With Friends Like These...

Sam Wurzelbacher Let's Us See His Gentler,
More Homophobic Side!

What is it with people who say "I have gay friends, but..."? Is prefacing your statement like that proof that you're not homophobic? Rick Warren does it all the time, but does anyone believe him? No. Simply because no one has come forward to say that they're both gay and friends of the Warrens. Glinda the Good Witch of the North's "Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!" hasn't worked yet.

And the "gay friends" ploy usually winds up telling more about the person's feelings than that person wants us to know. Take this last from Joe The Plumber:

I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.

His wording says more just using bad grammar: "had some friends that are actually". In other words, he no longer has friends who are homosexual, it's hard to believe that the ones he knew are still homosexual, but in order not to seem homophobic, they're still people, even though being homosexual is a very big sin. Of course, he can always Foxx Out and say "I'm sorry my wording was poor."

Oh forgive the poor souls who are so terribly misunderstood simply because their rhetoric is out of whack. But do we really need to listen to people who don't think before they speak? I didn't think so either.

It's Official: Some Christians Like To Torture People!

And Atheists Might Be The Ones Who Are MOST Pro-Life!

From nuns rapping little boys' knuckles with a ruler to Torquemada to the Salem Witch Trials, it's no secret that some clergy and some faithful followers were into corporal punishment - in a BIG WAY. Although the subject of torture is confined to the military these days, it may be interesting to the reader that the people who approve of torture (in the U.S.) are to a large percent, Christian.

These are the latest findings from Pew Research Center:

A combined 54 percent of at-least-weekly church-goers say torture is either often or sometimes justifiable; for those who attend monthly or a few times a year, that figure is 51 percent; for those who do not attend, it is 42 percent. Evangelicals, according to the survey, are more prone to saying torture is justifiable than members of the nation’s other two main Christian groups: so-called “mainline” Protestants and white, non-Hispanic Catholics. Unaffiliateds–a conglomerated group of atheists, agnostics, and those who say their religion is “nothing in particular–support torture the least: 40 percent say it’s justifiable often or sometimes.

Those approval ratings are much higher than most European countries. So much for civilization and "Christian values." And while we're at it, what about the death penalty? Surely America's compassionate religious population would be so pro-life that they would strenuously oppose capital punishment. Well, not really:

wikipedia:

In 2000 the Southern Baptist Convention updated Baptist Faith and Message. In it the convention officially sanctioned the use of capital punishment by the State. It said that it is the duty of the state to execute those guilty of murder and that God established capital punishment in the Noahic Covenant.

And persecution/discrimination too?

(The Intelligence Daily)

-- As reported in yesterday's New York Times, a South Carolina chapter of Habitat for Humanity prohibited a group of Secular Humanist volunteers from wearing their “Non Prophet Organization” T-shirts; a Charleston-area teacher "came out" as a nonbeliever after years of church dinners and demurrals; and Humanist Loretta Haskell struggled over her role as a church musician. While such stories remain commonplace, a related story with a substantial bearing on these anecdotes is one of America’s best-kept secrets.

So torture and capital punishment could stick around for a long time if America's Christians have anything to say! Pro Life? Hmmm. Looks like once you're out of the womb, you're on your own, kid!

Just a thought.

Ann Coulter(geist) vs Sean Hannity vs Rush Limbaugh! Contest: Who Can Be Waterboarded The Longest?

Ann Is So Tough, She Thinks Cheney's A "Wuss"!

Honest. Watch the video below.

Just when we think Coulter(geist) can't go any further, she trumps everyone with a new comment to keep her in the headlines:

On Larry King Live with guest host Joy Behar:

BEHAR: Obama declared very clearly at his press conference the other night that waterboarding is -- is torture.

Now, who are you with, Obama or Dick Cheney, on this?

COULTER: I am with all normal people who have -- who have ever had an older sibling, who have been through a fraternity hazing, who have been on a sports team or who have misbehaved as small children. Nothing we did is in the same universe as torture.

Sean Hannity thinks the same way too. Is Sean married? If he married Coulter, would they waterboard their children? Oops, I forgot, Coulter's waaay past child bearing years and what adoption agency would let them have a child knowing that they'd be subjected to unspeakable horrors?

Didn't Rush Limbaugh also say that waterboarding was like college hazing? No, that was Abu Ghraib. Same thing.

Idea:

A Waterboarding Contest!

Who can last longest? Who can raise more of Keith Olbermann's money?

