I watched people burn books

I've been having trouble thinking of what to write lately, but now I know what to write about.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/wisconsin.book.row/index.html

These people want to burn books, because they talk about sex and homosexuality. I don't have a lot to say about that, there's not much to say. What honestly scares me is the book burning part. I used to laugh at that idea, a lot, but not any more. You see, book burning used to be a historic thing to me, something you read about in books and go 'ugh, why?' I never understood this, why people would be so scared of knowledge and expression. My mother taught me from a young age that books are great, I was taught to read and write early because of this, and book readings were a family activity. I always loved that, because those books opened so many doors for me. Because of this, the idea of burning those wonderful things was just alien to me, it was something we did when we thought that the sun orbited the earth and all, or it was a tool of dictators to keep populations ignorant. The idea of a modern, first world, nation doing it was just insane to me, so I laughed about it, thinking it was all one big joke.

Then my friend showed me a flier for a Harry Potter book burning while in Kerrville. We laughed about it, then decided to go see it. I honestly expected a joke, I expected to get there and there would be some guy going "haha gotcha! Come on where the hell are we, Afghanistan?" But we got there and there were people already there, some had just a few books and games and such, some had wagons full. These people bought the books, gave the writer money, just to burn them, some were still in plastic wrap unopened. A bit in there was a big pile of sticks, like bonfires me and my buddies made some times, it was surreal to see something I associate with relaxing with some illegally bought booze on a river or something about to be used for something so...insane. People kept showing up, it wasn't just a handful of people, it was a big group, it was, I dare say, a party.

As the sun was setting, an old man began calming the crowd, obviously the guy who organized this. He was a very stereotypical looking southern preacher man, old, fat, snow white hair, and a giant grin on his face. The worst part was that it wasn't a fake grin that you normally see, it wasn't a 'oh god another damn cake walk...' grin, he was happy, really happy. That made it feel almost personal, this man, this toad of a man, was getting real pleasure out of destroying things I loved. Mind you, on Harry Potter I'm rather neutral, it's pretty good, but it's far from a passion, but the very idea of burning books because you were scared of them made me suddenly care so much more.

Then they lit the fire, and started throwing on books, no reason even given, the preacher was shouting about how he was sending them back to hell and such, but no one was really giving a reason, no one said what page had the super secret Satan Spell, no one said anything that wasn't just affirming the preacher. I kinda hoped it'd be over, then, when the last book was on, I thought they'd just smirk and walk off self satisfied, but no, this was just the beginning. There was clapping and praying and dancing, there were shouts and calls to heaven, it was all so...primal. There was food, it just kinda appeared, cookies, brownies, sandwiches, and punch. People sat around eating it, enjoying themselves as books burned, the air stank, plastic and ink burning, the people were happy though. It was surreal, still, someone, and old goblin looking man asked what brought me here and my friend quickly answered that we were just there to celebrate with them. What scared me was how...happy they all were. I expected rage, I expected hateful accusations, but no, they were happy. I hated them, every one of them, they were partying while books burned, it was almost personal again, it was like they stole those books from me to burn. They were stealing these books from others, though, buying them in bulk to keep them from others, it was hateful, it was greedy, it was gluttonous, but none of that mattered to them.

I got to talk to the preacher there, no introductions, I didn't want to know his name. He welcomed us and told me he was so glad the turnout was good. We made awkward small talk, he asked me what my favorite book of the bible was, it felt like a trap, so I just said Genesis because it was the beginning. We kinda shuffled away after that, people were still eating and celebrating, but we were done. We got in the car and just went away after that. It felt unreal, like I was in a dream, I was abducted by aliens or something, that must have been it, aliens got me and I visited their backwards planet, and soon I'd wake up in my bed and it'd be a funny story.

I didn't wake up though, we got back, kinda laughed for a bit, then walked to our dorms. It was so strange to me to realize that was a real thing I saw, and it honestly took me a bit to really get it. I was seeing pure fear, unbridled fear from them. Fear has two ways of showing, one, the funny image of a crazy old man running away from a book screaming, the other is what I saw. It was primal, it was tribal, but it was all they could do. I don't hate them any more, I feel sorry for them. This is the last act of fear, they see what they don't get and then panic, and burn it, it's a cave man emotion. They can't do anything but this, and while it's sickening to see, it's also really sad at the core. I feel sorry for these people because they've reverted to this out of desperation, they can't change anything so they just try to tear it down, not understanding that all they're doing is giving more money to what they hate. It used to be strange, it used to be funny, it used to be enraging, but now, now it's just sad.

Windows into Madness.

