Thursday Bites

A friend forwarded this latest “end all, be all” of web surfing: allmyfaves.com. It’s a pretty good site. I’ve bookmarked it.
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Ah, crap: Pepsi is now using its TV spots to promote the gay lifestyle. AFA asked Pepsi to remain neutral in the culture war. Pepsi refused. The company said it will continue major financial support of homosexual organizations seeking to legalize homosexual marriage. I drink a lot of Mountain Dew and Pepsi. This one is gonna be tough, it might break my back (get it? break/broke back? hahaaaa!).
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BHO moves up a notch in my book: Larry Flynt denounces him (PG-13 rant). The enemy of Larry Flynt is my friend.
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From the Notebooks

From 2003

I’m also beginning to read the great works of American black writers. I’m not going to say “African-American,” partly out of defiance of political correctness (poor, over-used term that was once such a great source of derision), partly out of ease (economy of words—and typing). I’m reading Frederick Douglass’ Narrative. I’m on chapter 3. The first thing that has struck me? The clarity with which he writes. Makes me wonder: Did he have to write clearer than his white counter-parts in order to get an audience? Probably not, but his writing is friendlier to the reader than many of white counterparts. Other nineteenth century writers (Brownson comes to mind) were considerably more verbose and winding in their paragraphs. After Douglass, I plan to read Washington’s Up from Slavery, Du Bois’ The Souls of Black People, and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. I’m thinking I might write an article, called “Black Chesterton,” or something like that, combining my status (not actual attainment) as a Chesterton expert with my new-found expertise and pointing out pro-family, Distributist, anti-abortion, anti-Hudge and Grudge strains of thought.

I’ve already found one in Douglass: Lack of a father. He mentions it early on, which is significant because (I’ll have to research this) I believe he wrote the Narrative to show how miserable slave life is from start to finish. Here, Douglass started without knowing his father. The black man still doesn’t know his father today and, if he does, he doesn’t live with him or receive sufficient guidance from him. And the black man still seems to be adrift in many ways. I’ll have to see if Washington or Du Bois talk about the need for fathers.

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4 Responses to “Thursday Bites”

1. Meistergoat Says:
   January 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am

   Pepsi is upsetting. It was one of the first stocks my investment club bought back in the mid-1980’s and we still have it. Given this information and the fact that the company absolutely shilled for Obama is enough to get me to dump the stock and switch to Coke or RC. The hard part is going to be laying off the Pepsi snack division…Fritos, chips, etc, etc. GE is another one I’m going to have to boycott and who’s stock I’m going to sell…it’s turned NBC and MSNBC into the communication operation for the liberal wing of the Democratic party.

2. Meistergoat Says:
   January 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am

   PS- Please update us on Jack’s condition.

3. Eric Says:
   January 29th, 2009 at 9:51 am

   My son Jack is still recovering. He lost ten pounds. Those who know Jack realize he doesn’t have ten pounds to give (the CAT scan was largely ineffective because he was too thin–I’d never heard of such a thing). He’s lethargic and weak, sleeps four or five times a day, but he appears to be on the mend. This thing could go on for weeks, so we have to keep watching him. We’re hoping he can go to school next Monday, but right now, he’s not.

   Thanks for asking.

   Re: Boycott. I’m switching to Mellow Yellow, which has 62.5 grams of caffeine v. Mountain Dew’s 65 (basically a tie). I might also switch to Walgreen’s Cola, which has more caffeine than Pepsi (46 v. 35 grams, I think). (I normally drink pop for the caffeine kick, since I don’t drink coffee.)

   For Gatorade, there are all sorts of alternatives, so that’ll be easy.

   For chips, that one could be tough.

4. LarryD Says:
   February 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am

   re: Pepsi

   The Mountain Dew withdrawl has been tough – now I’m drinking diet Coke. Store brand soda (Meijer’s, Kroger) here I come.

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