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 [...]
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 [...]
I wrote an entry yesterday and Michael said it was a horrible guilt trip for my parents. Which is why I almost didn’t write it and am currently considering “un-writing” it. I think it’s important to remember that I subscribe to the “every parent fucks up their child” view of life. One day M and [...]
I’ve been thinking. Whatever happened to politicians being politicians and activists being activists. Let me break it down. Activists get shit done. They focus on one problem or one section of a problem and they work their asses off to solve it. Eventually, when they find a solution that works in multiple arenas, they convince [...]
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, November 13, 2010
Hey you, fellow American. Pissed off about airline security? TAKE THE TRAIN. Okay, it might take a little longer. But you can bring a bunch of luggage – no fees! You can’t smoke in the bathrooms but they’ll stop and let you off to smoke and then let you back on. I think because the [...]
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Read THIS. Did you read it? Maybe read it again. Dan Savage said the absolute, most important thing, succinctly: Fuck Your Feelings. I’ve talked at length about gay marriage. I’ve talked about it mostly in an individual rights sense. As in, the government should not be allowed to treat any citizen as if they’re a [...]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Well, Mr. Heisman, you certainly picked an interesting way to remove yourself from this mortal coil. You shot yourself on the steps of a church and left behind a dense, immaculately researched, 1900-page suicide note that sets out all of the reasons why life on Earth is an untenable proposition for you. This could easily [...]
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Folks, it is my sad duty to report that the people of the state where I was born–Oklahoma–are morons. I can’t help but hope that it hasn’t always been this way. The educational system in Oklahoma hasn’t ever been great, but they’ve occasionally done OK for a smallish state with a low per capita GDP. [...]
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Today I learned that a groundhog and a woodchuck are the same animal. How exactly I got through roughly two and a half decades of existence without learning this, I have no idea. My 10-year-old brother who’s into zoology could probably have told me this in a second. My Dad used to say, “How much [...]
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