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Sun - December 19, 2004
Goyabreak
No new entries in almost two weeks! Egads, what's
become of Goyaboy? Well, he's been working hard on getting the intro to his book
done (it's done, more or less--now on the chapter one) and dealing with
Christmas-related tasks, including setting up a website for his mother's
crafting business as my gift to her. This means that evening blogging sessions
have ground to a halt. But fear not--the web hosting I set up for Mom allows me
to add-on my own domain name. This means that the New Year will start with a New
and Improved Goyablog among other neat things at--you guessed it--goyaboy.org. Right now there is simply
a single page announcement of my intentions at goyaboy.org. I'll probably
archive this blog and start fresh with the 2gig server space and 75gig bandwidth
Mom and I will be sharing. Oh yeah, her web site will be at luvinstitches.com . I'm working on the basics for it right now,
if you want to peek at it.
Posted at 10:18 PM |
Fri - November 26, 2004
Fire the Activist Justice
Supreme Court "Justice" Scalia finally admitted in
public what we knew all along--he does
not believe in the separation of church and state . Well that's just
great. Let's institute a friggin' theocracy while we're at it. Oops, I forgot,
we now already live in Jesusland under a born-again "president." And
to think that Scalia could become Chief Justice once Reinquist retires. Scalia
complains about "activist judges" who rule against the "one nation, under God"
clause in the pledge, but what the hell does he think he is?! God help us....
Posted at 07:40 PM |
Thu - November 11, 2004
Prescient
You heard it here first --Thomas Frank's book "What's the
Matter with Kansas?" was prescient. Months ago I've been strongly recommending
it as dead on in its analysis of how the conservative right has hijacked the
heartland (and some questioned my judgment). Now Frank Rich of the NY Times
notes
that the book is "by common consent the year's most prescient political book.
'Values,' Mr. Frank writes, 'always take a backseat to the needs of money once
the elections are won.' Under this perennial 'trick,' as he calls it, Republican
politicians promise to stop abortion and force the culture industry "to clean up
its act" - until the votes are counted.'" After the Dumb Thing That Happened on
November 2 I read the book's epilogue and shuddered--it should be re-titled
"What's the Matter with America?" Buy it and read it. Now.
Posted at 04:39 PM |
Wed - November 10, 2004
It's Official: Bush wins 100% of the Homophobe vote
(Image from All Hat No Cattle)
Forget "security moms" and "NASCAR dads". It was
the God-fearin' homophobes that put Bush in office.
Now watch them raise hell to enshrine their bigotry in the Constitution. I'd
rather be tolerant and lose the election nobly than be intolerant and win it
through fear-mongering and pandering to narrow-minded conservative Christian
wingnuts. God bless America indeed!
Posted at 11:47 PM |
Nation's Poor Win Election For Nation's Rich
This article from The Onion says it
all.
Posted at 11:37 PM |
Sun - November 7, 2004
UK revokes US's Independence!
In a startling statement from the United Kingdom,
the independence that the United States won in 1776 from its former colonial
master has been officially revoked! The given reason was that the US proved
itself incapable of self-governance by electing George W. Bush to a second term.
This is great! I don't have to bother filing immigration forms for Canada now!
Here's the entire statement:
OFFICIAL UK RESPONSE TO 2004 US
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (CLASSIFIED)
Dear America,
In the light of your recent failure to
make a sensible choice in electing your President, and thus be in a position to
effectively govern yourselves, Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II hereby
gives notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. This move
is intended to save you from yourselves.
Her Majesty will resume monarchical
duties over all states and your new Prime Minister (Tony Blair, for the 97.85%
of you are unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a
Minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the
Senate will be disbanded. Your so-called President will return to more suitable
tea party duties at the local zoo.
A questionnaire will be circulated next
year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid to the transition to a British
Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate
effect:
* You should look up "revocation" in
the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "herb". Check the way it’s
pronounced. See that “h”? Amazing, isn’t it? In fact, you will
be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing words compared to the
rest of the English speaking world. You should raise your vocabulary to
acceptable levels.
