Chicago's shame
2009-09-14 00:20:00 Within the crowd lurks a blockheadWhat I was hoping for was a little dignity when Tiger Woods and the PGA came to Chicago this weekend. Maybe Chicago golf fans would be a little more sophisticated than galleries in other cities, where a few idiots manage to embarrass their city.But no. It would not be.Tiger would bend over a putt and in just an instant after the putter blade sent the ball toward the hole, some idiot would shout, "Go in the hole!" Sometimes more than one moron would shout simultaneously, as if they were in a race to be heard first on the national broadcast. The shout always came before anyone knew whether the ball had a chance to go...
Have They No Shame?
2009-09-12 15:00:00 I saw no mention of it during our commemoration yesterday of the horror of 9/11 and the grim loss of lives that day that touched nearly all of us living in the vicinity of NYC. But apparently an organization called the FreedomWorks Foundation, Chaired by a former Republican House Majority leader, plans to exploit our ...
Chicago Writer Succumbs to Twitter, Deep Despair, Shame
2009-08-12 14:24:00 I'm on Twitter now, and I could not be more ashamed and upset with myself. I hate Twitter. I hate everything about it. I hate its entire narcissistic, self-indulgent premise, as if the world needs to know what Ashton Kutcher is doing with his spare time. I hate that it is another landslide in the continual erosion of the individual's ability to express and digest nuanced, complex thoughts and ideas. I hate that it perpetuates this Internet culture of glib, shoot-from-the-hip bursts of real-time streaming thought, like a machine gun firing bulls*%#. (And yes, I'm well aware that blogging isn't exactly running a great track record on shedding the Light of Knowledge into the world's most ignorant corridors, making...
Linux's User Interface Puts MS Windows' To SHAME!
2009-08-05 19:11:00 Well, I got me a new refurbished box with very good specs, which is about to become my new home office machine. That's as soon as Slackware 13.0 hits final distribution release, which should be any day now... (Bought the box with Windows on it, you see) So, while I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for that landmark to come to pass, I did what any Linux user probably does when temporarily owning a copy of Windows (XP Pro here), and checked how it's doing these days. Because, see, I just can't get enough asstroturfers telling me how swell Windows stacks up to Linux lately. Gotta see for myself what all the hype is about. And since Microsoft is now suffering from the delusion that it competes with Linux, well... It didn't take long before the old Microsoft memories came back. Literally before I could get into the desktop, the first problem hit: It doesn't recognize the mouse. To be sure, the mouse is an old Wacom tablet with the little wireless mouse on it, pressed into service be...
Linux's User Interface Puts MS Windows' To SHAME!
2009-08-05 19:11:00 Well, I got me a new refurbished box with very good specs, which is about to become my new home office machine. That's as soon as Slackware 13.0 hits final distribution release, which should be any day now... (Bought the box with Windows on it, you see) So, while I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for that landmark to come to pass, I did what any Linux user probably does when temporarily owning a copy of Windows (XP Pro here), and checked how it's doing these days. Because, see, I just can't get enough asstroturfers telling me how swell Windows stacks up to Linux lately. Gotta see for myself what all the hype is about. And since Microsoft is now suffering from the delusion that it competes with Linux, well... It didn't take long before the old Microsoft memories came back. Literally before I could get into the desktop, the first problem hit: It doesn't recognize the mouse. To be sure, the mouse is an old Wacom tablet with the little wireless mouse on it, pressed into service be...
Withings WiFi Body Scale Transmits Your Shame To The Internet, iPhone
2009-07-28 22:17:00 From Gizmodo: The Withings scale backs up its high-tech look with high-tech WiFi functionality—wisking- your weight and body fat measurements to a web dashboard that can be accessed via a free iPhone app. The point, of course, is to track your measurements over time to help
Shame in India:Child Labour Used In Cosmetics Industry
2009-07-19 23:00:00 Shame in India:Child Labour Used In Cosmetics Industry Posted using ShareThis
Sathya Sai Baba?s ?curtain of shame? & ?doors of disgrace?
