A few days late, but Legal Fiction has a good, solid post showing how class and culture and economic all interrelated to produce the 2004 election results. It’s worth a read. Here’s a snippet:
I think national security is, unfortunately, increasingly thought of as a cultural issue (and like the others, it has class undertones). Whether it
As the semester draws to a close, I have had to spend a bunch of time playing with the printer. So has Tommy. Here he is.
Time to go write another paper!
UPDATE: I keep forgetting to use forward slashes in my img tag. Sorry, Firefox viewers. It’s fixed now.
By way of a dKos diary, I found this lovely story today about a North Carolina church that told its Democrat members to repent or leave. Some were kicked out. More resigned in protest over the minister’s actions (and kudos to them for doing so).
Religion and Politics Clash
Religion and politics clash over a local church’s declaration that Democrats are not welcome.East Waynesville Baptist asked nine members to leave. Now 40 more have left the church in protest. Former members say Pastor Chan Chandler gave them the ultimatum, saying if they didn’t support George Bush, they should resign or repent. The minister declined an interview with News 13.
On the one hand, it’s just a small Baptist congregation in the middle of the woods. On the other hand, the church’s actions have threatening implications. Memes have a tendency to spread, and the “kick out the democrats” theme has been floated in other forums as well — notably conservative columnist Larry Elder yesterday suggesting that it’s unhealthy for corporations to hire Democrats.
This Us versus Them stuff is getting stronger and stronger. I don’t like it.
80 years after he went on trial for teaching evolution, John Scopes’ battle is being fought again in Kansas:
Eighty years after the first famed “Monkey Trial,” a second one was under way Thursday in Kansas, giving critics of evolution a forum for attacking the theory.
A State Board of Education subcommittee began four days of trial-like hearings on evolution, and witnesses were advocates of intelligent design, critics of evolution or both.
The entire board plans to consider changes in June to standards that determine how Kansas students are tested on science.
I still can’t seem to find anything I want to blog about. This is probably related to the fact that 1) I’m in the pre-finals end of semeter rush and 2) I have no idea what I am going to do this summer. I was really hoping I’d be able to land a job that was a little more useful to my long-term career plans than making Frappuccinos at Starbucks all summer but nothing has panned out.
In short, I’m tired, I’m overworked, and I’m bummed about my lack of a decent summer job. It’s hard to find stuff to blog about when I’m in a mood like that. Bear with me.
Sorry about the continued silence. I’m catching up from the trip & still pretty tired.