Re Sarah Palin, North Korea, and feel good Thanksgiving: Please do not insult dyslexics. Many brilliant and successful (as defined by society at the time) people are believed to have been dyslexic, including Pablo Picasso, Cher, Nelson Rockefeller, John Lennon, Winston Churchill, Leonardo da Vinci.
I would say that Sarah Palin is intellectually deficient and lacking in any curiosity about the world beyond her nose, which combined with being a right-wing Christian (hard to know what is the cause and what is the effect in this case), is a sure fire combination for not understanding anything about anything of significance.
Further, being able to bank on her stunning looks would support any reluctance to struggle with learning. Let’s face it, Sarah Palin is where she is because she’s Hot, her noises about abstinence notwithstanding. And that, my friend, speaks to the all-pervasive sexism and sexual exploitation rampant in these United States.
Finally, ask your typical high school student about North and South Korea. Thanks to the lack of importance given to education by our ‘leaders,’ all they would know is that one of them is Bad. Hence our Sarah becomes Everyman/woman.
‘John’
P.S. Er, I think your Pilgrim story needs to consider the sequel: it has something to do with the genocide of Native American people. And that, my friend, speaks to the possibility of aggression against any people who have land desired by another people, including the cultural groups represented at Heartsong. Although it is nice that they got together.
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One Black Republican in Arizona thinks right-wing and racist attitudes are relevant to him, per Giffords' shooting. See:
link to nydailynews.com
Re Sarah Palin, North Korea, and feel good Thanksgiving: Please do not insult dyslexics. Many brilliant and successful (as defined by society at the time) people are believed to have been dyslexic, including Pablo Picasso, Cher, Nelson Rockefeller, John Lennon, Winston Churchill, Leonardo da Vinci.
I would say that Sarah Palin is intellectually deficient and lacking in any curiosity about the world beyond her nose, which combined with being a right-wing Christian (hard to know what is the cause and what is the effect in this case), is a sure fire combination for not understanding anything about anything of significance.
Further, being able to bank on her stunning looks would support any reluctance to struggle with learning. Let’s face it, Sarah Palin is where she is because she’s Hot, her noises about abstinence notwithstanding. And that, my friend, speaks to the all-pervasive sexism and sexual exploitation rampant in these United States.
Finally, ask your typical high school student about North and South Korea. Thanks to the lack of importance given to education by our ‘leaders,’ all they would know is that one of them is Bad. Hence our Sarah becomes Everyman/woman.
‘John’
P.S. Er, I think your Pilgrim story needs to consider the sequel: it has something to do with the genocide of Native American people. And that, my friend, speaks to the possibility of aggression against any people who have land desired by another people, including the cultural groups represented at Heartsong. Although it is nice that they got together.
And now for a little (relevant) Monty Python.
link to youtube.com (0 sec – 4:20)
Those Pythons definitely were ahead of their time!!! Apologies if already noted in comments for other entries.