“Turn right in 2 miles. Do not disappoint me.”
“How grand it must be to have the luxury of not taking Exit 12. Turn around when possible, you bumbling idiot.”
“How extraordinarily like your father you are; he would have missed the turn-off too. Turn around and go back, you pathetic fool.”
“There will be no foolish lane-merging or silly u-turns in the next mile.”
(Source: wellblainelovesfootball, via thekingofcupssexpectsapicnic)
Classic me.
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This Is Important, You Should Know About It of the Day: Republican presidential nomination hopeful Michele Bachmann is the first candidate to sign the “pro-marriage” pledge of conservative Christian group The Family Leader.
According to the Des Moines Register, those who sign “The Marriage Vow” [pdf] agree “to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of ‘faithful constitutionalists’ as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.”
The vow also affirms the signee’s belief that homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.
Worse still is the vow’s shocking suggestion that children born into African-American families under slavery were better off than they are today because they were “more likely to be raised by [their] mother and father in a two-parent household.”
And, finally, for good measure, candidates who sign the pledge must also make a point of rejecting Sharia law.
A spokesman for Rep. Ron Paul has expressed reservations on behalf of the congressman, while Tim Pawlenty’s spokesman said the former Minnesota governor was reviewing the document. Most of the other candidates refused to comment on their plans; only Jon Huntsman has stated (through an aide) that he will not sign the pledge as he “never signs any pledges.” Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats — who was state chair of Mike Huckabee’s Republican presidential campaign in 2008 — said his organization will only support candidates who sign the pledge.
(NB: It should be noted that the controversial passage in the pledge that refers to the “protection” of women and children from “all forms of pornography” may not be a call for the outright banning of porn as some assert, but is certainly worth questioning.)
[dmr / tp / wonkette / mediaite / photo: politico.]
Related: Bachmann compared same-sex marriage to Pearl Harbor in 2004.
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This Is Important, You Should Know About It of the Day: Republican presidential nomination hopeful Michele Bachmann is the first candidate to sign the “pro-marriage” pledge of conservative Christian group The Family Leader.
According to the Des Moines Register, those who sign “The Marriage Vow” [pdf] agree “to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of ‘faithful constitutionalists’ as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.”
The vow also affirms the signee’s belief that homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.
Worse still is the vow’s shocking suggestion that children born into African-American families under slavery were better off than they are today because they were “more likely to be raised by [their] mother and father in a two-parent household.”
And, finally, for good measure, candidates who sign the pledge must also make a point of rejecting Sharia law.
A spokesman for Rep. Ron Paul has expressed reservations on behalf of the congressman, while Tim Pawlenty’s spokesman said the former Minnesota governor was reviewing the document. Most of the other candidates refused to comment on their plans; only Jon Huntsman has stated (through an aide) that he will not sign the pledge as he “never signs any pledges.” Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats — who was state chair of Mike Huckabee’s Republican presidential campaign in 2008 — said his organization will only support candidates who sign the pledge.
(NB: It should be noted that the controversial passage in the pledge that refers to the “protection” of women and children from “all forms of pornography” may not be a call for the outright banning of porn as some assert, but is certainly worth questioning.)
[dmr / tp / wonkette / mediaite / photo: politico.]
Related: Bachmann compared same-sex marriage to Pearl Harbor in 2004.
and so it begins…
I love when musicians I love talk to each other on twitter. But what does it mean???
On the last Cold Cave tour, a new friend gave me a mix cd and this is my return, though I wanted to share it with you too. Made with you in mind, Songs for the summer indoors against the exhaustion of traffic outside. Please share.
On The Way, To The Way, To The Way
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T.A.S.K.- Holy Coffee
Arthur Russell- ‘Instrumentals’ Volume 2
The Gun Club- My Dream
Incredible String Band- First Girl I Loved
Asylum Party- Julia
Martin Rev- Mari
Robert Bly- Monet’s Haystacks
The Go-Betweens- Karen
Clive Culbertson- Time To Kill
La Dusseldorf- White Overalls
Spike In Vain- Party In The Ground
The Charlatans- A Man Needs To Be Told
Robert Creeley- Ten Things To Do In Tokyo
Richard Brautigan- Boo, Forever
Vashti Bunyan- Pink Sugar Elephants
Love And Rockets- Earth, Sun, Moon
Billy Bragg- A New England
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Sufjan-directed "Get Real, Get Right" stop-action animation video
“Get Real, Get Right” is the only song from The Age of Adz that I didn’t immediately love. Perhaps it was the God guilt that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not seem to make jive with my world view. Or maybe it jived too much with the reality of my world view and not enough with the idealistic version of my world view, the view that I like to pretend is the reality. Who knows? Regardless, I’ve sense come around to its emotional intensity and I love it even more than some of the songs that I accepted without question. This video is charming and artful. A+
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Working day.
Dynamite Hack, “Boyz in the Hood.” Because I don’t think Ben Folds’ “Bitches Ain’t Shit” has a video.
