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Name: Matt
Country: United States
State: Arkansas
Gender: Male
Interests: Music, Guitar, Politics, Law, Movies, Seinfeld, Spinal Tap... alot of other stuff...
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Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Computers (Software)
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WASHINGTON -- Thousands of children braved chilly rain Monday to take part in the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn.
About 100 gay and lesbian couples wearing rainbow-colored leis said they wanted to give their children an opportunity to have fun while making a political statement that they should be welcome at such an event. ''We just wanted to come out to be visible and present and to let people see we are families, too,'' said Alisa Surkis, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y., as 3-year-old-daughter Ella clamored for her partner, Colleen Gillespie, to take her over to see the Easter Bunny.
When I read those wonderful words last weekend, I was struck by how thoughtful and open-minded gay families are compared to heterocentric ones. By using their own children as weapons in the war against the Christian Right, same-sex couples make the world a better place for all of us. Hetero couples, on the other hand, procreate for purely selfish reasons and their offspring serve no political purpose whatsoever.
If only all the babies of the world had gay mommies and daddies. But mother nature is cold-hearted, and out of pure spite she made it a cinch for heterosexuals to reproduce and practically impossible for same-sex couples to do so. Spermatoza doesn’t grow on trees, you know. You have to put an ad in the paper, or catch David Crosby during one of his infrequent lucid spells. It's even more difficult for male-male couples to conceive a living, breathing political statement of their own.
That’s why I’ve decided to give something back to the gay community for all the hardship they suffer. Introducing a new addition to Liberal Larry’s Fair Trade Gift Shop, the Gaybeez® line of clothing for the children of gay couples. By plastering messages of gay pride all over their toddlers, gay parents can now get twice the political juice from one kid.
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| 25 Theses of Music
1) Pop music and Al Qaeda have alot in common: they both aim to destroy everything that is good and decent in this country.
2) I don't care how gay Freddie Mercury was, he was one of the greatest rock stars this world has ever seen.
3) U2 has been mediocre since the early 80's. Their best work was from the Joshua Tree era, and everyone knows it.
4) Relient K gets better with every album.
5) Coldplay is way overrated.
6) Contrary to popular belief, Metallica still rocks with short hair.
7) American Idol is ruining this country.
8) Ashlee Simpson is not a rock star.
9) Neither is Avril Lavigne.
10) Audioslave's second album was a disappointment.
11) If I hear Jewel's voice one more time, I think I'll scream.
12) Rock stars make poor political advisors.
13) Elvis is still the King of Rock & Roll.
14) Michael Jackson is no longer the King of Pop.
15) He's more like the Queen of Pop.
16) Most musicians are liberals, and I hate that.
17) George Harrison was the best (and most underrated) Beatle.
18) When will the Dixie Chicks just go away?
19) I like Duran Duran, and I'm not afraid to admit it.
20) Next to Nirvana, Alice in Chains is probably the most influential band of the 90's.
21) I liked Johnny Cash before it was cool to like Johnny Cash.
22) The early 90's was the best period in music since the late 60's -- early 70's. **emphasis on the early 70's -- not disco.**
23) There are way too many people out there wearing Ramones t-shirts that
can't name a single song that The Ramones sing.
24) Emo is a fad in music, very much the same as rap-metal was 5 years ago.
25) Our parents grew up with better music than we did.
Consider these posted on your door.
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***UPDATE***
I bet you didn't expect Ben Stein of all people to be so enlightened, did you? Everyone should read more of this guy. Click here for a ton of good Ben Stein!
For all of you Arkansans (which is most of you) reading this, you'll find this one particularly interesting--starting about 2/3 of the way down beginning with the bold heading "Thursday". God bless this guy...
Missed Tributes
By Ben Stein
Published 3/6/2006 2:08:21 AM
Now for a few humble thoughts about the Oscars.
I did not see every second of it, but my wife did, and she joins me in noting that there was not one word of tribute, not one breath, to our fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan or to their families or their widows or orphans. There were pitifully dishonest calls for peace -- as if the people we are fighting were interested in any peace for us but the peace of the grave. But not one word for the hundreds of thousands who have served and are serving, not one prayer or moment of silence for the dead and maimed.
Basically, the sad truth is that Hollywood does not think of itself as part of America, and so, to Hollywood, the war to save freedom from Islamic terrorists is happening to someone else. It does not concern them except insofar as it offers occasion to mock or criticize George Bush. They live in dreamland and cannot be gracious enough to thank the men and women who pay with their lives for the stars' ability to live in dreamland. This is shameful.
The idea that it is brave to stand up for gays in Hollywood, to stand up against Joe McCarthy in Hollywood (fifty years after his death), to say that rich white people are bad, that oil companies are evil -- this is nonsense. All of these are mainstream ideas in Hollywood, always have been, always will be. For the people who made movies denouncing Big Oil, worshiping gays, mocking the rich to think of themselves as brave -- this is pathetic, childish narcissism.
The brave guy in Hollywood will be the one who says that this is a fabulously great country where we treat gays, blacks, and everyone else as equal. The courageous writer in Hollywood will be the one who says the oil companies do their best in a very hostile world to bring us energy cheaply and efficiently and with a minimum of corruption. The producer who really has guts will be the one who says that Wall Street, despite its flaws, has done the best job of democratizing wealth ever in the history of mankind.
No doubt the men and women who came to the Oscars in gowns that cost more than an Army Sergeant makes in a year, in limousines with champagne in the back seat, think they are working class heroes to attack America -- which has made it all possible for them. They are not. They would be heroes if they said that Muslim extremists are the worst threat to human decency since Hitler and Stalin. But someone might yell at them or even attack them with a knife if they said that, so they never will.
Hollywood is above all about self: self-congratulation, self-promotion, and above all, self-protection. This is human and basic, but let's not kid ourselves. There is no greatness there in the Kodak theater. The greatness is on patrol in Kirkuk. The greatness lies unable to sleep worrying about her man in Mosul. The greatness sleeps at Arlington National Cemetery and lies waiting for death in VA Hospitals. God help us that we have sunk so low as to confuse foolish and petty boasting with the real courage that keeps this nation and the many fools in it alive and flourishing on national TV | | |
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What Party are You???
Are you a Democrat, Republican or Southern Republican?
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
The answer can be found by posing the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner,
locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife,
and charges at you. You are carrying a Glock cal .40, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
Democrat's Answer:
a. Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
b. Does the man look poor or oppressed?
c. Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
d. Could we run away?
e. What does my wife think?
f. What about the kids?
g. Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
h. What does the law say about this situation?
i. Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
j. Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message
does this send to society and to my children?
k. Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
l. Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
m. And hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
n. Should I call 9-1-1?
o. Why is this street so deserted?
p. We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier
street that would discourage such behavior.
q. This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try
to come to a consensus.
Republican's Answer:
BANG!
Southern Republican's Answer:
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!....Click
(sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!....Click
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?
Son: "Git-r-Dun, Pop! Can I shoot the next one?"
Wife: "You ain't taking that thing to the Taxidermist!"
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