Friday, October 17, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Bear with me folks - I got a wild hair about a Feminazi...
(Originally Posted on Thursday, Oct 9, 2008, 08:22 PM)
So from what I can tell, it all started with this moronic and lame excuse for a "Feminist." No, I didn't read the whole thing, I grazed it. Why? Because I cannot stand having anti-Feminist, anti-American b.s. spewed at me, so when I can at all prevent such from occurring, you can bet I do.
From there, it grew to links, comments and generalized indignation here (where I originally found it) and here (which is where I chose to add the following comment:).
(Old Sign-In Name Here) Says: 8:19 pm
Ms. Fiano,
I am a Feminist. I am also a Conservative.That said, my mother (And grandmother. And, come to think of it, all my male relatives as well) taught me to earn my own as a person, with my gender having nothing to do with my capacity for success. My mother is, by the way, a “first wave Feminist.”It is my opinion that women such as Ms. Granju have been raised by “Steinem Feminists.” This means that she is operating under the delusion that she is owed preferential treatment and special rights because of her gender, and that men OWE her, and furthermore, a man should be punished if he refuses to give her what she {believes} he owes her.
I find Mr. Limbaugh’s reference to N.O.W. as “N.A.G.s” amusing. I’m not partial to taking personally the slanted, sexual remarks of my predominately male colleagues. I don’t think it is a negative reflection on my gender when a man cuts me off in traffic, holds a door open for me, flirts with me, or offers to pay for dinner on a date.
Ms. Granju, in my opinion, would sue Mr. Limbaugh, her male colleagues (for remarks and also for daring to make more money than her - the cheeky {bastards}!), and any other male-gendered person she felt oppressed her right to preferential treatment and favors, if only she could find a court in all the land that wouldn’t look at her like she was (obviously) off her rocker. A look that would, of course, serve only to perpetuate her grandiose self-image as a Breasted American to Whom All Others are Obligated and reinforce her self-righteousness.
The point of the Feminist Movement was supposed to be about giving American women a voice, a right to choose (please don’t simplify that remark to being about abortion, it is meant far more {universally} than that), and recognition for the choices and successes and accomplishments we achieve as individuals.You and I, and every woman of our generation, benefit directly from the Feminist Movement and the “first wave Feminists.” Even Evil Steinem the Harpy for showing how it ISN’T done. They paved the way for us, even if the pavement is still rocky and a bit off course occasionally. And our obligation to them is this: be successful at whatever you choose to do; don’t blame men (or other women, for that matter) for your failures or your achievements; and educate these self-loathing, self-righteous, delusional failures of Feminism.
Thank you ever so much for holding Ms. Grandju accountable for her failure as a Feminist. Let’s hope that someday, she understands that Governor Palin, and so many other American women, are true Feminists. We get it, you see. No one OWES us anything - we have the right to earn it ourselves.
So from what I can tell, it all started with this moronic and lame excuse for a "Feminist." No, I didn't read the whole thing, I grazed it. Why? Because I cannot stand having anti-Feminist, anti-American b.s. spewed at me, so when I can at all prevent such from occurring, you can bet I do.
From there, it grew to links, comments and generalized indignation here (where I originally found it) and here (which is where I chose to add the following comment:).
(Old Sign-In Name Here) Says: 8:19 pm
Ms. Fiano,
I am a Feminist. I am also a Conservative.That said, my mother (And grandmother. And, come to think of it, all my male relatives as well) taught me to earn my own as a person, with my gender having nothing to do with my capacity for success. My mother is, by the way, a “first wave Feminist.”It is my opinion that women such as Ms. Granju have been raised by “Steinem Feminists.” This means that she is operating under the delusion that she is owed preferential treatment and special rights because of her gender, and that men OWE her, and furthermore, a man should be punished if he refuses to give her what she {believes} he owes her.
I find Mr. Limbaugh’s reference to N.O.W. as “N.A.G.s” amusing. I’m not partial to taking personally the slanted, sexual remarks of my predominately male colleagues. I don’t think it is a negative reflection on my gender when a man cuts me off in traffic, holds a door open for me, flirts with me, or offers to pay for dinner on a date.
