Irreverent Truthiness

Synonym(?) of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:52:00 +0000

There are two ways to spelling the same(?) word (!):

rescission

Main Entry: re·scis·sion Pronunciation: \ri-ˈsi-zhən\ Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin rescission-, rescissio, from Latin rescindere Date: 1651 : an act of rescinding

recision

Main Entry: re·ci·sion Pronunciation: \ri-ˈsi-zhən\ Function: noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, alteration of rescision, from Late Latin rescission-, rescissio rescission Date: 1611 : an act of rescinding : cancellation

Small difference in the spelling, but it turns out both are correct. I get amused by the simplest things.

A Purpose Driven Problem

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000

Rick Warren: The difference is that there are no death squads in America. The worst you can get here is that you can get blogged, you can get Lewinskied, on the Internet. There is a difference between that and living under oppression, living with fear for your life. That's why whether or not they found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is beside the point. Saddam and his sons were raping the country, literally. And we morally had to do something. If you have a Judeo-Christian heritage, you have to believe it when God says that evil cannot be compromised with. It has to be resisted, it has to be overcome.

Sullivan:

America exists to defend the defenseless. Really? All of them? Now? And foreigners as much as Americans? And then we hear it simply doesn't matter that a war launched as a matter of self-defense was based on false pretenses. If a dictatorship exists, if rulers are raping a country, it is America's moral duty to stop it. Why have we not invaded North Korea and Zimbabwe and Burma and ... well, you get the picture. When you have had the kind of Christianity that Bush represents in power for so long, maybe it's only inevitable you will end up with thinkers of the caliber of Warren actually holding debates for presidential candidates. And even worse: have presidential candidates who will agree to attend.

I don't have to be so even handed. This Rick Warren guy gets the cover of Time last week. And yes he's very influential. But there was something in that article, when included with his thoughts (highlighted by Sullivan) that make me very disgusted with this man and his brand of Christianity.

In the Time article, he said that God commands people to do his will and that people's job is to serve the will of God. Let me say this, Rick Warren can fuck off. I am not not going to do that. Warren couches the universal moral imperative in terms of a Christian's duty to right the wrongs and ills of the world. The problem is that America is not founded on the moral imperative and it's why we get ourselves in trouble when we try to apply the moral imperative to our foreign policy.

I recall that George Washington said to beware of foreign entanglements.

Warren overreaches with his theory of on foreign policy. The Christian is also commanded to know their limits. When a person over gives of themselves they break and either become one of the needy or become unable to give any longer, thus rendering themselves impotent. The same thing comes of America when it over-stretches, we are no longer able to help because we don't have the capacity to do so.

Besides, America was not founded on Christian moral principal. The Constitution, not the Bible is founding principles of this land. The Constitutions many crux is the the American Imperative is provide for the common good of Americans. America's imperative is purely secular. America's imperative is rationale and is based on common sense. To interject faith in the divine will, what ever that may be, is to interject emotion. And when emotion enters the equation when determining the course of action, the country and those in charge of it begin to make judgment calls which are completely devoid of rationality. The founders of this country put in the system they did. To avoid having people like Rick Warren interject his un-Constitutional moral imperative and, hence, emotional decision making into how this country determines its foreign (and domestic policy).

Beware anyone who says that this a Christian nation, it never has been, and hopefully it never will be. This country should be led by men who are grounded in the secular American imperative. America is at it's greatest when it is a champion of Democratic secularism across the world and at home; with leaders who believe that faith is personal matter but that actions that effect the Republic are rooted in founding pluralistic imperative.

Interjection of faith when our politicians make decisions create a black and white, right and wrong decision making process that is devoid of rationality and often gets America in trouble. And it allows the government to use emotional wedges, like fear and greed, to past policies contrary to the public interest. The problems of the last 7 years is evident in the fact that Bush administration was often making decisions based on emotional faith-driven policies. The fact that me like Warren pedal so much influence today, the reason this country is such bad shape. We have so blurred the line between faith and politics, that we have a choice to make. Either stand up now for rationale founding imperative or we are doomed to lose it forever.

