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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Arvin Hill
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Obama's logo has kinder, gentler written all over it. The only thing it's missing is a fwendly muppet. The font is wimpier than what I would've chosen. That said, considering the objective to appeal to Hillary's prospective female supporters, the softer look - particularly, the use of the lighter blue - was shrewd for the primary; less so for the general election. The website incorporation, as Bill Owen noted, is not a small thing, as it speaks to younger voters without alienating older ones. The best thing about the white sun & stripes symbol is that it pops, and the curve of the stripes conveys a sense of motion. The white background is a marked contrast from the others. It doesn't look like the logo of a guy who will keep arming Sunnis for the duration of his term, drop bombs on Baghdad residences or launch air strikes on Iran when Bill Kristol gets fussy. Despite the effectiveness of the individual elements, the overall aesthetic still registers mid-range on my ugly meter.
Hillary's logo, besides being horribly generic, shows her taking a stroll on the flag. She's over it and in front of it. Reminds me of Home Depot's ridiculous "The Power Of Pride" sticker that seventy-year old veterans, beer-swilling rednecks and meth-smoking mullets proudly slap on their patriotic, oil-burning, smoke-spewing vehicles. Criminally unimaginative and uninspiring, as if none of it matters anyway because "It's my goddamn turn and you know it!"
McCain's logo looks like something a Burmese General would commission. I like the rich colors and contrast, which convey an appropriate stick-up-your-ass formality, but the linear design and single star pushes it deep into severe territory. The Chinese Government will definitely respect it. If you stare at McCain's logo for more than three seconds, you can hear a funeral dirge and sleet.
Good move.
Despite my caustic surliness and frequent dissatisfaction with Salon, you have now forced me to compliment you on something.
Who knows. Maybe this can be the start of something beautiful.
So.
Come here often?
I'm a Pisces. Let me guess: Scorpio?
2003 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf du Pape.
Cheers.
That was a fantastic interview, Heather, and not simply because Carlin's misanthropy has always struck a chord with me. You prodded him and gave him the space to respond.
One doesn't have to concur with Carlin's disassociative views to appreciate his creative spirit. He's always dined on sacred cows, and there are more now than ever, as evidenced by the frequently visceral reaction to his material.
Although he's always pointed out the folly of humanity, when he was perceived of being anti-establishment, he was widely adored. With age, and the cultural merger of establishment and anti-establishment, it isn't surprising many people are outraged to find themselves in his crosshairs. In our increasingly self-serious, self-righteous, tribalistic, finger-pointing society, THEY are always fair game. WE are not.
As is often the case in matters of offense, the people who are offended need to be offended. Occasionally, I am one of them. And I am grateful there are still people willing to do exactly that.
If you disagree, and you'd like to argue on behalf of calling female politicians "fucking whores," please marshal your best arguments in my comments section.
Calling a female politician - or a male one - a fucking whore is just wrong.
It's redundant.
Those who feel the need to spice up whore with an adjective should consider using the term lying instead of fucking.
Regardless of gender, whoredom is a prerequisite for the job, which is why lobbyists, celebrities and high-dollar contributors have access to elected officials while less affluent constituents are left to scream into the wind to make themselves feel better.
But also, if you feel that way, please feel free to stop reading Salon. I passionately want to grow our audience, and I'm proud to have tripled it in the three years I've been editor-in-chief. But truly, some readers we can can live without.
So that's how the riff-raff got in.
Salon has some writers I can live without (Manjoo, Wilentz, Paglia, Shapiro and, of course, yourself), but - as you well know - everybody loves a good train wreck, even if it's not something people generally cop to.
I laughed out loud when The Professor recently referred to Salon as a click-bait rag, but he really nailed it. And you (http://tinyurl.com/5htt3d).
There must be someplace where people who want to call female leaders "fucking whores" will feel welcomed and at home, but this isn't it.
I'm sure there's no shortage of such someplace's, but one of them is surely Limbaugh's joint, he with the big audience you're so proud of reaching.
P.S. Your lame-ass case for misogyny doesn't cut the mustard no matter how many times you catapult the propaganda in an attempt to make victimization work for your candidate. I'm not saying misogyny is nonexistent - far from it - but declaring it a more pervasive problem for Clinton than racism is for Obama is either ignorant or insincere. Considering your tendency toward patronizing obfuscation and absolute refusal to directly answer my crystal clear question as to whether or not you would consider a position with a Clinton Administration - (see http://tinyurl.com/3dnyk7), I'm gonna have to go with insincere.
P.S. II: You and Limbaugh have more in common than some might think, Joan. Wouldn't be surprised if you scored 700 letters on this one. Nice! That's some first class trolling.
P.S. III: Should any of the Clinton fire-breathers light into me, don't make the mistake of assuming I'm in the Obama camp - or anyone else's. I suspect he's no less of a lying whore than Hillary, but, as The Entitled One has proclaimed many, many times, she's the one with all the experience.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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