The media, bloggers and politicians have done their best to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street movement as unorganized, lacking in focus, and powered by lazy hippies with no clear objective. Certainly, you’ve heard people on TV and in person echo various “Not sure what they’re protesting” themed talking points.
Archive for October, 2011
Here Comes the ’60s to Finish What It Started
Posted: 18th October 2011 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: Corporate Greed, Importance of Being, Mike Stevens, Occupation, Occupy Phoenix, Occupy Wall Street, Tax the rich
GOP/Wall Street Believe America Meant ‘Yes’ When Saying ‘No’
Posted: 10th October 2011 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: Corporate Greed, Economic Crisis, GOP, Herman Cain, Occupy Wall Street, Republicans
For those of you occupying Wall Street and whining about how your economy got raped by the upper one percent, the corporate world has prepared its defense, and it’s pretty much the same argument any rapist makes whenever the victim has the nerve to file a complaint.
I’m a Mormon, He’s a Mormon, Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Mormon Too?
Posted: 4th October 2011 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: I'm a mormon, Latter Day Saints, LDS, Mormon Faith, Mormons, Political Commentary, Politics, Republicans
These ads fail to address the biggest myth surrounding the Mormon religion: namely, that it is a religion. Because if there’s anything these ads and the church’s involvement in Prop. 8 prove, it’s that the Latter Day Saints—as an organizational body—is not a religion but a powerful political lobby hell-bent on manifesting its world view through the power of your heavily sought-after vote.
When Animals Attack—With Lawyers
Posted: 31st October 2011 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: 13th Amendment, Gay, Importance of Being, Importance of Being Mike, Lesbian, Mike Stevens, PETA, Republican, SCOTUS, Shamu, Supreme Court, Whale
If you’ve ever watched FOX News or been annoyed by someone who does, then you’re undoubtedly familiar with the freakish leap in logic many members of the Christian Right and the Republican Party cling to when arguing against gay marriage. Namely, that if men were allowed to marry other men, the floodgates would open up [...]
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