So.  Geraldine Ferraro is an unapologetic racist.  Okay, I think we get that now.  No matter how many times she tries to pawn it off as "reverse racism" and that SHE’S being discriminated against as a woman because people found her remarks offensive, the fact remains that she’s an idiot.  And even those who would argue that she only made the remarks as an ill advised way of making Clinton (on whose campaign Ferraro used to work as a finance committee member) a victim, her 1988 quote about Jesse Jackson, saying that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn’t be in the race." pretty much lays that argument to rest.  So, yeah... Ferraro’s been racist for quite some time.  But so are the members of the media who have been harping on this story as much as the Spitzer scandal (quite a nice stew of Democratic hypocrisy that the "liberal media" has stirred up recently, eh folks?) and criticizing Ferraro (justifiably) for her idiotic remarks and even more idiotic defense.   What makes them racist?  Well, how about the fact that they keep thinking Barack Obama is a black man, how about that?   Here’s a fun fact:  Barack Obama’s mom was white.   His mother was white and his father was black.  So, by calling Barack Obama a black man, you are completely negating the ethnicity of his mother, thus you are a racist.  Which is why this whole controversy over Barack Obama getting the "black vote" is so freaking ridiculous.  HE’S NOT BLACK!!!  HE’S NOT WHITE!!!!  Now, if he was getting the "biracial vote", I could understand people talking about it, but he’s as much singularly colored as he is Muslim.  Which is to say, not at fucking all.

Geraldine Ferraro may have a certain point about Barack Obama getting more of a pass than Hillary, but it’s not because he’s "black", it’s because he’s Male!  Jesus Geraldine, you should have known better.   I mean, isn’t that what Senator Clinton has been saying ALL ALONG???  That she’s being treated unfairly by the mostly male-dominated media and political sphere simply because she doesn’t have a dangly-doo twixt her legs?   That’s what all her supporters think, and there may be some validity to that, but to diminish Barack Obama’s achievements because he’s "BLACK"?  For someone in the Democratic party to say that in 2008 is beyond comprehension.   Not only because it’s extremely polarizing within the party itself (and better left for the uber racists in the Republican party who have perfected it)  but because it’s simply fucking WRONG!  

I get the point she was trying to make, and it’s a stupid point.  And when you dissect it with regards to his ACTUAL ethnicity, then it’s completely negating itself.  By calling him African-American, she’s negating the female contribution to his ethnicity, which in turn causes her comments to not only be racist, but gender biased, which is what she was attempting to argue against in the first place.

Seriously.... these are the people who get elected to office? 

Vote Bryan Campbell to Senate in 2012.   Of course since I’m a white male, I probably won’t stand a chance. 

Ugh... fucking puns.  Why must I be addicted?

So, yeah.  Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.  Awesome.  I'm fucking glad.  I know that right now I should be asking "what the hell is this world coming to??", but that's really not how I feel.  I think after 6 years of the same old thing we all should have a pretty good idea how to answer that question.  No, I'm happy because Jamie Lynn Spears may have just fucked our country back on track.  No joke.  Because of her, there's talk of reviewing the archaic statutory rape laws that make it a crime in some states for teenagers to have consensual sex.  For instance, the case of Genarlow Wilson in Georgia.  Here you have a 17 year old having consensual sex with a 15 year old who is sent to prison (most likely because he's black) and serves a 2 year sentence until the Supreme Court rules it unjust.  Now, it's sad that it takes Jamie Lynn Spears and not Genarlow Wilson to make people think "Damn, we really need to take a look at those laws", but if that's what it takes, then that's what it takes.  By the way, does anybody know if Hannah Montana is taking it up the ass?

Another wonderful outcome of this whole thing?  Maybe Jamie Lynn Spears will actually do what her older and far more burntout sister couldn't and become an advocate for real Sexual Education in our country.  I know it sounds far-fetched, but if "Zoey 101" is teaching sex ed, I guarantee you young girls and boys are fucking listening (damn puns).  Now, we'll probably never know if Jamie Lynn and/or her BF were using protection (then again, in this day and age, we just might)... but I'd say it's pretty good odds that the younger sister of a woman who states we should "trust the president in every decision", and that president just happens to advocate an abstinence-only approach to sex ed, probably was using the good ole'  Pullout-n-Pray approach.  I mean, if Britney is getting pregnant once every 10 months, and Jamie Lynn (well on her way to break Brit's record) is already preggers, then I would stake money that neither of them take Birth Control.  According to miss Jamie Lynn, the pregnancy was a "complete shock", but as a guy I can tell you that it's probably less of a shock to her boyfriend who is probably kicking himself for deciding against that condom. 

