Al Sharpton’s Moron Moment of the Day: EPA stands for Environmental “Projection” Agency

Al Sharpton is an idiot.
Al Sharpton is an idiot.
Al Sharpton is an idiot.
Al Sharpton is an idiot.

We just have to remind ourselves to keep reminding you that MSNBC has hired someone dumber than Ed Schultz.

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  • "Does anybody remember Donna Shalala, the former Surgeon General?"

    Actually she was HHS Secretary under Clinton. Point taken though but then again it is Hurricane ootball we are talking about.

    • Sometime after 1988 'she served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Under her chancellorship and with her support, the University adopted a broad speech code subjecting students to disciplinary action for communications that were perceived as hate speech. That speech code was later found unconstitutional by a federal judge. Also while chancellor, Shalala supported passage of a revised faculty speech code broadly restricting "harmful" speech in both "noninstructional" and "instructional" settings. The faculty speech code was abolished ten years later, after a number of professors were investigated for alleged or suspected violations.' Ahhh. Relaxing and C & P-ing from wiki for all the inpotent facks of da past. I remember feeling a slight sense of relief when Bubba pulled her out of Madison, like a sloppy, wet, dripping yet petite cigar. I thought some wiseacre in Milwaukee was gonna start a sort of tribute band of Sha Na Na based on him and her when Bubba akxt her to go HHSing for him. Turns out everybody that admitted to harboring such ideas wound up on Bubba's missing or dead persons list. Blood only runs uphill in certain parts of the country.

  • Does anybody remember Donna Shalala, the former Surgeon General? She is currently President of Miami University, that is about to be thwacked for inproper gifts, money, prostitiutes, abortions, etc to the football team and friends. Why does that not surprise me?

  • People of any and all political parties should be tired of this dumb a## man, he is a disgrace to the human race. Why do they let he, Shila J Lee and that dizzy broard from Ga have any TV time to make fools of Americans? About the only inteligent black up on the supper loop is Allen West. Somebody please help us.

      • Barb R: "Oblivia will be glad to hear that."

        What have you got against idiots?

        I'm pretty sure they'd take offense with you lowering their standards by lumping her in with them. Now apologize and admit to the world that Slowlivia is in a class(less) category all her own.

        • Beanie, you are SO RIGHT.

          I apologize to all idiots for my careless comments. In fact, I hereby declare a special day JUST FOR Y'ALL. It will be celebrated every year on the first day of April. I do hereby, by the power vested in me by the state of bloggerdom, declare it SO.

          There. I feel better now that I have atoned. :)

          • Barbiepoo: "There. I feel better now that I have atoned."

            As you well should. Now go forth and sin no more... unless it has something to do with THWACKing Slowlivia... then go right ahead and sin your behind off.

  • Hey, have we started a pool yet on how long it will take Big Al to get the boot from MSNBC?

    Will he last 30 days?

        • Sk: "Agreed, he isn’t going anywhere until he decides he wants to leave."

          Or forgets where he was going one morning and simply doesn't show-up for work.

        • ComCast/GE might well be stuck with him. It is true that it will be very hard to sack him because of poor ratings, since they have kept people like Matthews around forever & his ratings have sucked during that entire time. Now, if Sharpton decides he wants out, or if Comcast/GE do, Sharpton will get paid, big time. It would take millions to get him to leave, my guess is whatever they paid Olbermann, Sharpton will want just as much, if not more.

          Fact, MSNBC is stuck with Weird Al Sharpton.

  • That's not "inflection" genius. Inflection is how you deliver words. What he's doing is "incorrectly saying a word", in a manner that stems from a section of the uneducated, lower income, black community.

    That idiot should be speaking correctly, to set s good example.

    • "...to set s good example." Nice work. When groaning about something as simple as misspelling or using a wrong word you should really check your post before sending it. Here at IHTM you even have a significant grace period to go edit your errors. Oh well, s okay.

