January 19, 2006
— Dave From Garfield Ridge Well now, that's not very entertaining.
Anyone else reminded of the old joke about the New York Times headline on Judgment Day? "World Ends; Women, Minorities Hit Hardest"?
This thing is a real crock-pot of crockery:
Relatively, Blacks are environmental Good Samaritans. Per capita, we emit approximately 20 percent less carbon dioxide than Whites – well below 2020 targets set by the U.S. Climate Stewardship Act. Not only do we use more energy-conserving public transportation, we spend considerably less per capita on energy-intensive material goods.But do blacks use the whole animal, you know, like American Indians?
“Katrina showed us that we don’t know how to deal with (environmental disasters),” Miller says. “We really need to make sure that we have mechanisms, escape routes and policies in place that are going to protect those who are most vulnerable.”Mechanisms. . . like buses?
Anyway. . . I just love the subtext that even Mother Nature is a racist. First it was The Man, now it's The Mom.
Sigh. I just wish I could remind everyone that ALL humans have trouble breathing water with their primate lungs. That whole "drowning" thing tends to inconveniently cut across racial lines. When it comes to the environment, we're all in the same boat, or thrown out of it, together.
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— Slublog You know, it wouldn't be AoSHQ without a hat tip to Allah, so here you go - "Full Osama Tape Littered With Lefty Talking Points:"
Quagmire: "he [American] soldier is caught between two hard options. He either refuses to leave his military camp on patrols and is therefore dogged by ruthless punishments enacted by the Vietnam Butcher (U.S. army) or he gets destroyed by the mines.... The solution is in your hands if you care about them (the soldiers)."
Iraq worse off than before: "On another issue, jihad (holy war) is ongoing, thank God, despite all the oppressive measures adopted by the U.S Army and its agents (which is) to a point where there is no difference between this criminality and Saddam's criminality, as it has reached the degree of raping women and taking them as hostages instead of their husbands."
"Mission accomplished": "f you compare the small number of dead on the day that Bush announced the end of major operations in that fake, ridiculous show aboard the aircraft carrier with the tenfold number of dead and wounded who were killed in the smaller operations, you would know the truth of what I say.This should embarrass the left.
Who wants to bet that it won't?
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— WunderKraut Ummm....is that a trick question?
No?
Oh well, ok.....
[M]y class explored the terrain of MadonnaÂ’s music videos. Our first observation: Madonna exposed her breasts. No surprise there. But she did it while wearing a tuxedo jacket. Hmm. The professorÂ’s analysis? Madonna was deconstructing masculinity and femininity.Years later, I still think Madonna was simply exposing her breasts.
I tend to think she is right, but what do I know? I am just an unwashed heathen who went to an engineering school. Obviously the merits of porn go right over my head.
Because the more someone understands pornographyÂ’s social implications and manipulative tactics, the better someone can deconstruct these cultural messages. Knowledge is power. Without it, we are hapless puppets to any industry keen on seducing us.
Actually lady, it is easy to understand and you do not need a college class. Sex sells. Duh.
I doubt the porn barons sit around after a particularly steamy scene, the scent of Astroglide heavy in the air and ponder the social and cultural significance of their line of work.
It's all about the dollars and somehow I just do not see how you can make a college class about that, unless it is an economics class. In that case, it makes perfect sense.
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— Dave From Garfield Ridge Apparently, they want to see how many times I looked up "barely legal plushie hentai" this week (Seventeen times, if you have to ask. Hint: always use quotes in your Google searches).
The government wants a list all requests entered into Google's search engine during an unspecified single week — a breakdown that could conceivably span tens of millions of queries. In addition, it seeks 1 million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google databases.Ahhh, the children. Always about the children. I'd like to know why no one ever wants to protect my *Dad* from viewing online pornography-- I assure you, this prospect is far more frightening to me than Junior surfing for Jenna Jameson photos.In court papers that the San Jose Mercury News reported on after seeing them Wednesday, the Bush administration depicts the information as vital in its effort to restore online child protection laws that have been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Search engines now play such an important part in our daily lives that many people probably contact Google more often than they do their own mother," said Thomas Burke, a San Francisco attorney who has handled several prominent cases involving privacy issues.Well, let's be honest: my mother couldn't tell me where I could find the Colin Farrell sex tape, let alone the Tom Sizemore sex tape. Now, if there had ever been an Engelbert Humperdinck sex tape, dear departed Mom would have been all over that like Michael Moore on Old Country Buffett.
