One Sixth of a Puppy

Written by Rachel, but posted by Mary, because Blogger was acting weird and wouldn't cooperate.

Are you like me? Do you have no clue why a complete overhaul of our healthcare system has to be done in three months? Welcome to the club! Membership is free, but beware: we are "extremist right-wing conservatives," so anything could happen. Let us laugh all the way to the bank with our "fat checks that were sent by special interest groups and rich people that are SCARED of Obamacare!"

Disclaimer:
Today’s rant was made possible by my inability to keep my mouth shut and fingers off the keyboard while browsing Politico.com. Please remember to keep your eyes open and your brain engaged during the reading of this blog. Remember kids, do not try this blog at home. We don’t want the SS (Secret Service) to show up on our doorsteps! All remarks made in this blog are the sole responsibility of its author and she is very proud of every bit of sarcasm that will drip off your screen.

"White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel warned liberal groups this week to stop running ads against Democratic members of Congress.

The powerful top aide to President Obama made his feelings known at the weekly closed-door strategy session of an array of progressive organizations, according to two sources who were there.

Emanuel’s request came on the same day that Obama himself told a meeting of Democratic senators that he didn’t like seeing dollars used by liberal groups to target congressional Democrats." [1]

Gee, really Rahm? You want your friends to stop making fun of the little blue dog puppets that you so skillfully direct everyday? Whyyyy?

Wow, Rahm, that actually sounds dangerously like threats. You would threaten your friends on the far left? But...they are your buds aren't they? Oh, I forgot. That is just the Chicago way. See, most of us don't understand your big city ways. All you genius cityfolk are just so slick, what with manipulating everything you can possibly get your pathetic little mitts on.

"Organizing for America, the president’s political arm, is engaged in an intensive grassroots effort to rally support for healthcare reform legislation, going so far as to air ads in the states and districts of targeted Democratic members of Congress. But the spots were tame, not mentioning the names of the members, and White House officials indicated that they were being run to give their allies air cover to support the legislation." [2]

See, the problem is that if you truly need an organization that touts the Obama brand like the Sierra Club tout baby polar bears, then it really isn't GRASSroots. Think of it more like WEEDroots, unsightly and popping up in between the cracks of a smooth operation; except our weed spray is the truth from real Americans that are sick and tired of fronting your handouts. The reason you need these little offshoot groups of losers to come and harass real people that are trying to restore real HOPE is because your programs are doomed to failure. Everybody knows it except your little bunch of idiots, and the other idiots that you convinced to go along with you this last time.
These programs have played themselves out around the globe, and not once have they proved to be anything resembling sustainable. They ALWAYS FAIL. But, I don't expect this kind of basic knowledge of economic history among people who can't decide if the U.S. is a great country or not. That is probably the simplest question that you could be faced with; or it was, before you people got your egocentric moneygrubbing little claws into us. These are just a few reasons why you have to recruit losers who are too stupid or lazy to go get real jobs to go out and spin your little pathetic webs of spit, so that all the newly glistening threads of bullshittery can be woven together by the Messiah Himself to form an "authentic" grassroots campaign.

"Democracy for America, the organization founded in the wake of Howard Dean’s presidential bid, is partnering with another progressive group to target Democrats and has tangled with Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who suggested the ads being aired against him made it less likely that a healthcare bill would pass.

“We have not heard from the White House,” said Jim Dean, the chair of Democracy for America and the former DNC chair’s brother. “The ads are part of a much larger campaign that we are conducting to mobilize one million DFA members to engage all congressionals – Republicans and Democrats alike — in various ways (meetings with staff, petitions, ads, etc.) to support the President's plan.” " [3]

And here is yet another example of the prime genius that I mentioned just two seconds ago. I am not making this stuff up people; in ONE article there are three organizations (OFA, DFA, and another unnamed organization) being mobilized to rescue the healthcare reform argument. Yet, I didn't need anything but my own common sense to get mobilized against it.

***By the way, I am still waiting on my check from the special interest groups and the extreme right-wing conservatives. Come to think of it, I never even got a stimulus check...

Personally, I love it when the democrats go after each other. Please, continue. Who needs the Libertarian Party (to which I am a member) to fight, when the moonbat liberals will just implode on their own! We need munchies for this show. So, who's gonna get the popcorn?

Seriously though, they mobilize troops (that may be literal before long, folks) to support this plan that was cooked up in one MONTH. They drive these people to rallies, give them mass produced signs to wave around and then round them back up when it is time to go on to the next event. In the middle of this little choreographed dance they do they also like to rough people up including senior citizens and innocent men handing out Gadsden flags. Yeah, you can’t be REAL Grassroots© unless you are a badass and knocking around the elderly and ganging up on unsuspecting people. Oh, or how about slapping people who don't agree with you? Wow, Shaft has nothing on these people--they must be the real badd muthas.

Here are a few more links of just such behavior if you are interested, and you should be, this could be your mother, father or grandparent next. These are mostly middle aged to elderly people who believe in their hearts that Obama and his health plan would leave them to fend for themselves, or just die. They are fighting for their lives essentially.

Human Events article.
And more evidence on YouTube.

Even the comments on the above YouTube video by "InModeration1" are threats toward an opponent to Obamacare who was just voicing his opinion.


Meanwhile, does anyone know what the members of that crazy angry right-wing conservative mob do?
They take off work (the work that pays for most of the lazy bums in these organizations), they make signs that aren't all that clever but are HOMEMADE instead of mass-produced, they drive their own cars to meetings and try to be heard like they deserve to be. Some politicians are making that more and more difficult, though. Virtual townhalls, phoning it in, one on one meetings.
People, that is not democracy. We have an inherent right and responsibility to confront our elected officials when they get THIS out of hand. And I have news for you lawmakers that are so appalled at this behavior, here's that vicious troublemaking mob you have heard so much about:
FreeColorado.com
"It wasn't a mob until they showed up."
"Meet the mob."
And the man who was attacked by SEIU union thugs speaks.



If you had actually listened to the People in the first place and not gone against every principle that got you elected you wouldn't have these problems. I know the Messiah is memorizing. Why, I can hardly keep from barf- uhh… I mean staring when he speaks.
I will try to make this simple so tiny brains don’t just melt-- and that means you too San Fran Nan, God only knows what would happen to the environment if all that Botox escaped from your flesh… think of the Polar Bears!

*Serious voices everyone!*


The number of Representatives a state has is decided by the population of that state, while each state has only two Senators regardless of landmass or brain matter present (unfortunately on the latter). Now let us take the lame brother’s-cousin’s-ex girlfriend’s-best friend’s-husband’s-mother that no one likes to talk about … yes, I mean California.

