Random Commentary

The people who insist that Muslims need to get a sense of humor and not get upset when pictures and cartoons of Mohammed are printed are the very same people who had to have Prof. Farnsworth muted out in episodes of Futurama when he says "sweet zombie Jesus." Why is one blasphemy more important than the other?

The people who insist that prayer must be allowed in schools and other public institutions are the same people who want the Harry Potter books removed from schools so that their children won't be exposed to pagan ideas. Indeed, some of these people want children removed from homes with pagan parents, claiming that teaching children non-xian values is child abuse.

The people who insist that there is a gay agenda trying to recruit young people into the lifestyle (a so called choice) are the same people who want to instill their religion and point of view (which are most certainly chosen values) on children as early as possible, so that they will be fully indoctrinated.

The same people who say "Love the sinner, hate the sin" don't seem to have any problem with those who murder gays just because they're uncomfortable with their presence.

The people who want intelligent design and other creationist based theories taught in school - because we have to be fair and make sure our children are aware of all possible alternatives - are the same people who want sex education reduced to abstinence education, for fear that teaching an alternative might harm children.

The people who insist that minorities should "pull themselves up by their own bootstraps" so that they can excel and achieve are the same people who assume such minorities are shifty, untrustworthy people and they are unwilling to help them in any direct way. Unless maybe it's to give them a menial job, and in that case they better know their place.

The people who insist that their intensive studies of the values contained in a certain book show how their particular worldview creates a harmonious and wholesome nation are the same people who ignore the successful results of many of the programs and laws (that they are trying to keep out of our nation) in other countries "because that's immoral."

The people who condemn gays for being promiscuous and irresponsible people are the same people who are doing their damndest to make sure that gay people cannot legally behave any other way.

The people who moan and cry about how today's youth are horrible, violent, irresponsible and pretty much unworthy of the great nation they are soon to inherit are the same people who allow the government to take money and programs away from schools in favor of military spending, tax cuts to oil companies, and raises for themselves. And for some reason, these are the same people who can't figure out how to work the parental controls on their TV, so they want to remove programs they consider objectionable entirely from the menu. How hard is it for them to pay attention to their own children?

The people who claim that they are tired of a liberal media manipulating the public into irrational beliefs and actions are the same people who believe the spin that the religious right, the corporate sector and pretty much anyone connected to the current administration put on any issue to get their own way, regardless of morality, constitutionality or just plain fairness.

The people who frown on my 'unpatriotic attitude' are the same people who want more than anything to make my point of view entirely inaccessible, if not illegal, despite such basic freedoms that our nation was founded on - like speech, religion and the pursuit of happiness.

I'm surrounded by this bullshit every day.