18 July 2006

The Whining Stranger on Politics and Current Events: Taking It to the Streets: A Primer on the Whining Stranger's Politics



As I try to resolve the various subtleties and possible contradictions that befit being an non-dogmatic, politically engaged critical thinker in these troubled times, I think I can say safely that I am all of the following.
  • pro-choice; anti-middle-aged-white-guys-jockeying-for-control-of-women's-bodies
  • anti-war; pro-trying-to-use-the-boundlessness-of-our-human-intelligence-to-resist-resolving-differences-in-unevolved-ways
  • pro-social programs; anti-rich-people-trying-to-amass-more-money-than-the-next-three-generations-in-their-family-can-spend
  • pro-Affirmative Action; anti-stupid-sons-of-oilmen-getting-Ivy-League-degrees
  • pro-gay marriage; anti-ignorant-assholes-being-afraid-to-sanction-loving-commitment-among-sensitive-adults
  • pro-waffle cone; anti-ice cream sandwich
  • pro-Tigers; anti-White Sox
  • anti-dogs-being-made-to-ride-unsecured-in-pick-up-trucks; pro-dogs-driving-themselves-while-their-yahoo-owners-bounce-around-in-the-back-on-sharp-turns
  • pro-Batman; anti-Daredevil
  • pro-Katie Couric; anti-Star Jones
  • anti-Jimmy Buffet; pro-Steely Dan

So, there, that's what I'm all about politically.

(And you thought I wouldn't find a way to get yet more Steely Dan content in, didn't you?)

7 comments:

Liz said...

Ice cream sandwiches - what did they ever do to you? Neat and compact, delicious and yummy, made in various flavors and easy to replicate at home, nay better at home...even babies and dogs like them! (For dogs, you make it with two dog biscuit crackers, naturally.) Cones are nice, cones are good. Cones require a teen scooping, cones require leaving home. Ice cream sandwiches require leaving the couch, no teens involved unless they are fetching one from the freezer for you. Long live the ice cream sandwich!

Paperback Writer said...

Also, what did Daredevil do? Unless of course, it's the movie Daredevil...that should be on everyone's anti list!

And also, word on everything else!

The Whining Stranger said...

Who knew that ice cream sandwiches and Daredevil were the real hot button topics on the minds of Americans?

Somebody tell Hilary--

Paperback Writer said...

:)

Seriously, I agree with you spot on. If I didn't, I wouldn't have kept coming back to your blog to read.

Liz said...

Please don't joke about food with me. It's no laughing matter.

The Whining Stranger said...

BTW, Daredevil is such an obvious rip-off of Batman.

Paperback Writer said...

Okay...I never thought of Daredevil like that, but I will have to bring this up with Loki and see what he says.