Black Congresswoman wants Hurricane's to be named after black people.
 

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33896

THE MEAN SEASON
'Black' hurricane names
brewing swirl of dissent
Rush Limbaugh rips congresswoman's call for African-American storm monikers

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Posted: August 3, 2003
4:45 p.m. Eastern


By Joe Kovacs
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com



Was Hurricane Andrew too 'lily white'?

Do devastating hurricanes need help from affirmative action?

A member of Congress apparently thinks so, and is demanding the storms be given names that sound "black."

The congressional newspaper the Hill reported this week that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) feels that the current names are too "lily white," and is seeking to have better representation for names reflecting African-Americans and other ethnic groups.


Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas

"All racial groups should be represented," Lee said, according to the Hill. She hoped federal weather officials "would try to be inclusive of African-American names."

A sampling of popular names that could be used include Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn, according to the paper.

Jackson Lee's call is brewing its own storm of response across America.

A WorldNetDaily reader wrote:

"You can be sure if there were too many 'black' names assigned to hurricanes, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee would instead be complaining that this practice unfairly stereotypes blacks as violent. Let's hope this silly storm blows over!"

Another, Greg Cook, says, "This is ridiculous. How about naming the storms after gang members, or infamous criminals? How about not having any name at all associated with hurricanes?"

Regina Roberston writes: "We should only name hurricanes for foreign officials who are in hiding or considered to be terrorists, or assisting terrorists. We could name the hurricanes after known illegal immigrants, since they are both unwanted and unwelcome anyway. Or how about we only choose French names, so the fear of hurricanes will be put to rest?"

Radio talk-show giant Rush Limbaugh says he was having dinner with his wife when he first learned of the proposal.

"I just threw up my hands. I said, 'Has it come to this now?'" Limbaugh recounted on his show.

"There's discrimination and actually elected officials wandering around worried about the discrimination in the name of hurricanes. And hurricanes are destructive. You know nobody's very excited when a hurricane's heading their way, and yet here she is demanding that hurricanes be named after black people.

"You know it used to be that hurricanes were named only after women because they were destructive and unpredictable. And that's the reason. The feminists grew upset about that, demanded that hurricanes be named after men, and so now, the civil rights leaders are demanding black names for hurricanes.

Limbaugh continued his analysis, saying it was not the mainstream populace responsible for what he called the "Balkanization" of race relations in America.

"It is these elected black leaders, the civil-rights coalitions – they're the ones that keep causing all this racial divide, they're the ones that keep calling attention to all this," said Limbaugh. "They're the ones that keep stirring this pot. They're the ones who don't want there to be any colorblind society. They're the ones who keep being agitated and trying to agitate others over all this, and now it's descended into the meaningless element of the names of hurricanes."

According to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, hurricanes were for centuries named after the Catholic saints' days on which the storms fell.

In 1953, the United States abandoned as confusing a two-year-old plan to name storms by a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie) when a new, international phonetic alphabet was introduced. That year, weather services began using female names for storms.

The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

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I hope she gets this change made. I can just imagine the headline... "Hurricane Uncle Tom rips through S. Louisiana. 100 dead, no cabins injured."


edit: there's a poll too! http://www.worldnetdaily.com/polls/ needs a login though.

maybe then after a while there will be hurricanes called himmicanes...

or even hurricanes of asians which will be weird because asians don't have hurricanes, they have monsoons.

This is painfully stupid for two reasons:

1.) Who the fuck wants a hurricane named after them?
2.) Don't our elected officials have better things to do than bitch about the names of hurricanes?

I'm starting to understand why other countries think we're stupid. :rolleyes:

not to mention Spec... for all the morons who make racial jokes... this will only fuel them... sadly enough.

Last I heard, the Hurricane names weren't too terribly inventive anyways. So who cares what they are called? I never cared for the name, I only worried if it was gonna hit people and hurt 'em.

Whats next.. Restraining orders against Hurricanes named John?

