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Sunday, May 18th, 2008Sometimes you run into a really old post on the net that makes you go wow..
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Cartoonisten bang voor censuur
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De arrestatie van cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot heeft bij collega-cartoonisten Joep Bertrams (Het Parool) en Jos Collignon (de Volkskrant) tot verbazing en verontwaardiging geleid.
Vooral de rol van Justitie stoorde hen. “Alsof ze fundamentalisten willen aanmoedigen het vrije woord aan te vallen”, aldus een geschrokken Collignon. “Nekschot is nog net niet van zijn bed gelicht” , reageert Bertrams, die gisteren zijn verontwaardiging al liet blijken in een spotprent van minister Hirsch Ballin (Justitie) met tulband.
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Ook collega Jos Collignon is boos. ” De minister geeft een volstrekt verkeerd signaal af, op een volstrekt verkeerd moment, op een volstrekt verkeerde plaats: Nederland. Los van wie er nou wat heeft getekend, door drie jaar na dato tekeningen te verbieden moedigt Justitie fundamentalisten aan het vrije woord aan te vallen. Dat is werkelijk te dol voor woorden. Bovendien belooft het moeilijkheden voor de toekomst”, besluit hij, “voor mij als cartoonist en voor alle andere Nederlanders voor wie de vrijheid van meningsuiting een voorwaarde is voor hun werk.” Cabaretier Hans Teeuwen geldt sinds een aantal jaar als een van de voornaamste voorvechters van het vrije woord. Teeuwen deelt de mening van Collignon en Bertrams via de website Geenstijl.nl: “Wat ik mij heb afgevraagd is wat de reden kan zijn een cartoonist tegen wie een vage aanklacht is ingediend, anderhalve dag vast te houden. De tekeningen liggen er namelijk. Ik kan me alleen voorstellen dat het dan intimiderend bedoeld is, intimidatie vanuit de staat. Als dit door iedereen normaal gevonden wordt moet iedereen tegen wie een aanklacht wordt ingediend wegens haat zaaien of beledigen er voortaan rekening mee houden dat zijn huis wordt leeggehaald, zijn telefoon en zijn computer worden ingenomen, en drie dagen kan worden vastgezet.”
Limbaugh Burned By The Google: Uses 10th Grader’s Essay To Attack Obama
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The best story I’ve heard this week by far was told today over lunch. Apparently, a co-worker of mine named George listens to the Rush Limbaugh show in his car, and yesterday heard him discussing Barak Obama’s comments about similarities between the recent housing crisis and the lead-up to the Great Depression. I imagine the comments were referring to the obvious similarities between those who obtained ridiculous sub-prime loans and those in the 1920s who bought stock they couldn’t afford on margin. However, Limbaugh decided that Obama’s comments were the result of a crazy “liberal education” - and even remarks how “lucky” he is that he didn’t graduate from college, thus allowing him to escape the perils of actual knowledge.
To prove his point, Rush says he did some Google searches for “Great Depression” and then proceeds to attack each of the results as liberal propaganda. Because we all know that college professors teach straight off of Google results pages. So my friend is listening and hears something rather striking… the name of one of our mutual colleagues - Paul Alexander Gusmorino (”The Third!” - I love the way Limbaugh says that).
Limbaugh found among the top results an essay written by Paul, entitled “The Main Causes of the Great Depression.” He quotes Paul’s essay and refutes each of its claims, dissecting them as if they were part of a Harvard professor’s lecture on the subject. He doesn’t pull any punches either. “Mr. Gusmorino, you better check Karl Marx and see if you plagiarized him in putting this piece together.”
Ouch. Those words would be harsh if they really were for a Harvard lecturer. But that’s not who wrote this essay. It was my friend who works as a Program Manager at Microsoft. When he was in 10th grade. Read on…
Clinton Campaign Acknowledges It’s Over
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Hillary vs Obama
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RIP Travis N. Twiggs, USMC PTSD Sufferer
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PTSD: The War Within. A Marine writes about his PTSD experience. This article from the January issue of the Marine Corps Gazette was written by USMC Staff Sergeant Travis N. Twiggs. Twiggs killed himself and his brother after a long police chase in Arizona earlier this week.
There are about 1000 suicide attempts by vets every week.
There’s a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It’s when a fighting person’s nervous system has been stressed to it’s absolute peak and maximum. Can’t take anymore input. The nervous system has either (click) snapped or is about to snap. In the first world war, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables, shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. That was seventy years ago. Then a whole generation went by and the second world war came along and very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say. Doesn’t seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock. Shell shock! Battle fatigue. Then we had the war in Korea, 1950. Madison avenue was riding high by that time, and the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, were up to eight syllables now! And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It’s totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car. Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it’s no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we’ve added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon.
