Ex-Muslim is the New Gay

Stay in the closet if you don't want to bring shame and violence upon yourself and the ones you love.

The always interesting and thoughtful (also supremely yummy to look at) Christina Rad:




http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?action=forum

Meanwhile, Back at the Farm

While Hillary Clinton is busy earning brown-nose points,  real human rights violations continue, and the world looks the other way.




Oops, I just realized that I may be engaging in Islamophobia.  Man, we really must be vigilant, because this kind of prejudiced thinking can just creep up on us, and next thing we know, we are intolerant of other cultures and religions.

Yeah...

While we're on the topic of religion, I'm no great fan of any of them.

But, you morons who insist that all beliefs need to be equally respected, I have a question for you. When was the last time you heard of a Christian or Jew being murdered for "dishonoring" her family?

Don't Turn Around, Uh Oh!

That Nancy Pelosi! You sure have to give the old girl her props.

She's not content just coasting by, limiting her actions to the duties of the job for which she was elected. She wants to do more. Oh, so much more. She wants to investigate me. And you, if you happen to oppose placing a mosque in lower Manhattan.

Let's just put aside for a moment that silly little sentence we like to call The First Amendment found on the wrinkly, old and terribly outdated United States Constitution.

How does she propose to get the information she is after, and what will she then do with it?  I have an inkling she hasn't thought that far ahead. Judging from the following remark, Nancy isn't exactly what you'd call a mental giant:

"I think everybody respects the right of everyone in the country to express their religious beliefs."

I suppose it's possible that I could be wrong. She actually might have gone to everybody in the country and asked them if they respect the right of everyone to express their religious beliefs. 

Only thing is, I don't remember her asking me. In fact, I'm quite certain that she didn't, because I would have told her something a little different. Something more like this:

I am under no obligation to respect your idiotic expression of the irrational, backward, repressive totalitarianism you call your religion. And, by the way, if you are offended that I don't share your euphoria over the thought of cutting out your daughter's clitoris, I don't give a flying shit. Enough is enough.

OK, where was I? Oh yes, the center of worship that simply must be built within a stone's throw of the location of the massacre of thousands by a group of true believers. Surely, I'm not alone in wondering who will be footing the bill for this proposed cultural oasis.

Calls to investigate the funding for those proposing the $100 million "Cordoba House" have fallen on deaf ears, though, as New York's Mayor Mike Bloomberg has described such an investigation as "un-American."

My head is about to explode. Literally.

What the hell, now that it's obviously the inmates who are running the asylum, let's just open up the floodgates and let them all come tumbling out into the light of day.  "Religious leaders" prostrating themselves at the feet of the religion of peace.

"I'm afraid that politicians have gotten hold of this and are using it to pander to extreme voices that are really Islamophobic. The real issues get lost in the battle. I think theologically, there is nothing inside of Christianity that would indicate that we are to treat people of other religions with anything but the utmost respect and friendship."

So, now I'm an extreme voice with an irrational fear of Islam? I don't know. I happen to think that my fear is highly rational. Sorry, lady, your big words don't shame me into cowering silence. I'm a brazen hussy who doesn't share your compulsion to be liked at any cost.

Something tells me that if our government finally succeeds in its quest for ultimate control of our lives, voices like this will be the first to be silenced:



Come on, people. It doesn't have to go like this. We can take things in a new direction. Who's with me?

Dear Old Golden Rule Days

Many Los Angeles Unified School District students were compelled to start school in the dead of summer.

I'm sure there was a good reason. Let's take a look:

 

Got it.

The students are taught so well that we need to make sure we capture their test scores before they forget everything. In a matter of a couple of weeks off from school. This makes total sense. The best way to judge learning is through performance on tests. OK, I'm convinced.

Wait, what?

It seems that we have a dissenting opinion. Probably some radical outsider trying to stir up trouble against the teachers.

From the L.A. Times:

"You're leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by … a test," said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, which has more than 40,000 members.

Oh.

You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me

OK, bend over U.S., it's time for another leader of a shameless regime to have his way with you.  Don't worry, though, because the cowardly suck-ups of the current administration brought their industrial sized bottle of lube.  It won't hurt too much. Until you wake up the next morning.

On the bright side, we can leave this awful country and move to Mexico, where the easy-going laws are fairly enforced, the streets flow with milk and honey, crime is almost non-existent, and the future looks so bright, you gotta wear shades.  That's why people are clamoring to move there in droves, and no one ever wants to leave.

It will be a piece of cake. We can sneak over the border in the dark. They don't really care about that sort of thing over there. I hear they're likely to throw us a Welcome-to-Our-Country party.