Ms. Granju, in my opinion, would sue Mr. Limbaugh, her male colleagues (for remarks and also for daring to make more money than her - the cheeky {bastards}!), and any other male-gendered person she felt oppressed her right to preferential treatment and favors, if only she could find a court in all the land that wouldn’t look at her like she was (obviously) off her rocker. A look that would, of course, serve only to perpetuate her grandiose self-image as a Breasted American to Whom All Others are Obligated and reinforce her self-righteousness.
The point of the Feminist Movement was supposed to be about giving American women a voice, a right to choose (please don’t simplify that remark to being about abortion, it is meant far more {universally} than that), and recognition for the choices and successes and accomplishments we achieve as individuals.You and I, and every woman of our generation, benefit directly from the Feminist Movement and the “first wave Feminists.” Even Evil Steinem the Harpy for showing how it ISN’T done. They paved the way for us, even if the pavement is still rocky and a bit off course occasionally. And our obligation to them is this: be successful at whatever you choose to do; don’t blame men (or other women, for that matter) for your failures or your achievements; and educate these self-loathing, self-righteous, delusional failures of Feminism.
Thank you ever so much for holding Ms. Grandju accountable for her failure as a Feminist. Let’s hope that someday, she understands that Governor Palin, and so many other American women, are true Feminists. We get it, you see. No one OWES us anything - we have the right to earn it ourselves.
I am such a dork.
(Originally Posted on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008, 11:05 PM)
Twice - not once, not NOT - but TWICE this evening, I used the word "moral" when I meant "morale." For all the grief I give people regarding spelling, grammar and other arguably important methods of creating and maintaining a critical piece (sorry, but misspellings lead me to believe you're too lazy to at least use F7. F7! It isn't hard, folks! Word document transfer, F7, good to go....), I overlooked this one little "e."
Sure, I can reassure myself that technically, in both situations, I could be discussing "moral" just as I was actually discussing "morale." But the bottom line is, I didn't use the correct word, and furthermore, my F7 wouldn't have helped me anyway.
So for the two of you who were subjected to my almost-Biden-like gaffe, I offer my sincerest apologies. And also my solemn promise that I ran THIS post through F7, just to be safe. And I proofread. Twice. So any screwups at this point? I blame totally on my liberal elementary education.
Twice - not once, not NOT - but TWICE this evening, I used the word "moral" when I meant "morale." For all the grief I give people regarding spelling, grammar and other arguably important methods of creating and maintaining a critical piece (sorry, but misspellings lead me to believe you're too lazy to at least use F7. F7! It isn't hard, folks! Word document transfer, F7, good to go....), I overlooked this one little "e."
Sure, I can reassure myself that technically, in both situations, I could be discussing "moral" just as I was actually discussing "morale." But the bottom line is, I didn't use the correct word, and furthermore, my F7 wouldn't have helped me anyway.
So for the two of you who were subjected to my almost-Biden-like gaffe, I offer my sincerest apologies. And also my solemn promise that I ran THIS post through F7, just to be safe. And I proofread. Twice. So any screwups at this point? I blame totally on my liberal elementary education.
Down with Greenpeace hypocrisy!
(Originally Posted on Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 06:30 PM)
For my one lone reader (Hi Mom!), sorry for skipping last weekend. I think I was on political - and personal - overload. Just couldn't make anything I wrote sound cohesive. I was definitely blathering.
So I found this article, originally courtesy of Lucianne.com. But since I couldn't comment on either site, by golly, I'll comment right here!
So, first. WTF, Obamaniacs are hitting up our beloved spectators?? Back off, you Acorn freaks!! Of course, now that I've written that, undoubtedly the Republicans has some folks there too (which let me tell you, it takes some serious guts to be conservative in this state). But that (surprise!!) didn't get reported by the MSM, so I'm limiting my opinion to the "facts" at hand.
