Category Archives: Rants & Raves

Secret Service Probing Facebook Poll That Asked Whether Obama Should Be Killed | The Public Record

You’ve probably heard about this, but some tool put a poll out on Facebook asking if they wanted Obama killed.

First, aside from the obvious tastelessness and sedition involved, even if you ARE a racist traitorous shitheel, why would you vote for that? Never mind the idiot that made it, he should hopefully do time – though he won’t. But seriously, even old fashioned web votes can track IPs. Why would you link yourself with presidential assassination on a program YOU HAVE TO LOG IN TO?!

Honestly, the punishment for this should be to wipe you out of the gene pool. Yeah, sure, you are an evil cretin and a Republican, but that’s permissible in this nation. What should NOT be is being so damn stupid and being allowed to pass that on to a new generation.

Because, honestly folks, the stuff you hear coming out of Lush Rimjob and Beck and their ilk isn’t even sensible. If it were a smart argument, it would be taken seriously by rational Americans. Look, Michelle Malkin couldn’t factor her cut of a five way bar tab, never mind the tip, and anything coming from her 1995-looking blog or falling out of her anger-contorted face can’t and shouldn’t be taken as more than Tourette’s-like ramblings.

But people DO listen to this crap, and take it to heart.

And even on little ‘ol Facebook, the Poll app, taken over by conservatives long ago, went too far. The creator thinks this is surprising, but having seen some of these poll questions, I figure it was just a matter of time.

People are dumb, and some of them are afraid and angry because most of us are fine with a black guy as president. Most of us are fine with health care reform and playing well with other nations, and having good science and equal pay for women. Obama did run on saying he’d do these things. These are not surprises. The only surprise is that the angry mobs expect us to believe they are actually mad about his policies.

They aren’t. They are angry racists and the sooner they realize the nation CHOSE this path the better. And if we need the Secret Service to pound a few of their heads when they are preaching sedition, then that’s what the Secret Service is for.

I mean, hell, they authorized people being arrested for wearing t-shirts against Bush, maybe they can beat some assault weapon packing perp to knock some sense into him at the next Obama appearance.

Land of the Free?

This is wrong. Above is the picture of a G20 protester last week. Sure, he’s been detained, but now he’s a prop for the Pittsburgh PD. Like a deer whose tag has been collected.

You know, enforce the law, but don’t act like jackbooted thugs.

We are constantly reminded that the police do not serve you and I; they view you and I, collectively, as subhuman. Don’t let anyone fool you. You’re on their turf. There are no laws or government agencies that will protect you.

You know what this crap reminds me of? Those Minuteman bastards who patrol the border and harass migrants coming in to find work. Yes, they are breaking the law, but, then again, they aren’t trying to do the duty of the cops, ICE, or the military either. So why aren’t the Minutemen doing hard labor somewhere? Just asking.

Anyway, the above pic reminds me of when some Minuteman asshole made a migrant pose with him holding up a t-shirt before he’d give the guy water.

Celebrate Your Freedom During Banned Books Week | GeekDad | Wired.com

GeekDad has a nice article concerning Banned Book Week, which runs from September 26−October 3 this year.

It galls me that we live in a society where people go out of their way to stop people from reading things that may be controversial. I personally can’t see me reading a Glenn Beck book, but I’m not going to stop anyone from reading one. Oh sure, I’ll probably consider them an idiot for doing so, but no more than I’d judge someone a douchebag for wearing a Yankees ballcap.

Instead we have these flag-waving (and -wearing) pseudo-patriot Talibangelical types who can’t stand kids reading about non-whites, or happy homosexual families, or, well, anything that isn’t the Bible apparently. If you follow this link and see how the list of books most banned have trended over the years, you’ll see an increasing amount of those books have themes that don’t fit into the narrow world view of most conservatives.

Look, everything these idiots do is wrong. Their attitudes towards women, race, sex ed, civil rights, war and peace, all have been proven wrong-headed, dangerous, and oftentimes lethal to those they purport to protect.

