Archive for the ‘Bullshit Politics’ Category
David Sirota Marries Ron Paul – Lovechild Seth Oelbaum Follows
“Moral equivalency is liberal BS.” – Bill Maher.
The Boston Marathon tragedy set in motion tension between liberals and conservatives. Religion and race begot polemics and accusations:
“However, white male privilege means white men are not collectively denigrated/targeted for those shootings — even though most come at the hands of white dudes.” – David “White Guy” Sirota, from Salon.com – Let’s Hope the Boston Marathon Bomber Is a White American
“One dead white peoples equals how many dead non-white peoples?” - Seth “White Guy” Oelbaum, from HTMLGIANT.com – Dear White Race
Most people don’t want to play this constant game of “Tag, you’re racist!” Smugness, in the form of accidental not quite reverse race baiting, stinks. Whether from seasoned journalists like Sirota or cliché-riddled dorks like Oelbaum. As the right wing should be excoriated for tolerating Ron Paul’s lame defense of his newsletter, liberals should have an equally sensitive hypocrisy meter. Instead, we get pabulum like this:
“Can you imagine the ‘fits’ black people would throw if white people had a history month other than January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December?” – Roxane Gay, from Seriously Though, When Is White History Month?
Racist Accusations: I don’t think Sirota, Oelbaum, or Gay are racist. They are disgusted by racism, but simplify and magnify comments such as by Ron Paul. To generalize or specify racism takes awareness of demographics. Yes, racism exists, some whites have privilege, there are inequalities, but how many racists are there? Two percent? Five percent? Ten percent? Even so, 98%, 95%, or 90% are not racist. (In context of the Boston Marathon atrocity, substitute fundamentalist for racist and the same stats apply, most Muslims are peaceful). The KKK and white supremacists are fringe assholes, the left and right need to focus. As for racism that should be condemned, we don’t have to go back to the days of slavery or segregation:
“Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must include freeing of the American media and government from subservient Jewish interests.” – David Duke
“Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.” – Ron Paul, from Newsletter period, The Atlantic
Distractions: Media needs a course in Prejudice 101 – Ignorance creates fear, fear creates superiority complexes and insecurity, racism ensues. David Sirota, your article is vile and contributes to ignorance. Don’t diminish the serious nature of racism.
Folks, all’s not lost, it’s possible to reflect on the Boston Marathon cogently. Here’s a pertinent argument: do Muslims look at terrorists the same way as most Christians look at the Westboro Baptist Church? And who better to start the fire than far leftie Bill Maher and Muslim author Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, as well as Ali A. Rizvi?
“There’s only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There’s only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith. An ex-Muslim is a very dangerous thing. Talk to Salman Rushdie after the show about Christian versus Islam. So, you know, I’m just saying, let’s keep it real.” – Bill Maher, discussing Islam with Brian Levin, April 19, 2013 – Current TV
“There is a deep soulful battle of identity raging within the Muslim consciousness domestically and abroad between Westernism and liberalism. In essence the Islamists confront every situation in a selfish ‘we are the victims’ mentality and the rest of us non-Islamist Muslims need to instead respond with a louder and more real leadership and say: ‘We will not be victims.’” – Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, Islamic Leader Issues Tough Response
“…anything but jihad” brigade is out in full force again. If the perpetrators of such attacks say they were influenced by politics, nationalism, money, video games or hip-hop, we take their answers at face value. But when they repeatedly and consistently cite their religious beliefs as their central motivation, we back off, stroke our chins and suspect that there has to be something deeper at play, a ‘root cause.’” Ali A. Rizvi: An Atheist Muslim/Huffington Post
Amina & Femen’s “Topless Jihad” vs. Shazida Khatun & the Muslimah
“As a Muslim I know what she did and what its (sic) punishment is and she should know better than to do what she is done. we keep these values and you dont (sic) we are proud of who we are and what we believe in, at least we have something to believe in. she has been condemned and punish by stoning. she deserves what she gets.” – Shazida Khatun, commenter and verb-slayer on Amina Tyler: Tunisian Girl Outrages Islamic Authority
What she did: Amina Tyler, a Tunisian woman, published now iconic topless photos of herself on Facebook with Arabic and English written on her naked torso. Her message challenges the male dominated ideology of her society. Femen, a Ukranian activist group that has targeted European Nationalists and the Pope, launched a Topless Jihad in Amina’s support. There’s more on this at The Atlantic, The New Yorker and The Huffington Post. Tunisian clerics have called for her death.
