2 posts tagged “soapbox”
Candies shoes is notorious for displaying sexualized ads with young women (some of whom are famous young actresses). They also have a foundation. A foundation that's all about preventing teen pregancy. Bristol Palin is the Abstinence Ambassador of this foundation. Are you lining up all of the hypocrasy?
Yeah, Bristol and Candies, we can be assured that every young girl out there will do as you say, not as you do. Thank you.
The real pandemic isn't the closing of schools because of the God Damn H1N1 flu virus.
It's the closing of the schools because districts are out of money.
The real pandemic is the high high cost of tuition and the debt with which so many students and families are going to be saddled.
The real pandemic is the laying off our teachers.
The real pandemic is countless loss of jobs everywhere.
The real pandemic is that many of us are paying mortgages for homes that have devastatingly decreased in value yet are not eligible for the government's Home Affordable refinance plan.
The real pandemic is the high cost of health care and all the hard working people who are uncovered.
The real pandemic is all the incarcerated fathers.
The real pandemic is child exploitation on the internet.
The real pandemic is the floating landfill of plastic and debris in the Pacific and the damage it's doing to the aquatic life.
The real pandemic is deforestation.
The real pandemic is corrupt capitalism.
The real pandemic is what all this fear and hysteria is going to do to Mexico's already suffering economy.
The list goes on and on...
What has you fired up lately? What would you add to the list?
