deanb Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) http://nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=15 NRA has a list of organisations and people who have promoted or donated to causes that are anti-gun. (Via Sir Patrick Stewart) As one article has noted, you'd surely want a list of supporters that long, not opponents? Edited February 1, 2013 by Deanb gun not fun. opponents. I'm derp day today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Do you mean opponents? I like that they list Seinfeld as an Actor rather than Comedian or Actor/Comedian, though there's probably nothing to it. Maybe it's a hit-list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I think at this point the NRA has gotten so wrapped up in their own delusions that they fail to even understand how someone could see their name on that list and not be shamed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 It's hard to be optimistic when it comes to the too-big-to-fail bankers in this country, but I have to say, Warren is at least trying to hold their feet to the fire. The big whining reaction that the spectacle got from that community the next day was pretty satisfying, I must say. Also, among the bitching, there still wasn't a single valid response to her question. For someone whose election was big news, she seems like someone who doesn't want to let that momentum slow. I hope it doesn't. I wish my buddies and I got to police each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 75 prominent Republicans have signed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8 (the California gay marriage ban) and DOMA (the federal law barring the federal government from recognizing gay marriages). The most surprising name to me is Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Ah, politicians... you never know what most of them really think and believe (Especially with the Republicans). With that said, its time to end this Prop 8 and DOMA debate, and hopefully this will indeed help end it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 I don't know why I feel like they're getting something sleazy out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 75 prominent Republicans have signed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8 (the California gay marriage ban) and DOMA (the federal law barring the federal government from recognizing gay marriages). The most surprising name to me is Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor. Hunstman has always been that kinda "kooky" Republican who doesn't seem to adhere to any perceived party memes. And just kinda kooky in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I feel a little guilty about being so amused by it (and I admit I have only seen clips and write-ups), but every clip I've seen from CPAC is what I imagine being the political equivalent of bell bottoms in 15 years. Between Jindal doing his best Dangerfield, Palin's evolution from a clown to a prop comic, Rove's catfighting with her, Rubio's insistence that you can indeed deliver new speeches with the same exact tired & defeated rhetoric, Rand's winning of the straw poll, LaPierre's delusional rant (some of the same-old, only now sprinkled with undertones of his own victimization at the hands of the press... and public, and politicians, and the internet... pretty much everyone), the refusal to let GOProud have any real representation (despite their being donators), Ted Cruz... just being Ted Cruz. Barnum & Bailey were the only two missing. Fucking Jeb Bush actually seemed like the voice of reason in that bunch, which is just.... It's weird watching the party struggle between trying to facelift itself superficially for the purpose of winning back the people they've willfully alienated in the past, and trying to move even farther right in hopes of winning on their terms. I guess when it comes to the Southern Strategy though, you have to pay the piper at some point, and this kind of thing was inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Don't forget the white supremacist who got in and said out loud that slavery was a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/03/15/how-not-to-sound-racist-the-most-awkward-cpac-panel-ever/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's really hard for me to not sound racist because my friends and I are in the age where between just us we call each other names like "spick/wetback, nigger, jew" as non-racist terms. More like "you cheap fuck" or "you asshole" So when I go to my friend's house and he has a black friend there and I accidentally slip the word, I usually follow it up by making it clear I'm hispanic and calling myself a spick. "No no you don't understand I'm hispanic so it's ok if I say racist words in a negative tone that has nothing to do with race" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 It's really hard for me to not sound racist because my friends and I are in the age where between just us we call each other names like "spick/wetback, nigger, jew" as non-racist terms. More like "you cheap fuck" or "you asshole" That's not an age thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Waldorf and Statler are fucking ageist. I thought I'd seen everything. DO HO HO HO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Old people DO tend to be racist. Why not ageist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I saw a bumper sticker today that said "Guns don't kill people, abortion clinics do." I wish I could believe it was intended ironically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 This political "pass the baton" thing is getting ridiculous nowadays with video games