more patriotic than your daddy

2007-03-03T05:35:00.000-08:00

Not long ago I was at Stone Mountain, GA where black families can savor old-timey Southern cooking served by folks in period costume, under a mountain with the 3 Confederate general's faces carved Rushmore-like in the rock. And as the pro-slavery military men gaze over Hotlanta, in the hotel restaurant the newly moneyed blacks are throwing down $25 a plate for a buffet Roman proportions. It was

2007-01-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Vacation is over so I will be forced to be more concise. With no further ado: image editing fun.This jab does reinforce the stereotype of childfree people as selfish materialists. It cannot be denied that becoming responsible for a little one places demands on one that reduce self-centeredness, in the same way the married have to share and balance their own desires a bit more than the single (

2006-12-31T20:03:00.000-08:00

New year, yeah, wha-ever. The seasons are cyclical and that's enough for me. My neighbor said she was going to lay low due to people shooting their guns off- seems it isn't just a tradition among the tribes of Iraq. A bunch of robins descended on me garden today, that marks something. But here is the obligatory year-end roundup: Frist, Delay, Haggard, Santorum, Rumsfeld- finally rid of ye! Like a

2006-12-29T19:34:00.000-08:00

Do Mexicans take jobs white and black Americans want? Nope. Told you so... The only terrible sucking sound I hear is the sound generated by immigration critics. They suck- and loudly.

2006-12-29T14:19:00.000-08:00

To continue the post below, I am torn between the traditions of an ethnicity, which should be expressed to assert diversity as human reality in the face of a mob majority. Yet I cringe at the notion that G-d wants anyone to wear a hat; largely because those who wear the largest hats most constantly are so often engaged in puffery, attempting to intimidate their more secular brethren, or perhaps

2006-12-26T11:58:00.000-08:00

One Golden Rule for nontheists: Don't trust men in funny hats.The Catholics are easy targets here; the sun revolves around the earth! Wait, no it doesn't.Double-plus-ungood if they also have a long beard. Here is how you might address men with funny headgear:YOU: Hello, I was wondering, why do you wear that hat?IMAM: In our religion, we believe-YOU: (turning to flee) Thanks!IMAM: But wait! You

2006-12-26T11:32:00.000-08:00

A friend recently sent me a link to a Newsweek Rabbi wondering 'why atheists are so angry'. Angry? Goddammit, we are not angry! He also included his complete response- which is too long and untimely to make the mailcall at newsweek, so I'll give him his 15 minutes with my massive readship here.Why are many atheists angry? Good question. I hope my answer may shed some light. But first, I would

2006-12-25T14:18:00.000-08:00

This is almost as much fun as America's Army- where war is just a game, or at least your child's training for war starts out that way... this is almost as much fun as Kuma, who are already preparing to (virtually) attack Iran...way to cash in on, and promote, human misery! Somewhere, in a dark undisclosed location, Dick Cheney is having a Very merry with that in mind.HISTORY CHANNEL- Crusades (

2006-12-25T11:44:00.000-08:00

Ok. Jesus was a nice guy. We can agree on that much. But Old Testament Genesis as history or science? Lewis Black puts that in persective.

2006-12-25T11:33:00.000-08:00

Merry F-ing Xmas indeed. I sang some Carols at a friends' party last night and even though they're ecumenical, and it was a Buddhists' idea to do it, I still couldn't enjoy the nostalgia of my youth because I kept choking on 'King" and 'Lord" and 'Praise' and 'Adore' and 'Reign' and all the other dogma embedded in those cheery ditties. It is a slippery slope; if you cede one notion of those old

2006-12-23T18:16:00.000-08:00

One more thought; if you make up 80% of the population, how is it that your religion is under threat? If the majority feels threatened, imagine how the minorities feel.

2006-12-23T18:08:00.000-08:00

Ah. Yes. Here it is, the link to the video of the show about the Lubavitcher who threatened to sue the Port of Seattle if they didn't add a Menorah alongside the Christmas trees...or are they just secular holiday trees? Give me a break.The Pastor Fuiten is a turd and an insult to Christ, who was a decent, credit-hating, prostitute-helping, hippie. I bet Fuiten smokes meth with Mel Gibson.

