i originally considered requiring comments to be "signed" so people could not be anonymous.. anonymous people tend to be hateful... and i didn't want a hateful group of comments cluttering up the board...
but i have begun to change my mind... these Ramblings i have are fairly incendiary... and often intentionally so... so why should i be the one who has all the fun?... what gives me the right to be selfish?... just because this is "my" blog, why does that give me any more right to say what i want then others?... granted, i'm not anonymous, so my comments are directly attributable to me... i don't have the cover of darkness and cloak of anonymity like others, but that's my choice by having this blog... shame on me... i can't hold everyone to that standard...
so, for now, i have opened this blog to the slings and arrows of anyone and everyone... and i welcome the comments, no matter how full of bile and hatred...
light the flamethrowers... bring on the trolls... let's get it on!
various rhetorical musings of an over-active mind... typically wandering point-to-point without structure or concern, thereof... did you want cohesive, linear thoughts?... then go somewhere not called "Ramblings"...
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
we need less TIME and more outrage
A Brief History of Intolerance in America in TIME magazine...
they have a slideshow of examples of "intolerance" in America... but they don't directly address the issue they are implying... intolerance towards muslims/islam... but the link on every page is Mosque Controversy: Does America Have a Muslim Problem?... so the implied connection is that anyone opposed to the proposed mosque in New York is equally racist/biased/ignorant as the people in the slide show...
included in the slide show are anti-semites, anti-Catholics, anti-Mormons, racists, Ku Klux Klan, Chinese-exlusionists, anti-native americans, anti-Japanese in WWII, and unbelievably they even throw in anti-Hare Krishna...
so are we to believe that anyone who disagrees with the choice of placement of a mosque near the place where muslims masacred thousands, that somehow these people are anti-muslim or racist in some fashion?... there is no other connection to be made... a:b::c:d...
at least TIME has preteded to be moderate on the subject in the article...
they (mosque supporters) want us (outraged americans) to respect their rights... i'll stop being outraged when they show a little respect for those who were murdered... i'll respect their rights when they are outraged at those very same murders...
and if they were outraged at the atrocity that was 9/11, they wouldn't propose a mosque in that location... they're not outraged; i don't respect their rights... they are disrespectful; i'll remain outraged... QED
they have a slideshow of examples of "intolerance" in America... but they don't directly address the issue they are implying... intolerance towards muslims/islam... but the link on every page is Mosque Controversy: Does America Have a Muslim Problem?... so the implied connection is that anyone opposed to the proposed mosque in New York is equally racist/biased/ignorant as the people in the slide show...
included in the slide show are anti-semites, anti-Catholics, anti-Mormons, racists, Ku Klux Klan, Chinese-exlusionists, anti-native americans, anti-Japanese in WWII, and unbelievably they even throw in anti-Hare Krishna...
so are we to believe that anyone who disagrees with the choice of placement of a mosque near the place where muslims masacred thousands, that somehow these people are anti-muslim or racist in some fashion?... there is no other connection to be made... a:b::c:d...
at least TIME has preteded to be moderate on the subject in the article...
Islamophobia in the U.S. doesn't approach levels seen in other countries where Muslims are in a minority.
there's no sign that violence against Muslims is on the riseso, let me get this straight... if we have an opinion, then we're racist and anti-muslim... we're being attacked around the world, from barracks in Beruit to suicide bombers in the sky... what's a little slap-in-the-face mosque?... why get bent out of shape about that?... how about we go really Christian on this and turn the other cheek?... that cheek has already been slapped.
they (mosque supporters) want us (outraged americans) to respect their rights... i'll stop being outraged when they show a little respect for those who were murdered... i'll respect their rights when they are outraged at those very same murders...
and if they were outraged at the atrocity that was 9/11, they wouldn't propose a mosque in that location... they're not outraged; i don't respect their rights... they are disrespectful; i'll remain outraged... QED
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Get over it and just MoveOn
NY Daily News - MoveOn's newest Target
now, i don't LIKE Target, for many reasons... many of them are the same reasons i don't like MoveOn.org... call me old-fashioned or (horror!) conservative, but i disagree with just about everything they both do... as a matter of fact, the American Family Association (AFA) had once boycotted Target, and to this day i still do not shop at Target, even after the AFA boycott has ended... but i hold grudges, so that's just me... my family thinks i've lost my mind, i'm sure...
but now, MoveOn.org has lambasted Target for their political contributions to a conservative candidate in MN... that's the pot calling the kettle african-american (because MoveOn.org wouldn't dare call someone black)... on their own website FAQ they say:
doesn't anyone else see the hypocrisy of this?... i may START shopping at Target, just because they are being attacked by the likes of the MoveOn douche-bags...
the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
on a side note, didn't MoveOn do a full-page add in the NYTimes calling General Petraeus as "General Betray Us"?... now there isn't a peep out of them when Obama (almighty and merciful) grants Petaeus control over the War in Afghanistan... bastards; all of them.
now, i don't LIKE Target, for many reasons... many of them are the same reasons i don't like MoveOn.org... call me old-fashioned or (horror!) conservative, but i disagree with just about everything they both do... as a matter of fact, the American Family Association (AFA) had once boycotted Target, and to this day i still do not shop at Target, even after the AFA boycott has ended... but i hold grudges, so that's just me... my family thinks i've lost my mind, i'm sure...
but now, MoveOn.org has lambasted Target for their political contributions to a conservative candidate in MN... that's the pot calling the kettle african-american (because MoveOn.org wouldn't dare call someone black)... on their own website FAQ they say:
MoveOn.org Civic Action is a 501(c)(4) organization. Contributions are not tax deductible because they will be used to influence legislation.(emphasis added)i guess corporations like Target cannot contribute to political campaigns... that is unless their names are MoveOn.org, Heinz, or are backed by someone named Soros... then it's fine...
doesn't anyone else see the hypocrisy of this?... i may START shopping at Target, just because they are being attacked by the likes of the MoveOn douche-bags...
the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
on a side note, didn't MoveOn do a full-page add in the NYTimes calling General Petraeus as "General Betray Us"?... now there isn't a peep out of them when Obama (almighty and merciful) grants Petaeus control over the War in Afghanistan... bastards; all of them.
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