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Sep. 21st, 2007 03:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morrigirlI have some of the best stuff to share with you today!
First off, this article from Asheville Indymedia is four months old, but when I read it yesterday I nearly died laughing: Clowns KKKick KKK ass! Brought back memories of the ill fated march the KKK held in Lower Manhattan back in 1999. Though nowhere near as inventive as the Asheville protest, when the state pulled that old law against wearing masks in public out of its ass, it made me proud to be a New Yorker. The vast majority of KKK members were so infuriated they would not be able to march with their hoods on that they dind't march at all. Where there had previously been maybe a hundred men ready and willing to march, on the day of the even the number had gone down to 15 and almost all of them wore sunglasses to shield their identities. The counter protest was huge; something like 1000 counter-protesters for every 2 klansmen. I vividly remember one counter-protester who was interviewed on the news saying "If they are so Proud of their beliefs and so convinced those beliefs are right, they shouldn't need to hide their faces." I think my reaction to that was, "Right on!"
And, I nearly wet myself when I stumbled upon this blog entry today and found out there is an Angel season 6 comic in the works! My inner slayer very happy. Not as happy as my inner fangirl, but pretty damn close.
And I'm beginning to think that Boston has a ridiculously elevated sense of self-importance as evidenced by the fact that, yet again, the cops mistook a piece of electronic artwork for a bomb. You really have to watch the video on this one to see how fucking stupid it was. The girl had a light board the size of my fist on the front of her sweatshirt with flashing lights on it. OOOOOH, SCARY!
Dear Boston,
I feel the need to inform you that you are not, I repeat, NOT the largest city in the United States. New York still holds that honor. In fact, you are not even one of the ten largest U.S. cities, or even one of the top twenty. According to statistics you are only the 24th largest city in the U.S. Los Angles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas, even Baltimore, are all bigger than you. Now, I could be wrong, but I'm thinking international terrorists would probably go for a big, flashy, high profile attack geared to maximize casualties. Ain't gonna get that in ye little olde town of Boston.
Yes, I am aware that a couple of the planes hyjacked during 9/11 originated at Logan. I can understand the need for precaution. Not-white girl with no ticket hanging around an airport with flashy lightbulbs on her sweatshirt could look real intimidating to police trained to shoot first and ask question later. But, come on, Boston! Why the bloody hell are you charging her with a crime?! She cooperated, you found out she had no eeevil intentions, she was not trying to frighten anyone or pass herself off as a terrorist. Basically you are charging her with wearing a self-designed piece of clothing. Real smooth guys, real smooth.
Please, do all those creative MIT students a favor and get over yourself.
No Love,
Me.
In other news,the mouse on my computer is dead. It will no longer follow instruction. Rather, for the last two days the arrow has been darting around the screen all by itself making it impossible for me to use my compy. At first I thought someone had hacked my computer, but Greg and I did a little troubleshooting and he's almost 100% sure it's the mouse. We're gonna plug in a new mouse this evening and see if it behaves. I hope it does cause, gee whiz, I don't have the money to buy a new compy.
First off, this article from Asheville Indymedia is four months old, but when I read it yesterday I nearly died laughing: Clowns KKKick KKK ass! Brought back memories of the ill fated march the KKK held in Lower Manhattan back in 1999. Though nowhere near as inventive as the Asheville protest, when the state pulled that old law against wearing masks in public out of its ass, it made me proud to be a New Yorker. The vast majority of KKK members were so infuriated they would not be able to march with their hoods on that they dind't march at all. Where there had previously been maybe a hundred men ready and willing to march, on the day of the even the number had gone down to 15 and almost all of them wore sunglasses to shield their identities. The counter protest was huge; something like 1000 counter-protesters for every 2 klansmen. I vividly remember one counter-protester who was interviewed on the news saying "If they are so Proud of their beliefs and so convinced those beliefs are right, they shouldn't need to hide their faces." I think my reaction to that was, "Right on!"
And, I nearly wet myself when I stumbled upon this blog entry today and found out there is an Angel season 6 comic in the works! My inner slayer very happy. Not as happy as my inner fangirl, but pretty damn close.
And I'm beginning to think that Boston has a ridiculously elevated sense of self-importance as evidenced by the fact that, yet again, the cops mistook a piece of electronic artwork for a bomb. You really have to watch the video on this one to see how fucking stupid it was. The girl had a light board the size of my fist on the front of her sweatshirt with flashing lights on it. OOOOOH, SCARY!
Dear Boston,
I feel the need to inform you that you are not, I repeat, NOT the largest city in the United States. New York still holds that honor. In fact, you are not even one of the ten largest U.S. cities, or even one of the top twenty. According to statistics you are only the 24th largest city in the U.S. Los Angles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas, even Baltimore, are all bigger than you. Now, I could be wrong, but I'm thinking international terrorists would probably go for a big, flashy, high profile attack geared to maximize casualties. Ain't gonna get that in ye little olde town of Boston.
Yes, I am aware that a couple of the planes hyjacked during 9/11 originated at Logan. I can understand the need for precaution. Not-white girl with no ticket hanging around an airport with flashy lightbulbs on her sweatshirt could look real intimidating to police trained to shoot first and ask question later. But, come on, Boston! Why the bloody hell are you charging her with a crime?! She cooperated, you found out she had no eeevil intentions, she was not trying to frighten anyone or pass herself off as a terrorist. Basically you are charging her with wearing a self-designed piece of clothing. Real smooth guys, real smooth.
Please, do all those creative MIT students a favor and get over yourself.
No Love,
Me.
In other news,the mouse on my computer is dead. It will no longer follow instruction. Rather, for the last two days the arrow has been darting around the screen all by itself making it impossible for me to use my compy. At first I thought someone had hacked my computer, but Greg and I did a little troubleshooting and he's almost 100% sure it's the mouse. We're gonna plug in a new mouse this evening and see if it behaves. I hope it does cause, gee whiz, I don't have the money to buy a new compy.
