Don Perata.
Sounds like a real innocent name, right?
Sounds like a healthy name, the name of a man that would require a bit of respect upon it’s mentioning.
Don Perata.
(http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/templates/SDCTemplate.asp?cp=MemberPage&pg=senhome&sln=Perata&sdn=09&zrn=Zone/)
Incorrect.
Don Perata is the President pro Tem to the California state Congress. He is a Democrat from the Oakland Bay area, East Bay specifically.
He is FUBAR.
I wrote recently, even if briefly, about Governor Schwarzenegger calling anti-ILLEGAL immigrant/pro-border protection voters as ‘prejudiced’. He made this statement after attending a San Diego county town hall meeting on the topic. It bothered a lot of Southern California residents and there were plenty being verbal about their disgust. This is important to the story as you read on.
There is a California State Senator named Gilbert Cedillo (http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/templates/SDCTemplate.asp?cp=MemberPage&pg=senhome&sln=Cedillo&sdn=22&zrn=Zone/). He is known as ‘One Bill Gil’. This is due to the fact that Gil, for the seventh consecutive year, is trying to pass a bill that would make available driver’s licenses for ILLEGAL immigrants. I know some of you think that offering up laminated documentation of residency is a way to justify the existence of ILLEGAL immigrants, as well as allowing the ‘purchasing of car insurance’ boondoggle to occur and fill up the pockets of insurance salesman statewide, but it never works the way we think it will when generosity is on the tips of our tongues. There is not one single ILLEGAL immigrant that is going to run out and grab up the insurance needed to operate a motor vehicle just based on the reception of a ‘license’. It will not happen. California voters have said over the course of six separate inspirations that it is not acceptable.
According to a Field Poll from February 2006, 52% of voters say to blow the ILLEGAL license out of Gil’s ass. Amongst Democrats the consensus was 47% - 47%. That goes to show that no one in California wants this incipient little piece of droll humanities exercise enacted as law.
The seventh son of the seventh son is being prepared for gubernatorial judgment, yet again. It will be interesting if it makes it to Arnold’s desk before or after the elections this fall.
MMMMMMMMM. Are you wondering like me? Nope. I didn’t think so.
Ok so this brings us to Don Perata. Nice and easy monikered, Don Perata.
Don was recently poised with the question of when the bill will hit the big desk in Sacramento. His response was, simply put, down right offensive.
Here is a lesson on how to make racism an acceptable avenue for playing the race card.
His statements are as follows:
“Immigration is a red meat issue. You've got all these crackers down in San Diego taking on the governor. Even the governor was shocked. Those aren't the people I represent. But there is no point in getting into a pitched, vocal battle with these people. ... If you start getting engaged with these people, you get tar all over yourself."
This quote is an abbreviated quotation of what I heard verbatim on audio. There were a lot more stutters, cackles from the press - yes I mean laughing, and some hesitation that made ol’ Don look like a cunt.
Let’s look at the word cracker, beyond it’s snack treat definition. There are numerous references in the San Francisco Chronicle’s three way feedback of linguistics (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/04/BAG7IKB9651.DTL&feed=rss.news). I would prefer to show you the couple I came up with, although the S.F. ones are not so far from the mark.
Rhyme Zone’s last definition is “a poor white person in the southern United States” (http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=cracker&typeofrhyme=def&org1=syl&org2=l).
Eight of the ten definitions on Urban Dictionary come up with some disparaging remark or reference to Caucasians (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cracker).
Free Online Dictionary defines ‘cracker‘ many different ways. In it’s last of three definitions the subtitle is ‘offensive’. The two sub definitions are:3. Offensive a. Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States. b. Used as a disparaging term for a white person (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cracker).
Don has issued an apology. I am still repulsed. I cringe at the thought of this man being in a power role of any variety. I do not accept his “sorry” nor do I offer him the gratification of accepting a smile form me as I walk down the street. The man is cut from the most ignorant cloth in the world.
This man is under the gun barrel of investigation. Not only is the F.B.I. investigating his devious behavior and actions but the Department of Justice is as well. He is being probed for the acceptance of funds from Interest Groups regarding legislation to be passed.
Perata continued to say, "I don't want to give undue advantage in an election year to people I believe do not have the best interest of this democracy at heart, some of those people that I intemperately call crackers."
His apology was as follows: "Next time I come to Sacramento in August, I'll be sure to run the air conditioner," the statement said. "While I am concerned about the coarse and divisive tone used by a small minority in the driver's license debate, I believe that the vast majority on both sides are people of goodwill."
A real swell fella huh?
