Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Things That Sound Vulgar


Ragina
Dick
Ace in the hole
Yemen
Bilingual
Peter
Thespian
Jack
Succumb
Lebanese
Titicaca
Cockatoo
Choke
Pad
Pink
Volvo
Dike
Lube
Snatch

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Fuck ASSumptions


I doubt health care was an issue when Massachusetts voters elected a Republican Senator given that Massachusetts enacted a health care reform bill in 2006 giving all its residents access to healthcare. Polls show that Massachusetts’s residents are happy with their health care and support their states reforms which are similar to Obama's. Massachusetts also legalized gay marriage. I would hardly consider Massachusetts a red state. Independent voters that are indecisive and can’t commit elected the new Senator. Republicans need to stop making invalid associations and assuming that human rights, religion, health care and patriotism are partisan issues.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Ban the Burka!


A recent study by the Gallop Center of Muslim studies showed that 53 percent of Americans view Islam unfavorably. Of those polled - 91 percent view Christianity favorably, 71 percent viewed Judaism favorably, 58 percent viewed Buddhism favorably. However, only 42 percent of Americans viewed Islam favorably. James Zoby, president of the Arab America Institute feels that part of that view is fed by commentators voicing anti-Islamic rhetoric and that they should be kept off the airways. Mr. Mogahed of the Gallop Center feels that extremists of other religions are represented as merely not being part of he mainstream while Islamic terrorists are represented as being representative of their religion. Mr. Mogahed the difference is: Christian and Jewish extremists are "devout" while Islamic extremists are, as you say, "terrorists", terrorists representative of their nations governments. There's a reason to separate church and state. We're talking unflattering curls vs. Molotov cocktails. Christian extremists created Santa Claus and elves. Christians and Jews feast and exchange gifts. You fast which is a religious word for "starve" yourself. Before you board a plane, have a cookie and a glass of milk.

It is the responsibility of any organization to discourage extremism and keep it's extremists in-check. Islamic nations appear to either ignore it, elect it or covertly fund it. Islam is not like Christianity, Judaism or Buddhism. It is no longer a religion. It has become a political agenda. Head scarfs and veils are extremist representations of repressive, 11th century Islamic beliefs in the 21st century. France is passing legislation to ban face-covering veils in all public institutions including: mass transport, hospitals, post offices and all buildings offering public services. Veils will be considered secular symbols of extremism and repression. They are an attack on gender equality. If you want us to view Islam favorably, give your women the right to vote, the right to public education, the keys to the car, and the right to show their faces. BTW, we'd all like to fly fucking safe! Airline safety hasn't been compromised by women pissed off about having to maintain kosher kitchens. The kosher kitchen ladies conceptualized and ritualized bris. I can't even tell you what what a Jersey girl would do to you if you tried to circumcise her or stone her for having sex.

Monday, January 25, 2010

It's NOT a bomb!


Attention! US Airlines flight attendants! This is not a bomb! It's a Jew. As far as I know, there has never been an act of terrorism against the United States by a Jew...... unless you include Barry Manilow.

Qualifying


She won the competition but it wasn't until after the compulsory scores for interpretation that they realized her skate had been caught in her hair for the final 4 minutes of her routine.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Community - Zach Paez

"Community" is a relatively new sitcom on NBC. Definitely not as bright or evolved as 30 Rock but worth mentioning and definitely worth watching. 30 Rock's talented cast portray characters rich with eccentricities. Characters exploit these eccentricities while at the same time managing to create these amazingly funny, on-going, symbiotic relationships. 30 Rock has recognized the strengths of supporting cast members and woven them into their clever and brilliantly written scripts.

Community too has developed a quirky entertaining bunch of characters with viewers embracing and anticipating the antics of certain characters but not as character inclusive as 30 Rock. Community's scripts and writing seemed to be developing nicely until the episode, Environmental Science. I hope this is not indicative of the future of Community's scripts. Writer Zack Paez delivers one-liners but fails to create any meaningful dialogues or sustainable moments between scenes and characters. His transitioning is a lesson in "what not to do" in script writing. Writing is more than the careful delivery of one-lingers. Paez's writing might be better suited for short sketches and stand-up rather than television where scripts have to at least make it to the first commercial. Community has a great cast and the potential to develop into something quite sustainable and successful if it can maintain a good and sustainable writing staff.