I want hurricanes named after Italians.


Mugsy, Slim, Bruno... shit like that.

Hurricane Lando Calrissian. FUCK LANDO CALRISSIAN!

What a retard.

this is asinine.

dis hurricane all am be called hurricane jamont. it be bustin up grill pieces all over dis bitch.

Eh, whatever. Lets just not make a "thing" out of this.

Oh god, that is hilarious.

I agree with spec, though, about the moron politician that obviously has nothing better to do.

If the elected officials have nothing better to do, they can work on getting us money back, not renaming fucking hurricanes.

I've got a "big issue" with the government - the fact that I pay so much money to social security (100$ out of my last paycheck, in which I took home 890$ for two weeks), despite the fact that I'll never see a dime in social security. Fix that. Not hurricanes.

what about name them after dogs?
hurricane fido, rover, lassie, ruffus...

this is silly but it must be a slow news day or something.

Hurricane Dolemite heh..

I think naming them after heavy metal bands would be the best way to go.
"Today Hurricane Black Sabbath destroyed Miami"
"And for an update on hurricane Slayer."
"The winds of hurricane Rammstein reached 150 mph."

Yes, how fucking stupid can somebody be?!?! I agree that it's this kind of thing that just fuels on the racial anger. Those who want the peace need to just cool it. They are calling attention to it.
I agree that naming hurricanes is dumb anyways...I know I'm not out there lobbying for a hurricane Joe or Joseph. What a stupid bitch. I hope a hurricane hits her house!! Well, kinda.

I always figued they were named after whoever first notced it was a hurricane.

HURRICANE SHANEQUA IS HEADED OUR WAY!

Oh well, I still remind the most devastating hurricane in recent history.

Tell me, please, how all these names are "Lily White"? I see Latino/a, Italian, French, etc. All different types of names representing as many Nationalities as possible (these are the list of hurricanes for Atlantic storms. For a list of Pacific names go here).

2001: Allison, Barry, Chantal, Dean, Erin, Felix, Gabrielle, Humberto, Iris, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Michelle, Noel, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van, Wendy

2002: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Isidore, Josephine, Kyle, Lili, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paloma, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, Wilfred

2003: Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fabian, Grace, Henri, Isabel, Juan, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, Wanda

2004: Alex, Bonnie, Charley, Danielle, Earl, Frances, Gaston, Hermine, Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, Lisa, Matthew, Nicole, Otto, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tomas, Virginie, Walter

2005: Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria, Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma

2006: Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Keith, Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, William


Give it a rest people. There are better things to worry about.

For some reason, reading this right now, infuriates me.

Has affirmative action and anti discrimantion laws gone so far, that the only things that minorities have to argue about are the names of fucking hurricanes? :mad:

Rubin Carter surrenders...

I don't see any problem in giving a hurricane a "black" name. It does kind of fly in the face of the trend of removing 'black' or phrases that sound "black" from common saying with negative connotation (black market, etc...)

Although as a whitey, I'm entitled to my one consipiracy theory, and mine is that a there is a secret council of minorities that tracks the use of all offensive terms and as a great joke, makes every sensitive term offensive as soon as it has replaced the previous offensive term.

My dream is to come up with a universal inflection system that can be used with every term to denote respect, indifference, mockery, threat, etc... Think of all the arguments we could avoid. :)

2 things disturb me.

1. Hasn't Rep. Shiela Dackson Lee ANYTHING better to do with her time?

2. What the FECK is Texas of all states doing with a Female, Black, Democratic Congressional Representative? Somebody PLEASE tell me that she's gay, disabled, anti NRA, & a Volvo driver as well.

Mike.

*blank stare*

If this woman tripped on a shitty diaper and smashed her face through a plate glass window and fell down three flights of stairs and hit the ground so hard she bounced all the way back up the stairs and then landed on a thumbtack......well, that would be ok with me.

