The Tea Party, Glenn Beck, and social justice have been generating a lot of headlines and conversation of late in response to comments Beck made earlier this month. And now JFSJ's making our own!
Outrage is building over the Fox News host’s claim that churches advocating “social justice” are using code words for Nazism and communism. Now a Jewish group is fighting back—through haiku......
On Wednesday, JFSJ launched HaikuGlennBeck.com, a site where readers can submit haiku responses to Beck’s “social justice” quote. Chief Strategy Officer Mik Moore said his site will feature a parallel campaign on Twitter using the hashtag #becku, and celebrities are expected to contribute as well. Comedian Nick Kroll has already offered a poem to accompany the launch.
Meet Pam and Carol. Two women facing similar problems. Pam's son lost his job, then his house. Carol faced foreclosure on her home. They both went looking for help. That's where their stories diverge.
Worried about her family, Pam went looking for answers. She found the Tea Party.
Scared to lose her home, Carol also went looking for answers. She found Hope Community Credit Union.
I was intrigued by this headline of a Salon column: Too Much Tea Party Racism.
The piece in Salon focuses on several racist and homophobic incidents that occured at yesterday's anti-health care rally at the Capitol, which seems to be anchored by tea partiers. In part:
...it's worth more of my time to say what many resist: The tea party movement is disturbingly racist and reactionary, from its roots to its highest branches. On Saturday, as a small group of protesters jammed the Capitol and the streets around it, the movement's origins in white resistance to the Civil Rights Movement was impossible to ignore.
Leads me to wonder, how much racism is too much? How do you determine if racism is fundamental to the movement or just attracts racists?
Meet Pam and Carol. Two women facing similar problems. Pam's son lost his job, then his house. Carol faced foreclosure on her home. They both went looking for help. That's where their stories diverge.
Worried about her family, Pam went looking for answers. She found the Tea Party.
Scared to lose her home, Carol also went looking for answers. She found Hope Community Credit Union.
Pam found a vehicle for her anger - but she didn't find a solution.
Scott Brown's victory was a truly historic moment. For the first time in recent history, a senator-elect announced the dating status of his daughters: "For anyone watching around the country, they're both available." Well, that's not entirely true. "Arianna's definitely not available," he said. "But Ayla is!" (Check out the video here) In all fairness, Ayla is used to being in the spotlight and being embarrassed, since she was an American Idol contestant. Her father is no stranger to idolatry, having modeled nude for the centerfold of Cosmo.
But exhibitionism isn't the only common trait of father and daughter. Alya is also a novice politico, who uses her pipes to belt out tunes and political zingers. She demanded that Martha Coakley take down a dishonest ad (which is less dishonest and more... critical) and highlights a Brown-sponsored bill which "would have allowed a doctor, nurse or hospital to deny rape victims an emergency contraceptive if it 'conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief.'".
Boys, I know talented women can be intimidating. And, since Scott Brown told the entire country that his daughters were single, you're bound to face stiff competition. Look out for Jonah Goldberg who already tweeted his intentions: "Brown daughters are definitely easy on the eyes. If you like that sort of thing."
But I also know from experience that whispering politically appropriate sweet nothings can be the best way to a woman's heart. And if Ayla is anything like her father, she's a tea party-party animal. Scott was supported by the Boston Tea Party, and attended a Friends of the Tea Party Scott Brown Reception, where he encouraged supporters to be "patriots" (for only $25), "Sons of Liberty" (for $100) "Sam Adams" (for $250) and "American Revolutionary (for $500, a real steal.) So try out these Tea Party-friendly pick up lines and you'll be sharing a hot cup with Ayla, and maybe even Arianna, in no time!
"I wanna whisper sweet anti-government anti-immigrant, homophobic, racist nothings into your ear."
"I want to do to you what Obama is doing to this country... all night long."
"I know you're saving yourself for your dad, but can I have you after?"
"Do you have any xenophobia in you? Would you like some?"
"you're so hot you make me believe in global warming... almost."
"I'd love to practice abstinence only with you."
"Stop Stimulating my package!"
"Not to brag, but I got every Glenn Beck show taped on VHS back at my place."
"Show me your O (Bama) Face?"(technically, I think we see it in the video after Scott Brown announces his daughter's availability)
And if things are going really well, try this naughty nugget
