a policy as much as the effect of former Eastern Bloc soldiers not having a lot of money. Anyway, they were great soldiers and everything I related was second hand so I can’t personally verify these stories
If your first intinct on meeting someone from Asia is to make “slanty eyes”, I’d say that your reluctance to talk to anyone isn’t such a bad thing afterall, Happy. If nothing else it’ll save you on dental repair expenses.
My sentiments exactly. Said pretty much the same in Post #53 above and tried to make the same point when folks got bent out of shape over Leno faking an “Indian accent” when Jindal was on his show earlier this year.
We are WAAAAAYYYY too “sensitive” about this kind of sophomoric nonsense. Some folks need to chill out!
Atheling,
Yes.
If they play a taller team and want a picture taken of themselves standing on tip-toes, that’s OK too. If they play the Americans and want to have their pictures taken with toy guys, that’s fine. If they play Italy and want to have their pictures taken while twirling pizza’s, I say have fun.
Would I do it? Not my style.
OTOH, back when I played ball we would occassionally dress a dummy up in the opposing team’s jersey and then hang it in effigy, or drag it behind a car (would fall apart pretty fast, so we didn’t do that for long), or beat it like a pinata.
That was back in the 1970’s, when people didn’t view something like that as a hate crime. And that’s good, since I’m pretty sure that none of us were actually planning on committing murder. In fact, many of us had friends in the other towns, so it’s hard to see the hate.
There are simply too many real issues out there to get caught in this PC stuff.
Like redistributing wealth while calling it “economic justice.” I think it’s a whole lot more offensive to steal from someone because of their accomplishments than it is to comment on how you do/don’t like their features.
But that’s me.
Now you know why the Moors were in Spain for 700 years. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Man, how many strawmen can be packed in a few paragraphs?
First, perhaps I should clarify:
My point is that, it is NOT the same to mock someone for an accidental property, such as physical racial characteristics, as it is to an adherence to a political party (real or imagined).
And I think that it’s my right to CRITICIZE them for it as well. Is that okay with you?
Try to use some logic. It might help your arguments.
That’s okay. I heard the Chinese tennis team will be dressing up like matadors with big bushy mustaches and senoritas also with big bushy mustaches.
Has anyone interviewed any of these people in these photographs and asked them what are you doing? what is the point if they were playing Italy why shove their eyes upward? It doesn’t even make sense. Did they lose a bet?
You know what I forwarded this to a Spaniard, let see if a Spanish National knows why this is going on.
I don’t know if I’d be so quick to call this bigotry. They don’t seem to be intending any harm, and they’re all smiling, too. If the point was the physical form of a racial slur, wouldn’t they have adopted a more “funny” facial expression?
Just because liberals overreact to anything that vaguely resembles racism doesn’t mean have to.
There ya go. Expecting other nations to behave like Americans.
My husband’s reply he said, he will ask his cousin tomorrow (spanish national)or Sunday, they don’t get a lot of time off and he is not watching the olympics where they are. He said the oylmpics is kind of boring. his reply below.
I don’t think so, there is more to it than that. I don’t believe its
racial.
purplepeep #73 Said:
If your first intinct on meeting someone from Asia is to make “slanty eyes”, I’d say that your reluctance to talk to anyone isn’t such a bad thing afterall, Happy. If nothing else it’ll save you on dental repair expenses.
LOL! You are right, of course. And I think the slanty eyes was dumb and offensive. But my point was that we need to put things into perspective and not be so touchy all the time! I will be very very careful what I say to folks. I’ve invested way too much money in my teeth to have them injured!
I am going to defend the Spanish, everyone is taking this gesture out of context. The Spanish are just showing how narrow & myopic the Chinese are when it comes to following the rules, or maybe not.
Everyone, press included, is misunderstanding the depth of European naivete and lack of political sensitivity. You see, since they are European, they are NOT racist, and therefore nothing they do undergoes even the basic reviews our elementary schoolchildren undergo for statements and actions. In a way, it is refreshing, until they start maligning the popular, media embraced, vision that we Americans are racist.
Look at the riots in France. The youth in France have few chances at a job, and the immigrants have no chance. The locals do not hire immigrants, and the socialistic rules do not allow hiring part time help. The bottom line is while the leftist press in Europe enjoys bashing us, their record is far worse than ours since the civil war.
This is from the Washington Post they were posing for an add that will be ran in Spain this is in reference to the Spanish Basketball team the person taking their photo asked them to poses like this. Read they were responding to a request by the photographer.
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Spanish Players Respond
Players on Spain’s Olympic men’s basketball team defended a photo in an advertisement showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese.
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The photo, which has been running as a newspaper spread in Spain since Friday, shows all 15 players making the gesture on a basketball court adorned with a Chinese dragon. The photo was part of a publicity campaign for team sponsor Seur, a Spanish courier company, and is being used only in Spain.
“It was something like supposed to be funny or something but never offensive in any way,” said Spain center Pau Gasol, who also plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. “I’m sorry if anybody thought or took it the wrong way and thought that it was offensive.”
Point guard José Calderón said the team was responding to a request from the photographer.
“We felt it was something appropriate, and that it would be interpreted as an affectionate gesture,” Calderón, who plays for NBA’s Toronto Raptors, wrote on his ElMundo.es blog. “Without a doubt, some . . . press didn’t see it that way.”
International news media criticized the photo. London’s Daily Telegraph said Spain’s “poor reputation for insensitivity toward racial issues has been further harmed” by the photo.
The OCA, an organization representing Asian-Pacific Americans, also found the photo disturbing. “It is unfortunate that this type of imagery would rear its head at a time that is supposed to be about world unity,” George Wu, the group’s deputy director, said in a statement.
Here is the link you have to scroll down the page.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303728.html?nav=rss_print/sports
Stupid as it is, it saddens me that this sort of thing is so important to the world.
That being said, I dislike Spain. Those pansies were “neutral” in WWII and all the nonsense they pulled in Central America is coming back to bite us in the you know what today. Useless country.
Well, we always have The Black Adder to fall back on…
Youtube: The Queen of Spain’s Beard
A few seconds into the video, when Prince Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) dresses in drag to fool the un-appealing Princess of Spain into thinking he is gay and thus avoid marrying her, it backfires:
“Aah, you dress like a Spanish man to delight me!”
Don’t you worry .. .they are just trying to ASS-imimlate !! What you want to du in buhteefull China , unlike ugli AmereeKah !
The Black Adder quote more precisely: “Oh what a love this must be, that you dress like a Spanish man to delight me!”
Gawwd ! Makeup looks like it was put on with a spatula !!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sorry above was meant for here ….
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/08/15/cheating-chicoms-crouching-ioc/#comments
John Ansell, I have the same feeling about this you do….All the people involved with this women other than official police/court system are trying to milk this woman for publicity because she looks attractive.
Rating 1*.
I’m in suspense – when will the next team picture of the “Spanish slant eyes” emerge.
Michelle, It would be certainly understandable if you overlooked it – because I sure don’t have enough time to look over all the comments on your blog – but could you update the post giving npphotg some much deserved credit of calling attention to the Tennis team picture back when you posted about the basketball picture.
npphotg – don’t know if that will work -
but hope you don’t mind me trying. I believe to give credit where credit is due – but I think it’s perfectly understandable if Michelle overlooked it.