Look up "vocabulary".
Using the same 27 words interspersed
with filler noises such as "like", "whatever" and "you know" is an unacceptable
and ineffective form of communication.
Look up "interspersed".
* The term "US English" will cease to
exist. There will just be "English" - note there are not, and never have been,
such things as "UK English", "Australian English", "Outer Mongolian English"
etc, etc (it's just been you versus the rest of the world). We will let
Microsoft know on your behalf.
* You should learn to distinguish
between English, Scots, Welsh, Irish and Australian accents. It really isn't
that hard.
* Hollywood will be required to
occasionally cast non-American actors as the good guys.
* You will no longer be allowed to play
'American football'. There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as
'football' is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is
a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays 'American
football'. Instead you should play proper football. Initially, it would be best
if you played with the girls. It is not a difficult game. Those of you brave
enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby, which is similar to 'American
football', but does not involve stopping for a rest every 20 seconds or wearing
full body armour (look up "armour") like nancy boys. For those who will insist
on carrying on playing 'American football', note that the term will be illegal
and the new name will be 'Nancy boy popcorn & hot dog show'.
* Take a tip from the Aussies (that's
people from Australia for the uninitiated - look up "uninitiated"). You can
actually be proud about having no culture. If you must make your mark on the
rest of the world, do what they do by hammering cultured nations like England at
sport (and by that we mean sport that everyone plays), out-drinking them or by
taking the p*ss out of them. This is far better fun than blowing up tin pot
nations.
* You must learn to drink properly and
that the alcoholic content of beer is usually well over 4%, not around 1.5%. In
future American strength beer will be referred to as 'nancy boy
crap'.
* The term 'God bless America' will be
outlawed. Every time you get an urge to say this you should alternatively use
the equally heart-jerking phrase "Anyone coming down the pub?" This is an
equivalent phrase commonly used in the rest of the English-speaking
world.
* All American cars are hereby banned.
We banned English cars long ago, and yours really aren’t’ any
better. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars,
you will understand what we mean.
* The phrase 'American Dream' will be
replaced by 'World Reality'. If you have a problem with this, simply utter those
magic words "Anyone coming down the pub?"
* The 4th of July is no longer a public
holiday. The 2nd of November will be a new public holiday. It will be called
"Dumbass Day".
Thank you for your
co-operation.
The United Kingdom
Posted at 09:29 PM |
Thu - November 4, 2004
Karl Rove, meet Karl Marx
Karl Rove, whose evil genius can get any idiot
elected, has taken a page from Karl Marx, whose classic assessment that
"religion is the opiate of the people" rings ever so true today. Marx went on to
describe how religion is used to prevent revolt, maintain social order, and keep
the ruling class in power by diverting attention away from the true sources of
oppression. Wake up, sheeple! Why do you insist on aiding and abetting the rich
and powerful who are playing you for fools.
Posted at 11:16 PM |
Cut out all this blue state red state crap!
Boingboing.net got it right with this graphic.
There are blues in the red and reds in the blue--we all live in shades of
purple.
Posted at 10:44 PM |
Electing to Leave
Don't want to stay in the "United" States of
America and prefer not to leave via the Rapture? This
Harper's article offers the various scenarios for renouncing your
U.S. citizenship and signing up elsewhere.
Posted at 10:36 PM |
Bush = Dog, American People = Fire Hydrant
This is a choice description of Black Tuesday by
Mark Moford of the San Francisco Chronicle: "It simply boggles the mind: we've
already had four years of some of the most appalling and abusive foreign and
domestic policy in American history, some of the most well-documented atrocities
ever wrought on the American populace and it's all combined with the biggest and
most violently botched and grossly mismanaged war since Vietnam, and much of the
nation still insists in living in a giant vat of utter blind faith, still
insists on believing the man in the White House couldn't possibly be treating
them like a dog treats a fire hydrant."