The state population in California, as of 2008, was estimated at 36,756,666 (I didn’t make up that last part-though fitting). California is the most populous state, so it has the most representatives, currently numbering 53. Representatives are paid, as of January 2009, $174,000 - more for the speaker and party leaders. Can anyone do that math? Yeah, but California has lots of money, it can afford to pay these salaries to people who are already more rich than you and I could ever dream of being…right? But this isn’t just California, these salaries are nationwide. Oh, and did I mention that they get a cost of living adjustment (COLA - no not the Pepsi kind) EVERY year? When is the last time you got a cost of living adjustment? They are even eligible for lifetime benefits after only five years! That includes a pension, social security benefits and those primo healthcare benefits that they are so sure none of us need. They are dead set on believing (and preaching) that this new bill proposes a plan that is plenty for the American people, but they don’t even want to think about being on it themselves and especially not their families subjected to Obamacare! But wait…aren't they American too? Aren’t they subject to the laws that they write? Why, of course not! That would interfere with them being more important than us lowly constituents - I mean citizens.

See, this is the grim reality now: we are supporting these people FOR LIFE. And not only will they not listen to us when we try to use our inside voices, they say that we are an angry mob using terrorist tactics when we yell a little louder! Well, what else is left? If we can’t get through your thick skulls with respectful discourse and we aren’t allowed to yell anymore … Hell we might as well not talk at all. So that is what I want people to do next time they are at one of these townhall meetings. Don’t talk. No. Seriously, don’t. Here is what you do:

Cheer! Do you remember those lame cheers that the little blonde airheads did In high school? Bring those back! My personal favorite was always this little number:

"LET’S GET A LITTLE BIT ROWDY. R. O. W. D. Y."


Now maybe you can mix that up with a little bit of “WE THE PEOPLE” or “REMEMBER THE VOTERS” maybe even a raucous version of “CONSTITUTION”.
Fitting eh?

I still don’t know why it is unreasonable to ask President Obama to spend AT LEAST as much time on healthcare reform than he did when picking out the puppy for his daughters. For those of you that didn’t keep track, he took 6 months to pick a puppy. He wanted healthcare done in about a month. So, your health is essentially worth 1/6 of a puppy.

Sources:
1,2,3 Politico.com
QuickFacts.Census.Gov
Wikipedia

More idiocy

Ann Coulter.
PEOPLE HATE HER.
And by people, I mean liberals, and also that I’m using the term “people” pretty loosely.

The woman gets maligned because she’s pretty. Apparently, “the only reason she’s on TV” is because she’s hot.
And she is.
But liberals love Jessica Alba (their very own little Commie Princess #1097-A), and glorifies every Hollywacko hot chick that struts along in her g-string and itty bitty heels. And obviously, you’ve noted that I dislike double standards in liberal “feminism.”
But let’s face it, liberals condemning Ann Coulter for being pretty is just indicative of how nuts they are. These people would rather see Helen Thomas--arguably the only female on the planet that could play Larry King’s grandfather in a made-for-TV movie--on TV than Ann.
Obviously, this is not indicative of mental stability. If anything, it’s indicative that the collective sex drive of liberals is only activated when they’re cheating on their spouse/significant other, something like a really cheap, skeevy Wonder Twins power-up.

“Half-Wit Power, ACTIVATE! Form of...a dumbass!”

Basically, I was reading another one of Miss Coulter’s books, and I went, “See, this is brilliant. I have seen this stuff myself, but she’s actually calling people on it.”

On the cover of the book I was reading, she was wearing this fabulous black leather top. And, me being somewhat OCD, I noted that it was by Chanel.
Chanel!

Which brings me to a rant on modern fashion, just for a second.

Modern fashion is the diarrhea-inflicted cat that continually shits all over tried-and-true elegance if it isn’t paid more attention than it is actually due. Modern fashion designers are not so much designers, so much as they are people who think that it’s “daring” to construct a god-awful dress out of bacon or some other pretty much useless substance. Hence, you have a slimy, greasy, utterly horrible novelty of a dress that is basically something you wear once and then throw away.
First of all, it’s a waste of food and resources--and second, it’s nothing but monumental stupidity to actually think that anyone but a narrow-assed little model desperate for a paycheck would wear the goddam thing.
Come to think of it, modern fashion has a great deal in common with modern liberalism: It’s showy, the people who think it up get pissed if you don’t like it, it’s everywhere (like herpes), and the one-size-fits-all mentality is stupendously brainless.

But of course, it’s “just for fun.” You want to give people something fun to look at?
Send Paris Hilton to a cave with some Taliban people and document exactly how many seconds it takes before they scream, “ALLAH AKBAR” and decapitate her. Fun and giggles, y’all. Fun and giggles.

Instead of good quality entertainment (I still like the idea of Celebrity Pirates, where every moron celeb has to convince a tank full of sharks that celebrities are literally immortal, and they can only do so with hand signals and panty flashes–since that is apparently the main way these fleshwastes have of communicating with the peasants), we have shows like The View.
I still hate The View. Namely because it is quite literally, THE View. There are pretty much no alternate views presented in a positive light on that show. Liberal views only. They should change the name to I’ve Got My Head Up My Ass Again Today And I’m Sharing The View, but I can see how that might not be so attractive to the fans--whom I can only guess are rich white women who continually humiliate their entire gender by getting their opinions from a flock of old bats masquerading as vaguely competent intellectuals.

Once you take away all the hype and moronic, sheeplike adoration for the dingbat hosts, you are left with the realization that these women, if they got their facts and history straight, then joined up with conservatives, could actually stand a chance of being remembered for something useful–-instead of being known as and remembered as socialist, facist, mentally incompetent embarrassments to not only women in general, but also to legitimately unfulfilled, desperate shrews everywhere.

Naturally, Ms Hasselback is excluded from the list of liberal View Gals, because she actually supported Bush, and campaigned for McCain/Palin.

Which of course brings me to Bush!

Bush was, to put it mildly, the favorite president of my lifetime–which isn’t saying a great deal, considering who came before him–and after him. In the last 20 years, we’ve had Bush I, Clinton, Bush, and now everyone’s favorite narcissistic Fuhrer wannabe, Obama.
Technically, Reagan was president when I was just a few months old, which makes me feel privileged to know that I was alive at the same time such a good man graced the White House–but I was born on the 5th of November, which means at that particular time, Bush I had won the 1988 election. So I got the honor of living in America at the time of Reagan’s presidency for a whole not-quite-but-close two months.

I don’t know a whole lot about Dubya’s daddy. I do know that Berkeley Breathed made fun of him via talking penguins for a few years.

Ann Coulter defends Bush a lot, which I am personally happy about. The guy really wasn’t as idiotic as liberals claim he is.

Moving on to really current news.

