For crying out loud...

Will someone get this lady a damn map?!

The little ol' lady from Pasadena, er, Shakeopee, Minnesota

Unfortunately, Andy Warhol's claim that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame also includes the uneducated and/or ignorant.

Surely, by now, you've seen the video clip of the woman at a John McCain rally who states that Barack Obama is an Arab and then is corrected by McCain himself. Well, the woman, Gayle Quinnell, did a phone interview with Noah Kunin, Senior Political Correspondent from The UpTake, Adam Aigner of NBC News and Dana Bash of CNN.

Quinnell said she obtained the information on Obama being an Arab at "her local library" and from a pamphlet obtained at a local McCain campaign office (provided by a fellow volunteer not the campaign itself). She has taken it upon herself to redistribute the information as widely as possible by making copies of the pamphlet and sending it to random names in the phone book.

You can read the transcript here, but I'd like to point out one highlight that disturbs me, and likely it will disturb you as well, fair reader:

Noah: Yeah, I know which one you're talking about. And just to be sure to make sure we got your quote OK, you called Obama and Arab terrorist?

Quinnell: Pardon?

Noah: You called him an Arab terrorist? Is that correct? Why do you think he is an Arab?

Quinnell Because his dad is. If you... I'll send you the paper.

Female reporter: His dad is Muslim His dad was Muslim. Barack Obama has never been a Muslim.

Quinnell: No but he's....

Dana Bash of CNN: He's a Christian.

Quinnell: He's not an Arab either, he's a --

Bash: His father was Muslim, and he's a Christian.

Quinnell: Yeah, but he's still got Muslim in him. So that's still part of him. I got all the stuff from the library and I could send you all kinds of stuff on him. In fact....

I know I don't have to go through this exercise, but by that logic I'm automatically an imperialist because I'm part English, my wife is a Nazi because she's part German and my daughter is an imperialist Nazi since she's part English and German.

WTF?

I have to admit, it gets a little tiring pointing out the painfully obvious nearly every day, but I just can't let it go. People, please educate yourselves with non-biased literature and information. Get all the facts, then make your decisions.

Maybe then I'll actually have to work on finding things to post on this here blogosphere...

Silly Hockey Mom

Someone dropped the ball on Sarah Palin dropping the puck at a Philadelphia Flyers game in Philly. She could've gotten killed. They cheered with Michael Irvin lay motionless on the turf of the Vet with spine injury. They've thrown D batteries at players. Hell, they've booed Santa Claus in Philadelphia.

She's lucky to get out of there alive.