2009-04-29 17:37:00 Sathya Sai Baba devotees have long been circulating rationalizations about the infamous ‘curtain of shame’ behind which their Guru-God gives private interviews, especially to boys and young men, often alone. The “curtain of shame” is a telling phrase, but it also ...
new trend flash: luxury shame
2009-04-28 11:01:00 " The luxury goods market, once only accessible by the ultra-wealthy, has been transformed in the past few decades to be a world within the reach of middle class consumers. However in the wake of the growing international financial crisis, governments, societies, and individuals have been forced to make substantial changes. As such, consumers have begun shunning outward displays of wealth. Heavily branded, self-promoting luxury products are being forced to reinvent themselves due in part to the deep pains of the financial crisis, especially hitting the lucrative middle-class market. This phenomenon has manifested in a trend, dubbed "Luxury Shame." By using psychoanalytic theory, this paper seeks to examine the development of societal prohibition in the form of luxury shame and the internalization of this prohibition in individuals as guilt and shame."A paper by Ryan Vinelli- Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawPosted by Ed Cotton
By: Influx Insights
Share Your Secret TV Shame and Win BIG LOVE on DVD
2009-01-18 17:37:00 After far too long a hiatus, BIG LOVE returns to the airwaves tonight at 9PM on HBO (TMN in Canada). And in celebration of that fact, theTVaddict.com is thrilled to be able to give away seasons 1 and 2 on DVD to one lucky reader. But there’s a catch. Our good friends over at HBO didn’t want us to just giveaway these DVDs. They requested that we somehow tie the contest into BIG LOVE’s third season tagline, “Everyone Has Something to Hide.” Which naturally begs the question: What are you trying to hide? To qualify to win: Simply post away in the comments below with the most embarrassing show that you’ve got tucked away on your PVR/DVR right now (Or if you don’t have a PVR/DVR, just name the last embarrassing show you watched.) One winner will be notified via email on January 25, 2009 so be sure to enter with a valid email address. And just to show you that this TV Addict has nothing to hide. Our current most embarrassing show currently saved on ou...
By: the TV addict
Indian Leaders no longer have any shame: Mumbai Terrorist Attack and Some o
2008-12-01 20:06:00 Indian Leaders no longer have any shame: Mumbai Terrorist Attack and Some of Leader?s Comments: Insult to Our Heroes and Our Democracy On 26th November 2008, Almost 190 people were killed and more than 350 injured in a biggest-ever terrorist attack on India and its financial capital Mumbai. Our NSG commandos, Army, Police and firefighter?s fought ...
Shame on the Gulfstream Class
2008-11-20 12:47:00 This sticks in my craw, and should stick in yours, too: The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Shame On America Sunday: Presidental Election Quiz
2008-11-01 14:11:00 Shame on America Sunday is appearing on Saturday because Sunday is Sweetie's Birthday and I promised her no 'puting on her birthday.Another change: In lieu of my usual rants about how wealthy America is and how people should be ashamed for letting rich people hoard money while poor people have to hire lawyers to make sure they can get medical care, I am this week presenting something that should either (a) keep you from being ashamed, or (b) make you ashamed.The thing I am presenting is theShame On America Sunday Presidential Candidates' Policies Quiz.You should take this quiz to make sure that you are informed enough to vote; if you're not informed you should not vote (and you should be ashamed for not being informed and not voting) -- but taking this quiz will make sure you are informed enough to vote.So here we go; I've left out third party candidates and focused on the two that have a chance to win, Barack Obama and John McCain. The answer to each question is either "Bar...
Shame on America Sunday: Presidential Election Quiz!
2008-10-31 20:51:00 Shame on America Sunday is appearing on Saturday because Sunday is Sweetie's Birthday and I promised her no 'puting on her birthday.Another change: In lieu of my usual rants about how wealthy America is and how people should be ashamed for letting rich people hoard money while poor people have to hire lawyers to make sure they can get medical care, I am this week presenting something that should either (a) keep you from being ashamed, or (b) make you ashamed.The thing I am presenting is theShame On America Sunday Presidential Candidates' Policies Quiz.You should take this quiz to make sure that you are informed enough to vote; if you're not informed you should not vote (and you should be ashamed for not being informed and not voting) -- but taking this quiz will make sure you are informed enough to vote.So here we go; I've left out third party candidates and focused on the two that have a chance to win, Barack Obama and John McCain. The answer to each question is either "Bar...
Shame On America Sunday: Presidental Election Quiz!
2008-10-31 20:49:00 Shame on America Sunday is appearing on Saturday because Sunday is Sweetie's Birthday and I promised her no 'puting on her birthday.Another change: In lieu of my usual rants about how wealthy America is and how people should be ashamed for letting rich people hoard money while poor people have to hire lawyers to make sure they can get medical care, I am this week presenting something that should either (a) keep you from being ashamed, or (b) make you ashamed.The thing I am presenting is theShame On America Sunday Presidential Candidates' Policies Quiz.You should take this quiz to make sure that you are informed enough to vote; if you're not informed you should not vote (and you should be ashamed for not being informed and not voting) -- but taking this quiz will make sure you are informed enough to vote.So here we go; I've left out third party candidates and focused on the two that have a chance to win, Barack Obama and John McCain. The answer to each question is either "Bar...