A girl reputed to be about 7 years older than me (that’d be 27 at the time of writing this) was gunned down in cold blood in a government-sanctioned murder in Iran. COLD. BLOOD.
Michelle Malkin covers the story, as does Angry White Guy.
Watch the video. Watch it twice. Watch it again.
That, my friends, is a totalitarian government. That is a repressed people.
In contrast, Obama took his kids (and dog) out for ice cream. He did finally condemn the Iran government murdering people, but he took his sweet time on it–probably because the guy honestly roots for the facists. After all, he is one, isn’t he?
I’m absolutely furious about Neda’s death. I’m furious that anyone has been killed at all.
Most of all, I’m furious because in 4 years, that could be us.

Follow what’s going on in Iran (since a lot of the MSM seems to refuse to cover it) by going to Twitter and searching #iranelection.
Also, check out the pictures here. These are young people rebelling because they know that they are not free.

The Senate has apologized for slavery. Because apparently, black people need yet another apology before they can, as a people, take that giant chip off of their shoulders.

Hey, here’s my personal apology:
My ancestors never owned slaves. They did, however, play parts in founding this country and fighting to keep it free.
So stop calling me a racist if I treat you exactly like everyone else. And while you’re at it, stop referring to white people as “crackers” or “honkys,” because if you want to end racial divides, being a bigot rates fairly low on the scale of where to start.
Also, if I have to run across one more whining rant about how “all white people are to blame for slavery,” I’m going to start (facetiously) blaming all black people for Obama.
Because really, Obama and slavery–same thing, different suit.

Attention, GOPers! I’d like y’all to welcome Sherman Frederick to the party. Everyone, say Hi to Shermie and give him a great big hug for realizing how demented the Democratic party is.

In case you weren’t bored to death of liberal lies, here’s a list of Top Seven Lies liberals use against conservatives. Study these well, kiddies. Absurd arguments can be thwarted.

Oh, and guess what! You owe about $64 trillion to the government. Obama did that. Everyone thank him, ok kids?

Oh, and once again, Congress illustrates that they consider themselves the ruling class, and we are just worthless peasants.

And, someone else remarks on Obama.

Now go out and make me proud. Piss off a liberal with facts. It always works, because it’s the only thing they can’t argue against. You know how they hate that.

The Idiots: In Five Easy Steps

Folks, here it is. We are not only handing over the keys, but we are officially handing them over to lawyers and bankers. Yeah, that'sa recipe for good times.

First up: Monopoly (aka The Fed)!

"The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan."

And yes, we have found that everything Obama touches turns to gold, the fish are singing and the polar bears are cheering. People, COME ON! The gold is spray-painted manure, the fish are screaming in terror, and the polar bears don't give a crap, because they're polar bears. Do you really think they need more power? Do you want them showing up on the front step of your business the first month your sales don't meet their expectations? I am a business owner, and I can tell you quite honestly that if they show up on my doorstep they will have a traditional Southern greeting (note I didn't say which traditional greeting).

This is just another example of the Obama administration's love of Chicago mob tactics. If you aren't meeting the expectation (that they set) your business will no longer be yours. Your reputation will be ruined, you will have no business, and absolutely no recourse, all because you were deemed a "threat" to the US economy. Since when? Business is the backbone of this country, especially the small kind. As a woman who's Southern by the grace of God, I can happily say that unlike the rest of the evidently mentally challenged sheeple, I don't have to step in shit to know I'm on a horse path. And I assure you, this is one heaping pile.

Second: Finances are keeping him awake!

"President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that worrying about the U.S. government's finances "keeps me awake at night" and the country needed to start planning now to tackle soaring deficits."

Well you know what would have tackled the soaring deficit? NOT CREATING IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU INCOMPETENT MORON! Let's see... We could not have spent that first 800 Billion that the other incompetent moron spent before you, but you had to act like a kid at a carnival and top it. So not only did you do another heaping round of bailouts, you also bought GM (and gave part of it to the UAW-great idea), put money away for socialized-universal-government healthcare that if it doesn't make us go bankrupt will kill all the sick, elderly and non-productive. Let us take a moment now and clap for the brilliance of the anointed one!

*SILENCE*

So let's examine the situation. You (and your predecessor) spent money that we don't have. You know we are completely out of money and operating in the red, but that's ok because it "keeps you awake at night." Meanwhile, you are gradually selling us to China. What happens when everyone finds out that we are not good for that debt? Yeah, that won't just keep you up, it will give you a migraine the size of Texas. I know of only one thing that might really save us. We need to get rid of you as soon as possible. Look forward to that crushing defeat in 2012, will ya? But before that, just next year, watch and look on in amazement of how many Senate and House Democrat seats vanish in front of your miserable face.

Third: You might want to duck the missiles!

"The Pentagon's second-in-command says North Korea's missiles could threaten the continental United States if the reclusive rogue nation continues to develop its weapons."

Well, we shouldn't worry too much. We do have the most sophisticated missile defense in the world. Oh wait...The Anointed One cut the missile defense budget didn't he? Damn, there he goes again, cutting us off at the knees. This is what happens in a lawyer's brain: they think they can argue their way out of anything and come out spotless. NO! Any good military person worth half a star will tell you that the best national offense is a spectacular defense.
Oh wait! What am I talking about, surely Mr. Obama has had military strategic training! I mean he did go to Columbia and Harvard. Well, his Columbia time taught him a lot about getting ready for Law School (they just completely skipped history). Lord knows that Harvard is one of the top Law Schools in the country, and they did teach him spectacularly well, because no one knows how to shred and manipulate the Constitution like Barack Obama.

Fourth: Look Out! California Crash Ahead!

"Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, said higher taxes and fees are needed instead of all $16 billion in cuts proposed by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. His reductions would eliminate entire welfare programs and leave 1 million children without health insurance. Democrats yesterday suggested a $15 automobile license fee and said they may consider a 9.9 percent per-barrel charge on oil produced in the state."

This is how a Democrat brain works. They have spent, spent, SPENT for years upon years and never worried about balancing a budget. Now when the fruits of their labors are upon them they decide to punish everyone else for their own idiocy. This is similar to their argument that we must push global warming legislation because the polar bear babies are gonna starve. This woman wants you to focus on those 1million crying babies instead of the responsible citizens of CA that are getting kicked in the nuts (repeatedly). Why weren't they working to get people OFF welfare? Oh yeah, I know why: because if they did that, then there would be that many more votes to buy some other way. Sounds horrible doesn't it? It is! Welfare doesn't help, it enslaves people to the government. Welfare assumes that you are too stupid to provide for yourself or your family, so they do it for you. Republicans get called evil 'cause they want to cut welfare. Well, I want to cut welfare too! If you cut welfare, then taxes wouldn't be so high because I wouldn't have to support these people who believe that they are entitled to everything, unlike the rest of us. I am fine with the people who genuinely cannot work for one reason or another, but I am not fine with these people who pop out kids just so their check gets bigger. I am not fine with these people who get psych evaluations and pretend they are crazy so they can go on disability (and yet go to college-on the taxpayer dime). I am gonna say this once to those people: GET A DAMN JOB!
Instead of crying about the babies on welfare that won't have insurance. how about you stop rewarding people on welfare for having more kids than they would normally be able to afford. And please, Ms. Bass, don't insult our intelligence. We know you don't give a damn about those kids, because if you did, you would be trying to better their lives; not just funding their existence.

