Friday, September 19, 2008
Poor misunderstood Rush Limbaugh. Why does everyone pick on him?
Yeah, I have nothing to add to this. Limbaugh sucks.
Palinology part 3
My favorite:
If you perpetuate the unfair myth that women must and can be perfect mothers and care for their families (with nothing but a shotgun and a roll of ducktape, no doubt), while also working full time outside the home, not a requirement for men, who delegate those duties to their spouses and their domestic staff, you're a "feminist". But if you simply want fairness and equality, you're a socialist maggot.
By the way, Keith Olberman had promised to send $100 to charity every time he caught Sarah Palin in a lie. Tonight he wrote a check to the Special Olympics for $3700.00.
If you perpetuate the unfair myth that women must and can be perfect mothers and care for their families (with nothing but a shotgun and a roll of ducktape, no doubt), while also working full time outside the home, not a requirement for men, who delegate those duties to their spouses and their domestic staff, you're a "feminist". But if you simply want fairness and equality, you're a socialist maggot.
By the way, Keith Olberman had promised to send $100 to charity every time he caught Sarah Palin in a lie. Tonight he wrote a check to the Special Olympics for $3700.00.
Obama waffles.
From the article :
"The socially conservative public policy groups American Values and Focus on the Family Action co-sponsored the summit."
How better to focus on your family or display American values than to openly display racism at a political forum? They did pull the boxes after being asked about them.
"The socially conservative public policy groups American Values and Focus on the Family Action co-sponsored the summit."
How better to focus on your family or display American values than to openly display racism at a political forum? They did pull the boxes after being asked about them.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Very interesting !
Just a quick disclaimer....I have not verified any of the facts in this movie yet , but it does raise some interesting questions.
Part 1 of 8 , the rest can be found on the website.
Part 1 of 8 , the rest can be found on the website.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Community organizers aren't a joke
I guess when I was out helping people register to vote , or volunteering to help the local football team or putting together packages to send our troops it didn't matter because I didn't have actual ( read: money making) responsibilities.
I guess the mentors, Big Brothers, Red Cross volunteer , soup kitchen volunteers, churches and homeless shelter workers are all elitists. Or maybe just the person who coordinates their efforts.
Way to ask me to hire you for a job , Republicans.
I guess the mentors, Big Brothers, Red Cross volunteer , soup kitchen volunteers, churches and homeless shelter workers are all elitists. Or maybe just the person who coordinates their efforts.
Way to ask me to hire you for a job , Republicans.
I think I've finally figured it out.
Since the announcement of Sarah Palin I've been trying to figure out why the same country that still doesn't "know" Barack Obama is willing to accept Palin in less than a week. As the week has gone on , I've seen VPILF buttons, recieved an email that called her a smoking hot librarian , had a male co-worker tell me he'd nail her , heard Rush Limbaugh call her a hot babe with a gun etc. etc. On the flipside of the coin, her 5 children are being offered as credentials. She is a hockey mom ! And she has 5 kids! She cooks her own food !She could be "the girl next door" to both the perverts and the regular folks depending on which version of girl next door they are using.
Then it hit me. I am witnessing the "other" sexism in our country. The one that says pretty girls get to go first , always. If Sarah Palin looked like Rosie O'Donnell, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Sarah Palin has been called the "every" woman. She is smart ( and she is, I am not denying that) she is pretty, she is feminine , she is a mother , she didn't let herself go after five kids and still has a nice figure. She seems to dote on her husband and obviously her kids. She is outdoorsy.
None of those are bad things , but they are not automatic qualifiers for the Vice Presidential office , either.
Compare the words used to describe other accomplished women who don't fit that mold just perfectly. Condi Rice (unmarried , no kids) is an "ice queen" . Janet Reno (not married no kids and not feminine) was called manly and ugly. Hillary "pantsuit" Clinton was called a ball busting bitch, shrill, aggressive, icy and a feminazi. Rush Limbaugh asked us if we really wanted to watch her get older and fatter if she were elected President. When Bill Clinto had an affair , it was ::wink wink nudge nudge:: "Can you blame him? Look at her" . If Todd Palin has an affair, I have a feeling it would be " OMG, what was he thinking? Look at her !!"
All three of those women have been accused of being lesbians . Why? Why is Sarah "barracuda " Palin considered warm and friendly ? Is it the cute nose wrinkle she makes after every catty comment? Is it the cheerleader hair? Maybe its Mabelline? Why can't we leave looks out of it ? Please understand, I am not blaming Palin for this. Her intelligence and achievements aren't getting the credit they deserve either. She should be allowes to run on her own merits and not just seen as the pretty mother of 5.
Equality for women means we don't get stuck at the back of the line or get to go straight to the front because of our gender.
Then it hit me. I am witnessing the "other" sexism in our country. The one that says pretty girls get to go first , always. If Sarah Palin looked like Rosie O'Donnell, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Sarah Palin has been called the "every" woman. She is smart ( and she is, I am not denying that) she is pretty, she is feminine , she is a mother , she didn't let herself go after five kids and still has a nice figure. She seems to dote on her husband and obviously her kids. She is outdoorsy.
None of those are bad things , but they are not automatic qualifiers for the Vice Presidential office , either.
