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number 74 for 10-22-05:
An Exposed Penis as Sexual Harassment?
Our government has taken a strong stance against nuclear weapons in the hands of other countries, as have our allies. And yet, all that our country and now BRITAIN are doing is increasing our nuclear supplies and derailing the decommission steps Clinton was taking. Where does it end?
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Hurricane Wilma amused me. I was watching the news, and as they showed all of the potential impact, they didn't point out that RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT it was tearing the shit out of Cuba, but they did devote countless analyst hours to whether or not the ass end of it would hit Florida. After all, if it doesn't happen directly to us, it's not really of any importance, is it?
This is the first report I found showing the impact on other countries so far.
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They issued an arrest warrant for DeLay. DeLay turned himself in.
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The media then jumped on his mugshot, saying, "HA! Now the democrats won't have anything to plaster all over their propaganda that they're using to get him indicted!", woefully ignorant of the fact that the independent investigator is not responsible to any voter base, firstly, and secondly, that your best defense at having been indicted is not appearing to enjoy it.
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DeLay then tried to strike his judge, because last year he contributed to moveon.org, a notoriously democratic organization.
The judge told him no. The main reason being, DeLay's lawyer perjured himself and leveled false accusations against the judge in his own courtroom. Bright. Basically, the lawyer purported that the judge shilled shirts with DeLay's mugshot on it for Moveon. Problem being, the judge had no knowledge of said shirts, because said shirts do not exist. Whups.
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American troops, controvertibly, burned some Taliban bodies facing away from Mecca, damning them to hell or some other such quaint religious view.
This is, to me, okay. I mean, bodies laying around spread disease, and it's not like if you're a terrorist and Americans are burying you you're gonna get the twenty-one gun salute.
What bothers me is not that this shit happens in war (we all know it does), but then that our government took the film and turned it into a piece of propaganda that violates the Geneva Convention and sent it to Afghanistan.
"So what, Neal! Those Afghani fuckers deserve it!"
Yeah, okay. Maybe they even do. But you know what? They think the exact same thing about us. You want them dragging American soldiers naked from the back of cars and then burning their bodies in front of a tattered flag? Because that's what they'll do in response to this. Think with a little foresight, assholes.
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To see the video in question and make your own decision, go to:
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Many civil rights groups have been pointing to this article, saying that it's big brother and Nazi and horrible. Let me point out that it is not.
The article states that when you are pulled over for a CRIMINAL infraction, meaning, something you do in traffic that they can arrest you for, they can now take your fingerprint to cross-reference against recent crimes and prints taken from them.
Why is this a violation of civil rights? If anything, it's a chance for you to show that yeah, you were doing a dumb-fuck thing, but it was just that, and not the robbery down the street.
Well, if they do it to criminal infractions, Neal, why not everyone?
Well, because minor traffic infractions are often accidents, whereas CRIMINAL infractions, like driving 20 miles over the limit, reckless endangerment, and driving under the influence, are ALWAYS intentional.
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Nevada is wasting legal time debating a law. The law states that if someone repeatedly "beckons to, stops, attempts to stop or engage persons passing by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or other bodily gestures.", they can be arrested for prostitution.
Well, sounds like a good law to me. I mean, I don't like the fact that prostitution is illegal, but hey, if it is, this is a law that helps police catch the right people.
The judge making a shitnit about this is saying that the law might be used to stop people from advertising or having a community car wash.
Well, yes. And technically, all porn can caused its distributor to be arrested if the judge thinks the community standards would call it lewd. And technically, if you're just standing somewhere, the police can arrest you for loitering. And technically, if you bump your head on the police cruiser as they're pushing you in, that's resisting arrest.
But if you are arrested for these things in these ways, you tell the judge, it's apparent, and you're released.
They're not going to convict advertisers with a law designed to get prostitutes, and if they do, the cops would lose their job, the judge would not be re-elected, and ever paper in the country would be on top of it.
WASTE OF MONEY.
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As an internet journalist, I always get pissed off when the print news gets perks and the bloggers and independent news get the "fuck you".