Five: Forget TV, Get Obama-vision.

"On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! "

Yes! At least now things will be simpler. ABC won't have to wait the whole 5 minutes (maybe) it would take to get the reports from the White House to parrot the President, they can just telecast from inside his house. Hell, why not call a spade a spade. This is a private news organization campaigning for the President. They don't want to televise any alternate views, so much for journalism, ethics, being an objective observer or reporting facts. People in journalism classes should be ashamed. They should be looking at this outraged, how one man can hijack an entire nations media and is using them for his own warped message (there was a historical figure that desired this above all else: Hitler). They don't report on the broken promises, they don't even mention the perils of this kind of massive spending, and they don't mention the fine print in these twisted programs that he is dreaming up. If this kind of thing were happening in Nixon's day Watergate would never even have made the news, much less caused him to step down. Imagine if the national media had just shrugged off the Monica days. There are scandals coming out of this administration everyday. Not only do we not hear about them from the mainstream media, but we hear them with the official White House spin on the story prepackaged and tied with a pretty bow. So not only is the mainstream media making sure Obama comes home everyday spotless, they make sure he smells like a rose.
And they say there's a "vast Right-Wing conspiracy." Riiiiight. "Vast Left-Wing thugocracy" is more like it.

My Big Fat Union Rant of Awesomeness

Ok, I know everyone has been waiting with baited breath for another blog. Rest assured: it is true, I have gotten pissed off again. I was/am pissed off enough that I had to ignore my ADD/OCD long enough to blog. Yeah. It is that serious. So now that I have your attention, let me call to your attention the subject of my pissed-offness: Unions.

This isn't some vague tale where I read articles on some CNN website, or saw a few random clips on FOX and was just SHOCKED how these cancerous little lumps could still exist. This is the tale of my father's union, and the stupidity that they have been and probably will continue to shout from the rooftops like some demented Juliet looking for her Romeo. I have interspersed that with some history and some common themes that are now occurring in the broad scope of unions.

Unions are a massive poison--a sort of toxin that infects everything they touch. Think of them like heroin. They eliminate all of the autonomy from the workers they "represent" in order to make sure that they are dependent (addicted), then they drain all of the money from the workers (junkies), and shift it to their own committees (the drug dealers). Sounds real familiar, now doesn't it? Meanwhile, the poor junkies down there on the lowest rung of the totem pole are simply perplexed. They rack their brains and still can't figure out why their health insurance is continuing to refuse covering their family, why their once envied pension plan is shrinking worse than the, uh, "package" of someone on 12 different kinds of steroids, and all the while they still pay their dues like a good little sheep because (as they were told by the union president) if it is this bad WITH the union working so hard for them, just imagine what it would be like without the union.

Recently my fathers union (the Boilermakers) enacted a policy that they resurrected from the 1970's. Basically, the policy says that if you fail to pay your dues for three months straight (even if you are out of work), you will be required to pay an extravagant reinstatement fee. They have already gotten rid of their "out of work" dues so that everyone pays the same, and even those have gone up the last 5 times they voted on it. Now, if the member can't afford the dues for three months straight, what in the name of hell makes these idiots think that the reinstatement fee is even going to be an option? Yeah, I couldn't think of an answer either. Wanna know why? Because there is no answer. They know this. Everyone knows exactly what this is.

I mean call me crazy (and I assure you I am everyday), but I take that as a direct threat. Not only is the union not representing it's members, it's threatening them (at best) and extorting them (at worst). I am going to take the 'at worst' version, because that is the one that I truly believe is going on.

This, my friends, is extortion, pure and simple. You may be familiar with this concept from TV shows like Law and Order, or maybe The Sopranos. Other people may remember a little movie called The Godfather (including any of the sequels). Just for the people who live under gigantic rocks or in caves that have limited American influence, I will get you some references real quick.

The Dictionary on extortion

"1: The act or practice of extorting especially money or other property ; especially : the offense committed by an official engaging in such practice."

Wikipedia: The ultimate source

" 'Extortion', outwresting, or exaction is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence or a lawsuit[citation needed] which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence or lawsuit[citation needed] is sufficient to commit the offense."

What the law says about extortion.

"Most states define extortion as the gaining of property or money by almost any kind of force, or threat of 1) violence, 2) property damage, 3) harm to reputation, or 4) unfavorable government action. While usually viewed as a form of theft/larceny, extortion differs from robbery in that the threat in question does not pose an imminent physical danger to the victim.

For example, Dan goes to Victor's place of business and demands monthly payment from Victor for the business's "protection" from vandalism and after-hours theft. Fearing that he or his business will suffer harm otherwise, Victor agrees to pay Dan."

Now take this last entry especially. Change it to Dan is guaranteeing Victor's job, insurance and even pension in exchange for payment, then all of a sudden Dan makes it nearly impossible for Victor to pay this amount. MMHMM! I had the same reaction.

And now we come to the history portion of our proceedings. Does anyone know why unions were created? Everyone remembers from history class when they were talking about how the big evil factories were using child labor in extremely dangerous working conditions all day long and paying about a quarter (yes, 25 cents) a day. That is the type of thing that lead to the formation of unions. They were dedicated to making sure that children were not abused, that people had reasonable work hours, that they had working conditions that were not almost always fatal, and actually got paid enough to survive. Here is a wikipedia article if you don't believe me. Wikipedia on Unions

Personally, I love the purpose behind the original unions, they had a noble cause. What they have morphed into, however, is an unholy abomination of the original intention. You know how in the movie "The Matrix" how Neo has to pick either the red or blue pill? Well apparently the union is now the guy behind all those television screens that are pushing around all the irrelevant players (the workers) and he is doing so on their dime--and a lot of the workers refuse to take the red pill, instead opting to remain as the "batteries" for the unions. That movie is a good metaphor for unions, because eventually the workers in the union do catch on, show up and break all the televisions. Nothing good comes for the guy sitting in the chair after that, so it is in their best interest to keep that seat of power for as long as possible.

