I work in a prison and heard this heartwarming tale from an inmate:
During a volleyball game on the rec field, a group of white inmates were playing against some Mexican inmates (the divides in prison are usually like this.) Anyway, the ball was called out. How far out was it? The paisano held his hands a bit apart and said, "Five dollar."
ben says:
isn't this a perfect example of that most republican of all ideas: the free market?
In my more cynical/realistic moments, I've argued to my gay friends that they will be truly accepted not when they're allowed marriage, but when two guys kiss on a nationally televised ad for Coke. Because once corporate America–which controls *way* more of our cultural values than we care to admit–collectively decides "you're in," *that's* the point at which you've passed your hazing and are part of the gang.
MarilynJean says:
J. Dryden is so right. Since the Obama family entered the White House, the amount of advertising featuring non-white people of various brown shades has skyrocketed. I get my lady-centric commericals AND my "urban" themed commericals!
jon says:
I work in a prison and heard this heartwarming tale from an inmate:
During a volleyball game on the rec field, a group of white inmates were playing against some Mexican inmates (the divides in prison are usually like this.) Anyway, the ball was called out. How far out was it? The paisano held his hands a bit apart and said, "Five dollar."
ben says:
isn't this a perfect example of that most republican of all ideas: the free market?
J. Dryden says:
In my more cynical/realistic moments, I've argued to my gay friends that they will be truly accepted not when they're allowed marriage, but when two guys kiss on a nationally televised ad for Coke. Because once corporate America–which controls *way* more of our cultural values than we care to admit–collectively decides "you're in," *that's* the point at which you've passed your hazing and are part of the gang.
MarilynJean says:
J. Dryden is so right. Since the Obama family entered the White House, the amount of advertising featuring non-white people of various brown shades has skyrocketed. I get my lady-centric commericals AND my "urban" themed commericals!
jazzbumpa says:
Ben –
Free market is a Libertarian idea.
Republicans just want to kill people.