Before I get into the actual point of this blog, let me get one thing done with, Bobby Jindal. First off, you're not allowed to act like some champion of fighting the Stimulus Bill and then take nearly all the money. But hey, why be shocked, it's what Jindal is, it's what he does, he's a phony. He's an Indian boy playing Cajun and saying anything to appeal to who he thinks he needs. Also just as a note, it's kinda gouache to respond to such an average speech as if you're going to suddenly sweep in and take the job from Obama. Hey, if thinking castration is a good way to solve the sex offender problem (they literally splash your junk with acid by the way, there's no scientific thing there, it's just acid dumping) and if keeping an exorcist on your top Rolodex is crazy...oh yea it is...it's very crazy. I mean I wish I could go on about Jindal but there's just nothing left to say, he's a shill, a hack, a phony, and he's way out of his league. Oh yea and his Katrina anecdote was nearly a total and complete lie, but faster bloggers then I have gotten to it already, not much else to add other then...duh.

Anyway, that's not the point of my post, Jindal is a joke, and he'll be delivered like a joke, my real hope is in Sarah Palin, now THERE'S a nut job to lead the party. Honestly Jindal is just your average empty suit with some crazy habits, she's just batshit. Anyway, what's my point of this post? Madness is pretty freaking awesome.

See, the Internet is one of the best 'people watching' tools ever, I mean really it has it all. Best of all have been Republicans for the past few months. So today, let's go on a tour, a madness safari, a trek through crazy town. Let's start with a rather bland one at first, a cluster of fringes just wanking off basically:

http://www.resistnet.com/

It's basically what it sounds like. Typical "Obama gonna take your money and guns!" and reactions, cept this time they're hocking a book too. Pretty dull for a seasoned insanity hunter, but a nice starting point for a tour.

Next up a larger site, a discussion site set up in BBS format. This is one of the keystones of the conservative talker sites, chances are most people on the Right at least know someone who posts here. Free Republic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/*/index

Let's go in depth with this, because this is a vast tapestry of madness. First up, the home page.

What are the two major tags we see?

Call to action: Regional FReeper Conventions!

Call to action: Tea Party USA!

.....Welp there ya go. Ok, conventions are pretty run of the mill, let's see what this Tea Party stuff is, I mean, maybe they want some tea at their meet ups? How bad could this be?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193393/posts

Upstate Young Republicans host Greenville Tea Party.
Upstate Young Republicans ^ | 02/24/2009 | Upstate Young Republicans

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:27:06 PM by neal1960

Upstate Young Republicans host Greenville Tea Party.

Greenville, SC, 23 February 2009 – The Upstate Young Republicans will host the Greenville Tea Party on the banks of the Reedy River and on the walking bridge just west of Main Street. Parking is available at the River Place garage. The demonstration is scheduled for Friday, February 27th at 6:00 PM and will last approximately one hour. The event is coinciding with numerous other Tea Parties being held nationwide in response to CNBC reporter Rick Santelli’s call for a Chicago Tea Party to protest the Obama Administration’s mortgage bailout plan. The event is open to people of all ages and attendees are encouraged to bring non-offensive homemade signs.

For additional information on the UYR, please visit www.theuyr.org.

About the UYR – The Upstate Young Republicans are a non-profit group dedicated to encouraging participation in Republican Politics in young adults aged 18-40.

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Wow, ok they kinda have no idea what a 'Tea Party' in the political way is but alright these guys are just reactionary, they're gonna get shot down right? I mean no one REALLY thinks this is a good idea? Oh yea...they got this idea from someone...abit better known.

Rantin’ Rick Santelli viewed 2,500,000 times
IHateTheMedia.com ^ | 02/02/09`

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:12:48 PM by slomark

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If you think the rant by CNBC’s Rick Santelli hasn’t tapped into a reservoir of resentment across this nation, get this:

Since it went online last Thursday, the clip has been viewed more than 1,800,000 times on CNBC.com. It’s also been viewed more than 700,000 times on YouTube.com. (These numbers are growing so rapidly that they’ll be out of date by the time you read this.)

Rantin’ Rick Santelli, one media guy we don’t hate.

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Ok I wish I could know how to embed vids but just Google it, you'll see it. Ah what the hell, I feel sweet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-Jw-5Kx8k

I like how he said we used to have mansions before Obama. Damn it Obama you took my mansion from me!

One more tea party for you guys.

Call to action:Tea Party USA-Cleveland, Ohio
TCO Report ^ | unknown

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:10:56 PM by nomad

This thread is intended for the Cleveland chapter of the Call to action tea party effort.As is still our right, for now at least, lets gather peacefully together to petition our gorvernment for a redress of grievences, namely:Stop the Pork!Please keep this professional and courteous as we`ll be representing the movement to return fiscal sanity to our government, so lets behave like conservatives.

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The best thing? These people will exault anyone who can yell nice and loud how evil Obama is, I mean christ, look what they did for Rush, people still see him as the 'head of the party'! This guy already is getting a nice big head:

CNBC's Rick Santelli Ponders "Veiled Threat" Against Him After "Chicago Tea Party"
ButAsForMe.com ^ | 02/24/2009 | wrrock

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:51:41 PM by wrrock

Santelli did not like the remarks by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and even pondered if it was a ‘Veiled Threat’ by making a bizarre reference to "not knowing where Mr. Santelli lives, or in what house he lives."

