Anchorage Assembly on Ordinance 64. Round IV – Pictures
Radio host Eddie Burke
Who knew he was a “rascist?”
Eddie Burke (reverse) -photo from Mudflatter LC
Does every Republican in their right mind keep this guy at arm’s length, you wonder? Nope. This is the guy whose radio show is the favorite haunt of Governor Palin, her lawyer Thomas Van Flein, her spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton, and a host of others in her administration.
It took me a minute to process this one. Red shirt with Equality Works button?? Huh? Then I realized they were spoof shirts. Clever.
The “blue” signs were quite thoughtful. Since they are all homemade, instead of the “all the same” red ones, they reflect a variety of angles on the issue.
The red crowd was out in force. Even the testimony seemed like an endless stream of Bible verses, bathroom stories, and quotes like, “I don’t want to live my life in FEAR!” The answer? Don’t.
This kid kept yelling out at passing cars, “Come on man, HONK!” I didn’t hear anyone honk, although he got a “Wooooooo!” from a young teenage girl in a back seat.
Maybe next time someone should stand next to him with a “Honk if You Can Spell” sign.
Lots and lots of kids yesterday.
The People Mover got a makeover!
Yup, he testified in it….
And let the mental healing begin…
It’s a shame that so-called christians indoctrinate the younger crowd to think and act hatefully. Do these kids get an extra glass of milk when they return to their church?
The Fugus Brain testifies in his H8R shirt.
Sarah Palin must be proud of who she’s pallin’ around with.
Hope Palin’s pallin’ around with this prick is her undoing. If not in AK, in the rest of the US.
Ignorance must be a very common things among some Christians, not all of them i’m sure since i’m a christian. These must be the very stupid and uneducated part of this religion. What they call religion is not what Jesus preached. Anyone who has read the bible knows our Lord Jesus Christ would swat the individuals to the bowels of hell for the hatred the spew. May God have mercy on their souls, becaue I sure would not.
Well wouldn’t that be proof that Palin is pallin’ around with a racist?
Does the poor man not know how to spell, or am I missing something?
Btw, is this crap going to extend for any more nights or have they heard enough to vote? I couldn’t follow this last night. I hope they’ve gotten enough input at this point.
I’d love to pimp slap Eddie. HARD. And he is married to an Asian woman ??
You are not missing anything. The guy is an idiot. Anyone who associates with him is not fit for public office.
The people in the red ABT shirts marched with the 4A’s at the Pride Parade on Saturday. They said they were “reclaiming the red.” The backs of the shirts say “Anything But Tolerant.”
jimzmum–
I had the same reaction…I looked it up on urbandictionary.com.
turns out “rascist” = “racist” + “fascist”
It still blows me away that these people appear to be proud of what’s written on their shirts/signs. I have no idea what world they live in, but it’s not the same one in which I live.
Eddie Burke is a Rascist? Well, I guess that explains his jurnalizm credentialz.
John(CanadianMudPup)
Bless you hon.
I just don’t understand how someone can BRAG about their bigotry, or their hatred. If this is all I’d ever seen of Christianity, I’d be running fast in the opposite direction.
stopping before I say more than I should…
Holey crap! Burke is disturbing on many levels. First of all THAT SHIRT!!! Omg! I can’t believe he put that piece of hatred on his body and paraded around in it with that huge smile. Secondly……I can’t believe he testified wearing THAT SHIRT!
I don’t know how any rational person could get through that.
jimzmum – @ first I thought you were talking about the kid with the sign that says “Honk if you’re straght”. But then I saw Eddie’s shirt with the racist/fascist new spelling.
The kid = ignorance, flat out passed down ignorance (whoever painted his sign – doesn’t matter)
Eddie Burke – I’m speechless to describe someone who gladly had that shirt printed, then wore it in public.
7 nswfm CA Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Btw, is this crap going to extend for any more nights or have they heard enough to vote?
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I’ve been wondering along those same lines, nswfm. Seems to me that if a councilmember decides to pop the appropriate motion and gets a 2nd, then a vote should be held. The followup question to that goes along the lines of “does the chair have to entertain the motion or call for a vote pursuant to the motion”?
Or is the council legally required to hear each and every person no matter how long the speech or how often they try to speak?
What, exactly is the requirement? If a motion can be made at any time, why not contact a friendly party on the council and ask for the appropriate motion to be made?
Eddie Burke’s radio host needs to have their FCC file filled with complaints… there is no excuse for that type of garbage from a radio man. No excuse whatsoever.
Even if Eddie Burke lies, his shirt tells the truth.
Just how do they think prop 64 would outlaw dissent?