Shame On America Sunday: Corporate Tunnel & Sports Lovers.
2008-10-26 18:03:00 This week, the health care crisis really hit home. On Friday night, my dad left a message for me asking me to call him as soon as I could. I wasn't able to return his call until Saturday afternoon, and before I could return his call, I had breakfast with the in-laws on Saturday morning.During that breakfast, my mother-in-law relayed to me that she had recently received a bill for her "treatments," a procedure she gets every month at the hospital. The bill was for $750, for two months worth of treatments; the bill was her 20% of the cost of the monthly treatments, which she says "keep her alive."After that breakfast, in the afternoon, when I called my dad back, I learned that he had just been diagnosed with, in his words, "corporate tunnel syndrome," a development that he believed stemmed from a wrist injury he suffered at work and the physical therapy he's been going through.Both my mother-in-law and my dad asked me, specifically, to look into their situations because I'm a lawye...
Shame On America Sunday: Corporate Tunnel & Sports Lovers.
2008-10-26 17:59:00 This week, the health care crisis really hit home. On Friday night, my dad left a message for me asking me to call him as soon as I could. I wasn't able to return his call until Saturday afternoon, and before I could return his call, I had breakfast with the in-laws on Saturday morning.During that breakfast, my mother-in-law relayed to me that she had recently received a bill for her "treatments," a procedure she gets every month at the hospital. The bill was for $750, for two months worth of treatments; the bill was her 20% of the cost of the monthly treatments, which she says "keep her alive."After that breakfast, in the afternoon, when I called my dad back, I learned that he had just been diagnosed with, in his words, "corporate tunnel syndrome," a development that he believed stemmed from a wrist injury he suffered at work and the physical therapy he's been going through.Both my mother-in-law and my dad asked me, specifically, to look into their situations because I'm a la...
Shame On America Sunday: Corporate Tunnel & Sports Lovers.
2008-10-26 16:53:00 This week, the health care crisis really hit home. On Friday night, my dad left a message for me asking me to call him as soon as I could. I wasn't able to return his call until Saturday afternoon, and before I could return his call, I had breakfast with the in-laws on Saturday morning.During that breakfast, my mother-in-law relayed to me that she had recently received a bill for her "treatments," a procedure she gets every month at the hospital. The bill was for $750, for two months worth of treatments; the bill was her 20% of the cost of the monthly treatments, which she says "keep her alive."After that breakfast, in the afternoon, when I called my dad back, I learned that he had just been diagnosed with, in his words, "corporate tunnel syndrome," a development that he believed stemmed from a wrist injury he suffered at work and the physical therapy he's been going through.Both my mother-in-law and my dad asked me, specifically, to look into their situations because I'm a la...
Obama’s Negro Fans Are Seriously Getting Desperate: “Shame on McCai
2008-10-22 02:47:00 Polls say: OBAMA up +7.2, Not according to this Negro tard, now Socialist is the new old codeword for “black” Who knew! Note for you white folks, try this: Next time you are around some black folks shout out “Socialist” and see how they react. Extra credit if they even know what a socialist is… Then shout out “Nigger!” ...
Shame On America Sunday: Where Will We Ever Get The Money Edition?
2008-10-19 18:48:00 This week, I got a little caught up on my magazine reading, and I was both concerned and given the idea for today's Shame On America Sunday when I first read, in Newsweek, that the next president would have a big mess on his hands (true enough) because he would not have the money to pay for ambitious social programs (a lie, and a stupid one, at that.)Then, I read in Entertainment Weekly, that there are currently six shows filming in one of the boroughs of New York City, and that it costs an average of $3 million dollars per episode to film in New York City. Those shows film there for various reasons, including (in the case of "Life on Mars,") that Brooklyn can look like Boston but has wider streets, and including for realism.Six shows. Most regular series have 22 episodes per year, so that means that the cost of filming those six television shows, alone, $396 million. It always looks more impressive with the zeroes, so here goes:$396,000,000 is what the United States can afford ...
Shame On America Sunday: Where Will We Ever Get The Money Edition?
