tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143198602024-03-07T03:01:04.335-05:00Cake Or Death?.... So, yeah. This is all true.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-3373467094143422342008-11-14T00:27:00.003-05:002008-11-14T00:34:55.948-05:00Not In My Name<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081114/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_powder">This shit is getting out of control</a>. <br /><blockquote>Letters containing a suspicious white powder were sent Thursday to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City that were the sites of protests against the church's support of California's gay marriage ban.</blockquote><div>While I can't possibly imagine these protesters being so far gone in their stupidity to threaten peoples' lives by actually sending anthrax to these churches, the intimidation and scare tactics so obviously implied in this act soar well beyond the pale.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This idiocy should shame anyone and everyone, past and present, who has ever fought for social equality.</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-46742045917620388952008-11-13T17:05:00.005-05:002008-11-13T19:45:38.854-05:00Elton's Gonna' Have To Turn In His CardElton John, who famously portrayed the Don of the Gay Mafia on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Will & Grace</span>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-11-12-elton-john_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip">may be getting his knees capped</a>. At the very least, the gay establishment will most assuredly ask him to turn in his homo-membership club card and forego any future "Dildo of the Month" benefits.<br /><blockquote>"I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership," John says. "The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off.</blockquote><div>Tsk, tsk, John. Don't you know that equal rights are only equal if they semantical terminology that accompanies them are the same as well? It's impossible to be happy unless you're "married".</div><div><br /></div><div>Just ask Britney.</div><div><br /></div><div>ETA: Okay. So, I first came across this little blurb over on Joe.My.God's site (I just felt dirty admitting that). I thought it was it interesting that he had posted it, so I went back (still feel dirty) just to see what his readers felt about one of their own going against the grain. Seems as though the most parroted line in the comments is that "separate but equal is not equal."</div><div><br /></div><div>It's funny that this is the same crowd that wholly endorse things like hate crimes legislations and special schools for LGBT kids, etc. How is it that we are to expect equality across the board from our government when our "leadership" so willingly and easily segregates the community on their own?</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-87571531499106316152008-11-12T16:19:00.000-05:002008-11-12T23:09:55.847-05:00Faux Outrage, Take #37,551The Left is once again all in a tizzy over Michigan resident Shirley Nagel not handing out treats to kids (and their parents) who support Obama. Now granted, the woman is acting like an overzealous nutjob. A.) These kids can't vote, and B.) their parents have made up their mind already anyway. Denying them candy certainly isn't going to help get McCain elected.<div><br /></div><div>Regardless, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=grosse+point+michigan+trick+or+treat+obama&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">this story is the latest example of how crazed and delusional the right wing has become</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's worse though? A random douchebag refusing to hand out candy to The Messiah's apostles or <a href="http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-supporter-kgo-libtalker-calls-for.html">a talk radio host calling for the death of Joe the Plumber</a>? (Audio at the link.)</div><div><br /></div><div>You can guess which story is being covered more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Keep in mind that Don Imus was fired for his "nappy" comment last year. What are the odds that this "Karel" guy, who's openly gay, faces any repercussions for his words? Also keep in mind that, were the roles reversed and Joe called for the death of a gay guy, that's hate speech.</div><div><br /></div><div>But this fag doesn't hate Joe the Plumber. He just wants him dead.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE</span>: Well color me shocked. <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/12/unhinged-update-sf-radio-host-who-threatened-joe-the-plumber-fired/">Looks like Karel was fired</a>! Of course, he apologized for the statements that were caught on tape, right? <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-448-SF-Radio-Examiner~y2008m11d11-Karel-and-Engineer-Fired-in-a-One-Paragraph-Email-and-Three-Minute-Phone-Call">Well... not so much</a>.