Oh, and having Palin become the head of GOP govs, would still leave a power vacuum–would even enlarge it to a black hole!
Who in this country hasn’t figured out that the moral majority is anything but moral? Hands, please.
And the kid with the “honk if you’re straight” sign–too bad some teenaged boy didn’t just out and give him a bigggg hug and kiss!
The Assembly’s rules say that until public testimony is closed, they can not vote on the motion. Normally the chair closes public testimony. I don’t know if their rules permit someone to make a motion to close testimony. The Assembly members probably don’t know either, and someone should try.
The Assembly Chair is a potential vote in favor of the ordinance. She voted to add Sexual Orientation as a protected class for students and employees when she was on the school board. She could do it again if she felt supported and respected.
Eddie Smirk should not have been allowed to testify in that shirt. There should be some standards of decency in the Assembly Chambers.
Whatever Eddie Burke is, his shirt tells the truth.
Both sides are exercising their rights to freedom of speech. Even though we may find some “speech” to be hateful, we must allow it. If we start censoring hateful speech, then we will no longer have freedom of speech. On the flip side, we also have the right to not listen. When I hear some of the racist comments said on tv about President Obama and our First Lady, I switch channels quickly!
Who is this class act, this self professed “H8r”?
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_case_sum?62466191
Eddie Burke was convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse and felony witness tampering in 1994, when he groped a waitress while she was pinned against a jukebox. He then attempted to pay her several hundred dollars to prevent her from testifying.
He tearfully plead to the judge for leniency explaining that he didn’t mean it because he did it “while he was on a drunk”.
In 2007 he attempted to defend his honor with these words
“Thirteen years ago I acted like a drunk sailor in a bar,” Burke said.
This was while he was threatening violence against someone who brought his record up at a Don Young pig-roast party.
http://www…………………..adn.com/news/politics/fbi/young/story/243147.html
I wonder how many others he might have groped?
And why is he not on the State of Alaska’s website listing of Sex Offenders ?
In a way, I’m glad that shmuck testfied in that shirt, completely advertising what a complete f##k head he is. He’s removed all doubt. His boss, however, should fire his a$$ for being a sh#tty representative of the company by wearing that in public. At least that’s my hope.
Lol! I typed “Holey crap”. I think my brain did a synthesis of me thinking what an ahole he was and holy crap at the same time….came up with holey crap. Sorry about the typo, but I think it kind of fits. he!
Who is this class act, this self professed “H8r”?
www dot courtrecords dot alaska dot gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_case_sum?62466191
Eddie Burke was convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse and felony witness tampering in 1994, when he groped a waitress while she was pinned against a jukebox. He then attempted to pay her several hundred dollars to prevent her from testifying.
He tearfully plead to the judge for leniency explaining that he didn’t mean it because he did it “while he was on a drunk”.
In 2007 he attempted to defend his honor with these words
“Thirteen years ago I acted like a drunk sailor in a bar,” Burke said.
This was while he was threatening violence against someone who brought his record up at a Don Young pig-roast party.
www dot adn dot com/news/politics/fbi/young/story/243147.html
I wonder how many others he might have groped?
And why is he not on the State of Alaska’s website listing of Sex Offenders ?
Well, unfortunately for y’all, but somewhat okay for us in the lower 48, pics like this will prevent Eddie Burke from ever getting either a nationally syndicated show, or moving to a different station elsewhere in the country.
Are the coherent, rational resident voters of AK outnumbered by THESE people, these palin-like, repugnant, anti-societal types? If the answer is yes, than there’s no way in hell I would ever enter your state. I’m sorry for you, in that you can’t take control back from these barbarians.
John (Canadian MudPuppy)
“Ignorance must be a very common things among some Christians”
The Christian extremists seem to be characterized by ignorance – but worse, they also seem to be characterized by a defiant, even contemptuous, pride in their ignorance. It’s beyond anti-intellectual I think, and probably could be called anti-rational. I don’t remember how Alvin Toffler addressed this in Future Shock, but I’m wondering if it’s a manifestation of social withdrawal from the culture of information that they find overwhelming – a collective defense against feeling inadequate, embarrassed, and powerless. I don’t know how else to account for their general anger and outright contempt for rational cultural values. Also, too, I’m surprised at not finding a Real Men Rode Raptors t-shirt in that crowd.
GiNO says she has gay ‘friends’…guess its OK to be friends, but Heck that’s where it ends…not really ‘friend’ if you try to discredit them…but maybe for her it is the perfect definition???
that Eddie Munster Burp…guy…sure Rush is hero – along with GiNO
That shirt Eddie is wearing will come back to haunt him and Palin for Pallin around with a racist. I also believe like Gov. Sanford, Sarah’s lies and deceptions will come back to haunt her at the right moment.