2008-10-19 18:45:00 This week, I got a little caught up on my magazine reading, and I was both concerned and given the idea for today's Shame On America Sunday when I first read, in Newsweek, that the next president would have a big mess on his hands (true enough) because he would not have the money to pay for ambitious social programs (a lie, and a stupid one, at that.)Then, I read in Entertainment Weekly, that there are currently six shows filming in one of the boroughs of New York City, and that it costs an average of $3 million dollars per episode to film in New York City. Those shows film there for various reasons, including (in the case of "Life on Mars,") that Brooklyn can look like Boston but has wider streets, and including for realism.Six shows. Most regular series have 22 episodes per year, so that means that the cost of filming those six television shows, alone, $396 million. It always looks more impressive with the zeroes, so here goes:$396,000,000 is what the United States can afford ...
Shame On America Sunday: Where Will We Ever Get The Money Edition?
2008-10-19 17:40:00 This week, I got a little caught up on my magazine reading, and I was both concerned and given the idea for today's Shame On America Sunday when I first read, in Newsweek, that the next president would have a big mess on his hands (true enough) because he would not have the money to pay for ambitious social programs (a lie, and a stupid one, at that.)Then, I read in Entertainment Weekly, that there are currently six shows filming in one of the boroughs of New York City, and that it costs an average of $3 million dollars per episode to film in New York City. Those shows film there for various reasons, including (in the case of "Life on Mars,") that Brooklyn can look like Boston but has wider streets, and including for realism.Six shows. Most regular series have 22 episodes per year, so that means that the cost of filming those six television shows, alone, $396 million. It always looks more impressive with the zeroes, so here goes:$396,000,000 is what the United States can afford ...
Shame on America (Saturday Edition) Sunday: Be A Grown Up About Taxes, Woul
2008-10-11 16:24:00 I don't have very much time because I'm babysitting today and will be rooting on my brother in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, so here's a special edition of Shame on America Sunday -- the Saturday Edition. I'll make it quick:Be a grown up about taxes, will you? That means just shut up and pay them. You don't have to like it. You don't have to pay more than your fair share. But, like getting up and going to work, like pretending to like green beans so the kids will eat them, like all the things adults do that they don't really want to do but if adults don't do them, who will, you have to pay taxes.Here's why: You like the stuff the government gives you. It's that simple. You don't gripe when the book store makes you pay for your books. You don't try to weasel out of paying the tab when the bartender serves the mojitos. Nobody ever complains about the cost of an ice cream cone.But everyone whines about taxes and tries to shift them off -- let the corporations pa...
Shame on America (Saturday Edition) Sunday: Be A Grown Up About Taxes, Woul
2008-10-11 16:22:00 I don't have very much time because I'm babysitting today and will be rooting on my brother in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, so here's a special edition of Shame on America Sunday -- the Saturday Edition. I'll make it quick:Be a grown up about taxes, will you? That means just shut up and pay them. You don't have to like it. You don't have to pay more than your fair share. But, like getting up and going to work, like pretending to like green beans so the kids will eat them, like all the things adults do that they don't really want to do but if adults don't do them, who will, you have to pay taxes.Here's why: You like the stuff the government gives you. It's that simple. You don't gripe when the book store makes you pay for your books. You don't try to weasel out of paying the tab when the bartender serves the mojitos. Nobody ever complains about the cost of an ice cream cone.But everyone whines about taxes and tries to shift them off -- let the corporations pa...
Shame on America (Saturday Edition) Sunday: Be A Grown Up About Taxes, Woul
2008-10-11 16:21:00 I don't have very much time because I'm babysitting today and will be rooting on my brother in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, so here's a special edition of Shame on America Sunday -- the Saturday Edition. I'll make it quick:Be a grown up about taxes, will you? That means just shut up and pay them. You don't have to like it. You don't have to pay more than your fair share. But, like getting up and going to work, like pretending to like green beans so the kids will eat them, like all the things adults do that they don't really want to do but if adults don't do them, who will, you have to pay taxes.Here's why: You like the stuff the government gives you. It's that simple. You don't gripe when the book store makes you pay for your books. You don't try to weasel out of paying the tab when the bartender serves the mojitos. Nobody ever complains about the cost of an ice cream cone.But everyone whines about taxes and tries to shift them off -- let the corporations pa...
Has Barney Frank No Shame?
2008-10-07 13:42:00 Instead of admitting his own responsibility in the current financial mess, Barney Frank does what he and Democratic partisans always do when their records are called into question: attack conservatives. It’s not the same blame he attempted to ladle out when Bill O’Reilly pressed him. Now the Massachusetts Congressman is accusing conservatives of racism: :U.S. Rep. Barney Frank claims conservatives are trying to partly blame the nation’s economic woes on black people. “This is an effort I believe to appeal to a kind of anger in people,” Frank, a Newton Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, today told a Boston foreclosure-prevention forum. Frank charged that conservatives aim to shift blame for the market meltdown away from Wall Street and toward minority-lending laws like the federal Community Reinvestment Act. Um, Barney, if you bothered to read the conservative stuff, you’d find they’re looking at more than just the Community ...
