As skeptical as I am of Marxism and socialism, I try to keep in mind that there are MANY things happening under capitalism that shouldn't be. The "free trade" we practice really isn't free at all, so there's more than enough room to criticize. Although I've always thought that one of the biggest differences between Marxism and capitalism is the ( Read more... )

So the Venezuelan congress approved Chavez's constitutional "reforms", potentially allowing him to be "reelected" for eternity. Yet another socialist dictatorship in the making. Hurrah. You'd think people would stop falling for this shit after awhile.

People who admire Michael Moore should be shot. Sicko is an abomination. I can't believe anyone calling himself a journalist would portray the horrors of the national health care systems in European countries, especially Britain's and France's. We do need to talk about health care in this country. It's a mess, there's no arguing that. But to make a ( Read more... )

RIP TAMMY FAYE!!

You were naive and cracked out, but the sweetest and cutest televangelist ever.

I am heartbroken. Me and Amy just got back from seeing Harry Potter (fun movie, but those books get way way way more acclaim than they deserve), and there was a preview for the Dark Is Rising movie coming out in October. I already knew they were butching it pretty fucking bad, but it's so much worse than I could have imagined. I knew they were ( Read more... )

I'm getting really restless and bored with my life. I'm already missing school and dreading spending a year or two not making any progress towards my real career. I'm also at a total loss as to what I ought to pursue in grad school. I know what I'm interested in: civil liberties, citizen vs. state, power politics in government, political rhetoric, ( Read more... )

Oh oh oh, I've recently discovered the joy of free audio books. My ADD is completely out of control again (I'm going back on Ritalin--it's seriously affecting my daily life), so I haven't been able to sit long enough to read like I want to. I didn't think books on tape would work for me, but it's actually much easier to focus on them than forcing ( Read more... )

Well I am now a college graduate. Graduation was a lot of fun, although hot and long and weird, since I never got to know anyone at Cowell. We had an anthro reception earlier in the week though, so that was cool. We all got anthro medals to wear when we walked, and I had all my friends sign my stole. They made it completely obscene, of course, ( Read more... )

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I'm having to analyze the stupidest piece of trash I think I've ever had to read for a class. It's called "Not a Moral Issue" and it's be a radical right wing (not joking) feminist named Catharine MacKinnon. I don't have time to detail the stupidity, but basically she's making a not-so-legal argument for censoring (read: banning) pornography ( Read more... )