Wonder what Eddie would do if someone called his Asian wife a “gook” ??
I just sent an emai to:
http://www.kbyr.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1%3Aerika-moon&catid=10%3Asales&Itemid=11
I doubt if it will have much of an impact given their schedule & affiliation with BYU, but that shirt made me see red. I don’t think I have ever seen such a hateful public advertisement of someone’s political philosophy.
Pointed out to them that he is a public figure in AK and a representative of their station. Everyone has a right to free speech and to be ignorant.
Eddie Burke is truly an ugly man…from the inside out.
How sad that children are brought up to hate and judge. This pains
me…
@ Closet Mudpup #25 – You nailed it Right On! And to understand the ABT’s Fundies, you need to know that Prevo’s church operates by using many of the same tactics as a cult group. And the kids are indoctrinated when they’re very young.
I worked w/ a family who attended 20 years ago. The wife and daughters were only allowed to wear dresses (no pants), and I believe long hair was de rigeur, too. I was shocked as I watched the FOUR year old daughter playing w/ her Barbie Dolls. Barbie had a swimsuit top or midriff, and this little girl was quite disturbed by it, saying that she had to be covered up right away, because it was “dirty to see a girl’s tummy”. And they talk about being diminished by OTHER people’s perversions? Somehow, I don’t think that’s possible…..
To see the pictures of Burke and his testimony, the only thing that was missing was a belch and a fart.
Mudpups – I left you Message No. 133 on AKM’s Yipee Blog. We have some work to do!! Kindly go take a peek!!
So I think we need to find a picture of Sarah cozying up to Eddie with this shirt that he’s so proud of. That ought to educate her “Christian” Base.
And then also, too, maybe we could take up a fundraiser to send her out on the Appalacian Trail for a few days. I’ll contribute some bacon to hang around her neck. (Here, Yogi, Yogi, Yogi…..)
Sourdough Mullet
That makes me think of a comment I heard somewhere… Referring to someone highly critical of a photo, “If you think the human figure is dirty, you’d probably best take it up with the ‘Manufacturer.’ “
Sourdough Mullet Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 8:21 PM
The wife and daughters were only allowed to wear dresses (no pants), and I believe long hair was de rigeur, too.
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So I guess that explains why the ’sensible’ shoes caught my eye (no Candie’s streetwalker platforms like their governor).
http://www.themudflats.net/wp-content/uploads/or7.jpg
Someone should post the pic of Burke’s shirt at the RNC homepage as the posterboy of the GOP. This should go viral and be associated with Palin’s name somehow. I’m going to stick it on Huffpo somehow on a comment.
AKM…You should really post this to Huffpo. I’m sure THAT SHIRT will draw a zillion comments! Offensive is too soft a word for this.
It seems like the ownership of that individual station is perfectly happy with Eddie. I’m sure they ‘ like ‘ the fact that he can get the Governor to come on his show. There is this symbiotic relationship where all 3 of them get something out of it. The station will probably do nothing.
What Corporation owns this radio station. Is this part of Premier or Clear Channel.? The emails, if you send them need to go to the top. As everyone already noted…. as a representative to his employer… He SUCKS!
If anybody collected live video of Eddie in that shirt that would have an impact. More so than just a still photo. Linking the racist Eddie and his Favorite Gov. to Media in the Lower 48 would be helpful to make a story. Just some racist Hillbilly won’t. You can find “those” in probably every State. Not newsworthy. Look for some video though. That video would be powerful.
Does anyone have a link to a picture of Sarah Palin with Eddie Burke.
AKM got a good picture of Todd grabbing an Eddie Burke T-shirt at john Ziegler’s movie showing last month, but I don’t recall ever seeing a picture of Sarah and Eddie together
@#38 honestyinGov….
Amen!
Pictures are already there but video would be awesome. Powerful indeed! It would draw national attention I’m thinking……
Hey Burke….if you are reading this…….what a class act you are….NOT!!!!!
“What Corporation owns this radio station. Is this part of Premier or Clear Channel.? ”
It is owned by Wasilla resident John Klapperich, who also owns other outlets. He’s in a partnership in some of his stuff. I’ve known John for over 24 years. He’s a very doctrinaire GOP guy, and is chairman of the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce.
Our daughters played on some sports teams together from when they were kids up to high school John bragged a lot about his daughter’s prowess back then. I didn’t. His daughter went on to fairly decent college athletic career. Mine became an NCAA champion. John’s never forgiven me for my daughter’s sports success.