<br /><blockquote>"Weekends are cheap and they were using a cheap engineer for my show," he said. "My show shouldn't have had an inexperienced engineer for my show, which is done remotely, and in which the host doesn't have an on/off switch on his mic. They put an inexperienced driver in the seat and the show crashed."</blockquote>Right. The fact that the vehicle he was driving was running on a tank of fumes that had just ignited I'm sure had nothing to do with it. </div><div><br /></div><div>... Accountability, where arts thou?</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-82296408485705925622008-11-10T16:00:00.002-05:002008-11-10T16:09:40.657-05:00Chilling StuffI've never been one to feel the need to exercise my right to bear arms, but after seeing this man get arrested for wearing a McCain/Palin shirt at an Obama victory rally in Philadelphia after the election... Well, it gives me pause.<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/94N1TkuLWss&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/94N1TkuLWss&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />This was posted by Ace yesterday (hey, no need in changing my MO of "day late, dollar short" now) but his commenters make some good points. It's a YouTube video, so we really have no way of knowing if something more serious actually prompted the arrest. And also judging from the (we'll call it) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">zeal</span> of the surrounding crowd, the officers involved were more likely just trying to avoid almost assured violence had the guy stuck around and opted for the easy (albeit less constitutional) route of just getting him the hell out of the situation.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-82418293632972594692008-11-05T23:11:00.002-05:002008-11-05T23:14:25.294-05:00The Obama AftermathPretty shocking report from The Onion.<div><br /><center><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer2/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="355" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/89632/video&autostart=false&image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/NOTHING_TO_TALK_ABOUT_article.jpg&bufferlength=3&embedded=true&title=Obama%20Win%20Causes%20Obsessive%20Supporters%20To%20Realize%20How%20Empty%20Their%20Lives%20Are"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive?utm_source=embedded_video">Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are</a></center></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-39931623938026865902008-11-05T18:36:00.004-05:002008-11-05T18:56:57.465-05:00If California Won't Do It...Proposition 8, the Californian ban on gay marriage, passed last night 52% to 48%.<div><br /></div><div>A slim margin, no doubt. But in a state where the Dems came out en masse for Obama (67% versus McCain's 33%), one has to wonder just how "embracing" those in the Democratic party really are when it comes to gay issues. If ever there was an argument to be made that the left has no right in claiming gays for their own (and vice versa), last night was it.</div><div><br /></div><div>But what's even more disturbing is looking at the exit polling to see <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=CAI01p1">who actually voted for the ban</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy07K8C1O9qIs90opR4WrWiM9ekkozq_ypaj7v3ALzCRhboR1NJU_AuiQRno07oRm_dsT1brM4BLt2UgzuN6Xmj_Kn_9yCXRDpCZm985VlvnVUwhA33f6UauL4VQOcY8-OCsy5/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265324990208075762" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A pretty overwhelming percentage of other minority groups voted in favor of banning gay marriage. Gay rights activists need to take a long and serious look at our community's standing in relation to the rest of the population.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If any amount of long-term, permanent advancement of gay rights is to be achieved, we need to spend more time changing minds instead of hunting down lawyers and camping out in front of court houses with home made signs.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If one of the most liberal states in the union doesn't see it....</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-86863391314920575452008-11-05T17:29:00.002-05:002008-11-05T17:54:10.417-05:00A Letter To The President ElectSenator Obama, <div><br /></div><div>First off all, congratulations. History was made yesterday when you were elected the first African-American president of the United States. Regardless of the ethics of "how", you ran a brilliant campaign. Politics is a game - more often than not, a downright dirty one - but one that must be played nonetheless.</div><div><br /></div><div>That having been said, I did not vote for you. You are my president and as such, I hope you govern this nation wisely and prudently over the next four years. I hope you are able to repair the political rift in this country. I hope that you keep me, my family, and my friends safe. I hope that in 2012, this nation is even better than it is today.