The real tragedy is that Jamie Lynn has a strong chance of becoming as bad of a mother as her older sister (or maybe even her own mother, who apparently only did a bang-up job in creating girls that horny 35-year old men want to bone simultaneously).  But maybe she won't.  Maybe she'll be the real adult and learn from the mistakes of her family.  And maybe she'll be a true role model for young women and start us down the path of  intelligent and meaningful Sexual Education in our country.  That's my hope at least.  But maybe I'm asking too much from a Spears girl.
   

The wonderful thing about dating a girl who thinks politically is that you're never at a loss for things to talk about.  Last night Jenni and I were having one of our patented phone discussions, this time regarding the institution of marriage.  There's been a lot of talk in the past few years about the so-called "Sanctity" of marriage.  Apparently the institution (oh how appropriate that word is) of marriage is under direct threat because "the homosexuals" want to get married.  I don't know if you've heard.

Of course, as the numbers clearly show, a whopping 50% of Americans who are married live in complete marital bliss in their white crystal palaces, far from the corrupting forces of "the gays".  They sing happy songs and eat cake and make God-approved love to each other and raise healthy, happy, non-gay children like good Patriotic Americans.

Of course, the numbers also show that a paltry 50% of Americans who have married somehow couldn't keep their marriage away from the decadent Gay Agenda and its innumerable forces of Hellions and demon-spawn. And so that wonderful white crystal palace never took shape, the two individuals divorced, and any children beget from the marriage became deformed monstrosities and probably fags. 

But even with a whopping 50% of American marriages going the distance under God's loving hand, we must worry about the Godless 50% who look to destroy such a noble institution (again that word).  And so if we allow The Gays to marry, the scales will be tipped, and we shall face horrors yet unknown to man.  Perhaps even another 9/11!  Or worse, a 9/12!!! 

What a crock of horseshit.  Marriage has never been sanctimonious.  Only in the last century have heterosexuals been allowed to marry the person of their choosing.  Before that, marriage was used as a business deal between families. Have we already forgotten our Jane Austen?  What's so sanctimonious about a business deal?  Sure, nowadays people (at least the straight ones) have a little more freedom of choice but, as Jenni so smartly put it, a good marriage is still like a business deal.  It's a partnership between two consenting corporations who look to better themselves through a merger.  Families are enterprises.  Sure it doesn't sound all pretty roses and cinnamon but come on, who is stupid enough to think that marriage isn't hard work? 

The problem is that our society has Hallmarked everything.  Whereas Jenni took the definition of a good marriage, I decided to define a bad one.  And I didn't have to look far for my analogy.  You see, a bad marriage is like the Iraq War (hah! don't ever think I stop being political).  Much like the Iraq War, a bad marriage is based on ideology and not effort.  People concentrate so much energy on the wedding day (Shock and Awe), that they just assume if the wedding is perfect, the marriage will be just fine ( "they'll greet us as liberators") and if it's not, well children (surge) will solve that problem.  Basically it becomes a clusterfuck where both sides kick each other's ass and no one comes out a winner until they decide to divorce.

Look, bad marriages are going to happen.  There's no way to stop it.  But I think one of the ways to boost the number of happy, healthy marriages is for our country to grow up about sex.  Just go with me here.  See, when we teach our children to save themselves for marriage, then we have a large number of people getting married simply to have sex.  If you question that plausibility then you truly aren't considering how strong of a pull sex has.  Sex will make people do really REALLY stupid things.  By keeping people ignorant about sex, they are much more likely to do REALLY REALLY stupid things for sex because they don't know any better.  Teaching responsible sex should be the ONLY option for Sex Education. 

But back to the marriage issue.  Sanctity of marriage is a myth. You can't have a 50% divorce rate and claim that "sanctity of marriage" has credibility.  If you do, you're a loony and should be locked up.  Homosexual marriages will not destroy the institution any more than the heteros already are.  And anyone who claims that allowing gay marriage is the same as allowing a man to marry a sheep is deranged and should be punished for spreading hate speech.  That's the same argument that people used back in the day to keep whites and blacks from marrying.  It's ridiculous.

