Tuesday, March 27, 2007
As you may have noticed, I've been mostly silent about that war over in Iraq—you know, the one which has now dragged on longer than our own Civil War.
I think it's been misguided, horribly executed, and that the "War on Terror" is a transparent cover to hide obviously predatory oil/economic interests. And it has turned the entire fucking world against us and will bite us hard on the ass in the long run. Duh!
But it took four years until I ran across a statement so fucking stupid that it made me angry.
This was originally printed in the Christian Science Monitor and made its way onto Yahoo! News:
Few Americans share Iraq war's sacrifices
Five years after President Bush declared war on Islamic extremism, the military has lost 3,599 troops and spent $503 billion in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet unlike past wars, even unpopular ones, most Americans have contributed little directly.
Every time someone says "the government spent" or "the military spent," a righteous populist neuron in my brain feels compelled to scream, THE GOVERNMENT NEVER SPENT A FUCKING PENNY ON ANYTHING! THE GOVERNMENT EXTORTS MONEY FROM CITIZENS, TAKES A CUT FOR ITSELF, AND THEN REDISTRIBUTES THE MONEY.
At this point, "most Americans" have been FORCED to pay nearly TWO THOUSAND BUCKS EACH for that counterproductive bloodbath. I could REALLY USE that two thousand bucks right now. And fuck knows what quotient of that two grand goes to bankers' interest and the government payroll.
Hey, Uncle Sam—I realize you have the guns pointed at our heads as well as at the Iraqis, and if we don't give you our lunch money you'll throw us in jail, but can you at least, for once, ADMIT it?
Posted by jg @ 08:02 AM PST []
Thursday, March 8, 2007
It's an established scientific fact, as well as a matter of the public record and the resounding consensus of popular opinion, that I possess a suspiciously Jewish-looking nose.
I bear other physical attributes unique to the Twelve Tribes such as kinky, unmanageable hair and a look in my eyes that screams of self-pity.
One of the Handy Facts I've always been able to pull out of my sleeve when accused of being a white supremacist is that I don't consider white Europeans to be the Master Race. I think the Chinks and Jews are neck-and-neck as far as smarts go, but I ultimately bequeath the laurel upon the Jews merely because they're funnier. So, my flimsy logic goes, I can't be a racist because I don't consider my people to be better than everyone else.
But what if, in reality, I'm an abandoned Jewish orphan who was left on the cement front steps of a broodingly unhappy Irish-Catholic family on the red-brick outskirts of Philly? At this point in my life, I'm not ruling out anything.
I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too. And I think that, by and large, Arabs smell funny.
So maybe I'm a Jewish Supremacist based solely on the fact that I am, indeed, a Jew, and my genetics steer me inexorably toward favoring my own seed.
Is there a DNA test I can take? And that opens a much broader (and potentially troublesome) topic—is being Jewish more a matter of genetics or religious faith?
How do you all feel about this? Would you treat me differently if you knew I was Jewish, and if yes, how so?
Posted by jg @ 10:14 AM PST []
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
In a Democratic presidential-candidate field where the front-runners are apparently receiving sympathy juice for being members of "oppressed" groups (Barack Obama is part Negro, and Hillary Clinton is a cunt), the highly photogenic and, well, let's face facts, very sexually attractive Senator John Edwards may receive a boost in the polls merely because conservative columnist Ann Coulter recently called him a "faggot."
Last Friday, Coulter told an audience of very clean and well-groomed conservatives:
I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I—so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards.
Edwards responded thusly:
Ann Coulter's use of an anti-gay slur yesterday was un-American and indefensible. In America, we strive for equality and embrace diversity. The kind of hateful language she used has no place in political debate or our society at large.
Nowhere in his statement did Edwards deny being a faggot. He has also reportedly experienced a boost in campaign contributions merely because people feel bad about the dirty name he was called.
Coulter defended her comments on a cable talk show:
Faggot isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays...It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss,' and unless you're telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person.
Coulter was later overheard saying that the word "nigger" has nothing to do with blacks.
What I want to know, and what no one has addressed, is whether or not Mr. Edwards is indeed a faggot. I believe he is. Look at his wife:
Can we all say, "beard"? There's NO WAY a woman who looks like that belongs with such a powerful and handsome man.