2006-12-22T09:47:00.000-08:00

My 100th post! And time for more bile. Am I a 'Christ-hater'? Why is it that it causes me pain that 80% of the nation I live in is, nominally at least, in one form or another, Christian? Can't I just accept it, as part of the local culture, and get on with my life?I do, I accept it and get on with my life, in the same way I accept a blister on a long hike or the itchy neck of a wool sweater on a

2006-12-17T13:34:00.000-08:00

War on Christmas, my ass.I can't find King5 Up Front footage yet, but Robert Mak interviewed a typical pastor, a Mr. Fuiten, who in one breath insisted the Christmas Tree, despite its name and (recently) traditional associations with, uh, Christmas, is not a Christian symbol. Then, in the next breath, he claimed Christianity was under attack by those who would like Christian symbols removed from

2006-12-03T17:27:00.000-08:00

I need more pictures on this this thing. Boring!Anyway speaking of boring, ever notice how those who rant against immigrants have awful spelling? It leads one to suspect they are not well educated. "The group of independent variables which delivers the most homogeneous re-sults across items is educational attainment. Individuals with secondary and highereducation almost unanimously exhibit more

2006-12-03T10:55:00.000-08:00

Fear of Brown Planet. Deep. We all have fears. I have to admit that, not planning to reproduce, I occasionally wonder about the good will of the brown people who will probably care for me in old age- will it be compromised by the backlash of white racism? It is all up to each individual how they will handle stereotypes and all the baggage of a society that has been racially skewed, resulting in

2006-12-03T10:40:00.000-08:00

AW, GEEZ, ROMNEY.Who keeps the lawns of anti-immigration blowhards green? You guessed it.

2006-12-03T09:34:00.000-08:00

How long must we live under an irrational legal system? Perhaps, at a local level, we can all begin to have an impact.As long as those laws lead to windfall profits, perhaps."Asset forfeiture of property merely suspected of involvement in illegal activity has become an extremely lucrative business for law enforcement throughout the country.· In 1998, DEA and U.S. Customs agents seized over $525

2006-12-02T19:46:00.000-08:00

MALIKI IS THE 'RIGHT GUY' FOR IRAQIs that anything like Brown doing a heckuva job, or Rumsfeld having his 'full support and deepest appreciation'? In other words, is this the kiss of death? Although it is hard to say with these guys. Botching things often leads to a fat promotion..it is persistent unpopularity that will get you, unless of course you are Bush himself.

2006-12-02T17:44:00.000-08:00

DEPORT THE STUPIDSo, the Citizenship test is going to be revised to shoot for more substance, less trivia. TO prove their understanding of democracy and the ideas and government processes that make our country so special. Sounds good. How could one argue otherwise?The only thing that makes me suspicious is the administration that's doing it, and the current climate of bitter Minutemen. And if you

2006-12-02T17:34:00.000-08:00

Ay, mami!How anyone can object to the re-Mexicanization of the USA after a few hours of hotties on Univision is beyond me. Plus the food! Open the border, bring it on, we can share, mi casa su casa. Really, the border is an artificial imposition- what, we kicked your ass back in Texas and that means you have no right to be here? People are people. Mexico is poor and the Mexican people powerless

2006-11-18T13:36:00.000-08:00

Wow. Immigration is hot hot caliente!As I read, I categorize the comments here into historical/cultural, legal, economic, racist, and looney.

2006-11-17T23:40:00.000-08:00

MISSOURI NEWS- IMMIGRATIONState lawmakers take on immigrationSales tax, English among suggestions.By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staffPublished Wednesday, November 15, 2006'..."There are things that we can do that will have an impact," said Rep. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, chairman of the House Special Committee on Illegal Immigration. "If you’re here illegally, we can try to remove the advantages of

2006-11-17T20:23:00.000-08:00

Ah yes and then there is my conservative office mate who suspects some young folks she knows of doing drugs...they have issues with authority, they are crappy parents, etc. She feels what happened in the 60's and 70's with everyone smoking pot and having sex has been a disaster, unleashed licentious behavior on our nation... and she's right to some extent. Everybody 'turning on' was overraated.

2006-11-17T20:22:00.001-08:00

BLAME THE BOTTLELast week, Rep. Gus Barreiro, R-Miami Beach, filed a complaint with House Rules Committee alleging that earlier this year, Ralph Arza of Hialeah had used a racial slur to describe the superintendent of the Miami-Dade County School District.Over the weekend, Barreiro received a message from Arza, repeating the same slur and yelling at Barreiro for filing the complaint. Arza has

2006-11-17T20:22:00.000-08:00

WHY I LOVE PLAN B2 cells don't make a baby. To claim life begins at conception is simply scientifically inaccurate. It is the equivalent of saying that you've got a bag of flour and eggs, and that's a cookie. You may have even cracked some eggs into some flour ina bowl and stirred it a bit, making a doughy mass. That's still a long, long way from a cookie. All you've got is potential cookie. A