and guns. Difference is that as far as I know video games don't have nearly as many lobbyists as the NRA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm from a culture that call white people "white ghost" on a casual basis. You can guess for black people. Racial slurs and other terms doesn't mean much to me. It has gotten me in trouble before... you folks and racism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 White ghost actually sounds kind of badass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I had this plan to get my asian friend, jewish friend, that one black roommate of my best friend and myself as racially insensitive halloween costumes. My asian friend needs to go in a plate armor and call himself Armor Chink. My Jewish friend would go dressed as an orange and call himself Orange Jews. The Black guy needs to go with a black sheet with two holes and call himself a Spooky Ghost. And me I would go in a Mr Clean/Janitor outfit and call myself Spick and Span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm from a culture that call white people "white ghost" on a casual basis. You can guess for black people. Racial slurs and other terms doesn't mean much to me. It has gotten me in trouble before... you folks and racism. Are you a Cantonese-type? Have we talked about this, before? Do you speak Cantonese? A note on casual racism: some people can take it, others can't. Stuff like Wally is describing is good for Wally, but sometimes it can get overwhelming, particularly when you're in an area isolated from others like you, and see no other people of your particular... strain. It may be entirely psychological (I would argue it certainly is not), but I think it fair to say that racism is absolutely still around, and that casual and humorous racism (as one sees, for example, in shows such as 30 Rock, The Office, Girls... most TV comedies, really) can tend to institutionalize and, to an extent, reify the notion that we live in a post-race society, and that xenophobic japes are broadly 'okay', which they are not. My college experience was fraught with racial tension and strife, on a personal plane, and I have had innumerable experiences where I have encountered physical abuse due to the color of my skin; I do not mean to suggest others in this thread haven't, and I think it reasonable to draw some sort of causal thread between more overtly oppressive abuse and lighthearted, though much more pervasive jesting in small groups. I only mean to suggest that we should be careful when using race-based humor, no matter what the context. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yeah our sense of humor, at least in this comfortable of a state, really limits who can become really good friends with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm from a culture that call white people "white ghost" on a casual basis. You can guess for black people. Racial slurs and other terms doesn't mean much to me. It has gotten me in trouble before... you folks and racism. Are you a Cantonese-type? Have we talked about this, before? Do you speak Cantonese? Yeah, we talked about it before and yes I am Cantonese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm from a culture that call white people "white ghost" on a casual basis. You can guess for black people. Racial slurs and other terms doesn't mean much to me. It has gotten me in trouble before... you folks and racism. Are you a Cantonese-type? Have we talked about this, before? Do you speak Cantonese? A note on casual racism: some people can take it, others can't. Stuff like Wally is describing is good for Wally, but sometimes it can get overwhelming, particularly when you're in an area isolated from others like you, and see no other people of your particular... strain. It may be entirely psychological (I would argue it certainly is not), but I think it fair to say that racism is absolutely still around, and that casual and humorous racism (as one sees, for example, in shows such as 30 Rock, The Office, Girls... most TV comedies, really) can tend to institutionalize and, to an extent, reify the notion that we live in a post-race society, and that xenophobic japes are broadly 'okay', which they are not. My college experience was fraught with racial tension and strife, on a personal plane, and I have had innumerable experiences where I have encountered physical abuse due to the color of my skin; I do not mean to suggest others in this thread haven't, and I think it reasonable to draw some sort of causal thread between more overtly oppressive abuse and lighthearted, though much more pervasive jesting in small groups. I only mean to suggest that we should be careful when using race-based humor, no matter what the context. My wife studied psychology in university, and something they talked about in one of her classes is the fact that racism (actual racism, not just racial insensitivity) is actually increasing again for the first time in decades, especially among young people, and the leading hypothesis is that because everyone acts like racism is a thing of the past and doesn't exist anymore people aren't conscious about it so they don't actively teach their kids not to be racist like they would have in the past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pirate Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/us/explosions-reported-at-site-of-boston-marathon.html?_r=0 Boston marathons believed to have been attacked--two bombs exploded, one was found and disarmed by police. Still unsure if this was results of terrorism or what... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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