There is one question, however, that is valid.  If we do allow for homosexual marriage, then do we also allow for Polygamy?  Don't jump to your answer too quickly because it does require some thought.  If we say that civil marriage rights extend to homosexual couples can we then say that it does not extend to consenting adults who wish to marry more than one partner?  I daresay it doesn't.  Civil rights for some means civil rights for all.  And again, polygamy is no threat to marriage.  Seriously, think about it for a minute. Think about how ridiculous it is to suggest that allowing more people to get married is a THREAT to marriage.  Where is the logic?  Of course, it all comes back to the God factor.  People say that marriage is between a man and a woman because God said so.  Really?  Where?  So what if Adam and Eve were the first people mentioned in the Bible?  Where the hell did everyone else come from then?  Was Cain fucking his mom?  Seriously.   Isn't it quite possible that there were other people, people that weren't mentioned because nobody knew who they were?  You think the Bible didn't have a copy editor?  Maybe in that mystical land of Nod was a lovely little Gay Bar that played Donna Summer hits on hot Friday nights... nobody knows and nobody should claim to know lest they risk blasphemy.

What is it with us?  Why do we spend all this time being trendsetters, and then in a single stroke we take a giant step back.  Why aren't we MORE outraged when those individuals who bleat and scream about the sanctity of marriage deliberately and hypocritically violate that same sanctity by hiring prostitutes or soliciting bathroom sex?  What the fuck? 

Before I end this blog I want to put this whole thing into perspective.  We need to stop saying things like "It Can't Happen Here".  We need to stop pretending that our freedoms and civil liberties, things that our men and women in uniform fought and died for, things our mothers and fathers protested and rallied for, things that our forefathers risked life and limb for, aren't being eroded day by day.  Marriage is just one part of it. 

While most of the rational citizens in this country have been placated by television,  iPods, and entertainment magazines, the crazies have come out of the woodwork.  Now, as unlikely as it should seem in 2007 America, we have situations like the Jena 6 and the arrest of the Rev. Lennox Yearwood that go basically unnoticed by the major news corporations who are too busy showing you more and more videos of the Britney Spears trainwreck-a-thon.  Most of these stories end up on blogs, which the news networks (who now only pretend to do journalism) snub their noses at.  It's ridiculous, and we need to do something about it.   Elections are all well and good, but as long as we keep allowing others to destroy the sanctity of our constitution it won't matter. 

I was going to just post this as a Bulletin, but decided to give the ol' Blog some lovin'.    .Worry not, it's a short one..


In case you missed my previous video bulletin of Ted Nugent's death threats against Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hilary Clinton, and Diane Feinstein at a recent concert, fear not.  Richard Roeper takes him to task:

Facing a draft, Nugent bravely wet his pants

Good to know that people are paying attention.  Now, I'm not much for Roeper's movie reviews (in fact I sometimes think he's a tool), but the way he pantses Nugent in this article is brilliant.  Someone tell me why the craziest gun-toting, 2nd amendment-preaching, bible-thumping fuckers never seem to have done their part for our military?   It makes me sick sometimes knowing that my hard-earned wages are going to pay for some of these fuckers' retirements. 

WOLVERINES!!!!

Yeah, you know it.  It's hard to deny the seminal war cry from one of the most anti-Soviet movies of the 1980's. 

WOLVERINES!!!!

Fuckin- A right, wolverines. 

But even if you haven't seen Red Dawn, you're probably aware of it.  You know that it's that movie with Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen that has a bunch of high school kids using guerrilla warfare to fight off a bunch of invading Soviets.  It's 100% Pure American Awesome.  Just the right mixture of patriotism, propaganda, and Patrick Swayze.

Combine that movie with Rocky IV and you have the ultimate double dose of Americans Kicking Russian Ass.  Only in Ronald Reagan's wildest dreams could he imagine stirring up as much pro-American sentiment as those movies do.  One could argue that the 1980's was the decade in which anti-Soviet sentiment was at its peak.  Not during McCarthyism, not during Vietnam, or the Space Race.  In the 1980's we had a Maverick-like President, we had G.I. Joe, and we had Sly Stallone, Patrick Swayze, and numerous other action heroes kicking major Ruskie ass.  Oh man, those were the days.....

.... so 20 years later what the fuck happened?  What happened to all that Pro-American love we built up??  Why are the Communists running our Government???......

Oh.  Wait.  What?  Hold up... ummm.... BC?  I'm not sure I heard you right... Did you say that the Communists are running America??

You're Fucking Right I Did.

So hey, not sure if you heard this, but Karl Rove just left the White House.  You know who Karl Rove is, right?  Yeah, he's the guy who masterminded Bush's rise to power.  He's also the guy who attempted to realign our Government into a One Party system and give the Republican Party indefinite rule.

