Adorable. The kids get it. Why can’t adults?
On March 10, 2010, In Uncategorized, By Alexander
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On March 8, 2010, In Hypocrisy, Notable Quotes, By Alexander
“Haggard’s Law: The likelihood of a person harboring secret desires to engage in sexual and/or romantic activities with members of the same sex is directly proportional to the frequency and volume of said person’s vocalized objections to homosexuality.” – Unattributed
On March 7, 2010, In Batshit Crazy, Politics, By Alexander
Eight years of Bush rule was horrific. Incompetence, cronyism, lies, and hypocrisy not seen in this country for generations rightfully earned Dubya the title of Worst President ever. The 2008 election showed that the country as a whole was not as blind as I’d begun to believe and was just as fed up as I; the American people had had enough of right wing Republican crap and wanted change.
Personally, I haven’t seen enough change since Obama took office, but I’m not willing to throw the baby out with the bath water just yet. I am sorely disappointed with his performance based on his campaign promises and his apparent unwillingness to reverse many of the Bush/Cheney policies, but then I consider the alternative of a McCain/Palin administration and chills run down my spine. Obama isn’t great, but at least can speak in complete sentences.
But since his inauguration, it seems every uneducated right wing lunatic, fundamentalist Neanderthal, unhinged homobigot and knuckle-dragging racist has crawled out of the woodwork and are now proudly, openly, calling for the the overthrow of the United States government. Okay, maybe not all that openly, but all you have to do is listen to what they’re saying and you hear all the code words. Forget the Party of NO; the Party of HATE is rising in this country and it seems law enforcement and the media (Liberal? That’s a laugh!) is either oblivious has chosen to willfully ignore it. While Armed militias, states’ talk of secession, the anti-immigrant backlash and the whole “We are Living in the End Times” philosophy that has gripped the reptilian-brained evangelical community, are, when viewed individually, not a huge cause for alarm, when they come together—as they seem to be doing now, that gives me pause.
And it’s all because we have a black man in the White House. It’s racism, pure and simple, fanned by the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck, douchenozzles of the right who—if the unthinkable actually happens—will no doubt wring their hands and claim no responsibility for the violence their hate speech ignited.
So where had the Democratic party been during all this? MIA, as usual. I can’t even say the word “Democrat” these days without prefixing it with “Spineless.” The difference between the two parties has never been clearer: Republicans are well-trained attack dogs; Democrats invertebrates (take your pick). For whatever reason, they refuse to counter the attacks lobbed by the Republicans. Do they think that by ignoring the ridiculous accusations, they’ll just be ignored by the electorate? If that’s the case, not only are they spineless, but they’re also stupid. No matter how ridiculous the claim, the more it’s repeated, eventually it will become “truth.” “Obama is a Socialist/Fascist/Three-Headed Monster from Venus, Obama wasn’t born in the United States, Obama’s Health Care will kill your granny, Obama eats the brains out of living children for breakfast.” (Even though we all know that was Cheney’s favorite meal). It’s all bullshit, but again the Democratic Party as a whole (with the notable exception of Alan Grayson) and the mainstream media refuses to call anyone on it.
What to do about this? I really have no idea. I’d like to hear your suggestions, because the past year has really highlighted the ugly underbelly of racism still running through parts of the American public and the appalling need for competent mental health counseling in this country.
On March 5, 2010, In Common Sense, By Alexander
From Christopher Hitchens:
- Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or their color.
- Do not even think about using people as private property.
- Despise those who use violence or the threat of it in sexual relations.
- Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child.
- Do not condemn people for their inborn nature.
- Be aware that you too are an animal and dependent upon the web of nature.
- Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus.
- Turn off that fucking cell phone.
- Denounce all Jihadists and Crusaders for what they are: psychopathic criminals with ugly delusions and terrible sexual repressions.
- Be willing to renounce any god if any holy commandment should contradict any of the above.
On March 5, 2010, In Notable Quotes, By Alexander
“Religion does three things quite effectively: it divides people, controls people, and deludes people.” – Mary Alice McKinney
On March 5, 2010, In Religious Absurdity, By Alexander
Organized religion—and Catholicism in particular—cannot implode quickly enough as far as I’m concerned.
Hate, hate, hate…it seems that’s all they know.
From AMERICAblog:
Just when you think the Catholic Church can’t sink any lower, it does:
A preschool student at a Catholic school in Boulder will not be allowed to return next school year because of what is going on at home.
The student’s parents are two women and the Denver Archdiocese says their homosexual relationship violates the school’s beliefs and policy.
According to teachers at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, a meeting was held Tuesday to discuss the issue. The staff was told a student would not be allowed to re-enroll because of his or her parents’ sexual orientation. The staff members were also told not to talk to the media.
In a statement sent to 9NEWS, the Archdiocese said, “Homosexual couples living together as a couple are in disaccord with Catholic teaching.”
Now, unlike the leaders of the Catholic Church, I don’t purport to be an expert of the words of Jesus Christ. But, I do remember hearing something like this once or twice when I used to go to Mass:
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
No mention of “homosexual couples” there.
And, as one reader pointed out to John, “No word yet on whether they’re rounding up the kids of divorced parents who haven’t sought a church annulment, or worse, weren’t married in the Catholic church to begin with.”
Given the Catholic Church’s long, sordid and disgusting history of protecting and coddling child abusers, I don’t know why any parent would entrust their kid to any Catholic official. In retropect, there are probably thousands of abused victims and their parents who wished the Church had banned them from Catholic School.
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Name: Alexander
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Irreverent, independent, and often snarky partnered gay boomer who is tired of moral pontification by hypocritical conservative assholes and hate filled religious bigots.
