contact
Main
Contact Me

about
About RightWing NutHouse

Site Stats

blog radio



Amazon Honor System Click Here to Pay Learn More

testimonials

"Brilliant"
(Romeo St. Martin of Politics Watch-Canada)

"The epitome of a blogging orgasm"
(Cao of Cao's Blog)

"Rick Moran is one of the finest essayists in the blogosphere. ‘Nuff said. "
(Dave Schuler of The Glittering Eye)

archives
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004

search



blogroll

A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT
ABBAGAV
ACE OF SPADES
ALPHA PATRIOT
AM I A PUNDIT NOW
AMERICAN FUTURE
AMERICAN THINKER
ANCHORESS
AND RIGHTLY SO
ANDREW OLMSTED
ANKLEBITING PUNDITS
AREOPAGITICA
ATLAS SHRUGS
BACKCOUNTRY CONSERVATIVE
BASIL’S BLOG
BEAUTIFUL ATROCITIES
BELGRAVIA DISPATCH
BELMONT CLUB
BETSY’S PAGE
Blacksmiths of Lebanon
Blogs of War
BLUEY BLOG
BRAINSTERS BLOG
BUZZ MACHINE
CANINE PUNDIT
CAO’S BLOG
CAPTAINS QUARTERS
CATHOUSE CHAT
CHRENKOFF
CINDY SHEEHAN WATCH
Classical Values
Cold Fury
COMPOSITE DRAWLINGS
CONSERVATHINK
CONSERVATIVE THINK
CONTENTIONS
DAVE’S NOT HERE
DEANS WORLD
DICK McMICHAEL
Diggers Realm
DR. SANITY
E-CLAIRE
EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!
ELECTRIC VENOM
ERIC’S GRUMBLES BEFORE THE GRAVE
ESOTERICALLY.NET
FAUSTA’S BLOG
FLIGHT PUNDIT
FOURTH RAIL
FRED FRY INTERNATIONAL
GALLEY SLAVES
GATES OF VIENNA
HEALING IRAQ
http://blogcritics.org/
HUGH HEWITT
IMAO
INDEPUNDIT
INSTAPUNDIT
IOWAHAWK
IRAQ THE MODEL
JACKSON’S JUNCTION
JO’S CAFE
JOUST THE FACTS
KING OF FOOLS
LASHAWN BARBER’S CORNER
LASSOO OF TRUTH
LIBERTARIAN LEANINGS
LITTLE GREEN FOOTBALLS
LITTLE MISS ATTILA
LIVE BREATHE AND DIE
LUCIANNE.COM
MAGGIE’S FARM
MEMENTO MORON
MESOPOTAMIAN
MICHELLE MALKIN
MIDWEST PROGNOSTICATOR
MODERATELY THINKING
MOTOWN BLOG
MY VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY
mypetjawa
NaderNow
Neocon News
NEW SISYPHUS
NEW WORLD MAN
Northerncrown
OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
PATRIOTIC MOM
PATTERICO’S PONTIFICATIONS
POLIPUNDIT
POLITICAL MUSINGS
POLITICAL TEEN
POWERLINE
PRO CYNIC
PUBLIUS FORUM
QUESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
RACE42008
RADICAL CENTRIST
Ravenwood’s Universe
RELEASE THE HOUNDS
RIGHT FROM LEFT
RIGHT VOICES
RIGHT WING NEWS
RIGHTFAITH
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE
ROGER L. SIMON
SHRINKRAPPED
Six Meat Buffet
Slowplay.com
SOCAL PUNDIT
SOCRATIC RYTHM METHOD
STOUT REPUBLICAN
TERRORISM UNVEILED
TFS MAGNUM
THE ART OF THE BLOG
THE BELMONT CLUB
The Conservative Cat
THE DONEGAL EXPRESS
THE LIBERAL WRONG-WING
THE LLAMA BUTCHERS
THE MAD PIGEON
THE MODERATE VOICE
THE PATRIETTE
THE POLITBURO DIKTAT
THE PRYHILLS
THE RED AMERICA
THE RESPLENDENT MANGO
THE RICK MORAN SHOW
THE SMARTER COP
THE SOAPBOX
THE STRATA-SPHERE
THE STRONG CONSERVATIVE
THE SUNNYE SIDE
THE VIVID AIR
THOUGHTS ONLINE
TIM BLAIR
TRANSATLANTIC INTELLIGENCER
TRANSTERRESTRIAL MUSINGS
TYGRRRR EXPRESS
VARIFRANK
VIKING PUNDIT
VINCE AUT MORIRE
VODKAPUNDIT
WALLO WORLD
WIDE AWAKES
WIZBANG
WUZZADEM
ZERO POINT BLOG


