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The Human Rights Movement: a short commentary on Gay Marriage

Derek West
Head Writer


"They shouldn't have that right. They're not even real people!"

In 1955 that was a socially acceptable phrase and attitude towards African Americans. We weren't real people. We didn't deserve the same rights and liberties as white Americans. Why? Because our ancestors were slaves. Terribly interesting how the same people who made America the greatest country in the world by building it for free, couldn't even vote for the people who ran said country.

"They're not as smart as us, they can't do the things we do, they shouldn't be treated as equals"

In 1915 that was the general attitude and a socially acceptable thought towards women. They raised children, kept a household, and held the American family together, but had no say in the matters that effected the American family.

"Why should they be allowed to marry? It destroys the sanctity of the institution of marriage! "

This is an attitude and opinion a colleague of mine recently took during a debate about gay marriage he and I had. Do you know what these three phrases and opinions have in common?

They're all bullshit.

Make no mistake my friends gay rights IS the new civil rights movement. There's no way around that. And let me be clear, in a country where there is a 50% divorce rate, the "sanctity of marriage" is already a joke and has been for a long time. Any ban on gay marriage is a clear violation of human rights. Period.

The fact of the matter is that if there is any decency or fairness in this country, eventually our musical theater loving counterparts will indeed have the right to get married. For no other reason than it is the right thing to do. It doesn't effect anyone else. The same way rednecks avoid everyone who is different already will not change. Nothing will, the world will keep turning. No one will turn to ash, the country will no implode.

These people get up everyday, they take showers, they brush their teeth, they get dressed, they have breakfast, they get in their cars, and they go to work. And do you know what happens then? I'll tell you; they pay taxes and contribute as much to society as all the rest of us half divorcing slobs. And if this was my only valid point I'd be comfortable resting my case. This is more than just a civil rights issue, this my friends is a human rights issue.

The government already forces and imposes itself in almost ever facet of our lives. THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT ISSUE. As far as I can tell the government has much larger problems on the horizon so much so that the last thing they should be worried about is dictating who can and can't get married. If Joe Doughnut from down the block wants to marry his goat, who gives a shit? Does it really effect you? Does it really make a difference? If two meth addicts want to go to Vegas and get married no one will tell them they can't, therefore no one should be able to tell Leon ad Stevie or Janice and Marie shouldn't have that same opportunity.

And for all the religious zealots, right wing nutjobs, and backwards hillbillies who call the people fighting for their basic human rights sick, I give you this simple piece of advice on the matter: Go find something to do! The general opinion is not your opinion and quite honestly no ones gives a shit what you think.

I'm not saying I agree or disagree. I'm not saying its right or it's wrong. I'm not naive enough to try and make that call. All I'm saying is what most of us are thinking which is its not our business or place to call it. We're too busy being enthralled in reality television shows about pregnant teenagers, celebrity drug problems, and talents shows to care anyway. Just in case you missed it allow me to repeat: we watch shows about pregnant teenagers...who are the sick ones in the equation?

Shepard Fairey Could Face Jail Time for Obama “Hope” Poster

OBEY GIANT‘s Shepard Fairey now faces possible jail time of up to 6 months in the embarrassing saga surrounding his Obama “Hope” poster. While the case pertaining to the copyright infringement protection of an Associated Press-owned photograph of Obama–the very image Fairey admittedly artistically reused in the Hope campaign–was settled last year behind closed doors, the federal courts have now laid on the Los Angeles-based street artist charges of contempt. In a statement last Friday by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Fairey apparently “went to extreme lengths to obtain an unfair and illegal advantage in his civil litigation, creating fake documents and destroying others in an effort to subvert the civil discovery process.” The accused artist has pled guilty to the charges.

Source: 12oz

Why President Obama Should Worry

Head Writer: D.West

In 2008, voting was trendy. Not that voting hadn't been trendy before that. Let's not forget about the ill fated "Vote or Die" campaign Puffy forced us to endure. You know the one that featured a non registered Paris Hilton and convicted felon 50 Cent? Turns out if you didn't vote, you also didn't in fact die. But I digress. In 2008 voting was trendy. We were inundated with messages and slogans telling us about how THIS was the most important election of our lives, if not in history. We were told we had to vote because any of us who weren't white men didn't always have the right to vote. It was our patriotic duty. And I don't disagree with those last two points.

