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Betty X: Kill Your TV
Challenge to give up syndicated TV for one week.
This actually might not be considered a challenge. I don't subscribe to the Boob Tube Mandate, the drug poisoning the minds of the feeble-minded and youth of Amerika.
I'm highly disturbed when I see so called self proclaimed "alternative" people that have bought completely into the bs.
I only watch The Jon Stewart Show, The Colbert Report and South Park. An occasional X-File re-run, Animal Planet and The History Channel. But I try to limit my time. I do not channel surf and mindlessly tune out. TV is a drug that sells false disturbing and distorted visions of "reality".
Sometimes, when I'm sick and heavily medicated I'll tune in and freak myself out. What is this crap? Sex and the City? Women talking about sex and shoes constantly? What an insult to a woman's intelligence. Sitcoms are just mind numbing retarded.
We live in a sick "insane" society that trys to brainwash constantly to buy into the Big Lie. I don't want your damn Blood Diamonds, your "bling-bling", designer SUV's, and listen to your co-opted 80's jingles with housewives with soccer mom haircuts dancing around with Swifers, I don't want to see the latest gadget and the new whining indie rock band.
I Don't Want My MTV- it can go Fuck Itself!
Your Reality TV Shows stink and lead the youth astray in horrendous materialistic and cruel ways.
Bottom line Capitalist Pigs just want your fucking money. they don't give two fucks about you.
I like to stick my finger up in the air and say fuck you corporate amerika and read while it's still fucking legal. Challenge to give up syndicated TV for one week. ... more -
Cartoons and Politics
Recently we've had this big deal with Barack Obama and his wife drawn in a cartoon on the cover of the New York Times, giving the infamous "terrorist fist jab" to each other. It was a major controversial issue so it reminded me of an essay I did not to long ago. It's kinda up the same alley. Recently we've had this big deal with Barack Obama and his wife drawn in a cartoon on the cover of the New York Times, giving the... more
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When McCain Drops Out of the Presidential Campaign
When the Republican's choose their candidate on September 4th, there is a very real chance that they could throw the election into an unexpected choas as they pull a genuine September Surprise.
I think there is every reason to believe John McCain won't be the nominee. Ok, let me say that again. McCain will not be the Republican candidate in November.
Here's how it could happen:
At some point in mid August, John McCain will announce that he has decided that he can not accept his party's nomination for President. The reason will be health related, and that may turn out to be the truth. Anyone who's seen him on stage these days knows he looks like he's about to keel over. And anyone who's been on a presidential campaign knows the physical demands are grueling and can be a challenge for a young man.
But excuses or facts hardly matters. He won't be accepting his party's nomination.
The reasons are simple. He can't win. Now that Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee - the polls all show that McCain's pro-war stance and Bush endorsement make him a lost cause in November. That combined with soft stand on litmus test conservative issues make him an unpopular candidate among the base. McCain won't be the nominee.
By August, they'll have done something to try and pick away at Obama's popularity. They'll emphasis race, or whatever they can to get him to appear less than perfect. So, who will be the Republican Candidate that faces Obama in the fall?
There are a whole list of Republican's who in many ways are more likely to energize the Republican base. Some of them you know, some you don't. But one thing is certain - there are candidates that will play to the core issues in ways that McCain simply can't .
Here's a list of names. Some you know, some you don't. But each of them knows their name is in play. Among them -
Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State)
Colin Powel (fmr Sec. of State)
Marilyn Musgrave (Colorado Congresswoman)
Mitt Romney (fmr Massachusetts Governor)
Mike Huckabee (fmr Governor of Arkansas)
Charlie Crist (Florida Gov. )
Tim Pawlenty (Minnesota Governor)
Bobby Jindal (Louisiana Gov.)
Mark Sanford: (Governor of South Carolina)
John Thune (Senator from South Dakota)
Dick Lugar (Senator from Indiana)
Chuck Hagel (Senator from Nebraska
The problem with that scenario is that Romney, Huckabee and Hagel already tried in the primaries and did a lot worse than McCain did so they wouldn't be fit replacements.
Bloomberg didn't want to enter the primaries so it's doubtful he would enter at this point.
