Mental illnesses do (here and here). Who would have thought?!
It seems like anytime a new media for creating art and entertainment is invented, its going to end civilization. Books make your brain rot, paintings give you sinful thoughts, jazz music has the devil's beat, movies, tv, etc.
The reason the witch hunt on video games bothers me is because it'll only hurt the little guys who actually see the medium as an artistic venue. Guys like the now-defunct Clover Studios, Rockstar, and Epic. If they're all shut down by nuisance lawsuits, all we'll be left with are the big publishers like EA and Ubisoft. And I could definately do with fewer movie tie-ins.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Racism, and why I'd vote for Obama
It seems like every white guy in the public eye is making a racist comment these days. Cowboys are calling college kids "ho's." Actors are driving drunk and dissing on Jews. Well I'm not in the public eye. I don't think more than maybe 5 people know this website is here. And that includes the people I know in real life who I've told that I have a blog. I told like 15, but most of them forgot the url. It's doejo.blogspot.com for goodness sake. Bastards.
Where was I? Oh ya, racism in the media. What's up with that?
A few months ago, Joe Biden got in trouble for calling presidential candidate Barack Obama "the first mainstream African-American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." Was he being racist? Or was there validity to his comments? Let's examine.
Al Sharpton. First of all, let's talk about "clean and nice looking." Sharpton isn't dirty looking. Actually, he looks pretty tidy. But nice looking? I don't think so. First off, Mr. Sharpton, if you ever want to win an election, you need a DAMN HAIRCUT. My god. It looks like an animal crawled onto his head and died there. Granted, he's not the only former presidential candidate with bad hair. But Kerry didn't win either. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Second, what's with the 'stache? Unless you're a princess saving plumber, you don't get to have a moustache. Ever. And "mainstream?" I'm not even going to go there.
Then there's Jesse Jackson. He's got decent hair now, I'll give him that. But he wears BLUE SUITS. BLUE SUITS. And he's also got the power 'stache! What on earth is with these guys and moustaches? Don't they realize how ridiculous they look? Moustaches were cool in the 70s. Actually, they weren't. And they're still not.
And is he "bright and mainstream?" Sure, if by 'bright' you mean 'his son is a drug dealer,' and by 'mainstream' you mean 'womanizing' (actually, that is pretty mainstream).
So I guess Biden was more or less on the money. In fact, it's about freakin' time someone said it. Go Biden.
I'm no racist, but I wouldn't vote for either of those turkeys. Not because they're black, but because they're sloppy idiots. I woudln't vote for Larry the cable guy. I also wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton, but that's because she's a bitch (you /can/ be an assertive woman without being a bitch). Obama? Ya, I'd vote for him. He's a good looking, well spoken guy. Who happens to be black.
Where was I? Oh ya, racism in the media. What's up with that?
A few months ago, Joe Biden got in trouble for calling presidential candidate Barack Obama "the first mainstream African-American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." Was he being racist? Or was there validity to his comments? Let's examine.
Al Sharpton. First of all, let's talk about "clean and nice looking." Sharpton isn't dirty looking. Actually, he looks pretty tidy. But nice looking? I don't think so. First off, Mr. Sharpton, if you ever want to win an election, you need a DAMN HAIRCUT. My god. It looks like an animal crawled onto his head and died there. Granted, he's not the only former presidential candidate with bad hair. But Kerry didn't win either. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Second, what's with the 'stache? Unless you're a princess saving plumber, you don't get to have a moustache. Ever. And "mainstream?" I'm not even going to go there.
Then there's Jesse Jackson. He's got decent hair now, I'll give him that. But he wears BLUE SUITS. BLUE SUITS. And he's also got the power 'stache! What on earth is with these guys and moustaches? Don't they realize how ridiculous they look? Moustaches were cool in the 70s. Actually, they weren't. And they're still not.And is he "bright and mainstream?" Sure, if by 'bright' you mean 'his son is a drug dealer,' and by 'mainstream' you mean 'womanizing' (actually, that is pretty mainstream).
So I guess Biden was more or less on the money. In fact, it's about freakin' time someone said it. Go Biden.
I'm no racist, but I wouldn't vote for either of those turkeys. Not because they're black, but because they're sloppy idiots. I woudln't vote for Larry the cable guy. I also wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton, but that's because she's a bitch (you /can/ be an assertive woman without being a bitch). Obama? Ya, I'd vote for him. He's a good looking, well spoken guy. Who happens to be black.
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