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October 4, 2005 by philomedy
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September 4, 2005 by philomedy
I'm watching the news. I'm seeing New Orleans. I'm seeing volunteers passing out food and water and offering medical help. I'm seeing people smile and wave and be grateful. I'm seeing relief workers sharing meals with lost dogs. I'm seeing men and women who were hurt while venturing out into contaminated water to check on their elderly neighbors. I'm seeing concerned citizens directing doctors to homes of people who may be hurt, and who for some reason or another can't venture out of their...
July 11, 2005 by philomedy
I saw a quote a little while back, and while I cannot remember where I saw it, and so cannot name my source, the quote has stuck with me. It really doesn't need any explanation, so i'll just hit y'all with it here: Attention Muslims: Watch out...Your religion is being hijacked by dangerous extremists. Attention Christians: Ditto.
June 29, 2005 by philomedy
Let me go ahead and say, first and foremost, that this article is not about the president's speech last night, because I did not watch the president's speech last night. The title was simply a brilliant little ploy on my part to get you all here. As I write this, however, I can't help but make one little point about the speech, the contents of which I've managed to gather from various front page headlines: Was everyone really that shocked that the man is still connecting 9/11 to Iraq? Com...
June 28, 2005 by philomedy
Link By now, I think we've all heard of the Supreme Court's genius decision that your property isn't actually yours. I believe their next goal is to rewrite the definition of the words "your," "my," and "ours," so that their decision won't leave them as nothing more than a contradiction to the English language. Anyways, I'd like to use my time here to tell the story of a hero. This hero's name is Logan Darrow Clements. The honorable Mr. Clements is the CEO of Freestar Media, LCC, a...
June 18, 2005 by philomedy
Alright, so we know Jerry Falwell, he of the raving lunacy? Good. We know the American Family Association, it of non-spongebob fame? Good. They've both lost it. Falwell I won't really elaborate on because he's pretty much lost all credibility with me after "Spongebob is gay", but long story short he wants you to boycott Kraft for sponsoring the Gay Games. I'm sure the AFA wants you to do the same, although they aren't being so upfront. But anyways, let me hit y'all with a couple of number...
June 2, 2005 by philomedy
So you all know the AFA, right? We all love the AFA. They're those bastions of human decency that keep hyperventilating and yelling about "traditional values" going all to hell! We remember these folks now? Good. They have a new thing going. They're boycotting Ford. For supporting gay organizations. Go to www.boycottford.com. See for yourself. Here's the basic gist of the whole site: "Ford is evil and bad and stupid because Ford is donating x amount of dollars to organizations that supp...
May 8, 2005 by philomedy
Link Alright, we're in North Carolina, where a pastor at a Baptist church has told his congregation that he expects them to sign forms stating that they agree with his political and moral views. If not, they can kindly go worship somewhere else. After 9 parishioners walk out, the remainder of the congregation votes to expel them from the church entirely. This nation is so united, it almost brings a tear to your eye. The pastor says that he's going to give political sermons, and if ...
April 26, 2005 by philomedy
Link There is a health fair that is set to deal with sexual health and safety. This, for some reason, bothers Virginia State Senator Ken Cuccinelli. His quote: "They're pushing a pro-sex agenda and an anything-goes agenda...and that's what this Sextravaganza is all about." He must have missed the booths that will be discussing abstinence as well as the ones that will be pushing for safe sex. And you may have thought that Mr. Cuccinelli was done, but why would he stop making him...
April 22, 2005 by philomedy
Link The supreme court in Norway has decided in favor of two employees of a company who were fired for looking at porn while at work. That is, they were at work. They looked at porn. They were fired. They sued the company. They won. Unless they work for a porn studio, I'm inclined to say that maybe the court is wrong on this one. Other than a porn studio, I don't see what profession could have "watching porn" as a suitable thing to do on the job. I don't get it. In other news, I wi...
April 20, 2005 by philomedy
Link So NASA sends a craft loaded with explosives to blow a crater in a comet to see what is inside the comet. Fine. Forget the fact that NASA has proved itself completely useless in the recent past, and that we continue to fritter away money on them while we can't fix the problems we have on this planet, at this time, which might possibly be more of a pressing issue that figuring out what the hell is inside a large, burning, flying rock in space. My guess? The same crap that's inside th...
April 12, 2005 by philomedy
Link Alright, so legalized cat hunting. Is there honestly nothing better to do in the world, in this country? How did this even come up? Who even introduced this? Allow me to present a hypothesis: Someone doesn't like cats. Someone sees them on the street, and decides that he/she doesn't like cats. Someone says, I don't like it, I don't see any owner, I should be able to kill it. How wonderfully logical. This is truly what we need. People walking the sidewalks, gun at their side, r...
March 31, 2005 by philomedy
Link Alright...while taking a shot at Tony Blair, the president of Zimbabwe referred to Margaret Thatcher as a "man-woman." I don't think I need to say any more...alright one thing...why couldn't he have met Janet Reno?
March 29, 2005 by philomedy
Link OK, so this seems to be my topic of the day, so I might as well just go with it. There has been legislation introduced in Hawaii that would have mandatory "weigh-ins" for teachers, imposing weight loss provisions if the teachers are found to be obese. The logic behind this is that children cannot be expected to take weight loss initiatives seriously if their teachers are obese. It's a valiant measure, and I'm sure that whoever came up with it had nothing but good faith in the...
March 29, 2005 by philomedy
Link Alright, so here's the thing: Obesity isn't good. I think that's a fairly straightforward statement that nearly everyone would agree with. Bad for the heart, bad for the body, bad for a person in general. High blood pressure, clogged arteries, trouble breathing, etc. Fine. But: In California, there is a program in place where obese men can have state-funded vasectomies to ensure that their inferior genetic material will not live on in the next generation. Again I say fine, albeit...