Sarah Palin and Bite Me Pizza
Sep. 1st, 2008 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mangofandangoYou know what, folks? I don't care if Sarah Palin ever smoked pot, or what sort of t-shirt she wore unless she was recently photographed wearing a KILL ALL POLAR BEARS t-shirt or something. I don't even think it is particularly wise to be discussing unproven rumors regarding who was pregnant with who in her family, etc. etc.
Sarah Palin may be a woman, but she's anti-woman in all the ways that count to me. I kind of feel like playing up the fact that she's a woman in hopes of getting Clinton votes is pandering, and the sad thing is that people are stupid enough to go for it. But really, folks. She'd like to control my uterus, and would deny women abortions even in cases of rape and incest. She's being investigated for abuse of office, and she's anti-marriage equity. She might be kind of unprofessional and disrespectful, which I feel is somewhat relevant given the possibility of her running the damn country should anything happen to the Old Man (oh god, now I've evoked Adama!) I don't actually care that her daughter is pregnant, and I think that a 17 year old girl should probably be left alone and not treated as a political target in this situation - though I do recognize the related political issues that it raises, and those are important.
Jezebel raises a good point regarding all of this:
"...when liberals and progressives pounce on rumors like this one about Trig's "true" parentage...or rumors about Republican politicians' sexuality (in the absence of crimes committed) we are conceding that conservatives are right, and personal choices do qualify or disqualify one for certain aspects of participation in public life... We are accepting their terms, their definitions of appropriate private behavior, and attempting to use those definitions to defeat their candidates. And once we do that, even if we do "take down" Sarah Palin or whatever Republican candidate in order to protect gay rights or reproductive rights or educational rights, then we've lost on those issues anyway because we've conceded that the underpinnings to the Republican positions on those issues is valid.
So, please, stop. There are dozens and dozens of legitimate reasons to oppose Sarah Palin... Let's focus on those legitimate reasons as to why people should oppose Sarah Palin and the McCain-Palin ticket rather than trying to be the next Karl Rove because, as Dan Rather might say, when you wrestle with a pig (i.e., shitty rumors like these), all you get is shit on you and the pig kind of likes it."
A local thing that keeps coming up that I also wish people would stop making an issue of: the name of our new neighborhood pizza place. Yes, people are up in arms because it is called Bite Me Organic Pizza. Now when I saw the name, I said something along of the lines of "that is adorable and made of win" but apparently, people think it is vulgar (what) and impossible to explain to children (um hello unimaginative neighbors - the pizza wants you to bite it, that is the whole point!) and generally in bad taste. Never mind that this particular establishment took a run-down looking space in our neighborhood and made it look reasonably nice, while providing us with organic pizza made with largely local ingredients and efforts at sustainable energy use, etc., all available for quick delivery - no, we have to get all bent out of shape over "Bite Me". I suppose there are situations in which I might get bent out of shape over a business name. I could sympathize with angry parents if they'd named the shop FUCK ME PIZZA, or maybe even KILL ALL POLAR BEARS PIZZA, but honestly, do businesses not have the right to be called whatever they want? If you don't like it, don't go there, but please stop annoying me with your discussions of your "righteous anger". Thanks. (I guess I am contributing to the chatter, but not on the same forums, so I guess I'm also not perpetuating the dramarama.)
In other Bite Me news, we got our first pizza there last night. Very nice owner guy (also started Red Square, Metronome, and 1/2 Lounge), convenient and pleasant 5 minute walk from home, and awesome pizza. There are like 14 pizzas I really want to try now. I mean look, at this PDF of the menu! It's not a final version, but you get the idea of the coolness. Plus they are planning on doing delivery of pizza, movies, ice cream, and other stuff so that in the winter, you can call and have them deliver your entire evening's entertainment. I thought that was kind of a fun idea.
Rants out of my system for now, if you don't count the MY EYES ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY AND I CAN'T WEAR CONTACTS RIGHT NOW frustration or my MY STINKING BACK IS A DISASTER issues...yeah. ;)
(Topical-ish icon alert! When does BSG start again? Next April? 2012?)
