New Fall Fashion
Posted by ryan on 29 Sep 2008 at 02:11 pm
The Keating 5… pass it on
No this isn’t a new name for my Athens Banner Herald Column, but a seedy scandal involving good old John McCain that has a direct connection to the financial problems we are dealing with this week. Here is a quick recap of the scandal that I found on Huffington Post:
Tags: business, corporations-will-be-the-end-..., keating 5, lies, mccain, news, politics, stop the madness, the stupid economyPosted by ryan on 24 Sep 2008 at 01:50 pm
It’s stupid, the economy!
If you invent money and introduce it into an economy, that doesn’t matter (WRT impact on human lives) as much as where you insert it in the food chain.
It seems criminal (AS HELL!!!1!LOL) to bail out one class of debtors while throwing another class of debtors to the wolves.
If you give the bank monies in an amount equaling the cost of the defaulted mortgages, effectively paying off loans designed to fail, why can you not give the same amount of money to families in financial crisis with the stipulation that they use it to pay off their sub-prime home loans?
The bank ends up with the same amount of money either way, but fewer lives get ruined in the process (poverty kills, mofo!).
If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, but please, somebody splain this to me.
Oh right.
My bad.
A nation of happy, financially secure families creates conditions less conducive to the rise of fascism, and thus, is bad (for fascists).
Tags: brutality, capitalism, cheaters-always-win, conspiracy-theories, corporations-will-be-the-end-..., cronyism, culture-wars, douchebags, fucked-up-shit, lies, opinions...i've got some, over-the-top, porn, quit acting like a douche, surrealism, the stupid economy, the-truthPosted by Bob on 22 Sep 2008 at 10:55 am
Are you registered?
Posted by ryan on 15 Sep 2008 at 01:03 pm
Chris Matthews hits back on the lipsticked pig
After working a less than stellar show last night at the Caledonia I settled in to watch the 3am repeat of Hardball and was completely pumped to see Matthew’s off-leash and relentlessly attacking the McPalin distraction machine.
Please to enjoy:
Part 1:
and of course…
Part 2:
Posted by ryan on 11 Sep 2008 at 01:02 pm
Pissed about Palin
Check out this whip smart story on the dangers of Sarah Palin from Salon:
Tags: corporations-will-be-the-end-..., culture-wars, hacks, mccain, neo-cons, news, palin, politics, quit acting like a douche, religion, Republican national convention, republicans, stop the madness, villains part 2Posted by ryan on 10 Sep 2008 at 01:44 pm
Re: Kindercore’s Politics
So it had occurred to me that Kindercore’s outspoken stance on politics could rub some people the wrong way but I didn’t really expect it to be Kindercore fans on the receiving end of the rubbing. After posting the ObamaRad shirts to the Shop last night I got an email from a fan/customer/interneter letting us know that we had turned off one of his friends who had been a supporter of our bands until we started talking politics.
I honestly appreciate him taking the time to write us and I felt like it might be a good idea for me to post his email (without his name or email address ‘natch) and my response so that people could get a feel for where we are coming from.
First the email:
From:(name omitted to protect the innocent)
Subject:Obama Shirts
Date: September 09, 2008 04:35:17 AM EDT
To:kinderstore @ kindercore . com
I understand that you have personal convictions concerning political views, however, maybe this could alienate some of your customers. A buddy of mine who buys a lot of music from the bands in your line up said he will no longer buy from you. Maybe, be a little more careful or maybe you don’t care.
8(
And now my response:
From: Ryan Lewis
Subject:Re: Obama Shirts
Date: September 09, 2008 01:31:06 PM EDT
To: (name omitted to protect the innocent)
Hey (name omitted to protect the innocent)
Thanks for writing. Obviously politics can be a thorny issue and I hate that our political convictions will keep someone from buying records that he would enjoy. That said, Kindercore is a labor of love - like running any indie label is these days - we are not in this to make money and as a result we are far more concerned with making our country a better place then we are with raking in money.
There is a long tradition of artists and companies using the public forum to express their beliefs - REM, Ben and Jerry’s, etc on the left or Toby Keith, Wal-Mart, etc on the right - and it is certainly anyone’s right to disagree with the practice. The Kindercore team are lifelong progressives concerned with the environment, science, education, the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the separation of church and state, personal responsibility, civility and bringing America back to the greatness bred by FDR and the New Deal. At a time like this we feel that silence on the issues is simply not an option.
Again thanks for taking the time to write, it is a comfort to know that there are still people out there willing to speak up when they disagree with something they see.
Ryan Lewis
So yeah… maybe that explains something for folks who felt weird about the whole thing. Or maybe not. Either way…
Tags: corporations-will-be-the-end-..., essays, kindercore, music, new-patriotism, news, obama, politics, pop culturePosted by ryan on 09 Sep 2008 at 01:51 pm
We thought we were beyond it but it’s back
Wake up people, we need to get to work or we are gonna get fucked again by the ignorant, fearful and bigoted masses.
Tags: Bill-ORielly, bush, cheaters-always-win, corporations-will-be-the-end-..., cults, fascism, flags, fox-news, mccain, neo-cons, new-patriotism, news, obama, patriotism, politics, pop culture, quit acting like a douche, religion, religion-crime, republicans, revolution, science, the-constitution, they hate us for our freedom
Posted by ryan on 08 Sep 2008 at 10:24 pm
This is all kinds of fucked up!
I have been out of town on tour with the Buddy System and haven’t been able to find time to blog but I just got an email about the arrests of journalists at the Republican Convention and I had to post it here:
“This is America. We don’t jail journalists here.
Jailing journalists is unacceptable in a democracy. But that’s exactly what is happening at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Award winning journalist and host of “Democracy Now” Amy Goodman was arrested by St. Paul police while covering a protest outside the Republican National Convention. Though clearly identified as press, Goodman was charged with “obstruction of a legal process and interference with a ‘peace officer.’” Two of her producers were arrested for “suspicion of felony riot.”
This video is upsetting, but you deserve to know what’s really going on.
Goodman and her producers were released last night. (An AP photographer was also arrested and released). But the charges are still pending.
This story has been virtually ignored by the mainstream press. The cable channels are providing extensive coverage of events related to the Republican National Convention, but there has been a virtual news blackout on the arrest of Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now team.
Americans deserve to know that journalists are being jailed for trying to do their jobs. E-mail CNN President Jonathan Klein and NBC News President Steve Capus today (NBC News controls MSNBC) to demand coverage of this brutally important story.”
So yeah, not that I’m surprised considering it was at a fascist convention but what the FUCK?!
Click here to take whatever action you feel is appropriate!
Tags: be-cool-bitches, bush, cheaters-always-win, corporations-will-be-the-end-..., culture-wars, douchebags, fascism, fucked-up-shit, mccain, nationalism, neo-cons, news, obama, politics, quit acting like a douche, Republican national convention, republicans, revolution, ridiculous, the-constitution, they hate us for our freedomPosted by ryan on 02 Sep 2008 at 03:48 pm
ObamaRad.com is now LIVE! Get yer sweet ass shirts pronto!
Hey Buddies!
Despite some technical difficulties on Friday, ObamaRad.com is now live! Head over to the site and pick up some shirts. Remember the shirts are $10 and $12 with 25% of the money you spend going directly to electing Obama in November.
And in case you are wondering, the remaining 75% isn’t going to line our pockets, it’s going to pay for the shirts and printing… drop on over there now and snag ‘em while they’re fresh!
XO
The ObamaRad.com Team
Posted by ryan on 10 Aug 2008 at 05:55 pm
