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Fringecast 5

jelewis8 — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:51:26 +0000

Yes, it’s another wonderful Fringecast adventure (direct download), programmed by the latest in humour simulation bots designed by geniuses in white suits who make more money than the President of the United Arab Emirates. Believe me, you won’t want to miss this one, as Joe, Tim, and I, along with movie reviewer John Irwin, bring you some of the most spectacular Fringecast content seen since last episode!
Check out the XML feed or if you’re more of an iTunes person, we’ve got the hookup. Previous episodes can be found on the righthand sidebar.
I’m supposed to shill for the following websites: Podsafe Podshow Network. So…go visit it. Now.

Little White Sambo

jelewis8 — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:43:23 +0000

It’s quite alright for leftist bloggers to reference ugly racial imagery when it suits their party cause. I mean, clearly, it’s perfectly within their rights, because they also bear the same skin tone as the person they are racially lampooning. It’s the height of ludicrousness to think otherwise.
So I’m assuming this picture of Arnold as “Little Whitey Sambo” won’t raise any hackles. I was thinking of going with the Nazi theme, but I just like the name “Sambo” so much, I had to use it. It reminds me of this time I read this story about this kid named “Little Black Sambo” and he had to get some butter for some pancakes his Aunt Jemima made for him, but he got chased around this tree by a bunch of tigers, but then the tigers started eating each other and then they went around the tree so fast they turned into butter. Then Little Black Sambo had all the butter he could eat for his wheat germ pancakes.
Mmmmm, them’s good eatin’.
See, if Arnold was a huge black man, I couldn’t call him “Little Black Sambo” because not only would it be inaccurate, it would be racially insensitive. But, since he is a white man with a funny accent, I can call him whatever racially insensitive thing I want, and because I’m a right-wing blogger, my views are unquestionable.
In conclusion, if you are upset at a gubernatorial or senatorial candidate because he has betrayed you and your kind (read: abandoned your peoples, you know, racially), then it’s okay to call them Sambo (or some variation thereof). But only if they’re your colour. And only if you’re (not) a racist.

Stop the RIAA

jelewis8 — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 22:33:14 +0000

The Stop RIAA Coalition website is beginning a week-long boycott of RIAA products. Here’s a blurb:

A coalition of websites is coming together to create www.stopRIAAlawsuits.com, which will call for a one week boycott of RIAA music coinciding with the next round of lawsuits against music fans. We would like to invite your site to join the coalition. When the RIAA files its next round of suits, we will launch the website which will include a link to every endorsing site– the more we have on board, the stronger a statement we can send. The record industry trying to use these suits to scare people into buying their products. To end the lawsuits, we need to show them that lawsuits will hurt their bottom line. To endorse, send an email from your domain to stopRIAAlawsuits@downhillbattle.org.

Sounds good to me. If you have a website and would like to endorse the boycott, feel free to email them.