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Posts tagged "politics"
Blerd Radio 2014 | Episode 17: Do The Right Thing
25 years after “Do The Right Thing” and not much has changed. Check out our latest podcast.
Flashback: The Popblerd Staff Remembers 9/11 (From 2011)
Alan Jackson famously asked “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” in a hit single, and while the world didn’t come to a full stop on September 11th, 2011, we did witness the largest-ever full scale attack on America. 10 years later, much has changed beyond the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Long lines for security at airports are the norm these days. Muslims have become Public Enemy #1. The terror alert system instituted immediately after the […]
Big Money Presents-Aging Hip Replacement 2.0: Obligatory Post-Election Thoughts
Now that the election is over, let’s find a way to put aside our differences-or understand and appreciate our differences-and move forward.
The Singles Bar: Kenna & RJD2, “Politics”
RJD2. Kenna. Two great tastes that taste great together. Check out “Politics.”
Spin Cycle: “Listen Whitey!: The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974”
“Listen Whitey!” is a compilation that unearths gems from the Black Power era of the late Sixties and Seventies. Check out our review.
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #31
My mother and father were married for eight years. For all eight of those years my dad went to work every day, they purchased a car, bought a house in a good neighborhood with some help from my mother’s parents, they had 2.5 kids, they fought for their part of the American Dream. During those eight years they sat down at the end of each week and took a look at the bills and the money coming in, they wrote […]
Political Excursus: SOPA, PIPA and the Future of the Internet
As you perused the web yesterday, you no doubt noticed that a number of sites – Reddit, Wikipedia, WordPress, the Cheezburger Network (of I Can Haz Cheezburger and FailBlog fame) among them, went dark. As you no doubt discovered this was in a collective move to protest something called SOPA/PIPA. Popblerd decided not to go dark for the day. However, we do feel that this is an important issue that has received little media attention until the blackouts. We thus […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #25
The first election I got to vote in was 1992. That was the one Bush Sr. lost to Clinton. I remember how excited I was. I felt like I was really making a difference and like I was really making a contribution to society. I was young and my political ideology was still being formed. In honesty, I voted for the wrong candidate then, at least I did based on who I am now. I’ve been a political fiend my […]
Aging Hip Replacement #22
Almost anyone that writes anything this time of year spends their column inches telling the world that for which they’re most thankful. I have no problem with these columns, in fact I spend a lot of my time telling you why I’m thankful, what I’m thankful for, etc. so instead of going with the flow I’ve decided to spend a little bit of time commenting on some of the worlds ills. In some cases you’re just going to get my […]
Vote Yes on Prop 19 in Cali…And Get a Bongress Shirt While You’re At It!
Midterm elections are coming up in less than a week, and yes, there are more important and urgent things that need to be addressed in society, but one thing that’s going to need to be addressed at some point is marijuana reform. Why is pot illegal again? Or rather, why is pot illegal yet alcohol and cigarettes are perfectly legal? Someone else asking that question is rapper Asher Roth. The name is kinda silly, but the message of Bongress is […]