I saw him last Friday, at the Canyon Grill. He goes in every other Friday to pick up his advertising check, then has a few beers. Sometimes we talk, but he quickly left when he saw me coming his way.
What Debbie Ossiander, the Assembly chair, voted for when she was School Board chair was to add sexual orientation to the anti-harassment policy. The ASD does not include it in their general non-discrimination statement.
She has ruled that everyone who wishes to speak may speak for three minutes, one time only, and that they do not have to be an Anchorage resident. That could be overridden by a super majority of the Assembly, but it will not happen. When the signup sheet was reopened last night, only 100 people signed up, I think. The last number, as far as I know was 627, a woman who had been outside demonstrating. I asked people if they wanted to sign up, and then got the clerk to bring the sheets to them in the lobby.
Security forbade our DJ, as well as food last night. They said we needed a permit, and a food handling licence. Wouldn’t even allow cases of bottled water to be set down. That could have been done, if we had known they were going to require it, but the previous night, they had not objected to our having both, and the Prevoites also set up a grill, and cooked hamburgers and hotdogs.
Eddie Burke carried on like a pro wrestler, I doubt he did anything but alienate people.
Sheila Selkregg tried several times with questions to get people who were speaking against the ordinance to get their confused thinking clear, they all obstinately refused, or were just incapeable. There has not been a single reasoned argument against the ordinance.A bit disappointed none of the other members asked a single question of a speaker.
Did Linda Kellen give you your 3 EW buttons? I gave them to her Wednesday last week.
All I can say is “Eddie, SHAME ON YOU!” I will bet that your mother is proud…. If she is, SHAME on her to.
AKM should make postcards out of that picture and we could send them to all of the advertisers on his radio station and say shame on them too. Better yet, make a poster and plaster it outside of his place of work. He might as well put on a sheet and a hood or wear a swastika and shave his head. Does he have any idea what the words on that shirt mean to millions of Americans? Probably does and doesn’t care. He would care if he tried to wear it in south central LA or Harlem, or southside Chicago, etc, etc, etc. I wouldn’t give him a nickel for his life if he did. He’s in it for the shock value. If I had seen him testifying I would have stood up and turned my back on him as every decent human being in that room should have.
If postcards were made we could turn in the proceeds to Celtic Diva’s fund.
Eddie Burke is so “yick”. I’m sure he’s had to purchase companionship as big fat out of shape blowhards like him always do. I’m sure that the “goods” are much smaller than the ego. Once again, YICK!
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Philip Munger Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Does anyone have a link to a picture of Sarah Palin with Eddie Burke.
AKM got a good picture of Todd grabbing an Eddie Burke T-shirt at john Ziegler’s movie showing last month, but I don’t recall ever seeing a picture of Sarah and Eddie together
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Didn’t he introduce her at that event when she plagiarized Newt’s speech? I may be mistaken. If that was him I think they even hugged??
Interesting. Again, I have to go back to Willie. “The lady doth protest too much, me thinks” If some of the people in red were to try any harder to convince us that they are straight, you might think they were actually trying to convince themselves. And as for Eddie Burke, this was the guy who branded the women, who coordinated the anti-Palin rally last September, as baby killing maggots then put their information out on the air and told his listeners to call them. Needless to say, the calls were nasty and hateful, and that is an understatement. I could continue with more transgressions, but you get the point.
AKM, as much as I appreciate you suffering through these meetings, I can’t read future posts regarding Ordinance 64. I makes me physically ill to see the pics of these hate-filled people and their kids. And as much as Eddie Burke’s T-shirt sent me over the cliff of no return, my only hope is that Palin’s go-to media guy will be a big part of her demise.
I look too much like Eddie Burke.
Out of here– gotta go work out! On an all night run!
RASCIST
Wow, FAIL!
eom
Video of the Assembly meetings is available online at the Anchorage Municipal website, http://www.muni.org/assembly
The Huffpo story about her being the most popular GOP in that recent poll now has my picture of Eddies shirt posted. ( I posted it )
Put THAT shirt on every post about Her when it comes up.
Eddie Smurf is proud and wants to brag about who he is…. lets let everybody know ‘ who he is ‘… and who he pals around with. Lets make him a Poster Boy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/palin-is-most-popular-gop_n_220194.html
About my # 51 post. I posted the jpg. It was there and did not go pending. When it was refreshed… it disappeared. Somehow the mods or the filters grabbed it.
Aaarghh!! Have to find a way to get around it.
honestyinGov….I just posted the whole story. I don’t think they like jpg’s. Try just linking this story. The pics go with it.
