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[quote]Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad
May 27, 2008

Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.

‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.

‘‘Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant and not-so-ignorant fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.’’

The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin’ Donuts decided it’d be easier just to yank the ad.

Said the suits in a statement: ‘‘In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.’’

(In case you’re wondering, the stylist who selected the offending scarf was not Gretta Enterprises boss Gretchen Monahan, who appears on Ray’s TV show as a style consultant.)

For her part, Malkin was pleased with Dunkin’s response: ‘‘It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists.’’[/quote]


Pic in question:

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Malkin narrowly edges out Sharon Stone's "the china earthquake is due to karma about tibet" comment for wtf of the day. Seriously, if these people spent 0.01% of the time they spent on looking for non issues to make into issues, instead on charity work, the world would be a much better place.

Has she been to a club in NYC for example recently? Every hipster douchebag in the city rocks one of these.
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[quote name='Chris Henrys Dealer' post='668504' date='May 28 2008, 12:48 PM'][url="http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/27/dunkin_donuts_yanks_rachael_ray_ad/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed1/"]http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/article...stPop_Emailed1/[/url]

Pic in question:

[img]http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/05/27/1211932282_5472/300h.jpg[/img]

Malkin narrowly edges out Sharon Stone's "the china earthquake is due to karma about tibet" comment for wtf of the day. Seriously, if these people spent 0.01% of the time they spent on looking for non issues to make into issues, instead on charity work, the world would be a much better place.

Has she been to a club in NYC for example recently? Every hipster douchebag in the city rocks one of these.[/quote]

I've long suspected Dunkin' Donuts of colluding with terrorists, ever since a jelly donut exploded on my shirt!
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[quote name='Go Tory Go!' post='668512' date='May 28 2008, 12:14 PM']I've long suspected Dunkin' Donuts of colluding with terrorists, ever since a jelly donut exploded on my shirt![/quote]
I fully disagree. No terrorist organization whose members wear the keffiyeh would sell such a high quality bagel. It would be completely contradictory to their agenda. And on a side note, although the picture doesn't do her justice, I find Rachael Ray kind of ji-hot.
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If there isn't enough stuff to bitch about, like the lack of competent people in the presidential race this year, now columnists are down to looking at a scarf and equating it to Muslim attire.

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A good lookin woman that can, and enjoys to, cook... yeah - that'd be a problem I'd hate to have. B)

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crooksandliars.com showed that they sell these scarves on military websites, and thus concluded that Malkin must think that our troops are terrorists.

when the bitch is too crazy for Fox News, that tells you something.
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[b]Awesome ! When you put "Kuffiyeh" into Google images ... I come up as the first one on the second page - on this website actually.


From when I protested at the Pentagon in one ! :dance:[/b]


[url="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=kuffiyeh&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20"]http://images.google.com/images?um=1&h...a=N&ndsp=20[/url]

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[center][img]http://jewschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/captjrl10404261258mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl104.jpg[/img]

[color="#008000"][size=3][i]"I will teach the infidels not to put extra foam in my Orange Cream Coffee Colata"[/i][/size][/color][/center]
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[quote name='BlackJesus' post='668547' date='May 28 2008, 04:53 PM'][b]Awesome ! When you put "Kuffiyeh" into Google images ... I come up as the first one on the second page - on this website actually.


From when I protested at the Pentagon in one ! :dance:[/b]


[url="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=kuffiyeh&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20"]http://images.google.com/images?um=1&h...a=N&ndsp=20[/url][/quote]

that is fucking sweet.
and that youtube vid you posted on the bottom let me know if you guys want me to traslate what was said on that arabic clip. it was funny.

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[quote name='Rumble In the Jungle' post='668637' date='May 28 2008, 09:29 PM']that is fucking sweet.
and that youtube vid you posted on the bottom let me know if you guys want me to traslate what was said on that arabic clip. it was funny.[/quote]

Oh, it was already translated. One guy said "Let us bring down the great satan by convincing Americans that the Burka is cool." Then the other guy said "Let's do it Friday." :ninja:

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