Swedish Government Loses Majority As Far Right Surges

[Balloon guy 158]

Ha HaHow ironic

[Balloon guy 158]

There once was a young person named Little Red Riding Hood who lived on the edge of a large forest full of endangered owls and rare plants that would probably provide a cure for cancer if only someone took the time to study them.Red Riding Hood lived with a nurture giver whom she sometimes referred to as "mother", although she didn't mean to imply by this term that she would have thought less of the person if a close biological link did not in fact exist.Nor did she intend to denigrate the equal value of nontraditional households, although she was sorry if this was the impression conveyed.One day her mother asked her to take a basket of organically grown fruit and mineral water to her grandmother's house."But mother, won't this be stealing work from the unionized people who have struggled for years to earn the right to carry all packages between various people in the woods?"Red Riding Hood's mother assured her that she had called the union boss and gotten a special compassionate mission exemption form."But mother, aren't you oppressing me by ordering me to do this?"Red Riding Hood's mother pointed out that it was impossible for womyn to oppress each other, since all womyn were equally oppressed until all womyn were free."But mother, then shouldn't you have my brother carry the basket, since he's an oppressor, and should learn what it's like to be oppressed?"And Red Riding Hood's mother explained that her brother was attending a special rally for animal rights, and besides, this wasn't stereotypical womyn's work, but an empowering deed that would help engender a feeling of community."But won't I be oppressing Grandma, by implying that she's sick and hence unable to independently further her own selfhood?"But Red Riding Hood's mother explained that her grandmother wasn't actually sick or incapacitated or mentally handicapped in any way, although that was not to imply that any of these conditions were inferior to what some people called "health".Thus Red Riding Hood felt that she could get behind the idea of delivering the basket to her grandmother, and so she set off.Many people believed that the forest was a foreboding and dangerous place, but Red Riding Hood knew that this was an irrational fear based on cultural paradigms instilled by a patriarchal society that regarded the natural world as an exploitable resource, and hence believed that natural predators were in fact intolerable competitors.Other people avoided the woods for fear of thieves and deviants, but Red Riding Hood felt that in a truly classless society all marginalized peoples would be able to "come out" of the woods and be accepted as valid lifestyle role models.On her way to Grandma's house, Red Riding Hood passed a woodchopper, and wandered off the path, in order to examine some flowers.She was startled to find herself standing before a Wolf, who asked her what was in her basket.Red Riding Hood's teacher had warned her never to talk to strangers, but she was confident in taking control of her own budding sexuality, and chose to dialogue with the Wolf.She replied, "I am taking my Grandmother some healthful snacks in a gesture of solidarity."The Wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone."Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop an alternative and yet entirely valid worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I would prefer to be on my way."Red Riding Hood returned to the main path, and proceeded towards her Grandmother's house.But because his status outside society had freed him from slavish adherence to linear, Western-style thought, the Wolf knew of a quicker route to Grandma's house.He burst into the house and ate Grandma, a course of action affirmative of his nature as a predator.Then, unhampered by rigid, traditionalist gender role notions, he put on Grandma's nightclothes, crawled under the bedclothes, and awaited developments.Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said,"Grandma, I have brought you some cruelty free snacks to salute you in your role of wise and nurturing matriarch."The Wolf said softly "Come closer, child, so that I might see you."Red Riding Hood said, "Goddess! Grandma, what big eyes you have!""You forget that I am optically challenged.""And Grandma, what an enormous, what a fine nose you have.""Naturally, I could have had it fixed to help my acting career, but I didn't give in to such societal pressures, my child.""And Grandma, what very big, sharp teeth you have!"The Wolf could not take any more of these specist slurs, and, in a reaction appropriate for his accustomed milieu, he leaped out of bed, grabbed Little Red Riding Hood, and opened his jaws so wide that she could see her poor Grandmother cowering in his belly."Aren't you forgetting something?" Red Riding Hood bravely shouted. "You must request my permission before proceeding to a new level of intimacy!"The Wolf was so startled by this statement that he loosened his grasp on her.At the same time, the woodchopper burst into the cottage, brandishing an ax."Hands off!" cried the woodchopper."And what do you think you're doing?" cried Little Red Riding Hood. "If I let you help me now, I would be expressing a lack of confidence in my own abilities, which would lead to poor self esteem and lower achievement scores on college entrance exams.""Last chance, sister! Get your hands off that endangered species! This is an FBI sting!" screamed the woodchopper, and when Little Red Riding Hood nonetheless made a sudden motion, he sliced off her head."Thank goodness you got here in time," said the Wolf. "The brat and her grandmother lured me in here. I thought I was a goner.""No, I think I'm the real victim, here," said the woodchopper. "I've been dealing with my anger ever since I saw her picking those protected flowers earlier. And now I'm going to have such a trauma. Do you have any aspirin?""Sure," said the Wolf."Thanks.""I feel your pain," said the Wolf, and he patted the woodchopper on his firm, well padded back, gave a little belch, and said "Do you have any Maalox?"

