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Unnecessary Moratorium on Off-Shore Drilling Goes Horribly Right
Too bad it’s not necessary because…
Workers rescued after fire on oil drilling platform in Gulf of Mexico
Then again, no one could have foreseen this happening…
30 Rock Making Headlines
Lawsuit says Berks priest fathered teen’s child
Written by Tracy Jordan!
Probably not what you expected, but shut up and let me enjoy this.
Sarah Palin Tweets N-Word
…Or she came pretty damn close.
Dr.Laura:don’t retreat…reload! (Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence”isn’t American,not fair”
Why not tweet it 11 times and still have 74 characters to bitch about the First Amendment?
You know, for those of us who wish Sarah Palin a mortifying public death, there is a perverse kind of satisfaction at the thought of her wading cluelessly into another n-word scandal like a pig with lipstick on the conveyor belt to the slaughter house.
As for Dr. Laura, I’ve thought it over, and I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s just no way all these old white millionaires would not understand the consequences of dropping n-bombs on a live broadcast. There’re too many examples in recent memory of people making fools of themselves, many of which come from Laura’s own social circle (old > white > millionaires). With this in mind, I theorized she was secretly sick of her job and made a snap decision to flame out. Then I saw this in the LA Times:
Laura Schlessinger says she was already considering leaving radio
And I felt just a little bit smarter.
CNN Figured Out How To Shoot Ourselves In The Foot
Blaming the Victim
Lest we forget that our country is squarely within the grip of the religious right, kindly note that Letterman was the victim of a frightening blackmail plot and all the articles I’m seeing have to do with shaming him for having sex with staffers.
Women’s group blasts Letterman over sexual affairs with staff
“The latest Letterman controversy sheds new light on the widespread objectification of women in the workplace,” NOW said in a statement Tuesday. “Most women can attest to the fact that many workplaces are plagued with inappropriate behavior by men in power.”
This is the male version of blaming a rape victim for dressing too slutty. Letterman broke no laws that we know of. His inappropriate behavior (and we don’t really know yet if the staffers were consenting so even that is in question) ought to be trumped by the ILLEGAL behavior of the real man in power, the blackmailer.
Earlier this year I was essentially blackmailed into giving up my apartment by a dubious roommate making a desperate power play. Long story short, he went broke, liked drugs too much, and underwent a personality change not unlike a poop colored butterfly. His argument went like this: “I’m not going to pay rent, and I’m not going to move. What are you going to do about it?”
For starters I consulted a lawyer. Letterman was lucky, he had the law on his side. I however was legally considered this guy’s landlord and thus would have had to properly evict him, which would cost me more money and time than it would take to simply give up the apartment and move, which is what I did.
That experience was fucking terrifying through and through. If people started criticizing me for whatever behavior of mine might have provoked my crackhead roommate to act as he did, I might feel somewhat scorned.
My Weekly Sunday Politics Post
Haven’t posted much lately as I’m in the middle of several major projects, all self-inflicted but laced with potential to turn my life around and at last make me wildly miserable.
At any rate, just read this heartwarming news story about the adults in charge of our country:
Romney Taunts Democrats with Memories of Carter
When can we elect a 5-year-old and get it over with already? Here’s a passage that jumped out at me:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry told the group that Republicans could be considered a threatened species because they went to Washington and started spending like liberals.
Well if they were spending like liberals back then, and he’s accusing liberals of spending a lot now, then isn’t it most appropriate to say that the problem with our country right now is that liberals are spending like conservatives?
He’s blaming liberals for conservatives’ bad behavior. They were spending a lot, sure, but dammit if they weren’t spending like liberals! This is a tactic of projecting the beast within. Anything the past congress did that is loathsome to conservative principles is actually the fault of the liberals.
At this point I would like to invoke a much touted conservative principle that Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have forgot: personal responsibility.
Your party fucked up, dude. Own it. Go ahead and blame liberals if you must but every time you do Ronald Reagan loses one of his wings. Not that he remembered where he put them anyway.
The 56-Year-Old Virgin
The Texas Board of Education is holding hearings to determine if it should teach American history with a conservative bias. Does that include ripping the Richard Nixon chapter out of textbooks?
Here’s a great quote from deep in the heart of crazy:
Before the board turned to social studies, the hearing got to an odd start when an animated member of the public testifying about the importance of health education declared, “I’m 56 years old and I’m a virgin.” The chair promptly warned her to stay on topic.
My response would have been, “And what do you want me to do about it?”
On The Boycotting of Kanye West
Kiss 95.1 in Florida has dropped Kanye West from their playlist.
And yet I still hear Chris Brown songs every day on the radio.
I never understood that. Just musically speaking, Chris Brown’s not that great. He’s no R. Kelly, who was dogged with charges of statutory rape for years and still got airplay because his songs are so genius. He’s an adequate next-generation Usher, which isn’t saying much if only because Usher is still around. Nothing about Chris Brown’s songs are special. His voice is standard and his lyrics are basic. The strength of a Chris Brown track is entirely dependent on the strength of the producer. Rihanna trumps him in so many ways.
A world without Chris Brown songs on the radio is entirely workable. Kanye’s songs are revelatory. A world without Kanye songs, or R. Kelly, or Usher or Rihanna songs, feels like something’s missing.
Politician Accuses Another Politician of Playing Politics
That could be the headline for any political news article.
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