I posted it and it is there now. I posted under someone else’s comment as a ‘reply’ rather than the comment be the first one as the original comment. I’ll check to see if it stays later. I may have outwitted it.
Well, I can tell you that if I was on the council and I saw Eddie in that shirt, I wouldn’t be paying any attention to his testimony. And his shirt would tarnish everyone in the color red as exactly what that shirt says. A stupid, ignorant bigot.
BTW if you haven’t had a good laugh, go over the Immoral Minority (if you’re over 18) and watch the video from England. LOL. Sarah’s international reputation.
Why didn’t he just forgo the shirt and where some white robes and a hood? He seems like the type to have a set! What idiot is actually proud of any of those labels?
Awwwww, the last picture my favorite, AKM!!
Burke’s “Bible Thumping Nazi” quite shameful!
I really don’t understand why the Anchorage Assembly allowed folks from outside Anchorage address the Assembly over an ordinance that only affects Anchorage. What purpose did that serve? The protesters were just doing what protesters do, exercising their freedom of speech. But it was very disturbing to see their children promoting such bigotry as well. The Assembly is responsible for the 3-ring circus.
annon blogger…I totally agree with you. The Assembly does seem to be bending over backwards to let the people have their freedom of speech without allowing residence to be a factor. The kids being involved is horrible and the fact that people form another municipality are allowed to make testimony and dominate this circus is beyond comprehension.
OT Heard another radio guy spewing venom, Mike Savage, is going after the writers of Media Matters and will be putting their pictures and info on his website for all to see.
I LOVE the sign “I read more than 1 book” !
Wow, fatty sure is proud of himself, isn’t he? I cannot get over the Sarah Palin, Bob n Mark, Eddie Burk, MTV interviews connection here. I have 2 words for our governor – GROW UP!
As far as Eddie’s buddies here, who the heck are these people? It’s because of people like these that our family doesn’t go to church. Isn’t that sad that parents feel a need to protect their kids from people like this that think they know Jesus but are in reality so far off base? These people just don’t get it.
Too, isn’t Eddie’s shirt a bit of an oxymoron? He’s both homophobic and a tea bagging racist?
Here’s a piece of trivia – every POTUS with a beard thus far has been a Republican.
So does that mean Laura was Dubya’s beard?
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seattlefan Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 9:54 PM
honestyinGov….I just posted the whole story. I don’t think they like jpg’s. Try just linking this story. The pics go with it.
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OK… I’m a little ticked. the link on the other story disappeared so I went to the radio DJ story about the guy getting arrested. I posted the link to the story back to here. It was posted. No problem. It stayed there…. I went back inside the story to read other posts. When I got back to the first page… NOW it was gone.(using the link )Aaaaaaarggghhhhhh!
Celtic Diva has a graphic with Eddies shirt as well with her new post.
Eddie in GINO’s arms is gone now. I loved THAT one. Because it really teed them off. CD made her point though… THEY saw it.
I saw the Redshirt signs that say “Gays Recruit Children” being held up by kids who had been gathered up at their church in Wasilly and bussed in to Anchorage.
Oh, the irony.
Greytdog Δ Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Well wouldn’t that be proof that Palin is pallin’ around with a racist?
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Yep and between pictures of her with him, the youtube of her calls to him, Bristols’s call to him telling him how much they love him….you can bet your azz that if and when she ever decides to run for office again, we will all make sure that everyone knows just the kind of people she hangs around with and considers friends and supporters!
Eddie has the audacity and the unmitigated gall to advertise his bigotry right up front for God and the world to see as he proudly struts around. Yes, I agree with other Mudpups that this shirt and his beliefs should go viral and then he will start a spin. No matter, he will be exposed! You Mudpups are geniuses. Let’s take it to the rational people about this radio figure who outright flaunts his bigotry and racism. At the same time, I agree that GINO ’s A$$ should be connected to him because he is her pal and confidante, as she shows by going on his show. (conspiratorially In whispered tone) Find that picture with her hugged up with Eddie. Anybody, Somebody.
At the same time, it just may be me, but some of the moderators in the meetings have overtly worn red. A conincidence or by chance? You tell me!!
Here’s a link to the Jesus that Eddie and Prevo pray to, and it sure ain’t the Jesus my Grandmother taught me about.
http://www.bartcop.com/xtreme%20Jesus.jpg
nswfm CA: I’m glad you mentioned the firing of Eddie Burke. It turns out that he already has been fired on October 19, 2007 from 750 KFQD, a competitor of “Smart Radio” (yeah right!) 700 KBYR, his current employer.
