- With his AHH, MUSLIMS! hearings scheduled to begin this week, unfortunate Congressman Peter King has allegedly received numerous death threats and angry phone calls — more irrefutable evidence which proves Muslims are Extreme like the X Games, Q.E.D. The hearings will proceed as planned of course because when you don’t waste taxpayer dollars investigating radical bogeymen in America, what you’re really doing is letting the terrorists win. But what’s this? Oh, the Irish Republican Army made Peter King’s nipples hard, back in 1980. According to the New York Times, King once said, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.” Yeah, only Muslims kill civilians, right Peter? That’s why you need hearings? [NYT/The Hill]
- The United States government is facing a class action lawsuit for infecting 700 Guatemalans with syphilis many years ago. The plaintiffs are hoping to settle out of court, but obviously it will be a Hanukkah Miracle if they see a single penny. [CNN]
- Meanwhile, in Cairo: Sectarian violence killed eleven people and wounded more than ninety. What good is a military junta if they can’t even keep the streets safe? [NYT]
- Phil Collins is retiring! Oh noes! [AP]
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Gives Mr Toad more reason to drink (and vomit up) green beer this St Patty's Day.
without king investigating the IRA & Christian anti abortion rings, the kkk & nazi groups at the same time this hearing is a JOKE!
Maybe he can spring for a round of Irish Car Bombs for the bar!
http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink7774.html
We can only hope some patriotic soul throws up on him.
I say we start a class action lawsuit against Mexico for all the clap they've provided us down in TJ. I can't be alone in this? Anyone?
What is the US America gubbiment's deal with Venereal Diseases? Why do they like injecting tinted people with them? One would think they might have learned after the Tuskeegee mess.
As for Phil… he should have retired after "No Jacket Required."
Or just stick to playing drums…there's a reason why Peter Gabriel left Genesis…
Hey, "…But Seriously" was a decent album!
And they didn't even do it the fun way!
Peter King is a dispicable excuse for a human being and the people who voted for him should hang their heads in shame.
He's a congressman on Long Island. Shame is a foreign concept there, from what I've seen.
Yeah, anyplace that produces Snooki and the rest of the Jersey Shore gang as well as this twit lost touch with shame a while back.
Hmm, i guess because the East coast is so far from Berkeley Long Island looks like it is part of the Jersey Shore but alas it isn't. They do share some similar characteristics. and i ♥ your meaning. Peter King is a major douche.
Isn't most of the "Jersey Shore" embarrassment actually from Staten Island?
They have OC out there, they can relate. Also what happened to the Wonkette mobile version? It was awesome for a long time…then it changed, and it sucked- no comments for one. Now it's gone and desktop Wonkette is horrible and slow on a phone.
Woahhh… Comedy Overload!
Did you hear the one about the IRA member who tried to blow up a car? He burned his lips on the tailpipe.
Man, we used to tell that one back in the day, but we just said "Irishman". Oh and "exhaust" also. I've got a million offensive Irsih jokes.
Phil Collins retiring? Sheesh, lazy jerk sitting his fat ass on a beach living off the residuals from Buster.
Is Pete related to Steve? Are you destined to be an asshole if your last name is King?
White + King = Asshole
Black + King = Civil Right Icon
That's pretty much the formula.
Don King is a civil rights icon? His hair is iconic, but …
Only in America!
Still he's a lot less of an asshole than either of the Reps in question.
I originally read that as ironic and was quite taken aback.
Lizard + King = Godzilla (or Jim Morrison if you're an old)
Plow + King = Barney
Rural + King = place to buy effective and affordable bondage gear
There's plenty of cool Kings out there, but these two spoil it for everyone.
Stephen King doesn't seem to be an asshole; too bad for him he's got almost the same name as the asshole Congressman who deserves to be attacked by a rabid, semi-demonic St. Bernard.
Stephen King is from Maine. They walk to their own quirky drummers up there.
Why do you hate Larry King, and therefore, America?
You mean that awful interviewer who has been married 8 times?
Is this a trick question?
My favorite King is Nosmo King.
I'm partial to Joe "King" Carrasco. And George Segal as "King Rat."