Shitty Return On Investment

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:51:00 +0000

Surprsingly, one was bought by an Appalacian couple, who said it was cheaper than digging a new hole.

Seattle relieved to lose its high-tech toilets

City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5 million — but sold online for just $12,549.

The city installed the modernistic stand-alone toilets four years ago, hoping they would provide tourists and the homeless a place to do their business while downtown. But the automated loos became better known for drug use and prostitution than for relief.

Puns are great, but it's easier when you can cuss.

Denver Be Not Proud

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Are we ashamed of all these adjectives?:

I Think Not.

Anti-Christ Cometh

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:16:00 +0000

The authors of the Left Behind series say Obama isn't the Anti-Christ.

"I've gotten a lot of questions the last few weeks asking if Obama is the antichrist," says novelist Jenkins. "I tell everyone that I don't think the antichrist will come out of politics, especially American politics."

"I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist," adds LaHaye, "but from my reading of scripture, he doesn't meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American."
Good thing that's settled.

Sullivan

The part that gets me is this: Revelations, that bullshit of book that so many people base their entire extistence on waiting for, was written some 1500 years before the advent of America. Tim LaHaye is full of it. For his reading of the bible, good Lord. This man thought that the invasion of Iraq would bring the UN to move it's seat to Baghdad and usher in the new world order.

Besides, Obama is black, and Revelations says that the anti-christ will be a fair-skinned man from Eastern Europe. So, it can't be Obama.

So to recap, Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins don't think Obama is the Anti-Christ, and neither does John "The Great Whore of Texas" Hagee. So can we put it to rest or do we have to get Pat "9/11 = Homo's" Robertson's approval too. Fuck!

Translation: Step up, or STFU

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:34:00 +0000

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called on McCain to put some action behind his words that "...we're (Americans) all Georgians now."

In other news, John McCain is still lagging slightly behind in the polls.

Yeah....

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:06:00 +0000

Way to go Big Corporate!

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:20:00 +0000

2/3rds of U.S. companys paid NO TAXES between 1998 and 2005. About the same percentage of foreign owned corporations (68%) also paid nothing.

Who does pay? The little people.

Exactly

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:27:00 +0000

"This maverick stuff is a lot of hooey. And for him to claim that he’s some sort of Washington outsider who has — who’s divorced from the Bush administration is the ultimate hypocrisy"

Jack Cafferty, CNN

Cake or Death?

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Uppity Black Man

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:08:00 +0000

I am absolutely flabbergasted that the Republican party has been able to recast the POPULIST Barack Obama as a an arrogant elitist.

Looking at the last two Republican candidates for President:

One comes from long time political family whose grandfather was a senator and whose father was a former president and parlayed his father's Saudi Oil ties in to many failed Texas Oil businesses and then used his family name to secure the governorship.

The other comes from a prominent military family whose father and grandfather were Navy Admirals and who, after Vietnam, parlayed his fathers connections with defense and banking industry lobbyist ties into an election as US Congressman, and later Senator.

The Democratic nominee on the other hand comes spent his teenage years living in a middle class family, parlayed hard work into a scholarship to Harvard and became a community activist in inner-city Chicago gaining a namesake as a populist leader who helps struggling communities, using that to become a State Assemblyman.

Given these biographies, Who are the elitists?

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:21:00 +0000

It's a proud day for our square state. Princeton Review has ranked the top 368 colleges in the country in various categories.

Well, two Colorado schools have placed in the top ten of a category called "Reefer Madness" i.e. prevelence and easy access to the use marijuana on campus.

So were giving 21 bong hit salute to Colorado University at Boulder and Colorado College, that liberal bastion among the sea of Colorado Springs morons.