      Here I go now, editing after sending the post because I reread your post and saw you referred to the target of your rant as an idiot. When you look in the mirror you see a true idiot, you putz.

    • I am going to start with a positive and on something that we both agree on: "That idiot should be speaking correctly, to set [a] good example." I agree. Especially for a preacher, he should set an example and speak correctly. It is important to speak correctly in order to get a good job and respect in the real world. He speaks correctly when he is among certain groups of people, so I know that he can do it. If anything, he is just posturing for the cameras trying to be 'hood, in order to appear brotherly to those whom he says he speaks for. That behavior, if anything, is belittling those whom he says he speaks for and therefore he fails. Even though I truly dislike Marc Lamont Hill, he actually doesn't belittle himself nor those whom he claims to speak for by doing that, so in that one aspect I do respect him. Sharpton hasn't earned my respect.

      Now... allow me to ask you a few questions:

      Why are you being so unpleasant with me? I don't know you from anywhere. What is the problem? That came out of nowhere and I don't think I deserve that cheap shot. I wasn't defending the use per se, and I was answering the question that was posted, what is wrong with that?

      http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inflection
      Among other definitions: "[T]he change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated."

      Considering that the word "axe" is being use for "ask" and "axe" is ensentially another word altogether, I think what I posted, fits just fine. If you believe that what you wrote is a work of art, then I guess the both of us are geniuses. Even by your own definition (which all in all one can argue is not exactly correct, but to me it doesn't really matter), saying "axe" when they mean "ask" is in essence a way or a method to deliver the word "ask".

      He is "incorrectly saying a word" and it can be also considered an inflection just like the word "y'all". So we are both correct. All in all I have known many (middle/upper class) Black Americans that are all "upper class diction" at work, school, or social events, but at home (among friends and relatives) they let loose and say it like that. It could be a cultural thing. I haven't asked anyone to explain where that comes from. I haven't asked why Southerners and "rednecks" say some of the things they say either. I just assume it is a cultural thing.

      It could stem from the uneducated, lower income black community alright, however it is not indicative of anything real, as I have heard many white "folks" use "y'all" which can also stem from the uneducated, lower income white redneck communities, but the majority of those that have used it around me are not uneducated, or from lower income, etc. However, when they say it, it is somehow cute. However things said by members of other communities are considered ignorant... Interesting, but well it is what it is.

      • Y'all is a contraction of you all. In larger groups you can hear it said " I'm talking about (or to) ALL y'all. Axe is a pronunciation change, much as strenth for strength. Some of it is cultural, some is social or regional.

        • Y’all is a contraction of you all.

          Yes, I know.

          ” I’m talking about (or to) ALL y’all"

          Is humorously redundant...all you all. ;) If people just said "y'all" rather than "all y'all" then it wouldn't be. And it still goes back to how words are delivered at least in terms of grammer.

        • I understand what you are saying. Y'all is not a correct way to say you all. It is incorrect. Axe is not a correct way to say ask. All of these things are just a matter of certain people saying certain words in a certain way due to their parents and where they live and what not. Just going back to the main point, it is not necessarily indicative of stupidity, or education or income status of the person that says it. Some people wanted to make a case, that is indicative of a person being a certain way in a derogatory manner. However, like I have been saying in professional settings it is better to opt to speak correctly and saying axe is as incorrect as saying y'all. However a lot of people (like comedians) make money being cultural or regional in their speech, so it is all good.

      • LOL, all y'all ;) are getting way too serious about spelling and grammer. Geez, as long as we can understand what is meant what's the big deal.

        • I personally wasn't bringing any grief to this situation. It really doesn't matter to me. In other countries and in other languages, you see the same situation where someone in one country says one word that in another country it may mean the same, but it is said differently and it is not because of the accent. I just don't like someone to get on my face for no real reason.

          • I used to live in Texas and thought y'all and fixin' were the handiest words. Jeff Foxworthy has made a living spoofing southern dialects but I have never heard anyone discuss ask/axe. I always considered it a case of lazy pronunciation similar to droppin' the "g" from ing words. You've got to shittin' me, Al Sharpton is on MSNBC?

