Backlash in 3, 2, 1
Posted by Wyoh | Filed under Hip Waders Required
I BURN to know the reasoning behind this entire Colbert stunt, because a stunt it most definitely was. Did they honestly think conservatives wouldn’t recognize a mocking when it was so blatantly rubbed in their faces? What are your opinions, my friends?
Whither Reason?
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required, Liberating Liberty
Why is it so quiet around here? Because the world is too frigging depressing, thankyewverymuch. I’ve come to the conclusion that there is absolutely no way to talk to people who can seriously hold an opinion like this: jeff Joke-oby, you are a racist buffoon. You and your sick rich cohorts run our economy into [...]
Tags: fiscal irresponsibility, hype-no-tized, pre-coffee rant
Reverse-Adoption
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required, Social Un-Services
Well, this is baffling: Nebraska’s new safe-haven law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19. I really don’t know what to think of this. On the one hand, yes, giving the [...]
Tags: moral confusion, social responsibility
Pay to Play
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required
I can’t recall when I first learned of the Code of Hammurabi, though I almost certainly read it in a book*, as hoovering up the printed word has ever been a large part of my days. It was a long time ago though, possibly as early as the pre-teenaged years (ok, not THAT long a [...]
Tags: keep to the Code, social responsibility
Dear Sports Illustrated:
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required
Re: Racism at the Olympic games (ref. see Machine-Men, paras. 5-6) Sirs, In Tim Leyden’s article of August 15, 2008, titled “Track and field preview,” the author refers to the three top runners in the field as “studs,” to wit: Here’s another take: All of three of the studs — Tyson Gay of the United [...]
Tags: bizarro world, I just wanted to be first!
Conversations, Part Deux
Posted by Hazel Stone | Filed under Hip Waders Required
Snippets from a conversation I had this morning with MC… “Honestly, I think the green movement is going to damage us in ways we won’t be able to comprehend fully until we’re 60 years on the other side of it.” And: “The ecomommies…let’s just say I very much look forward to the day when I [...]
