Today, one of my old PRWeb friends posted this on Facebook, along with the charming and well-considered comment “liberals can’t seem to grasp this principle.” Now, I’m not really a liberal… not really… but if there is one thing I cannot abide, it is smugness. In other words, I felt morally, ethically,...
Read more →So, I once again got embroiled in a facebook political diatribe *mostly against my will* because of this ridiculous cartoon. It immediately struck me as insulting — in part, because it mistakes sanctimonious asshattery for being funny. Beyond this initial annoyance I found the bitter core of my indignation: it’s bloody well racist, that’s...
Read more →The Occupy Wall Street movement (or the larger movement formerly known as Occupy Wall Street) has drifted on and off the front page so many times now it’s almost like deja vu. I mean, didn’t we already read this headline? But it refuses to die (2 of CNN’s “Latest News” category are devoted to...
Read more →Cathy is back to school this week, so we’re both spending evenings in our cozy home office which, thanks to some sweat and cursing this spring, no longer reeks of cat urine. Hurray! Pandora brought up Etta James’ At Last, which led us into a discussion of dancing and measures (she claimed two step,...
Read more →This appears to be the second in what is destined to be a series of self-righteous gripe sessions. I have noticed recently that my bouts of moral indignation are almost *always* immediately preceded by a hefty dose of news. Last time I read alternet.org or foxnews, I had to go spend some *serious*...
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