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A Progressive Warrior Queen-Isn't That an Oxymoron?


In case you don't know the story of Boadicea (Boudicca), in a nutshell it goes like this.

Boadicea's tribe, the Iceni, lived peacefully as a client tribe under Roman rule. After her husband's death corrupt Roman officials reneged on the agreement that left the Iceni in peace. When Boadicea, still the leader of her tribe, went to protest this, she was flogged and her daughters were raped before her eyes.

She returned to her tribe and raised a rebellion against the Romans that was short lived, brutal, and ended in her death.

Understand, I'm not looking to raze Colchester, or leave piles of bodies behind me. However, the Radical Right Religionists and the Corporate sponsors of the Chattel Society have declared war on us who are "others".

 
I say we fight back.  Right now, I'm fighting back primarily at Texas Kaos. Please come join me.

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I Got Your Hundred Screw Ups Right Here.

posted Thursday, 14 July 2005

If you didn't see the Daily Show this evening, Crooks and Liars has the video of culture warrior Bernard Goldberg's interview promoting his book, ( to which I will certainly NOT link) 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America

I agree with Jon's greater point, that the blame for screwing up America is more rightly placed in the halls of government than the cult of celebrity. But another comment of Jon's intrigued me enough to make this post. Jon says in the interview is that for every liberal example in the book, there's a conservative one Mr. Goldberg ignored.

Here's the list, as supplied by goffnews over at Dkos. Who would you trade out for a fright wing example? Below are a few of my candidates. I apologize in advance for the proximity of such vermin near so many of my heroes:

1 Michael Moore ยทยทยทMel Gibson
2 Arthur Sulzberger Roger Ailes
3 Ted KennedyBill Frist
4 Jesse JacksonCondoleeza Rice
5 Anthony RomeroAlberto Gonzales
6 Jimmy CarterBarbara Bush
7 Margaret MarshallAntonin Scalia
8 Paul KrugmanAlan Greenspan
9 Jonathan KozolMargaret Spelling
10 Ralph NeasJack Abramoff
11 Noam ChomskyNewt Gingrich
12 Dan RatherBritt Hume
13 Andrew HeywardBernard Goldberg
14 Mary MapesChris Wallace
15 Ted RallBill O'Reilly
16 John EdwardsDick Cheney
17 Al SharptonAlan Keyes
18 Al GoreTom Delay
19 George SorosRupert Murdoch
20 Howard DeanJeb Bush
21 Judge Roy MooreJudge Roy Moore
22 Michael NewdowJames Dobson
23 The Unknown American TerroristGeorge W Bush
24 Lee BollingerLawrence Summers
25 James KoppRandall Terry
26 Dr. Martin HaskellJames Kopp
27 Paul BegalaPeggy Noonan
28 Julian BondTrent Lott
29 John GreenSteve, who owes me money (I'll be darned if I'll buy Goldberg's book to find out what John Green did to get on his shit list)
30 Latrell SprewellCurt Schilling
31 Maury PovichDavid Brooks
32 Jerry SpringerRush Limbaugh
33 Bob ShrumKarl Rove
34 Bill MoyersArmstrong Williams
35 Jeff DanzigerHoward Stern
36 Nancy HopkinsPhillip Johnson
37 Al FrankenDonald Rumsfeld
38 Jim McDermottDennis Hastert
39 Peter SingerRichard Perle
40 Scott HarshbargerRichard Scaife
41 Susan BeresfordMy Ex, (I can't find any reason for Golbergian Dudgeon here, so I'm using the slot as a free fire zone
42 Gloria SteinemLaura Bush
43 Paul EibelerDonald Trump
44 Dennis KozlowskiDennis Kozlowski
45 Ken LayKen Lay
46 Barbara WaltersAndrea Mitchell
47 Maxine WatersPete Sessions
48 Robert ByrdRick Santorum
49 Ingrid NewkirkAnn Coulter
50 John VasconellosPete Craddick
51 Ann PeloKaren Santorum
52 Markos MoulitsasJohn Hinderaker
53 Anna Nicole SmithBrittney Spears
54 Neal ShapiroSumner Redstone
55 David WestinDavid Smith
56 Diane SawyerAmy Robach
57 Ted FieldRandall "Duke" Cunningham
58 EminemToby Keith
59 Shirley FranklinRudy Giuliani
60 LudacrisKen Mehlman
61 Michael SavageMichael Savage
62 Howard SternHoward Stern
63 Amy RichardsMichelle Malkin
64 James WolcottWilliam Safire
65 Oliver StoneCarlton Sherwood
66 David DukeTom Coburn
67 Randall RobinsonAl Edwards
68 Katherine HansonGrover Norquist
69 Matt KunitzMatt Kunitz
70 Jimmy SwaggartJerry Falwell
71 Phil DonahueJoe Scarborough
72 Ward ChurchillDavid Horowitz
73 Barbara KingsolverTom Clancy
74 Katha PolittDaniel Okrent
75 Eric FonerDick Morris
76 Barbara FoleyFrank Luntz
77 Linda HirshmanPriscilla Owen
78 Norman MailerLynne Cheney
79 Harry BelafonteMichael Powell
80 Kitty KelleyBay Buchanan
81 Tim RobbinsJonah Goldberg
82 Laurie DavidPhillip A. Cooney
83 The Dumb and Vicious CelebrityThe Dumb and Vicious Congress Critter
84 The Vicious CelebrityThe PNAC Apologists
85 The Dumb CelebrityThe Kowtowing Press
86 Chris OfiliBenjamin James Johnson
87 Sheldon HackneyThomas Friedman
88 Aaron McGruderDennis Miller
89 Jane SmileyJames Sensenbrenner
90 Michael JacksonJim West
91 Barbara StreisandMarie Osmond
92 Kerri DunnKerri Dunn
93 Richard TimmonsJames Guckert
94 Guy VelellaArlene Wohlgemuth
95 Courtney LoveTed Nugent
96 Eve EnslerTim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins
97 Todd GoldmanPaul Wolfowitz
98 Sheila Jackson LeeLamar Smith
99 Matthew Lesko
Bernard Ebbers
100 Rick and Kathy HiltonNick and Jessica

That was easier than I thought.


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