</div><div><br /></div><div>I felt John McCain, while obviously flawed, was the better choice. You have some work to do to gain my trust. A lot of work. The political climate in this country has been rancid over the past 8 years and I will do my level best to abstain from falling into the swarm of negativity and vitriol that has surrounded the Bush White House.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am counting on the media to give you a constant pass during your tenure on Pennsylvania Avenue. I will not. Others will not. Not much is known of the specifics of your intended policies. We will all be watching.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am giving you the benefit of the doubt. I have no choice but to hope that your rhetoric of "hope and change" was not as empty as I still feel it was. As a citizen of this country, I cannot and will not hope for a failed Obama presidency, as much as that would benefit my party. You have raised expectations to an extremely high level.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do not let us down.</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-42473857803797044352008-10-31T23:36:00.002-04:002008-11-01T00:03:49.237-04:00Do You Like Scary Movies?I stole this from Ace who stole it from HotAir, but it's not like posting one's favorite scary movies on Halloween is all that original of an idea. A lot of these are your typical staples for the genre, but hey... I just admitted to being entirely unoriginal.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Exorcist</span> - Decided to rent it and watch it alone at 3am when I was 17 or 18. No movie had scared me as much before, and no movie has since. The spider-walk down the steps gives me chills just thinking about it.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Jaws</span> - One of those perfect instances of the musical score being able to totally enhance the desired response. We don't see the shark for the first 3/4 of the film and yet that's the scariest part.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Blair Witch Project</span> - I know, I know. 99% of the population thought it was retarded. It made me sleep with the lights on (I was house-sitting at the time). I think the effectiveness of this film depended on who and where you were watching it. One smart-ass kid in the theater could easily take you out of it. The audience I saw it with however was totally immersed. You see very little, if anything, and my imagination just got the best of me. Only good for one viewing, but it was worth it.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Pet Sematary</span> - I won't go so far as to say the movie was actually better than the book, but it did it's job. Next to Damien, indian-graveyarded Gage is one of Hollywood's creepier kids.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Communion</span> - Not really a well known film, but there's one scene in it that gives me chills. I've only ever seen it once, but it has stayed with me. What scarred me for life was the first 50 seconds below:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/szwvjXo_sHQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/szwvjXo_sHQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-60480967071773284152008-10-29T23:03:00.001-04:002008-10-29T23:05:30.703-04:00Be Gay TodayThis guy's got some pretty funny shit on YouTube. This video is actually what converted me to my current sexual status.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/epUIRJiYEWo&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/epUIRJiYEWo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />What can I say...? I love red kidney beans.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-20708123852844231202008-10-29T21:51:00.003-04:002008-10-29T23:30:01.282-04:0028 Years In The Making<a href="http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=281027122">Phillies are World Champions</a>!!<div><br /></div><div><div>Go out there and party like it's 1980....</div></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-85470653212662829762008-10-29T20:36:00.004-04:002008-10-29T21:47:58.037-04:00Brought To You By The Letter "E"Effigy and Equality. (You can almost sing that to the tune of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ebony and Ivory</span>.)<div><br /></div><div>I will disclose that this post is being written in a buzzed stupor while watching the remainder of of Game 5 of the World Series. My apologies ahead of time for any incoherence in the narrative.</div><div><br /></div><div>Chad Michael Morrisette, the gay West Hollywood resident whose recent <a href="http://cbs2.com/local/Sarah.Palin.mannequin.2.849299.html">display of Sarah Palin in effigy</a> has some in California and most in the rest of the country in an uproar, is on record saying it's "all in the spirit of Halloween". What a convenience that All Hallow's Eve is so close to Election Day. It must be one of those rare instances where the planets align, clouds part, and angels break forth in chorus to provide the perfect environment for inappropriate political commentary. (I mean, how often does October 31st fall so closely to the 1st Tuesday in November?)