Also BB King. And King Sunny Ade, also too.
King Crimson?
And there's King Cake.
I'm actually kind of partial to King Friday.
FAUX News had Ralph "Blood and Guts" Peters on to fear-monger with King.
They're not afraid of being called bigots, y'all!
~
But the IRA terrorists are white. And Christian. Don't you SEE why they're just BETTER?
Riley. IRA are WHITE. Pink almost. Moslens are brown. But it's not bigotry, no sirree.
But the Irish can't be bigoted–they loves them some browns and blacks (Newcastle and Guinness, preferably).
And don't forget that singer/bassist from Thin Lizzy. He was kinda brown.
Phil Lynott, like Guinness, proves that it's possible to be black and Irish.
In all the times I've been fucked by the government at least I haven't gotten the syphilis.
As far as you know.
I admire Phil Collins's work with Genesis, the one with Peter Gabriel, and his not so well know band Brand X. Other stuff, meh.
Uncle Sam infected 700 Guatemalans with syphilis? And in 2009 the disease reached his brain.
And it didn't involve shore leave, either.
Or Ted Kennedy renting a brothel.
Can't wait to see Rep. Peter King call Rep. Peter King before the new & improved House UnAmerican Activities Committee and send himself to Guantanamo for being a terrorist lover. USA! USA!
Giving Guats the syph 65 years ago? The only ones surviving can blame the gubmint's poor judgment in assigning Pedobear to the project.
This has nothing to do with anything on this post, but I just wanted to publicly state in this forum that I hate Yanni. And, if I find the shit for brains that put his craptastic "music" (to use the term VERY loosely) on the office PA system I'm going to beat the tar out of them.
(this comment is 100% snark free)
I always thought it was Yawn-i.
You know he doesn't know how to read music? Big suprise there huh?
My 71-year-old mother is giving you the "hurt look" right about now.
We're usually hit with the Kenny G around 8 ish. Just as painful.
Yeah, but he snagged Linda Evans. I don't get Yanni, John Tesh or Enya, but I am old & unhip. My satellite radio is always on the 70s or 80s stations.
"But" you are old and unhip? Only the old and unhip like Yanni, John Tesh, Enya or Phil Collins; the fact that you don't like them suggests you may be wrong about the unhip part.
One thousand thank yous!
MST3K:
"Put your finger down"
"Right?"
"Yeah, see that's a new age chord, like Yanni!"
"Wow"
"Now, put another finger down, now you're playing a Yanni lick!"
"Oh!"
"Now just hold it down for an hour… now hold it down until you get a record deal from Wyndham Hill!"
"IT STINKS!"
But he has EPIC MOUSTACHE OF DOOM!
Just be thankful it's not Ke$ha.
Could be worse. You could be forced to listen to Justin Bieber or any of the interchangeable Disney tween singing sensations.
Aw, Phil Collins has a sad: "I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me." You're right; no one's going to miss your dull E-Z listening pap. Hit the road, stop making shitty music, and while you're at it give that unearned Oscar you got for that horrible, horrible Disney song to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who were clearly robbed.
Anybody responsible for "In The Air Tonight" and the entire album Hello I Must Be Going doesn't have to answer to your impotent whining. And Parker/Stone suck wet farts out of dead pigs.
I would like to respond to your unfair characterization of Peter King in two posts. First, did you know that in addition to being an unvarnished racist, Peter King is also a draft dodging chickenshit douchebag? Yup, just like W., during Vietnam he went and joined the National Guard as soon as he was able.
This 69th Infantry does not seem to realize they are not an Irish unit. Maybe Representative King should investigate them and see where their actual loyalties are.
What part of "He hates all fu*king muslins you disloyal fu*ks " you don't understand.
