The Chaff

Archive for March, 2007

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

How Unlucky Is It…

…when you wake up to find a black cat sleeping under a ladder?

A close-up so you can feel the catitude:

No Comments » - Posted in They Who Must Be Adored by Dorothy

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Mysogynist-to-English Dictionary

Often on various feminist blogs, some poor guy opens up his mouth and makes what he thinks is an innocent statement, only to get verbally shredded by lashing tongues and razor wits.
And the guy sits there thinking, “Hey, Wha Happened?”
Well, it’s possible that the guy has accidentally bumped up against a peculiar language known as [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Historical Analogy Is a Two-Edged Sword

It’s become pretty popular among various “hawkish” bloggers to bask in the reflected glow of 300. The glorification of war and cartoonish* masculinity has been commented on in detail by people far more qualified than I. But the nit I have to pick with the 300 hawks is the “historical analogy” angle. Because of such [...]

2 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Moral, Schmoral

After General Pace commented about the immorality of homosexuality, the major presidential candidates have all been asked the question, “Do you believe homosexuality is immoral?”
To me, the only answer to ANY question regarding “moral” issues in politics is some variant of this:
It does not matter whether I believe something is immoral. It only matters that [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in In Dorothy's World by Dorothy

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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Never Overlook the Importance of Oversight

Now that we have a Democratic Congress, we’re starting to see what actual Congressional oversight looks like. From 2002 to 2007, every single call for investigation into any issue has been tabled, postponed or ignored. Every. Single. One.
Pick an issue:
Mark Foley harrassing Congressional pages
Voting irregularities
9-11 lead up and response
Misuse of intelligence
The outing of a CIA [...]

No Comments » - Posted in We The Sheeple by Dorothy

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Monday, March 12th, 2007

Apologies to Ms. Whatzername

My sixth grade science teacher was the bane of my existence. She was mean and snippy and gave me a B minus! Once, she even held me after class and asked if I was acting out because I didn’t get enough attention at home. It was humiliating and infuriating–
–because she was right. She had me [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Pardon Our Dust

Well, we’re back up after a long hiatus. The database crashed unrecoverably, and the blogging software we were using was being difficult. And of course, all of this happens right as I get into “crunch time” at work, and we all get sick, and…
Anyway, you probably don’t care about all that.
We’ve switched back to WordPress, [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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Friday, March 9th, 2007

And They Showed It on International Women’s Day…

So yesterday was International Women’s Day and Blog Against Sexism Day, and what shows up on Disney Channel? The age-old beaten by a girl plot.
Yes, the two boys sit there and talk about how “humiliating” it was to have a girl be better than you; sure, he admitted that it was OK to be beaten [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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Thursday, March 8th, 2007

“Can I Look at Your Ass Now?”(or “I don’t want to be sexist, but damn, women are hot!”

It’s Blog Against Sexism Day, and I thought I’d address one issue that seems to be a sticking point for a lot of guys who are otherwise not particularly sexist:

From a comment on this thread on Femisite:

that there WILL be times when I look at a girl’s ass because, well, I rather like ‘em. (There is obviously a line between leering/being creepy which is a digression I’m not interested in right now)

Ah, the eternal question: How can I respect women when I still want to check out their asses?

2 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Dorothy

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