Tag Archives: hypocrisy watch

DMCA Take-Down Part II: attacked and threatened for my unauthorized use of “time travel”

By Mark | May 13, 2013

As you may recall, several months ago, a Detroit Mercy law student, in an attempt to purge our collective hive mind of any trace of his shameful indiscretions as a Young Republican operative on the campus of the University of Michigan, had my site yanked from the internet, citing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged animation, attacks, Brad Pitt, copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, FBI, hypocrisy, intimidation, Iron Man, Justin Zatkoff, Mike Huckabee, Ronald Reagan, site maintenance, Slime Gravel Academy, the future of this site, time travel, Will Smith, Young Republicans | 19 Comments

The manufactured Republican outrage over the attack of our consulate in Benghazi is not only disingenuous but morally reprehensible

By Mark | November 16, 2012

As I mentioned yesterday, the Republicans, in the wake of last week’s crushing defeat at the polls, are desperately looking for something to cling to. They’re looking for an opportunity to delay introspection, come across to the American people once again as forceful, and, most importantly, weaken the President as he attempts to make the [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, American embassies, Barbara Doherty, Benghazi, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Glen Doherty, hypocrisy, Innocence of Muslims, John McCain, Libya, national security, Soledad O'Brien, Susan Rice, terrorism | 35 Comments

Is the Bank of Ann Arbor’s “non-local banker campaign” a hypocritical, pointelss mess of faux-localism?

By Mark | October 21, 2012

For the past few months, those of us who live in and around Ann Arbor have been subjected to a relentlessly pervasive advertising campaign featuring a balding, sunken-chested, Clearasil-colored cartoon banker with an often furrowed brow, and standard issue “nerd” glasses. He started showing up on billboards a little over a month ago. At first, [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Marketing, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, analingus, Bank of America, Bank of Ann Arbor, banking, Banksy, billboards, Bongz And Thongz, Clear Channel, cool, culture jamming, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, FM Dust, GG Allin, Half Ass, hipster, hypocrisy, Iggy Pop, illustration, J.J. Sedelmaier, Jeremy Wheeler, JPMorgan Chase, local business, local economy, localism, localwashing, Mani Osteria, Matthew Altruda, Mayer Hawthorne, Nate Higley, Nike, non-local banker, Saagara, Saturday Night Live, social media, Sonic Lunch, TV Funhouse, VG Kids, viral marketing, Wal-Mart, what's cool and what's not | 112 Comments

“Right now we are living in an Ayn Rand novel…” -Paul Ryan

By Mark | August 12, 2012

When Mitt Romney chose as his running mate an avowed acolyte of the serial killer-loving philosopher Ayn Rand, he ensured that the controversial libertarian author would factor significantly in this Presidential race. Here, if you aren’t familiar with her work, are two videos that will bring you up to speed on Rand, who famously referred [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged altruism, Ayn Rand, Doug Skinner, fascism, hypocrisy, individualism, Libertarianism, Medicare, Paul Ryan, philosophy, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Satanism, selfishness, social security | 25 Comments

Class size doesn’t matter (when it comes to your kids), says Romney

By Mark | May 28, 2012

Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, is beginning to take some heat for his statements on the irrelevance of class size… Essentially, he’s come out saying that smaller class sizes don’t necessarily correlate to better educational outcomes, and educators are beginning to call him on it. (When pushed, he backed-up his claim by relaying an [...]