I don't think this makes me a hypocrite because I've never run around waving a flag or doing any "USA! USA!" chant. But I've never been a patriot. I really don't give a crap about the US. I care about the people who live in this country, but I care equally about the people who live in Darfur, Munich, Lisbon & Tokyo. Countries are man-made entities predicated on war, racism, nationalism and probably Oedipal issues.

I've been hesitant to let my "humanist flag fly" because of all the brainwashed people who shout stupid things like "Go back to Cuba". But I've discovered that these idiots say that whenever you say anything that would force them to think. Then I read Howard Zinn's article. It made me feel a little more comfortable.

Then I bumped into the Thomas Carlyle quote: "War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battles; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them in uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against each other"

You know...I've worked for a number of schools and all of them make teachers sign an oath upholding the constitution... Ha! Constitution? My standards are much higher than that!

And speaking of lowered standards...

Look, Sparky. I know it's all hip to be into fighting global warming. I'm down with that. I've been down with that. But substituting nuclear power for fossil fuels is NOT cool. Jesus Christ on a Biscuit! That's like getting rid of guns but allowing flamethrowers. A little common sense here, huh.

Labels: howard zinn, nationalism, patriotism, racism

OK...this is my last take on Imus. What he said, the context, etc, has been dissected up the wazoo, but here's my perspective. I don't really care what he said in terms of racial issues. Well, that's not completely true, but it's not my main focus. My problem is a feminist one. What the hell is he doing commenting on them as women anyway? They're in the spotlight for playing basketball and he's commenting on their hair & tats? I make fun of racial stereotypes all the time (listen to podcast and you'll see). But Imus' comments are more sexist than racist - to me, anyway.

I am exploring the concept that I may be a hypocrite here...if you just look at post of mine in the last month or so - I have commented on the new Liar for The War Criminal (that would be Press Secretary) being a hottie. But I still think she's evil and with each and every lie that spews out of her hole she becomes less & less hot. But if she wasn't and empirically attractive person I wouldn't come out of the gate saying that she's a pig. So, I'm working on this issue myself. We're always evolving...or at least, some of us.

A great take on the whole Imus thing can be found here. There isn't a transcript of the video, but there is a follow-up link.

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Wow...this is pretty telling. There are 150 graduates of Pat Robertson's pseudo-college in the current War Criminal's administration. Yeow! See the video here. I'm not that much of a fan of Bill Mahr, but he does a good job here.

Labels: Bill Mahr, Dana Perino, Don Imus, feminism, racism