Well they basically are trying to patch a little leak in the drilling riser. You’ve got to remember that what we’re seeing on television, the drilling riser is 22.5″ in circumference. Most of it is a elastomers to make it buoyant. In the middle is a 7″ column with the annulus where the drill bit goes down, so coming out of that is a little plume of gas. It’s not oil and it’s only about four feet high.
That could not by any way have actually covered 40% of the Gulf of Mexico, so what we’re going to find when the Thomas Jefferson finishes its work is we have an open hole with no casing in it and the only way we’ll shut it off is either let it complete which might take 30 years which could maybe not only poison the Gulf of Mexico but maybe the Atlantic Ocean or to put a nuclear device down the hole like the Russians did in the 70’s and actually encase it…
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One thing they should be doing is every time we unload a tanker at the Louisiana offshore loading port which has all this supertanker offshore loading, they should go right over to the oil lake and start sucking up this black crude at the bottom and putting it on the tanker and get it out of the Gulf wet shorelands because when the hurricanes arrive the hurricane actually blows this oil on shore it will basically paint the Gulf shore black and it will shut down the refineries, the power plants and it will be America’s worst catastrophe and nightmare.
Diana Yund of St. Paul didn’t feel like having a bake sale.
But she wanted to raise money to fight breast cancer. So she took off her clothes and posed, with family and friends, for a fund raising calendar she created.
OK. Good cause, tasteful photography, does not at all appear to be exploitation to me. No problem right?
Kristine Holmgren, founder of the discussion salon Dead Feminists Society of Minnesota and a former Star Tribune columnist says WRONG:
“I have daughters, and I hope when they think of making money, they do not go first to their breasts,” she said. “I hope they go to their talents and skill sets.”
Uhh…this is not hardcore porn here Kristine Holmgren, what’s your damage? I thought one the central tenants of feminism was that women should not feel ashamed to make decisions for themselves and be proud of who they are and what they can accomplish.
Holmgren objects to pornography and anything involving the sale of photos of naked people. It doesn’t matter if men or women sell the photos.
“Have respect for the bodies of women, rather than treat them like objects of commerce,” she said. “Those of us who spend most of our adult lives trying to minimize that in some way are sort of broken-hearted by this.
I guess you should grow up Kristine Holmgren. Do you wish to ban nude photography of all kinds? Maybe paintings as well? Maybe with a bit more maturity you will realize that the human form is naturally beautiful and not inherently an object of shame that must be forever hidden away. Your attitude is what instills women with the very feelings of insecurity that you probably claim to fight. You’re “broken hearted” because some women decided to have some fun and show a little skin for a good cause? SEEK COUNSELING IMMEDIATLY.
The calendars, regardless of the cause, are tacky, said Laura Barclay, president of the Etiquette Centre of Minneapolis. “I don’t think it’s in good taste at all,” she said.
“There are lots of other ways to raise money. You can sell coffee mugs. You can sell breast cancer lapel pins.”
OK, first off, the Etiquette Centre of Minneapolis?? Jesus Palomino, I can’t believe that someone is actually making a living being an etiquette consultant. How many thousands of dollars do I need to spend to be told not to double dip my chips at a party? And Quentin Tarantino already taught me to use my thumb when I count to three in Germany. I think I’m getting along just fine in the business world. So, Etiquette Centre of Minneapolis, FUCK YOU.
Laura Barclay, when someone appoints you Queen of Town you can make all the arbitrary decisions you like regarding what is tacky and how people should fund raise. You don’t care for the calendar, don’t buy one. Otherwise I would be willing to bet that there are lots of women out there who could give a shit about what you deem “in good taste”. So FUCK YOU TOO.
In closing, people in the United States really need to lighten the hell up about about the nude human form. If you had spent even a few moments visiting another country you would probably realize how repressed we are in the USA. Hiding the human body away where no one can see contributes to the shame, embarrassment and self loathing that is rampant in our society. Holmgren and Barclay should be ashamed of themselves for trying to contribute to the guilt that young girls are constantly and regrettably instilled with in this country. FUCK YOU BOTH.
I’m glad neither Holmgren or Barclay was my mother or I would have probably been raised to feel all naughty and embarrassed every time I dropped my pants to take a dump. My mom is a real feminist and that is why I have no problem taking a dump in front of my own kids. I do close the door for my wife because she works hard all day and does not need to see that kind of thing at the end of a long work day.
The Vikings are part of the cultural fabric that holds us together at a time when many forces seem to be pulling us further apart.
excuse me for a moment while I go vomit…
Seriously, I am shocked that anyone other than Ziggy Wilf and his partners should think that spending a half billion dollars on a football stadium is a good idea.
We have a real problem with our priorities in this country…
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