Posted at 09:08 PM |
Other values
Al Franken just put very well on Air America:
Everyone is talking about "moral values" winning it for Bush while implying that
poverty, the environment, health insurance coverage, and the war in Iraq, etc.
are not a part of "moral values." What
would
Jesus do?
Posted at 11:24 AM |
Looking from the outside
The United States is now even more--and rightfully
so--the laughing stock and source of fear for the rest of the world. Headlines
from abroad: "Oops, They Did It Again!" (Germany) and "How Can 59,054,087 People
Be So Dumb?" (Daily Mirror of London) This article from the Asia Times is representative of how we look to
the rest of the world and what will result from the Catastrophe of 11/2.
Posted at 11:21 AM |
Suicide Bombers for Christ
Bush's Evangelical base (and no doubt Bush
himself) would like nothing better than to institute a theocracy (as "God's
Kingdom on Earth"). They have lost all sight (if they ever had any) of what a
democracy is supposed to be as a political system the goals of which include
social equality and tolerance of diverse views and beliefs. And they twist and
pervert and cherry-pick the teachings of Christ to suit their own twisted,
perverted, cultish lunatic vision of the world. In the process, they have
mobilized to self-righteously shove their narrow-minded, fanatical, and, IMHO,
suicidal beliefs down the throats of all Americans. Yesterday Bush called on all
Americans to join him in working for America's future. Count me out, Mr. Bush. I
will never, ever, support you and your policies as long as you count crazies
(and the soulless superrich) as your base and insist that God is guiding your
actions. You're supposed to be the President, not the theocratic cult leader
that you've become. As far as I'm concerned, you are the Anti-Christ (which I'm
sure also fits into the bizzarro theology of Evangelicals). The irony of all
this is that the radical Christian Right has more in common with the kind of
Islamic fundamentalism flourishing is places like Iran and among Jihad-driven
terrorists. They are, in effect, Suicide Bombers for Christ.
Posted at 08:35 AM |
Quote of the day:
"The fact that values trumped the economy sends a
very strong signal," said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who said the moral
values issue was in the background of the day-to-day campaign debate over
terrorism, Iraq and the economy. "It's a subliminal message that 'this guy
thinks more like I do.'" (AP news,
11/03/04)
"This guy thinks [sic] more like I do." 'Nuff said.
"This guy thinks [sic] more like I do." 'Nuff said.
Posted at 08:10 AM |
Wed - November 3, 2004
Values don't put bread on the table
(image
from The
Onion )
All the talk today is that Bushspeak on "moral values " is what turned this election for
Bush in critical states. What does that mean? Why would anyone vote for a
president based on the vague notion that he "shares my values"? First of all,
let's clear the fog: "moral values" is, specifically in this instance, code for
being a conservative Christian who is intolerant of gays and lesbians, opposes a
women's right to an abortion, and thinks stem-cell research is murder and that
school prayer should be mandatory. Why do you think gay marriage ban initiatives
were placed on the ballot in key states like Ohio? To energize the conservative
Christian vote. More generally, "moral values" means sacred over secular, faith
over reason (when you're a C student alcoholic like W was, claiming to have been
"born again" is a smart way to pad the resume). So people (sheeple) will follow
a miserable failure of a president because he shares their values. Fine; at
least that shows commitment. But to what end? Does one expect those "moral
values" to turn into policy and law? Level-headed answer: no, the government
should not be in the business of legislating a single set of Christian-based
"moral values"; plus, it has more important things to do. Scary answer: yes. The
hardcore Evangelicals at the base of Bush's support clearly expect him to
appoint judges to overturn Roe v. Wade (which, I predict, will be overturned in
the not too distant future) and to push through an amendment to ban "gay
marriage" (which I predict probably won't happen--tampering with the
Constitution like that is too, well, sacrilegious). The really hardcore Rapture
Creatures among the Evangelicals love Bush's unmitigated support for Israel as
necessary for Armageddon and the fulfillment of prophecy. Just check out the
Armageddon Clock on the Rapture Ready web site.