Colin Powell is leaning more toward Obama so it's not a safe bet that he would want to compete against him.
Some of the lesser known names like Jindal, Thune and Crist would only have 2 months to mount a campaign to get more widely known and the odds of tipping the scale with those odds are slim.
Even the more well known names like Rice and Lugar with be handicapped by the switching horses in midstream to be hard pressed into making up the ground in that short a time.
Not a very plausible theory in any case, not matter how you slice it. When the Republican's choose their candidate on September 4th, there is a very real chance that they could throw the election int... more -
War criminals must fear punishment. That's why I went for John Bolton
As long as the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted, we all have a duty to keep the truth alive
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Open Letter to George Bush
Dear Mr. President,
WHAT THE MF'IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING???
Seriously, what the F is wrong with you?
Why do you even want to pretend t be president? It makes no sense. It almost looks like a hassle for you.
AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING!!!
Katrina-ing the oil situation would be the worst of it, too, if you can get past the murders of tens of thousands of innocent people due to this insane invasion of Iraq. Then, there's the actual Katrina disgrace and all the other little murders you commit every day.
But again, the part that is so difficult to understand is the stealing of the presidency in 2000. All that effort to subvert the actual vote and will of the people. FOR WHAT?
FOR WHAT? So that everything is ridiculous for the people who actually have to live ON THIS PLANET. Of course, you get to live in Fantasyland.
The oil companies are traitors to this country. They should be nationalized. This stuff where the chairman of ExxonMobil during congressional hearings this week has the absolute temerity to suggest that the company should keep billions of dollars in tax breaks while making a $40 Billion annual profit is a war crime against the people of this nation and the world. And he smiled when he said they should continue to get tax breaks because they "reinvest" their profits in exploration.
Disgusting.
Equally disgusting that the entire situation is caused by inaction, incompetence, and perhaps greed by you, George Bush, and whomever is u there with you. Or maybe Dick Cheney. We really don't know. Funny, not-ha-ha, isn't it that you try to get agencies to spy on everyone (and ask agencies to torture and otherwise break the actual law and moral codes) YET OTHERWISE KEEP EVERYTHING YOU DO SECRET AS well as incomprehensible.
Gasoline at more than $4 a gallon is a breaking point. People need to get together and do something about the situation.
Thanks for nothing Mr. Irrelevant. Thanks for stealing the election for no reason, apparently (although some suggest financial gain or "power tripping" may be reasons, we won't know until historians unravel this crap) and FOR RUINING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOLDEN AGE IN THE WORLD.
Al Gore or John Kerry would never have invaded Iraq, authorized torturing people, secret surveillance; they would have caught Bin Laden, and the economy wouldn't be killing everybody, except you and yours.
So, Go F yourself, thanks for nothing and hey, why waste everybody's time, resign or something.
Sincerely,
Dan Weisman
IN THE NAME OF, AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Dear Mr. President, WHAT THE MF'IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??? Seriously, what the F is wrong with you? ... more -
Open Letter to George Bush
Dear Mr. President,
WHAT THE MF'IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING???
Seriously, what the F is wrong with you?
Why do you even want to pretend t be president? It makes no sense. It almost looks like a hassle for you.
AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING!!!
Katrina-ing the oil situation would be the worst of it, too, if you can get past the murders of tens of thousands of innocent people due to this insane invasion of Iraq. Then, there's the actual Katrina disgrace and all the other little murders you commit every day.
But again, the part that is so difficult to understand is the stealing of the presidency in 2000. All that effort to subvert the actual vote and will of the people. FOR WHAT?
FOR WHAT? So that everything is ridiculous for the people who actually have to live ON THIS PLANET. Of course, you get to live in Fantasyland.
The oil companies are traitors to this country. They should be nationalized. This stuff where the chairman of ExxonMobil during congressional hearings this week has the absolute temerity to suggest that the company should keep billions of dollars in tax breaks while making a $40 Billion annual profit is a war crime against the people of this nation and the world. And he smiled when he said they should continue to get tax breaks because they "reinvest" their profits in exploration.