To read about it, check out the link here:
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=7240597
I could be mistaken, but I believe it was for poor ratings.
Also, to Mr. Munger, I tried looking for Palin/Burke photos, but alas came up with nothing. Even though he worships her, I think (as impossible as it may seem) that even she is smart enough not to be seen within 50 feet of this bloated fart sack.
Promise this will be my last Burke post (don’t want to give him too mcuh keyword recognition). I caught this post from a site that collects listener ratings for radio shows. This is from Eddie’s page:
“Wow! Words just can’t describe how bad this show is. I think KBYR should change its name. A suggested alternative: Wasting Three Hours Of Your Day With A Goofy Guy Enfatuated with Sarah Palin”
You can read the rest of the reviews here: http://www.radioratingz.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tcvid=5479
All in all, not too positive for Mr. Burke (2.6 out of 5)
Wasn’t he hugging on her when Reagan was in town or was he just hugging on Rick Rydel?
It was another hell of a day, that’s for sure. Had a nice chat with a dude who explained that my camera had a design, thus there is a god, and thus gays shouldn’t have equal opportunity. Also, I was a big fan of the various spellings of “straight” (i.e., STRAIT, STRAGT, and so forth). There was a lovely woman wearing pink absolutely ranting like a lunatic (I posted some priceless video of THAT ONE). And the percussion krewe that was jamming out was rather cool. Still, I didn’t see the “Jesus is LORD of Alaska” sign… so, that was kind of a bummer.
Yeah, it was another day in the thick. I’ve got some video and photos posted on my homesite, if anybody’s interested. The video was quite fun to stitch together.
And I had a particularly good time meeting a few interwebs folk out there. And honestly, regardless of how bad this has gone, it warms my heart to see the rational folks show up and refuse to be silenced.
- Janson
Eddie Burke is a florid, overweight middle-aged man with generalized hostility……in other words, he’s an MI (myocardial infarction) or stroke just waiting to happen.
If he’s lucky enough to make it to the ER, he will be a crying pup who will be trying to make a deal with God, the devil, or his dead ancestors to spare his life. Gone will be the bravado and smug flair for rankness. He will stretch out desperate arms to a gay nurse, black physician, transgender lab tech, or any other human being that he had previously reviled.
Burke is one of the “Hollow Men” who will go out with a whimper…
“This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.”
(T. S. Eliot “The Hollow Men”)
The more ignorant and base is one’s behavior, the more ignominious is the introduction to one’s own mortality….
“One lesbian said she just wanted to put a picture of her and her partner on her work desk without feeling awkward. Tears were plenty from many who simply wanted to be accepted, deep down. I have a suspicion that a job or a home or a loan can’t provide that kind of fulfillment.”
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142005
I cancelled my ADN a/c long ago, but if you want to go and tell this bozo – Jim Minnery – how WRONG he is in his “suspicion”, be my guest.
@ Lee323
You really need to read the court report from when this creep sexually assaulted a young waitress while she was working.
He cried like a baby in court; like. a. baby.
califpat, it’s not just Sarah Palin who goes on Burke’s show. Don’t forget
her lawyer, Van Flein,
her PAC mouthpiece, M. Stapletongue,
her State mouthpiece, McBill,
her office manager, Nizich,
her slush fund mouthpiece, Kristan Cole,
her daughter, Bristol,
her sycophant Mansour ….
and no doubt her husband, whatshisname.
And those are just the ones I know of without having to listen to the jerk on radio.
Eddie forgot to add “BIG FAT JACKASS” to his shirt.
No offense to any actually jackasses out there.
81 Aussie Blue Sky Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 12:06 AM
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That would certainly fit with my impression, eh? A bully when he’s in his pulpit….and a baby when he’s challenged by reality.
I see a lot of Mormons in these pics. No doubt bussed in from everywhere. Way too much prejudice, etc. Remember proposition 8.
I have worked with many mormons and don’t see myself as prejudiced, but I believe in full separation of church and state. If Mormons have a ton of kids, they probably don’t pay any income tax. You get all those deductions. We singles and two kid families support them. Remember all those ladies down at the compound in Texas and in AZ who end up on welfare because you only declare one marriage, but have 50 children. I’m pretty tired of subsidizing them.
Something needs to be done about that.
lovemydogs Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 8:59 PM
AKM should make postcards out of that picture and we could send them to all of the advertisers on his radio station and say shame on them too. Better yet, make a poster and plaster it
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Brilliant !! And in big BLUE letters – Do You Condone This Hate ?? Obviously You Do As A Sponsor.
86 10cats4me Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 1:32 AM
Remember all those ladies down at the compound in Texas and in AZ who end up on welfare because you only declare one marriage, but have 50 children. I’m pretty tired of subsidizing them.
