Here's one to go along with Blogust's earlier post about the relegation of AGW to the back pages.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Imagine
What if John Lennon was a Republican? I seriously doubt it and we'll never know for certain.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
OK I Promise....
This is my last Michale Graves post
It is an article that says word for word how I learn to respect this guy.
It is an article that says word for word how I learn to respect this guy.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Garotzuva a.k.a Moby Dick
Al Gore a.k.a Captain Ahab
"If his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it."
"If his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it."
Good Stuff
San Diego Democratic Party Leader threatens to pull support for local Dems who support Republican candidates for Mayor. It's funny mostly because there are no real Republicans in San Diego.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Destined For Failure?
I find it hard to believe that Glenn Beck is leaving Fox to run a web only streaming site. I mean really? $50 a year to listen to what used to be "free". I don't see this working out.
He's going to go from being on the #1 cable news channel to something that will have less impact than public television.
Bad Move.
More here: http://www.gbtv.com/
He's going to go from being on the #1 cable news channel to something that will have less impact than public television.
Bad Move.
More here: http://www.gbtv.com/
Friday, June 24, 2011
So, here's an article that plays fast and loose with the facts in favor of controlling the narrative. What's new? Basically, the article states that white babies are no longer the majority of the child population under the age of 2. Minority or mixed race babies now make up more than half of that demographic.
My first, most obvious problem is that white babies are absolutely still the majority. Hispanic, Asian and Black babies are not all part of one big baby conglomerate. They are Hispanic or Asian or Black. End of story. This is such a common way of looking at things from a political point of view where you are white or you are not, and I think it does nothing but further the divide because...
Secondly, the entire tone of the article appears to be, "Look out White America, it's time to change the way you do business!" Of course, this is how small interest groups manufacture fake power in America today. They ally themselves with other disenfranchised minorities, no matter whether their interests intersect or not, to make themselves appear stronger. The old adage goes that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and that may be true, but when all is said and done that friendship lasts only as long as the enemy remains. What then? The real truth is that there are no enemies here, or at least there shouldn't be. In the end, we must all learn to coexist, and propagandist articles like this only make that more difficult.
My first, most obvious problem is that white babies are absolutely still the majority. Hispanic, Asian and Black babies are not all part of one big baby conglomerate. They are Hispanic or Asian or Black. End of story. This is such a common way of looking at things from a political point of view where you are white or you are not, and I think it does nothing but further the divide because...
Secondly, the entire tone of the article appears to be, "Look out White America, it's time to change the way you do business!" Of course, this is how small interest groups manufacture fake power in America today. They ally themselves with other disenfranchised minorities, no matter whether their interests intersect or not, to make themselves appear stronger. The old adage goes that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and that may be true, but when all is said and done that friendship lasts only as long as the enemy remains. What then? The real truth is that there are no enemies here, or at least there shouldn't be. In the end, we must all learn to coexist, and propagandist articles like this only make that more difficult.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Bring on the Sexy Stews, Yeah Baby!
Defective cockpit microphone leads to shocking discovery: Behind closed doors people are not always as tolerant as they are told to be! Somebody is going to get a huge government grant to research this.
Send Him Packing!
Here's a Pulitzer Prize (insert dismissive wanking motion here) winning journalist who admits to being an undocumented illegal immigrant, and I'm pretty sure that what the media wants us to believe is that these are precisely the people the damn Tea Party would like to keep out of our country. Of course, this cat came over with his family using forged documentation, which leads me to believe they were a little better off to begin with than the folks running across the desert or hiding themselves under the dashboard of a Datsun pick-up, but yeah, let's just open the gates because otherwise who's going to knock our socks off with campus shooting coverage?
If It'll Keep Them Off My Lawn...
...then I'm all for it. This article is far too long to actually read, but the gist is that some community in Minnesota wants to install a device that emits an annoying noise that can only be heard by teenagers in order to keep them from vandalizing the local park at night. The money line in the article is undoubtedly when one of the people who opposes the idea and who obviously does not live within sight of the actual park in question says,
"Teenagers are not pests to be repelled."
Now, as a teenager I would have found this device to be the height of discrimination and my moral outrage meter would have exploded off the charts. As a full grown hippocrite, however, I couldn't disagree more. Teenagers are the worst. I intend to cut off all communication with my brother's kids whence they become teens, and if I ever have children of my own they will most assuredly find themselves in a boarding school between stints of summer camp sooner rather than later.