Ask any girl who escaped from an FLDS “marriage” or the average Iraqi, or one of the many “abstinence only” educated kid who either got knocked up or caught a STD because they weren’t properly educated. As a battered wife who can’t get help, or the family of some guy drug across East Texas because of the color of his skin.

Conservatives live in fear. They bask in it and want you in the pot with them. When you censor what people can read or watch or hear, you shut them off from free thinking. If people can’t think, they can’t create a challenge to the things that are wrong in a society. And whether they mean to or not, pro-censorship fools create conditions where Enron can rip off consumers, and Halliburton and pals can give our troops water that is ice melt from a truck hauling cadavers. A world where George Bush can con five Supreme Court justices and be president and to hell with how the people voted.

Censorship equals stupidity and stupidity leads directly towards a whole world of abuse.

We’re supposed to be better than this.

However Great His Talent, Polanski Is Still Guilty : NPR

Ya know, I’ve known some bad people in my life. Not necessarily evil, but not your traditional amount of good and moral either. I’m glad to see this article at the NPR site.

In a nutshell:

At the end of the day, would we be OK with our 13-year-old daughter being drugged and raped by a 44-year-old? And are we OK with him then skipping town?

The answer to these questions would be no-brainers if the 44-year-old involved were not a world-renowned, brilliant director. So applaud his work and award him an Oscar. But don’t say he’s a victim who deserves to be excused.

And that’s the long and short of it. I’ve know gang members, folks who have done time for drug dealing, gang activity, even attempted murder in a couple cases. But, despite their crimes, they weren’t evil.

Evil? Evil in at least one form is some jackass who thinks it’s okay to sleep with a thirteen year old girl. No, not just think it: do it.

For those sick bastards who somehow justify this kind of behavior, answer me this: are you also cool with FLDS members having secret marriages to teenage girls? Because I’d say most folks, especially mainstream LDS members that I know, think those folks are sick.

It’s pedophilia. It’s child abuse. It’s a crime, and the bastard needed to do time for it decades ago. The fact that people still find some reason to think he doesn’t makes me sick.

Oktoberfest Links – Wired How-To Wiki

Granted, I don’t have the cash to make it to Germany this year – and probably not in the near future either. That said, I enjoyed the bounty of Oktoberfest articles on the How-To Wiki this past week.

First off, an article on Oktoberfest etiquette. There are also other articles on how to navigate and handle yourself in Munich so look them up if you are going. Also one on how to do it on the cheap.

This includes how to dress and speak some relevant phrases in German. Here’s a general food lexicon for you too.

For those staying here in the States (or anywhere else for that matter), there are some festivals around the nation, a few listed here. The list seems to keep growing so keep checking because there are plenty not on here that I’m aware of.

Here in Vegas we have the Hofbrauhaus, which we are hoping to get to next weekend. If you’re in town, think about making a visit there.

Back to the wiki, there are also very important food and drink articles, such as how to tap a keg.

Other articles involve making beer brats and sauerkraut and, just for kicks, pretzels.

Good stuff! Prost!

Think Progress » Right-Wing Conference Tells Activists To Get Their Guns Ready For ‘Bloody Battle’ With Obama The Nazi

More racist traitors preparing to start another civil war.

Seriously, can’t we have the Secret Service pound on these cretins a bit?

You lost an election, fools. With your backward philosophy I hope it keeps happening until you finally learn to shut up and stay irrelevant. The world is increasingly turning non-white, and no one believes your bullshit about “good” corporations after Enron, WorldCom, Halliburton, KBR, AIG, and all the banks and insurance companies screwing people over day after day after day after day.

Apparently, China is a Red State too

Irony.

In her new role as buck-raker extraordinaire, the darling of wingnut conservatives is pocketing a fat wad of cash from a China-based financial brokerage owned by a French banking conglomerate.

So, Sarah Palin decides it’s okay to fly to a Communist nation, take money from the French, and then attack the American President on foreign soil while making a sales pitch for Alaska.

If ANY Democrat had gone to China and bashed Bush while he was in office, they’d have been better off never coming home. Be honest.

This is shameful.