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Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:08 AM

Too many bills, too few bills, blah blah blah

So this is the latest criticism? In his first 100 days, Obama (by himself) has introduced too much legislation? Really?

First, fact check that claim -- I doubt it's true that Obama has introduced more than an average amount of legislation.

But more importantly, if he has, so the hell what? We're in an economic crisis. The man was elected to reverse eight years of ideology-driven inaction and waste. Fixing things might involve passing legislation? Ya think?

Ah, but if you're a paranoid, all legislation must be part of a grand plan to [____] (fill in with whatever the voices told you). To drive that point home, we have a poster here posting videos of schoolchildren supporting Obama, and then schoolchildren supporting Hitler. See! A connection! Both America and Nazi Germany had children!

I've got another connection for you. I have it on good authority that Obama has toes. Hitler, as anyone who read Mein Kampf knows, also had toes -- and his obsession with them drove him to kill Jews. Therefore Obama is the next Hitler!Quick, get us a true, toe-less conservative American, before all Republicans are sent to concentration camps that I'm sure they're building somewhere in Nevada or something!

Monday, September 28, 2009 09:00 PM

Understanding Salesmen

As a man, sometimes I wish I understood men as well as some women profess to.

This post cites the weird fantasy of a boy finding his father's stash of porn and bonding in masturbation, but frankly most boys would be freaked out to be reminded that their fathers have a penis, much less learn of their dad's pornographic preferences. The picture painted here is so odd -- on one hand, little boys happily and heathily masturbating to their fathers' pornography, while on the other little girls are scarred for life by the sight of daddy's porn (or at least until they learn the meaning of "airbrushing").

But all human sexuality is complex, full of twists, turns, and both positive and negative influences. That's why we have to be careful how we respond to other peoples' sexuality. It can be too easy both to generalize from our own sexual preferences, and to infer too much from the sexual preferences of others.

For example, Christine Hefner doesn't run Playboy because of guilt over a father's love or confusion about her own sexuality. She runs it because $$$$$$$$$$$.

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