Ok the guy was taking about housing issues, pretty valid comment to say 'yea we can't speak for YOUR area man but...', these people will get that, right?

To: wrrock

This is just the latest example of Gibbs being in way over his head, even farther than his boss actually.

3 posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:53:05 PM by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)

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To: wrrock

Veiled?

That’s not how I heard it.

4 posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:53:35 PM by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)

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To: wrrock

Tell Scott McClellan Jr and his boss to taking a flying f***** leap.

5 posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:53:37 PM by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)

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To: wrrock

I just want him to know he has at least one “safe house” available to him in Virgnia, should he find it necessary to “lay low” for a while. I’ll be happy to host him!

7 posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:54:03 PM by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)

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To: Badeye

It was pretty obvious Gibbs intended to send some of the boys over to pull Santelli’s arms and legs off, but what the heck ~ that’s what you get when you put a Chicago pol’ in charge of the White House.

8 posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:54:15 PM by muawiyah

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Oh god I can't go on, no more please.

Also hey, 'Freep' took care of finding me quotes for another post I wanted to make.

The Rainbow Connection
Human Events ^ | 2/24/09 | D. R. Tucker

Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:21:12 PM by MartinaMisc

Michael Steele is, if nothing else, the smartest man in the GOP.

Steele’s getting heat from progressives such as Andrew Sullivan and the operators of the popular pro-Democrat blog Think Progress for remarks he made during his February 23 appearance on Mike Gallagher’s program. The Salem Radio Network star asked Steele if the time had come for Republicans to “…consider some sort of alternative to redefining marriage and maybe in the road, down the road to civil unions. Do you favor civil unions?”

In a shrewd response, Steele said: “No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you, crazy? No. Why would we backslide on a core, founding value of this country? I mean this isn’t something that you just kind of like, ‘Oh well, today I feel, you know, loosey-goosey on marriage.’”

Think Progress accused Steele of hypocrisy, noting that in recent weeks he has suggested the party needs to be open to those who might have differing views on issues such as same-sex marriage and civil unions. What Think Progress doesn’t realize is that Steele is not actually contradicting himself.

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Yea man, let's not go nuts saying who can marry, maybe those negroes will try to marry your daughter....oh yea...right....

Really Steele, how the hell do you sleep at night?

Stay tuned though, there's gonna be a SECOND post coming with some top notch Conservative Blogs, the journey's only just begun kids.

Steele: Down with the hoes.

First, the link, because I swear to god I could not make this up if I tried: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/19/rnc-chair-plans-off-the-hook-campaign-tells-critics-to-%E2%80%98stuff-it%E2%80%99/#more-40591

If I could make this crap up I could get a writing deal with SNL or something. You know how in the latest Disney/Nick/Pixar whatever animated movie they have one 'hip hop' type character with a random gold chain clock and a backwards cap? Apparently Steele is that, but for Republicans instead of talking cars or cows. *Insert joke about Republicans producing noxious gas here*

Remember how all those crazy racists said Obama was gonna 'thug out' the White House or something? Remember how he was gonna go Kanye on the country even though he never once acted in that manner? They literally just got a leader who vowed to do a milder version of that crap. It's funny because his plan seems to assume he's The Fresh Prince but in reality he sounds like a tall Carlton. (Don't judge me, Nick At Night is like the only thing that comes on here late night). I mean really: "Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings.""

He has no idea what those words in quotes mean, he just heard them at some point when he was flipping channels and decided that he's 'down'. It seems the Republicans literally think 'elect a black man' is like 'the' solution to things because of Obama. Remember how Obama reached out to urban communities by simply relating anecdotes and racial history? That's how you do it. You don't get up on a damn podium and go "We're gonna be off the hook!" and magically black people follow you. I really hope he thinks life is like a rap video where he can get up to a podium and pop the cork on some champagne and yell "WHOOOO" and suddenly black people will come charging into the room dancing, because if he keeps this shtick up he will be the most hilarious figurehead ever.

But alright, feeble attempt to appear 'with it' aside, why do I dislike this guy so much? Well, read this:"Steele described the new multi-platform PR offensive as “avant-garde, technically. It will come to [the] table with things that will surprise everyone — off the hook.” Asked whether that meant cutting-edge tactics, Steele demurred. “I don't do 'cutting-edge,’” he said. “That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.”"