Hmm... now that doesn't seem very American does it?

Oh, but it gets better....

In order to increase power, Mr. Rove used dirty political tricks to discredit and intimidate his opponents.  He courted the Religious Right and allowed their smear tactics against science and civil rights to enter the mainstream political fray.  He represented already wealthy clients who gained wealth as their power increased, all at the expense of their middle class and lower class countrymen. These same clients have blatantly disregarded American constitutional law and spied on our own citizens, imprisoning a number of them without Due Process of the Law. Oh, and just for flavor, let's not forget how close "Homeland" is to "Motherland".

So... I'm just wondering... how is all this not considered treasonous?  How come a bunch of us aren't camped out with Charlie Sheen in the woods of Virginia and planning how to attack the Commies in the White House and take back America?  I'm not even close to joking on this one.  We've been told that we're fighting a war in Iraq because the alternative would be to sit and wait for our attackers to come here and try to destroy our freedoms.  Well... guess what!  Already happened.  And it wasn't Islamic Extremists or (God Forbid!) the Pinko French.  It was a Texas Governor, a power-hungry Energy Baron, and a College Dropout, give or take a few fundamentalist crazies and their Ministry of Truth.

So.... what?  Is what I'm saying crazy?  Is it dangerous to discuss the idea that the Republican Party (which incidentally has a real fascination with the color Red, but that must be a coincidence) is, in its current form, the American Communist Party?  Just look at the similarities between Soviet Communism in the 1980's and the American "Democracy" under George Bush.   Oh, and by the way, invading Afghanistan isn't the only one.

To clarify one thing- it is completely incorrect to label those on the Left as Communists.  Liberals are not Communists. They are Marxists.  Get it right.

So, people of America, you tell me what should be done?  Should we just sit back and let events play out and hope that order will be restored?  Or should we exercise our 2nd Amendment rights and take up arms against a treasonous Administration?  If we really hate the Communists, then why don't we do something about it?

Anyone know Charlie Sheen's number?

MOTHERFUCKIN' WOLVERINES!!!!!!!

Disclaimer:  In case you're one of like five people in the world who haven't finished the last Harry Potter book, worry not. This post is 100% anti-spoiler. So READ on!

I did it.  It took me four days of marathon reading sessions, but I did it.  I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  I'm not going to review it, or say much more about it other than that it was one of the most entertaining books I've read in awhile and I can't wait for the movie.  But for now, it's done... and I'm glad it's done.

Now, in any other case, four days would seem like a pretty short amount of time to get through a 760 page book.  In this case, however, it almost wasn't fast enough.  I HAD to read it quickly because if I didn't I risked knowing the ending before I even got there.  It seemed like everyone except me had read the book the night they got it and everybody wanted to talk about it as loud as they possibly could.  Thank god for iPod.  However, after spending the better part of last week and this weekend doing everything I could to keep away from spoilers, I finally finished the book on Tuesday night, unspoiled.  I was now free to read all the reviews and chat forum fodder I wanted.  I was free to discuss the book (privately and quietly) with all my coworkers who apparently had nothing better to do with their Saturdays and Sundays than to gorge themselves on Harry Potter,  and had finished the book before Monday.  I was free from the chains of Harry Potter spoiler paranoia.  I was one of the lucky ones.

One of the first chat forums I visited was Aint It Cool News.  On the site was a talkback featuring two AICN contributors discussing what they liked and disliked about the book.  Amongst their criticisms and witicisms was a little tidbit that I caught onto immediately-  Apparently there were a number of people who, on the night of the book's release, decided that it would be oh so much fun to run up to groups of people awaiting their copies at bookstores and yell out the major developments of the book before anyone had a copy.  A Run-By Spoiling, if you will.  These pillars of coolness taped their escapades (which I'm sure they thought was just the height of anti-establishmentism) and put it on YouTube, apparently for everyone to watch and cheer along and praise them as the Gods of Awesome that they are.

What. Fucking. Douchebags.

So, let's think about this for a minute...  Okay, I'll admit, even with the mass popularity of a character like Harry Potter, and the ultimate anticipation of learning the fate of a character that has become ingrained in the world literary psyche, it is completely geektastic to camp out in front of a bookstore until midnight to pick up a copy (especially if the copy is reserved).  Sure, it's pretty silly, but that's the fun of it right?  It's part of the communal experience to sit around for hours with fans discussing what you think might happen to the characters and endlessly analyzing the previous books to see if you can flesh out some clues but hoping at the same time that you are totally wrong in your assumptions and this book will totally blow your theories away.  It's dorky, yes.  But it's good times.