Anyway, this doesn't really rub me all that badly. I mean, it's not like Uncle Sam will discover my personal searching habits from this information. Google could, of course, be at risk for losing some of its trade secrets, but even that argument is rather specious. Personally, if one wants to complain about the lack of privacy in America, I'd look at the United States government long after I looked at other, worse, candidates: credit bureaus, insurance companies, and the Scientologists.
Okay, I made that last one up. Just wanted to see if everyone was still awake here.
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— Slublog Remember John Walker Lindh? You know, the kid who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan? His dad says it's time for the president to forgive the boy:
After years of silence, the father of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh said Thursday he has asked President Bush to grant his son clemency, adding that the then teenager never raised arms against the United States.You know, my dad grounded me for a month when I accidentally broke the windshield of the family car when I threw a rock at a hornet's nest. If Lindh had been my dad, I probably would have been given forgiveness and a puppy."In simple terms, this is the story of a decent and honorable young man embarked on a spiritual quest," said Frank Lindh, swallowing back tears at times during a speech at the Commonwealth Club, a nonprofit organization.
Later in the article, Lindh talks about how proud he is of his son. That seems...odd. I would understand if Lindh said he loved his son, but pride seems like a strange emotion to feel for a boy who fought alongside extremists.
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— Dave From Garfield Ridge People who know me know that I rarely wear underwear, and when I do, it's often something unusual.
They also know that I can't stand those "King" commercials from Burger King.
I'm sorry, but they're just plain creepy. Scary, even. As in, I weep like a Katrina refugee getting hugged by Oprah when I see these commercials.
And now, via the Superficial, comes the most disturbing King commercials yet: a viral marketing campaign that uses "leaked" paparazzi videos featuring the King and yummy superbabe Brooke Burke all lovey-dovey on a beach.
It's not only whacked, it's factually incorrect. Because everyone knows that the King wouldn't be canoodling Brooke Burke on the beach-- he'd be burying her neck-deep in a sandpit in order to cure her flesh for a leather bodysuit fit for a King. Of this, I am certain.
Seriously, it's enough to make one long for Kenny Roger's Roasters.
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— LauraW. Flame thread? Poetry thread?
Speculation on what Ace is doing this weekend?
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— Ace I have stuff that needs my attention these next several days, so I've invited Dave From Garfield Ridge, WunderKraut, and Slublog to guest blog (along of course with co-bloggers LauraW., Tanker, and Harry Callahan, and the MIA Dr. Reo Symes).
I'll be posting, but sporadically. I've invited some other people, and will invite some more, but that's who's said yes so far.
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— Ace Nothing to say about it.
Except: "This bin Laden seems like a reasonable man... open to negotiations."
(That's what the guy said about The Humungous in Road Warrior.)
Related Road Warrior Thing: Problem of Leatherclad Biker Maniacs Divides Community.
Related OBL Thing: Osama recommends leftist book to Americans for their edification.
Pretty much the same deal as the Oprah book club.
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— Ace It takes a great deal of Gallic sangfroid to pull off this sort of ruthlessness when you're a stone-cold pussy. But I have to admit, the French do seem to manage it:
France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack against it, reaffirming the need for its nuclear deterrent....
"The leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, as well as those who would consider using in one way or another weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would lay themselves open to a firm and adapted response on our part," Chirac said during a visit to a nuclear submarine base in northwestern France.
As I've said before, Bush must put precisely this option on the table -- explicitly -- as regards Iran. Deterrence shouldn't be our only defense, but we must announce to the world -- and Iran's Mullah's, and especially its citizens -- that the nuclear genie may be let out of the bottle in response to certain actions by Iran.
Not just detonating a bomb. Building one.
There is a time for ambiguity in diplomacy and policy and there is a time for horrifying clarity. This is the time for horrifying clarity.
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