recentposts


CONSERVATIVES BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED

WHY I NO LONGER ALLOW COMMENTS

IS JOE THE PLUMBER FAIR GAME?

TIME TO FORGET MCCAIN AND FIGHT FOR THE FILIBUSTER IN THE SENATE

A SHORT, BUT PIQUANT NOTE, ON KNUCKLEDRAGGERS

THE RICK MORAN SHOW: STATE OF THE RACE

BLACK NIGHT RIDERS TERRORIZING OUR POLITICS

HOW TO STEAL OHIO

IF ELECTED, OBAMA WILL BE MY PRESIDENT

MORE ON THOSE “ANGRY, RACIST GOP MOBS”

REZKO SINGING: OBAMA SWEATING?

ARE CONSERVATIVES ANGRIER THAN LIBERALS?

OBAMA IS NOT A SOCIALIST

THE NINE PERCENTERS

THE RICK MORAN SHOW: MCCAIN’S GETTYSBURG

AYERS-OBAMA: THE VOTERS DON’T CARE

THAT SINKING FEELING

A DEATH IN THE FAMILY

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY INSANE: THE MOTHER OF ALL BIDEN GAFFES

PALIN PROVED SHE BELONGS

A FRIEND IN NEED

THE RICK MORAN SHOW: VP DEBATE PREVIEW

FAITH OF OUR FATHERS

‘Unleash’ Palin? Get Real

‘OUTRAGE FATIGUE’ SETTING IN


categories

"24" (96)
ABLE DANGER (10)
Bird Flu (5)
Blogging (200)
Books (10)
CARNIVAL OF THE CLUELESS (68)
Caucasus (1)
CHICAGO BEARS (32)
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE (28)
Cindy Sheehan (13)
Decision '08 (290)
Election '06 (7)
Ethics (173)
Financial Crisis (8)
FRED! (28)
General (378)
GOP Reform (23)
Government (123)
History (166)
Homeland Security (8)
IMMIGRATION REFORM (21)
IMPEACHMENT (1)
Iran (81)
IRAQI RECONCILIATION (13)
KATRINA (27)
Katrina Timeline (4)
Lebanon (8)
Marvin Moonbat (14)
Media (184)
Middle East (134)
Moonbats (80)
NET NEUTRALITY (2)
Obama-Rezko (14)
OBAMANIA! (73)
Olympics (5)
Open House (1)
Palin (6)
PJ Media (37)
Politics (651)
Presidential Debates (7)
RNC (1)
S-CHIP (1)
Sarah Palin (1)
Science (45)
Space (21)
Sports (2)
SUPER BOWL (7)
Supreme Court (24)
Technology (1)
The Caucasus (1)
The Law (14)
The Long War (7)
The Rick Moran Show (127)
UNITED NATIONS (15)
War on Terror (330)
WATCHER'S COUNCIL (117)
WHITE SOX (4)
Who is Mr. Hsu? (7)
Wide Awakes Radio (8)
WORLD CUP (9)
WORLD POLITICS (74)
WORLD SERIES (16)


meta

Admin Login
Register
Valid XHTML
XFN







credits


Design by:


Hosted by:


Powered by:
2/16/2007
GOODBYE CHIEF ILLINI…WELCOME SOY BOY!
CATEGORY: General

CHIEF ILLINI IS NO LONGER THE MASCOT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us
HE IS TO BE REPLACED BY THE MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT “SOY BOY
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

In what observers are calling a “victory that will bring the buffalo back,” the University of Illinois has dropped Chief Illiniwek as its official mascot and replaced the white-boy-dressed-up-idiotically-like-a-Native-American with the more dignified “Soy Boy.”

The University of Illinois will drop its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s basketball home game of the season on Wednesday, officials said.