2006-11-17T20:10:00.000-08:00

KNOW YOUR ENEMYHave you read the CATO INSTITUTE ANALYSIS OF LIVING WAGE?"The wage increase would raise idleness among minority youths by 7.3percentage points." Idle minorities; always a scary image."Peter Brandon of the University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Research on Povertyconcluded several years ago that raising the minimum wage is not an effective way toremove families from the welfare

2006-11-17T20:06:00.000-08:00

PATRIOT DAYA quote from Our Great Leader of the Homeland, King Bush the 2nd:"We are once again answering history's call with confidence, and we know that freedom will prevail. Our brave men and women in uniform have stepped forward to fight our enemies abroad so that we do not have to face them here at home..."Ah yes, the tired parallel with World War II (probably the only war this century worth

2006-11-17T19:59:00.000-08:00

THE LIMITS OF HUMAN LOGICQ: Everything is so complex. Look at the complicated designs in nature. What are the odds such intricate, purposeful 'adaptations' could arise by chance?A: Funny you should ask about the odds. Assuming there is one observable reality, the odds are 100% that everything will be exactly as it is. Or that each alternate possible reality is equally unlikely. We have developed

2006-11-17T19:56:00.000-08:00

ON THE EPHEMERAL AND ARBITRARY NATURE OF BORDERSNations have always had borders; though the nation-state is, to much of the world, a relatively recent imposition. With few notable exceptions, in the not-so-distant past, people organized themselves at a more local level, according to tribe or ethnicity, and paid fealty and taxes to leaders and made alliances, or wars, with neighbors. In some parts

2006-11-17T19:52:00.000-08:00

WHO 'FALLS' TO WHOM?from a history of Izmit, Turkey:"Originally a Megarian city founded in the 8th century BC and called Astacus (or Olbia), it achieved its greatest fame as Nicomedia, built c. 264 BC by Nicomedes I of Bithynia to replace the destroyed old city. It served as the capital of the kingdom of Bithynia and later, under the Romans, was often the residence of emperors. It became the

2006-11-17T19:49:00.000-08:00

9 OUT OF 10 EVANGELICAL PASTORS AGREE- BUTT SEX IS BETTER ON METHYes, you heard it here first. I have to say I admire the congregants interviewed in the parking lot- they were on message as far as forgiveness, aside from the clueless sheep who simply gushed "I just can't believe it" and a few in deeper denial "I don't believe it, all the details aren't out yet." I guess the word 'hypocrite' is

2006-11-17T19:36:00.000-08:00

So, one new post and a backlog to unload.On the freeway recently an SUV came swerving and weaving through the crowd, passed me on the right with inches to spare. It happens. There are people out there who are impatient, risk takers, etc. I get impatient sometimes and run the yellow light, pass the slowpoke. But I am not a weaver. You know the ones, the incessant lane changing, tailgating,

2006-11-17T19:27:00.000-08:00

April to November. A good long break from the blogosphere, or in my case, the bile-o-sphere. I blog to relieve pressure, but sometimes get so worked up I think I am just raising my own blood pressure. Same reason I quit JustAddBrains.com...round and round we went, but nobody was really changing anybody minds, just trying to score a good SNAP. Reasoned arguments? Support? I went through some

2006-04-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

Remember that old theory that the Jews are manipulating the media?? WRONG!According to Rummy, it's Al Qaeda that pulls the strings!When Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared on RushLimbaugh's talk radio show recently, he made several remarks onthe subject of press coverage in Iraq that have mostly escapednotice, writes Editor and Publisher. Rumsfeld said that "theterrorists, Zarqawi

2006-04-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

So, the war in Iraq is to build a model democracy, like we did in WWII???Stupid and ignorant. WWII was not fought to bring democracy to Europe; it was to destroy the Nazi regime. Democracy was uncertain, and Germans rebuilt their own economy. Japan was a different case altogether.I am sick of people comparing the War of Terror to WWII, harkening back to the 40's as the Good Old Days of Flag

2006-04-22T16:02:00.000-07:00

It's not only illegals that object to REAL ID.

2006-04-22T15:56:00.000-07:00

Should illegal immigrants take a driver's test if they are driving in the US? 11 states say yes. Not allowing licenses will encourage hit-and-run behavior. But, any illegal pulled over in the other states has another crime against them, increasing odds of deportation. The more laws made against illegals, the more they are automotically made criminals (beyond the border transgression).