*blank stare*

Of course, if hurricanes had traditionally been given "black" names, you KNOW this cunt would demand that the tradition be discontinued, because it would "cast African Americans in a negative light."

I'm still having trouble with the "black" names thing . I share the first name of a famous black guy. I'm a white guy. Go figure.

Wow, doc...you alright? That's just funny!!!

Can black people not be named Andrew?

Hilarious... Just what I was thinking?

Hahaha, that, sir, is a brilliant observation.

*rolls eyes*

This is downright stupid. I mean really now.

And this is coming from another black person.

OMG, one of my really good black friends is named Aaron, and another one of my white friends is named Aaron, so can the next hurricane be named Aaron or would that not be pc? this is so stupid that this congress woman has nothing better to do with her time than to bitch about a FLIPPIN HURRICANE!!

I can just see it now.... *drifts into a day dream*

The year.... 2010....headlines read "New Law in all states : White people can only have named that sound "black" and must not have vowels"

this congress woman needs to lay off the tainted sugar cane in my opinion.

just my 2 cents.....

Let's Hope Rev. Jesse Jackson, Johnnie Cochran, and Rev. Al Sharpton don't hear about this.

On a not-really-related note, what is the origin of "black" names anyhow? Coincedentally, I asked some friends who are black where the names came from just last week. They had no clue.
Any ideas?

Y'know...I've often wondered that myself. I've run across the name Decabooter before. Now, where the Hell did <b>that</b> come from? Decabooter Jones...of course he was a little gangsta. Had to be, I suppose, else he was gonna get his ass beat for havin' that name.

What really frosts my balls is that with all that ills this country, as of the time that I read this, this is where our Congress decides to spend valuable time and resources. I suppose that perhaps I should be tickled pink that things are aparently so rosey that this was the best use of their time.

Does she mean African continental names, like Mbuto Sese Seko? Or the modern habit of naming some child some random phonemes that someone pulled out of their ass, like Lateeka or Shalaylee? (Oddly enough, the Shalaylee I've met is white.)

Andrew Young should be pissed off that Texas Congresswoman is calling his name "white". Or maybe he's "too white" in her opinion.

on the bright side, it seems to only one congressperson behind this, i don't think the article said she had any real support. just the fact that she thinks it's important though could end up wasting time for the rest of them.

maybe what they should do is just get more hurricane's. that way more need to be named, and more diverse names can be used. that way names from every culture can be represented. if there are only 5 hurricanes one year, then that might not get any non-lilly white names used.

i propose that any storm that has winds within 20 mph of the amount that designates it a hurricane gets designated a hurricane. i know, it doesn't really deserver it. but then she can name that one a black name, or any other name she wants as long as it isn't from an underrepresented ethnicity (sorry, that means no asian or indian (dots not feathers) names). i think we should find other ways in which to introduce affirmative action type programs into all aspects of life. it could be a hoot.

Heh, hurricane Jamal.

I agree with RoadRage that some of the black people I've met have names pulled out of thin air, but here are a couple I've actually met and where their names came from.

Frankeisha - from her father named Frank and her mother Keisha
Lemonjello - pronounced (le-mahn-je-low) Named for the lemon jello the mother was served in the hospital
Orangejello - pronounced (o-rahn-je-low) twin to Lemonjello. You can figure out where this one came from.
Female - pronounced (feh-ma-lee) any guesses?
De'wayne - ok the ' is a way to distinguish it from other Dewaynes, but the name is pronounced de-juan (WTF??)

Wasn't there that one black boxer that was the Hurricane? Denzel Washington played him in the movie?

Anyways i had always thought there was an international council that named the hurricanes, so what does a US congress woman have to do with anything?

Its pretty embarrassing that she from texas too...

I want some hurricanes named and written in chinese. Maybe even named in tounge click languages.

Either way, the way things are going in Texas, she's going to get re-districted out of office.

I demand that hurricanes be named after Swedish people.
Minnesota agrees.

Hurricane Sven is coming, people.

