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20Jan/091

Thank you, President Bush

I happened upon a picture tonight while perusing one of the horrific right-wing sites I read occassionally (because I like being angry, I guess) and thought I should share it.

But then I thought...there are so many other reasons to say thank you to the soon-to-be-former President, so many other people who I think would love to express some gratitude for all he has done for us. And it was then I decided I would help them do just that. So from me, and all people whose lives you have touched over the past eight years, thank you President Bush. What you have done will affect us deeply for years to come, and we will not forget you...no matter how hard we try.

19Jan/090

Bella thinks she’s a cat.

Our dog is pretty awesome. The other day I was in the kitchen getting ready for work. I walked in to the living room, because I tend to move nonstop from the time I get up until I leave for the day. Restless, every day. Make what you will of that. So anyway, I wander in to the room, and what do I see? This:

Keep in mind, she is a 50+ pound beagle/hound mix, not a lap dog (despite what she thinks). Now this isn't a completely new sight, as when Kelly and I are on the couch, Bella will sometimes get out of control excited and crawl her way up to the back. But this is the first I had seen her do it just for the hell of it, because it's comfy. So I laugh way too much, grab the camera, shoo her off the wrong spot of the chaise lounge and go about my business. A few minutes later I return to the living room. Maybe you can guess where this is going? You guess it, it's going here:

I laugh again, harder, take more pictures, and shoo her down again. And over the past couple days she continues to do this periodically. Yet she won't sleep on the ottoman in the bedroom, because it doesnt have as much room as our bed. Go figure.

Tagged as: Bella, cute, dog, species confusion No Comments

10Jan/091

T-Shirt Hell

I came across this site of "Christian" t-shirts today kind of randomly, and it is so bad I felt I had to share it. Even if the slogans weren't for the most part ignorant, devoid of insight and completely unfunny, the actual design work is so shitty it would not matter. Calling it amateurish is an insult to amateur graphics designers everywhere. It's like a someone vomited up bible clip-art on Cafe Press. The site concentrates heavily on "pro-life" propaganda, which is a shame because their site should have been aborted.

I won't even bother with snarky comments on individual t-shirts, or even arguing the overall abortion is murder theme they have going on. I would be here way too long. The reality is I am writing this entire post just to make one observation:

If gluttony is a deadly sin, why are all of their shirts available in sizes up to XXXXXL? Just saying.

And no, I am not exaggerating. 5XL.

Tagged as: Christian shirts, deadly sins, gluttony, Hypocrisy 1 Comment

9Jan/091

Support Our (like-minded) Troops

This is not in any way, shape, or form intended to be an insult to America's military men and women. I am just currently pondering the belief of the neo-conservative Right that we must support our troops, but only so long as they are neo-conservatives themselves and agree with the mindless pundits and profiteers hawking ribbon magnets and other such bullshit. Funny how those magnets never read "Support Our Troops As Long As They Agree With Us".

I was just engaging in some "friendly" debate with a few opposite-minded individuals on an electronic forum (a.k.a. arguing like a moron, with other morons, on the internet) about....well, this that and the other thing. And while looking up some information on the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, I found out he is a former Marine. I didn't know that, and was somewhat surprised by this information.

And it got me thinking again about how the Republican/neocon/far-right crowd betray themselves repeatedly with their faux pro-troop stance. They are the ones who shout loudest and longest about supporting the military, yet over and over again they turn on the people who have actually served the country without hesitation. All because these brave men and women, past and present soldiers, have the brazen audacity to not agree with them. And then they have the nerve to accuse the people they are smearing of being the betrayers. They want to support the troops so long as they shut their goddamn mouths and agree with the President^* and the second this doesn't happen they just lose their fucking minds. I like to think I am a rather compassionate, empathetic person but I cannot even begin to contort my worldview in such a way that this resembles a reasonable mindset...thank god.

So for your consideration, here is a short segment of a much longer list of people, each with more extensive military experience than Bush, Cheney, Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Coulter, Hannity, Malkin and Beck combined, all of whom have been brutally trashed and smeared by the "pro-troop" right-wingers because they are too anti-war or too pro-Obama or some other asinine reason that you and I cannot comprehend because we aren't really really dumb. If you know of any I am missing (and I know there are many) please let me know.