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I have no in-depth thoughts. Here are five shallow thoughts.
- I'm so glad that so many media sources are making a ton of money over the
kidnapping, rape, and torture of fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart. Her parents
must be proud. And soon wealthy. And apparently much better at exploiting their
daughter than her kidnappers were.
- A woman from Afghanistan is a contestant in the Miss Earth competition.
According to the Reuters article, "For Vida Samadzai, it has been a long
journey from underneath an all-encompassing burka in Afghanistan to baring nearly
all by a Manila swimming pool in a red bikini." You've come a long way, baby.
You've gone from Middle-Eastern patriarchal exploitation, to Western patriarchal
exploitation. Congratulations. "'I would like to make people aware that as
Afghan women we are talented, intelligent and beautiful,' Vida, posing in a
revealing swimsuit, told Reuters." And her bikini is slung low enough to reveal
a lot of that talent and intelligence. "Whether she ends up with the winner's
tiara or not, Vida plans to take her message of female liberation back to
Afghanistan later this year." In America, it always seems that freedom is
equated to the amount of sex and violence available to the general public. And I
think that's why a lot of non-Western cultures reject America. Instead, why not
promote free elections, equal pay for equal work, quality education available to
every child, and due process of law for everyone equally? Oh yeah, that's right,
because America doesn't have any of those things.
- I become more and more convinced that George W. Bush is unbeatable in 2004
as his comments become stupider and stupider. Apparently, Bush believes that the
increase in violence in Iraq is a sure sign of American success. The increasing
coordination of attacks is a sign that the enemy has become desperate. The media
is biased and "filtering the news," because it reports the tens of deaths in Iraq
every day, rather than focusing on on the good news, like Haliburton making an
obscene amount of money to rebuild the infrastructure (which is subject to daily
sabatoge) and the schools re-opened (though it's too dangerous for children to
actually attend). Sadaam is coordinating attacks even though he's been out of
power for months. The war is over even though American soldiers are killed
daily. 2 + 2 = 5. The sky is green and the grass is blue. Love is hate, hate
is love. That Bush's approval rating ever creeps above zero is a depressing
statement about the level of civic awareness in this country.
- I guess Jeb Bush has demonstrated to us all that the government knows
what's better for your family than you do.
- Here's a gem from the world's most famous child pornographer, Britney
Spears. She's quoted as saying that she will stop
showing so much skin in photo shoots. "Not that it's dirty or tacky, but it is
really revealing and I wouldn't want my kid, at 21, to be dressing like that."
But of course, for everyone else's teenage children, (un)dressing like Britney is
fine.
Britney Spears is opposed to sexualizing
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