By: GayPatriot
Shame On America Sunday: Paul Newman Edition.
2008-10-05 19:29:00 Paul Newman was on the cover of virtually every magazine, this week-- because he died; people in America paid attention to Paul Newman this week because he was no longer alive.America didn't celebrate Paul Newman much in recent years, because Paul Newman was not doing anything America felt like celebrating. He wasn't flashing his private parts, he wasn't walking down the red carpet, he wasn't even acting that much.In his past few years, Paul Newman, who acted less and less as he grew older, spent more and more of his time, and more and more of his money, on charity work. Charity was so important to him that his daughter Melissa Newman said philanthropy, and not acting, should be what Newman was remembered for. It may well be what Newman ultimately is remembered for, but it's a guarantee that it's not what he was known for, because as good as he was at acting and as good as he was at philanthropy, Newman suffered from a notable lack of skill at self-promotion.Paul Newman's ...
Shame On America Sunday: Paul Newman Edition.
2008-10-05 19:28:00 Paul Newman was on the cover of virtually every magazine, this week-- because he died; people in America paid attention to Paul Newman this week because he was no longer alive.America didn't celebrate Paul Newman much in recent years, because Paul Newman was not doing anything America felt like celebrating. He wasn't flashing his private parts, he wasn't walking down the red carpet, he wasn't even acting that much.In his past few years, Paul Newman, who acted less and less as he grew older, spent more and more of his time, and more and more of his money, on charity work. Charity was so important to him that his daughter Melissa Newman said philanthropy, and not acting, should be what Newman was remembered for. It may well be what Newman ultimately is remembered for, but it's a guarantee that it's not what he was known for, because as good as he was at acting and as good as he was at philanthropy, Newman suffered from a notable lack of skill at self-promotion.Paul Newman's ...
Shame On America Sunday: Paul Newman Edition.
2008-10-05 17:32:00 Paul Newman was on the cover of virtually every magazine, this week-- because he died; people in America paid attention to Paul Newman this week because he was no longer alive.America didn't celebrate Paul Newman much in recent years, because Paul Newman was not doing anything America felt like celebrating. He wasn't flashing his private parts, he wasn't walking down the red carpet, he wasn't even acting that much.In his past few years, Paul Newman, who acted less and less as he grew older, spent more and more of his time, and more and more of his money, on charity work. Charity was so important to him that his daughter Melissa Newman said philanthropy, and not acting, should be what Newman was remembered for. It may well be what Newman ultimately is remembered for, but it's a guarantee that it's not what he was known for, because as good as he was at acting and as good as he was at philanthropy, Newman suffered from a notable lack of skill at self-promotion.Paul Newman's ...
Shame On America Sunday: Four Questions To Ask When Someone Needs Money.
2008-09-29 02:40:00 NOTE: If you read all the way to the end, you will see my bailout plan that will not cost the taxpayers anything and will definitely work. Butyou have to sit through some rhetoric, first.Shame On America Sunday is about contrasts -- about the comparing of two things that exist, side by side in America; the fact that those two things could exist, side-by-side, is why America, the richest greatest proudest country in the history of the world, should be ashamed of itself.Today is no different. Well, today is a little different, because today, I'm starting with the little guy first. Usually, I begin where people's attention is always focused: The rich, the powerful, the famous, the spoiled-brat-kids/Tonight Show hosts who waste money, the selfish greedionaires.I'm going to reverse that today. He owns a house:Here's Michael "J.B." Schaffner of Nocona Texas. "J.B" is a trucker hauling for a small company. Back in May, "J.B." was one of the organizers of a convoy to Washington D...
Shame On America Sunday: Four Questions To Ask When Someone Asks For Help.
2008-09-28 17:55:00 NOTE: If you read all the way to the end, you will see my bailout plan that will not cost the taxpayers anything and will definitely work. Butyou have to sit through some rhetoric, first.Shame On America Sunday is about contrasts -- about the comparing of two things that exist, side by side in America; the fact that those two things could exist, side-by-side, is why America, the richest greatest proudest country in the history of the world, should be ashamed of itself.Today is no different. Well, today is a little different, because today, I'm starting with the little guy first. Usually, I begin where people's attention is always focused: The rich, the powerful, the famous, the spoiled-brat-kids/Tonight Show hosts who waste money, the selfish greedionaires.I'm going to reverse that today. He owns a house:Here's Michael "J.B." Schaffner of Nocona Texas. "J.B" is a trucker hauling for a small company. Back in May, "J.B." was one of the organizers of a convoy to Washington D...
