Nuclear Rays From My Halogen Haze

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Michael J. Nelson, why did you break my heart? July 30, 2009

Filed under: Celebrities,Comedy,Mystery Science Theater 3000,Politics,Television — prodigalsonnybono @ 4:58 pm

Okay, so this is a personal request, done late late late in the day.  But can I ask why one of my personal heroes is a right-wing fuck, and has been for years?

Well, let me say this, I read the National Review cover to cover.  Check in at Townhall.com every day.  Check the Washington Times daily.  Listen to Dennis Prager and Michael Medved on a regular basis.  Read Mark Steyn with regularity.  Read the Weekly Standard.  So, yes, I do vote Republican.  As the pundit Hugh Hewitt has observed, there are indeed two Americas: Serious America and Silly America.  The Democrats seem bent on turning this into Silly America, so I stick with those who wish this to remain Serious America.

 So, now that it’s six or so years since you said those flippant words, and Bush has proven to be the most wasteful, unconstitutional, and deceitful president we’ve ever had, can I get a retraction from the man whose comedy I love so dearly?  I can understand that as the writer and actor on an underdog show, Mike Nelson might have sympathy for Bush, a president whose lack of popularity surely puts him in the “cult following” category of presidents such as Fillmore or Taft.  But jeezuz, Nelson, your show is so much better than your politics.  Maybe your inability to see the continuity between Republican pro-rich policies and the current economic fiasco we’re in stems from watching all those plotless Coleman Francis movies?

The best thing I can say about Nelson is that because he never wore his politics on his sleeve, he was able to make me laugh, and poke fun at movies without revealing how truly enthused he was about some of their saccharine religious plot-points.  But jeezuz, your people destroyed our country.  I hope Joel Hodgson rips your heart out of your chest with his teeth and videotapes it, so he can make fun of it later.

 

Pearl Harbour vs. Pearl Harbor July 17, 2009

Filed under: Bands,Los Angeles,MySpace Pages,Performers,Punk,Shows,Songwriters — orangehairboy @ 3:53 pm

Piper and Sky, a couple of L.A. youngsters, have a cool band called Pearl Harbour that’s playing out a bunch!

And now I honestly can’t decide whether they are better, or whether I prefer Pearl Harbor and the Explosions.  I think they should play on the same stage.  That would be fucking radd.

I’ve never seen Pearl Harbour play, but they’d be hard pressed to dance more awesomely than Pearl Harbor in her prime.  Actually, I did see Pearl Harbor about ten years ago, and she’d morphed into something oddly retro and not nearly as cool as in her power pop days.  Still, she could dust off the leotards and do it again!

 

pro-life Dems remove a member from their advisory board for supporting contraception July 15, 2009

From Vindy.com, with a tip of the hat to Feministe for directing me there:

Upset by what is sees as U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan abandoning his pro-life position, Democrats For Life of America removed the congressman from its national advisory board.

“DFLA gave Congressman Ryan ample opportunities to prove he’s committed to protecting life, but he has turned his back on the community at every turn,” said Kristen Day, the Washington, D.C.-based pro-life organization’s executive director.

Ryan of Niles, D-17th, insists he’s still a strong pro-life advocate, but grew frustrated with Democrats For Life of America and other pro-life groups that refuse to accept contraceptives as an option to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

“We’re working in Congress with groups that agree with preventative options while [the DFLA] is getting left behind,” Ryan said. “I can’t figure out for the life of me how to stop pregnancies without contraception. Don’t be mad at me for wanting to solve the problem.”

So, let’s see… even a man who adamantly opposes abortion will get dinged by anti-choice cohorts for supporting birth control methods that prevent pregnancies in the first place.  What doesn’t seem right about this?  Oh, maybe it’s the fact that even Democrat groups who are pro-life seem more interested in controlling sexuality, and not about preventing pregnancies that in fact lead to the very thing they claim to be against.  Hypocricy among sexists is as rampant as it is stupid.

 

 
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