[ahosang 0]

interesting fairy tale...

Who, if any, lived happily after???

[Balloon guy 158]

Who, if any, lived happily after???

No one lives happily ever after until all people in the struggle find completion in their lives equatable to their standing in their communities.

[hblask 1]

I like this version better.Not to imply that yours is in any way inferior or any less relevant, or that anyone is in a position to judge either on it's own merits independent of the societal values ingrained since childhood.

[SlapStick 0]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11464025

[AmScray 355]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11464025

If Wilders loses it's only because of that retarded hair (for which he does deserve prison). He sullies himself and everyone who supports him with that clown bullshit. "Anti Speech" laws are only favored by people who have a fragile, ideal-based agenda that cannot withstand criticism.The unencumbered expression of ideas is the cornerstone of a free people. Without this, you're simply toeing an ideological line set by government officials. If an idea is bad, it won't gain any traction. The problem here is, the idea in question, as proposed by Wilders, is perfectly logical, sensible and manifests itself as being 'correct' by every external measure, but since it collides with the broader, failed ideology of suicide-pact tolerance- an ideal that cannot support itself on merit- it must be silenced via mechanism of law. Wilders is not some hysterical, Swastika bedecked 19 year old neo-Nazi Sieg-Heiling for shock value. He's quite articulate and bases his position on very real, wholly practical dynamics as they exist in the Netherlands today. If Wilders loses this one, mark it as the day the Netherlands officially jumped the cultural shark.As an aside, I think this 'trial' is simply a byproduct of an antiquated concept of ethnic-liberalism still enjoying majority support as far as those seated at the levers of power, but that idea is dying fast amongst those who elect them. Whenever things change in a big way and ideological tides shift, those on the forefront of that change are the first to be persecuted by the old-guard, who themselves are wildly flailing out of necessity, desperately trying to keep their decaying ideas relevant.

[Roll the Bones 74]

Maybe we should take a cue from China who doesn't have any of these problems.(From a blog Bob)http://blog.thehumanist.com/?p=2253

