Archive for May, 2008

Misc. Stuff

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to The Rawness RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Forgot to mention, winner of the commenter contest was Johnny Five. The criterion for choosing the winner was whichever non-spam came closest to being comment #1050 without going over. Johnny got comment #1049 and comment #1051. [...]

The Problem With Democrats: The Progressive Liberal Moral Continuum

As a conservative, I must admit that I am truly enjoying the current freakshow that is the Democratic nomination process. Between Hillary’s shrill rallying cries and Obama’s vague talk of change, it’s great to see the two candidates tear each other apart to the overall detriment of the party.
I think there is a recurring [...]

Sincere or Not?

I’m torn about this clip. It’s Senator Robert Byrd breaking down on the floor of the Senate over Senator Ted Kennedy’s illness. Call me heartless, but I’m not sure I buy this emotional display. Usually when someone loses all composure and rambles on like that, it’s a spontaneous flood of emotion that makes [...]

Human Nature Books: Autobiography of Malcolm X

One of my favorite books of all time for gaining insight on human nature is the The Autobiography of Malcolm X : As Told to Alex Haley. It’s got some great insightful quotes, and I’ve decided to phone one in take this time to share some of them. What follows are Malcolm’s views on various [...]

The Beta Male of the Decade

Joy Division - “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Recently Roissy had a post about the Beta Male of the Year, a man who petitioned to take his wife’s last name.
For those who don’t know, these are the definitions of Beta Male I use, from urbandictionary.com:
An unremarkable, careful man who avoids risk and confrontation. Beta males lack [...]