A Response to John Scalzi

By John Brown | May 28, 2012 - 10:03 pm |May 29, 2012 Blather

The best way to change someone’s mind: use the skills you learned writing fiction. John Scalzi recently wrote a post about White Privilege. You know: the idea that Straight White Males (SWMs) have all the cards stacked in their favor. It’s called “Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is.” I assume he wrote it →

New Mandatory Two-question Test for Our Leaders in Washington

By John Brown | April 18, 2012 - 2:54 pm |April 19, 2012 Blather

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This is not a Democrat thing. This is not a Republican thing. This is a Budgeting for Morons 101 thing. I think anyone who is sent to Washington needs to pass a test. The test will have two questions. Can you pass it? Big Hairy Test Question 1. Fill in the blank. Use your incredible subtraction skills →

Conservative Republican Amnesia

By John Brown | December 27, 2011 - 4:15 pm |December 28, 2011 Blather

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If you ask the “conservative” talking heads–Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc.–who THE best conservative president of the last 100 years was, they will say Ronald Reagan. If you ask their dogs, they will bark “Ronald Reagan.” Their gerbils will say other things, but everyone knows you can’t trust rodents. Ask the regular conservative Wanda and Mack (Jane and Joe →