That really gets on my nerves too. I saw that a lot in Mississippi - signs would say things like: Smith Family "Reunion." And I'd wonder what does that mean? It's just kinda sorta like a reunion? Or one like: Lambda Alpha Sorority "Inc" - what the heck are those quotes for? What is an incorporated sorority anyways? - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
No passive aggressive notes room on FF yet? C'mon people! - Pete Delucchi
My favorite passive aggressive sign at work: "Please do not leave dirty dishes in the sink, especially dishes from the Cafe which are not supposed to leave the Cafe anyway." - Michael Hocter
Thats older than a the oldest Twinkie, but just as good. ;P - Andrew Baron
I was taught when you ever see quotation marks in the middle of a sentence like that, you can replace the marks by just saying "so-called" instead. So: Please so-called do not use staples for posting. - Pete Delucchi
I want to give this person a metal. (Please note: That was a "joke.") - Bill Barol
although I am definitely "not" ^^ passive aggressive, I have to admit that I once wrote notes like this when I was living in a commune. But I "never" used quotation marks like "this". "Very" funny ;-) http://www.passiveaggressiveno... rocks. - ※Fu※
Not to mentions "these" are not quotation marks even. “These” are real quotation marks. - Tsega Dinka
omg I totally say "quote foo" all the time to emphasize - or more often make light of - a topic of discussion as in "that's a great quote strategy." a lot of the time I even do the air quotes thing with my hands, sometimes instead of saying "quote." :\ - Jon Price
@Jon .. and yer still alive .. amazing :) - Steven Hodson
i love the penciled in arrows pointing to the quotes just in case you didn't "get it" - Morgan
@jon but do you say "quote blah blah blah unquote" or "quote unquote blah blah blah"?? - Morgan
@Morgan, right?! Also, some highlighter action would be great! - Anna Haro
@Anna highlighter is a must here! someone clearly dropped the ball... :) - Morgan
@Mike - The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks is one of my favorite websites! - Corie "Viper" Jones
a word-nerdy friend of mine has that on his bumper. - Madsimian
man, we need so many signs like this at my job for a variety of other errors (e.g. "anniversary's" instead of anniversaries. I even put a post-it with "ies" over the "y's" and they still didn't change it). it drives me *nuts*. I work with such slow people. - Kamilah Gill
I'm a huge Obama fan. And I love the cover. I think it's hilarious and perfect satire. A lot of people have commented that many will not get the joke and will use the cover to hurt Obama. Since when should we curb satire because some people will take it the wrong way? - Bill Bittner
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No one ever gets to have any fun. Wolf Blitzer is just a reporter he isn't king god of the universe. He may not have a sense of humor, but that doesn't that the rest of us can't ever once in a while have a laugh. What's the point of all our wealth and power if we can't enjoy it a little. :-) - Dave Winer
Don't you think a lot of the uneasiness is about not wanting to talk about race in a direct way? I learned not to be uneasy the easy way, working in an environment with a 20:1 black:white ratio. - Amyloo
You're absolutely right that there's uneasiness in discussing race. However I there are many things in the cover that aren't productive in race discussions. There's satire for the sake of discussion, and there's satire for the sake of satire. I believe the cover is in the latter category. Maybe I'm just over-analyzing the whole thing and I should let it go. I probably am - Thomas B
What I love most about the NYer cover is the stick-up-the-rear blow hards who aren't sure whether it's kosher to laugh at it. - Michael Markman
i will talk race all day long, but rascists, i.e. people into race, don't want to hear that race doesn't matter anymore ... funny world, ego identity is all we care about - Gregory Lent
You know, as long as someone keeps giving attention to the fact that they're different, they will never be equal...and there will never be one "Human Race", but a bunch of bitter people secretly wishing the other would STFU. - Sean McGee
The thing is brings up is that, believe it or not, its not outrageous *enough* (for some people) to be obviously a satire on the politics of fear. In other words, its too close to what serious anti-obama people are putting out to be a joke... it perhaps cuts a little too close to the real thing. - Gabe Wachob
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Look ont he bright side, this cover will probably win hima lot of fans over on the Daily Kos - until they realize it is satire. Then they will be dissapointed. - Soulhuntre
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No, that is his wife, Michelle. It's so ridiculous that people think this is tasteless. It's so obvious that they are parodying not Obama, but peoples' perceptions of him. Political correctness is alive and well unfortunately. - klecu
A cheap shot? I don't think so - have you seen some of the peopel who call Daily Kos home? I think @klecu has a good point about political correctness but you do have to realize that accusing folks of being racist about Obama is literally a campaign strategy at the moment for many Obama supporters. They are trying to equate any criticism with racism. As such, PC is not only alive but thriving. - Soulhuntre
DailyKos is a bloody cesspool. More times than not when I've gone over there, I've encountered rabid antisemitism and a lot of frightening sentiment in extremely poor taste. Of course, you can find a lot of the same at Obama's campaign site, Huffington Post, and so on and so on. - Akiva Moskovitz
I love the cover. I think we should be able to laugh. - Francine Hardaway
In a strange irony the critics might not want to be lumped with the same people who wigged out about a certain Danish cartoon. - "Oldengrey" Tannenbaum
I agree that it's over the top satire... but now the Obama and McCain campaigns are officially offended. I wonder... could he not be? If he's not offended and sees it as it is, he plays into the "elitist" arguments, is misinterpreted as endorsing it(ie it is true) and that he is not the president of the people. Interesting conundrum. - James Williams
The cover is great. It brings to light and creats a discussion of the whisper campaigns against Obama. - Erik Weese
It's smug satire. I just hope that once again the self-satisfied aren't handed their asses by their butts. More Bottom than Puck, too bad the play is not a comedy. Do butts of jokes often engage in discussion as to why they are being laughed at? In my experience they get meaner and dirtier to maintain a seat at the ego trough. Nope. You don't open a dialogue with the bear by poking him with a sharp stick or pointed cartoon even. - Boo
in 40 years it will be a classic, save your copy in pristine condition, should finance a couple of months at the old folks home - Gregory Lent
I have to say I fell for it badly then. I thought they were "satirising" Obama's race and name....which just isn't satire. I was offended. I feel a bit stupid now as you guys are telling me they were satirising the whisper campaign. I have to say if it wasn't clear to me, then a lot of people are going to be pissed off. - Chris Nixon
