They’ll play football in their nighties, but they absolutely refuse to do it in a nudist resort. Yeah, sure. We might be freaks parading around in underwear but at least we’re not nudists, goddammit! Hey, you’ve got to draw the line somewhere!
“Knowing stuff” is for sissies. This time it’s North Dakota instead of some southern state that’s out to ban books that might be “controversial.” The controversial book in this case? The 1994 best-selling book, “Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil.” None of school board members who voted to ban this book had actually read it, of course. We don’t know if these people even know HOW to read. And I presume that anyone in that school district is forbidden to see the movie as well.
Banning Books Still in Fashion.
So, a guy owns a fishing shop in Florida. On the side of his building, he has an artist paint a mural of fish. The city says the mural is a sign advertising his business and that, since he didn’t get a permit for it, he’s in violation of the law. The guy says it’s art, not a sign and he doesn’t need a permit for art. The city levies a daily fine.
This is the part I like. Pissed at the city but not wanting to pay the daily fine, the guy covers the mural–with a banner that has the First Amendment on it.
Balls in your court, City of Clearwater. Go ahead, say that the First Amendment is illegal. This’ll be great to watch.
Yes, it’s darling of the right “Joe The Plumber” (whose name is NOT Joe and who is not a plumber) ..now he’s Joe the War Corresponded for an online right wing zine. He wants to ban the media from the war. Well, not himself of course! He just wants to ban anyone who might be objective or something less than a full-throated cheerleader. See for yourself….
‘Joe the Plumber’ says journalists should be ‘abolished’ from war coverage
“I’ll be honest with you: I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. (sic) I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what’s happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it’s asinine.”
I know people say that suicide is the “coward’s way out, but come on, people, put yourself in this poor bastard’s place. Imagine being forced to live on only nine or ten billion dollars. You call that living?? What could he do but jump in front of a train?
http://gawker.com/5124449/ruined-after-betting-on-volkswagen-stock-german-billionaire-commits-suicide