Disgusting.
Equally disgusting that the entire situation is caused by inaction, incompetence, and perhaps greed by you, George Bush, and whomever is u there with you. Or maybe Dick Cheney. We really don't know. Funny, not-ha-ha, isn't it that you try to get agencies to spy on everyone (and ask agencies to torture and otherwise break the actual law and moral codes) YET OTHERWISE KEEP EVERYTHING YOU DO SECRET AS well as incomprehensible.
Gasoline at more than $4 a gallon is a breaking point. People need to get together and do something about the situation.
Thanks for nothing Mr. Irrelevant. Thanks for stealing the election for no reason, apparently (although some suggest financial gain or "power tripping" may be reasons, we won't know until historians unravel this crap) and FOR RUINING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOLDEN AGE IN THE WORLD.
Al Gore or John Kerry would never have invaded Iraq, authorized torturing people, secret surveillance; they would have caught Bin Laden, and the economy wouldn't be killing everybody, except you and yours.
So, Go F yourself, thanks for nothing and hey, why waste everybody's time, resign or something.
Sincerely,
Dan Weisman
IN THE NAME OF, AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Dear Mr. President, WHAT THE MF'IN HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??? Seriously, what the F is wrong with you? ... more -
Rocky Flats: Cold war era plutonium trigger plant secrecy taken too far
Little about the history of the Rocky Flats nuclear trigger plant engenders the trust of Coloradans.
From its secretive Cold War era roots, to suppressed reports about contamination, to a stifled grand jury investigating environmental crimes, there remains a lingering suspicion that we still don't know everything about the former plant.
The U.S. Department of Energy's recently announced plans to digitally copy — then destroy — 500 boxes of records pertaining to the plant will only make matters worse.
The department was painted as a major villain in a class action lawsuit over off-site plutonium contamination from the plant, 16 miles northwest of Denver. Lawyers for the owners of 12,000 properties near the plant, who won a nearly $554 million judgment in 2006, attacked the DOE with allegations the department improperly designated information as classified in order to keep misdeeds and mistakes secret.
That's not the only instance where the public has been left to wonder about what really went on at Rocky Flats.
The nuclear trigger factory may be gone, but its legacy will linger for a long time — and it's important that citizens know as much as possible about its history. Little about the history of the Rocky Flats nuclear trigger plant engenders the trust of Coloradans. ... more -
Seriously. How long do we want this madness to last?
With that much money we might even be able to tackle some of our biggest problems.
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Elastic Thoughts: Trust
Maybe it's my old age talking, but I'm increasingly convinced that the more technologically aware we become, the more we are convinced that evil and trouble are lurking just around the corner. That the world is now small is an illusion of such staggering proportion that we seem to be forgetting the value of trust and faith in humanity in the communities we actually belong to. That we have begun to ascribe the sum total of actions in the global community to the potential action of our local environment is a festering hotbed for paranoia and despair. Maybe it's my old age talking, but I'm increasingly convinced that the more technologically aware we become, the more we are... more
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Youre Eating That?
Food safety, like toy safety, is part of a growing national concern that government agencies that are supposed to protect consumers have been whittled down to incompetence. The Bush administration insists it is focusing on import safety finally. Congress must keep pressing for a complete overhaul of the consumer protection system. Each day there is news of another dangerous hole in the consumer safety net. Food safety, like toy safety, is part of a growing national concern that government agencies that are supposed to protect consumers ha... more
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Gocomics, editorial cartoons, political cartoons, email comics, mobile comics
Sometimes cartoons can say it best. We need to laugh as much as possible (to keep from crying).
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Bloggers Freer Than Reporters?
The cartoon section of this website alone makes for compelling visits to Slate.com
Slate is a daily magazine on the Web. Founded in 1996, we are a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, and culture. Slate's strong editorial voice and witty take on current events have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. The site, which is owned by The Washington Post Company, does not charge for access and is supported by advertising revenues. The cartoon section of this website alone makes for compelling visits to Slate.com ... more -
Mega Models
Jeff Zimbalist, director of "Favela Rising," explores the Brazilian fashion industry through its young, beautiful models.
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