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Archive for February, 2006
From the Houston Chronicle…
Allow me to share with you an epiphany. I think Fred Phelps is gay.
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Consider all that, and then consider the sick ferocity of Phelps’ attack:
God hates “fags.”Gays are vomit-eating dogs.
Gays are “worthy of death.”
Can you say “self-hatred,” boys and girls? Come on, isn’t it obvious? The poor fellow is gayer than a Bette Midler AIDS benefit. In San Francisco.
Duh. But a decent one liner. Also interesting/amusing is the fact that the epiphany is coming from the Houston Chronicle.
Sphere: Related ContentMy stepmother and I communicate very infrequently these days because every time we do, it’s a clash of completely intractable political and lifestyle opposites. However, these random pieces of e-mail come through now and again, without much explanation.
They are often entitled RE RE RE RE: FWD: RE RE: FWD FW RE: Insert something inflammatory, racist, jingoist here (fw) (fw fw) (re), with the associated quoting. It’s often been helpfully colored, italicized, bolded, and fontasmified for an enhanced experience, so you end up with something like:
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:34:39 +0000
From: xxxxxxxx@aol.com
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Subject: FW: RE: fwd: re: re: fwd: FWD FWD LOL: FWD: Librals are RILLY stupid how to talk at them (HAHA
LOL FUNNY MUST READ! GOD BLESS!)
———- Forwarded message ———-
>>> LIBRALS ARE RILLY DUMB >>> SO WHEN YOU TALK AT THEM YOU HAVE TO USE ALL CAPS >>> AND TYPE SLOWLY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>> ANNE COULTER IS RILLY SMART AND EVERYTHING SHE SAYS IS TRUE >>>
BILL OREILLY SAID THE SAME THING AND IT MADE A LOT OF CENTS TO ME?
HAHAHA ME TOO LOLLLOLLOLOLOL!
>>>>>>>> TED KENNEDY IS EVIL AND A DRUNK REMEMBER CHAPAKWIDIK
>>>>>>>> ALSO: HILARY CLINTON IS LESBIONIC!!11!11!1one!!!!!11!
GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD BLSS GEORGE W. BUSH
:) :) SPIT ON a libril and remember to pASS THIS ON TO 7 OF YOUR FRIENDS HAHAHALOLOLOL! :) :)
yeah. something pretty terrifyingly similar to that.
Anyway, a few days ago I mentioned to my father that I was considering a trip to Europe this spring. A few days after that, I get an e-mail from my stepmother entitled “FW: Europe (fw)”. I have to wonder if the timing of this is due to my mention of Europe to my dad, or if its just one of the talking points sent out to the GOP to try to smoke and mirrors attention away from the fact the Dubya’s latest indefensibly incompetent act of homeland security is to try to farm out security of our ports to the UAE. And is probably thinking really hard on ways to make critical comments against this well thought out plan an act of sedition.
And now, the e-mail:
Sphere: Related ContentIt’s fascinating that this should come out of Europe. Matthias Dapfner, Chief Executive of the huge German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in DIE WELT, Germany’s largest daily paper, against the timid reaction of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat. This is a must read by all Americans. History will certify its correctness.
EUROPE - THY NAME IS COWARDICE (Commentary by Mathias Dapfner CEO, Axel Springer, AG)
A few days ago Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, “Europe - your family name is appeasement.” It’s a phrase you can’t get out of your head because it’s so terribly true.
Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives as England and France, allies at the time, negotiated and hesitated too long before they noticed that Hitler had to be fought, not bound to toothless agreements.
Appeasement legitimized and stabilized Communism in the Soviet Union, then East Germany, then all the rest of Eastern Europe where for decades, inhuman suppressive, murderous governments were glorified as the ideologically correct alternative to all other possibilities.
Appeasement crippled Europe when genocide ran rampant in Kosovo, and even though we had absolute proof of ongoing mass-murder, we Europeans debated and debated and debated, and were still debating when finally the Americans had to come from halfway around the world, into Europe yet again, and do our work for us.
Rather than protecting democracy in the Middle East, European appeasement, camouflaged behind the fuzzy word “equidistance” now countenances suicide bombings in Israel by fundamentalist Palestinians.
Appeasement generates a mentality that allows Europe to ignore nearly 500,000 victims of Saddam’s torture and murder machinery and, motivated by the self-righteousness of the peace-movement, has the gall to issue bad grades to George Bush… Even as it is uncovered that the loudest critics of the American action in Iraq made illicit billions, no, TENS of billions, in the corrupt U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
And now we are faced with a particularly grotesque form of appeasement. How is Germany reacting to the escalating violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Holland and elsewhere? By suggesting that we really should have a “Muslim Holiday” in Germany?
I wish I were joking, but I am not. A substantial fraction of our (German) Government, and if the polls are to be believed, the German people, actually believe that creating an Official State “Muslim Holiday” will somehow spare us from the wrath of the fanatical Islamists.
One cannot help but recall Britain’s Neville Chamberlain waving the laughable treaty signed by Adolph Hitler, and declaring European “Peace in our time”.
What else has to happen before the European public and its political leadership get it? There is a sort of crusade underway, an especially perfidious crusade consisting of systematic attacks by fanatic Muslims,
focused on civilians, directed against our free, open Western societies, and intent upon Western Civilization’s utter destruction.
It is a conflict that will most likely last longer than any of the great military conflicts of the last century - a conflict conducted by an enemy that cannot be tamed by “tolerance” and “accommodation” but is actually spurred on by such gestures, which have proven to be, and will always be taken by the Islamists for signs of weakness.
