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Pornography and Indecency: What Grove Press Really Gave Us

11:19 pm, July 20th, 2009 on Liberalism

Grove Press, a publisher of D.H. Lawrence’s soft-core Lady Chatterley’s Lover and many other similar novels and a pioneer in radical publishing, sued over and over again to peddle its dirty wares under the protection of the First Amendment.

It didn’t sue for any higher purpose. It sued to make a buck from its overtly sexual material.

Making a god out of Grove Press’ Barney Rosset, Kaplan writes in the NYT today:

For many decades, the courts upheld racial segregation; then, suddenly, they didn’t. For many decades, the courts let the Post Office decide which books people could read [by censoring obscene material]; then, suddenly, they didn’t. In both cases, and many others that could be cited, the laws hadn’t changed; society did. And the courts responded accordingly.

Racial segregation is wrong. Censorship of pornography is not. All men are equal before God and law. All speech is not.

Kaplan titled his article: “The Day Obscenity Became Art.” What he really means to say is: The Day Pornography Was Made Acceptable.”

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Letterman’s Top Ten Signs Sonia Sotomayor Is Getting Cocky

1:33 pm, July 15th, 2009 on Humor, Liberalism, Politics

Last night:

10. Addressed senators with “Whaddaya say, Meat?”

9. Spent the entire hearing updating her Twitter page

8. Interrupted questioning to get fitted for her robe

7. Turned surprisingly hostile when told “No open containers”

6. Left early to tackle the case of Sotomayor vs. Applebee’s Riblets

5. Started hitting on Clarence Thomas

4. Kept referring to Al Franken as “Church Lady”

3. Phoned in from All Star Game in St. Louis to see how the confirmation hearings were going

2. Only answers she gave were “Maybe” and “How the hell should I know?”

1. Took the day off to go salmon fishing with Sarah Palin

Via, Freedom Eden.

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Dangerous Resentment of … Women?

11:50 am, July 10th, 2009 on Feminism, Liberalism

The Criminal

The Criminal

Judith Warner, an NYT columnist, claims today that a case in which prosecutors are pursuing legal action against a mother who had endangered her children by dropping them off at the mall, without any form of direct, or even indirect, adult supervision, is about how:

our country’s resentment, and even hatred, of well-educated, apparently affluent women is spiraling out of control.

Wait. What?

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Reducing Nuclear Weapons: What’s the Point?

5:37 pm, July 6th, 2009 on Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Russia

Obama is already desperately trying to achieve something of a legacy as Reagan did. But, nuclear weapons reduction by the USA and Russia doesn’t achieve a thing, really, until China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the other nuclear states agree to cut their stockpiles as well.

With the latest developments in weapons technology, we don’t need as many weapons as we did before. As such, the only way we can protect ourselves from their specific threat is to eliminate them altogether, not just by reducing their numbers by just a bit.

Obama- get off your high horse already.

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The Problem With Liberal Judges (as in MN, Coleman v. Franken)

4:57 pm, June 30th, 2009 on Liberalism

Stupid Fucker

Stupid Fucker

The Supreme Court of Minnesota has just opted for Democrat Al Franken over Republican (and former Democrat) Norm Coleman.

Al Franken, that guy from the land of far-far-far-left away. Al Franken, that stupid radio show host who moved “back” to Minnesota only in ‘03 for the express purpose of running for office. Having Al Franken in the Senate is far worse than a combination of Limbaugh, Coulter and Malkin in there.

What are his qualifications for becoming a Senator? Especially when the alternative is the incumbent Norm Coleman, a several-term former Mayor of Minneapolis?

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