Sarah Palin may be a woman, but she's anti-woman in all the ways that count to me. I kind of feel like playing up the fact that she's a woman in hopes of getting Clinton votes is pandering, and the sad thing is that people are stupid enough to go for it. But really, folks. She'd like to control my uterus, and would deny women abortions even in cases of rape and incest. She's being investigated for abuse of office, and she's anti-marriage equity. She might be kind of unprofessional and disrespectful, which I feel is somewhat relevant given the possibility of her running the damn country should anything happen to the Old Man (oh god, now I've evoked Adama!) I don't actually care that her daughter is pregnant, and I think that a 17 year old girl should probably be left alone and not treated as a political target in this situation - though I do recognize the related political issues that it raises, and those are important.
Jezebel raises a good point regarding all of this:
"...when liberals and progressives pounce on rumors like this one about Trig's "true" parentage...or rumors about Republican politicians' sexuality (in the absence of crimes committed) we are conceding that conservatives are right, and personal choices do qualify or disqualify one for certain aspects of participation in public life... We are accepting their terms, their definitions of appropriate private behavior, and attempting to use those definitions to defeat their candidates. And once we do that, even if we do "take down" Sarah Palin or whatever Republican candidate in order to protect gay rights or reproductive rights or educational rights, then we've lost on those issues anyway because we've conceded that the underpinnings to the Republican positions on those issues is valid.
So, please, stop. There are dozens and dozens of legitimate reasons to oppose Sarah Palin... Let's focus on those legitimate reasons as to why people should oppose Sarah Palin and the McCain-Palin ticket rather than trying to be the next Karl Rove because, as Dan Rather might say, when you wrestle with a pig (i.e., shitty rumors like these), all you get is shit on you and the pig kind of likes it."
A local thing that keeps coming up that I also wish people would stop making an issue of: the name of our new neighborhood pizza place. Yes, people are up in arms because it is called Bite Me Organic Pizza. Now when I saw the name, I said something along of the lines of "that is adorable and made of win" but apparently, people think it is vulgar (what) and impossible to explain to children (um hello unimaginative neighbors - the pizza wants you to bite it, that is the whole point!) and generally in bad taste. Never mind that this particular establishment took a run-down looking space in our neighborhood and made it look reasonably nice, while providing us with organic pizza made with largely local ingredients and efforts at sustainable energy use, etc., all available for quick delivery - no, we have to get all bent out of shape over "Bite Me". I suppose there are situations in which I might get bent out of shape over a business name. I could sympathize with angry parents if they'd named the shop FUCK ME PIZZA, or maybe even KILL ALL POLAR BEARS PIZZA, but honestly, do businesses not have the right to be called whatever they want? If you don't like it, don't go there, but please stop annoying me with your discussions of your "righteous anger". Thanks. (I guess I am contributing to the chatter, but not on the same forums, so I guess I'm also not perpetuating the dramarama.)
In other Bite Me news, we got our first pizza there last night. Very nice owner guy (also started Red Square, Metronome, and 1/2 Lounge), convenient and pleasant 5 minute walk from home, and awesome pizza. There are like 14 pizzas I really want to try now. I mean look, at this PDF of the menu! It's not a final version, but you get the idea of the coolness. Plus they are planning on doing delivery of pizza, movies, ice cream, and other stuff so that in the winter, you can call and have them deliver your entire evening's entertainment. I thought that was kind of a fun idea.
Rants out of my system for now, if you don't count the MY EYES ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY AND I CAN'T WEAR CONTACTS RIGHT NOW frustration or my MY STINKING BACK IS A DISASTER issues...yeah. ;)
(Topical-ish icon alert! When does BSG start again? Next April? 2012?)
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Date: 2008-09-02 11:26 pm (UTC)I don't think "bite me" is inherently sexual by any means, even if I've probably used it that way. ;) I don't understand why people are suggesting that it's vulgar.