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AUGUST 8, 2011 @ 07:55 AM | NO COMMENTS


i read this the other day and i could not help but laugh!!! lol so i figured i would share it with you all... now i know some of it is repeated... but it just goes to show how stupid some people are and how much some people look far to much into to things...

Sacre bleu!!!!

the smurfs may not be as innocent as they look.

Smurf Village or Hitler's Berlin? Same thing, posits one new book.

French sociologist and author Antoine Buéno asserts in "Le Petit Livre Bleu," or, "The Little Blue Book," that the seemingly friendly little blue creatures living a mostly idyllic existence are actually packed with racial propaganda and are, "the embodiment of a totalitarian utopia, steeped in Stalinism and Nazism".

The comics, created by Belgian artist Peyo, were first introduced in a Belgian newspaper in 1958; by 1960, they had their own comic strip, and it was off to the races. The animated series, produced by Hanna Barbera, was launched in 1981.

As relayed by Todayxsm.com, Buéno says that Papa Smurf, the leader of the village, is an authoritarian figure, and that their lack of private property and collective-style economy is a clear nod to socialism. Meanwhile, their enemy seems Jewish: Gargamel, the monster that haunts the village, matches negative Jewish caricatures and his cat's name is Azrael, the French author writes, while Smurfette, for a long time the only female in the village, is a vision of aryan perfection.

Buéno, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, touched on what he perceives as their blue racism.

"The first comic strip, 'The Black Smurfs,' was intimately concerned with what you might classify as a racial threat," he said. "Because in that album, the smurfs are sick. And when they're sick, they don't turn purple or red or anything like that, they become black. And when they become black, they lose all trace of intelligence. THey become completely moronic. And further more, they can no longer speak, they just go 'nyap nyap nyap.'"