Shame On America Sunday: Four Questions To Ask When Someone Asks For Help.
2008-09-28 16:08:00 NOTE: If you read all the way to the end, you will see my bailout plan that will not cost the taxpayers anything and will definitely work. Butyou have to sit through some rhetoric, first.Shame On America Sunday is about contrasts -- about the comparing of two things that exist, side by side in America; the fact that those two things could exist, side-by-side, is why America, the richest greatest proudest country in the history of the world, should be ashamed of itself.Today is no different. Well, today is a little different, because today, I'm starting with the little guy first. Usually, I begin where people's attention is always focused: The rich, the powerful, the famous, the spoiled-brat-kids/Tonight Show hosts who waste money, the selfish greedionaires.I'm going to reverse that today. He owns a house:Here's Michael "J.B." Schaffner of Nocona Texas. "J.B" is a trucker hauling for a small company. Back in May, "J.B." was one of the organizers of a convoy to Washington D...
Shame on America Sunday: $18 bucks a second.
2008-09-22 00:28:00 I hope that all of the people who decry me as a socialist are frantically writing to any elected officials they can, and saying For God's sake, I am opposed to socialism of the type that I decry when The Trouble With Roy espouses it, so please, Mr. Government Official, do not in any way interfere in the marketplace by, for example, bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and AIG. I'm willing to let all my insurance premiums be for naught because I'm opposed to socialism!All the "you're nothing but a socialist" types, you're doing that, right? Or are you NOT, because you think government intervention in the marketplace is okay when you want them to do that? If so, then line up with the people who tell me It's their money and that I shouldn't tell people what to do with their money ... yes, yes, over under the sign that reads "Hypocrites."If you're going to disagree with me about what I write, in Shame On America Sunday or anything else, you should at least make sure you're ...
Shame On America Sunday: Celebrity Cars.
2008-09-14 23:13:00 Each time I post one of these, each time I point out that somewhere in America, some rich person who is selfish and doesn't care about others is spending money frivolously, money that could be used to help others -- and should be used to help others, I get, out of the many comments and emails, at least five of each of these responses:First, someone (or someones) will say But they do a lot for charity.Then, someone (or someones) will say It's their money to do what they want with.Let me address those both briefly, taking the second one first:What do you mean, it's their money to do what they want with? What do you mean by that? do you mean that whatever they choose to do, it's okay? If it's their money, it's okay no matter what they do?Here's how to point out the flaws in an argument like that : take it to extremes; by doing that, the flaws in an argument will be exposed. So let's do that with it's their money to do what they want with. Let's expose how dumb that argume...
Shame On America Sunday: Celebrity Cars.
2008-09-14 23:11:00 Each time I post one of these, each time I point out that somewhere in America, some rich person who is selfish and doesn't care about others is spending money frivolously, money that could be used to help others -- and should be used to help others, I get, out of the many comments and emails, at least five of each of these responses:First, someone (or someones) will say But they do a lot for charity.Then, someone (or someones) will say It's their money to do what they want with.Let me address those both briefly, taking the second one first:What do you mean, it's their money to do what they want with? What do you mean by that? do you mean that whatever they choose to do, it's okay? If it's their money, it's okay no matter what they do?Here's how to point out the flaws in an argument like that : take it to extremes; by doing that, the flaws in an argument will be exposed. So let's do that with it's their money to do what they want with. Let's expose how dumb that argume...
The Death of Shame
2008-09-09 16:43:00 -By Warner Todd Huston There was once a day in America when a convicted child molester might find that his life was ruined, dogged forever by the shame of his evil deeds. Today, though, one might be a child molester on one hand, but a celebrated member of the community for being a great kid’s little ...
By: Publius Forum
Shame On America Sunday: Cindy McCain Edition
2008-09-07 19:32:00 I came to a realization this morning, a realization that cemented my resolve to, every Sunday, highlight one way in which America is letting us down -- allowing some people to live selfish lives at the expense of others, when there is more than enough wealth in America to allow everyone to live a decent life.The realization was this: I subscribe to Newsweek magazine, and read it pretty much cover to cover every week. Despite that, and despite reading our daily paper, and despite listening to news-talk all day at work and watching CNN Headline News while I get ready for work, I had no idea what Barack Obama's health plan was when I wrote the first Shame On America Sunday a few weeks ago. Not through a lack of trying -- like I said, I keep up with the news pretty well. But the news isn't keeping up with the news. The news is focused on things like (from a recent Newsweek) stories about how often Joe Biden says "literally" in his speeches.That's why Shame on America Sunday is n...
