…a post in which Sally Field holds a conversation with 70’s counterculture icon Billy Jack touching on conservative warmongering and its predictable relationship to society’s racist, patriarchal substructure — with Field asserting that, were mothers running the country, there’d be “no goddamned wars.” The punchline, courtesy of Billy Jack, might go something like this: “Perhaps. But on the flip side, the inevitable proliferation of Lifetime original movies addressing the trauma

Bill Ardolino, writing for The Long War Journal: Officially appointed during the Saddam Hussein era, mukhtars are akin to “city sheiks” or “block captains.” They arbitrate interests within and advocate for their neighborhoods to the city government. Mukhtars know the people of their areas and understand their needs. And the reestablishment of this traditional position and new engagement with American civil affairs efforts have empowered both parties, as well as

me: “Is it true that even guys are supposed to be wearing low rise hip riders these days? Because I gotta tell you, I’m not particularly comfortable having my pubic mound so close to the waistband.” Levi’s: Levi’s: Levi’s: “OPEN THREAD!”

there’d be no goddamned war,” muthafuckas! From Think Progress: sunofabitching Fox assholes suck big hard cock by censoring Sally Fields’s righteous anti-war comments.  Perspective from the comments: “Libs, grow up. She used an obscenity.” Comment by Daryll — September 16, 2007 @ 11:39 pm And Fox allows Family Guy to used “pissed” all the time. Your myopia keeps you from seeing the double-standard. Comment by barfly — September 16, 2007