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Kent State University, May 4, 1970
To observe the Kent State Shootings, I’m reposting an essay I wrote 2 years ago. The night of May 2, 1970 I was a 17 year-old high school senior, living about 40 minutes east of Kent, OH. One of my … Continue reading
Posted in 60s and 70s Music, Bad, Government, History, Human Behavior, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, politics, Right-Wing Haters, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soul-searching, Soup du jour
Tagged Democracy, GOP, hate, history, James Rhodes, Kent State, living, May 4 1970, Nixon, nonviolence, Ohio, politics, protest, public behavior, right-wing, ultra conservative, Vietnam
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Priestly Pedophiles: The Devil didn’t make them do it, it was the ‘homos’
Catholic Priests accused of pedophilia were lured into their immoral acts by gays who now accuse them of deviant behavior. The victims weren’t victimized at all. In fact, they were the aggressors. _______________ Oh, and the reason the Catholic Church … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Donahue, Catholic Church, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, politics, Religion, Right-Wing Haters, Scum Bags, Soul-searching
Tagged bigotry, gays, hate, homos, homosexuality, living, outrageous, pedophile priests, politics, prejudice, public behavior, religious right, right-wing, ultra conservative, values
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Despite Deep Cuts, Defense Spending Deepens
Many of us watched in disgust the ministrations of our lawmakers as they preened, lied, cried, threatened, insulted one another and worst of all, showed their unbridled contempt for America as conservatives promised to shut down its government. The Tea … Continue reading
Posted in Bad, Economy, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Hypocrites, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, politics, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, Trends that suck, World
Tagged Defense Spending, DOD, hopelessness, new thing, politics, poor, Poverty, right-wing, ultra conservative, USA Budget, values
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Poll: Nearly half of Mississippi Republicans would outlaw interracial marriage
Mississippi first etched itself into my psyche as a focal point of the American Civil Rights Movement, in which racist whites fought long and hard to thwart progress, seemingly denying the outcome of the American Civil War; terrorizing, murdering and blocking any and all effort to drag it, scratching and clawing into compliance with national law, including America’s founding documents. Continue reading
Posted in Bigots, History, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, oppression, politics, Race, Right-Wing Haters, Soup du jour, Trends that suck
Tagged African American, American Civil War, bigotry, Blues, Delta, delta blues, GOP, hate, hatred, interracial, life, living, Mississippi, mixed-race, politics, public behavior, public discourse, Race, religious right, right-wing, South, trends, ultra conservative, values, White people
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American Exceptionalism: Manifest Destiny for Shitbirds
National elitism is a crock of shit. We are no better than the best and no worse than the worst among us. The same is true across the planet. The thing about exceptionalism that few of its adherents recognize is that when one is truly exceptional, he or she need not announce it to the rest of the world. Continue reading
Posted in Belonging, Bigots, Education, Fox Lies, Fox News, Fux News, Human Behavior, Hurting, Hypocrites, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, Philosophy, politics, Ridiculous/Absurd, Right-Wing Haters, World
Tagged "American Dream", American Exceptionalism, bigotry, Democracy, GOP, hate, Imperial hubris, lies, life, Manifest Destiny, National elitism, politics, prejudice, public discourse, right-wing, ultra conservative, values
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New Hampshire GOP hate merchant (aka legislator) tags bishop as ‘pedophile pimp’
As a practicing Catholic, I excoriate Mr. Bettencourt for his disgraceful attempt to change focus by intentionally exploiting and churning up convenient negative public sentiment regarding a tragic scandal to assassinate the character of an opponent–hardly behavior one can accurately describe as Christ-like Continue reading
Posted in Bad, Bigots, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, politics, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, State
Tagged bigotry, D.J. Bettencourt, GOP, hate, Human Behavior, Hurting, New Hampshire House, politics, poor, Poverty, Republican leader of the New Hampshire House D.J. Bettencourt of Salem, Ridiculous/Absurd, Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack, Scum Bags, social programs, Soup du jour, State, Trends that suck, ultra conservative, values
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Study: Future World Water Shortage Spells Disaster
If current urbanization and climate trends continue, by 2050 more than one billion city dwellers will suffer as a dearth of water creates global panic. A study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicts that by the middle of the century, an estimated 993 million urbanites will have to make do with a daily water ration of roughly a bathtub full (less than 100 liters [26 gallons]. Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Climate Change, Films, Food Supply, Futue, Greed, Human Behavior, international, NPR, politics, Soup du jour, Trends that suck, World
Tagged "Journet to Planet Earth", Agriculture, Alternat Fuel, Civilization, Climate Change, Earth Policy Instutute, farming, Fossil Fuel, Future, Land, Lester Brown, life, living, Matt Damon, media, Nation, Natural Resources, new thing, PBS, prediction, Public TV, Science, trends, Urban, Water, World
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Lose Lips Sink Ships: On cruise, key Fox News exec admits lies regarding Obama’s alledged “socialism”
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Fox News exhaustively smeared Barack Obama with charges of “socialism,” a clarion call that rings piercingly throughout the right-wing to this day. Last week Media Matters published audio of Bill Sammon, vice president of News … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Media, Fox Lies, Fox News, Fux News, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, politics, Right-Wing Haters, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, Trends that suck
Tagged Bill Sammon, Fox Lies, GOP liars, Human Behavior, Hurting, liars, media, politics, Ridiculous/Absurd, right-wing, Right-wing Junket, Sammon, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, State, Trends that suck, USA media
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Utah Legislators Choose Official State Gun
State trees, state birds, state flowers, state songs, states celebrate their histories, heritage, values, economies and much moreby designating special things to differentiates them and makes them special. Utah recently became the first to add a handgun to its identity. Redneck crackers. Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Hurting, politics, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, State, Trends that suck
Tagged GOP, Gun violence, guns, handguns, irresponsible government, new thing, outrageous, politics, pop culture, public behavior, rednecks, religious right, right-wing, trends, trigger-happy right, ultra conservative, Utah, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, values
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Dr. West changes opinion of President Obama
Disregard most of the comments in reaction to this clip. I doubt that many of the posters have read Dr. West or know much of his work. Suffice to say that Cornel West is worth listening to…and as usual, I … Continue reading →