Femen, in some ways, represents a common sentiment within the West, the rejection of fundamentalist misogyny that hurls stones literally and figuratively at women in religiously oppressed societies. Here’s what Amina wrote (translation):
“I own my body; it’s not the source of anyone’s honor.” – Amina Tyler
Missing the point: On the other side we have the Muslimah at Al Jazeera, self-described “moderate” Shazid Khatun, and cultural and religious apologists such as Glenn Greenwald (more horrified by Sam Harris than by the Taliban), who seem to think misogyny is wrong only in the West, but when certain cultures oppress women, that is moral relativism and a right. Observe the Muslimah:
“FEMEN can’t tell me what I can and can’t wear!” Muslimah Pride
“Nudity does not liberate me and I DO NOT need saving!” Muslimah Pride
Muslimah Pride, c’mon, no one is telling you how to dress. Amina’s message implies, “Don’t tell me what to wear, don’t condemn women for their choices.” You choose to dress as society compels you to, fine, but do you really have a choice to dress otherwise? Amina questions this compulsion, that’s all.
Muslimah – Amina has now been threatened by death. I ask the Muslimah, Al Jazeera, and the educated Muslims of the world, where do you stand? Are you with the clerics and the Shazidas who call for her death? Or do you support her right to free speech? Her act may be offensive, and FEMEN’s use of nudity may be offensive, but those are different arguments. What about peaceful expression? You protest her message, but remain silent as clerics demand that she be killed. Is that how you want to be perceived?
You see the girls on the left? In Afghanistan and Pakistan women risk their lives for education. The attempted assasination of Malala Yousafzai evidence. Muslimah, if you have education, use it. The rights Amina Tyler and Femen demand apply to you. If you wish to don hijabis or nikaabis, go for it. But instead of protesting Amina, why not protest forcing rape victims to marry their rapists (Amina Filali), honor killings, and education for women? I think you do incredible harm to your religion when, by your silence and the battles you choose, you prioritize the trivial over the serious. Islam is about peace, ladies, so why not speak for peace by supporting it?
“And you can put as many scarves as you want if you are free tomorrow to take it off and to put it back the next day but don’t deny millions of your sisters who have fear behind their scarves, don’t deny that there are million of your sisters who have been raped and killed because they are not following the wish of Allah! We are here to scream about that.” – Inna Shevchenko, Leader of women’s movement FEMEN
Taliban UPDATE: “We lost Afghanistan in 2001 because of 9/11 at a time when we almost controlled 100 percent of Afghanistan,” a Taliban intelligence officer says. “We don’t want these incidents to upset our plans again.” – Comment made after Boston Marathon bombing, confirming how terrorism reflects on Islam.
Update: “How can you wear your scarf with so much proudness . . . like it’s the hat of Che Guevara? It symbolizes blood and all the crimes that are based on your religion, even if you don’t support them . . . . If you’re a feminist, if you’re for liberation, then be brave [enough] to say that we are against that and take off your scarf until the moment that your scarf will not be a symbol of crime.” Inna Shevchenko from Topless Jihad: Why Femen Is Right – The Atlantic May, 1 2013
John M. Becker’s Hate vs. Margaret Thatcher’s Death
“Margaret Thatcher: Good Riddance” – John M. Becker
Today Margaret Thatcher died. It inspired various memories of her political career and life, including blogger John M. Betcher who laid on the hate. He then went on to write:
“I’m sorry, but I can’t join in the gushing praise being heaped upon Margaret Thatcher today. While I feel sympathy for her grieving family and I don’t rejoice in anyone’s death, I’m rather sickened by all the revisionist history I’m seeing.” – John M. Becker
Becker’s shouting out ”Good Riddance” and then writing “I don’t rejoice in anyone’s death” is the epitome of disingenuous. And there’s more.