Unions now do absolutely nothing. The purposes for which they were created are null and void, because everything they were organized to address is now regulated by the government and mandated by law (such as workplace safety, work hours, adequate compensation and representation). You have things like OSHA now. Wikipedia on OSHA

We even have the government to thank for pay regulation, that's what that pesky minimum wage thing is. Even healthcare and pensions can be organized directly through the company they work for (and if you wait much longer, directly through the government itself). And all of this regulation and oversight is taken care of in the taxes that these workers pay already such as income tax, property tax, sales tax, etc. So why must we still go on with this ridiculous charade of charging outlandish dues for absolutely no service?

I don't know either.

We are allowing these people an interest in our lives that they do not deserve. They are sneaky and underhanded in the dealings that they do. They contribute millions to political campaigns (WTF!?!). What purpose could that possibly serve? Are they trying to expedite the process of donations to those politicians? No. They are serving their own interests. They hand pick the politicians that they know will not limit them (and will in fact extend their power). They have no motivation to be fair.

Boilermaker's endorse Obama

If you notice, every candidate they drooled over is a democrat. There is a reason. The democrat does NOT represent or defend average workers. It is their job to represent the union. Sure that sounds nice, but given everything we have gone through already I am sure you know exactly how traitorous this is.

I thought they were supposed to represent the workers. They don't people, they haven't for a very long time. The only thing they represent now is their own interest in keeping their cushy jobs, inflated pay, and completely ridiculous vacations all on the dime of the worker. So next time your back aches from all those union bills and you reach for the Tylenol, how 'bout instead getting the gorilla (aka Union) off of you and away from your pocket.

News in 15 minutes

Having Al Gore endorse anything is like having Michael Jackson endorse a children’s adoption agency---based on the guy’s track record, you know someone’s going to get screwed.

Once again, Gore is proclaiming to anyone who will listen that the world is doomed. Again.
Frankly, I think his ability to perform services for the planet peaked right about the time he invented the series of tubes that is the interwebs.
Oh, wait.
Anyway, it seems like Ann Coulter was right when she said that “Gore always comes out swinging just as an issue is about to go south.”
Once again, the fabulous Miss Coulter is accurate, as shown by USNews.com.

Also, my ability to care about the baby polar bears weeping at this very moment because the ice in their coolers melted and they can no longer enjoy Coco-Cola chilled to sub-zero temperatures has reached roughly the level of Helen Thomas’ sex appeal. Namely, pbbbbllt.

For those of you who are actually surprised that Obama is much more incompetent than Dubya, allow me to remind you that liberals love to try their best to outdo everyone else.
Then again, liberals are the only political party in the USA (aside from the actual Communist Party) who run entirely on the platform, “Give us all your trust, all your money, and all your children; and we will destroy all you love–I mean, we’ll have like...peace and love, and all that other hippie crap that sounds really good until you find out what we really mean by it. Uh, or something.”

Rush had an interesting soundbite (now transcript) where yet another moonbat described Obama as God.
So there we have it...the liberals have proclaimed him a diety. I find it all kinds of fascinating that liberals are capable of worshiping everything on the planet, but for the most part, God is ixnay. Sadly, they can’t really claim themselves as God’s Chosen People like the Jews do, but then liberals seem to hate the Jews–so maybe a more accurate phrase would be “Gore’s Chosen People (Of Various Diverse Backgrounds And Minority Status Wherein Actual Qualifications Are Ignored In The Name Of The One True Idiot [Although We’re Not Sure Who The One True Idiot Is Because So Many People Are Qualified For The Job But We’re Pretty Sure It May Be Biden]).”
This title for the Democratic Party was rejected because it didn’t fit on a bumper sticker quite as well as “Baby-Killing Nazis” or “All Your Cash Is Belong To Us.”

Steven Crowder reminds everyone that Pelosi is evil. It’s not like we actually forgot, but his take on it is like a pickle of awesome on a sandwich of Friggin’ Vunderbar.

Speaking of idiots, Obama apparently invokes Jesus even more than Bush did. There is currently no word on whether he’s trying to get people to forget that he said he would stand with the Jihadists in his bio, or whether he’s just trying to keep Nancy Pelosi as far away from him as possible. Y’know Barack, most people would just wear garlic and carry a stake.

Biden, that veritable exhaust pipe of verbal smoke and manure, is absolutely positive that the train tunnel is for cars. I think this could be explained to our Veep with, say, illustrations, and perhaps a cartoon bunny. Remember, Joe: The choo-choo doesn’t play with the carsies.

In other news, Sarah Palin is being nicely outspoken and saying what all good conservatives are thinking about Obama’s assault on America’s freedom: Told you so.
Told ya so, told ya so, toldya, toldya, told ya so.

All in all...don't be afraid to speak.

My Bigass Rant

Bigass Disclaimer: No, I do not hate gay people. I have never hated gay people.
I hate liberals. Big difference.


Imagine a world where the two major political parties had to respond to a letter written by the head of the Celebrity Gay Association (totally fictional group, made up of, in theory, 300 identical clones of Perez Hilton).

The letter would probably go something like this:

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Dear Breeders:


CGA has recently become aware that the majority of America is actually heterosexual. We are shocked and appalled by this sudden turn of events, which is offensive to every CGA member in the country. We demand reparations for emotional trauma caused by being exposed to straight people.


Signed,
Celebrity Gay Association

***

Going by current events, I would venture that, uh, the responses would be pretty different.

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Dear Grievously Offended Alternative Lifestyle Civil Rights Champions:


We are SO sorry for our heterosexuality offending you. We are ashamed of ourselves, and fervently wish to correct this so that your lives will not be tainted with our hetero love. We are so sorry for being born bigots. How can we make it up to you? We can throw a party, or sign up our kids for marches, or something. Please contact the attached list of celebrities for endorsement of all your causes...


Signed,
Homosexually-Disabled Progressives

***

Dear Straight-Bashing Gay People:


Take a Xanax.


Signed,
Straight Conservatives

***

Yes folks, that damn Perez Hilton is still annoying me. Not personally, you understand, but with his continuing to make himself into a spectacle.
On the plus side, Perez unites gay and straight alike under the gentle loving umbrella of one simple fact:
He’s a total embarrassment to all of us as human beings.

So technically, he’s an ambassador of peace between gays and straights, due to his being an obnoxious little pissant who proves that Darwin may have been slightly off in his theory of Evolution here and there.
Thank you, Perez! I love the gay people even more than I did before! Of course, since I honestly never much cared about who was gay and who was straight, the only possible reason that I would have for this sudden outburst of affection is realizing that, yes Virginia, we all think the little Smurf is a vindictive, spiteful little creeper.

