Apr 15th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
“Some Guy Named Shakir”
Rush Limbaugh takes on ThinkProgress’ Supreme Leader, Faiz Shakir.
For the record, you pronounce “Faiz” like “jazz.”
Hat tip to Media Matters.
35 Responses to ““Some Guy Named Shakir””
Register
RSSLogin
Advertisement
Visit Our Affiliated Sites
Books By Matthew Yglesias
Topic CloudView topics sorted by popularity
Abortion
Afghanistan
Basketball
Blanche Lincoln
Budget
Cars
China
climate
Congress
Crime
DC
Demographics
Economics
Economy
Energy
EU
Finance
Football
Gender
Health Care
History
Inequality
Infrastructure
International Relations
Iran
Israel
Media
Monetary Policy
National Security
NBA
Pakistan
Palestine
planning
Political Reform
Public Health
Public Opinion
Race
Regulation
Sarah Palin
Sports
Stimulus
taxes
Technology
Trade
transportation
Featured
Subscribe to the Progress Report
Contact Matthew Yglesias
Use this form to contact blog author Matthew Yglesias.
ArchivesBlog RollAbout Matt YglesiasContact Me
Donate
April 15th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
ThinkProgress’ Supreme Leader
Otherwise known as the AstroTurfer in Chief!
April 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
At least, that’s what they’re calling him down in Al’s trailer park.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
C’mon, we all know it’s George Soros. Everything is George Soros!
April 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I got on to comment on Limbaugh’s “sounds like” argument and, lo and behold, who do I see at the #1 slot? Al. Limbaugh’s rhetorical twin.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
I’ve always been partial to Fate Marable, the calliope man.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
@5: “Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.”
I love the way the name rolls sweetly off Rush’s tongue. Faaajjah…..ah…..fa…..some guy named Sha Keer.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
God Shammgod would like to have a word.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
World B. Free is the best name of all time.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
Allow me to introduce myself …
April 15th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Rush Limbaugh is a racist asshole.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
No, obviously Dick Armey is the best name of all time, because that Shuster joke is just so perfect.
And, Al, aren’t you meant to be off teabagging someone?
April 15th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
If the GOP through their leader Rush would like to continue to isolate itself among people who think that funny sounding names are a vulnerability, they are welcome to. I know the 2008 election is ancient history, but I think the dem candidate with a funny sounding name did pretty well. The GOP is heading straight for old white male and southern at full speed.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
What about Moz Def?
April 15th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
3 cheers for making me remember God Shammgod. Providence U holds a special place in my heart because of that double-dribbling wunderkind.
I can only hope he had a son named Wow Shammwow.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I had a professor named Morten Warmind. He was a modern day Viking. And he a has an awsome name.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
This is a Muslim name. If Rush knew that, he would have brought up the Islamo-fascism angle.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
@17: well I think either he was already going for that or going for the anti-Tupac Shakur types. Anyway, Matt, if you’re gonna lecture Rush, it’s actually pronounced “Fuh iz” not Fazz. I’m guessing he’s Indian?
April 15th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Oddly enough, I used to live with Faiz Shakir. Nice guy.
He’s of Punjabi Pakistani descent, as I recall, and he certainly does pronounce his name “Fazz”.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
Call me narcissistic, but there’s a Facebook group of people named Cyrus, including one Cyrus Khan. I’ve always thought that he has the coolest name ever. KHAAAAAN!
(For those who don’t know, Cyrus the Great was a Persian king or even emperor who let the Jews leave Babylon, so “Cyrus Khan” encompasses like four separate proud warrior traditions in just nine letters.)
April 15th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Faiz Shakir is the coolest name I’ve ever heard, bar none.
I always thought Baskerville Holmes, former Memphis star, had a cool name.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
@9: “World B. Free is the best name of all time.”
World B. Free!
Your right. Best name ever. He could light it up from the outside, couldn’t he. Too bad there was no 3 point line back then, or he might have become a household name.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Two of Elly May Clampett’s would-be boyfriends:
Dash Riprock and Bolt Upright
April 15th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
God Shammgod would like to have a word.
I recently came across a mention of Jesus Shuttlesworth. I couldn’t figure out why I’d thought that a fictional person had played basketball for Providence College. Now I know.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Mr. Faiz Shakir was formerly a star on the Harvard undergrad baseball team, and was named All-Ivy in 2000. I didn’t know about his current job. Good for him!
April 15th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
@25: To make All-Ivy, he must have been a helluva defensive second baseman because his batting average is rather anemic.
Surprised Rush’s research staff didn’t pick up on this and give Rush fodder for a riff:
“Some guy name Faaajjah…..ah…..fa…..some guy named Sha Keer, this guy only hit 288 for the pansy ass liberal elitist Haaahhhvvaaaad baseball team.”
I wonder if Rush gotten too fat to play Femi-Nazi ..er.. co-ed softball?
April 15th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
And, Al, aren’t you meant to be off teabagging someone?
Hell, no. I wouldn’t be caught dead at a political rally.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
On the cool name front, I can’t help but chuckle at Sir Manley Power.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
@28: Sir Manley Power
Classic!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
That website gives nothing but batting average, you have no idea how good a season Shakir had in 2000. First, .288 isn’t bad for a second baseman if his OBP is decent. And he could have hit .288 with 30 home ru… well, with however many home runs would be “a lot” given however many games a college baseball team plays.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
And given how few games a college team plays, the difference between .288 and .308 is probably about 3 hits.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
The best-named teacher I ever had was Storm Bull, who used to head the piano faculty at the University of Colorado. I was expecting a seven-foot-tall Native American; instead he was a five-foot-tall Norwegian.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
I worked with CEO named Sharif Danish. But I made up his partner, Deputy Donut.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I’ve always been partial to Picabo Street.
And Alaa Abdelnaby, if only for his line about academic requirements at Duke (”The only way I can make five A’s is when I sign my name.”).
April 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Rush Limbaugh wants to make sure all of his listeners know that he considers it a pain in the ass to have to say a name like “Faiz Shakir.” Even though he’s a professional radio announcer.