Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts

Thursday, August 5, 2010

I just felt like ranting a little....


This started out as a Facebook status message I was typing but appearing status messages can't be more than 420 characters now, (when did they make that rule) so now I'm putting it here and expanding it some:
     I had a discussion with my grandmother yesterday about the proposed mosque to be built near ground zero (I read somewhere that the proposed spot where they want to built the mosque is actually a few blocks away from Ground Zero and not as close as the Teabaggers make it sound).  My grandmother said she agrees which the people protesting it. She said a mosque shouldn't be built near grand zero because the terrorists were Muslims. To which I replied, "Yes the terrorists were Muslim, however we can't then say all Muslims are bad. There have been many many Christians who killed people and did horrible things. Does that mean we shouldn't built any Christian churches anywhere near where a Christian did something horrible?" She said, "But this is different" and then changed the subject. But is it really different? I am not trying to attack Christians, I am just trying to make a point.  Thousands of murders were/are Christian but Americans never have said all Christians must be evil and bad.  No because Christians doesn't think they should all be blamed for what some Christians have done, then why should we blame all Muslims for what a few of them did.  Again I am not trying to attack Christians (or any religion) just making a point.  

Saturday, May 22, 2010

I read this article on cnn.com an d just had to rant a little...





Many of the commenters on this article are idiots.  The Facebook group wasn't about attacking anyone it WAS ABOUT FREE SPEECH.  AND YES THAT IS FREE SPEECH..  We must have freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom of religion includes believing what you want. But it doesn't mean if someone else religion said you are not allowed to do something than you can't do it.  This isn't about being disrespectful it is about having the right to draw a picture.  We are non-Muslim therefore our religion doesn't say we can't draw Mohammad, therefore using our right to our freedom of speech if we'd like to draw him we have the RIGHT to.  If you are offended by this no where does it say that you have to look at it.  However, if you are offended by this you DO not have the right to take someone else's constitutional right away because you don't like it, and you ESPECIALLY don't have the right to threaten to kill someone for expressing this right.  Granted this only true in the U.S of A. 
Someone in the comments, who was angry about the group, suggested a group be created called "Draw Jesus taking it in the @$$ Day".  Well I say do it.  That would be free speech too.  So go for it.  I'll join that group too,  it doesn't matter.  I wouldn't join it just to be an ass, no I'd join it because I am a HUGE supporter of Free Speech and freedom of religion.  We need to protect these rights.  Many people these days are trying to take away our first amendment rights, not just the Muslims some Christians have similar arguments, we need to fight back.  There is a reason all the freedom's I have mentioned are in the first amendment to the Constitution, because our founding fathers knew it was very important and they knew they needed to make sure all people in there new country would have these rights.  If you don't like the fact our founding father's gave us these right than LEAVE THE COUNTRY, we'd be better off without you anyway.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

What if Al Gore had won the election and solved all the world's problems

This video is hilarious.  What if Gore won in 2000 and solved all the world's problems.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Not Gonna Vote, and Jessie Coming Over Friday and Maybe.......

So I would like to vote in the MA primary today, but no one else in my house is going to vote today, so I probably won't.  I know that makes me sound lazy, but whatever.  I really want to see the movie Strange Wilderness, but I don't have anyone to go with me.  So it looks like Jessie is coming over Friday after I get out of school.  She may come over Saturday too, but she won't to see how Friday goes first.  I think I Friday will go pretty well.  I just have this feeling that Friday will most likely go very well.  I really think that Friday will go very well and she will come over Saturday too.  I was thinking about some stuff on Sunday and Monday and I just like Friday will go very well...

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Global Warming, Stupid Abiola and BREASTS!!!!!

    Today instead of having my Urban Studies and Tech Policy the whole class went to a seminar about Global Warming.  It was kind of interesting.  Apparently today is some kind of national day to discuss Global Warming.  Thousands of schools across the country are holding seminars today on Global Warming.  Most of it wasn't that interesting.  Yesterday was the student activates fair at school which I always love because all the clubs and organizations on campus give out free stuff in hopes you'll join their club or organization.  I LOVE free stuff.  Last semester the college radio station alone gave me a couple CDs, some sticks, a beer cozy, a Frisbee and something else (I forget what).  The radio station even at the fair yesterday, but MASSPIRG was.  They were one of the sponsors of the seminar today and the gave me the two wrist cuffs.  The are both the same thing.  I have been wearing the wrist cuff since.  The picture to the right is me wearing the wrist cuff on my left arm.
     So of course Abiola told me today she is working tomorrow.  She had told me before she wasn't, but she was wrong.  So now we aren't going to see the new movie Strange Wilderness tomorrow.  I really wanted to see it.  This is like the fifth time I have tried to make plans with her in the past like month and a half, and every single time she canceled at the last minute.  It's really annoying.
     The organization Keep a Breast was at warped tour last year and they were selling the below T-shirt really cheap.  They were also handing out free stickers and pins with the same logo as the shirt.  I considered getting a shirt, but didn't.  I wish I at least got a sticker or pin, but I didn't.  I got the new issue of AP (Alternative Press) in the mail today and there is a full page ad for Keep a Breast with a bunch bands at warped tour last year wearing the below shirt and I saw it and wished I'd got it again.
 

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Sign the Petition to Make Colbert Huckabee's Runningmate

I found an online petition to have Stephen Colbert be Mike Huckabee's running mate. Huckabee has made several statements saying he would like Colbert as is running mate and Colbert was quoted as saying "Yes, a thousand times yes". You should sign the petition too. Click the widget below to sign the petition!!!

(p.s. I didn't rent Sex & Breakfast, out of the Red Box, apparently it isn't released until Tuesday. I may get it next weekend. If I do I'll write about it)



Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Golden Globes are cancelled and the NH primary commercials are annoying

I was so happy tonight to see the Daily Show and Colbert Report. And they came back just in time, right before the NH primary. Wow so they actually cancelled the Golden Globe's. They were asked a couple weeks ago and they said it would still go on even if there was WGA picketers there. When the Screen Actors Guild has announced that they have decided instead of crossing the picket line and confronting the picketers, they just would not show up to the event. Well it was announced Monday, several hours ago, that they are cancelling the event. Instead of the regular red carpet and awards dinner, there will be a press conference where they will announce the winners. The press conference will be 9 pm Sunday. But back the bigger story the NH primary are today. Alls that was on TV Monday was commercials and news coverage of the primary. I literally saw the same three candidate ads at least 15 times, it was the Obama, McCain and Edwards ads. And they were always on back to back and usually in that order it was weird. Apparently Monday morning Hillary was in some dinner in NH talking to people and she was talking about how hard it is to be a woman running for the presidency and she started to cry. That is exactly why we don't a woman president, especailly her. If campaigning is to hard for her than how the hell could hack being president.