2006-04-22T15:51:00.000-07:00

Science rules:http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/God is a myth: Negativland; Kiss Hank's Ass

2006-04-06T21:44:00.000-07:00

BOING! I'm back!!!! And so is Saddam, and he is so HOT!!!Look- no man, and no religion, and no form of governement is EVIL. I am so sick of people rushing to declare such absolutes; Communism is EVIL! Well, it has functioned at the provincial level in India for decades.As for sexy over there, well, is he all bad? Check your Wikipedia, kiddies."On June 1, 1972, Saddam Hussein led the process of

2006-04-01T00:02:00.000-08:00

There is no God! I am a blasphemer, an apostate, out of the closet, unashamed, proud, even. Atheism is not simply the absence of God, but the replacement of God with reason. Creation is not intelligent, it is, to some extent, intelligible. God did not create man; rather, as is abundantly clear when one compares a few human societies, man creates God; largely to explain and deal with anxiety over

2006-03-31T22:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, check it:http://home.comcast.net/~lsledd/blog/shiftybush.swfI have always admired our great leader for his eloquent English. Har! But of course it is his average-guy vocab, his folksy grin, his unvarnished crapulence that makes him so trustworthy to so many Americans...yes, folks, the fact is that many Americans have a similarly goosey grasp of the English language and see, in Bush, a little

2006-03-31T22:03:00.000-08:00

More patriotic than yer daddy, that's right. had a daddy, did you? then piss off, you were coddled. yeah, this joint is more patriotic than your daddy, that's why it's blue, yellow, and...some other kind of blue. don't get all queer-eye on me now, boy. makes me wanna chicken-fry a steak and hitch my dodge up to a big log and drag it across your lawn. lawns are highly overrated.

2006-03-18T14:39:00.000-08:00

CONSERVATIVE TRICK #57B: How to defend against allegations of US prisoner abuse, rendition, and killings1. Raise the image of 9/11 to rouse anger2. Raise the image of Mr. Berg's decapitation to characterize all Iraqis as monsters.3. Rapidly, before your audience has recovered from the images, tie the 2 together:"They" attacked us! We are at war! "They" cut off a man's head! Who cares if we

2006-03-18T14:27:00.000-08:00

PROPERTY RIGHTS NUTSOur freedom to own property is wisely granted, but irresponsible choices abuse that freedom. The Founding Fathers probably never imagined the extremes of consumption available to modern Americans, but many were of Puritan and Quaker backgrounds, and Benjamin Frankiln's famous 13 virtues included Frugality and Moderation.Our freedom of speech does not include threats and hate

2006-03-18T14:25:00.000-08:00

Ah, whatever happened to Governor Bush?"I'm not so sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say, 'this is the way it's gotta be'."I think one way for us to end up being viewed as the Ugly American is for us to go around the world saying, 'We do it this way, so should you.'"The Neocons, that's what.

2006-03-18T14:18:00.000-08:00

Christian idiots with their newfound political aspirations are fond of reminding us that "our nation was founded by God-fearing men". They have also been known to quote physicist Stephen Hawkings out of context. Anyway, I know that someof the Founding Fathers sometimes prayed, but I am sure their beliefs were a far cry from Mr. Bush's.Jefferson called Christianity "the most perverted system that

2006-03-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

There is just one basic notion about G-d and religion which I have to get off my chest. That is, if there were a God, the inexpressable, overwhelming, incomprehensible, and indisputably non-anthropomorphic nature of the divine spirit. I like the notion of not saying or spelling G-d, of not giving It a name at all, inasmuchas such a gesture is one of resisting the human tendency of projecting

2006-03-18T12:53:00.000-08:00

So, you hold that Western foreign policy is benign, and only seeks to liberate the oppressed? Did we liberate the Native Americans? I am tired of the Patriot's History, the inexorable march of all that is holy and good. What of these fine Christian gentlemen, then?We insisted on reserving the right to bomb niggers. Source: British Prime Minister Lloyd George, 1932 I cannot pretend to feel

2006-03-18T11:24:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I like to lurk in FREEP sites, just to see what the enemy is thinking. Usually it is stunningly ignorant and frightening, which is no surprise- I am just looking for new directions, and to get a feel for how likely certain issues are to spark violence, which as we know is a preferred method of conflict resolution for neocons. Here are some recent quotes; some are quite witty, while the

2006-03-18T10:48:00.000-08:00

SUPPORT CONYERS RESOLUTIONThere has never been a stronger case for impeachment. This president has taken the powers the Constitution grants Congress- the power to go to war- through clear deception, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people for the sake of a political power grab. This is an abuse of our military, an abuse of Congress, and an abuse of the trust of the American people. Ever

2006-03-18T10:23:00.000-08:00

COMPLAINING ABOUT MY COMRADES ON THE LEFTSocialists, Greens, all fine folks. But too concerned with language, methinks. Did spelling it "womyn" change where Eve got her rib? NO!!! Only joking, ladies. Females. Oh, wait that has "male" in it... ok, only joking WIMMYNZ. There, is society more just now? NO! And painting a happy face of liberal linguistic veneer over our language will not make it so.