From her own site:



She couldn't name her own kids "African-American" names, but wants to waste everyone's time with this crap. Read up on this woman, her main agenda seems to be illegal immigrants. She's all for them.

http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/

Cornelius Bennett was a fuckin' great football player though. Go BILLS!

-Mikey

why not just name them numerically?

is it just me or does "shelwyn" sound like something out of Lord of the Rings?

I'm sorry, but if this kind of nonsense is what my tax money gets spent on, I want some of it back.

As a compromise, I think we should name hurricanes after characters in japanese monster movies.

'Florida is still feeling the effects of Hurricane Mothra this morning...'

vote democrat omg!

you know how when you read/hear something, and you can just feel yourself getting more stupid? yea, well anyway...
who the hell wants to get named after a hurricane?

How about naming hurricanes after congressmen..er people.Then we could at least say how they blow on national TV.

I revived this, because since hurricanes seem to strike Dixie most often, they should be named after Southerners. Hurricane season starts in another week.

Hurricane Earlene
Hurricane Darlene
Hurricane Bobby John
Hurricane J.B.
Hurricane J.R.
Hurricane J.D.
Hurricane J.P.
Hurricane J.C.
Hurricane J.T.
Hurricane Bubba Dean

Now, since hurricanes are destructive and generally seen as a negative... Kinda like how some southerners view some yankees... wouldn't it be better to name them after yankees? :D

Aren't hurricanes named alphabetically for ease of reference? And Wlcm, I seem to remember from somewhere that it is an international body too. I can't remember the name of it though.

What a waste of time. Hurricanes don't care what you call them, stop arguing about it and use the perfectly good system that's already in place.

Can we have a hurricane called Mistress?

ok....then how about Shannon? I always wanted to be known for the way I blow :lol:

as far as the article.....I couldnt finish it.

Maybe we could start using hurricane names as a marketing ploy by naming them after commercial products. "Hurricane Pepsi" sounds good, doesn't it? Then maybe someone other than the news media can make some money off it while we're at it. :rolleyes:

I'm all for naming the next mass of hot air after Sheila Lee.

However, I think she'll be up in arms again if there's a "Hurricane Leroy."

I kinda look forward to an Asian named hurricane, cause i hear they all know kung-fu.

I'm proud at the fact that as soon as there is a Hurricane Zhang Yi or something that they will have to raise if from a 5 class system to a 6 class system.

I thought the same thing. If this is our biggest problem, we have no problems at all.

This part sums up my feelings pretty well.

She will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

That or we will just make her get a real job. That might be more fun really.

I wonder if that woman is still in office. This is absolutely STUPID. Who the hell WANTS hurricanes named after them? I guess she thinks there aren't enough people on the edge of being racist to be pushed over by something like, oh i don't know, having your house demolished by a hurricane named Leroy or Jamaal.

Gold. :)

I think the most fun would be listening to the weather reporter talk about

"Hurricane Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K."

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Oh, dear heck....

That was either pure gold or pure horror and I can't decide which.

Ok, I'm going to go for gold because I've drunk too much and it's funny.

Umm, just to help keep this a bit fair and balanced... WorldNetDaily is a Republican National Committee website, not a news organization. They pick pieces of legislation out of bills that will look absurd on their own and toss them to Rush Limabaugh's radio show on slow news days so he can fill up air time. This is the equivalent of stirring up controversy over a state bird legislation that is on a Republican bill.

I don't care if your Republican or Democrat, if somebody posts an article without news service affiliation you are more than likely reading nothing but a political brochure. A big waste of time for all of us. (The fact that the story's meat was a running commentary from Limbaugh might have been a clue too.) Mega-Dittos, all...

Nice cross-reference. Well played, old chap. *golf clap*

I want my tax money back.

It's not RNC, it's Joseph Farah's way of spreading his ideology. He frequently references the Bible as a source, expecting us to take it as seriously as a wire service. His circular logic can make me dizzy.