“I agree she did more damage to the peoples (sic) community spirit than Hitler,” dee “ignorant cow” sweetland (first comment posted on Becker’s site)
No matter how horrid a person you may think Thatcher, attacks by John and “dee” reveal the class of the writer/attacker. As a reflexively critical left-leaning independent, I question verbal stones thrown at the right. Such pabulum convinces no one and damages the image of the left. To hold negative opinions about Thatcher is one thing, to rejoice and remind the world what a scumwhore she was on the day she dies is another. What Becker and “dee” did make the left look as sick, twisted, and belligerent as the right.
Why not convince and engage the opposition instead of belittling them? As to the Hitler analogy, the author caters to his crowd. Rush Limbaugh’s loyal followers reflect his ideas. Intellectual demagoguery reflects the demagogue.
Sam Harris vs. Glenn Greenwald & Murtaza Hussain & Nathan Lean
“Everything I have ever said about Islam refers to the content and consequences of its doctrine. And, again, I have always emphasized that its primary victims are innocent Muslims–especially women and girls.” – Sam Harris
If God is good and loving and just, and wishes to guide us with a book, why did he give us a book that supports slavery? Why did he give us a book that demands we kill people for imaginary crimes like witchcraft?
Recently The Guardian (Glenn Greenwald), Al Jazeera (Murtaza Hussain), and Salon (Nathan Lean) attacked Sam Harris and other “New Atheists,” Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, accusing them of racism and Islamophobia. These accusations are significant, and led to a back and forth between Harris and Greenwald. Compare above and below, and notice Greenwald’s Kobe-Bryantesque misuse of “honest”:
“Sam – To be honest, I really don’t see how that full quote changes anything. You are indeed saying – for whatever reasons – that the fascists are the ones speaknig (sic) most sensibly about Islam, which is all that column claimed.” – Glenn Greenwald
Indeed? Indeed. I question the skewered semantics that make Harris a supporter of ”fascists.”
Meanwhile, Nathan Lean at Salon chastises Dawkins for Tweeting: “…(a Muslim woman’s) testimony worth half a man’s and needing 4 male witnesses to prove rape.” But Dawkins draws directly from the Koran.
“If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.” – Deuteronomy 22:20-21
Arguments? Greenwald, Hussain, Lean and ilk imply equivalency between Islam and Christianity because both encourage atrocities such as slavery and honor killing. Sure. Still, according to UN Women over 91% of world wide honor crimes are within Muslim societies (the rest are attributed to Hindus, Coptics, etc.). That’s a huge discrepancy.
These three should spend more time reading, say, Rana Husseini, Irshad Manji, Mukhtar Mai, Zana Muhsen, Nawal El Saadawi, and other Muslim women as they document accounts of forced child marriage or honor crimes. Though these women point out the value of Islam, they basically align themselves with Harris regarding the horrible treatment of women justified by fundamentalists. Go ahead, accuse them of Islamophobia.
Imam Steve Carell vs. Reverend Stephen Colbert
Tonight’s topic: Islam vs. Christianity – Which is Right?
A transcription of an Even Stevphen skit from the The Daily Show:
Imam Steve Carell: Islam.
Reverend Stephen Colbert: Christianity.
Carell: Islaaaaam!!!! There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet! Stephen?
Colbert: Steve, this debate is about religion, let’s discuss it rationally, now…think about it, if you were God would you manifest your divine glory to a shepherd in a cave in Saudi Arabia in the seventh century? Or as the son of a carpenter in a manger in Judea in the year zero? C’mon, use your mind.
Carell: Stephen, what part of “there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet” don’t you understand? Look. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that your God is the one true God. That would mean Allah is not the one true God. Which we know he is. Don’t you see your logic eats itself!
Colbert: First off, it’s not my logic, Steve, it’s God’s logic as written in the Bible, every word of which is true. And we know every word is true because the Bible says that the Bible is true, and, if you remember from earlier in this sentence: every word of the Bible is true. Now, are you following me here, or are you some kind of mindless zealot?