Last week we looked at the Indian half of the Dalai Lama’s claim that China had a lot to learn about religious harmony from its neighbor to the southwest. Try to find stories about recent events in China similar to India’s Gujarat massacre, India’s burnings of Christian churches, India’s Muslim bombings, India’s continuing religious warfare in Kashmir, India’s heavy-handed Puritanism of Hindu Taliban thugs. You won’t find much. In a country of 1.3 billion people there is a little bit of almost everything, but “infinitesimal” would be a good word to describe the level of religious violence in today’s China.The 20th century revolutionary movement in China started at about the same time it did in India, but against a historical backdrop of theocratic violence that young intellectuals were determined not to repeat. In the 1850s, a lunatic Christian named Hong Xiuquan persuaded followers that he too was the son of God, sent to save the East as his brother Jesus had saved the West. The tale of what became known as the “Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping” is far stranger than fiction; Hong conquered most of southern China, ruled as its emperor in the old imperial palace at Nanjing for many years, and was ultimately overthrown only at the cost of some 20 million lives. That’s a lot of bodies, even for China.On top of that, the communists saw that their rival, Chiang Kai-shek, had converted to Christianity, and that the corruption of his government and his perceived sellout to Western interests were inextricably entangled with foreign efforts to Christianize and colonize China. If there was one thing the often-bickering Chinese communists agreed on, it was that religion was not going to undermine their campaign to modernize the nation.That never meant banning religion per se. It did mean bringing religion under firm control of the state, so that it could not pose a political threat. The approach is quite different from that of India and America, where religion is respected as a power in its own sphere equal to that of the civil government. China has five government-approved religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, and Taoism. Anyone can worship in any of these faiths to his heart’s content. Catholics, for example, are free to believe in Purgatory, indulgences, and the magic power of relics; free to attend Mass whenever they want, sing their hymns, and receive all seven sacraments. So why do the Vatican and its American Christian allies complain about China all the time?ARTICLE CONTINUED AT LINK ABOVE

[FCP Bob 1,312]

Maybe we should take a cue from China who doesn't have any of these problems.(From a blog Bob)

It doesn't matter if it's a blog or a newspaper article we must link to the original source and only copy a limited amount of the article unless we have permission.I've included a link to the original blog and edited so that the whole article isn't copied.

[Balloon guy 158]

If there is one things I think we can all agree on, it's that being more like communist China is the goal of all civilized nations.

[strategy 4]

haha, god damnit, I'm sorry bob

[Balloon guy 158]

What happens when they get a foothold?Principle stops children from being allowed to sing Happy Birthday and makes them have all cupcakes inspected by nurse for allergens.

In a letter sent home to parents, school Principal Jodi Davidson (pictured) explained that the ban on the venerable song was because, “singing is not permitted due to the sensitivity of all student beliefs.” As soon as outraged parents began to complain, our supersensitive principal reversed course and on August 23 sent a letter rescinding the ban. Catch this lie being told by Principal Davidson to cover for her original politically correct decision: “We have lots of students who celebrate birthdays on the same day and we just didn’t want to have the loud chaos that happens in the cafeteria,” Davidson told KSDK television. “That should be a calming environment so that it’s safe for all students and they can celebrate their birthdays with their classmates and friends.”

[Balloon guy 158]

Another example of the evil that is socialismCincinnati Reds celebrate with a cigar????

The Cincinnati Reds decided to celebrate their first playoff berth since 1995 by lighting up victory cigars in their clubhouse after defeating the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sunday night. Now they’re being investigated by the Health Department for violating Ohio’s statewide smoking ban.If that weren’t bad enough, the Reds’ own fans are the ones who reported them.According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, five people called a smoking ban complaint hotline as the Reds’ clubhouse celebration took place. Team owner Bob Castellini could be seen handing out and lighting up the victory stogies, and some (annoyingly) vigilant Ohioans took exception.

The fact that there is in existence a "smoking ban complaint hotline" is a travesty.

[CaneBrain 95]

what religion is offended by happy birthday? jehovah's witnesses?thats just confusing. whats un-PC about happy birthday. the principal might just be an idiot.

[Balloon guy 158]

what religion is offended by happy birthday? jehovah's witnesses?thats just confusing. whats un-PC about happy birthday. the principal might just be an idiot.

She is a member in good standing with the teacher's union, so this is a given

[CaneBrain 95]

Another example of the evil that is socialismCincinnati Reds celebrate with a cigar????The fact that there is in existence a "smoking ban complaint hotline" is a travesty.

lol, you hypocrite.If someone reports a law being broken for cigarette/cigar smoking, you think it is a travesty. If they had reported them smoking pot, you would be fine with that right? WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS, NO PICKING AND CHOOSING HIPPIE.I know cigars are important to you but dont whine about people enforcing silly laws when you want to keep enforcing silly laws.