Thanks for the clarification MrSD, I had a blurb on a media list I keep that tied it to Farah, RNC, and even Swift Boats - which did make me wonder because of the obvious religious bent to the site. At least the others make an effort to trick you into thinking they are legit...

Yes because we know nothing biased or untruthful is ever in the mainstream media. :lol:

Believe me, I feel you Ustwo. Disinformation is rampant all over, it just a matter of whose lunch are we eating on what day. The best you can hope for is take a bit in from all sides and pray it's balancing itself out in your head by some miracle! I used to feel more comfortable with newsources overseas such as BBC or the Economist, but they are pushing their agendas as well.

All I am saying is that at least at a national level there is more exposure to what they are doing, therefore more likely to get called on the lies. I think if you are interested in intelligent debate, an effort to look at sources should be made. I was just suprised that 60 posts into the thread nobody seemed to have even looked at the website for 2 seconds to see who was behind it.

The reason is quite simple. We are so USED to such idiocy that we expect it. I did a bit of a search on this and it IS apparently true. You can google quite a few hits on it, and while most are from conservative sites, I can't find anyone who says its not true.

There are quotes attributed to her.

I'll be the first to point out that most of this comes from 'right wing' websites, but at the same time, looking around this women looks like a real idiot. Maybe its a giant right wing conspiracy, or maybe she is an embarassment to the American educational system.

Every state should have their Cynthia McKinney my friend, every state.

Heheh I came upon that name while looking up Lee and MANY people said the same thing. I must admit I've never heard of her and I don't think I want to look it up if she makes Lee look good.

Holy shit. Rush said something I can agree with. I'm going to hang myself from shame now.....

This is just fucking retarded. Someone fire this bitch for being a waste of flesh. She should be worrying about real problems in the world, God knows we have enough of them. Besides, anyone who has any brain power at all knows they should be named after red necks. I mean, why else would they always be going to the trailor parks?

The biggest issue I have here is that Limbaugh and company are even talking about this... Clearly the woman is a bonehead (thanks Ustwo for the convincing followup on her other boneheaded contributions - God, how do people like this get voted into office?)

The fact is they wouldn't even mention this if didn't suit their desire to paint all liberals with the same brush.

Texas. She had to be from Texas.

People like this shouldn't be allowed to have nice things, because obviously they have no idea how to use them.

Instead of writing a big long rant here on how cultural issues like these piss me right off, I'll leave it at something completely inflamatory, and non-sequitor.

This iced tea needs more lemon.

Maybe if we name the next one Sheila then she'll be satisfied.

I mean it's the name of a black person right?

Besides maybe she's just jealous and wants one named after her. Fitting, making a storm out of nothing but her wind. Right?

Heheh best idea yet. We can name them after politicians known for making long speechs and loving the sound of their own voice.

"And in weather, Hurricane Kennedy is ravaging the west Florida cost, and hurricane McCain is still expected to hit Cuba in the next 24 hours."

...and for some reason Hurricane Bush fizzled out over Guantanamo Bay... :lol:

That would be tornados not hurricanes. hurricanes are the things that tear up all the retired Jewish peoples houses in florida.

On the subject of naming them after ghetto names... *brain siezure* :eek:

Alright UsTwo, you're on!

Hurricane Thurmond? Or how about Hurricane Filibuster?

BTW, I like your Wilford Brimley avatar, he's one of my favorite actors.

Nice one Charlatan!

And Jesus wept.

I keed, I keed.

Go Teddy *wink* Rough Riders, away!

I figured as much. If not I would have gone into a diatribe about the state of schools and the teachers union. ;)

Wow this is actual news, i thought it was a joke. the name of a hurricane is such a worhtless discussion. i would be upset if i were the tax-paying residents of her district. There are so many other issues that are more relevant than naming a hurricane.

For the first time i agree w/ Rush L. The names don't invoke some sense of racial discrimination within my being. Just let hurricanes be named as they are now.