Second, about the time Peter King bravely decided to accuse all American Muslims of cooperating with terrorists, I overheard a Soldier in my office talking about his first deployment (he and I are both on our umpteenth, thank you W!). He talked about he very nearly got killed by a mortar that landed hear him but didn't explode – it just sprayed him with gravel, and he naturally thought "I'm dead." But his interpreter – a Muslim – picked him up, carried him to a bunker, and made sure he was alright. And that reminded me of all the interpreters I've worked with, who were all American citizens, who put themselves in harm's way to help with the US mission in Iraq and Afghanistan. One guy, an Iraqi-American, got blown up but went back to work because he believed so completely in the American mission. Some interpeters I knew love America so much they tried to incorporate "freedom" into their name, email address – some part of their identity….where was I? Oh year Peter King is a total bag of hogshit and if I ever met him I'd probably kick him in the balls if he had any.
I volunteer to hold him down while you apply said ball kicking.
Seriously, thank you for your service.
I love a Wonketteer in uniform. Seriously I had no idea we had brave people in our midst , here on Wonkette.
Can I file a lawsuit against Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines? Those places infected me with gonorrhea back in the early 80's. I'm much better now, thanks.
Phil Collins is retiring? Makes sense since he hasn't had a hit since the 80s. Not sure why you'd send out a press release & then make people remember the horridness of Sussudio and his remake of You Can't Hurry Love. Yikes!
You're either with the Terrorists or With America, there is no in-between.*
*May not apply to the IRA, U.S./Mexico Border vigilantes, Operation Rescue.
Bumper sticker: I see a great need.
…or anything done with or in relation to the Sandinistas or Contras.
I don’t see any details on how the 700 Guatemalans were infected. My imagination is not creating a pretty picture.
Is our Wonkette accepting nominations for their 2011 Joe McCarthy Fellowship award? If so, I nominate Peter King. Hypocritical douchenozzle, too, also.
Is Peter King the one with hair problem? I didn't know he was into being a congressman now.
Wonkette, how many times have we gone over this: the Irish are (now considered to be) white people. Therefore, the car bombings aimed at a civilian population as part of a secterian campaign by the Irish doesn't count as terrorism. White people== not terrorism, as surely as white people== lone nuts, who kinda have a point, and are probably liberals also.
Me too, but it was raptured back in '08.
Yeah, me too…back when I had a real job.
Oh, Peter… what girl doesn't get all weak in the knees at the sound of that hearty Irish brogue? (sigh)
King once said, “If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.”
And if they're killed when we attack a Muslim country, Jesus dances a little Irish jig.
So he would have to agree with "If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame Hamas for it." Right?
I mean, Hamas has more moral weight than the IRA, since the West Bank and Gaza strip are primarily populated by Palestinian Muslims who want independence, unlike Northern Ireland where the majority of the population would rather be part of the UK than Ireland.
I think we should start a class action lawsuit against Phil Collins for all that dreck he created.
Let's erase everything he did except for the drum riff that Mike Tyson used in the Hangover.
Oh cmon. Without Phil Collins we may have never experienced the cultural touchstone that was Miami Vice.
Why isn't Peter King investigating Phil Collins for his terrorism against pop culture? That would be a hearing I'd watch.
Oh boy! When do the hearings start, i want to see him gril James Baker (mujahadin) and Henry Kissinger(Shaw of Iran) Maybe we can run Ollie in again (have you ever sold weapons to the Ayatolah)
I do not love to start my mornings thinking a toad with hard nipples and a Bulging Hard-On. Still better than thinking about Rep. King.
Peter King should stick to what he knows best: whining about the NFL overtime rules, and kissing Tom Brady's ass.
What little that asshat knows about Muslims, he doubles his ignorance when he opens his piehole about football. I'm surprised that SI still pays him.
When I'm drinkin' the Rob Roys down at Barfy's Bar & Grill, I asked my bartender if he could make an Irish Car Bomb.
Sure, no problem.
But ask 'em to make you one of them there Muslim I.E.D's.
No way, Jose…
The Irish know terrorism. The Mawzlims know noodles.
Why would my retirement fund blow up military installations?
Hey now, at least Land of Confusion had a pretty rad music video. That's one heck of a nurse!
That's Genesis. A different and superior kettle of fish to Collins' cheese-tacular solo career.