</div><div><br /></div><div>What another convenience that Faggy-Three-Name (I will henceforth one up him by going by my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">four</span> legally given names, "Charles Jason Kraft Tully") did not bother nailing The Messiah to a burning cross or hanging Biden by any of the numerous nooses he himself has manufactured ("Jobs" is a three-letter word, paying taxes is patriotic, etc...)... All in the "spirit" of the season of course.</div><div><br /></div><div>My initial gripe is that this West Hollywood coward doesn't have the sack to admit his disdain for Palin is the motivating factor behind his holiday festivities. The fact that he also has McCain surrounded in flames really belies any questions that this is anything but politically motivated. The holiday is the thinnest of veiled excuses.</div><div><br /></div><div>My main gripe though comes from the double standard that exists were I, as an Obama detractor, to do the same to the Democratic ticket. Thanks to the beauty of hate crime legislation, displaying a black man in effigy gets me arrested, Halloween or no. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, I could be wrong, but I highly doubt Miss-Tri-Name actually wishes death upon Palin, nor do I think s/he would actually be a physical threat to her well being (he makes window art for Christ's sake). And I, on the same token, do not wish death upon The One and actually find the recent plot to assassinate him to be downright sickening. Intentions aside, however, I'm still getting cuffed by the LAPD.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the double-edged sword of hate crime laws. In a well-intentioned, though poorly thought out, attempt to bring equality to the minority, they devalue the exact same behavior perpetrated on those not covered under the legislation. They are, in effect, the affirmative action of the legal domain. </div><div><br /></div><div>The irony is that the supporters of these laws, instead of raising the bar of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">justice for all</span>, diminish it to the lowest common denominator. Which, in these days, equates to whatever the "politically correct" Left defines that denominator to be....</div><div><br /></div><div>.... In this case, hanging a vice-presidential candidate from your rooftop.</div><div><br /></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-80290201721936584342008-10-28T19:54:00.005-04:002008-10-28T20:00:56.653-04:00Palin In PAGovernor Palin was stumping at Shippensburg University today. My sister just happens to go there, and her friend just happened to have an extra ticket to the rally. Below are some pics I had her take. <div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5VyCuOqlJf_LdG2qBivbgtJtJMdGVvLTNwsrFcqLfBPTESEifBeiDW2NqHGFPk-uC6j_Q1Cf_cyE9iUYY03KMQsaXW793O_6Aye6TegZvG4rS4QgBZFbcFWHmamUVZjx6ptm/s320/palinship3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262358901530369218" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWqI6B__QElsjsSR1fWIb_JZ4q_4SHLTyD3cWIF0EIUigGzbJgvrKHfqNGUbZc_-OH3KQO8hDn39JaUWrKjMoIyBDuyM5N_cyNT9ZLXY8uDb4CS0yZUKBfpdvsjGLB16GbnwO/s320/palinship.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262358284118186978" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGKXxH98hE8sZkvit5wZN8sxVMkEnTn_PodidIdKzHDoKfhnbmjbnRZIrCsoMDZQGjEBCmk2h32OT2WUxWmgM46qNezEFfS7wErD7KiJ_W91_GUEOW9NGilLutaKh0LfON4DK/s320/palinship2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262358384952561298" /><div><br /></div></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-69809881329095571452008-10-27T15:09:00.003-04:002008-10-27T15:16:14.814-04:00Poll Of PollsRassmusen.... Gallup Daily Tracking.... USA Today....<br /><br />All of these pale in comparison to the Free iPhone Election 08 Poll app.<div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxR9qsn8ONr-TJfJy6eAZyWJvbR90FrvNMn1OHPULdjbuZJ-8xbJZHxH6Hxu0r6SfdYhW5m1oiwmQ59XaIUgMFAO8qF7GMU60hQlyKXcEL-ifnslQlgoInR05UMoCT339du2v_/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261913868929116386" />Of course, those results were for when I downloaded the application on Saturday. The spread has widened as of today with The One at 53%, McCain at 43%.</div><div><br /></div><div>Damn hippie iPhone users....</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-18192407106599898222008-10-22T18:19:00.002-04:002008-10-22T19:34:28.760-04:00Honestly, I'm Flattered...... but who keeps voting for my penis?Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-57491497632035689652008-10-20T19:17:00.003-04:002008-10-20T19:28:15.161-04:00Stern For PresidentI've never been a huge fan of Howard Stern. Didn't necessarily dislike the guy, just never really found his stuff to be all that amusing. That said, after listening to the street interviews his staff did, I'm more inclined to feel that the self-proclaimed King of All Media is more on point than I previously gave him credit for.