He's a damn phony, that's why I hate him. It's literally like he just opened a "PR for Dummies" book and highlighted buzzwords. In his whole plan the only tangible thing he said was the 'appeal to Urban-Suburb-Hiphopwhatever' thing, aside from that it was all just fluff like that. I have news for him 'reach out to minorities' isn't a 'beyond cutting-edge' thing, it's what every single RNC Head says, ever. That's like page one, paragraph one of the "Goals we will Never Reach" Pamphlet every RNC Head gets. What makes this best though is the sheer context of this.

Remember the "Barack the Magic Negro" stuff? Remember the guy who gave out CDs of that? That was Steele's biggest rival in the race, and that guy is still in good standing with the party. So yea, we have the guy who wants to reach out to urban communities, and also the guy who thinks "Barack the Magic Negro" is a great gift. They really don't grasp that you can't have both at the same time.

Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of pain caused by holding two contradicting ideas at once. In short it's what happens when you get a headache if someone goes 'yea this fire is cold' or get annoyed at someone saying 'dang this is some dry water'. Our brain will simply not allow such an insane combination in it, so it punches and bites and screams until you say "Ok ok, fire is hot" or "alright water is wet!" It's also what I get when I listen to the Republicans talk about Obama. To start with let me clear one thing up. Every single right winger who goes 'hey guys let's treat Obama just like they treated Bush, that'll teach em!' is scum and possibly also inbred. We treated Bush par for the course at first, especially considering that his first election was so heated. We treated him like shit only after he snorted some coke and started throwing darts at the Middle East to attack, and then started deciding anyone with a funny name was 'onea them'. That's when we all started going 'waaaait what the hell is wrong with this guy'.

To do that from day one is insane, because the man didn't do anything yet. That's like your boss walking into your 0ffice and saying "Look I know this is your first day but you're fired, see we got this guy LAST time and he was a real idiot and people were jerks to him, but he was my buddy so..." The best part about this is despite this, he's starting off well. For one, the FDA just today began allowing studies in the effects of embryonic stem cells on paralyses and cancer victims, putting us about on par with the rest of the scientific world! He also removed the Global Gag Rule, no longer is the government withholding funds for family planning services could be given to clinics or groups that offer abortion services or counseling in other countries even if the funds for those activities come from non-U.S. government sources. And finally he's closing Gitmo down.

Yes, despite the "ARE YOUR CHILDREN IN DANGER?" and "TERRORISTS IN YOUR BACK YARD?" headlines in Fox News (you see, it's not lies if they put a ? on it) this is a good thing. We can finally claim the moral high ground in this war on terror. You see, when we bomb people for capturing and torturing people for no reason, we shouldn't be doing that. Many Gitmo arrests were made by simple word of mouth, famous cases including a warlord who bombed buildings then 'turned in' rivals or innocent people, and the opium lord who had a rival lord's family brought in for no real reason other then cartoonish evil. You see, the codes for arrests in the 'war on terror' cases are very loose, meaning the main qualifications are: Does the person have a funny name? Does he look Muslim? ARREST, we'll find out later. You see, these people actually deserve a fair court case, that is part of the basic rights our soldiers fight for. You can't deny them rights out of fear, or else the terrorists really do win. That's why they're called terrorists, they strive to make us so insane with fear we crumble, and you know what? Thanks to the right in this country, they have. All these smug little men and women going 'heh see these people in Gitmo are being treated great, who cares?', or 'if you have nothing to hide why does it matter?' to every 'security measure' we get, they're just feeding the terrorists wins. I also enjoy this idea the right seems to have that we have no jails in America, and all these people will just get let go. You see, we're still gonna illegally hold them captive, don't worry guys, but we just can't torture them too. We still will isolate people who have been arrested solely by word of mouth and guesses, we will still threaten their families and such, and we will still be shocked when we let them go they're pretty mad at us, we just won't also torture them. It's a start.

Speaking of military, another feather in Obama's cap is his promise to remove Don't Ask Don't Tell. Yea it's just a promise for now, but still, way better then most gave. For those that don't know, DADT basically says "Hey faggots, feel free to come die for your country, but stay in the closet ok?" Of course, this is being seen as a horrible thing to the right, since you know this was supposed to be a compromise! Yea, see, they no longer could BAN gays from serving since it was kept secret, and all they had to do was stay firmly in the closet and worry about losing their jobs if they're ever found out. You see, it's alot like high school, you're free to BE there all you want, just don't let it out that you're gay or else you're screwed, and you know how healthy and great highschool is for gay students! Yea, I mean most of these guys are either only recently out of the closet or still in it, so it's not that big of a shift right? You know those suicide rates and such are mostly fudged you know. What really gets me, though, is that for most of the opposition to it they're scared because knowing someone is gay may mean you may get your life saved by a gay man! Can you just imagine? Knowing a lisping sissy saved your life? Oh, he doesn't have a lisp and looks just like the rest of the squad? Oh, you mean he's a person just like you and before this you didn't even know he was gay? Well you see, it's still very important I'm sure. No no, I'm sure you're not homophobic, you just feel that your perception of someone will totally be warped if you find that they're gay. Nooo that's not bad.