The same web site explains that there is no way
that the Lord Jesus would ever had voted Democrat . Why? I quote in
full:
"There is one thing certain we can state, based upon the integrity of Bible truth. Jesus would never endorse or be a member of any party whose platform supports abortion, gay rights, and a general hostility to Bible-believing Christians.
Another thing can be confidently stated, based upon observations of current facts about American politics. The Democrat Party would never have Jesus as a member. Much of the basis for that observation is found in the issues mentioned above.
The Democrats' leadership consistently supports abortion--or, as they term it, "the right to choose." They continue to support homosexual activists and their "gay rights" causes, a debased, debauched lifestyle that God calls abominable. Democrats defend pornography as art that comes under the heading of "free speech."
This political party comes down on the side of liberal federal judges who have ruled that God should be thrown out of the public places of America. These judges --and the Democratic Party by supporting them--declare "The Ten Commandments," "In God We Trust" on our currency, and "One nation, under God" in the "Pledge of Allegiance" dangerous to our school children and our society.
This party champions taking ever-increasing tax money from the pockets of those who work to give to those who won't work, even if they have opportunity. Thus there has been created a dependent welfare class that trillions of dollars of taxpayers' money since the implementation of "The Great Society's War on Poverty" --instituted by a Democratic president and a mostly Democratic Congress-- has not been able to improve. Catering to a welfare class -and that means people who refuse to make a genuine effort to work, even though they are healthy--violates a basic precept of God's Word, the Bible.
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat" (2 Thess. 3:10).
The Democratic Party continues to be led by those who believe pacifism is the easiest pathway to world peace. They constantly do all within their power to support legislative action designed to disarm the military of the US and the American public. Again, that woolly-minded leadership violates basic biblical precepts. Jesus spoke about being vigilant and prepared to defend one's home: "Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house" (Matt. 12:29).
Jesus would never be invited to be keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, that's for sure!"
This, folks, is the base of Bush's support speaking, and my friends who are conservative Christian Democrats (yes, there are Christian Democrats) think this kind of Republican pandering and propaganda is appalling. Rather, the Bush Administration should start displaying Jesus' concern for the poor, the weak, and the destitute instead of fighting for tax breaks to the most wealthy. Moral values (at least those ascribed to by Bush) aren't going to create jobs, clean up the environment, provide needed social welfare programs, cover you with good and affordable health insurance, or defeat terrorism. Oops, I forgot about that last one--W is God's Tool through which His Will is done. (I heard it on Fox!)
"There is one thing certain we can state, based upon the integrity of Bible truth. Jesus would never endorse or be a member of any party whose platform supports abortion, gay rights, and a general hostility to Bible-believing Christians.
Another thing can be confidently stated, based upon observations of current facts about American politics. The Democrat Party would never have Jesus as a member. Much of the basis for that observation is found in the issues mentioned above.
The Democrats' leadership consistently supports abortion--or, as they term it, "the right to choose." They continue to support homosexual activists and their "gay rights" causes, a debased, debauched lifestyle that God calls abominable. Democrats defend pornography as art that comes under the heading of "free speech."
This political party comes down on the side of liberal federal judges who have ruled that God should be thrown out of the public places of America. These judges --and the Democratic Party by supporting them--declare "The Ten Commandments," "In God We Trust" on our currency, and "One nation, under God" in the "Pledge of Allegiance" dangerous to our school children and our society.
This party champions taking ever-increasing tax money from the pockets of those who work to give to those who won't work, even if they have opportunity. Thus there has been created a dependent welfare class that trillions of dollars of taxpayers' money since the implementation of "The Great Society's War on Poverty" --instituted by a Democratic president and a mostly Democratic Congress-- has not been able to improve. Catering to a welfare class -and that means people who refuse to make a genuine effort to work, even though they are healthy--violates a basic precept of God's Word, the Bible.
