Thought Police
“Denim Day” And Mussolini’s Granddaughter
Today is “Denim Day” and folks wore jeans as part of a public education effort on sexual assault crimes believe it or not because of Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter. Back in February 1999, Italy’s Court of Cessation, which is that country’s highest appellate court, overturned a conviction in a rape case, ruling it was impossible for the woman in the case to have been raped because she was wearing jeans.
The ruling outraged people all over the world. Female members of the Italian Parliament, including Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of the infamous World War II Facist dictator, wore jeans to work to protest the ruling.
The idea caught on, with Denim Day being held each April (which is “Sexual Assault Awareness Month”) to draw attention to the fact that rape and sexual assault are serious matters.
Fascism was a 20th century invention. Benito Mussolini fancied himself a latter-day Caesar and named his governing style of centralized authority under an absolute dictator Fascism. The term refers to the Roman Empire’s symbol of strength and authority the fasces a bundle of rods bound around an axe. Fascism now refers to any government where the individual is wholly subordinate to the state.
Elton John, Misogyny and More
Recently, Elton John in a performance in support of his favorite presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, a woman currently losing a battle against a man, albeit a man with a black father, brushed all of those who do not support Hillary as having a “misogynystic attitude”.
Currently manifesting myself as a white male who approaches the buddha of perfection in all such socio-political considerations (ahm), I would pick Obama over Clinton because he is so smart, fresh and well spoken and except for some old books and an activist minister and a short enough political career to have accumulated only a few edgy cohorts along the way, and fewer than average earmarks and exceptions for businesses in his district to get exemptions to national import taxes and the like, thus he has less historical baggage for our media industrial complex to waste our time conducting autopsies on, and she is, well, a carrier of so much Clinton baggage, deserved or not, it is time to move on. Same reason I would support McCain against any one named or related to the name Bush were that in play, thank goodness it isn’t. Were Gore or McCain or Bradley the President during 9/11 I think our circumstances would be better than they are now, although still confused as the world is in flux, not all of our doing and most of which is no longer in our control, if it ever was.
I say, enough of the Bush and Clinton eras, they have each spawned too many “creations” real or partisanly imagined, that would continue our gridlock and prevent our coming together as a nation. And, yes a little nationalism would be good, not the extreme kinds that have caused millions of deaths in the past century, but a little rationalism that would strengthen us and maybe even other nations who already mostly practice some form of nationalism today.
Some might say Elton’s remarks were racist, sexist and some may even say they evoked Misandry a term near and dear to my shuddering heart, being an innocent as previously indicated.
According to the Wiki, there are some who think that “dead white males” are the source of all evil. Reviewing this reminds me of a defunct effort some years ago began by someone who thought that the predominate theme in early internet jokes delivered by email was decidedly biased against men so he began an effort which unfortunately was an early victim of flaming and worse. Completely intimidated and fearful for his life, he had a sex change in Trinidad, Colorado, stole someone else’s identity and moved to another country. A travesty, for if only his thoughtful movement had been given a chance to be heard and rationally debated, no doubt the continuing acrimonious debate and tensions between still waring parties could only have been at least a step ahead of where they are today. A posthumous honor to his “International Movement Against Negative Commentary On Men Everywhere”.
Stop guessing. But it was not Bill Mayer.
The Obama Affect
I read an interesting article highlighted in the Drudge Report. It was from an article in The Australian about Obama. The journalist, Geoff Elliott compared the reaction Obama is getting to how people reacted to Mandela. In other words, people are looking up to Obama as more than just a new leader, but as a cult figure even something “akin to a messiah”. Wow.
Iran Unrest Requires Monitors, Most Recent NIE Wrong?
Iran is worried over rising political and ethnic unrest. Of course senior officials accuse the United States of helping foment protests by labor unions and students. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has recruited 12.5 million people to “monitor” the behavior and opinions of other Iranians. Not since the darkest days of Stalinism and Maoism has any regime mobilized so many citizens against fellow citizens; neighbor against neighbor, children against parents. Accused are watched; usually interrogated; often threatened, sometimes roughed up, and often arrested and imprisoned or worse. Some are reported to have disappeared.
Olberman dislikes fist fights on his shows
So instead of having conservatives on his show to balance out liberals, he has chosen to only bring on like minded politicos. Sort of the One Handed Fist Fight he feels is the best he can do to being truth to his show.
Makes sense to me. Same thing worked for Stalin, Hussein, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, maybe modern Russia. No nasty fist fights that offends Olberman, and a more uniform Truth that many give homage to a civilized uniformity.
South Carolin Broke the Laws of Illegal Discriminations
And Barack broke the curse of all candidates of not winning a majority, proceeding to resoundingly trounce Hillary 2 to 1 with some 18% going to the Native Son Edwards who is very encouraged at the results of his taking the high road, positioning himself as the adult who will stay in the national campaign and is on good financial footing. Have you noticed that in unequal ways, candidates in pursuit of voters and even voters themselves have a legal advantage which if attempted can get employers and murders in BIG trouble? What’s with that?
Suspenseful Cuban Vote Today
Christian Bashing
“Christian bashing, the last acceptable form of bigotry in America, is alive and well and growing more intense and hysterical by the day” contends CHRISTIAN BASHING a book by Dr. Gary L. Cass, President of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission. Cass says, “The time for letting Christian bashing go unchallenged has come to an end!” Cass, with degrees from Westminster Theological School, is militant contending in a related newsletter article, “it has become routine for the media and elites to openly mock and trivialize Christians because they choose to express their faith.” Read this Review Submitted to Amazon.com about Lee Strobel’s book pictured to the left.
“Expelled” The Movie
In what some describe as “one of the most important movies to come out in 100 years” because it discusses “Where did we come from? How did we get here?”
Observer and commentator Ben Stein contributes his style to focus on answers and describe academic persecution of those who dare think about and speak about creationism and intelligent design. He warns those with a stake in the ivory tower not to watch this movie lest they be discovered and attacked by secularist who would ruin their careers. It opens in February. See his web site and complete movie preview including additional clips Here.
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