Naturally, half the people who read this will not even get the point. Mostly because some people have no sense of humor whatsoever.
Case in point, I once made an icon that read thusly:
“It’s not that I don’t like you. It’s more that you are the twisted embodiment of all things that I wholly despise made physically manifest.”
The first reaction I got after presenting this icon to the WWW was a comment that went:
“That’s not very nice :( Why would you be so mean,” or some other whiny BS (that I cannot remember in full, due to it being ridiculous).
I replied that I was sorry that it offended them, but of course they then said I was a bully and that I was meaaaaaaan, WAHHHH!

Everyone else who had a brain knew damned well that I was not bullying anyone. Duh.
Anyway, you can imagine how frustrating that was. Imagine, if you will, thinking up something darkly humorous, and then having someone attack you about it because they missed the entire point.
People like that automatically assume horrible things about you, generally based on what they glean from a single glance. They assume that you are evil, hate everyone, and are just some kind of demented half-ape person who spends their days in a secret bunker, typing away at their computer feverishly in some kind of terrifying personal attack on them.
Obviously, I bear no resemblance whatsoever to Barney Frank.

Now, imagine...that you’re a conservative.
Damn near every single liberal you will ever meet, if you should get into a political discussion with them, will immediately assume you are batshit and begin telling you about how terrible you are.
With liberals, you just can’t win–even when you do.
If you channel Ann Coulter and become snarky while making your points, they call you a big meany-head and tell everyone that you are a big dick, generally while claiming that they took the high road and didn’t debate you.
If you take the high road and don’t debate them, they assume that they have made wonderfully snarky points, and proceed to generally act like big dicks.

Which brings us back to Perez, who is...what else? A big dick.
(Coincidentally, his favorite object ever, as shown by his constantly drawing it on pictures of people. Crayon Time in kindergarten must have been a blast for him.)

When Miss Cali said that she personally felt that marriage was between a woman and a man, she made it clear that she didn’t have a problem with gay people, but her personal beliefs were that *drum roll* she simply preferred traditional marriage.

LE GASP. The horror. Someone hold me. (Preferably someone who looks like Jared Paladecki.)

Ok, maybe she should have mentioned something about “leaving it up to the individual states”, but no one gets it perfectly right 100% of the time without some serious prep time.
He asked, she answered, and then because her answer was not exactly what he wanted to hear, he went and attacked her about it.
HELLO!? Perez, you did not ask her for what she thought your opinion was. You asked her what she thought. And granted, while my biggest surprise here was that a beauty contestant even formed thoughts (or words), she did say, “no offense to anyone out there.”
Which in the World Of Normal People, would be translated to, “I don’t have a problem with gay people. I personally prefer traditional marriage, but it’s not because I hate gay people.”

But noooooooooo. Apparently, having any sort of objection to gay marriage means you’re a “bitch” or a “homophobe.”
Well, if all gay people were like Perez Hilton, hell yes I’d be afraid of them! There is nothing, I mean nothing, more disturbing than a man who looks like a Chucky doll and sounds like Alicia Silverstone in Clueless, who spends his time drawing penises on your face and cackling wildly.

Thankfully, the average gay person is happily un-psychotic (except the ultra-liberal ones, because being batshit may well be a requirement to join the party) and therefore most of the gay men/women I have observed remarking on the YouTube clip(s) of Miss Cali are pretty straightforward in declaring how much of an embarrassment Perez is. This makes me love the average gay person even more, because as long as they aren’t signed on with a bunch of liberal wackbags, they’re damned sane people.

Now, if Perez wasn’t such a jerk all the time, I might actually feel sorry for him, what with all this negative attention and all.
But really, jerks are jerks, and therefore must be made fun of. I don’t actually dislike the guy because he’s gay, let me make that clear. I dislike him because he’s a shameless publicity whore who delights in trashing celebrities for little to no reason.
Granted, I also love trashing celebrities, since most of them are obnoxious airheads, but I try to have an actual reason besides gossip. Although that’s fun too.

Like Kim Kardasian looking like a hooker 24-7. Actually, most women in Hollywood look like hookers, which is pretty freaky when you consider that men go, “Oh hellayeah that’s attractive!!”
(Of course, they also say of women in their husband’s tshirts, “Oh hellayeah that’s attractive!!” so there’s really no fathoming it. Personally, I think men will just screw anything, attractiveness be damned. Which is good news for women, really–because then we could quite wearing makeup and working out. On the downside, it’s a little hard to attract a hunky football player if your idea of exercise goes from walking a mile to just walking to the fridge.)

Or Miley Cyrus wearing hooker makeup. Look sweet pea, I think you are just as cute all get-out, and let’s face it, I’m always gonna think your daddy is HAWT, but really...easy on the makeup. It’s just creepy on a girl your age, ok? Also, please try to sing less like Britney Spears.
(I am of course aware that I wore more makeup at that age than she does, but it’s still a little weird to look at a little girl and go, "Oh my God, you look like a ginormous Little Miss Perfect.)

Or Cher, who in a grand moment of Stupid©, said that re-electing Bush would mean that gay people would be rounded up and quarantined. Uh, obviously that didn’t happen. I bet she regrets saying that now. If only I could turn back tiiiiiiiiiiime...

Or Cameron Diaz actually implying in ‘04 that re-electing Bush would allow rape to be legalized.

(You can read about all this weirdo Lib crap in Michelle Malkin's book, "Unhinged." And believe me...it's a long list of incredibly wacko things that liberals are doing to conservatives--and getting away with. We're talking even assault and attempted murder.)

I have to rant (more) about that last one. Obviously, rape was not legalized during the Bush Administration. However, the “Hate Crimes” bill that got passed (during the BO administration) does include a section that protects pedophiles. Ie, if a mother found her child being molested and hit the pedophile with her purse, the mother would be prosecuted for a “hate crime.”
Frankly, sane people see why this is stupid. In fact, ACORN filed suit recently so that sex offenders could live closer to schools.
Again...STUPID, yes?

Not to mention, my very own state released a rapist recently. This is a man who had raped 20 children, ages 4 to 16.
I do not believe in rehabilitation for people like that. The man raped children! Let him sit in prison! I don’t give a damn about his emotional distress or whatever other new wahh-fest someone drummed up to get sympathy for monsters like this---HE RAPED CHILDREN. Ergo, he should be isolated from society–or just executed. Period.

Frankly, I think liberals have an obsession with rape, to the point of it being a jolly old fantasy for them. Think about this for a second.