This resurrection of King's IRA ties reminds me of a funny time in my own life. It was the late 90s. I was in San Francisco, living in the Sunset (originally an Irish neighborhood, but influenced by every wave of immigration since). Much more working class and conservative than people think of the city generally. It has some great Irish pubs, including the Molly McGrath – the kind of place where they show Gaelic football and hurling along with footie and everyone knows the words to various songs. Fun times, right? Or so I thought, right up until the US released an IRA/Sinn Fein leader, and his first port of call on his "victory tour" was my corner bar. Where he was, of course, feted as the representative of all that was right, pesky acts of terror be damned.
I all but gaurantee you the same people who hailed him as a conquering hero bought "We will never forget" car magnets and coins and are lustily cheering King's hearings.
Retiring from what?
Retiring from musical irrelevance. Relocating to "Phil Who?"
So I guess the IRA's 20 year campaign of car bombs blowing up shit and killing people in a foreign nation who supported their foes was absolutely nothing like WTC, at all?
I love Republican history lessons.
I seem to recall religion being a factor too.
Bulging hard-on? It is to larf! This constipated dickwad would have to stand on a mirror and lift his bulging lard-lap to even see the turtle headed goober he calls a Penis. And hard? There isn't a pill that potent. His dick is as dead as his eyes and brain, and that's a good thing. Don't want him reproducing.
"Yeah, only Muslims kill civilians, right Peter? That’s why you need hearings?"
Nope, that's why we need Muslims.
Just think, if only the potato blight of 1845 had been just a tad more thorough, we might not have Peter King. But then we also wouldn't have had all those adorable priests . . .
Just think, if only . . .
That puts me in mind of Detective Munch's reflection on the Irish Famine, "Hey, it's an island, surrounded by the ocean. Don't they know how to fish?"
Of course, it wouldn't have helped them on Fridays, back then before Vatican II.
"Fuck the Revolution!"
"Phil Collins is retiring!"
Oh no…Suss-SussSudeo it all to hell!
What is it with Irish-Americans romanticizing IRA terrorists?
I lived in England in the 70's, and almost every night there was a horror show on the news.
Statistics show that they can't ALL be descended from "freedom fighters!"
The violence finally ended when the Youngs said: "forget this, we have lives to live."
(Sorry for ranting.)
Having gone to Catholic school in the 80s, I knew a lot of kids who bragged about how their parents financed terrorists. Shouldn't they all have been locked up after 9/11 then?
Mrs. LetUsBray characterized Phil Collins' oeuvre as loud easy listening. Today we are all purveyors of boring, crappy music.
The Irish can't be terrorists. Sure, they're drunks and have a high population of child molesters (Thanks, Catholic Church!), but they do cute jigs, have lively songs, and freckles. You can't be terrorized by that kind of joviality. Except, oh, yeah, bombs.
You can't spell "Sharia" without "Irish." Think about that.
"White?" Just how white can you be if you're Catholic?
Once again Blazing Saddles comes through "… but we don't want the Irish!"
(Sorry no linky – my connection has been piss-poor lately)
"…but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.”
That's because Irish girls put out.
All Kings are assholes-I am a virulent anti-Monarchist.
As someone who has lived in two cites during insane amounts of terrorist alerts and actual bombings-London and NYC- I was much more afraid of the IRA and I'm a fucking lapsed Catholic.
Short of the Pope, is there any other kind of Catholic? If so, I haven't met any . . .
Or human.
Yes, along these lines:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/impe...
But their babies were so tasty!
There's a great Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comic from the mid-70's – a parody of "Andy Cap", in which a masked terrorist tosses in a grenade and yells "Taste death, English scum, courtesy of the IRA!" and Andy replies: "Wait! I'm not an imperialist, I'm just a misogynist!"
Who doesn't look at a shillelagh and think "buttsecks"?
So, if the Muslims only bomb civilians, preferably in shopping settings, is that all that is needed for Representative King's approval? More kneecappings? White skin? A general aptitude for failure?
So, I take it Mr. King is sympathetic to the ideologly of Hezbollah and Hamas, too, right? What's that? He's not? Oh. Er…surprise?
Fuck off, Mr. Potato Head, and the drunken mule your ugly ass rode in on.
That was the source of my confusion – I knew they were from a shitty part of NY, not actually NJ. Sorry if I got my pseudo-islands mixed up.
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