Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Why Doesn't Anyone Burn Their Bra Anymore?

Everyone knows I’m an award show whore. I guess I secretly fantasize that one day it will be me the orchestra “plays off” the stage. Do they even give awards for snark?

So, naturally, I tuned into the 60th Anniversary Emmys this past Sunday. During the telecast, I even spotted ThirdCoast2LeftCoast, a frequent commenter. I saw her pulling focus from Marcia Cross on the red carpet and could see her fabulous new hairdo peeking out behind Mary Louise Parker during the ceremony. Glamour galore!

My SECOND favorite part of the evening, though, was the throwback to 60’s comedy with the salute to Laugh In and the Smothers Brothers. It got me to thinking about how much more intelligent the discourse was back in those days. It made me wonder why we don’t have that sort of radical, reactionary protest movement. And then I realized. We do. But it’s the right who have become radicalized.

Think about it. Who are our most fervent protestors now? Standing outside events they morally oppose and waving placards? The right rev. Phelps and his anti-gay hatemongers. The “Christian” anti-choice activists who block abortion clinics, picket Planned Parenthood and shoot doctors who practice in such places.

It’s like they took all of our best tricks and turned them against us. Did we get complacent? Did we make such great strides in the 60’s in terms of racial and gender equality that we were able to just kick back and relax?

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that we are in a real battle for the future of this country. Do we want to be a country that values education and diversity and a variety of points of view? Or do we want to be homogeneous in our appearance and beliefs and rigid in our points of view?

Iranian President Ahmadinejad said today that the “American empire” is nearing its end. Of course, I find Wikipedia to be a more credible source of info than this guy, but it’s a sobering thought.

We’ve gone from being the big brother/protector to being the schoolyard bully in a very short amount of time. We have lost our sophistication and leading edge. We are regressing as a country.

A local radio personality, who routinely shares her Republichristian “beliefs” and “values” was in a discussion about Gov. Palin’s 4000 year old dinosaur comments. One of her fellow DJ’s said something about carbon dating proving that there were no dinosaurs around 4000 years ago. Her response, without a trace of irony, was “Well, if you trust the science.”

I think faith is a wonderful thing. I think believing in a power greater than your self can be immensely helpful. But you cannot be so strident in your thinking that you continue to believe when there is legitimate proof that what you believe is wrong. To me, when you do that, you’re putting God in the same category as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

It’s time for us to put the radicals back in their cages. Or unleash our own again. I truly believe that our country cannot bear the weight of 4 more years of ignorant tyranny. Or ignorant Trannys.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks to Bush you don't even need to be a conspiracy theory believer to know we are in deep shit. Skull and bones people.
Be afraid be very afraid!!!

Rev. Donald Spitz said...

You sound very pro-abortion aka pro-babykilling. I have this to say to you, any coward who supports abortion has the blood of babies on their hands.

SAY THIS PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I am a sinner and am headed to eternal hell because of my sins. I believe you died on the cross to take away my sins and to take me to heaven. Jesus, I ask you now to come into my heart and take away my sins and give me eternal life. http://www.armyofgod.com

Anonymous said...

Dear Rev,
And who's hands is the blood of all the soldiers that have died in a needless liar's war on? Do you ever follow up on the kind of human beings that women who don't want children but don't have the resources to get an abortion are? Born to crack and drug addicted mothers. When they kill is the blood of their victims on your hands? And why do you hide behind god's name? More people have been killed in god's name then under any other circumstance. You who hide behind his name and manipulate the bible to your liking are the true cowards on this earth.
YOU SAY THIS PRAYER: God forgive me I know not of what I speak or do and I beg your forgivness for using your name to do evil!!

Anonymous said...

Oh shit! yew dun stirred up the god fearin army. What a shame these self- styled "soldiers" are so locked inside their old testament rigidity they've completely missed the whole message of love, forgiveness,and inclusion espoused by the very person they claim to follow. And by the way, doesn't hezbollah mean army of god? I think I've just had an epiphany.