Some 234 years ago our country’s founders declared their independence from the British monarchy. In doing so they declared themselves traitors to one of the most powerful empires on earth. And after years of bloody battles, cunning diplomacy, and with the aid of geographic fortune they achieved an independent nation. And after some false starts [...]
Well, DC actually…. Just when you thought things couldn’t get sillier, Fox News runs a hit piece on the newest incarnation of Wonder Woman. The All American patriotic news network has issues with the superhero’s new costuming. While it seems the conservative reporters had no problem with a shapely woman in red go-go boots, blue [...]
Way back in 2004 Moveon.org ran a contest for people to create ads critical of President Bush; within the hundreds of submissions was one which compared George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler. At the time Moveon was roundly excoriated across the political spectrum: the RNC called the submission “the worst and most vile form of [...]
A public mural in Prescott, AZ has drawn the ire of racists who have demanded that it be destroyed, but as a compromise it’s been decided to simply caucasian-up the children depicted in the piece. As the Arizonia Republic reports, “The “Go on Green” mural, which covers two walls outside Miller Valley Elementary School, was [...]
Not long ago, I wrote how the Catholic church said it was unwilling to take action against clergy who had molested children. It now seems, however, the Church is more than prepared to take action against a greater heresy: Saving the life of a pregnant woman. Recently Sister Margaret McBride of Phoenix, AZ was excommunicated [...]
I actually find it hard to believe that the Miss America pageant continues to this day. It seems so antiquated and patriarchal that I had actually thought they’d discontinued it. Yet, I find that a new Miss. America was crowned last night. Rima Fakih, Miss. Michigan, is the first Muslim woman to win the prestigious [...]
From this year’s Peeps on Parade in the Chicago Tribune.
As the creator notes: “These peeps, holding signs based on actual tea party protest signs..” What does it say about us when satire and reality mimic each other so closely?
peeps, tea party