Second, while I'm... pleased... that Ms. Bryan (Ms. Montoya? Ms. Montoya Bryan? Pick a name already, sheesh.) states that the Greenpeace balloon was "Across town", I do not feel she clearly stated, for the record, that Greenpeace was not flying as an official participant of the Fiesta. To be clear, the reason they weren't an official participant is because they failed to file their application before the deadline, which you can read about for yourself here. Short and succinct, like a good news article should be. Of course, Greenpeace didn't like that, and hit up ACLU, King Bill, and Jester Marty. The last of those, of course, was a terrible waste of time, as the King's good Jester is fervently attempting to push Fiesta out of Albuquerque despite the incredible revenue it generates. But that's a rant for another time.
Anyway, so Greenpeace's "earth" balloon has a slogan (and reportedly, a name of the same) of "Stop Global Warming, Save the Climate".... so... a little lesson in hot air balloons:
According to Wikipedia.com (don't knock my source, I'm feeling lazy, and I have enough ballooning experience of my own to know this is correct), the envelope is made of Nylon, which is a "generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides and first produced on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont. Nylon is one of the most commonly used polymers." (All links in that quote courtesy of the article on Wikipedia regarding Nylon itself, which you can read here.) That's right, Greenpeace. Your flying environmental message was born of the sweat and tears of an evil (and apparently mentally unstable, which should sound familiar to you) scientist and mass-produced by evil corporate businessmen. And probably also produced in Chinese sweat shops.
The basket is made of wicker, which again according to Wikipedia, is "made of material of plant origin, but nowadays plastic fibers are also used", which means it (1) is originating from some poor helpless rainforest tree, murdered for its beauty and/or (2) is reinforced with more Evil Scientist product that I'm willing to bet renders the whole thing not biodegradable.
And for my final kick to the Greenpeace shin, I present exhibit C - Wikipedia's entire definition of a hot air balloon's construction: "A hot air balloon for manned flight uses a single-layered, fabric gas bag (lifting "envelope"), with an opening at the bottom called the mouth or throat. Attached to the envelope is a basket, or gondola, for carrying the passengers. Mounted above the basket and centered in the mouth is the "burner" which injects a flame into the envelope, heating the air within. The heater or burner is fueled by propane, a liquefied gas {insert: "LPG is usually derived from fossil fuel sources, being manufactured during the refining of crude oil, or extracted from oil or gas streams as they emerge from the ground."} stored in pressure vessels, similar to high pressure forklift cylinders." Yup. Propane. Propane = liquefied gas. Liquefied gas = fossil fuel. Fossil fuel = not Greenpeace approved.
Everybody now: "SAVE THE CLIMATE!!" **hit the burner**
I'm sure, quite sure, that hot air balloons will never lead to the demise of our environment as we know it. Heck, I doubt they even make an accountable hit on it (disclaimer: personal opinion, not to be construed as learned fact). Actually, a friend is in the process of educating me on fossil fuel and all that good stuff, for which he deserves this mention, as teaching me about anything I haven't read about for myself requires monumental patience and personal restraint. But my point is simply that I think Greenpeace could choose another, more environmentally correct, method of regurgitating their climate concerned message.
For my one lone reader (Hi Mom!), sorry for skipping last weekend. I think I was on political - and personal - overload. Just couldn't make anything I wrote sound cohesive. I was definitely blathering.
So I found this article, originally courtesy of Lucianne.com. But since I couldn't comment on either site, by golly, I'll comment right here!
So, first. WTF, Obamaniacs are hitting up our beloved spectators?? Back off, you Acorn freaks!! Of course, now that I've written that, undoubtedly the Republicans has some folks there too (which let me tell you, it takes some serious guts to be conservative in this state). But that (surprise!!) didn't get reported by the MSM, so I'm limiting my opinion to the "facts" at hand.