Keep in mind that ‘One Bill Gil’ is saying other ridiculous things that fuel the fire: "The debate is inflamed by extremist right wingers to the point of irrationality," he said. "It is inflamed by shock jocks on AM radio who beat and pound the issue every day to an ever-shrinking audience. They do not reflect the opinion of the people of California."
The radio station that Gil is referring to is 640 a.m. KFI in Los Angeles who, with their declining listener ship, has been rated number one in Los Angeles and the specific program the “John and Ken Show” is a number one program in L.A. in their time slot.
Gil and Don are on their own ship. A ship that needs to refuel.
Many KFI listeners called in starting at the three o’clock hour trying to get their words heard and their points listened to. The effort, of course, was unsuccessful.
John and Ken have started a campaign to send Don Perata Saltines and I suggest you get a' sending (http://www.johnandkenshow.com/). Even if you are not in California - send them.
An African American caller was going to send chocolate graham crackers as a protest since she thought Saltine's to be to color specific.
Even she hates ILLEGAL immigration.
This is not a 'white' issue. It is an American issue. We need to stand up and not believe the hype spewed upon us by communist fronts and liberal hokie pokie machines hoping to pass what they want to as we sleep at the wheel.
Get up, Stand up!
One caller complained of an African-American call taker referring to the Caucasian caller as ’you people’.
By four o’clock the callers were being hung up on.
One hour is all it takes. It is all the government vampire needs to shut it’s coffin lid.
Throw me in a pine box - I want none of the bullshit that these boys shovel.
How many days til the World sings true again?
How many nights do I have to worry about our border?
It won't matter much what I say. I am a white amle who does not take payola. I am thinking of alot of nights. Alot of nights to fix it all.
Too many …
Hell no they aren’t going to go out and get insurance. Anyone who thinks so is either jokin’ or smokin’. 52% is not enough. You need guns. People that make a living playing the race card, the Sharpton/Jackson crowd, must first instill the racism idea. As a proud southerner I resent the misuse of the word cracker. I am a cracker! But at least Don looked like a cunt instead of a taint. To put a finer point on it we north Floridians called those Georgia folks crackers. Before you say anything about Florida, rest assured that although south Florida is full of northerners, north Florida is full of southerners. Georgia crackers, long time since I heard or said those words.
Are you kidding me? A politician is being investigated for abuse of funds? In our Golden state? Thank heavens our politicians in Oregon are squeaky clean and would never do such a thing. Damn Californicaters. In other words, though I intemperately called you a cracker, I still mean that you are, well, a cracker in your head. What a piece of work that guy is.
I just hate it when radio talk keeps bringing up shit I wish would be passed over. Sounds pretty nasty down there, RE. Takes me back to your post a few days back about the lady wondering why no political action group had her best interest at heart. What I hope is dawning on all of us is that Young, Broke and Republican is the spittin’ image of Young, Broke and Democrat.
Good night, my friend. Hold close to you that which you cherish, along with a few well worn racing cards and some cracker crumbs.
As far as being hip on lingo, I would expect you to know this little slang anacronym as it is more from your day and less from mine. FUBAR means Fucked Up Beyond All Repair. You can use it in many different variations. It is to your generation as SNAFU is to the WWII and Korean War guys. Regarding NWTF, there is an elderly woman who recently made the news for wanting those initials as her vanity plate on her vehicle. The DMV denied her request as it came up listed as 'offensive'. The poor woman had to have it explained to her by the DMV employee to which she responded, "What The Fuck?!?!?!?"
My daughter lives in Florida and I am very aware of the State division between Southerners and Northerners. I also know that each Southern State is like it's own country when it comes to language, protocol, manners, and coloquialisms. Regardless of how different we all are or what sort of traditions we have, ILLEGAL immigration is a fiscal issue first and a security issue second. Not for one nano second of a nano second does racism on any level enter my mind when thinking of the problem at hand. To use a racist term to imply racism is silly.
I know the politicians are bad, confused, and immoral idiots. They can not even use the excuse of 'trying their best' or hardest. From state to state we need this fixed. A 98% re-election ratio is not fair, it's not American, and it is certainly not right. That high of a percentage is not a natural annomoly.
When talk radio gets redundant I normally tune it out. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I only get three stations at work. One is sports - nix. One is politics - yay! One is a mega pop FM radio blare. I listen to alot of radio out side of there but during the day if I don't want silence, sport, or pop I have to use the ol' cerebral filter and take the good with the bad and all of the redundacny that are encompassed by both.
I am going to have to mentally wittle around the YBR/YBD comparison as it is truly boggling my mind. Then again I am a conservative libertarian federalist so what the fuck do I know!
Saturday was a tough day but I think I will actually write about a bit more politics. These are the days and nights I will miss for just about 29 of them so I better milk the cow before the cow milks me!
SMILE
R.E. Knowlton III