My Daily Dose of Stupid (Pass the popcorn)

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Wednesday July 16, 2014 · 2:11 PM PDT

2014/07/16 · 14:11

This isn't much of a story, so I'll let the picture handle most of this diary. To lend context, the main actors in this (names censored in case the NWO black ops alien reptile...whatevers are watching us) are: my friend who made the original post, inquiring if it was a real thing or not; several other of her friends saying it was a CT; and of course, our local MRA/NRA/libertarian/etc nutcase chimed in. The rest, as they say, is history...break out the popcorn folks ;)

From my community college ethics course: A Case Against the War on Drugs

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Wednesday July 31, 2013 · 10:10 PM PDT

2013/07/31 · 22:10

So a little set up is needed I suppose. I was born in 1992, and grew up in Portland, Oregon saturated with the Just Say No abstinence/ignorance-oriented anti-drug use propaganda.

So, here in my sophomore-level ethics course, where we have been studying everyone from Ayn Rand to Epicurus, my "mini-lecture," which I am actually presenting tomorrow afternoon in class, will include this slideshow: The War on Drugs: Expensive, Destructive, Immoral.

The presentation by no means covers every single issue tied to drug prohibition, just the ones that I thought my classmates would like hearing about. I think it speaks for itself, but in case you are not able to view it, I will quote some of the juicier textual portions below the Orange Lozenge. Enjoy!

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Tuesday January 15, 2013 · 12:49 PM PST

2013/01/15 · 12:49

I might be considered a lurker, I don't comment often, and I realized that the last time I posted a full-blown diary, I was 17 years old. So here I am, a little older, maybe a little smarter, here to report on my political journey and my observations of the political world of the last few years.

It was just the other day, I felt as if I was finally able to articulate my beef with modern American politics, across the spectrum. I have done a lot of philosophical exploration over the last few years, and I have talked to people of many, many, many political persuasions, from crust-punk anarchists to tea-party Republicans. While this has helped me be more able to accurately describe my own political philosophy, it has convinced me thoroughly of a ubiquitous problem in our political atmosphere, left, right and center: despair. Lefties heads exploding at every corner, decrying Democrats as 'sellouts', righties heads exploding over gun rights and taxes, people all along the political lines moping over just about every issue that has come into the public discourse.

As I said, my conversations with people of various political persuasions have helped me ground my own: I am a Democrat, I support President Obama, but most importantly, I am fundamentally optimistic.

To address the pessimism I have seen within our community here, I have decided to create this occasional diary series, which I have titled "Ask A Millenial: 'Dun worry, itz all gon b k", in hoping that I may help sew a few seeds of positivity here. If you're feeling the "orange blues," and want to cheer up, follow me below the orange lozenge.

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Thursday March 25, 2010 · 2:12 AM PDT

2010/03/25 · 02:12

Well it has been a good long time since my previous post, but I'm sure that this will prove substantive enough for discussion.

I've made it a short term mission to ask a person who considers themselves "Pro-Life" what they think about this nation's wars. The focus of this diary is to address the blatant unapologetic hypocrisy of this conservative dogma.

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Lifers are...

33 votes Vote Now!

Lifers are...

Completely level-headed conservatives with a reasonable point to make

6 votes

Self-righteous hypocrites who are merely victims of a brainwashing culture

12 votes

Genuine misogynists

15 votes

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (for the Democratic Party)

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Monday March 02, 2009 · 11:32 AM PST

2009/03/02 · 11:32

A very short time ago, in a country veryveryvery closeby...

STAR WARS: EPISODE IV
A New Hope (for the Democratic Party)

It is a period of civil war. Democratic spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Republican Party. During the battle, Democratic spies managed to steal secret plans to the Republican’s ultimate weapon, FOX NEWS, a biased news station with enough power to destroy an entire party. Pursued by the Republican’s sinister agents, Princess Hillary Clinton races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save the American people and restore freedom to the planet...

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Should I keep going?

35 votes Vote Now!

Should I keep going?

Yeah bro Star Wars ftw

22 votes

Shut up, stop wasting my time

9 votes

Keep going but re-cast some of the characters

4 votes

The Formation of the REAL Party

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 9:15 PM PST

2009/02/09 · 21:15

The coming of a third party en-masse is LONG overdue.

The ideals of conservative/liberal is not what this country needs. The system is sick.

The ideals have been the same for 60+ years, it's time to move on. I'm not saying that the things we have fought so hard for isn't worth it; it is, every hour we have fought is not vain.

No, that is not my point.

A party must stand for social welfare, but also accept economic REALISM; pro-capital but also pro-welfare. Economic expansion DOES do good, but it must be REGULATED, but not over-regulated.

A party must stand up for the rights of minorities and the working class, but support business as well.

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Thursday February 05, 2009 · 1:01 PM PST

2009/02/05 · 13:01

It's clear to me that the seemingly binary division of our society is becoming unwound. I feel that the general message is not so much the progress of a partisan agenda, but the progress of America, and in turn perhaps, the progress of the world. I feel that we can not be overly-constricting of industry, but we must not turn our blind eye to our own greed. The "with us er uh-genst us!" policies obviously have languished in their own contempt, and hogs run off with the massive profits they cut.

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Tuesday February 03, 2009 · 2:15 PM PST

2009/02/03 · 14:15

I feel that the conservative-induced apathy of my generation (children of the 1990s-2000s) has far from died off with this election. Though it may be true that this election drew record voter turn out for younger voters, the people who turn 18 next year, or the year after that are unlikely to give half a crap about "politics". Conservatives have learned their lesson from this election: educating the nation's youth is dangerous, as young people generally vote for a more liberal candidate. I understand; I would be stupid as well, with the media (left and right, mind you) blasting "Anna Nicole Smith" for months on end. Conservatives have fed my generation with the lies of a perfect system; "let other people worry about it". Alexander Hamilton would be proud.

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My Daily Dose of Stupid (Pass the popcorn)

From my community college ethics course: A Case Against the War on Drugs

Ask A Millenial: 'Dun worry, itz all gon b k', an occasional series

Pro-Life?

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (for the Democratic Party)

The Formation of the REAL Party

The New Century Ideals

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