2006-03-18T10:19:00.000-08:00

BEYOND IRAQOk, should've posted this in January; but funk it, for me every day is MLK Jr Day, and Malcom X day, and Earth Day, and national-hug-an-atheist-and-have-an-abortion-please day. But if I did believe in God, it would be the god of love MLK talks about. Here are excerpts of his great speech Beyond Vietnam, my favorite. Just try this: substitute Iraq for Vietnam as you read.---There is at

2006-03-18T09:48:00.000-08:00

BUSHSPEAK- and the slaughter of Iraqi kids at US gunpointThis War on Terror sure has been confusing. Not the least of the confusion comes from all the new language emanating from the Bush administration to describe this war like no other we have known. Sure, we all know that we pre-emptively imposed a regime change in Iraq by creating shock and awe in Baghdad, because we had the moral clarity to

2006-03-18T08:24:00.000-08:00

Fatticapped. When I see a car parked in those really convenient spots right next to the door, I admit, I always look. Is the person missing limbs? Old and frail? Loading up in a wheelchair? Or, are they grotesquely obese, unloading a motorized ass-hauler?I have talked to obese office workers, and heard claims that it is genetic- my parents were fat too, so it's not my fault. No, it's not your

2006-03-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

Anyone reading my post about the N word, and the true existence of individuals who embody the N word with defiant pride, may have come away thinking I am racist. True, I do think my culture is more evolved in that spitting in public is generally frowned upon by middle class whiteys everywhere. To hawk and ptui with impunity is a lack of culture, or at best a culture with inferior ettiquette and

2006-01-03T19:19:00.000-08:00

Ok ok ok, how does anyone work in social services who harbors such deep and abiding pessimism? The bible sez something about love being abiding, hopeful, and even embued with faith...of which i have precious little. There are some who figure the population and environmental degradation, the gloabl warming and increasing shortages of water, land and energy will all sort themselves out- go read

2006-01-02T21:42:00.000-08:00

Browner. Stupider. Poorer. Those are the trends, in that order.http://www.highereducation.org/reports/pa_decline/Now, there is some causality there: undereducation leads to poverty. But there is no genetic causality between brown and stupid. I was at a white man's apartment in Auburn not long ago, and while the livingroom sported a cheesy poster of a desert-camo clad soldier praying under a US

2005-12-31T23:48:00.000-08:00

Alright. Ahora yo quiero aprender espanol, so i am watching univision on new year's eve. besides, who could party harder than the crew at sabado gigante? the woman showing off the new car somebody won, well, you could pretty much park the car on her shelf. the ladies of univision...blame the makeup, the plastic surgery, whatever, but i find myself quickly separating into two categories- the young

2005-12-31T13:49:00.000-08:00

i would love to credit the photojournalist who shot this but i didn't take good notes. anyhow there have been many independent (read: not embedded/in-bed-with) journalists who risked their arses to bring the voices of iraqis and unblemished images of the war. this one features some sad graffitti, revealing the racism that accompanies any US war abroad.rough soldier and sailor talk about

2005-12-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

forget who did that one. pretty powerful. the hawks of the world always moan about the reality of a violent world, and having to fight with 'one hand tied behind their back' and how we should have nuked Vietnam. but the fact is, if you want to be the shining city on the hill, you have to shine- and so stooping to the lows of the enemy is not an acceptable tactic. there are noble traditions in

2005-12-30T20:13:00.000-08:00

Don't you believe? Why not? Shouldn't we all consider the possibility of the Flying Spaghetti Monster? It would explain so much.http://www.venganza.org

2005-12-30T19:25:00.000-08:00

ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT L.S. 2005, free for personal use, commercial use prohibited without written consent of creatorThere are many ideas i get in my addled brain whilst in urban traffic, for things that placed on the rears of vehicles, might raise the blood pressure of the enemy. it's a stupid and ultimately, karmically, counter-productive sort of urge, yet so satisfying it is, like Satan

2005-12-30T19:08:00.000-08:00

Ok. So i have committed to posting not only bile, to sort of round out the offerings for 2006. So here is another scrap of interest, at least for men:www.gizmag.comSome truly insane stuff, folks. i reccomend heading straight for the URBAN TRANSPORT section.