<div><br /></div><div>Take a listen as Sal goes through Harlem attributing McCain's policies (and vice president) to Obama and asking who people would vote for.</div><div><br /></div><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iM2xHggg7Uk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iM2xHggg7Uk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />Unbelievable. And frightening to think that there's a very real possibility that people this uninformed and oblivious may just put this guy in the White House.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-23743295590302869792008-10-19T17:48:00.002-04:002008-10-19T17:59:30.448-04:00Lefty MisdirectionDo the Messiah's supporters and the media realize that no matter how much they pile on Joe the Plumber, how much dirt they are able to dig up on him, how often they can publicly tear him down...<div><br /></div><div>... it won't change the fact that Obama admitted to wanting to enact a socialist program of wealth redistribution.</div><div><br /></div><div>Joe's past tax history will not change that. His current financial status will not change that. His plumbing license or lack thereof will not change that.</div><div><br /></div><div>You all can bitch, moan, and smear all you want. Your candidate wants to continue giving government handouts.</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-86165581095479603862008-10-17T22:05:00.001-04:002008-10-17T22:06:28.045-04:00I Know You Are, But What Am I?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Updated</span>: I'm reversing my stance on this issue 100% in light of the fact that it has now reached the scale of <a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-supporter-assaults-female-mccain-volunteer-in-new-york/2/">physical assault</a>. The media and Obama campaign had no problem producing faux outrage over the as-of-yet still unconfirmed "Kill him" comment at a McCain rally.... This story has gone unnoticed for over a month. McCain has repudiated those comments, to the point where he has almost come across as though he's only a few back in the cue waiting to fellate The One himself. <div><br /></div><div>Obama's condemnation of his supporters assaulting women in 3........ <del><div><br /></div>Now that the <a href="http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/charts/chartdl.aspx?Symbol=%24indu&CP=0&PT=5">economy is stable</a>, eastern nations are <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7602530.stm">no longer making overt power moves</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M">Britney is back</a> (and naked), the political war for the White House has basically ignored these non-issues and has been reduced to "which side has the craziest fucktards."<div><br /></div><div>My last post illustrated what some of the 'tards on the left feel is appropriate political discourse. The Media has basically latched on to how a McCain supporter brought a monkey labeled "Obama" to one of his rallies. On and on we go.</div><div><br /></div><div>For all intents and purposes, the election now seems to hinge on what really is nothing more than a contest of "Your Momma" jokes. What's disheartening is that the "heavy-hitter" blogs have become so obsessed with this. (<a href="http://michellemalkin.com/">Michelle Malkin</a> and the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/mccain-does-nothing-as-cr_n_132366.html">Huffington Post</a>, e.g.) Many people, regardless of political ideology, turn to sites like these as a way to filter through whatever bias they feel the media imposes on either candidate. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is an important election, and here we're talking stuffed animals, t-shirts, and bumper stickers. (Yes, I'm guilty of this too, but thankfully, I only have 8 readers.) In fact, I started writing this post to add fuel to the flames by pointing to the "Sarah Palin is a c***" t-shirts that were on display in Philly recently. What I found was that some of the photographs that were linked on Flickr were taken down by the poster.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, while I'm sure he and I could not disagree more politically, and while I'm not sure his reasoning for doing so (can't see how the phrase on the shirt could be taken "out of context") is necessarily sound, <a href="http://quixoticlife.net/journal/2008/10/12/gender-politics-and-civic-discourse">I have to give him props</a>...</div><div><div><br /><blockquote>On Saturday, Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin came to Philadelphia. ACT-UP/Philly, among many other groups, called for an organized protest. I showed up and took some pictures. I even made a video of the protest of which I'm quite proud.<br /><br />In wanting to represent the breadth of the protest, however, I took some pictures of people wearing shirts that attacked Sarah Palin using language demeaning to women.