Carell: You know, there is one way of settling this.
Colbert: Crusade.
Carell: Alright, there are two ways of settling this. The one that I was thinking of – a pray off. You pray to your…god. And I will pray to mine, and we will see which one of us gets smited.
Colbert: Great, let’s do it.
Carell: Is your God ready?
Colbert: My God was born ready…er, not so much born as begot-not-made-one-being-with-the-father ready.
Both: On your mark, get set…pray!
(Both pray. Revered Colbert drags his finger across his neck, “slitting” as he points to Imam Carell)
Colbert: Done!
Carell: No no n-n-n-no. I’m done, too, and I appear to be unsmoted.
Colbert: For now, but let me tell you, when you die and go to hell you’re going to wish you weren’t dead.
Carell: Hmm. Interesting. And I’m going to be doing that after I go to Paradise to join my bevy of spotless virgins for all eternity. You know, I just want to give them a heads up where I’m going for eternity.
Jon Stewart: Guys, I’m sorry, I’m starting to think that this religion thing we’re not going to settle in three minutes, so if you can just wrap it up and find some common ground…that would be great.
Carell: Maybe the Jew’s right.
Colbert: Yeah, maybe so, which is funny ’cause I normally don’t care for Jews.
Carell: We don’t either.
Colbert: Really?
Carell: We seem to find them kind of…scheming.
Colbert: We’re very big on that too.
Carell: Really!
Colbert: Yes.
Carell: We’re not so different after all.
(Both laugh maniacally)
Richard Cheese vs. Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine vs. Lounge Against the Machine
Lounge vs. Rage
Rage Against the Machine thinks killing is wrong, unless Che does it, and then killing is cool. But despite supporting left-wing murder, can anyone top RATM mad vitriol?
“some of those that work forces / are the same that burn crosses / killing in the name of / and now you do what they told ya / you’re under contol / those who died are justified / for wearing the badge / they’re the chosen whites / fuck you I won’t do what you tell me”
Yes! Come on in Richard Cheese! Xylophones, organs, horns, bass and the whole lounge enchilda.
If you don’t laugh by the time Cheese says “Muhhhhh-ther fucccccck-er”, well, you have no sense of harmonica. And if you think this is ad-bass, wait until you hear Dick Cheese doin’ some Nine Inch Nails.
Sorry, Rage, either you’re against murder or for murder. Che was for extra-judicial killing, in other words, murder. Richard Cheese is for lounge. Winner = Mr. Cheese!
Letter to Larry Stone of the Seattle Times Regarding the Hall of Fame
“I’m not going to let steroids association keep me from voting for a candidate.” – Larry Stone
“Dr. Thomas DeLoughery said Mr. Alzado died of complications of a rare form of brain cancer, which was diagnosed a year ago and which the athlete attributed to his years of taking massive doses of steroids to build and maintain a formidable physique.” – LA Times
I love the drama, character building, and competition sports involves. There are many life lessons. Sports can teach honor, fairness, and respect. I’ve attacked the dorks at KJR for lacking this honor (The Bigger Dance and Seattle Mariners Sign a Convicted Rapist and Felon), and now it’s Hall of Fame time and a beef with Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone:
McGwire, Bonds, & Giambi
Dear Larry Stone,
I respect and follow you in the paper and sports talk radio, but I disagree hugely on one issue. On January 4 you disclosed your Hall of Fame ballot in the Seattle Times. Yesterday the vote came out. You voted for these ten: Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Edgar Martinez, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling, Alan Trammell and Larry Walker. You also mentioned that, could you have, you would have voted or given strong consideration to Mark McGwire and Sammy “corked bat” Sosa. This alone should disqualify you from the “Sports Journalism Hall of Fame.”
Biggio, Bagwell, Martinez et al are worthy considerations. But Bonds and Clemens? McGwire and Sosa? No-way no-how not-ever not-in-hell not-in-this world. Never. Drawing the line at Palmeiro, as you did, doesn’t cut it. Here’s why:
PED user Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son, and then committed suicide
No athlete should have to choose between performance enhancing drugs or health. Just take a look at dead-at-43 Lyle Alzado. The harms caused to the user are many: acne, enlarged prostrate, testicular atrophy, liver damage, hair loss, sterility, not to mention psychosis and violent tendencies, as witnessed when wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife.
