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I guess I really am the "anti-Christ"…

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buddy christ 300x230 I guess I really am the "anti Christ"...For years now, it’s been somewhat of a running joke amongst the Amiga computer crowd to refer to me as “the anti-christ” whenever I say something they don’t approve of (I run Amiga.org btw)…

Going all political and stuff, I am truly starting to wonder whether the term might actually apply, because I can’t help but seem to irritate friends when they start talking about John McCain and his new Jesus Freak Barbie doll, Palin…

Am I the only one left in America who’s thoroughly disgusted by this woman and her “sending troops to Iraq is a task from God” bullshit mentality?  We’ve already had 8 years of Bush using God to defend his actions when illegally invading a sovereign nation, but now Bush Jr (McCain) wants — as his second in command — a woman who’s even worse than Bush…?  Yet McCain wants to pretend he’s “not anything like Bush”….?  What the holy bleeping bleep man…!

Talking about it with my best friend today, I realized just how much she — and her Jesus Freakyness — really, really pisses me off.  I’m afraid I might have even embarrassed myself in the restaurant at lunch, God forbid I embarrassed my friend…

I’m ok if people need to believe in God.  I believe that God exists, I just have zero belief in any organized, man-made religion.  I also strongly believe in the separation of Church and State and we’ve seen what damage mixing the two causes over the last 8 years.  I’m reminded of one of my favorite quotes;

Religion, like masturbation, should be done in private.

Anyway.  Regardless of who you vote for, Democrat, Republican, whatever. I don’t care.  All I’m asking is that you just think about it before you vote.  I’d vote for “none of the above” before I would vote for anyone who so strongly pushes their belief that everything they do — right or wrong — is somehow certified by God Almighty.

If you can’t display the ten commandments in a courtroom, then you MUST remove God from the White House.  It’s only fair.  Something about a goose and gander getting it on or somesuch.

Sincerely spoken,

Wayne

This is why I hate Mondays…

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george carlin 300x300 This is why I hate Mondays...Yesterday morning, get up bright and early (5′ish) for a business trip.  SSS’d, got dressed, turned on the tube to discover that George Carlin, my favorite comedian of all time, had passed away at 71.  I don’t mean to turn this blog into any sort of obit column by any means, but damn..  I had just watched his last HBO special about 2 weeks ago.

George Carlin was — in my never-so-humble-opinion — the single greatest observationist of our time.  Always able to bring humor to the every day things around us, from the “seven words” to his amazing dissection of the Bible’s Ten Commandments. I often found myself holding onto the little life lessons that George gave us, from his “worship of Joe Pesci” to his thoughts on religion, to his comparisons of our similarities as human beings.

As a self-admitted snarky, “always got something to say”,  grumpy old man myself, to say that George Carlin’s contributions will be missed by me is an understatement.  The fact that he served as inspiration for thousands of young comics today speaks for itself.

Portable religion and illiteracy

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36167 New No Soliciting 300x196 Portable religion and illiteracySpecifically, on my front door is a big, ugly sign which says “no solicitation”. For those of you whose first language is NOT English, that means “don’t ring on my doorbell trying to sell me shit”.

Despite this, about every couple of days at random, my doorbell rings with people asking “want me to mow your grass?”, “want to buy things for my school?”, and about 5 minutes ago, the Mormons/Jehovah’s Witnesses/Church of Latter-day Saints/whatever asking me whether or not I “know God as my Personal savior”.

I can understand kids and even some people not understanding “solication” as that’s a “quarter word” but why do people feel it’s their obligation to SELL ME God as my own personal savior? Personal is in bold, because that’s a much simpler word that these people don’t understand. As such, I’d love to invite any Mormons here to try and explain to me what having God as “my personal savior” denotes in their mind a desire to have an “enforced by random encounter” discussion with people I’ve never met about my personal relationship to God?

I’m pondering buying some cheap dictionaries and bookmarks to hand out with certain definitions highlighted.

Alabama Sex-toy ban – still backwards after all these years

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alabamaspecial Alabama Sex toy ban still backwards after all these yearsA year or so ago, Judge Roy Moore was essentially thrown off his job because he refused to remove a statue of the 10 commandments from the courthouse.

Today, the US Supreme court refused to hear an appeal to overturn the Alabama State legislature’s ban on sex toys. By way of refusal to even hear the case, the US Supreme court refuse to overturn the ban.

Alabama legislators have gone out of their way to prove once again that Alabama remains the most backward-assed redneck state in the Union. Whereas on one hand the legislators tell us that we cannot mix church and state (even though laws are CLEARLY based on the Bible), now they pretend to have the audacity to tell us what we can and cannot do in the confines of our own bedroom.