Second, while I'm... pleased... that Ms. Bryan (Ms. Montoya? Ms. Montoya Bryan? Pick a name already, sheesh.) states that the Greenpeace balloon was "Across town", I do not feel she clearly stated, for the record, that Greenpeace was not flying as an official participant of the Fiesta. To be clear, the reason they weren't an official participant is because they failed to file their application before the deadline, which you can read about for yourself here. Short and succinct, like a good news article should be. Of course, Greenpeace didn't like that, and hit up ACLU, King Bill, and Jester Marty. The last of those, of course, was a terrible waste of time, as the King's good Jester is fervently attempting to push Fiesta out of Albuquerque despite the incredible revenue it generates. But that's a rant for another time.
Anyway, so Greenpeace's "earth" balloon has a slogan (and reportedly, a name of the same) of "Stop Global Warming, Save the Climate".... so... a little lesson in hot air balloons:
According to Wikipedia.com (don't knock my source, I'm feeling lazy, and I have enough ballooning experience of my own to know this is correct), the envelope is made of Nylon, which is a "generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides and first produced on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont. Nylon is one of the most commonly used polymers." (All links in that quote courtesy of the article on Wikipedia regarding Nylon itself, which you can read here.) That's right, Greenpeace. Your flying environmental message was born of the sweat and tears of an evil (and apparently mentally unstable, which should sound familiar to you) scientist and mass-produced by evil corporate businessmen. And probably also produced in Chinese sweat shops.
The basket is made of wicker, which again according to Wikipedia, is "made of material of plant origin, but nowadays plastic fibers are also used", which means it (1) is originating from some poor helpless rainforest tree, murdered for its beauty and/or (2) is reinforced with more Evil Scientist product that I'm willing to bet renders the whole thing not biodegradable.
And for my final kick to the Greenpeace shin, I present exhibit C - Wikipedia's entire definition of a hot air balloon's construction: "A hot air balloon for manned flight uses a single-layered, fabric gas bag (lifting "envelope"), with an opening at the bottom called the mouth or throat. Attached to the envelope is a basket, or gondola, for carrying the passengers. Mounted above the basket and centered in the mouth is the "burner" which injects a flame into the envelope, heating the air within. The heater or burner is fueled by propane, a liquefied gas {insert: "LPG is usually derived from fossil fuel sources, being manufactured during the refining of crude oil, or extracted from oil or gas streams as they emerge from the ground."} stored in pressure vessels, similar to high pressure forklift cylinders." Yup. Propane. Propane = liquefied gas. Liquefied gas = fossil fuel. Fossil fuel = not Greenpeace approved.
Everybody now: "SAVE THE CLIMATE!!" **hit the burner**
I'm sure, quite sure, that hot air balloons will never lead to the demise of our environment as we know it. Heck, I doubt they even make an accountable hit on it (disclaimer: personal opinion, not to be construed as learned fact). Actually, a friend is in the process of educating me on fossil fuel and all that good stuff, for which he deserves this mention, as teaching me about anything I haven't read about for myself requires monumental patience and personal restraint. But my point is simply that I think Greenpeace could choose another, more environmentally correct, method of regurgitating their climate concerned message.
Equal Pay and other fun reading...
(Originally Posted on Sunday, Sep 21, 2008, 05:12 PM)
My favorite articles today:
Lilly Ledbetter and that darn "equal pay" issue...
One of the comments on the above article led me to another that I'd been trying to find again, which you can read here. I'll attempt to verify this information for myself, of course, but in the meanwhile, I will giggle myself into Conservative rapture (is that an oxymoron?) over these particular passages:
"Obama's commitment to federally mandated pay equity stretches from the Rockies to Wall Street and beyond. And yet it seems to have eluded his Senate office. Compensation figures for his legislative staff reveal that Obama pays women just 83 cents for every dollar his men make."
"On average ... women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Obama's office and going to work for John McCain."
"Among Obama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women."
"Among {McCain's} top-five best-compensated staffers, three are women. Of his 20-highest-salaried employees, 13 are women. The Republican presidential nominee relies on women -- much more than men -- for advice at the highest, and thus, best-paid levels."