          • I think that it is a bit like what I said in another post. Colorful (wrong, inflection, whatever...) ways to say certain things by certain groups of people are considered cute, but for some reason, those things done by other groups of people are considered ignorant. I think it has to go back to the bias on the individual person. By bias I don't necessarily mean racist and it is possible it is just a simple bias, not necessarily discrimanatory on who they are, just on how they speak.

            I want to put several examples even of my own personal situation: I lived in MA and the white Bostonians speech patterns were "cute" and I didn't look down on them or consider them lazy, if they were indeed uneducated and there were many who weren't, and let loose and spoke that way and I didn't consider them lazy either. So I really didn't care I assumed it was a cultural situation and had a good time with it as they did.

            Another example: "Me love you long time" I am sure we all know what group of people are usually connected to that statement. Very few would say that is indicative of the person being ignorant or part of a uneducated, lower income blah blah blah... Many would consider that "cute" unless they are biased.

            The reason I don't care is because I know that my own speech patterns are strange to American people of all kinds, primarily the accent and unless I AM VERY RIGID AND AWARE OF HOW I SPEAK some things just slip like saying "hose" when I mean "house" and my Mother always has problems with "hair" and it comes out as "hare". I personally wouldn't want anyone to mistake me from being stupid, so I am tolerant of others when they speak incorrectly in any language, as it can happen to anyone. A biased person (again not necessarily racist nor discriminatory on how I look like or where I come from just on how I speak) can INCORRECTLY assume I am being lazy or I am uneducated or low income or whatever, but that is most certainly not the case. It is just a matter of knowing where one is and knowing the audience and doing one's best to speak correctly. Sharpton knows how to speak correctly, as I said, it is just that he is playing a role and it is pathetic.

            Thankfully, I am happy to state, that there are some things said (primarily?) by Black Americans that are considered cute and worthy of hardy har har's in the mainstream culture (just like "y'all"). I just think that there is a pattern of believing that certain things are indicative of uneducated and blah blah blah when it doesn't necessarily need to be so, especially nowadays.

            Jeff Foxworthy is a good example. His rednecks jokes are hilarious. All the fun and games on how rednecks express themselves have been elevated to the point where, yes many uneducated, low income, blah blah rednecks still speak like that, but you will find educated, higher income and so on white people speak that way too. They will do so without shame nor fear of judgement as it is now funny and cute. So, in the end, does it matter? Not in my estimation... unless of course we are talking about ANYONE of ANY color of skin or background speaking inappropriately while conducting business or going for a job or whatever. In the case of Sharpton playing a role is also rather pathetic. Your assumption that is laziness just like the other gentleman's assumption that it is indicative of no education and low income I think is old standards and old assumptions that at this point in our history we should revise (IMHO).

            "I have never heard anyone discuss ask/axe." That is interesting because I have. Obviously you weren't looking for it, nor did you just happen to fall under circumstances where it was discussed, but that is why we are here n'est-ce pas? I learn a lot here and I am sure that others can too if they are opened.

          • Hi KQ, when I boil it down I find Al Sharpton's presentation to be lazy. Environmental "Projection" Agency is just pathetic and an indication of a lack of preparation. He's the anchor of a national news show and you'd think he would take care to get it right. I don't hear Juan Williams making those kinds of mistakes. Juan is articulate and I like watching him when he subs for Bill O'reilly. Watching these clips of Al Sharpton makes me feel embarrassed for him. I wonder if MSNBC is doing this to make Sharpton look like a complete fool?

          • "Hi KQ, when I boil it down I find Al Sharpton’s presentation to be lazy." Everything that he does is wrong. I would say that more than lazy, in my opinion, it is an act and a bad one at that. He is trying to appeal to those whom he claims to speak for, while at the same time continuing to spread the erroneous notion that people that look like him are as (willingly) ignorant as he is.

