moments where you're convinced there is no hope for humanity

[bigchiefbc]

Every day, when I go and read the fantastic

http://www.theagitator.com

and read about the shit that the police/justice dept/dea/whatever gets away with, and people never speak about it

[Christopher]

[Mudfuzz]

[devnulljp]

Ted Nugent's got a new album out then?

[McSpunckle]

I was at a local music store a while back, and there was this old hippie couple (not the good kind) there playing these awful song in the acoustic section.

They began to explore other sections of the store, and only made it across half the store before running into the pedals. And I quote "Oh, now we're getting in to foot pedals and stuff -pfft hand motion-." Wouldn't even pass them! The drums were over there!

Also, calling pedals "foot pedals" bugs me a lot.

[warwick.hoy]

I was at a local music store a while back, and there was this old hippie couple (not the good kind) there playing these awful song in the acoustic section.

They began to explore other sections of the store, and only made it across half the store before running into the pedals. And I quote "Oh, now we're getting in to foot pedals and stuff -pfft hand motion-." Wouldn't even pass them! The drums were over there!

Also, calling pedals "foot pedals" bugs me a lot.

There's a good kind?

Today at 8:30 am some pharmaceutical rep called the cafe for a $650 catering order to be delivered at 11:00 am,....the same day. Two things,....THANKS FOR THE NOTICE ASSHOLE,...and now you know why your medication is so expensive. Then he stiffed me on the tip. I was only five minutes late after busting my ass on his order. I don't expect a tip,...but maybe next time I'll not work so hard on his order and be half an hour late.

[Eric!]

[culturejam]

I'm at loss to explain why THE FUCK anybody outside of lower Manhattan gives two shits where a mosque is built in that general vicinity.

I'm no great champion of Islam or anything, but I really can't figure out why so many hard-core conservatives are hell bent on interfering with the operations of the free market in NYC real estate. It's a fucking private transaction in which lots of profit is made. You'd think conservatives would get a boner over the raw capitalism of the situation.

Oh, and Darfur. That shit makes me lose hope in humanity.

[ohsojayadeva]

I'm no great champion of Islam or anything, but I really can't figure out why so many hard-core conservatives are hell bent on interfering with the operations of the free market in NYC real estate. It's a fucking private transaction in which lots of profit is made. You'd think conservatives would get a boner over the raw capitalism of the situation.

The explanation is actually pretty easy:

We believe in Freedom of Religion... as long as it's our religion!!!

Incidentally this wave of Anti-Islam in America really makes me . Equating all Muslims with terrorists is like judging all Christians based on the actions of the KKK. It makes absolutely no rational sense.

[modernage]

Incidentally this wave of Anti-Islam in America really makes me . Equating all Muslims with terrorists is like judging all Christians based on the actions of the KKK. It makes absolutely no rational sense.

Agreed! + 1000

[culturejam]

Incidentally this wave of Anti-Islam in America really makes me

Here's what really chaps my ass about this whole (non) issue:

If the proposed mosque is "too close" to the WTC site, then somebody is going to have to man-up and draw out the boundaries for the area in which mosques are prohibited. So far, I've not seen anyone do this. It is clear that the people who are really bent out of shape in opposition to the mosque don't have the courage to match their convictions.

If I were the financier behind the mosque, I would make a public speech. I'd say, "Since so many people are upset, we'll move the mosque. But those who are offended by the proposed location have to tell us where we're allowed to move it."

[ohsojayadeva]

The NYC mosque is a (mostly) non-issue. It's not a mosque, it's a community center. It's not at Ground Zero, it's two blocks away. The controversy was invented by Fox news (and their ilk) to draw attention away from the NYC First Responders Health Care Bill getting voted down by republicans because they didn't like closing a tax loophole for large corporations and they didn't agree with the logistics of how it was passed. Period.

"Conservatives don't care about 9/11 first responders."
"OH YEAH! WELL DEMOCRATS WANT TO TRAIN TERRORISTS AT GROUND ZERO."

Cue the tea party, with their senseless signs and protests.

The only good thing about this story is that it is helping (to some degree) to draw attention to the dozens of other mosque projects that are currently being blocked, discouraged, and threatened, such as this week's events in Murfreesboro, TN.

The bad thing is, it totally worked. Everyone started arguing about that instead of the real issues. Thanks Fox!

[culturejam]

It's not a mosque, it's a community center.

Sure, but its' also a mosque. But that's not really the point, is it?

The bad thing is, it totally worked. Everyone started arguing about that instead of the real issues. Thanks Fox!

It always works. Gay marriage; abortion; Hispanic immigrants; assault weapons ban; church v state; etc.

But the conservative right doesn't have a monopoly on spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). There are steaming piles of bullshit coming from both major parties and their respective pawn news channels.

[ohsojayadeva]

If anyone wants to point out a steaming pile of that magnitude that was served by the left, I am totally all ears.

[culturejam]

If anyone wants to point out a steaming pile of that magnitude that was served by the left, I am totally all ears.

I'm never sure who really starts the poo flinging, but the left always gets involved and legitimizes whatever distraction is heaved from the right. I seriously suspect that the leadership of both "sides" benefit from this kind of divisive nonsense, regardless of who starts it.