Robin Williams was on David Letterman - goof on goof. Sorry, Robin, not nearly as funny as SNL's Palin/Clinton parody last weekend. Since the threat of BO & whats-his-name isn't funny either, perhaps you should get a job advising him. It won't improve his humor, but it probably pays better than your stints in rehab.
While I am not as offended by these two videos as some other right-leaners & -wingers, I am deeply insulted by the last item on this article ("NAUGHTY..."). What bothers me about the actions of these unnamed folks is the questionable legality of using another person's name when making a donation to a cause that is strife with emotional and political land mines. Seriously, Libs, this isn't like the $20 you sent to the Cancer Society in lieu of sending flowers to Dave Matthews when his father passed away. Furthermore, I find it hypocritical at best to make such a suggestion anonymously - what, you can't admit how delightfully underhanded and liberally immoral you are?? Cowardly.
And one last one, although I'm not linking to it because her opinion is such fluff, I probably couldn't get the link to stick to the webpage:
Pamela, darling, sweetie, I know it must be hard carrying those melons around. I know it sucks that PETA wants you to get rid of your total-ly awesome-ly cool-ly snuggle-ly Uggs made of sheep skin and fur, which is like, total-ly unfair. I know, shh, shh, its okay, no one does amoral better than you, really. But since you "can't stand" Sarah Palin and believe she can "suck it", I kindly suggest you remain up there in Toronto until after the election. I'm just looking out for you, Pammie, I don't want you to suffer the media frenzy. Oh wait - you can't escape it even in other countries, can you? That mean media, torturing you like this! They really suck it, huh?
My favorite articles today:
Lilly Ledbetter and that darn "equal pay" issue...
One of the comments on the above article led me to another that I'd been trying to find again, which you can read here. I'll attempt to verify this information for myself, of course, but in the meanwhile, I will giggle myself into Conservative rapture (is that an oxymoron?) over these particular passages:
"Obama's commitment to federally mandated pay equity stretches from the Rockies to Wall Street and beyond. And yet it seems to have eluded his Senate office. Compensation figures for his legislative staff reveal that Obama pays women just 83 cents for every dollar his men make."
"On average ... women in John McCain's office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart -- while adding $10,726 to her annual income -- by leaving Barack Obama's office and going to work for John McCain."
"Among Obama's five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women."
"Among {McCain's} top-five best-compensated staffers, three are women. Of his 20-highest-salaried employees, 13 are women. The Republican presidential nominee relies on women -- much more than men -- for advice at the highest, and thus, best-paid levels."
Robin Williams was on David Letterman - goof on goof. Sorry, Robin, not nearly as funny as SNL's Palin/Clinton parody last weekend. Since the threat of BO & whats-his-name isn't funny either, perhaps you should get a job advising him. It won't improve his humor, but it probably pays better than your stints in rehab.
While I am not as offended by these two videos as some other right-leaners & -wingers, I am deeply insulted by the last item on this article ("NAUGHTY..."). What bothers me about the actions of these unnamed folks is the questionable legality of using another person's name when making a donation to a cause that is strife with emotional and political land mines. Seriously, Libs, this isn't like the $20 you sent to the Cancer Society in lieu of sending flowers to Dave Matthews when his father passed away. Furthermore, I find it hypocritical at best to make such a suggestion anonymously - what, you can't admit how delightfully underhanded and liberally immoral you are?? Cowardly.
And one last one, although I'm not linking to it because her opinion is such fluff, I probably couldn't get the link to stick to the webpage:
Pamela, darling, sweetie, I know it must be hard carrying those melons around. I know it sucks that PETA wants you to get rid of your total-ly awesome-ly cool-ly snuggle-ly Uggs made of sheep skin and fur, which is like, total-ly unfair. I know, shh, shh, its okay, no one does amoral better than you, really. But since you "can't stand" Sarah Palin and believe she can "suck it", I kindly suggest you remain up there in Toronto until after the election. I'm just looking out for you, Pammie, I don't want you to suffer the media frenzy. Oh wait - you can't escape it even in other countries, can you? That mean media, torturing you like this! They really suck it, huh?
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