The black part is indeed true; US publishers refused to publish the first Smurfs book for that reason, and years later, the sick Smurfs were recolored to purple.

~~~French Sociologist: Smurfs Are Sexist Racist Stalinist Nazis~~~

"The Smurfs," an animated feature film starring the tiny blue characters that dominated American television during the 1980's, is set for a late July release. There are already two trailers getting heavy play on the Internet and an occasional rotation on television. And as with any highly anticipated movie, there is the foreknowledge that there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals and groups looking for a hook or tie-in to the characters or the movie in order to make a few dollars. Some of those "tie-ins" will be in the form of attacks, perhaps the raising of controversial subjects. But a new book by French sociologist Antoine Bueno seems to have covered every extreme in describing the little blue characters, noting that the characters and the storyline reflects socialism and Nazism, racism and sexism.

According to Bueno, the Smurfs represent various evils of the world. He all but calls them little blue sexist racist Stalinist Nazis. In Le Petit Livre Bleu ("The Little Blue Book"), Bueno explains how the Smurfs exhibit certain characteristics indicative of some of the more unsavory beliefs and political movements the world has ever known (and still experiences in some degree in some areas). Of course the book has caused a bit of a stir amongst Smurfs fans, many of whom are angry at Bueno's depiction of cartoons beloved by millions of children.

But Bueno, who is a lecturer at the Sciences Po political sciences school in Paris, says that their anger is based on misunderstanding. He actually "loves" the Smurfs. He explains that his book is only a reflection of what the Smurfs were representative of -- society in the 1950s, the era in which they were created.

According to Gawker, he identifies several issues in his book. Among them:

Anti-Semitism: Bueno describes the evil wizard Gargamel as the stereotyped Jew: "ugly, dirty, with a hooked nose (who) is fascinated by gold."

Socialism: The Smurfs owned no property and did a lot of activities together.

Stalinism: Bueno notes that this was embodied in controlling Papa Smurf, who wore a red cap and red pants.

Sexism: Smurfette was the only girl Smurf.

Nazism: Bueno notes that Smurfette's blonde hair points to Nazi leanings. He also posits the Smurfs relationship with Gargamel and his "maybe-Jewish cat, Azrael."

Racism: Apparently the creator of the Smurfs, Belgian cartoonist Peyo, originally came up with The Black Smurfs. The tiny guys became black after one of them gets bitten by a black fly that changed his skin color to jet black. The village somehow eventually all became black Smurfs and degenerated into what Bueno described as "reduced to the state of primitives who jump around and cry: 'Gnap! Gnap!' [Gnash! Gnash!] They lose all trace of intelligence and become completely moronic."

Smurf fans are up in arms about the mostly derogatory depictions and interpretations of Bueno. According to Gawker, he fears for his life after reading some of the comments about himself and his book on the Internet.

It is uncertain if Bueno plans to add an updated chapter to include views on the sociological aspects of the film once "The Smurfs" movie is released.

~~Smurfs Are Sexist Nazis, Says Worried French Sociologist~~
In deconstructing the culture and lifestyle habits of the Smurfs ("les schtroumpfs"), French sociologist Antoine Buéno depicts the little blue creatures as racist, sexist, anti-Semitic "archetype[s] of totalitarian society imbued with Stalinism and Nazism." Now friends and fans of the Smurfs are so mad at him.

It all seems like an unfortunate misunderstanding! A lecturer at the Sciences Po political sciences school in Paris, Buéno says he "loves" the Smurfs. He only wanted to shed light on how weird society was back in the 1950s, when the Smurfs were born. In Le Petit Livre Bleu ("The Little Blue Book"), he identifies the following issues:

Anti-Semitism: This is embodied by the evil jerk-wizard Gargamel, described by Buéno as an "ugly, dirty, with a hooked nose (who) is fascinated by gold."
Socialism: The Smurfs didn't own any property, supported ObamaCare, and did a lot of things together.
Stalinism: Symbolized by Papa Smurf, a control freak who wore red pants and a red hat that were possibly made out of Soviet flags. Our theory is that elderly Papa S. wore red in order to speed up his reaction time, but unlike Buéno we have no evidence to support our claims.
Sexism: Only one gal Smurf, Smurfette, whose blonde hair also represents...
Nazism: They didn't get along with Gargamel or his maybe-Jewish cat, Azrael.
Racism: Supposedly Peyo, the Smurfs's Belgian creator, initially came up with The Black Smurfs, in which the sting of a black fly changes a Smurf's skin color to "jet black." Somehow the whole Smurf village eventually turns black as well. After this happens, Buéno says, the Smurfs "are reduced to the state of primitives who jump around and cry: 'Gnap! Gnap!' [Gnash! Gnash!] They lose all trace of intelligence and become completely moronic."
Supposedly Buéno now says he's afraid for his safety, because Smurf fans have called his book a "disgrace," and also said other mean things on the internet. Eh, they'll get over it.
JUNE 23, 2011 @ 06:23 PM | 2 COMMENTS


so after much deliberation and a long time waiting i have decided to try and try the knot again... i say again because this will be my third attempt and hopefully my last. haha my last two fiances left me for someone else while i was deployed to Iraq. here are the engagement pics for my wife to be and i... she thinks i should try and model again.. i would like to try but i gotta find time again... let me know what you think!!! smilesmile

http://www.photosbynick.com/engagement/sunny-city-fun-pittsburgh/
MAY 8, 2011 @ 11:59 AM | NO COMMENTS


HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!! That goes out to all mothers and those who will someday be a mother... none of us would be here if not for you... smile
MAY 2, 2011 @ 06:37 AM | NO COMMENTS


its funny when you think about life... some look at life and measure how life has be by what they have done or by what they will do... some even measure life by the things that others do. why is it that the world focuses on the royal wedding that has occured and not on the joys and problems of each respective country. congrats to the new duke and dutchess of where ever. now world move on.

and a huge congrats to the military and the outstanding job that you did if hunting and killing bin laden. he is dead, finally. but why the fuck did our ass clown of a president, whom by the way opposed every aspect of this war from the very begining of it till now, take credit for it....? he didnt do a fuckin thing. and his whole speach was i i i i i i i i i.... all i can say to that is, wow.... way to go hero. hide behind your iron curtin and come out after all the damage is done.. take credit for what you oppose... ass clown...

still hunting for a job... yeah, that part sucks... lol
