As usual, Landover Baptist is brilliantly mocking the mindless evangelicals of America. They shine particularly wonderfully in this imagined sequel to Mel Gibson’s “Christian Snuff Film” The Passion of Christ, titled The Passion of the Christ Two: The Payback of the Christ. Brilliant quote: it’s the apocalypse, baby.this time it won’t be Jesus getting killed. Beautiful. I especially like that Ann Coulter is mentioned in a role very appropriate to what she is full of. It’s a bit of a typecast role for her, but I approve in this case. And here’s Betty Bowers’ scathing and rather intelligent review of …
Month: July 2004
Woojay’s piece
For those who can read Korean, Woojay from wonderful Blog of the Pythi Master has written an article about the blog/video ban for the Korean edition of OhMyNews. Pass the link on to as many Koreans, netizen or otherwise, as you can. The word should get out about this. Maybe the netizens might actually start caring about their civil rights, or construing it as a civil rights issue in the first place.
Cookie Jar Evasions
This week’s Friday Five is from Adam, a man whom I believe knows his way around the cookie jar: You’ve been caught with your hand in the cookie jar. Busted. Stone-cold caught and about to get the smackdown you deserve. What 5 things would you say to dodge the bullet? Aw, baby, I was gonna surprise you. Get out of here till I finish making the coffee to go with this, and go back to studying. I’ll bring it to you when it’s ready, okay honey? Er, I thought there was money in here. Did you spend it? Oh, I’m …
Going Down To Walden Pond
I’m still having some trouble adjusting to the time zone shift, apparently. I awoke at four-something in the morning, after about six hours of sleep, and couldn’t get back to sleep. So many things were whirling around in my head: the Korean internet ban, the illegality of the petition, the apparent risk of deportation for those signing it; the way the USFK is pulling out of Korea, the way that the government is handling all protest. What could happen in the next few years. What so many voices are saying, the dozens of different visions all colliding, all the voices …
The Artist’s Statement on Brown Equals Terrorist
This kind of story just bothers me.