Hallelujah! Michael Vick found Jesus! Paris . . . Michael . . . pretty much anyone about to face a judge or parole board . . . someone really needs to put a leash on Jesus . . . poor little guy gets lost more than Waldo. Personally, I’d rather these people showed some spine and claimed to have changed themselves, not looked to a higher power to do it. Claiming the son of God has made you a better person sounds like a cop-out to me. Speaking of cop-outs, blaming animal cruelty on immaturity definitely fits that description. You aren’t immature, Michael, you are lacking a sense of morality and decency.
Oliphant Parts
Reframing Reality
Categories: News
Larry Craig, Man’s Man
Another day, another Repug sex scandal. No teen boys this time a-la Mark Foley, but rather a grimy public restroom and hopes of sweaty man-lovin’ a-la Bob Allen. Although the twist here is that our home-state anti-hero is actually the original Bob Allen, having made his grasp for the golden cock-ring a month before Rep. Allen. Unfortunately, this being Idaho, nobody realized who he was until two months later. Yes, for those of you without t.v., radio, newspaper or internet access, Idaho’s own gay-bashing Senator Larry “Wide Stance” Craig pled guilty to charges of lewd conduct after being caught in a sex sting at a Minnesota airport.
As long as it is legal, I don’t think that sexual orientation should be a consideration, whether in politics or elsewhere in life. Heck, assuming it was consensual, Larry could do late-night pickups with howler monkeys and ground squirrels for all I care. What I cannot stand is the self-loathing, hypocrisy and downright stupidity. Why do the manloving repugs have to work so hard to prove they are anti-gay, pushing as much hate legislation as possible and just being offensive in general? Just deal with it! Either accept who you are and man-up, or suppress it entirely and quit making life worse for other gays and less risky for you and your beard.
Which brings me to stupidity. If you are going to engage in risky behavior, likely endangering not only your health, but your beard’s wife’s as well, do it a little smarter. Public restrooms are not the place to meet the day’s ManSnack! If you want to slide down that pole or feel the call of the hershey highway, use a legitimate hookup and a motel. What the hell do you think Craigslist is for? Or, if you want more structure, AFF? I’m sure there’s even a ButtPounders.com, ArseFinders.com or SweatyManLove.com out there somewhere. Heck, check the local classifieds. Not only does one of these sources and a motel reservation reduce the chances you will be making passes at cops, but it gives you the chance to do your thing without the rest of us finding out and getting stuck on the “eww!” factor of the location.
So Senator Craig, good luck in your next career, thank you for reinforcing my stereotype of Repugnicans (your party’s initials do stand for Gay Old Perverts, correct?), and may your next replacement, straight, gay or monkeylovin’, not be such a hateful hypocrite. Yes, I know this is Idaho, so we’re probably going to end up with someone just like you or just a little bit worse, but I can still dream.
Satan Speaks
Watch the video, then read up on his latest qualifying statements, please. Then explain to me how it was wrong back then for all those reasons, and right post 9/11 when, as has been pointed out quite frequently, IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11!!! Sorry about the shouting, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it. They’re still in the mindset that we have to fight them over there to dramatically increase the number that will eventually come attack us over here. Yeah, good strategy. Of course, what can you expect from a man connected to a group that is advocating making GWB President for life?
p.s. — I thought changing your mind about something was called a “flip-flop” which no Repug would ever do . . .
Insurance
The insurance nightmare continues. I have been covered under my employers’ group insurance policies for the past 21 years, and my parents’ policy prior to then. Now that I am self-employed, I have to cover my family via an individual/family policy, no mean feat considering the I have mild sleep apnea and my wife and son have asthma. Our glorious leader pushes personal responsibility and the benefits of privatized medicine and insurance. The big flaw I see with this is that even if you can afford insurance, no insurance company has to provide you coverage. Want insurance, but have any health issues, no matter how easily treated?- abandon the idea of being self-employed and join a corporation so that you can get group coverage. Still, the Presidunce pushes for switching from employer-provided insurance to employee-provided insurance. Guess who the biggest winner there is. No, not the employer, who definitely does get lower costs, and not the employee, who can now be denied coverage, but the insurance company, which no longer has to insure the workers.
I suppose there’s always the Bush Insurance Plan, which he promoted in Ohio:
“The immediate goal is to make sure there are more people on private insurance plans. I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room.” Unfortunately, I am guessing Pres. Bozoman won’t be offering this service as preventive coverage.
Free Libby
Oh good, our lying sack-of-shite President has decided once again to prove he and his buddies aren’t subject to the same laws as us commoners. And a big Fuck You to you too, Georgie! There really is no point in being civil when discussing these bastards any more. If there is a God, the fair trade would be for a certain someone’s pacemaker to fatally short-circuit. That, and for the next pretzel to win. Please, please please let this presidency end with a war crimes tribunal! Okay, enough ranting. Fuckers.
Plastic To Oil
I’m sure there’s a downside, but I want one of these for my local recycling center. Since I don’t get trash pickup service, I haul all of my garbage and recycling to the local waste station. About half of what I see tossed out there is plastic, so assuming you could actually power the equipment there with this stuff, it should pay for itself in short order.
Just Asking
Cuba . . .
“Washington rebuffed the offer for talks, saying it would deal with Raul Castro’s government only when it showed a clear commitment to a peaceful transition to democracy.” Umm, yeah. So when do the sanctions and embargoes against Saudi Arabia and Pakistan begin?
Above the Law . . .
Cheney isn’t part of the legislative branch, nor is he part of the judicial branch. Since he is now denying that he is part of the executive branch, does that mean we can replace him? Sounds to me like he has abdicated his position.
Everybody loves singing toilets! . . .
Thank you, Maike, for pointing me towards Sweet Juniper!
(and apologies to Sweet Juniper for including you in a post about Cuba and Cheney)
Herr Bush
So Bush really IS a nazi! At least now there’s some reason for the fascist’s actions other than just bad parenting.
Battling Literacy
I’ve heard it argued that to help battle illiteracy, parents should read the daily newspaper with their children. This will stimulate their minds, inform them about the world around them and help them develop a lifelong love of reading. That may work well in some parts of the country, but up here in northern Idaho, we’re all rugged individualists. We don’t like to follow other people’s trends, but make our own. And where is this screw-you attitude most apparent? In our daily newspapers, apparently. The names, faces and stories have been blurred to protect the innocent, but the headlines are there in all their glory. Oh, what beautiful Annivyrsariys, Wyddings, Engagymynts and 4Births . . .
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