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[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin in Politics
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Obama Waffles – The preferred breakfast of Racist Fundamentalists Everywhere
You may have heard about the racist “Obama Waffles” story already, but at left is an excellent piece of independent reporting on the topic via americannewsproject.com. In the clip, the racist fat boys behind the product (Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss) try to compare it to “Newman’s Own” or “Emeril’s” product lines, among other feeble defenses. Although the Family Research Council – the organizers of the conference where the product got its national launch – tried to distance themselves from the affair, the product was on sale until the very end of the conference according to most sources. The FRC claims it “…strives to assure that the unique attributes of the family are recognized and respected through the decisions of the courts and regulatory bodies…”, but I think this Op-Ed piece – Sarah Palin’s Amazing Grace – more clearly expresses their voice. By the way – for those still unclear on the topic, we have IsBarackObamaMuslin.com and IsBarackObamaMuslim.com.
Tina Fey For Vice President
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 14, 2008 by admin in Politics
Sunday, September 14th, 2008..and Matt Damon for Minister of Truth
I’ve been waiting weeks for this, and I don’t even have TV. In the SNL clip at left, Tina Fey becomes more “hockey mom as VP” than the person she’s parodying. Which I have to say (no discredit meant to Tina) isn’t hard, because McCain’s VP pick comes across to me like the chardonnay-fueled homebuilder’s wife that tries to cut you off at the supermarket because she’s in such a hurry to get her box-o-wine. Also pretty funny from the last few days is this clip with Matt Damon calmly expressing with a little wry humor the absurdity of the GOP’s pick for VP. As Matt points out, “…you do the actuary tables, and there’s a one outa three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn’t survive his first term…”, and compares the “hockey mom as VP” idea to “…a really bad Disney movie…”.
Bush War Crimes Trial Preparations
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 13, 2008 by admin in Politics
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Who ever heard of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover?
If you’re anxious to see members of the Bush administration prosecuted for war crimes, check out the live stream at left from the “convention” put together by Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover. Velvel describes the event as “…a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth…”. Sounds like a party to me. The conference is only taking place September 13 from 9:00 am to 5:15 pm EST and on the 14th from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm, so if you miss it, the video should be archived here
Rob The Vote! It’s Much Easier Than Rocking It
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 12, 2008 by admin in Politics
Friday, September 12th, 2008Sure your vote counts…if it gets counted.
 Attorney General and “Most Worshipful Grand Master” J.B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin |
I often joke that the reason we have so many election problems in America is that we’ve been so busy bringing democracy to places like Iraq that we just plain ran out of it. But I really think that if people would shut up about what kind of sunglasses the running mate of that plane-crashing, doddering, grumpy guy from Arizona is wearing for a minute, they might notice another election is on its way to being hijacked. Let’s start with the guy in the picture at left (whose outfit would be set off nicely with the addition of a fez, in my opinion). That’s Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, known affectionately by his peers as Most Worshipful Grand Master. He’s suing the state of Wisconsin’s election accountability board, a move that some suggest could lead to a “…ballot-counting frenzy similar to Florida’s after the 2000 presidential race”. This is the same guy who went a little bit chicken little in 2006, claiming that terrorists were training in Wisconsin. It’s pretty easy to find stories like these, although you’ll hear little in the corporate media. For instance, Michigan Republicans are zeroing in on African American voters by disallowing votes from addresses that are on record as being in foreclosure. In Mississippi, they’re hiding things at the bottom of the ballot . This kind of stuff will be going on quietly all over the place; that’s just democracy at work. The kind of thing that drives me crazy is how Diebold brazenly got away with manipulating the vote in 2004, is finally admitting their machines were faulty, and still no-one seems to care. If you DO care, check out resources like BlackBoxVoting.org. They have tools like the Black Box Voting Tool Kit, which outlines the Top 5 Things You Can Do To Protect Election 2008. Happy chadding!
RNC 9/11 Tribute vs 1984 “Two-Minutes Hate”
[ Comments Off ]Posted on September 8, 2008 by admin in Politics
Monday, September 8th, 2008On the left is the 9/11 tribute from last week’s Republican National Convention. On the right is the “Two-Minutes Hate” scene from the film version of Orwell’s 1984. Which one do you think will be more effective in directing the proles’ hatred at our imagined enemy?
| On the left is the 9/11 tribute from last week’s Republican National Convention. On the right is the “Two-Minutes Hate” scene from the film version of Orwell’s 1984. Which one do you think will be more effective in directing the proles’ hatred at our imagined enemy? | |