It's also good times to keep a sense of humor about it.  It's a bit of schadenfreude sometimes to heckle people in costume or to make jokes about how nobody apparently has lives because they're all camped outside the local Borders.  But what's funny about what these guys did?  Please, somebody tell me because I don't see it.   What's funny about ruining these people's good time?  Or worse, making them feel like their efforts are worth shit?  That's not funny, that's fucking cruel.

Plus, what's the point?  In reading some of the comments to the YouTube videos I came across an interesting theme.  The majority of the comments were cheerleading (which is sad), but many of them also claimed that they were happy to see the book spoiled for the fans outside of bookstores because those fans are "lame".   So... wait... how is it less lame then to mess with them?  They aren't hurting anybody so who the fuck cares?  At least they have a good reason to be at the bookstore.  The spoilers are just a bunch of bored assholes who get off on being bored assholes.  THAT'S FUCKING LAME!

It's funny because I have yet to watch a video where the people in line do anything other than blankly watch these buffoons yelling out the plot developments of the book.  Those guys should consider themselves lucky then.  I, fortunately, had my book delivered to my apartment so I wouldn't have to deal with the bookstore hysteria, but I'm pretty sure that if I had been at one of the bookstores that got hit with that shit it would have been another story.  When my coworkers started talking about the book on Monday I immediately yelled at them to shut up or find a private room.  I was already halfway through but I still did not want to know things before I read them.  If I had been in one of those bookstore lines I'm certain that at least one of those YouTube stunts would have ended with one of the assholes getting knocked the fuck out.  I guaran-fucking-tee that.

Look, I love YouTube.  I love all the stupid shit on there, and I love all the important shit.  But, come on.  With all the ways YouTube can be utilized, why waste it on this?  If you want to spoil the book, then just tape yourself sitting at the camera and telling all the information.  If someone's stupid enough to click on your video, it's their own fault.  But to tape yourself being a total dick is just intellectual assault.   Part of me wants karmic retribution for these people. Part of me wishes that anytime one of these people anticipates something it's completely spoiled for them.  But then, that would make me just as much of a dick wouldn't it?  To spoil something that someone is looking forward to, like really really looking forward to, will ruin their entire connection to it.  Instead of that person being able to experience the information first-hand for themselves, they've now been given all the good stuff second-hand and minus the context.  Basically, they've just been fan-raped.  One person gets off on cruelty while the other person just stands there with a blank look on their face and realizing that all the fun of the anticipation is gone.

This brings me to my last point.  With each YouTube comment about the "lame" fans that I read, the angrier I became.  Not because I happen to be a fan and someone who might just camp out in line to get a book or see a movie, but because these sick fucks are missing the whole point.  They think they're ruining this for a bunch of nerdy adults.  They forgot about the kids.  Adults can brush that shit off.  They might be pissed, but eventually they'll just pass it off as a bunch of dicks being dicks and they can still find some enjoyment in the book.  But the kids in line have fucking invested in Harry Potter's world and the characters in the book.  Imagine being a kid in line outside the Borders or Barnes and Noble and standing in line with mom or dad, maybe a sibling or two, or some friends, eagerly awaiting the moment those doors will open and you'll get your hands on that final book.  It's part of the fun.  It's part of the magic and mystery and enjoyment of the book.  It's a great memory that you can always attach to that particular book.  Now imagine that a bunch of fucking 18 and 20 year olds just ran by and told you everything you DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW.  They just fan-raped your ass and instead of a happy memory of that night, now all you're left with is the disappointment of knowing that the book you've been waiting for is ruined.  What's the point of reading it now when you already know what happens?  What's the point of standing in line? 

As Harry Potter has grown into a phenomenon and beyond, people have forgotten that the best part about Harry Potter is that it has gotten kids excited about reading again.  This whole fan thing is encouraging kids to want to read and to gobble up these books and, hopefully, pass on that hunger for books to their future children.  So what have these guys really accomplished other than proving their tooldom on YouTube?  Well, they very well may have fucked over some kids in the process.  In the age of Cliff's Notes and instant entertainment, what will happen to our children's ability to read if people keep pissing on their excitement?  If our children stop wanting to read, what then happens to our nation's imagination?  What happens to future generations' willingness for information? 

