Change More Than The Channel
August 26, 2008
© 2008. Nate Sullivan "Change More Than The Channel"
I’m sitting at on the couch, getting pissed at Fox News and their Democratic Convention coverage. I switch over to CNN and it’s just as bad. That’s when this idea pops into my head.
“Get off your ass. Do something else beside changing the channel.”
This is a call to action.
Feel free to email me if you’re interested in a higher resolution version of this photograph. It’s free, it’s just not open for resale.
Vote for change. Vote Obama ‘08.
Cheers.
- ISM
In Conversation with a Republi’cant: Episode 3
August 26, 2008
In Conversation with a Republi’cant: Episode 2
August 25, 2008
The Silly Concept of Human Rights at Conception
August 24, 2008
Anyone considering a vote for McCain should recognize that McCain’s stance on abortion and human rights represents the extreme far right of the Republican Party. McCain is no longer a maverick representing the centrist positions he once practiced.
“At what point is a baby entitled to human rights?” Rick Warren asked at the Saddleback Forum on August 16th, McCain responded bluntly, “At conception.”
The belief that human rights are an entitlement at conception negates two vital facts. One, by granting human rights to the embryo or fetus, reliant on the mother (in cases of natural insemination and frozen suspension for artificial insemination), you are putting the rights of two humans at conflicting positions that can never be reconciled. Obviously the mother a higher authority over the rights of the embryo/fetus; however does the mother’s actions that might result in a miscarriage (natural abortion) mean a violation of any one of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ? Does her very act of carrying the pregnancy to term mean a 9 month restriction on the fetuses will to move freely?
The concept is completely silly, however this is McCain’s stance on when human rights are granted.
Obama’s response to this answer was more nuanced, as it should be. While mocked by conservative commentators when he said, “…whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity…is above my pay grade,” his reference here was to a higher authority, God. Does McCain consider himself the equal to God?
A closer examination of the UDHR actually outlines a much narrower focus when granting human rights, and the interpretation of these rights is not so black and white. In fact, in the United States, the full slate of human rights doesn’t become fully obtained until an individual is of legal age. A ten year old is compelled to join the church of their legal guardian. A kindergartner does not participate in their government. The list could continue ad infinium.
The point is, the answer as to when human rights are granted is not “at Conception”, a pithy two word answer that tingles the spine of certain logically blind, stupified evangelicals and far-right politicians who manipulate their emotions for political gain. The answer is never to be answered, similar to the question of life after death. This is a personal decision, and the formal legal struggle means debate, scholarship, technology and evolution.
Let’s hope for a president that understands this debate and all sides.
In Conversation with a Republi’cant - Episode 1
August 24, 2008
Great Poster….Love It!
August 23, 2008
It’s not often that I post others work without much to say, but I think this is a great poster parodying the Men in Black theme. The creator also has some great McCain posters, so check out their profile on Daily KOS, or the blog, Dudehiattva.com.
- ISM
Take the Poll: Biden’s Strengths
August 23, 2008
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