Seriously, when someone makes a statement like "Waterboarding is comparable to college hazing," don't you think they ought to back it up with PERSONAL proof? "If you want to prove it, prove it yourself!" There would be hundreds of colleges across fighting for the chance to host the event! The money could go to a scholarship fund! Think of college kids cheering you on!

( a rising chorus chants)

Prove it! Prove it! Prove it! Go Ann! Go Sean! Go Rush! Go! Go! Go!

After all, it's not as if waterboarding were torture or anything. Just a thought.

Abstinence Only = Clowning Around And Saddlebacking

Keith Deltano is a moralizing moron. His work consists of denigrating women, stereotyping young men as "breadwinners," giving out misinformation, and screaming at teenagers about their responsibilities.

Keith Deltano is an "abstinence only" comedian. And he's hired by educators to poke fun at the one thing every teenager looks forward to: sex. Those educators sure know what they're doing! Or not doing: sex education classes are out. After all, why have a full class about sex when you can have a visiting clown stop kids from having sex altogether?

And the problem?

If you're going to tell teenagers to abstain from anything, you'd better have something to take it's place! Basket weaving? Painting on black velvet? Stamp collecting? Sorry, but absolutely NOTHING TOPS SEX!

So in the absence of sex, what do teenagers do?

They saddleback* of course! And they experiment with all other kinds of sex.

Journal of Adolescent Health:

Although teenagers who take "virginity pledges" begin engaging in vaginal intercourse later than teens who have not committed to remain abstinent until marriage, they also are more likely to engage in oral or anal sex than nonpledging virgin teens and less likely to use condoms once they become sexually active.

The sad story is that kids who are trying to preserve their technical virginity are, in some cases, engaging in much riskier behavior," Bearman** said, adding, "From a public health point of view, an abstinence movement that encourages no vaginal sex may inadvertently encourage other forms of alternative sex that are at higher risk of STDs.

Every sex study since the beginning of time has proven that "abstinence only" doesn't work. And don't tell us that it worked for monks.

It didn't.

Witness the stupidity:

* The neologism saddlebacking is in reference to Rick Warren's role as pastor of Saddleback Church.

**Study co-authors Peter Bearman, sociology department chair at Columbia University, and Hannah Bruckner of Yale University used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and CDC, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports.

AIDS or Swine Flu: No Hand Shakes, No Hugs...

...And No Fags

The swine flu is bringing certain people out of the "compassion closet." An article by Kelly Jasper in her blog on "faith and values" (August, GA), outlines the efforts of the Southern Baptists to help churches and victims of the epidemic. It was so concise, thorough and compassionate that it brought tears to my eyes.

But not because of the valiant churchgoers and volunteers.

I have an unfortunately long memory when it comes to disease and death. When AIDS first reared its ugly head, doctors and researches could not reach conclusions as to how it was transmitted, so wild assumptions of the toilet seat variety made their way into every corner of the country. The more sophisticated areas of the country were quicker to respond than rural areas. San Francisco was the first to tend to AIDS victims (contagious or not), then the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles - about 4 years later. By about 1996 (15 years after the first diagnosis!), many churches and their districts had AIDS programs, agencies and financial relief programs.

Except the Southern Baptist Convention: 0; nothing; jack sh*t. Their focus is now on AIDS in Africa; more distance = less hypocrasy is, that's their tortured logic. I wonder how many Mexican immigrants are being treated at the boarder states. The exceptional amount of humanitarian effort of the Southern Baptist Convention's group of churches should not go unnoticed. However, for some people, they're too late:


Will they help illegal immigrants?
Will they help lesbians and gay men?
Will they help women who have had abortions?

And if they don't help those people, when will they apologize? It took them over 150 years to apologize for slavery!

It won't be long befor some Southern Baptist organization hollers "Swine Flu is a scourge of God." In fact, I'll bet Fred Phelps already has his picket sign pinted up.

Just a thought.

D.U.M.B.S: Bachmann Turncoat Overdrive

There is an ailment called DUMBS: Don't Underestimate Michele Bachmann's Stupidity. It starts with watching her on You Tube, or video links from rss feeds. In some serious cases, it can start with just the mention of her name. You suffer from blurred political vision, hyperventilation due hearing totally disengaged thought, a serious rash while being reminded of the polluted state of Minnesota, and lastly, a lightheadedness, a feeling that your brain has been sucked into whatever medium Bachmann uses as a venue. These symptoms may seem to go on forever, because they linger long after any encounter with Bachmann's inanity. And when they DO subside, you then fall into a deep depression, realizing that there were people in Minnesota who actually voted for her. Sometimes it takes a whole day before DUMBS abates. It's awful. Believe me, no one should have to live with it. Ever.