Lifetime movies have an abundance of rape themes. In fact, the scenes are practically gratuitous.
Compare this with, say, that episode of the comparatively conservative In The Heat Of The Night TV series (aptly titled “Rape”) where Althea Tibbs is raped by the high school music teacher. The scene shows the guy shoving her onto the floor and blindfolding her/tying her wrists while she pleads with him to stop, but it doesn’t linger on the scene. Rather, it shows enough to get the point across, which is chilling enough. The aftermath involves Bubba Skinner discovering Mrs Tibbs in shock on her kitchen floor. The good ol’ Southern boy responds immediately with a horrified, hushed, and heartfelt, “Oh good God Almighty...!”
Arguably, Bubba’s horrified reaction to Althea sitting on her floor, just trembling like a leaf, as she mopped up Raisin Bran and broken eggs was a brilliant cap to an extremely poignant scene, or thus is my opinion.

Lifetime, in gross contrast, tends to obsess over the rape scenes. And obsess. And obsess.
And the men are not generally as kind about it as Bubba was, or so this gal thinks. If anything, they seem to be portrayed as either morons or heartless. Honestly, I believe that the majority of good men out there are horrified by the idea of rape. A prime example of this would be James Marsters (that’s Spike to you Buffy and Angel fans) who can be quoted as saying that if a rape scene comes on TV, he has to either turn the TV off or risk putting his foot through the screen.
I call that a damn good example of a proper male reaction to rape.

Even after the rape scenes are over, the obsession continues. It’s creepy, I tell you.
Now, granted, rape is a horrific crime, and the victims take a hell of a long time to get over it—namely because it’s a horrific crime. But the fact that liberals love to, figuratively (and maybe literally) speaking, masturbate over rape and the publicity it brings is not so much indicative of the Party of Looooove so much as it is indicative of publicity-whore vultures who will do anything to garner a little attention.

It seems like liberals, who constantly talk about equality and feminism, completely miss the point.
Feminism seems to be an idea that they drag out when they need it, not when it’s relevant.

Now, I identify as a feminist, but not in the way that you think. For instance, I’m not a damn Marxist. First of all, Marxism is stupid, and anyone who’s actually read The Communist Manifesto while possessing a reasonably sane amount of thought should know that after the first section.
Second, feminism destroyed a good deal of the protections the law provided for women. For instance, a divorce used to almost always guarantee that the woman got a good chunk of cash. Not so much anymore. Men were also taught to have manners and treat women with respect (although there were, still are, and always will be exceptions). Not so much anymore! And furthermore, men who actually possess manners are finding it harder to stay motivated to keep and maintain the practice of these little gems of gentlemanliness, since FemiNazis who scream about how they don’t need anyone opening a door for them are not exactly conducive to the continuing existence of real gentlemen. It also puts a constant victim mentality on the shoulders of its followers, who walk around with a cross on their shoulders, glorying in their role of martyr. Hence why rape is such a constant topic–it’s entertaining for them. Frankly, I think these so-called feminists are much less interested in sisterhood as they are in controlling other women by placing them in a psychological cage of constant terror. I believe that these women actually encourage rapes because it gives them something to talk about on The View.

Basically, the liberal feminism movement did put women in the mainstream workplace (something that I feel was possibly inevitable, as it was), but we’ve lost quite a bit of protection and respect now. After all, women have been griping for years about how men are pigs. Well, a good chunk of them always have been, but nowadays, they’re really just living up to our expectations. So they do hit us, rape us, cheat on us, and discard us like used tissues. Is it any wonder? With all this yap about how we “don’t need men,” men have discovered that there is a stream of “liberated” women ready, willing, and able to have one night stands wherever, whenever, and however they feel like it.
Sounds like a guy’s dreamland, doesn’t it? Well, it is–essentially, modern feminism works against women, not for them. Don’t be fooled. All of this works in the favor of the men–and not the gentleman types of men, either.
Conservative feminism, on the other hand...

Take Ann Coulter, someone who I personally nominate for Badass Conservative Feminist. She’s extremely educated, beautiful, and witty. She supports herself, speaks her mind, and is undisputedly a serious force to be reckoned with.
Coulter understands that 50s-style housewifeitude (yes, I made that word up just for you, Ann) actually kind of worked in the woman’s favor. I mean, think about this. Say you’re a 50's housewife. You kill yourself taking care of the kids, cleaning the house, etc etc etc. Big job? Yes. Harder than your husband’s? Probably, unless he’s literally God, in which case he’s got his hands full emailing Satan every time a Republican turns into a RINO.
(“Yo, Beezy. Got another one for you. Yes, yes, I know it’s kind of crowded, but this guy totally flaked on me...”)

Now, a lot of the protections have been taken away. I mean, my God!
Besides, Commies don't even care about so-called feminism.

The basic tenets of marxism, as interpreted by the Communist Party,
assumed that: 1) the sexual struggle predated capitalism and
therefore didn't exist in capitalist or socialist society, or, at any
rate, was secondary to and subsumed within the class struggle; 2) the
natural division of labor based on the ability of women to bear
children was universal; 3) sexuality was relevant only from the point
of view of procreation, not pleasure; and, 4) the emancipation of
women would occur when they joined the proletarian struggle in the
workplace.

(As quoted from here.)

So basically, the Commies think that women A) are the weaker sex, and B)
their main role, if they are not workers, is to bear children. Isn't that what so-called feminists keep bitching about the conservatives doing?
I got news for you, hons...the conservatives of yesteryear may have been pretty
protecting of women--maybe to the point of trying to dissuade us from getting into the really rough and tumble jobs--but very few conservatives view women as anything but equals. I certainly have only found that attitude from one conservative that I have ever met.

Now, I admit that I despise the idea of being a housewife. Well, mostly. I do pride myself on being a damned fine cook, and it’s pretty fun to play house once in a while–and seeing a guy’s face light up in delight and wonder after you’ve turned vegetables that mystify him into a dish that he’ll actually eat is something that, while rarely experienced by yours truly, just tickles me pink (try calling zucchini by the British term ‘courgette’ once in a while and watch the ears droop and the puppy eyes melt into adorable puddles of “The hell? My God, she’s a genius...”).

That being said, I like my damn space. I like being independent–to a point. Hell, he’d still need to kill that big spider in the bathroom, open doors, and fix the sink. That’s just how I roll.
However, I would want separate bank accounts, and under no circumstances would I give up my job. But that’s not saying that I don’t trust him to provide—it’s saying that I’m paranoid and I am fully ready, willing, and able to walk away should he ever do something unforgivable.
And by “unforgivable”, I do not mean that BS Lifetime crap about how his mother told him I looked fat and he repeated it back to me. Hell, he can ask me to make him a sandwich every now and then and I won’t mind. I’m not talking piddly stuff, like missing the toilet (although that would piss me off, pun not intended). No, I’m talking unforgivable as in cheating on me, hitting me, or otherwise not being a decent man.

