Let's get ready to humble!!!!!
In all seriousness, though... this is kinda scary. These kids are getting brainwashed. Big time. It actually... reminds of the stories I had heard about the young Republicans at CPAC conferences.
(Hat-tip to As Ohio Goes)
September 22, 2006
September 20, 2006
Random musing...
Until today, I never considered toilet stall writings to be much more than graffiti. But as I sat in a bathroom this morning, reading the writing on the wall, I began to reconsider my opinions on poo talk.
Often the expressions made on the stall doors and walls are nothing but simple rants, declarations of hate, statements of love or lust, or some other voicing of opinion. And nearly always these are done anonymously.
Anonymity lends people the freedom to speak more liberally, and not in the left/right sense, but rather in the sense that one may speak without barrier. That the only thing that cares about what you have to say is that wall that the thought is being written upon. Fuck the SigEps.
Indeed, fuck them.
GDI are gay.
Possibly.
These are things that most people would not normally have the audacity to say to an open audience, yet they write them for an open audience. Poo talk lends itself to being an expression of free opinion. It is difficult to figure out who wrote what, unless there is a distinct style of handwriting, thus the opinion may remain faceless. Yet the opinion is still there, sometimes like the largest trophy in a case, sometimes like a festering wound. And that opinion may be considered by other people, people who may opt to take the message seriously, with good humor, or consider it irrelevant.
Consider the strength of a pen unknown communicating a powerful message that could be subversive, heterodox or otherwise unacceptable. The idea may resonate with the next occupant of the stall.
Poo talk propagates itself.
Who knows who else may be impacted by the writing, whether or not it will or will not drive them into some type of action. Have there been studies on the effect of poo talk?
Poo talk could propagate itself.
Some might call it the new grassroots, but to me... it'll always be number two.
-rl
Often the expressions made on the stall doors and walls are nothing but simple rants, declarations of hate, statements of love or lust, or some other voicing of opinion. And nearly always these are done anonymously.
Anonymity lends people the freedom to speak more liberally, and not in the left/right sense, but rather in the sense that one may speak without barrier. That the only thing that cares about what you have to say is that wall that the thought is being written upon. Fuck the SigEps.
Indeed, fuck them.
GDI are gay.
Possibly.
These are things that most people would not normally have the audacity to say to an open audience, yet they write them for an open audience. Poo talk lends itself to being an expression of free opinion. It is difficult to figure out who wrote what, unless there is a distinct style of handwriting, thus the opinion may remain faceless. Yet the opinion is still there, sometimes like the largest trophy in a case, sometimes like a festering wound. And that opinion may be considered by other people, people who may opt to take the message seriously, with good humor, or consider it irrelevant.
Consider the strength of a pen unknown communicating a powerful message that could be subversive, heterodox or otherwise unacceptable. The idea may resonate with the next occupant of the stall.
Poo talk propagates itself.
Who knows who else may be impacted by the writing, whether or not it will or will not drive them into some type of action. Have there been studies on the effect of poo talk?
Poo talk could propagate itself.
Some might call it the new grassroots, but to me... it'll always be number two.
-rl
September 19, 2006
Just a friendly reminder:
When it comes around for voting in November, BlogginRyan wishes to remind you to vote NO on Ohio Issue 3.
What has been fronted as the "Ohio Learn and Earn" program is a farsical attempt to siphon money into funding college scholarships while legalizing slot machine gambling at horse tracks and two Cleveland locations. As the issue is written, the funding of the scholarship programs is by no means guaranteed and there are no safeguards to ensure the equitable distribution of scholarship monies to students who have been deemed "worthy" of receiving the monies. It's a disaster waiting to happen and another disaster is the last thing Ohio needs.
-rl
What has been fronted as the "Ohio Learn and Earn" program is a farsical attempt to siphon money into funding college scholarships while legalizing slot machine gambling at horse tracks and two Cleveland locations. As the issue is written, the funding of the scholarship programs is by no means guaranteed and there are no safeguards to ensure the equitable distribution of scholarship monies to students who have been deemed "worthy" of receiving the monies. It's a disaster waiting to happen and another disaster is the last thing Ohio needs.
-rl
Ah-mad-in-the-are you fucking nuts, George?
Junior Ohio Senator George Voinovich has this to say about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
"Ahmadinejad -- I call him Ahmad-in-a-head -- I think he's a Hitler type of person..."
(from Reuters )
Now, I am certainly no one to be called "allied" in any fashion with the regime in Tehran, however...
... when did our politicians stop being diplomats? Voinovich was one of the few Republicans I had any degree of respect for... but now. Ehh... not so much.
I like to call Ted Kennedy "Crashy McCrasherson" myself.
Bob Ney? Yeah, he's "Ohmagod Mapantzare Onfyre".
See? Is that diplomatic of me? Of course not.
Stupid politicians...
-rl.
"Ahmadinejad -- I call him Ahmad-in-a-head -- I think he's a Hitler type of person..."
(from Reuters )
Now, I am certainly no one to be called "allied" in any fashion with the regime in Tehran, however...
... when did our politicians stop being diplomats? Voinovich was one of the few Republicans I had any degree of respect for... but now. Ehh... not so much.
I like to call Ted Kennedy "Crashy McCrasherson" myself.
Bob Ney? Yeah, he's "Ohmagod Mapantzare Onfyre".
See? Is that diplomatic of me? Of course not.
Stupid politicians...
-rl.
Thai Coup
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been ousted in a military coup while away in New York City to attend the session of the United Nations' General Assembly. Originally slated to speak tomorrow, Wednesday, September 20, he is now expected to address the GA at some point today.
Thai Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, was the leader of the coup. Both houses of Parliament were dissolved and the Thai Constitution was suspended. Military leaders have claimed to act in support of the king of the monarchy, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and have also announced the intention to return the government to civilian control once the crisis that precipitated the coup had been resolved.
More once info on Shinawatra's address to the GA has occurred...
Thai Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, was the leader of the coup. Both houses of Parliament were dissolved and the Thai Constitution was suspended. Military leaders have claimed to act in support of the king of the monarchy, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and have also announced the intention to return the government to civilian control once the crisis that precipitated the coup had been resolved.
More once info on Shinawatra's address to the GA has occurred...
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