2005-12-30T12:21:00.000-08:00

So for some time, the posting of pictures has been enabled, which allows me to do this: a finish the bumper-sticker thingie! here is a sticker i got at Lowes home improvement- not as balls-out as the local hardware store with a THANKS TO OUR TROOPS FOR PROTECTING THE WORLD banner (hubris anyone?) but still a solid shut-up-and-wave-the-flag-you-pantywaste kind of vibe.Anyway I think what this

2005-12-30T11:38:00.000-08:00

soapbox. may offend. i think i should start most of my posts with that disclaimer, though for the new year i have also committed to posting other sites of random interest, not only doom and gloom rantings and rabid liberal ravings.it's been awhile. i don't have the time, energy, or ego needed to continually maintain this thing. what's the motivation? one person visited 6 months ago. i use too

2005-08-18T20:38:00.000-07:00

So, the Army denies payment for an Everett, WA soldier's wife for an abortion. Supreme Court rules that's fine. Doubly f-cked.So, let's first thank the Army Family, they sure know how to take care of their own. Why did she want the abortion? Two doctors diagnosed her foetus with a fatal congenital something- disease, defect, whatever. The Army would prefer for her to give birth to a sick child

2005-08-05T11:27:00.001-07:00

I love ad-busting. Culture-jamming. I just saw an ad off of hwy 99 for the "Street of Dreams", an event where construction companies and home improvement biz put up million dollar mansions full of the latest widgets, and ordinary working folks actually pay to walk through and view the advertising. The ad text, "Street of Dreams", had been altered with spraypaint, and artfully with bubble letters

my unsolicited impressions of the costco meeting

2005-08-05T11:27:00.000-07:00

I am immediately suspicious of all salespeople. And to see a bleach blondeand a fat man (charming in his own self-effacing way, referred to himself as'fat bastard' at one point) represent the jumbo consumerism of Costco seemedto confirm my suspicions. But how seductive! Cheap, cheap, cheap. A sated devil perched on my leftshoulder: "Well, Lee, you have to buy toilet paper eventually. Who

Democracy Now! | Bush Administration Allied With Sudan Despite Role in Darfur Genocide

2005-08-01T21:57:00.000-07:00

Well, wouldn't you know it. Sad as things have been there lately. Darfur. The good Doctor G.http://www.democracynow.org/article.plBottling up a rant on reproduction. An why I am generally against it. Seriously, but in a positive way. But no time tonight.

2005-07-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

I am again so proud to live in Seattle. The greatest thing about America is our freedom of speech- one of the many freedoms which was never threatened by Saddam, the Vietnamese, or the Koreans. So quit telling me I take it for granted because I won't sign up to die for Cheney's oil. And get out of my school.

2005-07-21T20:03:00.000-07:00

SO, there's an old blowhard in my local paper complaining that the kids today are more concerned with their comfort than their freedom, and that's why military recruitment is down, and if we'd been such pussies (profanity! ding ding- my paraphrase, of course the paper wouldn't publish that) in World War Two, we'd all be "speaking German on the East Coast and Japanese on the West Coast." With a

2005-07-01T20:38:00.000-07:00

ALL ABOUT MY ANUScan't...stop...blogging....despite an average of what, one passerby-month? well, what the hell, it's cheaper than therapy. and i am not about the bling. just for the record.but a few posts back i promised my next post would penetrate the subject of my anus, and i broke that promise, and i want to make amends.i have explored my anus, not with other dudes cuz there is no

2005-07-01T20:28:00.000-07:00

I am so happy to have been found! A very intelligent and extremely prolific- (read: does she have a job??)- writer here, well worth a visit. She has a goldmine of other blogs listed with reviews, which if you are a glutton for input glut like me, you love. I am indeed, guilty as tagged, 'soapbox, may offend.' I tag thee, Sylvana, 'Worthy to reproduce'. I generally oppose reproduction for

2005-07-01T18:19:00.000-07:00

I want to show that I support the humans involved in this war WITHOUT implying any endorsement of the mission. It's a fine line, and one that may seem patently absurd- for the average soldier, it's likely to be love me, love my mission; because for anyone, it is a lot easier to do a job well if you believe in it. Sure, recruitment is sagging (blame low unemployment, or anti-enlistment activities,