Princeton

McCain Slams Obama for Not Kissing Enough Screaming Babies

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:21:00 +0000

In a glaringly obvious attempt to get media attention, John McCain slammed Barack O'Bama for not kissing enough screaming babies on the campaign trail. Senator McCain stopped short of accusing the junior senator from Illinois of kicking a basket full of puppies.

Obama's spokesman could not be reached for comment.

Yo' Mama

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:29:00 +0000

Ok, so there's this website that makes affirmations of you self-worth by making Barack Obama your best friend. And who wouldn't want to be Barack's friend (short of racists, Hilary Clinton and John McCain, who are just jealous) because he seems like a really cool guy, like the buddy that takes you rock climbing.

But the name of the website is down right unfortunate:

backobamaisyournewbicycle.com

Too me, it's like saying the Barack Obama is the neighborhood bicycle, everyone wants a ride, especially the sycophantic and obviously homosexual individual that came up with this site. Snap!

Real Power

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:06:00 +0000

Vladimir Putin's comments drive a company's stock down $6 billion

Putin is a pussy. George Bush can do that with three sentences and it would be the entire US Economy.

Fucking Russian Amateurs.

Overheard at the Office

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:52:00 +0000

"I just put a big thing in my box."

That's what she said, wokka wokka.

Huzzah!

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:08:00 +0000

I've been looking a place to put all of those passive-aggressive notes I've been leaving on my neighbor's car because he felt the need to wake the neighborhood at one in the morning.

Not that it's really that inconvenient. And not that he may not have had good reason to leave his car alarm honking intermittently over the span of two hours. But did I call the cops? No, because I'm better than that.

Proof Bob Novak Doesn't Care About the Little People

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:00 +0000

Today Bob Novak hit a pedestrian. Apparently a bicyclist had to speed ahead of Bob and block his path before driving away from the site of the accident. Bob has deadlines to meet!

Bob Novak stated that he was unaware he had hit anyone. And, that he feels terrible.

L'Ennui de Vie (Bored with Life)

noreply@blogger.com (J Rey) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:55:00 +0000

The Museum of Bad Art did not accept my submission for an artistic critique of a recently posted piece. So fuck them, I'm posting it myself.

The immortal figure of Death sitting down with Life for a game of chess is forever captured, yet easily forgotten, in this impressionist symbolic rendering.

One should take note of the symbolism in Life's only visible chess pieces being the king and a pawn. Death clearly has the advantage. The artist's choice of cool colors is futher emphasized by Death's exaggerated slouch, which conveys to the viewer a feeling of complete and utter boredom.

Despite Life's attentive posture (suggesting interest in continuing to play against an unconquerable foe), Death seems to be longing for the fate he is assigned to eternally dole out.

"Rather Have A Ghost In Their House Than Ernie Hudson"

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Fridays Are Fuckin' Fun Around Here

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:28:00 +0000

"Did A Gypsy Put A Curse On You?"

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:09:00 +0000

Overheard at the Office

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:13:00 +0000

Closet Homosexual James:

"All doughnuts are not the same. That's like calling a Long John a Ding Dong."

Spoken Truthfully

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:50:00 +0000

The answer is simple: Unjustified war and unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights vs. ill-conceived tax and economic policies - this is the difference between venial and mortal sins. Taxes, economic policy and health care reform matter, of course. But how we extract ourselves from the bloody boondoggle in Iraq, how we avoid getting into a war with Iran and how we preserve our individual rights while dealing with real foreign threats - these are of greater importance," - Larry Hunter, New York Daily News.

What Theocons Will Never Understand

noreply@blogger.com (C Now) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:24:00 +0000

"You cannot be a man of faith unless you know how to doubt. You cannot believe in God unless you are capable of questioning the authority of prejudice, even though that prejudice may seem to be religious. Faith is not blind conformity to prejudice - a "pre-judgement". It is a decision, a judgement that is fully and deliberately taken in the light of a truth that cannot be proven. It is not merely the acceptance of a decision that has been made by somebody else."

~Thomas Merton