 But let's take a look at where we were as a country in 2008. We were embedded in two wars, gas prices were at an all time high, and the economy was on its way into the shitter. And the only thing we knew as a collective people was that there was only one person to blame for it all; George W. Bush.

He'd put us in the mess we were in, and all we wanted was someone who was not George Bush in the white house. Now please don't take my next statement in any way as a pop shot at the current president but plain and simple, in my estimation, a broomstick could have run against the republican ticket that election and won. Hell if I had the funds you may be referring to me as Street Evol head writer AND President of The United States Derek West. Because all we knew was that voting republican meant at least another 4 years of the same policies that hadn't worked the previous 8 years. And we knew we wanted something different. We wanted CHANGE.

And that, my friends, is exactly what we got. It was plastered across Barack Obama’s face on multi colored posters, buttons, t shirts, bumper stickers, and Internet campaigns. We saw it on twitter, and facebook. Change. Never had an election been so commercialized. And never had a president had his own t shirt in a bodega in Harlem.

We liked Obama. He was cool, in touch with the ever elusive youth vote, good looking, and as smooth as the skipping stones at the quarry. He spoke our language. He made voting cool. He made it the thing to do, because hey, this was the most important election in history. So we had everyone telling us how cool and hip it was to vote. Musicians, actors, and every other type of celebrity got on TV and told us to vote, so we did. We came out in droves to vote. It didn't matter where you were from or who you were. All that mattered was change. All that mattered was making a difference. And we did.




Fast forward to today, where it's all but certain that Mitt Romney will be President Obama’s opposition for the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama should be worried. It's not that he's been a bad president. He hasn't been. By my standards he's been a pretty good president. Sure he's not kept all of his campaign promises, but what president ever has? Let's be honest the guy inherited a complete mess. But let's continue to be honest in saying Barack Obama is a politician. He did what he had to do and said what he had to say as a means to an end. Granted it was unnecessary because anyone could have won against “The Maverick” and "Nalin' Palin." But what platform can the president run on this time? He can’t run on “CHANGE”. And with less than a year until the election, we haven’t seen any buttons, or t shirts. There haven’t been any internet campaigns. There aren’t any posters. And most importantly there is not a sense of urgency to get out and vote. There isn’t the overwhelming sense of doom if we make the wrong choice. And in my opinion I don’t think people will come out in droves again to vote. It just doesn’t feel as exciting this time around. 

Now, I’m not saying that Barack Obama won’t win. I'm certainly not saying that he can’t win. But what I am saying is that he won’t be able to coast into a win on his charm and the promise of change this time around. That ship has sailed. Yea, he started the road to universal health care, and yes he laid the murder game down on Osama bin Laden. But no one will remember that come November. The opposition will highlight all the things the president didn’t do. All the promises he didn’t keep. And all the policies that didn’t work. And then the cycle will continue. So my suggestion to the president is to try and capture that lighting in a bottle for the second time, and do it fast. Time has a way of catching up to us quickly. And to all you voters out there I will leave you with my personal view on all politics, as David Spade said in the 1994 comedy PCU “It doesn’t matter who wins, because they’re all losers.”
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Baracka Flacka Flames - I Run The Military (2011) ( Music Video Parody)

hahahahaahah This is comedy! If you haven't heard of this dude, he began by parodying Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in da Paint" With his version called "Head of the State". And Flocka was not even close to amused. He's a modern day version of Weird Al Yankovic with a presidential twist. Dude sounds and looks just like Barack too. Some GREAT one liners in this video too enjoy!

OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD (PHOTO?)

LOOKS LIKE WE GOT HIM FINALLY!!!! JUSTICE IS SERVED!! 

USA USA USA!!!

This is the pic thats floating around the internet...  some say it's not real. but it is pretty graphic.. check it out..

Dont FUCK with the USA!! haha

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