2005-06-11T09:27:00.000-07:00

Dude. It's like, wo, man. I am so proud to live in the Northwest. In addition to being the most Unchurched region in the country, in addition to Seattle's law which will penalize thse who throw recyclables in with the trash, Seattle voters required that police downgrade marijana offenses to the lowest law-enforcement priority. It is high time (ha!) voters in other regions took similar actions-

2005-06-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry about that late night rant there. Like any good liberal, some of my best acquaintances are black. Sorry also if I insult any soldiers by suggesting that Republicans should enlist to make up the low recruitment, starting with the kids of Senators and Presidents and his Cabinet- I mean, my tax dollars already paid for the body bags, so please, put your ass where your mouth is.Or, if you're

2005-06-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

NUMBERS AND OTHER N WORDSWhat shall it be tonight? Let's see...how about starting with some numbers?2001 World Trade Center attack fatalities: 2,9862001 Alcohol-related traffic fatalities: 17,448 (total traffic fatalities 42,116) 2000 Deaths caused by poor diet and physical inactivity 400,0002000 tobacco-related deaths: 435,000(sources for skeptics: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2005-06-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! Got my links up and running. 30+ of the most righteous links rotating in sequence for your clicking pleasure, keep your eyes open because I guarantee there's at least one you haven't clicked on. Anyone who's read more than a few sentences here (not likely by the # of comments, but hey) would notice that the links are by and large more positive than the bile I spew here. As stated in the

2005-05-29T01:19:00.000-07:00

George Will (uber-dork) recently reminded me that Saddam tortured children to get at their parents. Indeed, an evil man. If he were civilized like Bush and Rumsfeld, he'd be sure only to torture adults. That's the American way. The Geneva Conventions have been so violated by our forces acting from anti-islamic xenophobia and kickass zeal- the kind of zeal that sees all towelheads as enemies, and

2005-05-29T01:14:00.000-07:00

Last one tonight, kind of a rant backlog here. Whether it's Dan Rather's allegation that Bush shirked Guard duty or the Newsweek allegation that Qur'ans have been desecrated in interrogations, the loud disputing of a single detail does not negate the fact of the larger pattern.To save time, read Mr. Parrish:

2005-05-29T00:57:00.000-07:00

I need to be positive sometimes, people. Yes, it's true, many good people live in this country. They volunteer to help their neighbors and give to charity. But that's no substitute for public services, folks, because most people DON'T. Many are too busy chasing the capitalist dragon- that much is obvious around my neighborhood, where the cars go BOOM BOOM and all the single mothers are too busy

2005-05-29T00:21:00.000-07:00

So the filibuster remains, for now. Just shows what we are up against; from the doctored intelligence on Iraq, to covering DeLay's ass on the Ethics Committee, to the appointment of judges- if these folks don't like the way the game is going, they don't hesitate to change the rules. I wish I could feel encouraged about the possibility for bipartisan compromises...but I think McCain and his

2005-05-27T16:43:00.000-07:00

We are the most generous nation in the world, eh? All a matter of how you crunch the numbers, as usual, my friends. Absolute dollars, or percent of GDP? The first is apples and oranges, for all you in the statistical know. As I like to point out to the ignorant, just because the numerical majority of Muslims are Chinese does NOT make China a Muslim nation.http://www.vexen.co.uk/USA/

Apollo Alliance : Good Jobs, Clean Energy

2005-04-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

This is it, folks. Get on board. Now.http://www.apolloalliance.org/

WPSR - Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility

2005-04-30T22:24:00.000-07:00

Oil is running out! The oil economy is ending! I heard a scientist on Eyes of Nye (very cool science show) say don't worry, technology will save us, we can compost vegetable matter and coal and make oil-like substances...I wish I had the optimism. I was surprised Nye didn't raise an eyebrow. Point is, even if we can, are people putting the systems in place so we can make a smooth transition with

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2005-04-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

>Ok, it's been what, a year since I posted? I had to take some time out to >get politically active before the election and lower my blood pressure- I >mean, it doesn't feel that productive sitting in front of a computer when >you need to be out on the streets getting the vote out. So I did some >registration in my area, but alas the stars did not smile upon the better >man. So then I had to take

2004-05-29T12:56:00.000-07:00

So as I drive downtown I see an SUV and the back window is plastered with white letters spelling out : OUR TROOPS KICK ASS. After Abu Ghraib, it's clear that's not all our troops do with ass. How I'd like to edit his truck window, maybe OUR TROOPS RAPE ASS or OUR TROOPS TORTURE AND MURDER or something. Way to go, guys! Winning hearts and minds.