This morning Rush Limbaugh was talking about the Pakistan missile hit, and he was enraged. I was listening to him because coffee just doesn't wake a man up quite like boiling rage does. He was really upset that under Obama we killed ten Pakistanis, and he was honestly concerned that this would anger Muslims. He at no time mentioned Iraq, Afghanistan, or Israel, you see, none of that happened under Obama. No, the Muslim world was happy with Iraq, and had no problem with us sending boats and planes loaded with weapons to Israel to help them make sure that a people who were already in the stone age were kept there.

Speaking of Israel, I really do think I need to put my stance on it down on paper, just for ease in my own head. I support it's right to exist, but at the same time, I feel that it is in no way exempt from blame. Israel has done alot of things that would appal the original founders, and yes they have been the victims of horrors as well, and neither of these counter each other. Israel and Palestine aren't even in the same scale, the Palestinian 'rockets' they launch daily are just that, rockets you could buy at a hobby store with some explosives. Does that make it ok? Of course not, but nor does that mean you should retaliate with F-16 bombers and call it equal. We have been told by the right that this is all proportional, so let's look at proportions. Before Obama was sworn in and Gaza was the center of the world spot light most numbers said 5 Israeli people died, counting soldiers, and around 490 Palestinians died. This is nearly a 100:1 scale, if these are proportional, every 1 Israeli is worth 1000 Palestinians. Of course, this means Israelis are a superior race, which would make it alright to do such a thing. In fact, an Israeli minster publicly said Gaza was bringing upon itself a 'holocaust unlike any other'. No, I'm sure the founders are very proud of all of these men. You see, Israel is smart, they know how to work the laws (*insert Jew lawyer joke here*), under a cease fire it is strictly a military thing, meaning no weapons may be fired. This doesn't ban, however, the stopping of humanitarian aid, water, power, medicine, or any other thing Israel often does when "Checkpoint Security is heightened" during cease fires. This of course leads terrorists to respond the only way they can, with force, and gives Israel a chance to retaliate freely. I'm not saying Israel deserves all the blame, but I am saying we need to be fair in this, and if we now suddenly are worried about Muslim relations, we should stop turning a blind eye to Israel's faults in these issues. Both sides have blood on their hands, both must be held accountable. The Talmud teaches that sin is always sin, there is no justification for sin, and the leaders of a 'Jewish State' should know this. Speaking of which, random trivia, calling Israel a Jewish State is actually fairly wrong, because we are not to establish any Jewish States until the Messiah comes. You see, if we do wish to jump the gun and make Israel a Jewish State, we need to make it one the Messiah would be proud of, we need to adhere to the laws we are taught. Defense is one thing, defense is fine, but kicking an already broken people while they are down until the extremists respond violently is not defense, and it is not how a Jewish State treats their brothers and sisters. We hear endless pages and biographies of every Israeli killed, but Palestinian deaths are cold numbers, a rocket in a market in Israel is an atrocity, but an F-16 blowing a school up is simply retaliation. Jew or Muslim, we are all Human, we are all someone's child, someone's sibling, someone's lover, someone's spouse. To make sure every Israeli death is personalized but keeping Palestinian deaths as cold numbers should not be done. A common Hebrew saying rings true in many cases in this conflict for both sides. "Whoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations. "

Canada Sucks

Ok, not Canada itself, in fact I rather like the country and hope to live there some day. What sucks is the Prime Minister of the country, Stephen Harper. This man is like if Darth Sideous was reborn, but instead of wanting power to kill and crush as he pleases, he just wants it to rub himself furiously on the Canadian flag and no one can say it's gross.

As of today, parliament is suspended, propaganda ads are blasting all over demonizing the now crippled opposition to his minority rule. If I said this about some third world country you'd think the Taliban held power there or something, but no, this is freedom. Let me break the events down, because it seems no one else in America gives a crap.

Stephen Harper's Conservative party held power in the Oct. 14 election with 127 seats in Parliament and increased their total to 143, still short of the 155 needed to control the legislative agenda. The government needs support of at least one other party to pass legislation. For a while he just grumbled and whined like any politician would. Then apparently he got bored and watched the Star Wars prequels because one day he just went nuts with power. He started by giving his rival party, the Liberal Party, a giant 'screw you' to show how big his political genitals are. He introduced repealing legislation which gave money to political parties based on the number of seats they owned. So on the surface, it looked like he was hurting his own party more, but the difference is the Conservatives are wealthy and the Liberals are 300 million in debt and would have been crippled.

