RSSHere’s Something To Be Proud Of; The Naked Truth
Some things people do are just beyond explanation. Take the two Waterville, Maine teenagers who may have bargained for more than they asked for with their little stunt. (Complete with video, oh my.)
Two Waterville, Maine, teenagers are in hot water after one was arrested on suspicion of skateboarding nude through the center of town as his friend videotaped the stunt.
A worker in a nearby office said he went outside to see what the commotion was all about.
“I didn’t believe it. I had to see it,” a bemused Charles Roy said. “And I came right back in after I saw it.”
Another witness said she was the person who called a disbelieving police department on Bodley.
“They didn’t believe me at first, they made me repeat it again,” Eva Michaud said.
Jane Fonda; Your Past Actions Do Have Consequences
Jane Fonda’s movie, “Monster-In-Law” may be number one at the box office, but don’t ask Ike Boutwell his opinion. A former Vietnam vet and the owner of two movie theaters in Kentucky refuses to show it in his establishment no matter what the financial cost is to him personally.
The owner of two Kentucky theaters has refused to show the new Jane Fonda film “Monster-in-Law” because of the activist role the actress took during the Vietnam War.
Ike Boutwell, who trained pilots during the Vietnam War, displayed pictures of Fonda clapping with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew in 1972 outside the Elizabethtown Movie Palace to show his disapproval. The marquee outside Showtime Cinemas in nearby Radcliff reads: “No Jane Fonda movie in this theater.”
Just proving the theory once again that past actions do have consequences. Or as Ike says,
“I think when people do something, they need to be held responsible for their actions”. “When you give the enemy aid, it makes the war last longer.”
University Dress Codes, Undone and Unembarrassed
Dear President Broad:
I am writing to express my complete outrage at a memo written by UNC-Wilmington Director of Human Resources William Fleming, which was sent to all faculty and staff at our university. The memo was uncalled for, offensive, and should not be tolerated at an institution dedicated to tolerance.
Fleming’s arrogant memo began with the dubious claim that “The UNCW Staff Council has asked that guidance be provided regarding appropriate campus attire.” The idea that an HR Director would send a memo telling employees how to dress is outrageous enough. But Fleming’s use of the term “appropriate” was simply inappropriate. Because he made people feel inferior about their clothing, he should be dressed down immediately. This should be done by his superiors.
In countless diversity seminars, our university has spent thousands of dollars teaching us that it is never appropriate to make sweeping generalizations or moral judgments of any kind. At a diverse university, everyone should agree on two points: 1) Generalizations are never good. 2) Moral judgments are always immoral.
Fleming’s arrogance continues: “It is acknowledged and appreciated that UNCW employees use good judgment in their work clothing selection as a general rule.” Does this mean that Fleming has been paying attention to our clothing and making judgments about our clothing judgments? The HR department has established certain disciplinarily proceedings for those who are intolerant and judgmental. Fleming should be subjected to those proceedings and suspended without pay, while the committee’s final judgment is pending.
Fleming’s next paragraph also raises serious concerns: “While UNCW does not have a written dress policy or code, it is expected that all employees will wear clothing that is appropriate to the duties performed and that is consistent with the image UNCW wishes to convey to students, constituents, and visitors…Other offices and units may have a specific business need for requiring certain clothing and so some unit level dress standards may be appropriate.”
By using the term “appropriate” twice in a single paragraph, Fleming’s intolerance rises to nearly Republican proportions. But what he fails to state in this paragraph is even more disturbing. After using the term “image,” Fleming does nothing to tell us exactly what “image” our university “wishes to convey.” I would like to address the nature of the image UNCW has been (and should be) trying to convey.
Mike Adams has turned into the Jonathan Swift of the modern university campus. He skewers the politically correct from the inside, turning their righteous indignation against them. Here is a archive of his most recent posts, give them a read and be amazed at what happens at your local university.
The Tipping Point
Glenn Reynolds has a very thoughtful article over at Tech Central Station. His theory is that we are at the tipping point of the mainstream media’s influence in America. The Newsweek fiasco has incited real anger amongst the population, and combine this with weblogs leading the way, the hit to the mainstream media will be too much to overcome.
I agree that it is not that I do not trust the mainstream media anymore, most do a good job. However, I think that the monolithic liberal bias has undone the media. Their eagerness to hurt President Bush has seeped into the group think mentality, and it is causing them to make serious blunders and miss the real news.
In the past, the media would have gotten away with it. I may have found a serious error that a newsmagazine had made, but there was nothing I could do about it. A letter to the editor that would have been discarded. Now, as a blogger, I can put it on my site and others can rally around it. The media has never had to be very introspective, they were the ones throwing the stones.
Welcome to a new day folks, the rules have changed.
Its Always Funny Until Someone Gets Hurt
Somethings are either just too painful to write about and this may be just one of them. On the good side a woman was found not legally responsible for injuries to her boyfriend suffered while they were having consensual sex.
On the bad side as reported by the AP:
The man, identified only as John Doe in court papers, filed suit against the woman in 1997, claiming she was negligent when she suddenly changed positions, landed awkwardly on him and fractured his penis.
OUCH!!!
After finally getting over the pain and then the laughter and then the bewilderment of how this is possible; I come across this. OK, I guess it is possible.
However, there is nothing like a good attorney comment to make the pain of the story even worse. Upon receiving the ruling from the 3 judge panel, John Doe’s attorney responded:
Greenwood argued that consensual sex doesn’t mean “anything goes. … The fact that some behavior was agreed to by the parties doesn’t mean all behavior was agreed to by the parties.”
The man’s attorney, John Greenwood, said he is likely to appeal Monday’s ruling to the state’s highest court.
Some times you just have to know when to take your toys and go home.