The average newspaper reader is a 55 year-old person. Most people get their news from the internet now. And yet, internet writers are still treated like second-class citizens, and I know the reason, dammit.
The print news kowtows and prints only the most surface of criticisms about anything, and never digs for the truth or exposed wrongs in society. Internet folk like myself do, so they scare those in charge. Shit, they scare the little people, because they offer a glimpse of just how far the dick is in their ass.
Scary, but that's why.
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WOW!
WHAT a FUCKING CONCEPT!
The director of Homeland Security has suggested that by stopping all illegal immigration, he can help stem terrorism. Wow? Really? I mean, I only suggested that years ago.
The very nature of ILLEGAL immigration tells me there's something fucked up going on there, and that we need to take anyone not here LEGALLY and kick them the FUCK out.
Now, then someone will undoubtably come at me with, "But Neal, without our high population of illegal Mexican immigrants, we'll have no one to do many essential jobs, no one to exploit."
My response to that is twofold. First, I believe that anyone who came here illegally, Mexican or German, should get kicked the fuck out. Secondly, I believe that we should grant a high number of work-visas to Mexican immigrants who want to come to the US, equal in number to the jobs that would be vacated by kicking those who came here illegally the FUCK out.
That way, we reward legality, and we don't fuck the honest, good people of Mexico who just want a better life.
But then, now we can just have Mexicans to make our beds without it being our fault, and to give work visas to a shitload of Mexicans so they can come and make beds and pick lettuce and be treated like shit is a tacit admission of how the United States fucks poor minorities from other countries, and we can't have that, now, can we?
Pretty fucky thing to talk about, I know, but shit, if no one does, the problem just persists, now, doesn't it?
I'll undoubtably be maligned for suggesting that Mexicans pick lettuce and make beds, but then, anyone who levels that criticism is missing my point. I'm saying that no minority should be marginalized into menial task. I'm also saying that we shouldn't allow people to disrespect our laws. It's a compromise that falls between the two political parties, one that's afraid to talk about the existence of Mexicans for fear of offending them, and one that doesn't want to see one unless they're mopping the floor or changing the locks.
We MUST move beyond that, with ALL races.
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Here's a good reason to have an international trial for Saddam instead of having Kuwait try him (yeah, that'll be a fair trial).
One dead defense lawyer already:
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Look at the picture in this article and tell me that environmental destruction needs more study before we do something. Go on.
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More on Plame, indicating that Dick Cheney and those involved SOUGHT OUT media sources in order to out her, not that, as the line goes, they didn't know the information involved outing an agent, just that she was the guy's wife.
Corruption.
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Where is Rove's resignation? Where is Libby's firing? For that matter, why is Cheney not coming clean in public?
Here's one that really pisses me off.
As steady readers will know, I am NOT anti-gun. I think you should be able to have as many guns as you want, as much ammunition as you want, hell, I personally think you should be allowed to carry one in plain view in public. I see no problem with that, until you commit a crime.
I also think that anyone who sues a gun company for a crime committed against your family by a gun is an ass. As is anyone who sues food companies for getting fat and dying of it.
Here's the rub.
Two pieces of legislation just passed saying that people can't sue food companies for getting fat, and gun companies for getting shot.
You'd think I would cheer?
No. In fact, I'm pissed off. It's unconstitutional.
Part of being American is being allowed to petition for a redress of grievances through the court system. This means that we get a lot of frivolous lawsuits, but it also means that we feel that we can fight back against an oppressive state, when the state errs.
The COURTS should step up and say, "Hey, idiots. You can't sue for getting fat.", and throw the suits out. And eventually, they would.
People argue, "Well, they're not doing it fast enough. So we need to legislate."
All right then, assholes. People are not giving a living wage to workers fast enough. Let's legislate.
People are still racist. Let's legislate.
There are people out there who hate us, and we want to change that. Let's legislate.
You see my point? There are some things (like stupid fucking people who sue for anything) that can't be stopped without the people doing it for themselves.