But give the lady her due: she's courageous. Nothing ever gets in her way to relay the most profound idiocy:

Think Progress

BACHMANN: I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under Democrat President Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it is an interesting coincidence.

In one statement, Bachmann managed to: show her lack of knowledge in American history (swine flu broke out during the Ford administration), place a link from swine flu to Democrats and still manage to reflect badly on Obama even when she says she isn't blaming him. Yet there is irony in Michele (yes, it's one "L") Bachmann's pronouncements on patriotism: her statements about members of congress could have given Joe McCarthy a reason to pause, but her unbridled disdain for Obama and what he stands for smacks of the turncoat:

“It’s like Thomas Jefferson said, a revolution every now and then is a good thing. We are at the point Sean, of revolution.”

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann says she fears the Obama administration will create “re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.”

On the gay community and same-sex marriage:

“This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.”

“It’s part of Satan I think to say that this is “gay.” It’s anything but gay.”

“[from a talk show host] Answer the question, do you hate homos?” MB: “No, but ask my kids! (laughter)”

how do we fight Michele Bachmann and the dreaded disease DUMBS? The antidote is simple: LAUGH. Don't wring your hands in angst and helplessness. LAUGH - at her. Take every one of her quotes, cobble together a book and make fun of her. You may think that America is already laughing. You may think it uncouth or cruel. Yes, on all three counts. But America isn't laughing enough. Be aggressive in your humor: if you think there might be a chance of meeting her, by all means meet her. But with your "I'm with Stupid" t-shirt. Have someone take a picture, then plaster it all over the Net. Flood YouTube with your own little video vignettes and montages, or photoshop pictures of her to place on Flickr. Find out her itinerary and be in place and hold large picket signs - one side with "We Love You Michelle" (with two "l"s) and on the other side "We hate can't stand this bitch." But be careful that you have the "love" side to her and the "bitch" side to the media. She has such a disingenuous smile, and we dare not waste it.

So who's the good patriot? There are many definitions of "patriot" and one of them is: a good patriot is someone who knows when to speak out and when to shut up.

Bachmann is clueless about the fact that people want her to do the latter. The proof is in the videos below.

Another Battle Line Drawn: Homophobic FRC Supports Virginia Foxx's Remarks

"I'm sorry my wording was poor."

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in an "apology" to Judy Shepard,
mother of hate crime victim, Matthew Shepard*

Since yesterday, Foxx has been publicly skewered for her comments, largely by homosexuals who want desperately to bury the truth about that crime so that Shepard's story can be used to galvanize support for their push to silence dissent from their agenda. The Left certainly has a right to their "feelings" but they don't have a right to their own "facts".

Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council.

It's very stupid to intentionally tarnish the memory of anyone deliberately murdered. But it's criminal to frame an obvious hate crime in a way that trivializes the crime.

from wikipedia:

Retired Police Chief of Laramie, Commander Dave O'Malley — who was also interviewed by ABC and criticized the 20/20 report — pointed out that the drug motive does not necessarily disqualify the anti-gay motive: "My feelings have been that the initial contact was probably motivated by robbery because they needed money. What they got was $20 and a pair of shoes ... then something changed and changed profoundly... But, we will never, ever know because Matt’s dead and I don’t trust what [McKinney and Henderson] said."

FRC has always been noted for its extreme homophobia, but to belittle a hate crime as horrendous as what Matthew Shepard endured is beyond the pale.

Perkins has campaigned against the hate crimes bill with such zeal you would think that he just loves the thought of gays getting bashed (personally I think he does). But he manages to put forth his choirboy face (which seems tighter every time we see him) and plead for "equality" "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion." But only for evangelical Christians - the rest of us can eat sh*t and die.

In appearance, Perkins looks almost lifelike (except for the umbilical chord connecting him to James Dobson), so one can only wonder what goes on inside that drives him to be such a horrendous a**hole. And the way he's treated the Republican Party lately makes us doubt his sanity. The Party's supposed to be FRC's ally. And the more he supports the likes of Virginia Foxx, the more the Republicans will say "Tony who?"

BTW: Take a wild guess as to which University Tony graduated from: ta da! REGENT University, aka Pat Robertson's College of Bible-Thumping Ambulence Chasers.

*Judy Shepard's response: "She's only sorry her syntax was poor."