Compare the words used to describe other accomplished women who don't fit that mold just perfectly. Condi Rice (unmarried , no kids) is an "ice queen" . Janet Reno (not married no kids and not feminine) was called manly and ugly. Hillary "pantsuit" Clinton was called a ball busting bitch, shrill, aggressive, icy and a feminazi. Rush Limbaugh asked us if we really wanted to watch her get older and fatter if she were elected President. When Bill Clinto had an affair , it was ::wink wink nudge nudge:: "Can you blame him? Look at her" . If Todd Palin has an affair, I have a feeling it would be " OMG, what was he thinking? Look at her !!"
All three of those women have been accused of being lesbians . Why? Why is Sarah "barracuda " Palin considered warm and friendly ? Is it the cute nose wrinkle she makes after every catty comment? Is it the cheerleader hair? Maybe its Mabelline? Why can't we leave looks out of it ? Please understand, I am not blaming Palin for this. Her intelligence and achievements aren't getting the credit they deserve either. She should be allowes to run on her own merits and not just seen as the pretty mother of 5.
Equality for women means we don't get stuck at the back of the line or get to go straight to the front because of our gender.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Well, everybody beat me to it , but here's mine.
The Republican party is the party of change and I can prove it.
Somewhere between Chelsea Clinton and Bristol Palin they changed their mind about picking on cantidates kids.
Somewhere between John McCain and Rudy Guliani's infedilites and those of Bill Clinton and John Edwards adultery became a bad thing . Then they changed it back to not a big deal for the election this year.
Somewhere between being tortured and torturing someone else John McCain changed his opinion of how horrible torture is.
Somewhere between claiming Janet Reno was Chelsea Clinton's father and Sarah Palin being asked to explain her corruption charges , sexism became a bad thing.
Somewhere between voting against Martin Luther King Jr. Day and....uh , never mind, they haven't changed their mind about racism.
Somewhere between calling teenage unwed mothers welfare queens and the governors daughter becoming pregnant they changed their opinion on "life happening" in families.
Somewhere between barack HUSSEIN!!!!! obama and the Palin family , they changed their minds about lies and rumors.
Somewhere being going to college on a GI bill and sending Iraq veterans to college on a GI bill , John McCain changed his mind on the importance of a college education for the men and women who serve our country with honor.
Somewhere between Hurrican Katrina and Hurricane Gustav they took off their republican hats , put on their American hats and decided that its not the fault of the poor if they are stranded or dead.
Somewhere between 9-11-01 and 9-11-08 they changed the definition of tribute from respectful rememberance to disgusting scare tactic used to garner votes.
Sometime after sending our soldiers to fight on foreign shores they decided that places like Walter Reed were sufficient and that our homeless veterans were no longer their responsibilty.
Sometime between Sarah Palin mocking community organizers in her speech and John McCain calling our citizens to action is his speech , they changed their minds about the importance of the average American.
Somewhere between Obama suggesting it and Bush doing it , they changed their minds on meeting with the leaders of hostile countries.
oh, they are the party of change all right.
Somewhere between Chelsea Clinton and Bristol Palin they changed their mind about picking on cantidates kids.
Somewhere between John McCain and Rudy Guliani's infedilites and those of Bill Clinton and John Edwards adultery became a bad thing . Then they changed it back to not a big deal for the election this year.
Somewhere between being tortured and torturing someone else John McCain changed his opinion of how horrible torture is.
Somewhere between claiming Janet Reno was Chelsea Clinton's father and Sarah Palin being asked to explain her corruption charges , sexism became a bad thing.
Somewhere between voting against Martin Luther King Jr. Day and....uh , never mind, they haven't changed their mind about racism.
Somewhere between calling teenage unwed mothers welfare queens and the governors daughter becoming pregnant they changed their opinion on "life happening" in families.
Somewhere between barack HUSSEIN!!!!! obama and the Palin family , they changed their minds about lies and rumors.
Somewhere being going to college on a GI bill and sending Iraq veterans to college on a GI bill , John McCain changed his mind on the importance of a college education for the men and women who serve our country with honor.
Somewhere between Hurrican Katrina and Hurricane Gustav they took off their republican hats , put on their American hats and decided that its not the fault of the poor if they are stranded or dead.
Somewhere between 9-11-01 and 9-11-08 they changed the definition of tribute from respectful rememberance to disgusting scare tactic used to garner votes.
Sometime after sending our soldiers to fight on foreign shores they decided that places like Walter Reed were sufficient and that our homeless veterans were no longer their responsibilty.
Sometime between Sarah Palin mocking community organizers in her speech and John McCain calling our citizens to action is his speech , they changed their minds about the importance of the average American.
Somewhere between Obama suggesting it and Bush doing it , they changed their minds on meeting with the leaders of hostile countries.
oh, they are the party of change all right.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I'm waiting for the outrage ,Republicans
The uppity and "that boy " comments may or may not have been used in a racial manner.....but McCain / Palin are all kinds of pissed off over vicious lies (and I agree the rumors about her baby being her daughter's were completely uncalled for) so I am sure they will condemn this smear:
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said that Obama’s middle name – Hussein – is relevant to the public discourse surrounding his candidacy, saying in March that if Obama were elected, “Then the radical Islamists, the al Qaeda, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror.”
I'd like my outrage in writing and front page on every news paper , please.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said that Obama’s middle name – Hussein – is relevant to the public discourse surrounding his candidacy, saying in March that if Obama were elected, “Then the radical Islamists, the al Qaeda, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror.”
I'd like my outrage in writing and front page on every news paper , please.
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