Maybe that won't happen.  Maybe these guys are just a bunch of dicks with a camera who thought it would be utter hilarity to bully a bunch of Harry Potter fans.  But if this kind of thing can produce cheerleaders who proclaim that the "lame Harry Potter fans deserve it", then maybe people should stop and think about the consequences before they decide that they're so fucking cool.

I've been meaning to post this blog for awhile now, but wanted to devote an appropriate amount of time and attention to it because it's an extremely important issue.  Now that I've got the office to myself today, I finally have the time to post it. 

    About a month ago, Jenni joined an online message board site called Indymoms.com.  It's pretty self-explanatory.... just some moms in Indianapolis, talking about whatever.  It started off as a way for her to find employment as a babysitter this summer, but after reading a few threads it became a surreal kind of soap opera for her.  She clued me in to a few threads that she thought I might get a kick out of, one of them being a message thread entitled Beliefs~Republican.  Again, very self-explanatory.
    Jenni said she watched the thread as a way of spying and seeing how the "other side" lives, as the phrase goes.   Although she added some input, I acted solely as an observer (I was using her account after all), and she was right.  I did get a kick out of it.  But it also scared the shit out of me because some of the things these women believe, say, and attempt to instill in their children defy rational thought and seem more like the fanatical ravings of, oh I don't know, an Islamic extremist maybe, than a mom from Indianapolis.

For example, this post (which incidentally sparked this particular blog):

          I'm a Republican!!  I support our troops and believe in a strong military.  I believe in having English as our National language and Christ as my savior and God as the founder of our country. (emphasis added)

    Beyond the overzealous cheerleading factor, just think about what that paragraph is saying.  Is she saying that Democrats on the whole DON'T believe in supporting the troops or having a strong military (keeping in mind that American involvement in World War II, Vietnam, Somalia, and Kosovo were all presided over by Democratic presidents who wished to propel America's  reputation as a militaristically strong nation)?  Is she saying that Democrats on the whole AREN'T Christian?  These statements alone are enough for me to know that the contributor is far past ignorant, and along with the obviously inept call for English as the National Language of a nation whose parts have been at times under Spanish, French, English, and Nordic control (not to mention those silly people called Native Americans) puts her well on her way to Retarded Land.  But that last little bit... the one about our country being founded by God.  Well ladies and gentlemen, that one takes the Bat Shit Crazy cake.  She is now a certified Drooler Extraordinaire.
       And yet, this is exactly where we find our country now.  This isn't just one isolated crazy coming out of the woodworks (as further reading of said message thread informed me).  We currently face an epidemic of wackos who are looking to push our country back, not just fifty years, but THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY years.  Or more.  Before we were a Republic, even.  It's like they want to Re-Discover America and shape it to fit their needs and not the needs of the people, for the people, and by the people.
       This is not Alarmism.  This is not some equally overzealous liberal rant against conservatism.  This is real.  This is happening right now.  And this is not isolated.  If you think it is, then you've been in a coma for the last 8 years. Time to wake the fuck up.
       Let's think about the context of this particular message.  Why does this woman feel so comfortable with posting such a blatantly inaccurate statement declaring that God founded America?  Well, luckily she gives us the answer in her first four words:  I am a Republican!!  If someone went on a Democrats thread, identified themselves as a Democrat, and then went on to say the things that this lady says with utter lack of remorse, they would be laughed off the message board.  Either that or they would be outed as some sort of Republican plant.  The fact is, the majority of die-hard Republicans are so divorced from reality that they feel comfortable saying whatever crazy ass thing pops into their heads, so long as God is attached to it.
       The argument against this, of course, is to say that I should consider my source and that what is said on Indymoms.com bears very little importance in the scheme of things.  It may seem that way to some, but isn't that exactly the mentality that has gotten us into trouble for the last 8 years?  I'd say that what this woman says is damn important to the scheme of things, mostly because it does happen to appear on Indymoms.com.  I mean, think about it... she's a Mother.  She's passing this mentality down to her children, who will then go on to influence another generation.  Along with that, she's helping to influence the mentality of others on the thread who may be looking for someone else to shape their opinion, and THOSE women have children that they influence.  Plus the biggest factor of all:  this woman is from Indianapolis.  Which is in the "heartland".  Which also includes states such as Iowa and Ohio; states that profoundly affect the outcome of Presidential elections.  I find it extremely distressing that these words can be uttered with complete seriousness in the year 2007.
       If you need more proof that those associated with the Republican Party are so out of touch with reality, look no further than this year's debates.  There are actual candidates running for President in the year 2007 who say they do not believe in Evolution.  These are the candidates who want to teach Creationism, or its bastard cousin, Intelligent Design, in our schools. Didn't we move past this stuff almost a century ago?  And the Creation Museum???  What the Fuck??? (Although I have to give them credit, Eve has never been more fuckable).