Of course, the Liberals were not, as he thought, run by mentally handicapped children and when they heard of this they fought tooth and nail to block it, they even talked to Quebecois' leadership, which is a pretty big sacrifice to make. Why? Because the Bloc party's platform revolves around 'hey, let us break off. Come on. Please?' and that's it. Alright, to normal people this means the Liberals are just uniting ALL other parties no matter how stupid to fight against oppressive measures. Not to Harper though, Harper is not a normal man you see. He may have been once, but he has become twisted by the dark side now, and inside sources say he's getting a nice black robe custom tailored for his next phase. To him this was a goldmine, he and his Conservatives did what you'd expect a cartoon villain to do, they screamed "SEPARATISTS" as loud as they can for as long as they can. They are still screaming that. You see, to them this means that the Liberals and all other parties want to fracture Canada and ruin it, they are enemies of freedom. This would be a stupid, but somewhat valid, point to make if Harper's party hadn't also worked with the Blocs when they needed their votes. As Nixon said, it's not illegal when the President (or Prime Minister) does it.

And I will tell you, this display of jingoism and nationalistic zealotry would make any good old American Republican tear up with pride. Harper and his goons locked up in their office and loudly sang 'Oh Canada' all night, only stopping to send someone out to spew more garbage about how the opposition are in a coup or some trash. Now, normally this would just be a bafflingly silly thing to do that I would go 'haha' over and ignore. That changed when today Harper came into Parliament and simply said 'ok this is done, go home'. Ok fine he technically enacted a normally figurehead position to call Parliament into suspension, even though legally this can only be done under dire times, dire as in 'holy crap we elected a bunch of people who shoot at me every day and try to take my power by force' not dire as in "But IIIIIIIIIIIIIII want the power mommy!" So that's what happened, he invented a false coup to justify a coup of his own.

Why did he do this? Because of what happened on Monday. This is how it began, this band of 'separatists' formed on Monday to oust Harper out of his minority rule. They were upset by Harper's brand of politics, so they formed a coalition party that would have had more seats than the Conservatives. On Monday, they were going to hold what's called a confidence motion, if defeated, the government has lost the confidence of the majority of the house and a new government must be formed. Which they had the coalition set up to take power. Now, this is all totally legal, it's politics in Canada, and a mature leader would have grumbled and groused but let democracy take it's course. Not Harper though, Harper seems above the law, above the process, and above Canada.

Why do no Americans care about this? Is this how willfully ignorant we are? We focus more on celebrities and watching blank screens waiting to hear about a bailout then we do on our neighbors' struggle to keep the very tenets of their democracy alive? Well, apparently we'll liberate the hell out of middle easterners to get them our democracy, but when democracy is dieing above us we ignore it. We let ourselves make it to be nothing because we don't take Canada seriously, and because of that their politics must be jokes too. Or maybe it's something else. Maybe we don't want to admit that Democracy can fail. Maybe we see this, but refuse to register it, simply because it calls our ideals into question. A man like Harper is destroying Democracy by turning it in on itself and we ignore it, because then we'd have to admit 'yes, maybe it isn't perfect'. So on behalf of all my silent American friends, who care more about Ron Howard's views on politics, on on who Brittany is dating now, or any other pathetic thing we can focus on rather then the real world, let me greet any Canadians reading this blog, Hail Emperor Harper.

Torn

I'm not sure how to feel right now. I feel this election has really summed America up perfectly. On one hand, euphoria over Obama being elected and a new era of progress beginning in America, on the other hand we have Prop 8 in California being passed with a downright puny margin, and Arkansas went so far to keep evil gays from having any semblance to humanity in their state they even made sure single parents couldn't adopt. As always, America proves to be a country of beauty and embarrassment constantly fighting. We have a mixed race man with new ideas coming into the office, we have people posting how funny it is to say you're going to kill him, we have states deciding gays are still subhuman, and we have people of all sexualities, races, and backgrounds saying 'no that's wrong' and fighting it.

It's amazing how beautifully horrible Democracy is at times. Prop 8 is back in courts, the Arkansas issues are being brought back into debate, the dance continues. This is political life, for six months you can get married and be recognized, then some Mormons of all people call you perverts (You better damn make sure you're marrying five WOMEN and not a MAN, that's just GROSS) and it doesn't matter. Here's what those California Mormons are, they're terrorists. They won by terror tactics, lies, and exploitation of fear. There was nothing at all about the court ruling other then 'Same Sex marriages have the same rights as others'. That was it, no 'force teachers to teach it (as if straight marriage is the keystone of education now?)' no 'punish churches who don't do as we say (as a tip, no one cared about churches, the license was what mattered)' and no mandatory gay marriage. I want to know why these Mormons hated the idea so much, and why the church that until a few decades ago didn't call blacks human is our moral compass now? Did they think a gay gestapo was going to march into their churches in pink jackboots and demand all the males marry males and ladies marry ladies? Maybe they were scared all their 14 year old brides would get corrupted, we can't have that ya know.