This will not stop stupid lawsuits. They'll still happen, and they'll still drain the system. It WILL, however, restrict a liberty unnecessarily. Which is kind of like taking a gun of justice away from law abiding citizens.
Lobby graft.
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Another example of the way hyper-feminized society impacts us.
A kid comes to school in a dick costume, and is not only disciplined (good), but is given a referral for sexual harassment (what)?
Now, apparently, having an exposed penis means that you're guilty of sexual harassment, even without asking anyone to do anything with it.
Sigh.
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Finally, here's how successful we are in Iraq:
Eighty-two percent of Iraqis are "strongly opposed" to the US presence.
Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacking US and British troops justified.
One percent believe that the forces are responsible for any improvement in security.
How's that for greeting us with roses, huh?
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ENDLESS HORROR WITH CHILDREN (FOR GOD)
And eight-year-old with more than a dozen bags of pot was caught carrying them. At school. Where were his parents?
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Three small kids stripped naked and thrown into the bay by a crazy mother who is still allowed to give birth, nay, encouraged in our society.
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Two fetuses born out of incest thrown to their death from a 31 foot window. Thanks, God!
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NO SHIT STORY OF THE WEEK
The mayor who had the nazis march in his town before the "non-nazis" started attacking the Nazis for expressing their freedom of speech has stated that Nazis have a right to march and speak their piece.
No shit? Really? In America? One would think that's obvious. Not any more, apparently, in this climate of silencing dissent you don't find to your liking.
Fuck, I hate Nazis. But then, I hate a lot of people. Doesn't mean I'll stop their ass from speaking or be surprised when they can. This is still America.
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SHOULDN'T BE FUNNY, BUT IS
A dude writes a bill to give sterner punishment to people whose dogs get out of hand and attack others.
His dog then attacks him and puts him in the hospital. Hah!
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CENSORSHIP
Lord help you if you say "shit" before 9PM on tv. Lord help you if you allude to sexual activity.
On Too Late with Adam Corolla, they had Danny Bonaduci on, and he indicated that the network would not allow him to show himself on a skateboard with his kid on his shoulders, because the network thought it too dangerous and a bad example to set. But showing Danny on all kinds of drugs, abusing the hell out of them, shooting steroids...that's okay.
We have fucked up double standards in our evaluation process for television based in censorship, and it only applies to people who do not appear to have a religious and "safe" white rich demeanor. Note that Howard Stern is fined for describing sexual acts on a show that is obviously for adults, whereas no complains are leveled at the FCC for THIS, which happened during the hours when kids are watching the most TV.
(Click the David Spade link below)
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Another family group steps in and releases a report saying what's awful for families and what's great.
Topping the list of evil shows that need to be stopped? Family Guy, which is hilarious, obvious satire.
Among the best for families? Everybody Hates Chris.
Now, I LOVE that show. I really do. But you know what? It's not that great for families. It features a mother that constantly quits her job, a family that had three kids despite living in a dangerous neighborhood and in abject poverty, and the kids are CONSTANTLY the victims of racism and threatened beatings by their parents.
It's very real, however, and hilarious, so I enjoy it. But it's not the kind of role model family that's healthy. Is it like my family? Yes. Is it like every family out there instead of this proto-family bullshit these family groups advocate that can never exist functionally? Yes.
I mean, what's the PREMISE? That a poor little kid gets constantly picked on. Wow! That's just...family values right there.
My point is not that I think the show is bad for families. I love the show. My point is that these stupid groups who think they know what is good for families all have their fucking heads up their asses and no clue.
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More of how the FCC is fucked up.
A student high school radio station, in operation for 35 years, tried to increase their bandwidth. That made them eligible to be challenged for removal by anyone who wanted their frequency. A Christian station did just that, and because they had more money, more ratings, and more "positive" content, the FCC put the high school off the air.
Well, I have to say, there just aren't enough Christian radio stations out there, are there, and just so many outlets for young people to be creative. I'm sure the FCC made the right choice here.
Fuck.
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