[Balloon guy 158]

The Obama administration carrying forward with their complete insanity with regards to reality:

The EEOC recently has stepped up enforcement against employers who use criminal background checks to screen potential employees. The agency contends that policies that exclude applicants with criminal records violate Title VII because they have a disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics, as InsideCounsel reported in April.But employers say they are caught in a Catch-22, citing their obligation under OSHA’s general duty clause to provide a safe workplace and their liability for negligent hiring claims following incidents of violence or harassment.

If you do a background check on a potential employee, and you find that they have a criminal record, you cannot apply that to them if they are black or hispanic?

[Balloon guy 158]

lol, you hypocrite.If someone reports a law being broken for cigarette/cigar smoking, you think it is a travesty. If they had reported them smoking pot, you would be fine with that right? WE ARE A NATION OF LAWS, NO PICKING AND CHOOSING HIPPIE.I know cigars are important to you but dont whine about people enforcing silly laws when you want to keep enforcing silly laws.

It has nothing to do with whether this law is right or wrong, it's that tax dollars are being used to maintain a "smoking ban complaint hotline"There has never been a 'pot smoking hotline', or a 'child being raped hotline', but there is a " Oh my Goshoshoshoshoshohsssss...HE'S SMOKING A CIGARETTE!" line.Oh and Children, if daddy smokes in the car and you report him, we will give you a bright shiny " I stopped a criminal and I support Obama" badge. Be the first on your block to receive 10 of these and we will give you free health care!

[Balloon guy 158]

Ah Copenhagen...the stalwart of liberal goodness and beauty.Unless you park a car there...then you can be given a ticket, be fined and forced to pay, and they never have to tell you what you actually did.When the Danish Broadcast Corporation asked for the rules book, they were sent the 110 page book, but the rules were blacked out.

But key sections of the guidance, including the pages concerning the rules setting out the circumstances for issuing tickets, had been blanked out by the Copenhagen parking authority.Traffic wardens claimed that if drivers became aware of the information they would lose respect for traffic law and probably try to work around the rules.

Let me tell you what was blacked out:If an when the traffic court finds that it has not been given enough of the 68% marginal tax rate on the Danish citizens, they are welcome to take more by simply creating any traffic violation they want on the spot to raise revenue.

[CaneBrain 95]

It has nothing to do with whether this law is right or wrong, it's that tax dollars are being used to maintain a "smoking ban complaint hotline"There has never been a 'pot smoking hotline', or a 'child being raped hotline', but there is a " Oh my Goshoshoshoshoshohsssss...HE'S SMOKING A CIGARETTE!" line.Oh and Children, if daddy smokes in the car and you report him, we will give you a bright shiny " I stopped a criminal and I support Obama" badge. Be the first on your block to receive 10 of these and we will give you free health care!

actually they have amber alerts for children being kidnapped and potentially raped or killed. you often get a reward if your tip leads to an arrest.also what does it cost to have a phone-line to the police? 10 bucks a year? doubt adding a phone line costs the tax payers much.

[Balloon guy 158]

actually they have amber alerts for children being kidnapped and potentially raped or killed. you often get a reward if your tip leads to an arrest.also what does it cost to have a phone-line to the police? 10 bucks a year? doubt adding a phone line costs the tax payers much.

Yea, advertising that number is free too.Most government programs are the model of efficiency and value. Foolish of me to imply that this one would be anything but.It's Cincinnati after all.

[Roll the Bones 74]

Yea, advertising that number is free too.Most government programs are the model of efficiency and value. Foolish of me to imply that this one would be anything but.It's Cincinnati after all.

Being from Cincinati all I can say is this is typical. We're still trying to get out of the 80's.

[Balloon guy 158]

Being from Cincinati all I can say is this is typical. We're still trying to get out of the 80's.

At least your music is better

[phlegm 6]

And Juan Williams is fired for just saying he gets anxious on a plane if a hard core muslim is on board.The pussification of this country is well entrenched, they are coming here.