JANUARY 26, 2011 @ 06:20 AM | NO COMMENTS


and the job hunt is on one again... finally get my resume updated again and sent it out.. so anywhere from State College to Santa Fe and everywhere in between.... job hunting... alwys the worst but when you can no longer learn and cant gt a raise from thepla your at i guess its time to move on...
OCTOBER 11, 2010 @ 06:44 AM | NO COMMENTS


...and yet life goes on...
AUGUST 30, 2010 @ 08:07 AM | NO COMMENTS


Beauty… how is it even possible to define. Is it something that can be defined…? If you really want to get technical, beauty, as defined by Mr. Webster is the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). Or the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind.

Word Origin & History

Beauty
late 13c., from Anglo-Norm. beute , O.Fr. biauté (12c., "beauty, seductiveness, beautiful person," Mod.Fr. beauté ), earlier beltet , from V.L. bellitatem (nom. bellitas ) "state of being handsome," from L. bellus "pretty, handsome, charming," in classical L. used especially of women and children, or ironically or insultingly of men, perhaps from PIE *dw-eye- and related to bonus "good," bene "well." Famously defined by Stendhal as la promesse de bonheur "the promise of happiness." Replaced O.E. wlite . Concrete meaning "a beautiful woman" is first recorded late 15c. Beauty sleep "sleep before midnight" is attested by 1850.

Beautiful is not really any better defined… cause honestly it is pretty much the same damn thing…
To even begin to try to put beauty and things that are beautiful into set categories is probably the single most impossible thing on the planet to do. There is no one way to define what is beautiful for all the world to fallow. There is no way to put in order things that are and are not beautiful. What someone could find to be truly beautiful, another might find truly repulsive. There are something’s that are in this world that everyone on the planet finds to be beautiful and there are things that we all find to be ugly. This is just the way things are and there can be no forced change in this…

Fashion has always been used to enhance what we find to be beautiful about ourselves or what one may think is beautiful for another. Make up serves the same purpose. It makes what an individual finds beautiful about themselves stand out more. i personally have never been a big fan of make up of any kind. yes at times it makes the wearer look breath taking... but to much, which is often time the case, it makes one look like a clown...

tattoos however are diffrent. they are mot make up, they are most often not used for fashion. tattoos, in my mind, have always been ment to imortalize a specific moment or event in ones life, or as a right of passage/ coming of age, as they have been used for thousands of years. though, everyone see's tattoos in a different light, this is simply how i see them...

But beauty is so much more than clothes, make up, fashion and design… it is said that beauty is only skin deep but I find this to be wrong. In my mind beauty is a combination of the body, the soul and the mind coming together to be seen by the world. How we see ourselves as beautiful is the only true opinion that counts. We do the things that we do to make ourselves who and what we are because of who we are; if we did anything differently we would not be ourselves. No one has the right to tell us how to dress, what make up to wear, how to act… we are all individuals and unique in each of our own ways.

beauty is all in the eye of the beholder...
AUGUST 23, 2010 @ 08:58 AM | 1 COMMENT


-again...

we have left this land of shiny lights
come take my breath away

can we share this passion
again?
out of the ground, will we rise to grace
can we stay alive forever?

we are the meager
fallowing the leader
all that i need is serenity

i stand in the black and the white
technicolorful life
there is no place lke home
yet you are covered in my skin
soon this time will end
all will be well again


-fear and you

high above a sea of glass
a million stars are out tonight
but still i hide in fright
fear of love
fear of you

i live my life in seclousion
wanting to be with you
fear of the rejection that is in
my mind

this fear that keeps me from you
that keeps me from this
happiness
i could find with you

-threat of death

to live wthout the threat of death
leaves you without a reason
to live at all

to live with out death
to remain as we are
for an eternity
the mysteries of life lost before our own eyes
never will we be as perfect as we are now
in this moment

with each passing moment
more of our souls and our flesh
falls away into decay

leaving our souls to rot in peices
with the slow passing of time
with death now nothing to fear
as it has never been
even when it is an ever fixed mark
in the fabric of each life
as unavoidable as the setting of the sun
yet eagerly reach for
as the dawning of each new day

unexpected
unavoidable

all that can be done
is to wait
and to watch
and live

till death do us part
AUGUST 10, 2010 @ 05:02 AM | NO COMMENTS


just some random quotes that i rather enjoy... dont know who said some of them...
skullskullskull

It is only after we have lost everything that we are free to give everything or do anything...

i would rather be hated for my convictions, than love for submissin...

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but for what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" 2 Cor 4:18

somethings just can not be explained...

People should not fear their goverments, the goverments should fear its people...

your mood swings are giving me whip lash...

the same God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
-Thomas Jefferson

When you give up liberty and freedom for security, you gain none and lose all.
- Ben Franklin

Beer is proof the God loves us.. - Ben Franklin

dont measure your life by how long the years were, but rather by how good the years were.

i had an adrenaline rush, its very common... you can google it.- Edward

There are two kinds of sparks, the one that goes off with a hitch like a match, but it burns quickly. The other is the kind that needs time, but when the flame strikes... it's eternal.

The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.
-Danielle DiNardo

To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. --Thomas Browne

friendship is like peeing on yourself...
everyone can see it but your then only one who can feel the warmth it brings... ---Tom Ankrom

Some men are not looking for money. they cant be begged, bullied, forced or negociated with... they just want to see what happens when you tear the world part. they just want to watch they world burn...

Share some of your favorite quotes...
JULY 7, 2010 @ 08:42 PM | 2 COMMENTS


well, i started a new job about 3 weeks ago... this is the kitchen staffzoom image
this picture was taken at a wedding that we did for about 120 people, this week is gonna be even better we are doing a wedding for 220 people!! this wedding party rented out the entire restaurant!!! its gonna be dope!!!


I LOVE MY JOB!!!
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