Apropos of nothing, some short reactions to some newspaper articles I read this morning...

[akujunkan]

Another Western philosopher (re)discovers Buddhism without realising that's what he's doing.

And look, here's someone with a penis here to tell all the wimmins why they aren't happy.

Also: David Brooks compares the Obama administration to Nazi Germany, race baits with the specter of the Savage Black Man ravaging helpless Caucasians, automatically loses argument¹.

Also, fuck you, California.

¹David Brooks, if I ever see you walking down the street I will stop you and rip your balls off. I say this in the same spirit of "jest" as used in your vomitorious op ed above.

That will be all.

Comments

re: fuck you, California

[wombatdeamor.livejournal.com]

those assholes just passed the buck: we'll go with the voters but we won't take a stand on anything so the 18,000 marriages are still legal. There, everybody happy? :) No assholes.

But did you see this unbelievable gold! My opinion is that the ACLU needs to suck it up and stop the small fry strategy that they've been using. I like this. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/us/28marriage.html?pagewanted=1&sq=gay%20rights&st=cse&scp=4

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

I like that he actually suggests why women might be unhappier and then uses rates given in the paper to unjustify them. But perhaps, the equal level of unhappiness has nothing at all to do with the fact we're "womyn" and everything to do with the widening income gap compared to rich, predominately white male, and selfish fuckers the Bush administration coddled. Maybe the fact they they can afford a private jet and three households, while not paying more taxes for them I might add (like the now in place Property Tax Cap in IN), cause us to be less happy. For me it's not just unhappy, since I can't afford healthcare and am at higher risk for cervical cancer knowing I can't afford the screenigs, but anger. Burning, blinding, mind-numbing, screaming, white-hot ANGER.

[wombatdeamor.livejournal.com]

My problem is that happy is such a nonscientific terminalogy:

Women: "Do you feel like randomly giving blowjobs?" "No, you're unhappy."

Men: "Do you wish women gave random blowjobs" "yes? You're happy."