Archive for Popular Culture
Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan
Posted by: | CommentsHe’s about to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he’s 71 years old today. Videos galore after the jump.
Jimmy Carter likes The Gays
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Because we haven’t really been Gay around here enough lately (and with Gordon all busy with boring City Council stuff) I thought I’d post this tidbit from former President and devout Baptist Jimmy Carter:
“Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies. I draw the line, maybe arbitrarily, in requiring by law that churches must marry people. I’m a Baptist, and I believe that each congregation is autonomous and can govern its own affairs. So if a local Baptist church wants to accept gay members on an equal basis, which my church does by the way, then that is fine. If a church decides not to, then government laws shouldn’t require them to.” — Jimmy Carter.
Where oh where are the Democratic candidates for County Commission on The Gays? I’ve asked the question but only Holly Jones, Brownie Newman, Ellen Frost, Terry Van Duyn and Aixa Wilson have bothered to answer me. Chairman Gantt? Tracey DeBruhl? Keith Young? Carol Weir Peterson? JoAnne Morgan? Randy Flack? Michelle Pace Wood? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? Anyone?
Feel free to answer over here. But don’t take too long! We have Amendments to defeat! Thank you in advance for your answers.
MM
Saturday Morning (Pledge) Drive
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Take Me To The Water Riot!
Posted by: | CommentsOkay, so I realize that almost the lamest first post one could possibly do on an established, well respected site that has graciously asked you to join, expecting unbridled snarkiness, is a YouTube post. That being said, it is my first time behind the curtain here in Oz, and it’s not quite the Kansas I’m used to. In fact, they should do tours of this thing, this is a blog machine right here.
Anyway, I’m Ascend of Asheville, and I’m heading down to the big water thing tomorrow. I got my super-soaker filled with pure Asheville water, some rotten tomatoes, glitter, hair gel that looks like water until you try to pour it out the glass – good for the old fake water-throw trick, and of course, some bail money, just in case. I promise to be on my best behavior. (wicked grin)
Some favorite videos that I find pertinent after the jump.
Socialist You
Posted by: | CommentsThe late George Carlin had this comedy bit involving a four-letter word starting with S. He marveled at how it was this all-purpose expletive. He provided lots of examples. What fascinated Carlin was how everyone used the S-word figuratively. Almost never literally.
Socialist is like that. Conservatives started throwing the word around with gusto when Barack Obama began running for president. Socialist is the conservative all-purpose epithet beginning with S.
Of course, they never use it literally, either. Most could not define socialism if you put their own guns to their heads. But as an all-purpose slur, precision is not the point. As in, “If I ever get my hands on that socializing, socialistic socialist, I’m gonna shove my socializing boot right up his socialist butt!”
Fight Girl Battle World
Posted by: | CommentsCan’t wait to see this – Fight Girl Battle World at NC Stage.
