Everybody knows Newt Gingrich loves to pontificate, but now he’s decided to simply elect himself Pope – not that you’d recognize it from his public statements. And, Rick Santorum is the leader of the lemming wing of the GOP that’s running over the cliff and pulling their party down behind them. The seem a bit confused over the principle of separation of church and state.
I’m told I’m a member of the patriarchy. I didn’t run for the job, win a contest, nor do much of anything really. It was enough to be born with patriarchal plumbing. Contrary to popular belef, I don’t get out of bed, stretch, and say, “I love the smell of sexism in the morning. I’m rarin’ to trod me down some wimmen folk today.” I’ve missed a few lodge meetings, but I don’t think that’s common for many of my clubmates either.
George Orwell has a well-deserved reputation as one of the 20th Century’s greatest authors. Unfortunately, his predictions turned out to be much darker than Jules Verne’s visions of spaceships and submarines. If possible, Orwell’s are more nuanced and scarily true. If he missed anything, it was the full-implementation of Ingsoc 20 years too late.
I appreciate your prayers for my heathen soul, but there’s no need. Really. I’m an atheist. I’m good. And Mormons, your posthumous baptism is more than one step over the line. It’s unneeded, creepy, and unwanted – unless you want to modify that whole 72 Muslim virgins thing to a Mormon Unlimited Virgin Plan. I’m a big believer in more virgins at lower prices. It’s proof of the value of free markets.
Republican Idiotfest 2012 is in full swing and the candidates are exchanging the lead like steroid-infused race horses. When will it end? Sigh…