Unlikely Points of Convergence No. 1

The pot smoker and the DEA agent are a lot more alike than either might suspect. Both ultimately have the same goal: both want to significantly reduce the amount of marijuana in the world. They only differ in their methods.

Christian Logic

Ninjas could walk on water.
Jesus could walk on water.
∴ Jesus was a Ninja.


UPDATE: The therefore symbol (three dots arranged in a pyramid) embedded in this post doesn't render properly in Internet Explorer, so here it is again in what I hope is an IE-compatible version: ∴ Jesus was a Ninja.

UPDATE to the UPDATE:
Nope. That code doesn't seem to work either. Why do any of you people still use IE anyway? Here's a link to the Firefox site. Or go download Chrome or something. Jeez.

Superman a Welfare Lovin', Liberal Commie? Et tu Kal-El?

So you still think government sponsored health care is just for commies and pinko liberal bleeding-heart america-haters?

Well, tell it to Superman, buddy. Interestingly, it would seem that even at the height of the 1950's anti-communist hysteria when this ad was published, we Americans didn't equate government welfare programs with the creeping menace of communism so readily as we do today.

UPDATE: So I've since been informed there in fact was a backlash against Truman's ambitious welfare proposals, including murmuring accusations of socialism in some rural communities, though President Truman took office a beloved war hero and remained popular throughout this period.

Of course, America had a sharp reactionary streak going back even long before the McCarthy era. It's been noted that American eugenicists were a key influence on the development of Hitler's Nazi ideology. So it really shouldn't come as a surprise that even a well-regarded president like Truman drew the ire of the powerful conservative interests in America.