Shame On America Sunday: Cindy McCain Edition
2008-09-07 19:31:00 I came to a realization this morning, a realization that cemented my resolve to, every Sunday, highlight one way in which America is letting us down -- allowing some people to live selfish lives at the expense of others, when there is more than enough wealth in America to allow everyone to live a decent life.The realization was this: I subscribe to Newsweek magazine, and read it pretty much cover to cover every week. Despite that, and despite reading our daily paper, and despite listening to news-talk all day at work and watching CNN Headline News while I get ready for work, I had no idea what Barack Obama's health plan was when I wrote the first Shame On America Sunday a few weeks ago. Not through a lack of trying -- like I said, I keep up with the news pretty well. But the news isn't keeping up with the news. The news is focused on things like (from a recent Newsweek) stories about how often Joe Biden says "literally" in his speeches.That's why Shame on America Sunday is n...
Shame On America Sunday: Cindy McCain Edition
2008-09-07 18:37:00 I came to a realization this morning, a realization that cemented my resolve to, every Sunday, highlight one way in which America is letting us down -- allowing some people to live selfish lives at the expense of others, when there is more than enough wealth in America to allow everyone to live a decent life.The realization was this: I subscribe to Newsweek magazine, and read it pretty much cover to cover every week. Despite that, and despite reading our daily paper, and despite listening to news-talk all day at work and watching CNN Headline News while I get ready for work, I had no idea what Barack Obama's health plan was when I wrote the first Shame On America Sunday a few weeks ago. Not through a lack of trying -- like I said, I keep up with the news pretty well. But the news isn't keeping up with the news. The news is focused on things like (from a recent Newsweek) stories about how often Joe Biden says "literally" in his speeches.That's why Shame on America Sunday is n...
AP Says Shame on GOP for Showing Palin?s Kids at Convention?
2008-09-06 22:36:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Apparently Ted Anthony of the Associated Press thinks it is somehow “contradictory” of the GOP to show VP candidate Governor Sarah Palin’s kids at the GOP convention on TV. He seems to imagine that, since the GOP objected to the media attempting to use the kids against Governor Palin, that the GOP ...
By: Publius Forum
Shame On America Sunday: Housing Edition
2008-08-30 22:51:00 As I said last week, I don't like to get too serious or too political on my blogs. But the people who are supposed to be serious and political and take on weighty issues are too busy debating... nothing. Fiddling while Rome burns. So until America lives up to its promise and takes care of everyone and makes sure that everyone enjoys basic human dignity and comfort, I am devoting every Sunday to Shame On America Sunday. I may have erred slightly in taking on Barack Obama in the first Shame On America Sunday, as people thought it was a political attack. It was not; it was an attack on a rich man who was using money to do rich man things while poor people suffered. My point about Same Ol' Obama is that he spent millions to have a fancy party for his supporters, while people like the Shaws have to pay for medical care for their kids out of their own pockets.I stand by that; if Same Ol' Obama really wanted to make a difference, he'd have invited Ryan and Angie Shaw onto that sta...
Shame On America Sunday: Housing Edition
2008-08-30 21:43:00 As I said last week, I don't like to get too serious or too political on my blogs. But the people who are supposed to be serious and political and take on weighty issues are too busy debating... nothing. Fiddling while Rome burns. So until America lives up to its promise and takes care of everyone and makes sure that everyone enjoys basic human dignity and comfort, I am devoting every Sunday to Shame On America Sunday. I may have erred slightly in taking on Barack Obama in the first Shame On America Sunday, as people thought it was a political attack. It was not; it was an attack on a rich man who was using money to do rich man things while poor people suffered. My point about Same Ol' Obama is that he spent millions to have a fancy party for his supporters, while people like the Shaws have to pay for medical care for their kids out of their own pockets.I stand by that; if Same Ol' Obama really wanted to make a difference, he'd have invited Ryan and Angie Shaw onto that sta...
Shame On America Sunday: Barack Obama Edition.