The move makes the school eligible to host postseason NCAA championship events.

The NCAA in 2005 deemed Illiniwek—portrayed by buckskin-clad students who dance at home football and basketball games and other athletic events—an offensive use of American Indian imagery and barred the university from hosting postseason events.

American Indian groups and others have complained for years that the mascot, used since 1926, is demeaning. Supporters of the mascot say it honors the contributions of American Indians to Illinois.

Rumors are flying that the next target of the multiculturalists will be changing the name of the state itself. “Illinois” is a white man’s bastardization of the Native American confederation known as “Illini” which included the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Moingwena, Peoria and Tamaroa Indian tribes. Acceptable alternatives to “Illinois” would be “Soyland,” “Cornhole,” “Flatland,” and “Mostly White.”

As for the team nickname, the Culture Police are accepting for now the rather lame explanation given by the Board:

Illinois still will be able to use the name Illini because it’s short for Illinois and the school can use the term Fighting Illini, because it’s considered a reference to the team’s competitive spirit, school officials said.

The new mascot will be “Soy Boy” in reference to the state’s #1 crop. However, there may be trouble brewing already. Vegetarian groups are said to be up in arms about the insensitive portrayal of the soybean and its use as an irreverent symbol relating to athletic events. Anna Moonbeam, President of People for the Ethical Treatment and Worship of Plants, has threatened a lawsuit against the University unless a ceremony is performed before each appearance of the plant with “appropriate chanting and the burning of dill weed.”

In other news, under pressure from various Irish groups in the United States (and following threats by the IRA), the University of Notre Dame is preparing to drop the “Fighting Leprechaun” as its mascot and replace it with “The Golden Domer.” The news drew immediate fire from People United Against Laughing At Bald Men who objected to the new mascot’s polished noggin…

UPDATE

John Avarosis is under attack for bemoaning the loss of tradition at Illinois.

I give him about 15 more minutes before he does a 180 and apologize for being so politically incorrect.

By: Rick Moran at 4:19 pm
8 Responses to “GOODBYE CHIEF ILLINI…WELCOME SOY BOY!”
  1. 1
    Chris Said:
    7:23 pm 

    At least the trustees finally made a decision. They’ve been kicking this one down the road for years now. I bemoan the loss of tradition, but what’s even worse is the power grab by bodies like the NCAA.

    I like the Chief, but I know someone of Indian ancestry who doesn’t. This decision should have been made locally. It’s none of the NCAA’s business what mascots or pageantry it’s member schools employ.

  2. 2
    Mark H. Said:
    9:37 pm 

    “The new mascot will be “Soy Boy” in reference to the state’s #1 crop.”

    Sounds more like #2 to me!

  3. 3
    Right Wing Nation Pinged With:
    9:59 am 

    [...] What Rick fails to point out is how insensitive this is to soy beans. What more proof do you need that soy beans are oppressed and marginalized than that the university would degrade them in this way? This is clearly a hate crime! [...]

  4. 4
    Bob Zimmerman Said:
    1:13 pm 

    now what are the tribal lawyers going to do?

    The news around here is how well the Chief stuff is selling. You are going to see the Chief around for years.

  5. 5
    libby Said:
    3:55 pm 

    Didn’t Stanford University do something similar years ago? I think they were the Stanford Indians and now they’re the Stanford Cardinal.

  6. 6
    The Sanity Inspector Said:
    8:23 pm 

    When someone says that something is offensive to fill-in-the-aggrieved-group, you can most also get a more accurate picture by rewriting the complaint: Something is offensive to liberals who regard themselves as the protectors and spokespeople of fill-in-the-aggrieved-group.

  7. 7
    Dummocrats.com Trackbacked With:
    9:25 am 

    Goodbye Chief Illini – Welcome Soy Boy!

    Goodbye Chief Illini – Welcome Soy Boy!

  8. 8
    Poopstain Said:
    12:37 pm 

    Watch out for that soy milk boys—I hear its a good way to grow yourself a set of C-cups—perhaps that would be fitting for liberals, whose whole lives are spent sucking on the liberal teat.

RSS feed for comments on this post.

The URI to Trackback this entry:
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2007/02/16/goodbye-chief-illiniwelcome-soy-boy/trackback/

Leave a comment