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McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. I’m guessing the republican party is either a. trying to show that they’re not afraid of strong women or b. making sure they have a “history making” ticket as well. Either way, I believe she’s nothing but window dressing. I say this [...]

Here’s a direct link since Internet Exploror is being difficult and won’t show the embedded video.
John McCain Says US Is A Christian Nation

Sexy Meat?

April 12th, 2008

And right on the heels of all the articles talking about the sexism involved in vegan activism, we have some gross sexism coming from the meat industry. I’m not sure Carol Adam’s book title “The Pornography of Meat” has ever had this literal a representation before. These are some of the sickest images [...]

I wanted to expand a bit on some thoughts I was just posting while replying to Diane Casetamorphoses’ post She Ain’t Giving Up Yet on Hillary Clinton’s fight to stay in the race.
I don’t get seriously involved in presidential races. Since I’m usually left voting for the lesser of two evils anyway (99% of [...]

I’m vegan for a number of reasons, the main one being that I don’t believe animals deserve to be held captive, tortured and/or killed anymore than I believe humans do. Animals are sentient beings who experience fear and feel pain just as real as any human. After all, humans are merely animals.
As a [...]

Walmart Evalia

March 5th, 2008

I know it’s nothing new to bitch about the evils of walmart but I just have to bitch for a while on the walmart worshiper.
The first claim is always “if you were poor you would understand, some people have no other options.”. Well, I call you on your bullshit! I don’t work due [...]