2004-05-29T12:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Memorial Day! What is Memorial Day? Glad you asked. In America, we have two separate holidays to honor the sacrifices of our soldiers. One is Memorial Day, dedicated to the memory of soldiers who died in war, and the other is Veteran's Day, to honor those who survived. We honor our soldiers because they protect our nation's people from dangerous enemies who threaten our freedoms and way of

2004-04-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

So I recently heard a survey that reported that Republicans were more likely than Democrats to be avid sports fans. I could have told you that! Anyone who spends so much time watching contrived conflict on TV and reading stats and histories of ball-chuckers in their paper will have little time or brainpower left for social issues or politics. And, they will be much more aggressive by nature to

2004-04-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

Why abortion should remain legal, by Leonel Shine. Abortion should be legal because a lump of dough is not a cookie. Only a cookie is a cookie. Now, cookies begin as lumps of dough, which are baked in an oven until they slowly mature, gaining the shape and texture and color that marks them as proper cookies. And every cookie is a valuable thing But what about dough? Sure, dough is nice. Some

2004-04-23T14:42:00.000-07:00

What else. Been thinking about how miscegenation is a great way to end white privilege. First, you extend some of the benefits of the white legacy to a brown family. Then, you make sure your kids aren't lily white. And you gain a whole new perspective in the process. Race mixing is the best. Catch jungle fever today. Plus, side benefit, you get to piss off neo-Nazis everywhere you go! What a

2004-04-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

Ok, ok, the North Pole is melted, the snow is vanishing from Kilmanjaro, but maybe this is all part of some natural process. Or maybe it has something to do with all the burning humans are doing. We burn a lot of crap, from light bulbs to gasoline to coal, and it all produces heat, as well as CO2. Now, most of that stuff, we kind of need to burn; to see at night or just light up our favorite

2004-04-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

Politics sucks. Usually I am all ears, but today, turn on the radio, blah blah blah, fuck it. But I can't get away. Can't stop giving a shit. Life would be so much easier if I could just be a cynic, a hedonist, drink a beer and fall asleep in front of The Associate instead of losing sleep over shit I can't control anyway. People dying in Iraq. Sucks for them and the only good thing is it also

2004-03-27T20:29:00.000-08:00

No WMD. No WMD. We have gone from stretching and filtering intelligence about WMD- remember Colin Powell, preparing to tell the UN what a grave threat Saddam posed? "I'm not going to read this. This is bullshit." Well, we have gone from stretching it, to lying about it, to going to war over it, to denying it was important in the first place, to joking about it. Yes, it's funny that we went to war

2004-03-14T20:54:00.000-08:00

Well time to weigh in on Jesus. Ever since I unplugged my cable subscription, I have noticed that the only channels that come in clear on an antenna are...shopping and Christian. How scary is that? Now, I don't have anything against Jesus, quite admire the man actually. It's just what the evangelicals have done with his name and image that makes me wanna go out and buy some nails in case he

2004-03-06T01:26:00.000-08:00

Omigod. I usually discourage shopping. Save resources and all. But there is a time and a place, and here begins my contribution to the propaganda of today and the historical shitpile of tomorrow. <<<< ANNOUNCING: THE GRAND OPENING OF LEONEL SHINE'S POLITICAL PRODUCTS SHOP >>>> After you buy these things, be sure to reuse and recycle them, kiddies! Also know that my profit margin is 1$ per

2004-03-02T19:58:00.000-08:00

Time to vent on gay marriage. Now, I recently rented the Fellini classic Satyricon, and let me tell you, that was one super-gay movie from the get-go. Was ancient Rome so gay? Or is it all Fellini? And what's with all the spanking? Beats me. Anyway it was so bizzare I have to recommend it. Along with Walkabout. But anyway, back to gay marriage. I can't argue that some things gay folks do with

2004-02-18T21:25:00.000-08:00

Too late to add links for now... been too long with no blog...must let rip. Bush still sucks. We are still dying trying to finish what we started in Iraq, and no WMD in sight. Oops! Well, Saddam was genocidal, so it's ok. Sure, we ignored genocide in Rwanda and didn't intervene while it was happening in Iraq- they were fighting the evil Iran! And then Rumsfeld was over trying to field an oil

2003-12-04T23:19:00.000-08:00

Ok everybody, time to show you how I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! I have had business dealings with the families of a number of locals with members in the military, and I always give them a generous discount and sincerely wish them well. That's the most important thing: because they are good people, working people, and they are the ones who will suffer the most from bush's idiocy. They are not to be