       This crusadist mentaility has to end.  We are walking too fine a line and if we continue to allow the crazies to have their say, it will be the end of our civilization.   Behind the scenes, there are efforts under way by some on the far-right to speed along "the Rapture".  In one case, some ultra-conservative farmers in Nebraska are attempting to genetically breed a stock of Red Heifer that they would then ship to Israeli to have sacrificed at the Second Temple and help bring about the Apocalypse.  Seriously?  Why would anyone want to do that?  That's the thing I don't understand about the Christian cheerleaders.  Why are they so impatient?  If they believe that God said it would happen, why can't they just wait it out?  Don't they trust their own God?  It just amazes me how hypocritical Christians on the right can be.  When it comes to Armageddon, they think they have to help God along, but when it comes to Global Warming, they simply say 'Don't worry about it.  God will provide'.  Fucking jackasses.  Personally, I'd kind of like to see them get that Second Temple built and the Red Heifer sacrificed and watch their pathetic little faces when absolutely nothing happens.  Unfortunately that's one of the other drawbacks to the uber-Christians:  If the end of the world doesn't happen according to plan, they'll just manufacture it...in the form of nuclear weapons.  Think I'm kidding?  Do you really feel safe with Dubbya's finger on The Button?  No.  Me either.

       I don't understand why no one has been punished for this bullshit.  Why are scum like Jerry Fallwell treated with reverence when they die?  Why does that fucker get a break, huh?  He deserved to die a much more painful death than he got, and I'm happy he's gone.  No apologies.  Anyone who gives someone like Fallwell a free pass should be ashamed of themselves.  Invoking God does not give you the right to spew hatred free of charge.  Same goes for Pat Robertson.  Same goes for Fred Phelps.  Same goes for Al Sharpton.  Yeah, even the Reverend Al Sharpton is scum.  He's a racist and a bigot.  Just look at his rush to judgement in the Duke Lacrosse rape case.  Has he apologized yet?  Nope.  Don Imus apologized and got fired.  Michael Richards apologized and probably won't have a career in comedy again.  The Reverend?  Nope.  He's too busy being God's beacon of "justice" and accruing political power to apologize.  Fuck him too.
       When are we going to wake up people?  When are we going to say enough is enough and slap the next motherfucker who invokes God as a free pass to do and say as they please?  Why do we continue to allow Bush and Cheney to continue in their positions unimpeached, but jump to impeach Clinton (who never should have been put into the position of having to defend getting a blowjob in the White House to the likes of Ken Starr;  Hillary should have kicked him in the nuts, and that's that)?  George W. Bush has been documented as saying that he believes God appointed him to be President, and that God would bless us in our War of Aggression in Iraq.  He even went so far as to call it a crusade, and we fucking let him.  We're still letting him.  Why don't we gather up a million people, surround the White House, and fucking take it back.  It's ours, dammit.  For the people, by the people.  FUBU, motherfucker.  So why the hell are we just sitting around?

       Oh yeah, that's right, because we're all getting dumber by the minute.  Thanks to Georgie-Boy's education policy, our children are getting dumber too.  So No Child Left Behind should be considered a complete failure as well, right?  Well, if you viewed the policy as a means to improve education standards then yes.  But again, look at the wording:  No Child Left Behind.  Hmm... where have I heard that phrase before?  Oh yeah, that bigoted "Christian" fiction series about the Rapture.  So what does that have to do with education?  Well, think about it... are those with a lower education standard more or less likely to question authority?  If you said More, you're an idiot, and your school just lost its funding. 
       There's a reason that people who don't question authority are considered "good soldiers".  Now, I'm not saying that our men and women in uniform are stupid, and I really hate that I live in a society where I have to clarify that.  I'm just simply saying that it is no coincidence that a "good soldier" is one who follows orders without question.  The same can be said about Christians.  Those who do not question the validity of the Bible, or that it is the literal word of God are considered "good Christians".  Why?  Why is it that "good soldiers" and "good Christians" are the ones who don't think for themselves?  Is it because they can't?  Is it because they choose not to?  Or is it simply because they don't know any better?   George W. Bush isn't trying to strengthen our educational standings in the world, he's trying to build a better Christian soldier.   Fuck him.

