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From Joshua at Jackbooted Liberal

• The Ten Commandments September 6, 2010
  The ten commandments are commonly held up as evidence of christianity’s usefulness as a basis for moral decisions. It’s even been argued that the ten commandments are the basis of our laws (more on that specific claim here). Issa has pointed out to me that the people who make this claim are probably suffering from […]
• Know Your Euphemisms: “Family” September 6, 2010
  What’s a family? According to Websters it’s, “a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head.” But the word is used euphemistically, usually to refer to a heterosexual couple with children, as illustrated by this sign. When I see a sign like this, I like to try to challenge my cultural […]
• Reality Has Jumped The Shark: Sinus Relief System August 31, 2010
  This is a continuing post in a series titled, “Reality Has Jumped The Shark.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the phrase, here’s the Wikipedia entry. Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. The phrase was originally used to denote the point […]
• American Way Road Warrior Contest Ad August 29, 2010
  The ad reads: A view from the top. When you’re striving to reach a goal, it’s always above you. You’re climbing upward and reaching higher. You’re overcoming adversity and winning the race. And when you finally make it to the top, you feel the success—and it feels great. The analogy of climbing upward for achieving […]
• An Ode To Burners August 25, 2010
  We will always burn the man. Burning is a collective experience, shared with and mediated between a community of people that forms around the central act of Burning. Although burning is a collective experience, it is expressed uniquely by each individual. There is no one to whom we can abdicate the responsibility of practicing this […]