Look, guys like to provide–except for the ones who assume that all women who expect them to pay for meals are golddiggers, but that’s another rant. It makes them feel all manly (oddly enough, crushing beer cans on their head does the same thing, but do you really want him drinking instead of spending time with you? You want a darlin’, not a dipsomaniac). Taking that away from them is a shot in the figurative cojones, and that’s not their fault–that’s ours. Feminism is great, as long as it’s not a complete obliteration of being female. There’s a difference between being feisty and just being a bitter, narcissistic hag that refuses to let anyone show her the common courtesy of opening a door for her.

I firmly believe that if guys are brought up to be respectful, they will stay respectful as long as appreciation for that respect is shown. With men, it’s all about a reward system. They do something nice, you ooh and ahh over it, and they beam with pride–and then of course want to do it again.

You’re probably wondering how the hell I started with Perez Hilton and ended up talking about men’s balls, but honestly...I've got a lot to say and one thing leads to the next. Bear with me.

Anyway, Nazi feminism is practically a joke nowadays. I mean, when Whoopi Goldberg is wearing a tshirt that says “This is what a feminist looks like,” is that really a club you want to belong to? I mean, we’re talking about Whoopi here; a woman whose Wanda Sykes-esque ramblings about her vagina catapulted her to fame for some inexplicable reason. The same woman who asked McCain if he was elected in ‘08, if she “would have to go back to being a slave.”
I have to point out to Whoopi that all her life she has lived in a country with white presidents, and as far as I know, she’s never had to go out into a cotton field for a day’s pay in all her life. Of course, The War of Northern Aggression has also been over for 150 odd years, which means slavery has also been over for 150 odd years, which means...unless Whoopi’s over 150 years old, there’s no possible way that she could “go back” to being a slave. Of course, maybe I'm nitpicking here. On the other hand,
There’s a big list of reasons why I dislike Whoopi as the face of Nazi Feminism (and no, ethnicity is not one of them), but I have to say that the defining reason has got to be her blithe repetitions of utter dumbassery.
She was totally kick-ass in Ghost, though.

Look, it’s pretty simple—liberal feminism involves walking around with a chip on your shoulder the size of New Jersey. Conservative feminism means that you are educated and you can hold your own, but you don’t give up any of your feminine traits–also, you’re smarter.
A good way to compare the two types of feminism is to look at a picture of Hillary Clinton and Ann Coulter.
(Yes Ann, I am shamelessly kissing your ass in this blog. I read your latest book–finally--and pronounce it fabulous, therefore you are one of my heroes now.)
Big difference, huh?

Now, I’ve been name-calling and bashing people through this whole blog. What makes a conservative’s insults so much more meaningful than a liberal’s?

As Ann said, “Our insults are true.”

Courage at a Beauty Contest

Catch up on the story!

The Question and Answer

Miss CA Respond's to controversy

When did it become a bad thing in this country - hell, in this WORLD - to speak your mind and stand up for the beliefs of your heart? When did we decide to go overboard on political correctness to the point of demonizing a 20-something girl for having courage in her convictions? I think we could learn something from this young woman. Even if we don't agree with her, what she did took guts and a level of maturity that it seems the entire country has not reached.

This is sad considering how nearly everyone (myself included) makes fun of beauty pageant contestants for that stereotypical, "world peace" answer. You know you did the same thing! So why now, when a contestant finally breaks out of that little box, do we feel the need to shoot her down at every available opportunity?

Some people would like us to believe that it would have been better for her to 'be a good little girl' and just feed everyone the usual line of BS that political correctness demands. Those people are of course the very same ones that were right next to me in line to take a swing at past beauty pageant contestants for their mind numbingly-stereotypical-shallow-idiotic lines about how "We all just need to get along, with smiles and giggles and sparkly unicorn farts, tee-hee!"

Pardon me, but holding hands and singing around a camp fire is just not my brand of fun, and I am glad that they finally found a contestant that could actually have an opinion and still maintain existence.

So my take on the situation is…

We have been silent for too long. And what has that silence gotten us? This is the fruit of our silence:
We can no longer disagree with political policy because we are called racist.
We can't tell a woman she is beautiful without being called sexist.
And, we can't criticize a certain senator anymore because we are called ageist.
What's the point? Yeah, these are awful things to be called and hard accusations to get rid of, but at this point who cares? I think the silence has gone on long enough. Can you even imagine where it will end up if we continue this ridiculous charade of political correctness? If we can't criticize the socialists, we're going to have a new Holocaust. If we can't criticize the people claiming that (insert any group) people are evil and should be killed, we're going to have a genocide. If we can't criticize the terrorists - people whom we know are just itching to kill us, our country is going to fall under severe attack.
We are so concerned with not offending someone that we put a gag in our own mouths in an effort to not hurt someone's feelings, and in the process, we sacrifice our own hearts and minds on the altar of 'social acceptance.' And it's not just social acceptance, it is the social acceptance of a bold and vocal few who have been using this era of political correctness to their own gain. And forgive me, but I always believed that America was about the desires of the many, not the disciples (and decibels) produced by the few. That isn't freedom, that's just peer pressure. Political Correctness is straight out of the halls of high school, and ought to have been left there. That's how it goes, the loud and proud misguided crowd offers the rest of us the forbidden fruit, and those who succumb to peer pressure take that bite that changes history - and the way things are going, it was one hell of a poisoned apple.

I would like to take this opportunity to offer you some advice: If you are doing things right, then you will piss people off, so use this as your gauge to how effective your argument is. The more furious they get, the more proud of yourself you can be (providing you are using a good argument and can actually back up your claims). If their only response is blind anger then you know they were incapable of responding with logic, and that is a good sign.

I say this not as an expert in arguments, but as a person who has spent much of her life arguing with people, defending one controversial view or another, and intentionally starting flame wars all over the place.

We all have a right to have our own personal opinions. Or do you agree that someone else's rights (or fight for those rights) trump someone else's? The Bill of Rights is not a game of Spades! If you will notice, the girl said that she personally believes marriage is between a man and woman, and good for her. What she didn't say is that gay people are freaks who don't deserve the right to marry. So why is everyone so up in arms as if that is what she said, word for word? What she said was not offensive; it was quite a polite way of expressing an opinion that is shared with much of the country (evidenced by the recent votes).

We are apparently living in a time that is Freedom of Speech-Lite: all the substance of speech with none of that pesky Freedom stuff that everyone is so tired of these days.

So here is this woman who is trying to live her life by her own beliefs and not compromising on them - good for her! We could take a lesson on that, too.
Compromise never gets you the best. It gets you less than the worst.

So what we are left with is this new frontier for Free Speech and Courage: Beauty Pageants.
God help us if we now require beauty queens to make us realize what is wrong with this country.