Something needs to be done about that.
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We did our part and raided the compound in West Texas.
Isn’t there an audio tape of sarah calling Eddie on the radio ?? If there is , would someone PLEASE put it up. I would like to send that , and the picture of Eddie in the shirt to a certain paper here in Texas.
austintx
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/04/sarah-palin-calls-in-to-eddie-burke.html
Aussie Blue Sky – Thank you very much !! I’m gonna compose a lovely e-mail with a couple of attachments.
Would these people really want Jesus to know what they are doing?
would Jesus wear a hateful red shirt?
The two kids in the “Anything But Tolerant” shirts?
Give them uniforms and weapons and they’d be Basiji. You know they’d be the type to gather in groups and throw dissenters from bridges if allowed.
Just say YES (Blue) to NO (Red).
Does Eddie have a blog or website ?? Looks like the FBI is gonna start kickin’ doors AND ass. We need to watch Eddie.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/24/hal-turner-arrest/
Somebody up there call his show and ask him about Hal Turner………Eddie might go off and agree with him or say “he’s right”……………oops , call the FBI.
Why wasn’t Burke requires to put a jacket over that shirt before he spoke?
Who was in charge of the meeting and organizing order for the folks that got up and spoke?
Disgusting and disturbing.
Where I live you wouldn’t get served in a restaurant or store wearing that, let alone a “community” meeting wearing a shirt with that vile on it.
Shame on that Assembly and Ossiander for allowing Burke to “testify” in that shirt. If that’s not hate speech, in the written form, then nothing is. Why isn’t anyone having him arrested for inciting? How about Prevert? Inciting? Breach of Peace? It certainly breaches my peace.
I avoided reading this post till last this morning. Now I remember why.
And as far as the word “rascist” goes, I don’t believe for one second that it is an intentional misspelling. I think he wrote it, and his printer, who is apparently also intellectually challenged, didn’t catch it either. Idiots.
Is it just me or is it totally doublespeak for Evangelical Christians to be accusing others of “pushing” an agenda?
I mean call me Captain Obvious here but last I checked Gays don’t send out door knockers with provocative pro-gay pamphlets to hand out to unsuspecting people.
As an Atheist I’ve been accused by Evangelicals of trying to “convert” others, just for saying I don’t believe. Evangelicals sure are paranoid about the ideas and perspectives of others while PUSHING their agenda on the rest of us.
To Martha:
The same reason Palin gets away with calling for Letterman’s firing for trash talking one of her two daughters but no asks her how she felt appearing on Rush Limbaugh’s show after he played “Barack the Magic Negro” (to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon) on his radio show.
Also I clearly remember Palin calling into KWHL and giggling like a twit whenever the subject of her attractiveness and/or sexuality would come up. I clearly remember thinking that it was pretty low-class to let your “lady parts” be a topic of discussion on a shock-jock radio show when you are RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR – not to mention just about any other time in your life.
Sarah: Strippers giggle on radio shows about their appearance – on Howard Stern.
ADULT CONTENT WARNING….
“Teabagging Racist”
LOL
Eddie might want to look this up on the internet – I have seen it used as sexual slang meaning “putting a persons tes****les in anothers mouth”.
Pretty funny that he is wearing a shirt that says he does that when he hates gays! If he is a “teabagger” would that not make him gay?
Burke didn’t need all those qualifiers on his T-shirt. “Terminal Dumb Ass” would have been enough.
Palin took the time to denounce Linda Kellen Biegel’s use of a photo linking her with Burke – with over-the-top pearl-clutching narcissistic zeal:
Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.
The mere idea of someone doctoring the photo of a special needs baby is appalling. To learn that two Alaskans did it is absolutely sickening. Linda Kellen Biegel, the official Democrat Party blogger for Alaska, should be ashamed of herself and the Democratic National Committee should be ashamed for promoting this website and encouraging this atrocious behavior.
Babies and children are off limits. It is past time to restore decency in politics and real tolerance for all Americans. The Obama Administration sets the moral compass for its party. We ask that special needs children be loved, respected and accepted and that this type of degeneracy be condemned.
I love the fact that Palin’s own spokesperson claims that the photo “has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love” – you do think highly of yourself, don’t you, Sarah?
She always cranks out statements whenever it’s All About Her – no mention of other issues, including Iran, Health Care, etc.
I state once again I am straight, married, male who is also a small business owner.