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat" (2 Thess. 3:10).
The Democratic Party continues to be led by those who believe pacifism is the easiest pathway to world peace. They constantly do all within their power to support legislative action designed to disarm the military of the US and the American public. Again, that woolly-minded leadership violates basic biblical precepts. Jesus spoke about being vigilant and prepared to defend one's home: "Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house" (Matt. 12:29).
Jesus would never be invited to be keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, that's for sure!"
This, folks, is the base of Bush's support speaking, and my friends who are conservative Christian Democrats (yes, there are Christian Democrats) think this kind of Republican pandering and propaganda is appalling. Rather, the Bush Administration should start displaying Jesus' concern for the poor, the weak, and the destitute instead of fighting for tax breaks to the most wealthy. Moral values (at least those ascribed to by Bush) aren't going to create jobs, clean up the environment, provide needed social welfare programs, cover you with good and affordable health insurance, or defeat terrorism. Oops, I forgot about that last one--W is God's Tool through which His Will is done. (I heard it on Fox!)
Posted at 10:52 PM |
This country is doomed
By all objective measures of his performance, Bush
should have been turned out of office bigtime. But, as I have always suspected,
the majority of Americans are just plain ignorant and/or just don't care. They
will ignore mega budget deficits, unjust tax breaks to the rich, the raping of
the environment, thousands dead in an unnecessary war, the shreading of
traditional alliances, the underfunding of education, the gutting of social
services, the non-separation of church and state, and outright lies by the
administration so that they can prevent "gay marriage" and abortions and keep
their assault weapons. The electorate's sense of priorities is seriously
whacked; it has drunk the rightwing kool-aid willingly and thus deserves the
ugly mess that Bush has made of this country and the world. Lord save
us...
Posted at 10:53 AM |
Mon - November 1, 2004
Kerry in a Landslide
An electoral landslide, that is. Despite
Rethugicans' desperate attempts to suppress democratic votes , I will go out on a
limb and predict that Kerry wins with at least 284 electoral votes. I won't be
surprised if fights breakout at polling places in Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin
and if lawyers are called in to settle dozens of disputes across battleground
states. Why? Because John Kerry will have the votes and the despicable
Rethugican Cheat Machine will be out in force to take them away. And if you
don't think Rove & Co. hasn't planned for worst case scenarios (i.e. Bush
can't win with a fair vote and count) and is poised to do whatever it takes to
steal the election, then you are a fool and/or weren't awake in November
2000.
Posted at 10:37 PM |
Fri - October 29, 2004
If this flyer is for real...
... I'm real mad. According to the DailyKos , it was found being
distributed in Milwaukee's African American communities. I would not at all put
it past Repugicans for pulling this desperate, dirty shit. The Repugicans' only
strategy to win now is to suppress the minority (mostly Democratic) vote because
they know Democrats are kicking their asses in the ground game to get out the
vote. From purging voting registration rolls and losing absentee ballots to
"poll watchers" set up in urban areas of battleground states to challenge the
vote of any person of color who is in line in order to intimidate and discourage
them to vote, this crap is turning our democracy into a mockery. UN poll
watchers should be sent here like they are to Third World elections. No matter
how long the Repug Thugs intimidate first-time minority voters and slow down the
voting, I hope the voters hang in there and hand W a miserable defeat to match
the miserable failure he has been. If there is a God and Heaven and Hell, W and
those who are lying and cheating to get him elected will surely burn in Hell.
And Karl Rove is going way deeper than the Ninth Circle.
Posted at 12:48 AM |
Wed - October 27, 2004
The Real George W. Bush
If you're offended by people giving you the finger
(or telling you to "fuck off " as Vice President Cheney did to Senator
Leahy), then you better not watch the above video of W as governor of Texas. And
this is
our president?! What an asshole. If American voters don't throw this bum out on
November 2, then we are all f---ed.
Posted at 11:08 PM |