“I’m going to get in trouble, but I’ll just tell you. He is so gay. John Travolta is so gay. He’s not just gay. He doesn’t just like men. He is like Oscar Wilde gay. Like Lord Byron gay. That kind of crazy, incredibly flamboyant gay. I know him well because I did a movie with him and worked with him for a year. I feel bad for him because I know he would be much happier if he could just come out. But he can’t.”
Today commemorates México’s independence from France in 1862, during the Battle of Puebla, in the midst of the Franco – Mexican War. It’s often confused with México’s independence from Spain, which actually occurred in 1821 and is celebrated on September 16, or Diez y Seis de Septiembre. México has the unique distinction of being the only country in the Western Hemisphere that honors its independence from two European super-powers. But, as with every other nation in this part of the world, México’s history is written in blood. And, just like the Fourth of July here in the U.S., its meaning goes far beyond mounds of food and gallons of alcoholic beverages.
The professional sports world is in a cultural uproar now that one of their own has jumped out of the closet. Homophobia remains entrenched in professional sports, especially among the men. You know what this means, of course? There really is a fag in the shower! But, I think they’re reaction should be more like my father’s – a true macho man who once thought it was okay to beat up gay guys in the Army – ‘So?’
“Clearly, we need faith as a component, and it’s just silly to say otherwise. You know the Age of Enlightenment and Reason gave way to moral relativism. And moral relativism is what led us all the way down the dark path to the Holocaust… Dark periods of history is what we arrive at when we leave God out of the equation.”
So apparently just asking people to be reasonable and actually try to think before they act somehow leads to genocide? The Nazi Holocaust remains one of the worst human-made calamities in modern history, and when people like Nance try to connect it liberal ideology, it diminishes its severity. It’s a collective slap in the face to the millions of people who lost their lives in that event and in other similar atrocities. Note to Nance and the cantankerous heifers that comprise CWA: people don’t commit mass murder because they sat down and thought about it for a while!
You know, I’m all for reason and logic! We don’t have enough of it in Washington or in the mainstream media these days!
In case you’ve been in a coma since 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case of Bush v. Gore because the state of Florida couldn’t decide what the hell they were doing with its own damn election system. The Court ordered Florida to stop recounting ballots and essentially handed then-Governor George W. Bush the U.S. presidency. It’s strangely coincidental that Bush’s younger brother, Jeb, was governor of Florida at the time. Now, look at the mess they created! Hindsight is always 20/20.
Today, May 3, 2013, is World Press Freedom Day, a day to celebrate and honor the value of a free press. It started in 1993, when the United Nations General Assembly decided to highlight the need for truly independent media – free of censorship. In scores of countries around the world, media outlets are banned from presenting controversial subjects. Journalists, editors and publishers have been harassed, injured and even murdered amidst valiant efforts to publicize the truth about an event or a circumstance. In the past decade, some 600 journalists, social media producers and media workers have been killed while reporting news to the general public. It’s evident in México, for example, as that nation wages an ill-fated war on drugs. But, it can be as seemingly mundane as China’s ongoing internet censorship. Even here in the U.S., the Bush Administration forbade media coverage of the flag-draped coffins of dead military personnel being returned from Iraq and Afghanistan under the guise of privacy concerns for the families.
A free press is synonymous with free speech; the two ideals are intrinsically bonded and are hallmarks of a truly democratic state. As bloggers, it’s our obligation to uphold this mantle. Civilization depends on it.
Yes, this cartoon is in poor taste, as it appears to mock a tragedy. But, the real horror is that 14 people lost their lives in the explosion of a plant that hadn’t been inspected by Texas state regulators since 1985. Then again, ‘regulation’ is a foul word here – in the same vein as the term ‘Democrat.’ As usual, the average, hard-working citizen suffers the ill effects of business deregulation.
– Former First Lady Barbara Bush, to Matt Lauer on Today, about her son, Jeb, running for president in 2016.
Somebody throw cold water on my face! I can’t believe this old woman actually said something halfway decent! But, damn! Where the hell was she 13 years ago?!
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Worst Quote of the Week
“Clearly, we need faith as a component, and it’s just silly to say otherwise. You know the Age of Enlightenment and Reason gave way to moral relativism. And moral relativism is what led us all the way down the dark path to the Holocaust… Dark periods of history is what we arrive at when we leave God out of the equation.”
– Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America, in response to a proposal for a “National Day of Reason” made by Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx. Foxx, whom President Obama has nominated for Secretary of Transportation, suggested the “National Day of Reason” be held in conjunction with the “National Day of Prayer.”
So apparently just asking people to be reasonable and actually try to think before they act somehow leads to genocide? The Nazi Holocaust remains one of the worst human-made calamities in modern history, and when people like Nance try to connect it liberal ideology, it diminishes its severity. It’s a collective slap in the face to the millions of people who lost their lives in that event and in other similar atrocities. Note to Nance and the cantankerous heifers that comprise CWA: people don’t commit mass murder because they sat down and thought about it for a while!
You know, I’m all for reason and logic! We don’t have enough of it in Washington or in the mainstream media these days!
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