<br /><br />You can see an image of these shirts here, but be aware the language used could be triggering.<br /><br />I then uploaded these images to Flickr, without comment. Apparently my images were noticed quite quickly, because they started getting blogged about and the comments on this image in particular were quite extensive (the image is no longer on that page, but I left it up for the sake of recording the comments).<br /><br />I made a mistake in propagating this language.</blockquote><br /></div><div>Here's hoping both sides of this battle can grow up over the next 21 days.</div></div></del></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-25675417556007841132008-10-16T23:38:00.002-04:002008-10-16T23:52:10.756-04:00A Tad ConfusedJust so I'm understanding this properly....<div><br /></div><div>Asking questions about a presidential candidate's relationship with a domestic terrorist who is on record saying he "wished he bombed more" is a no-no and something the media will avoid at all costs, but...</div><div><br /></div><div>... <a href="http://queer-conservative.blogspot.com/2008/10/do-not-question-obamessiah.html">Delving into the life of a private citizen who was approached by said presidential candidate (and subsequently taken to task on certain tax policies by said citizen) to uncover God knows what is somehow relevant to this election process and is a story that deserves the keenest of eyes so that we, as Americans, can make the most informed decision on November 4th.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Am I missing something?</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-45974827001738971232008-10-01T22:01:00.006-04:002008-10-01T22:38:32.906-04:00A Case For Road Rage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7cSGLC600MqSBQxyuHIdE1kJnDYxUJbKYie9qsoA6gpZop_aPWshRFdXngMskQ15ywr_dO5_b3PLww3cAx3dEJx-6RJ_PXt-ZkaIz4PoThq9mWze0cFtviPCIto6i5wcyKfK/s1600-h/bumper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7cSGLC600MqSBQxyuHIdE1kJnDYxUJbKYie9qsoA6gpZop_aPWshRFdXngMskQ15ywr_dO5_b3PLww3cAx3dEJx-6RJ_PXt-ZkaIz4PoThq9mWze0cFtviPCIto6i5wcyKfK/s320/bumper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252376059291378274" /></a><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/29/abort-sarah-palin/">Charming.</a><div><br /></div><div>Leave it to the "compassionate" left to express themselves so adroitly. It's even got cute little curly text. Abortion has never been so adorable!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ya' gotta' wonder.... The main tenet of the abortion issue is "when does life begin?" and therefore, whether or not it can be argued as essentially ending a life. In the case of Sarah Palin, she is very much alive. Aborting her now would be a pretty slam-dunk case for 1st degree murder.</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-84923930162994306762008-10-01T18:12:00.003-04:002008-10-01T18:43:14.607-04:00Bob Ross Goes PoliticalChicago resident and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">artiste</span>, Bruce Elliott, decided to use his powers for... something political... by painting a 4-foot tall portrait of Sarah Palin. Standing on a polar bear skin. Holding an automatic rifle.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/30/painting-naked-sarah-palin-drawing-crowds-chicago-bar/comments/">....Naked.</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>The picture of Palin, in which he used his supposedly look-alike daughter as a stand-in, is hanging in the Old Town Ale House on Chicago's North Side.</div></div><blockquote>"I don't see how she could be offended by this," Elliott told the Windy Citizen. "I made her into a sex figure."</blockquote><div>Elliott's obvious over-confidence in his artistic ability aside (it looks like first grade paint-by-number), I just can't seem to buy into the fact that a self-proclaimed Obama supporter would set out to turn a political candidate in which he "<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-sarah-palin-nude-0930,0,273867.story">despises everything she stands for</a>" into a sex figure. One would think that, if the goal was truly to convey a sense of adoration or idolatry, Mr. Elliott would've gone out scouring Chicago for a shrieking harpy to use as a stand-in for Michelle Obama.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Nevertheless, as even the most average artists are inclined to do, he inspired me to do some of my own work. Not having the means to import my original artwork of Joe Biden, I searched the internet to find <a href="http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayLaunch.asp?pat=clo03">a site that would provide an acceptable substitute of comparable quality</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><center><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhXJ8k8Y9J0-YoJuiDlaugvcVNHIE4Z-eP_P2EfpJITO8jFhn8nqKbJ0jBc6FurO6tgEVXzYDKxDhWZrHsHPt2BpUPQtOUlTWAyhNqbJ3eTMNv8D4Tt46r2tTt-ZsFXs-6vlc/s400/joe.jpg" /></center></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-47772627379849299122008-09-26T22:55:00.005-04:002008-09-26T22:58:41.900-04:00Here Ya' Go, Barack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/pics/fullsize/cold-ice-pack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.northernbrewer.com/pics/fullsize/cold-ice-pack.