       Before I finish up here, I want to go back to that original point.  The one about God founding our nation.  How is it that Republicans can call themselves the patriotic party and yet have so many people who know fuck-all about America?  I bet if I asked that lady if she thought she was well-informed about how America was founded, she would say yes.  And yet, she's ignorant to the fact that John Adams (one of the TRUE founders of America) signed a treaty in 1797 that was approved by the U.S. Senate and stated that "The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation."  So in turn I say to her:  That's TRUTH, Bitch.  Suck on it long and hard.  Our nation was founded on LAWS and Constitutional RIGHTS.  Among these were the Freedom of Religion.  Which also means Freedom FROM Religion.  The next time some jackhole ultra-conservative (and how I laugh at the irony of that misnomer) Republican brings that line of bs my way, they're getting punched in the fucking face.  I am so sick of being told that I'm un-American or un-Patriotic.  I'm done with it.  America was founded by the People for the People.  Not by God.  Not for God.  Not against God.  But definitely against stupid motherfuckers who try to decide how everyone else should live based on their unfounded religious views.
          I question my leaders.  That makes me an American.  I still don't fully trust the candidates in the Democratic Party and I might just vote Independent (if Bloomberg runs).  That makes me an American.  If you come to me screaming about Fred Thompson or Rudy Guiliani or John McCain, and the first words out of your mouth aren't "Hey, so sorry about the last 8 years, I want to try to make it up to you and the rest of the country", then say hi to the ground when your face hits it.  You fucking rats. 

Right here, right now, I call on every self-respecting true American to take down any smug little shit who wants to pretend that they had nothing to do with the last 8 years.   They must answer for what they've done, and don't let them whitewash it with their Fred Thompsons or Rudy Giulianis or John McCains or Mitt Romneys.   The time for Free Passes is over.  My country wasn't founded by God, and it sure as hell wasn't founded by stupid, cheerleading little sheep.  My country was founded by the People, for the People.  And the People are coming back.

      

"The rules are: once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with six weird, unique or unusual facts or habits about yourself.... at the end, you need to choose six people to be tagged and list their names and why you chose them.... don't forget to send them each a comment that says, "you have been tagged....go read my latest blog...."

Rachel tagged me, and since she was kind enough to call me "one of the most thoughtful (and provocative) bloggers" she knows, I thought I'd accept her challenge.

So…. Six weird, unique, or unusual facts about BC:

1. I love to dance.  For those that grew up with me in high school (and most of college), this is a surprising fact.  But when I was younger I took every opportunity to dance and even took jazz lessons as a kid.  At some point I became shy about it and rarely danced in front of anyone.  Nowadays, though, I can't get enough of it.

2. Speaking of things I can't get enough of: I have a borderline-unhealthy       obsession with the 80's.  80's music, TV shows, movies.  I totally dig it.  Can't get enough.  It's not a nostalgia thing because it doesn't cause me to recall super happy childhood memories.  I just really really like 80's entertainment.  Like I said, borderline-unhealthy. But hey, now I have a steady acting gig because of it.  So, you know… bonus!

3. I guess I should get to the Provocative stuff now.  Here goes….  I am pro-faith but anti-religion.  Like the saying goes:  A Person is Smart, but People are Stupid. 

4. I will not fight for our government, but I will fight against it.  Call me anti-patriotic or anti-troops or whatever.  As each day passes our country is looking more and more like an empire and no one is doing much to stop it.  Our soldiers have been duped and, even worse, abandoned by the same people who claim to support them.  If our men and women in uniform would wake up and realize that the real fight for freedom is here at home, then maybe things would change.  Lord knows that words and paper aren't working.  Even the people's vote has little significance any more. 

Okay, enough provocative stuff.  If I keep this up I'll be seeing FBI Agents soon. 

5. I want to be in a rock band.  Badly

     6. No matter where I live, I will always be a Colts and Pacers  fan.  That's not a weird/unusual thing so much as it's just a fucking fact! 

Okay, now I need to tag 6 people... hmm....


I tag:

Flower-  cause she's always got my back

Tabitha- because i really don't know that much about her.

KDogg-  she always has good stories.

Mookie-  the definition of weird and unusual.... and hilarious

Mouse-  even if we don't always agree, he's a smart motherfucker

Amy- cause I really don't know a damn thing about her.  Here's to you    Ames!