Here's the thing, this isn't a faith issue. Shockingly enough we have a separation of church and state, and these bigots can't give any reason other then 'morals' why gay marriage is bad. If this was a real country with separation of church and state these people would be laughed down and told to shut up and stick to their funeral protests.The last number I heard was 51%. 51% decided the lives of 49%. Welcome to America. Arkansas is the great benchmark of what these people want, they want to make sure the church has a grasp on your life, on your morals, and on your way of living. These people are honestly happy to let a kid rot away in an orphanage rather then give him to a gay couple or a single mother. These people think Christ's words were "Love thy neighbor...cept for the fags". These people are why people of real faith can't have nice things, they would see the world burn if it meant the 'ways of good' are enforced. This isn't an issue of Red or Blue, of White or Black, this is a moral issue, are gays human? Do gays deserve the same rights as other humans? THAT is what we should be asking these people, have them outright admit 'no they aren't to me' get these people on camera admitting to them gays are not humans, or, at best, not humans of the same worth. This is what these people feel, make them admit it. And honestly, I can live with anyone else doing this crap, that's the way of life, but Mormons? Really? They're calling us perverts? This is a new low.

An interesting tangent, Gabriel Malor, of the Ace of Spades blog site, a heavy Conservative/Republican site, came out of the closet recently. I don't know much about him, or Ace of Spades, but it seems he was a man of decent respect on the site, I don't know if he had any real 'power' but defiantly a strong fan base. He quietly came out in this simple paragraph on a blog about ALL the California Propositions:

"On Prop 8: I know most of you disagree with me about it. But could we have a moment of silence for those poor fools who were happily married or engaged yesterday and today are finding out that they don't have squat? Prop 8 was much more personal than some silly high-speed train or hospital funding. People are hurting today. And I'm one of them."

This wasn't a dramatic "I'M QUEER AND PROOOOUD HONEY" post, it was a simple Revelation. Now, it seems he has a good amount of die hard fans who simply said 'our sympathies' and such, but...well here's the blog itself there are some real vile things thrown at him for no reason. This man was simply expressing the disgust most of us feel about the fact that CHICKENS are worth more in California then gays are, that a high speed train is more worthy, that EVERYONE but us is worth respect, and he was insulted very cruelly for it. This is 'Compassionate Conservatives' for you.

Now, while that alone is enough for me to want to see some riots, there is plenty to appease my blood lust already. For example, the delicious screams as the Republicans eat themselves alive. This was a shock to them it seemed, this is shaking the very core of them, and this is making them turn on each other. It really shocks me how many people are truly enraged over this. Of course, party disappointment is expected, no Republican would be going "WOO YA WE LOST! IN OUR FACE!" But I have a good friend on a military base telling me how the wife of a soldier was proudly saying how he tore all the family flags up in protest, about people making jokes about taking a shot at Obama after hearing they're on Honor Guard duty for the inauguration. I'm reading news stories about people hanging flags upside down and saying shamelessly to the news 'it's because that nigger got elected'. I wish I could say that racism is over now but there are still plenty of people who just know Obama as 'that nigger' it seems. It's so fascinating, when Bush won in massive controversy in 2000, telling a Republican 'he's not my president' met you with screams of treason and hate. Now most comments on their sites insist that Obama is 'not our president'. Best of all, many business owners and such are PROUD to say how they're screwing over their employees who dared vote Obama, firing, cutting pay, all that. Discrimination is ok when it's by political party, unless someone makes fun of Republicans, then it's a Left wing plot. It's funny how double standards work.

Redstate.com officially began "Operation Leper" on the party, and it's been spreading well among the party. What is this operation? Why it's, as I call it "Operation Cut Off the Nose to Spite the Face". They simply feel everyone who does anything to aid the Democrat majority, said anything bad about Palin and other evil thought crimes, will be simply cut away from the party. No redeeming, no mercy, if you step out of their ideas just once, bam. Sarah Palin is the single best asset Democrats have.This woman flew her plane over the Republican party and shot it like a helpless wolf, and I love it. See, these people CAN'T let go. These people can't accept that 'ok, we picked a dud, let's move on and rebuild the party line' no, they're clinging to Palin like she's the last hope of the party, rather then the last nail in its coffin. So bitter are they they even turn on Fox News, their mouthpiece, and claim THEY were mean to Palin, and should be boycotted. If this was just the bigots and fools on Freerepublic.com I could ignore this, those trolls always feel the GOP is doomed if Democrats do anything. No, this is a big movement under the surface, these people are a rotten wound hidden under rusting armor of the party. These people will kill off the GOP from the inside, they will insure we have a lovely Democrat Dynasty in this country, and I support them fully. Go Palin 2012, maybe get Joe the Plumber as your VP, make sure the party doesn't just go through the natural rise and fall cycle, make sure it implodes in a festering wound, make sure they're good and crippled for a long time with all this infighting and backbiting. I love it, this is almost enough to make me forget most of this country still doesn't think gays are worthy of human rights. You go Redstate, you go Free Republic, you go keep supporting all the people who deface their American flags because that damn darkie won, you keep insisting that anyone who even says a nice thing about Democrats, or a minor bad thing about Palin is a traitor to the party. You go, I'll just sit here with a nice cigar and watch the carnage. This is better then porn.