Seeing those red shirts (INSERT STAR TREK JOKE) and I want to be violent. I know I am juvenal or unevolved or something, but seeing hate and intolerance makes me want to hurt people the stupid people spewing that message. ( I am however smart enough to know that wont solve anything, and my wife keeps me away). I do have a police scanner and maybe next time I will help live blog with what the police are saying. (they say some interesting stuff)
Please save the photo of Eddie Burk and that hideous tshirt – That will be political gold if sarah ever dare enter the National Political Arena. Please explain that joke, Palin.
Sarah pals around with Homophobic, Red Shirt, Bible Thumping Nazi, Gay Bashing, Teabagging Racist White Guy Bigots. Sounds about right.
All I Saw: Exactly. Not once has a member of the GLBT community knocked on my door to try and convert me to being ‘teh gay’ (as our conservatard friends like to put it). Gay people I know are most certainly comfortable with the way they are and don’t need to scream it in our faces, like some (emphasize some) religious groups do.
The red shirters feed off of fear. It’s one of their main food groups. Take fear away and replace it with *real* compassion and empathy and the underpinnings of their ‘arguments’ start falling apart.
The red shirters claim this ordinance will take away from their rights. Whaa? This ordinance is only a net positive for everyone. It will give the LGBT community a set of much needed rights, and will only serve to strengthen the equality rights that are already in place for other groups in Anchorage.
adadventurer: I would love to hear the police scanner comments. That would be gold.
I appreciate the glass of wine and pupus photos at the end of these painful photo spreads!
Palin pallin around with racists, and bigots and homophobs, and nazis, and….on a political level Burke did everybody a favor wearing that piece of sh*t shirt…it will lump Palin in with her crazy H8R base for sure….hopefully Shannyn will get that shirt on the Huff…
I was showing these photo’s to a couple of neighbors a bit ago and one had a beautiful comment/quip:
“Why doesn’t he write ‘horse’s arse’ on there, too?”
anadventurer – Right there with you. I would be arrested for assault and inciting a riot if I saw Eddie in that shirt. Said what I would do at the beginning of this thread. I have some Gay bodybuilder friends who can have whats left when you and I are done.
Are Alaskan boys insecure about their ‘manhood’? Methinks they dost protest too much. They seem to suffer from delusions of inadequacy.
AlaskaDisasta (& 111)
… They seem to suffer from delusions of inadequacy.
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Or just plain delusions
AlaskaDisasta Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Are Alaskan boys insecure about their ‘manhood’? Methinks they dost protest too much. They seem to suffer from delusions of inadequacy.
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Or delusions of adequacy
I know lots of Alaskan boys that can’t understand why you would want to hate on someone for reasons that are really not another person’s business. I grew up in Alaska – in Fairbanks and Anchorage – and I cannot recall a single male friend who is homophobic. Live and let live. To each their own. Who am I to say? All these are the phrases I grew up with here.
As a lifelong Alaskan let me point out to you a common personality trait amongst most of us. Boredom. Yeah the mountains are great, can’t live without ‘em – yadda yadda – but really, we are bored. Bored of the same people at the same office at the same grocery store. We tolerate the boredom because every once in awhile we catch a really nice King Salmon =-) Not to mention access to some of the world’s wildest wilderness.
The only cure for this special Alaskan brand of boredom is new faces, new people – new cultures and frankly NEW HUMOR. All the real Alaskans I know really really love people and understand the value of individuals because for some of us – real people, I mean people that cut through the crap and make us laugh or smile or cry tears of joy – come along only once in a Blue Moon.
(My God how utterly tedious would be the life of an ABT’er, the same people spewing the same crap, making the same jokes, praying for the same damn thing – over and over and over).
I guess the reason Eddie remains on the air is complacency and acceptance.
austintx Says:
June 25th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I guess the reason Eddie remains on the air is complacency and acceptance.
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No, Eddie remains on the air because controversy sells. People like him, O’Reilly, Hannity, Savage, Beck, Rush, Malkin et.al are adept at driving hate and controversy and people tune it to hear it. Many people listen because they agree, many listen because they don’t…but people do listen.
Agree. I can’t stop thinking about Eddie’s tshirt. I would like Palin to explain this Media Personality’s off color joke like she expected from David Letterman.
The photo needs to get to HuffPost.
Astounding.
Eddie Burke wouldn’t happen to be a fan of Rush Limbaugh, would he? Looks like he’s got a hero he’s trying to emulate.
What a little man for being so…er…rotund.
And this is a man that our governor shows public support of???
Does she- actually, ALL of our elected representatives- realize her job is to promote the needs and wishes of the entire state, and not just groups within the community?
I’m continually ashamed of my state. For being so “Christian” people like this are so hateful, mean spirited, and just plain vile.