Likewise, no athlete who plays fair should lose his or her job or have to compete against opponents who use steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. Ever. It doesn’t matter if others may have done steroids or worse but never were caught or lived in a different age. Integrity now cannot be compromised because dubious behavior has been tolerated in the past. To ensure a richer future in sports, we must change the culture. I want this for my children, Mr. Stone, don’t you?
Therefore, to get into the Hall of Fame, if you think a player used, then he has no place in baseball’s shrine. Larry, your views do not merit the “hate” mail you claim you have received, they are your opinions. But my opinion is that the more people who share your opinion, the greater the harm to future generations. Evidently you are not so naïve to think Bonds and Clemens didn’t use. But you voted for them anyway. Therefore, you have elected to be wrong.
Sincerely,
Caleb Powell
Nasrin Sotoudeh vs. Iranian Swine
Tehran, 1979, Purifying Fire in Red Light District, mob exhibits corpse of a burned prostitute
Shared on Facebook by Farnoosh Moshiri: “Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was locked up in 2010 in connection with her human rights work. Demand freedom for Nasrin! Share on Facebook.” (w/links to Amnesty)
Amnesty International’s Letter: “I am writing to urge you to immediately release lawyer and mother of two Nasrin Sotoudeh. She is serving a six-year prison sentence in Evin Prison, Tehran. Her imprisonment is based solely on her peacefully exercising her rights to freedom of expression and association, including her work as a defence lawyer and her human rights advocacy…
…Until she is released, please ensure that Nasrin Sotoudeh has regular access to her family and lawyers of her choosing. You should also lift the foreign travel bans placed on her husband and daughter…full letter“
Farnoosh Moshiri’s The Bathouse: Farnoosh Moshiri’s The Bathhouse, set in post-Revolution Iran, captures the political and social upheavals of post-Revolution Iran. An innocent girl is sent to prison for the suspected political views of her siblings. The succinct tale examines prison life, the sadistic nature that consumes those in power, the blind evil of religious fanaticism, and universal tragedies that derive from society that suffers brain death. A powerful and deserving novel that should be read both as a prophecy of Orwellian Religion and as a historical reference to a dark time in Iranian history.
Summary: “During the fundamentalist revolution in Iran, a 17-year-old girl is arrested. She is not a politico, but her brother and sister-in-law are, so she is suspect too. She is confined in a former bathhouse with several other women, ranging in age from adolescence to elderly, whose mental states vary from the stoic and care-giving to the insane. Winner of the 2001 Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction.”
Iranian Swine: See How a Nation Committed Suicide.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Wants to bomb Israel back to the Goat Age, thinks there are no homosexuals in Iran, preparing for the return of Imam Mahdi, suspect Jews send spies disguised as rats into his country, and throws dissidents into Evin Prison.
Nasrin Sotoudeh (From Wiki) – “Represents activists and journalists such as Isa Saharkhiz, Heshmat Tabarzadi, Nahid Keshavarz, Parvin Ardalan, Omid Memarian, and Roya Tolouie, as well as child abuse and criminal cases…Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi called for her release and expressed concern regarding her health. In the statement, Ebadi said, “Ms. Sotoudeh is one of the last remaining courageous human rights lawyers who has accepted all risks for defending the victims of human rights violations in Iran”. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel and Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, also called for Sotoudeh’s release.”
Persian Connection: My paternal grandfather, born in Iran, died when my father was a child, thus I am one-fourth Persian. Culturally I felt little connection to this side of my family in my youth. Now I find most things political captivating, concurrent with my growing curiosity and interest in Iranian politics.
Obama & Romney, Save Me from Your Followers!