            "Environmental “Projection” Agency is just pathetic and an indication of a lack of preparation." He should know better considering all of his years in government and media. If he claims to be a leader or a professional or whatever he should not have made such a silly mistake.

            "He’s the anchor of a national news show and you’d think he would take care to get it right." Agreed. Bill O'Reilly writes his own show and when he makes a mistake from reading the telempropter that he catches he apologizes right away. He probably didn't write it and he probably didnt realize that it was wrong.

            "I don’t hear Juan Williams making those kinds of mistakes. Juan is articulate and I like watching him when he subs for Bill O’Reilly." The show is well written and after all it is filled with professionals and Juan probably could catch an error before or after reading it. Al Sharpton is a fool and MSNBC is not exactly creme de la creme.

            My post was just stating the issue in general matters on the ask/axe issue. Even though anyone can make a mistake, in a professional setting, Sharpton should have known better.

          • Yes KQ, I know. The regulars here that know and love you aren't going to give you any grief over that kind of stuff. As for the rest...are they really worthy of your time to respond to? Let 'em look stupid.

          • My favorite (and Homer's) is "fixin to get ready". That's like preparing to prepare. It gets really fun when you say "I'm fixing to get ready to prepare for my trip preparations". I'd say if you forgot to pack something you screwed up BIG TIME.

          • I have always found that to be funny. It is used quite frequently and my Mother has started to adopt it, which is funny to me.

          • How about warsh? Does anybody warsh their clothes? Or maybe y'all are fixin' to go up to Warshington state?

            And how about the great State of Utar?

          • I have a wonderful idear. My Dad always called my Mom Thelmar. (as opposed to her given name of Thelma.

          • In Massachusetts for some reason everything was "wicked" or "wicky"... LOL "Wicky lobsta'" I think that a lot of that is cute and hilarious in normal conversation. Obviously one most try to keep things professional in certain circumstances.

          • The Boston North Shore accent can be so heavy that a South Shore native like me can not understand what is being said. Once I was at a Star grocery store in Melrose and the girl at the register asked me if I had a "stah cahd". I had no idea what she was asking until she spelled it out. s-t-a-ah c-a-ah-d. I said: "oh, a Star Card". She looked at me like I was a wicked dumb ass.

          • LOL. I remember when Jimmy Fallon was still on SNL and he did that skit what that lady and they were Boston teenagers. I laughed, not necessarily because their jokes were funny, but because I had to admit they were pretty much nailing the phrases and accent. :-) I used to love saying "Where's the cah?"

  • At the 25 second mark, how the hell do you axe for money? Axe? I wanna axe a question, how did ask become axe?

    • It must be an Black American inflection. Not sure where it comes from, it does sound weird. However, I am sure that we can find similar inflections in other Americans ways of speech correct?

      • Here in the Great State of Texas, we have a whole dictionary to translate Texan into conversational English- EX: AWL: viscous liquid used in car engines and on one's hair.

      • I'm not an expert in the topic but I believe the problem may be dyslexia. The speaker sees the word "ask" as "aks" and pronouces it "axe." There are other common ones ("foilage" instead of "foliage", for example.) Where I grew up in Joisey City, NJ, a lot of kids made this mistake - white as well a black. It seems less common in adults, maybe they either grow out of it or compensate for it in other ways.

        • The truth is that, like "y'all", as I place as an example below, there are some communities that just happen to have certain ways of saying certain words. However, certain words can be found to be said by all people as I have heard Black and Hispanic people say "y'all" just the same as a white person. Overall in the end it is really not that big of a deal to me, I figure it is a cultural thing. I have seen white young people say axe when they mean ask as well. So I agree with DRB that it is not that big of a deal and overall we find ways to understand one another. With that said, adults should try to speak correctly especially when they are in leadership positions.

  • Well he got the E and the A right. 2 out of 3 really ain't that bad for old Al. Think of it as room for improvement and an opportunity for Al to purchase that new Hooked on Phonics cased set he has been wanting but couldn't get the government to give him.

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