Rightbloggers Rage as Obama Betrays Iran with His Ice Cream of Indifference!

[Stephanie]

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/06/rightbloggers_r_1.php#more

Rightbloggers Rage as Obama Betrays Iran with His Ice Cream of Indifference!
By Roy Edroso
Monday, Jun. 22 2009 @ 12:25AM

==excerpt==

On Saturday Obama called on Iran, "to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights." And the rightbloggers -- oh, but we see you're way ahead of us.

Andrew Malcolm was mad that Obama quoted Martin Luther King -- "not exactly a religious icon in the Muslim world," but "which will get him all over the U.S. news on an otherwise slow summer Saturday." "Get a freakin' clue, bub," said Pirate's Cove. "Again, he seems to think it's all about him," mysteriously commented Lonely Conservative. "Wussy statement," said Marathon Pundit. "President Obama issued a statement. So what? I want a speech," said Don Surber. No pleasing some people.

At Commentary, Jennifer Rubin affected to be more impressed -- but was even more concerned with "those apologists who cheered Obama's paralysis," who "will of course now celebrate the more robust language. This is what they wanted all along, right? Well, hardly, but the criticism of those conservatives and some brave Democrats who pleaded with the president to get off the fence will go down the memory hole..." You'd almost think she was more concerned with political spin than with the brave people of Iran.

Around the same time, Obama found time to get some ice cream with his daughters, which became further proof of his contempt for the Iranian people.

Patterico put tweets about Iran and Obama's ice cream side by side to show... we're not sure what, but something very bad, no doubt -- maybe that every time Obama licks a cone, it's a signal for Iranian troops to get out the rubber hoses. Michelle Malkin put a picture of a dead protester next to a picture of Obama eating ice cream, to similar effect.

"To show his disengagement he took his daughters to a custard shop for (a bit like NERO) eating ice cream," said Political Mavens. The Founding Bloggers announced "The Obama Ice Cream Scandal." Moonbattery, looking for a fresh spin, tried "Iran Erupts, Obama Feeds His Dog Ice Cream."

"Bloodshed in Iran vs. Obama's Ice Cream Parlor Trip," cried Frugal Cafe Blog Zone, "Maybe tomorrow, I can write a commentary. Now, right now... I simply can't. I'm too dismayed and sickened." Lactose intolerant, perhaps?

"Obama Snacked, Iranians Got Whacked," said Jim Treacher, adding in boldface, "It isn't about the ice cream," though he declined to say what it was about. "Barack Obama... Let The Iranians Eat Ice Cream," said Scared Monkeys, adding, "CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THE PRESS WOULD HAVE REACTED IN GWB DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS?" -- as if they, or anyone else, could have reacted any more stupidly.

James Joyner was at least embarrassed enough to play it off on the media -- "the TV networks could certainly show better news judgment than giddy celebrity coverage of the president's trip to the ice cream parlor when there's real news to report" -- and we're sure the rest of them will get around to that, too, once they realize that people out there on the other side of their screens are laughing at them. Anyway, by then there'll be some other outrage -- that Obama took a nap while a child put a fork in a light socket, or something. That's the great thing about the internet -- it'll give you as much of this kind of stuff as you can stand.

Mmmm, ice cream

[babylonsister]

1. What a bunch of lukewarm, smarmy, sweaty r/w assholes. The

'wanker of the day', Jake Tapper, also brought it up:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8487684&mesg_id=8487684

[Adsos Letter]

2. And yet, as we speak, Iran's hardliners are condemning the West for interfering

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3933345&mesg_id=3933345

Obama has shown a good sense in playing things the way he has.

[Stephanie]

3. Notice he stayed in DC

He wasn't off in Crawford riding his widdle bicycle.

[Adsos Letter]

5. yup.

:hi:

[JI7]

4. but it's ok to torture Muslims and bomb iran

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. Let them eat cake

Fuck them!

[Trocadero]

7. yeah, and he probably ate birthday cake with McCain while 1800 drowned in New Orleans

[magellan]

8. If these idiots actually listened to and cared about IRANIAN opinion

...they'd realize how UNWANTED interference from the US is. This is their deal and they don't want outsiders meddling in it. They've put up with the results of past interference in their political affairs for too long.

[tishaLA]

9. "Lactose intolerant, perhaps?"

Yup. That's the story of the entire wingnutosphere.

[burning rain]

11. Not just that but factose intolerant.

`

[ColbertWatcher]

14. ...

http://www.wikiality.com/Factose_Intolerance

[tj2001]

10. They bitch and bitch no matter what he eats or drinks

If he takes a leak, they'll say he's neglecting his presidential duties.

[MADem]

12. Stupid rightwingers. They do not know their ice cream history.

Obama's foray to the ice cream parlor was a clear signal! Yes, it was! Solidarity!

See here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Who-Invented-Ice-Cream?&id=293489

....People living in climates where ice and snow formed naturally are believed to have enjoyed a form of sorbet since prehistoric time by flavouring snow with fruit, berries and honey. This was probably especially popular in warm regions with high mountains, since snow could be gathered from the high altitudes and brought down to regions where it provided much sought after relief from the heat.

Even though ice cream itself leaves no visible mark in ancient history, items and buildings used for its creation can. Icehouses are for instance known to have existed as early as 2,000 years B.C. in Mesopotamia. Wealthy Mesopotamians had them built along the River Euphrates and used them to store food. We also know from historical sources that several Egyptian pharaohs ordered ice to be shipped to them in the hot and sunny regions in which they lived.

Once of the earliest known instances of true sorbet – not only ice and ice houses – are the honey and fruit flavoured snow cones that you could buy in Athenian markets during the 5th century BC. Later on, the Romans adopted a lot of Greek traditions, ice cream eating included. The Roman emperor Nero who reigned from 54 to 68 AD did for instance have ice transported to Rome from the mountains and mixed with fruit and toppings.

In 400 B.C. the Persians invented a cool pudding made from vermicelli and rosewater. This chilled treat tastes a bit like a blend of sorbet and rice pudding, and was often mixed with fruits and saffron. Ice was quite readily available to wealthy Persians since they owned so called yakhchals; naturally cooled refrigerators in which ice collected from the mountains could be stored for longer periods of time.
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[Stephanie]

16. Hah!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

13. A bit like Nero?

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

15. k+r, n/t

[blogslut]

17. I am in love with that headline.

Mmmm...ice cream indeed. :)

[Stephanie]

18. Read the rest

I wanted to post the whole thing but I restrained myself. Hilarious and ridiculous.

[Stephanie]

19. Between Ice Cream Gate and Garden Gate, I don't know what to eat next

Why do wingnuts hate food so much?