Readers of this blog may not be aware that 4d2.org is not just where I post my crappy personal screeds; it’s also a hosting provider. Last month I posted the message below on our front page, and I’d like to repost it here as the US Congress prepares to resume its legislative session for the [...]
Thursday, September 29, 2011
So… I came across this “comic” posted on facebook by an acquaintance. I always assumed vegetarians got their protein at the same store where they got their self-congratulatory, moralistic, righteousness. I love you assholes. But you’re still just making emotional appeals for a lifestyle that has never actually happened naturally at any point in human [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Or at least, some significant portion of the U.S. population seems not to. I think there have been some really disturbing trends in U.S. politics recently, and when I look the social forces behind those changes I can’t help but get the feeling that a large portion of Americans are increasingly unconcerned with the factual [...]
A friend on facebook linked to an article from the Huffington Post about protestors on Wal-Street. I had three thoughts upon reading the article. Since when do we, taxpayers and voters, go to businesses and demand they police themselves? This is the role that government and law are supposed to play on our behalves. Yes [...]
So unless our bickering leaders in Congress can reach an agreement on how to allocate funds for the next year, the “non-essential” portions of United States federal government are poised to shut down tonight at midnight. Can’t we all just get along? At least, that’s the way the issue is being portrayed in the media. [...]
Friday, February 25, 2011
I’ve been watching this pretty good documentary on Auschwitz. I’ve become, in my more recent years, more and more of a history buff. It started as an obsession with cults and religious groups and serial killers. And then someone might have told me I was “worse than Hitler,” which would have been funny if it [...]
Friday, February 18, 2011
Last night the House of Representatives voted to withdraw $330 million of federal funding from Planned Parenthood. At the same time they voted to spend $1.5 billion more on defense, including $7.5 million for the Army to sponsor a NASCAR car. In defense of the cuts, Republicans in the House gave inflammatory, vulgar speeches, one [...]
You’ve almost certainly heard the news about the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords. You’ve also probably seen it accompanied by the pictograph used by Sarah Palin for one of her inflammatory campaigns. And the same article may have trotted out a “tweets” she may or may not have deleted. I think it’s okay to trot all [...]
Saturday, January 8, 2011
By now, you’ve probably heard about all the animal deaths. Maybe your stupid coworkers are saying crap like “it’s the end of the world,” or even stupider, “the government is keeping it under wraps.” If you’re saying it, too, I have news for you. You’re stupid. I worked, for over a year, at an institution [...]
Friday, December 17, 2010
The United States Senate is set to deliberate the future of a morally reprehensible policy enacted 17 years ago to distract from even more morally reprehensible public opinion. The fact that we are even engaging in a national discourse about whether gay people ought to be able to serve in the military disgusts me viscerally. [...]