Archive for October, 2008
Chilling with Human Rights Abusers? Bad move, McCain.
John Sidney McCain III. You’d think that this candidate, of all people, would not want to hang out with a dictator heading a notoriously murderous and oppressive regime. But no. The Huffington Post reports that McCain hung out with Augusto Pinochet, whose reign was marked by the assasination without trial of over 3,000 civilians and [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2008 under Department of Justice, criminal, culture of fear, democracy, dictatorship, justice, politician, politicians, politics, terrorism.
Tags: assassination, communism, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, egg, extradition, John McCain, justice, justice department, mccain, pinochet, ted kennedy, terrorism, torture, without trial
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Terrorists for McCain '08: Why Al Queda Loves John and Why You Should Not
Check out this article by Nicolas Kristof of the New York Times for all of the details on Al Queda’s endorsement of McCain for president and why it makes a lot of sense that the most “anti-America” position supports the most “pro-America” position: extremism breeds extremism. (Cartoon source: Married to the Sea).
Posted: October 27th, 2008 under mccain, politician, politicians, politics, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists.
Tags: al queda, endorsement, kristof, mccain, New York, politics, presidential candidate, terrorist, times
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The Not So Presidential Debate: A Remix
This video is amazing; I hope it will still be as good in two weeks. Mad props to Becky for the hookup.
Posted: October 21st, 2008 under election, har har, mccain, obama, politics.
Tags: Bush, christmas ornaments, debate, election, humor, mccain, not so, obama, pen, presidential, remix, superpowers, threaten
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Onward, Feminist Soldiers: The Battle of . . . Do We Really Want a Battle?
Jessica Lynch “was born in Palestine, West Virginia,” according to the Wikipedia page about her. It continues, “her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out for financial reasons. Searching for a way to pay for the children’s educations, the Lynch family met with an army recruiter [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2008 under discrimination, female, female empowerment, female leader, feminine energy, femininity, feminism, fight, male worldview, maleness, males, man, masculine systems, masculinity, military, military casualties, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, obama, september, september 11, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual dimorphism, sexual inequality, stereotype, stereotypes, terrorism, terrorist, violation, violence, war, war on terror, weapons, women, women in the military, women's liberation, women's movement, women's rights, work, working conditions.
Tags: barack obama, college, community service, congo, Dahomey Amazons, destiny's child, eye of the tiger, fast food, female soldier, feminist, gender, gender blind, gender role, gender stereotype, globalization, hierarchy, inés suarez, infantry, islamic militant, jessica lynch, Joan of Arc, lionesses, masculinity, military, molly pitcher, navy seals, patriarchy, physical strength, pine leaf, power, Qiu Jin, Rani Lakshmibai, rape, sarah palin, self defense, september 11, sex, sexism, sexual dimorphism, sexual power, silver star, special forces, stereotype, strength, survivor, terrorism, test tube babies, violence, war, war on terror, warrior, weakness, women, work, zivildienst
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