However, I am aware that there is always due controversy when one begins to squat on the rights of anyone-even if those oppressed are not fully formed or contributing members of society-so it is my opinion that we should not punish too harshly the teen who has the balls to take it upon himself to destroy the transmitter the first chance he gets. Although, if he's wearing a Che t-shirt at the time I say they throw the book at him. Responsible choices youth of today. Responsible choices!
"Teenagers are not pests to be repelled."
Now, as a teenager I would have found this device to be the height of discrimination and my moral outrage meter would have exploded off the charts. As a full grown hippocrite, however, I couldn't disagree more. Teenagers are the worst. I intend to cut off all communication with my brother's kids whence they become teens, and if I ever have children of my own they will most assuredly find themselves in a boarding school between stints of summer camp sooner rather than later.
However, I am aware that there is always due controversy when one begins to squat on the rights of anyone-even if those oppressed are not fully formed or contributing members of society-so it is my opinion that we should not punish too harshly the teen who has the balls to take it upon himself to destroy the transmitter the first chance he gets. Although, if he's wearing a Che t-shirt at the time I say they throw the book at him. Responsible choices youth of today. Responsible choices!
Here Come the Atheists!
New York atheists are calling for the removal of a street sign dedicated to seven firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11. The sign says "Seven in Heaven Way," and of course here comes the old "church and state" outrage. A couple of my favorite parts of the article:
Bronstein told Fox News Radio that his organization was especially concerned with the use of the word “heaven.” “We’ve concluded as atheists there is no heaven and there’s no hell,” he said.
That just stirkes me as one of the more smug statments I've ever heard. Why not, "Our years of thinking about it have led us to the clear conclusion that we are right and they are wrong. How can you deny this?"
And check this out:
City leaders seemed dumbfounded by the atheists’ outrage because no one complained about the sign as it was going through a public approval process. “It’s unfortunate that they didn’t raise this as an issue while it was undergoing its public review either at the community board level or when it came before the City Council on their public agenda,” said Craig Hammerman, the district manager for Brooklyn Community Board 6.
Yes it is indeed unfortunate that the atheists didn't come forward during the approval process. And you know what else? It's downright fishy. It's almost as though they figured they could drum up more support for their bitter cause if they pretended that the city has sneaked this in under their noses.
Makes me miss the days when atheists would merely shake their heads and chuckle at when people discussed religion. My guess is that too many lawyers have adapted the non-faith because otherwise they'd have to come to terms with the idea that they may have to answer for their choices in life. And once you have the lawyers on your side, well...
Bronstein told Fox News Radio that his organization was especially concerned with the use of the word “heaven.” “We’ve concluded as atheists there is no heaven and there’s no hell,” he said.
That just stirkes me as one of the more smug statments I've ever heard. Why not, "Our years of thinking about it have led us to the clear conclusion that we are right and they are wrong. How can you deny this?"
And check this out:
City leaders seemed dumbfounded by the atheists’ outrage because no one complained about the sign as it was going through a public approval process. “It’s unfortunate that they didn’t raise this as an issue while it was undergoing its public review either at the community board level or when it came before the City Council on their public agenda,” said Craig Hammerman, the district manager for Brooklyn Community Board 6.
Yes it is indeed unfortunate that the atheists didn't come forward during the approval process. And you know what else? It's downright fishy. It's almost as though they figured they could drum up more support for their bitter cause if they pretended that the city has sneaked this in under their noses.
Makes me miss the days when atheists would merely shake their heads and chuckle at when people discussed religion. My guess is that too many lawyers have adapted the non-faith because otherwise they'd have to come to terms with the idea that they may have to answer for their choices in life. And once you have the lawyers on your side, well...
Sure, Al.
Al Gore wants to educate women and girls so that they may choose to have smaller families with children spaced adequately apart, which does not at all sound like the first precarious step on the slipperiest slope imaginable. And the reason we should start on the path towards legislating childbirth? Why none other than Global Warming. Come on, it's Al, so I know you're not surprised. Dude's going to save us all.
Friday, June 17, 2011
For Cryin' Out Loud!
Geez, Japan, what the hell is wrong with you? And the people of Portland are worried about a little bit of pee in their water? We need a happy medium here.
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