2008-08-25 01:03:00 I try not to be too political or topical or, frankly, angry, on my blogs. I try that in part because there are people whose job it is to be political and topical, people who pay attention to politics and business and other news that in theory qualifies them to talk about politics and business; I mostly pay attention to what's on my iPod and comic books.But I can't help it; I've boiled over and I can't contain it anymore, and the people whose job it is to be political and topical -- the politicians and editorial writers and reporters and other people who are supposed to be doing something good for the world -- are fiddling while Rome burns. They are fretting over flag pins and medal counts at the Olympics while the United States of America, the greatest country ever embodying the greatest concepts of the human race-- slowly rots from the inside.And I can't stand it anymore. I'm tired of just making jokes about mystery writers and pizza while people struggle to pay medical bi...
Shame On America Sunday: Barack Obama Edition.
2008-08-24 18:29:00 I try not to be too political or topical or, frankly, angry, on my blogs. I try that in part because there are people whose job it is to be political and topical, people who pay attention to politics and business and other news that in theory qualifies them to talk about politics and business; I mostly pay attention to what's on my iPod and comic books.But I can't help it; I've boiled over and I can't contain it anymore, and the people whose job it is to be political and topical -- the politicians and editorial writers and reporters and other people who are supposed to be doing something good for the world -- are fiddling while Rome burns. They are fretting over flag pins and medal counts at the Olympics while the United States of America, the greatest country ever embodying the greatest concepts of the human race-- slowly rots from the inside.And I can't stand it anymore. I'm tired of just making jokes about mystery writers and pizza while people struggle to pay medical bi...
Shame On America Sunday: Barack Obama Edition.
2008-08-24 18:29:00 I try not to be too political or topical or, frankly, angry, on my blogs. I try that in part because there are people whose job it is to be political and topical, people who pay attention to politics and business and other news that in theory qualifies them to talk about politics and business; I mostly pay attention to what's on my iPod and comic books.But I can't help it; I've boiled over and I can't contain it anymore, and the people whose job it is to be political and topical -- the politicians and editorial writers and reporters and other people who are supposed to be doing something good for the world -- are fiddling while Rome burns. They are fretting over flag pins and medal counts at the Olympics while the United States of America, the greatest country ever embodying the greatest concepts of the human race-- slowly rots from the inside.And I can't stand it anymore. I'm tired of just making jokes about mystery writers and pizza while people struggle to pay medical bi...
For Shame On Me
2008-08-19 01:11:00 I haven't been keeping up with the Sunday Post Secret posts lately. I'm disappointed in myself because I love Post Secret. I guess it kind of shows how much I'm not really taking care of myself.
hot tears of shame.
2008-06-12 04:53:00 yep, i did it. after having heard of the insanely easy 1000 gp available in some Avatar game, and having had the game in my Gamefly queue for the last 3 months, the game finally came in, and i did it. i turned to the dark side of gamerscore obsession, and padded my gamerscore with a shitty game. it's not like i haven't done it before (King Kong), but it's not easy to admit. there's a taint
By: Endangered Gamer
Amy Winehouse Racist, Drug Video Shame [NOTW]
2008-06-09 00:26:00 When you’ve seen one shocking AMY WINEHOUSE drug video, you’ve seen ‘em all, right? [Website - TheLostGirl?s Blog]. Well apparently not, if toady’s escapades are anything to go by! WINEHOUSE can be seen in the video below, singing a racist filled song, with a friend. This latest clip comes to you courtesy of News of ...
SheFinds Has No Shame: We Answer Your Embarrassing Questions
2008-06-07 00:00:00 There are some topics out there even your closest of girlfriends might be embarrassed to talk about. Let's face it, who wants to discuss foot odor over pre-dinner cocktails? But ?MORE...
By: Shefinds.com
News: Aid Shame
2008-05-29 18:16:00 A report called ?No One to Turn To,? released by U.K. charity Save the Children, highlights the sexual abuse by humanitarian aid workers and UN peacekeepers in impoverished, war-torn countries.The report is based on 38 focus group discussions with a total of 341 people living in chronic emergencies in Ivory Coast, Southern Sudan and Haiti, and meetings with 30 humanitarian, peace and security professionals.The interviews revealed instances of rape, child prostitution, pornography, indecent sexual assault and trafficking of children for sex.Allegations and investigations into UN peacekeepers? sexual abuse of international children and teenagers have been circulating for more than a decade, beginning with U.N. soldiers in Cambodia in the 1990s. (Full)Even though the report is only a fragmentary snapshot, does not distinguish between "factual" and "hear-say" observation, and is a partial repeat of earlier reports (which I quoted before on the Road), abuse of any kind can not be highlig... |
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