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div>.... Just apply wherever it hurts most.<br /><br /></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-6664401227097374862008-09-26T17:55:00.003-04:002008-09-26T18:01:33.891-04:00Internet Equivalent of Rearranging My RoomYou know you're a fickle, albeit unoriginal, sonofabitch when you go to type a post title and it automatically fills in. Apparently, I've used "New Look" at least once before. <br /><br />For my faithful reader (Hi, Chris!), this is nothing new. I switched up the title out of shame, but as you can see, yes... things look a tad different.<br /><br />As usual, I will be tweaking here and there. Once I finally settle on the final look, I'll more than likely drop off the face of the earth again, only to return 8.3 months later to sporadically post enough to realize that I am not happy with the current scenery and repeat the process all over again.<br /><br />.... Only then I'll call it Mental Equivalent of Restless Leg Syndrome.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-70889794834096835722008-09-25T18:38:00.004-04:002008-09-25T19:15:27.908-04:00On Hobbies and PrejudicesFlorida Democratic Representative Alcee Hastings, <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/069/000038952/">one of only 6 federal judges to ever be impeached in the history of our nation</a> (for perjury and obstruction of justice), decided to impart some of his insightful wisdom about Sarah Palin at the National Jewish Democratic Council yesterday. <div><br /></div><blockquote>... anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.</blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Awww.... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">snap!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div>Truth to power, that is. I mean, let's be honest. Every last person with a gun license only has that license because they fear the black man. And those moose strippers? They only do that because stripping the Jews became such a big no-no back in the late 30s, early 40s.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, Hitler was a vegetarian who liked to paint. That's why people think the Holocaust never happened. No broccoli-eating Bob Ross wannabe could possibly coordinate the mass extermination of an entire race of people. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">It's just not in their nature.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div>Gun-toting, moose strippers though.... They are out to oppress and just can't seem to bleach the animal blood out of their long, white robes fast enough.</div><div><br /></div><div>So many inner-city synagogues. So few burning crosses....</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-25456560010540083322008-09-24T23:53:00.003-04:002008-09-25T00:08:25.257-04:00Ouch, CNN!Not sure what's hurting more right now. The Obama/Biden camp? Or my strongly held belief of the media being staunchly left-wing.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/23/biden.earmarks/index.html">This here</a> is, by far, the last article I would've expected to read on CNN. Not only does it point out that both Biden and Obama voted against killing the Bridge to Nowhere... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">twice!!</span>... it lays a heavy hand across Joey's penchant for earmarking expensively pointless projects in the state of Delaware to the tune of $342 million for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">this year alone</span>.</div><blockquote>Among his requests: $1 million for renovation of an opera house in Wilmington, another million for the construction of a children's museum and thousands of dollars for a water park renovation in Lewes.</blockquote><div>I was just in Wilmington last week, and trust me.... the few people in that town who even know what opera is probably aren't pitching that big of a fit because the chandelier is missing a bulb and the paint in the box seats is starting peel.<br /></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14319860.post-90518420390886332512008-09-23T23:03:00.003-04:002008-09-25T19:58:15.761-04:00From The Book Of Redundant RedundancyClay Aiken <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/clay.aiken.ap/index.html">is gay</a>.<div><br /></div><div>David Blaine <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,426008,00.html">is a douche</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ahmadinejad <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080924/D93COK780.html">is just plain fuckin' nuts</a>.</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16676593209191802826noreply@blogger.com0