Dr Wingnut

Day: October 13, 2005

  • Corporations: “Not so nice citizens”

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    My friend Bruce keeps harping about how evil the Walton empire (Wal*Mart, Sams Club) is and how it’s much better to shop at Costco based on an article he read in one of the Twin-Cities free weekly newspapers.  Now I’m not saying that he’s wrong, but I read a couple of things this week:Meet the…

  • Debbie Does Salad

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    Harper’s Magazine has a very amusing article in the October issue, “Debbie Does Salad: The Food Network at the frontiers of pornography” by Frederick Kaufman; that compares the way the food channel treats their visuals to those in porn movies — and how similar they are.  Well worth the read.

  • Expectations

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    You want me to succeed so much.Could you understand if I failed? …Could you love me if I failed?Sister Mary Paul

  • Ten Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong

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    Being gay is not natural.  Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior.  People may even wish to marry…