GORDON: Up there! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…! It’s…!
It’s a cheesy rehash of the same joke we closed out on last time!
EVAN: How dare you, sir.
GORDON: Citizens, today our topic of discussion is Superman, and to a lesser extent, superheroes in general- though you could hardly go wrong to kick off a discussion on the subject by starting with the Big Blue Boy Scout.
Who, for the record, I despise. Continue reading
Posted in comics, crime, Culture War Correspondence, government, morality
Tagged Batman, comic books, crime, Culture War Correspondence, DC, duty, Green Lantern, Last Son of Krypton, Marvel, might is right, morality, obligation, power, Reed Richards, Reed Richards Is Useless, responsibility, rights, Superman, with great power comes great responsibility
GORDON: Ladies and gentlemen, last week, I kinda volunteered a discussion topic which Kat has graciously decided to roll with. Today, we’re going to be talking about feminism- where we stand now, and with an increasing number of people claiming that feminism’s work is done- what we’d like to see next on the agenda.
KAT: So perhaps we should start be establishing what the first three waves of feminism have accomplished.
You are probably all familiar with the fact that the first wave fought for (and won) the right for the vote.
Posted in Culture War Correspondence, feminism, lgbt, politics, pornography, sex
Tagged 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd wave, 3rd wave feminism, 4th wave, agenda, collectivist, communism, Communist, Equality, exploitation, female, feminism, Feminist, gay, international, legalize, male, marx, Marxism, Men, Miley Cyrus, Miss Representation, objectification, pink, pornography, prostitition, race, rape, rights, sex workers, Sexual Assault, sexual harassment, solidarity, strippers, Transgender, union, unionize, votes, women
Do you know what the origin of the word “idiot” is?
It comes from the ancient Greek for someone who is totally self-centered; someone without any interest in public affairs. To the inventors of democracy, “idiocy” was the opposite of “citizenship.”
Readers, we are surrounded by idiots.
When I was putting together yesterday’s post, the pictures I used inevitably had a host of comments sighing “It’s Washington, what do you expect?”, “Politicians have always been dirtbags,” and “This is why I don’t vote.”
The issues change, but the reactions remain the same. People throw up their hands and start spewing folksy, thought-cancelling truisms about how politics is inherently corrupt, or how it’s always been this way and always will be, or how it doesn’t matter who you vote for. Continue reading
Posted in America, morality, news, politics, Shame Day
Tagged 4th amendment, action, activism, airplane, airport, apathy, censor, change politics, citizenship, civil rights, conservative, definition, democracy, ethics, freedom, god king, government, grassroots, idiot, ignorance, labor rights, liberal, NDAA, NSA, Obama, one of two evils, oppress, origin of the word, peaceably assemble, Plato, politics, Prism, prison, Privacy, private affairs, public affairs, religious freedom, rights, strip searched, the cost of ignorance is to be ruled by evil men, vote, voting, wiretap
I am not a fan of Margret Thatcher.
Most people aren’t.
While you do have to recognize Thatcher’s accomplishment in being Britain first female prime minister (that’s one heck of a milestone, no matter where you stand), you really can’t help but wish the first female prime minister of Britain would actually be a good leader, rather than a nationalistic psychopath.
Beating unarmed bystanders- just one of the many accomplishments of the Thatcher years…
Posted in bizarreness, Europe, feminism, internet, news, politics
Tagged America, apartheid, apartheid regime, argentina, bobby sands, Britain, coal miner, ding dong the witch is dead, England, eye for an eye, hell is now being privitized, IRA, ireland, Jedi, justice, khmer rouge, labor, margret thatcher, miners, munchkin, Nationalism, neslon mandela, northern ireland, party, pinochet, prime minister of britain, prison, reagan, reaganomics, real ira, rights, robert sands, scotland, song ding dong, south africa, south african leader, strike, stroke, terrorist, thatcher, unions, wales, wisdom, wizard of oz, Yoda
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