Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Massachusetts eyes games-as-porn bill

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Cross-post warning: This story also appears on our Gamefilter website.
When not causing mass-hysteria over homemade lite-brites, the local government of Massachusetts likes to do other, more productive things. For example, in an effort to save every child from the increasingly common disease of playing videogames, the Massachusetts legislature is set to consider House Bill 1423, […]

Black People Are Never Front-Runners Either

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The following is a response to Gloria Steinem’s op-ed piece “Women Are Never Front-Runners,” published in the New York Times on January 8th, 2008.
The man in question was born in Chicago, Illinois and, after some education, earned a degree in law. His wife would go on to become the governor of Arkansas and, […]

Huckabee must be President.

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Why should former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee be elected President of these United States? Is it because he doesn’t believe in evolution? Is it that he thinks Jesus would believe in the death penalty? Is it that he wants to isolate all people carrying the AIDS virus? Is it that he thinks homosexuality is […]

John McCain’s biggest pet peeve: hypocrites, self.

Friday, January 4th, 2008

One of the hardest things about being a politician, I imagine, is the necessity to constantly change your opinions even when they fly in the face of everything you stand for. We’re not talking about “view realignment” here or simply representing the will of the collective population at any given moment – no. […]

Mitt Romney, polygamist Mormon cult leader, found guilty

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

With shows like HBO’s Big Love increasing in popularity, many have worried that polygamy is starting to become mainstreamed and accepted. With likable characters and amazingly cohesive interpersonal relationships being espoused on Love, those concerns may be founded in a very rational area. One needs to look no further than current rapstar and music mogul […]

It’s you, not me.

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I’m sorry, but I can’t keep up this relationship anymore. It is just too much. See, it seems like no matter what I do, you still want more. Worse yet, I feel like I’m the only one working towards anything meaningful. You keep saying that you’re “too busy,” “don’t have enough power,” and that “the […]