Only two recent American Presidents had the courage needed for anti-appeasement: Reagan and Bush.
His American critics may quibble over the details, but we Europeans know the truth. We saw it first hand: Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War, freeing half of the German people from nearly 50 years of terror and virtual slavery. And Bush, supported only by the Social Democrat Blair, acting on moral conviction, recognized the danger in the Islamic War against democracy. His place in history will have to be evaluated after a number of years have passed.
In the meantime, Europe sits back with charismatic self-confidence in the multicultural corner, instead of defending liberal society’s values and being an attractive center of power on the same playing field as the true great powers, America and China.
On the contrary - we Europeans present ourselves, in contrast to those arrogant Americans”, as the World Champions of “tolerance”, which even (Germany’s Interior Minister) Otto Schily justifiably criticizes.
Why? Because we’re so moral? I fear it’s more because we’re so materialistic so devoid of a moral compass.
For his policies, Bush risks the fall of the dollar, huge amounts of additional national debt, and a massive and persistent burden on the American economy - because unlike almost all of Europe, Bush realizes what is at stake - literally everything
While we criticize the “capitalistic robber barons” of America because they seem too sure of their priorities, we timidly defend our Social Welfare systems. Stay out of it! It could get expensive! We’d rather discuss reducing our 35-hour workweek or our dental coverage, or our 4 weeks of paid vacation… Or listen to TV pastors preach about the need to “reach out to terrorists. To understand and forgive”.
These days, Europe reminds me of an old woman who, with shaking hands, frantically hides her last pieces of jewelry when she notices a robber breaking into a neighbor’s house.
Appeasement? Europe, thy name is Cowardice. God Bless America
Now that AOL is in the broadband business, they want to make everything else look sucky. What’s the most oppositest of broadband? NARROWBAND of course.
This vote is an aggressive assault by the U.S. government on the right of sexual minorities to be heard. It is astonishing that the Bush administration would align itself with Sudan, China, Iran and Zimbabwe in a coalition of the homophobic.
… In voting against the applications to the NGO committee, the U.S. was joined by Cameroon, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. Votes in favor of consultative status came from Chile, France, Germany, Peru, and Romania. Colombia, India, and Turkey abstained, while Côte d’Ivoire was absent.
We are in rockin’ company wrt human rights. The Texans must be so proud.
Sphere: Related ContentTell me this isn’t Karl Rove wearing a Harry Whittington skin suit, just like Vincent D’Onofrio in Men In Black
My atm card just stopped working a few days ago… I had made some big purchases so I thought perhaps I had hit my daily limit… but it persisted.
I had to visit an actual teller to get some cash and ask wtf was going on. Naturally I spent 20 minutes in line since only 2 tellers were available in the brave new world of self service.
“Uhhh we canceled your card and reissued you a new one… not sure why. But a new card is being delivered m’kaythx. *big fake smile* Call customer service for more info teehee! NEXT VALUED CUSTOMERTROID IN LINE!!!”
So I called this am. The explanation was that my card had been ‘compromised’ en masse by a third party and they flatly refuse to tell me how or why BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR PROTECTION. Funny how that’s starting to sound an awful lot like Brother Shrub listening in on people’s phone calls for the security of the motherland, but refusing to tell even congress how why when where or any details whatsoever to give us cause to trust him.
Should I trust my money to a bank that operates this opaquely? For me, it’s the straw that broke the camel’s back. I have stupidly suffered 10 years of indifferent customer service. of them always cashing the largest checks first to ensure the maximum number of overdrafts when I was broke. and finally, embarassing me by shutting my cards down with no explanation.
Do you think I can sue for the cost of the massage I am going to get to work this nonsense out of my stiff neck muscles?
Update: Kniwt pointed me to this article discussing a break-in at OfficeMax. Hmm. Could be, wabbit.
Bubye.
Sphere: Related ContentAt the Conservative Political Action Committee Conference in Washington, DC on Fri. Sen. Frist said: “Today, the institution of marriage is under attack. When America’s values are under attack, we need to act…. And on June 5th - and everybody note that on your calendar - when I bring the marriage protection amendment to the Senate floor, we will act.”
Also speaking at the event were noted anti-gay leaders Phyllis Schlafly, Sen. Rick Santorum, Sen. Sam Brownback and Alan Chambers, head of the “ex-gay” group Exodus International. (Read more)
What an asshole convention. Putting that many nosy and repressed people in one room must require some sort of special permit. I have a picture in my head of Santorum, Schlafly, and Frist snapping on rubber gloves and gleefully demanding intimate proof that other participants don’t have the gay. “Turn your head and cough… NOW SING CABARET!”
JUNE 5 2006 - MARK IT IN YOUR CALENDAR AS WELL.
Sphere: Related ContentSphere: Related ContentNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country music outlaw
Willie Nelson sang “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” more than 25 years ago. He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this
Valentine’s Day.“Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)” may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year’s Oscar-nominated “Brokeback Mountain” made gay cowboys a hot topic.
Sphere: Related ContentAfter right-wing extremist troll Ann Coulter moved from New York City to Florida, she naturally registered to vote as a Republican. The problem is she gave her realtor’s address on her voter registration. Her realtor, Suzanne Frisbie, said “She never lived here. I’m Ann’s Realtor, and she used this address to forward mail when she moved from New York.”
Then she voted in Palm Beach’s council election last week. But instead of voting in precinct 1198 where her Seabreeze Avenue home is located, she voted in precinct 1196 where her realtor lives on Indian Road.