Politics
"Idiot Wind"
Everything is political, of course, but some things are a bit more so than others. From Bush The Warmongering Prick and his Sidekick Dick to Kim Jong Mentally-il to China's Cutthroat Capitalist Communists, there's so much not to love.
Featured Rant from Politics: Canada
The God Save The Queen Rant
As I was watching this Queen woman on the news I kept waiting for someone to shout out, like that peasant to King Arthur in "Monty Python and The Holy Grail", "Who elected you anyway?" But, alas, no one ever asked the question.
Featured Rant from Politics: America
The Not-So-Great 38 Rant (Who are these people?)
Who are these people? Seriously, who are they? How can poll after poll tell us that between 32 and 38% of Americans are happy with Bush's performance as president? How is it possible for anyone to be so far gone that they somehow still think that Bush, Sidekick Dick and all the other buffoons in the White House are actually doing a great job?
Featured Rant from Politics: The Middle East
The Grim Fairy Tale Rant (Bush, Blair and The Tale Of Brave Little Israel)
I turned on the news and what did I find but these 2 bozos, Bush and Blair, doing a comedy routine in the guise of a press conference. Best I could make out, here's the fairy tale they were telling the children of the world:
Featured Rant from Politics: North Asia
China The Coddler and The Tyrannical Three: The Burma, North Korea and Sudan Rant
Every petty dictator and military junta needs someone to prop them up at one point or another. Say someone like Aung San Suu Kyi has just won a massive 80% landslide in a democratic election in your country, but you're a general, or even a whole junta, that just doesn't want to give up the lush life; say you're a country in Africa that wants to do away with a bothersome racial minority, but the rest of the world just keeps giving you hell about it; or say you're getting hassled on the world stage just because you want nuclear weapons and a REALLY big army while you let millions of your people starve to death. Well, in all such cases there's only one country to call... and I sure as hell ain't talking about Burkina Faso!
Featured Rant from Politics: South Asia
The Pakistan Rant or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Rapists
Imagine a law designed and used specifically to protect rapists and to punish those who are raped. A law - a whole legal system in fact (the Sharia Islamic law system) - that says rape doesn't actually happen, it's really just women fornicating.
Featured Rant from Politics: Europe
The Scotland Rant
Now here's something that even the Taliban might find extreme, unjust, ridiculous and barbaric. The government of Scotland has proposed a law to jail the parents of juvenile offenders/criminals.
Featured Rant from Politics: Africa
The Re-Free Nelson Mandela Rant
Ok, I know what you're thinking: "This guy isn't really going to rant about Mandela, at least not THE Nelson Mandela. The same Nelson Mandela who spent 27 years in prison and inspired his country and the world in the fight against apartheid. There's just no way he has the nerve or the audacity to attack one of the greatest men of the past century.
Featured Rant from Politics: Other/Miscellaneous
Insignificant Others: The Value of Human Life Rant
Westerners are killed and it's a tragedy, non-Westerners are killed and it's a minor item. While watching the news this morning I was once again completely struck by the different value put on Western lives compared to those of The Insignificant Others. I mean, I notice it just about every single day, but today was pretty extreme.