An acquaintance w/spouse who live in Hawaii sent a group Email this last weekend. Here goes:
Hi Guys,
Check out this interview with Penn Jillette. I know some of you’ve watched his BS [Bullsh*t] series and he makes some interesting points. He says there’s not much difference between Obama and Romney. Also here’s a link to Gary Johnson’s website. He was a two term republican governor of New Mexico now running as President under the Libertarian ticket. To quote his website, “He has been an outspoken advocate for efficient government, lower taxes, winning the war on drug abuse, protection of civil liberties, revitalization of the economy and promoting entrepreneurship and privatization.” His track record proves this. Read on…
Hawaii doesn’t allow write-in candidates so we can vote for one of four or vote for no one. So we researched the other candidates and Gary seems like a strong choice. Sorry for bringing up politics but it’s hard to stay silent with such an important election Tuesday…
My response? Well, to quote Penn, “Bullshit!” Brief point/counterpoint analysis:
BS Point 1. “…there’s not much difference between Obama & Romney.”
BS Point 2. “…we researched the other candidates. and Gary seems like a strong choice.”
BS Point 3. “…Sorry for bringing up politics but it’s hard to stay silent…”
Counterpointing: 1. Don’t tell me Obama and Romney are “the same.” Penn qualified this statement in the video, but some of his fans aren’t so sophisticated. Dems & Reps are polar way-the-fuck opposite on so many issues, and their candidates tilt toward their bases. 2. Thank you very much for your expert “research.” Or better: “expert” research. 3. We’re sorry, too.
Part of the game is trying to persuade others to vote for the person whom you feel is the strongest candidate. People sign up for social media, or vent on blogs, or message boards, and this is where polemics thrive. But geeeeez. Don’t forgive my “proselytizing” tone, but don’t be a proselytizing caterpillar and then apologize for it.
Should you vote Third Party? Maybe in Hawaii, where Obama’s victory is certain, but no 3rd Party candidate will garner over one percent of the vote this election. There’s a good reason for this. Voting 3rd Party gives voice to other philosophies, fair enough. However, there are only two choices…thus:
Obama & Romney, please save me from your followers. I think Obama and Romney are decent men, they mean well for the country, and have pros and cons. Yet I can’t understand how one side paints the other as evil. Obama is not a Muslim communist who wants to take your money and give it to heroin addicts. Romney is not a racist misogynist who only loves kleptocrats and billionaires.
My opinion? The Economist articulates a lot. Vote Republican or Democrat or even Third Party, make a respectable choice. This sentiment underlies elections and democracy.
Paul Ryan vs. Ted Bundy
Facebook often can be a cultural sampling of opinions, and after the recent Todd Akin comments about abortion and ”legitimate rape” and Paul Ryan’s statement on topic, tension mounted as my Facebook homeys went to town. One even called Paul Ryan the “Osama of the US” and a “12th Century zealot.”
The Osama of the US? Ryan is anti-abortion and consistent. Some people are against the death penalty in all cases. Romney has allowed abortion in cases of rape and the mother’s life, and Ryan seems willing to go along. But the Republican position is anti-abortion. I’m pro-choice, but I’m going to reason for this position by confronting the dynamics that make unwanted pregnancies, and the lose-lose situation that results. I’m not going to condemn others as morally corrupt or inferior, or call them Osama, because they consider conception the beginning of human life, just as I’d ask right-wing nut jobs not to condemn as morally corrupt those who seek to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
Then Trailer Park Quarterly posted: “If you are pro-life wouldn’t it stand to reason that you are also anti-death penalty, pro-health care, and doing your best to slow the tide of global warming? The cows also want me to throw in that being a vegetarian wouldn’t hurt.”
I responded, “If you are pro-choice then doesn’t it stand to reason that you are also comfortable and pro-choice concerning eating meat and killing convicted felons?”
Disclosure: I’m pro-choice, anti-death penalty, and an omnivore. I do not understand why, rather than articulating their position, people go out of the way to make absurd accusations about their opposition. As far as abortion, who’s pro-abortion? But what choices are we making when we decide to abort female fetuses (China and India), or have sex without considering the consequences, as opposed to legitmate accidents (the pill not working), incest, rape, and the mother’s safety? Human rights take priority. Here’s the pecking order:
1. Humans
2. Fetuses.
3. Animals.
4. Ted Bundy
