Virginia and slavery

Yesterday, the Virginia legislature met specially to pass a resolution in which the state formally apologizes for its role in slavery. It claims that the apology is the first of its kind, and also expresses regret about the Native Americans, and how they were treated in our countries yester-years.

Whilst the sentiment seems nice and fills all of our hearts with a shinny light, I find this type of gesture to be pointless and politically motivated. What difference does the opinion of 136 lawmakers about the history of their state matter to anyone? Sure, the gesture might be appreciated by some, but to what avail? Will it change the fact that slavery did happen? No. Will it change the fact that a large section of this country was built, and allowed to thrive, using slave labor? No.

The fact of the matter is nothing will. There is no point passing empty measures like this whilst real problems could be worked on in the time it takes for things like this resolution to be passed. This is a perfect example of how ballooned and bogged down this political system is. Instead of working toward making an actual, physical difference, these lawmakers instead are now able to have quotes about there actions like this:

This session will be remembered for a lot of things, but 20 years hence I suspect one of those things will be the fact that we came together and passed this resolution," - Delegate A. Donald McEachin

What if in 20 years, we were able to look back and see how the Virginia legislature made a difference in the urban areas of Norfolk? Or a difference in financing a public education that is worthy of America?

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Hooray for Java....

Anyways, Happy Valentines Day to all. Remember that soon after V-Day is Steak and Blow-Job Day. Ladies, this is payback for Valentines Day. He deserves it. Full stop.

More to come next week. I need time to catch my breath.

Boston is taken over!

By Ignignokt and Err. The story is all over the media the last few days. The skinny of it is, in promotion for the upcoming Aqua Teen Movie, LED pictures of the Mooninites were placed around 11 cities. Now, the kind folks in sleepy Boston mistook these ads, made up totally of LED lights and a battery to run them, for bombs.

That's right. Bombs. The kicker is this: SOME OF THE ADS HAD BEEN UP FOR 3 WEEKS!!!!

Now, the two men responsible for putting the ads up have been arrested for placing hoax devices in simulation of an attack. What a bullshit charge. These "devices" as their called by the media are fucking Lite-Brite's! They're equivalent to a toy made in 19-sixty-fucking-seven! I can't wrap my mind around this.

Normally, I would sum this action up with a nice statement a friend of mine says-"Fucking Red States". But this is Massachusetts! Massa-fucking-chusetts! The birth place of the American Revolution, the home state of Senator Ted Kennedy. I think this video sums it up quite nicely:


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Fucking Boston....