It's scary, it's funny.

It's funny to watch this election, it's scary to think there are such zealots on the Right. People still say 'we can win it' for McCain, people still insist 'they're close on polls!' it's scary how diluted people are. They don't get that for McCain to win the electoral college he has to not only win every last battleground state, but also turn some states from blue to red, in four days. Yea, don't worry, he can still win. It's funny, people on the Right were just fine when Gore lost the election after winning the popular vote, claiming 'that's the system of America!' Now. when McCain loses because he hardly has any Electoral Votes how many of these 'that's the system' people will be screaming fraud? Remember kids, it's ok when we do it, but if those Dems do it it's WRONG. Fanny/Freddy bailout was ok, but any OTHER kind of Socialism is evil.

So, Joe the Fake Plumber who Owes Back Taxes and Sarah seem to be working hard to kill the McCain campaign, I'm thinking of sending them a cookie bouquet. First Joe makes his comment that Obama will mean the end of Israel, cause you know, them thar A-rabs is all tha same. Even Shepard Smith of Fox News had the moral integrity to say 'ok....no he's said over and over Israel will always be a friend of America', Shepard is one of the few Fox anchors I can watch without wanting to scream, and continues to be one of the few truly balanced anchors there. Then, Joe decides he doesn't want to appear at a McCain event, which is fine, the man isn't a politician and really it was McCain who dragged him into all this, he has every right to say 'nah, I don't want to do that' when asked to be paraded around as a mascot. The problem is he didn't feel like even texting McCain about this decision, leaving McCain introducing a man who wouldn't be showing up. What really gets me and so many other people upset is that he's got this attitude of 'Welp I'm just a normal guy and no expert so don't take me as some educated source....but let me run my mouth off anyway, make sure that camera's on me'. Think Joe likes Chocolate Chip?

McCain likes to get offended when people question Joe on anything, becoming outraged that they dare to drag him into all this. Yet, he's the one who constantly invokes him, he's the one who puts out 'I am X the Y' ads, and he's the one with no true respect for the common man. McCain switched to this plumber crap because Palin's constant invocation of 'Joe Six Pack' finally got offencive. Seeing as that name directly references the idea that your average working man drinks a six pack nightly, I'd understand most people don't like being associated with that. So now McCain is trying to identify with the common man by resorting them to a one word description. What happened to "I'm Joe the plumber who enjoys classical music and has an expensive doctor bill to pay?", what happened to "I'm Mike the builder who collects vintage advertisement products but also has kids in public school and want the best for them?". No, these new mastheads of the Republicans are a cold, bureaucratic form of a person. "Joe the Plumber" "Mike the Builder" "Ron the Rancher" "Dora the Explorer" What's funny though is there's no "Ryan the Professor" "James the Doctor" "Bill the Lawyer", why? It's the same thing the McCain campaign says Obama does, class hatred. Except they hate the upper class, so it's ok. If Obama came out with an ad saying 'look forget what Joe the Plumber has to say here's James the Doctor his opinion is all that matters' he'd be burned at the stake, but McCain saying 'don't pay attention to those people with fancy degrees and jobs, here's Joe the Plumber, only he matters' is ok. Remember, it's cool to support class warfare, but only as long as it's to the upper class, screw them and their positions of respect...they vote Democrat.

What is scary is the raw hate and vitriol being thrown by McCain supporters. I mean real hate, I don't mean normal partisan anger, I have no problem with 'yea well screw Democrats, buncha jerks' or whatever in election years, that's how it's always been. What scares me is cries of "KILL HIM" about Obama at Palin rallies, McCain being booed harshly just for saying Obama has good qualities, people who scream "SOCIALIST" at Obama and refuse to shake his hand on the trail, and of course the classic cries of 'He's a Muslim' or 'he's a Commie!' What makes me laugh though is the cries of evil for not keeping the theoretical agreement he made to accept only the federal money, this agreement made during the time he was 'that black dude' and nothing more in the race, when he had near no support. Yes, how dare he not hobble himself by keeping a purely theoretical idea he made in the days when the federal money was the biggest 'donation' he could expect. Remember though, these are the people who scream 'WE DESERVE TO KEEP OUR MONEY' at any ideas of taxing the wealthy, but Obama doesn't deserve the money he made, he's a Democrat.

Do you know the difference between Obama and McCain? Obama's 'profiles' of working people in his thirty minute ad were actually a look into the person's life and ideals and problems. McCain just sticks with 'this is Joe, he's the plumber', that's all he needs. Who do YOU want in this comparison?