Perez Hilton Is An Idiot

Perez Hilton is an idiot. In his ongoing attack against California's Miss USA representative, Carrie Prejean, Hilton has resorted to disgusting name calling.

I don't know if it's because no one will listen, or that people are indeed listening and hanging on his every word, but this immaturity has got to stop.

When will this man be willing to accept that not everyone in this country thinks that the homosexual community deserves the right to be married? The very notion of homosexual marriage goes against the bible--a text revered by billions around the world for over a millenia. Were all these believers wrong and deluded?

Mr. Hilton and friends would have every religious person in the US believe that religion should not shape our thoughts or character. That morals should not be based on mere right or wrong, but on personal choice (Who cares if it goes against millenia of accepted priciples; so long as Perez (or whomever) chooses to think something is right, then everyone else alive should think that way, too!).

After the win of Proposition 8 last November, the gay community (as a whole) has been on a rampage against anyone who thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman.

There is no respecting of opinion from the one side. They have been wronged, and everyone is gonna pay--or so they would have you think. So, when Mr. Hilton challenged Miss Prejean with his obviously slanted, loaded question during the Miss USA Pagaent, it is obvious that only one answer would suffice; and when not given, he feigned anger, and is using the honest response (answered based on personal belief) as a springboard for continued attacks against the proponents of the millenia old view of marriage.

Mr. Hilton, grow up! Stop throwing your little attention grubbing temper tantrum. You remind me of a spoiled brat who whines and whines to anyone who will listen until someone lends a sympathetic ear. And anyone who actually listens to your pouty rant is pathetic...not sympathetic. You will never get your way so long as you try to cram your agenda down everybody's throats.

No one likes being told what to do or think, and your approach just won't work. The harder you push, the more resistance you'll encounter. So lighten up! Take a chill! Continue the slow, steady fight that has won the rights you have attained thus far. If you do, over time, you will see the realization of complete equal rights for the homosexual community.

Until that happens, please allow people to think and believe the way they choose to believe. The way that the Constitution, the very same document you wave in everyone's faces, guarantees all Americans to think, believe, and even speak. Even if their beliefs make your blood boil, you must still respect their individual rights.

If not, then you may never get your way, and your self-indulgent temper tantrum will be ignored for years to come.

In Support of Miss California

Do we not live in a country where the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees Freedom of Speech? In that same vein, can we no longer tell someone exactly what we think even if someone else disagrees?

Blogger Perez Hilton, an openly gay 'celebrity' (and I use that word very...hesitantly), and the ever prevelant PC Police are out yet again (in force) to tell the country that it was hateful and bigoted for Carrie Prejean (Miss California in the recently completed Miss USA pageant)to answer a question about how she felt about same sex marriages in a manner Mr. Hilton (and company) personally disagreed with.

To quote, she (Miss Prejean) answered that "it was great that the option is available in some states, but that in my country and in my family, I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman -- no offense to anyone out there."

Personally, I think the answer was poignant, yet embracive of everyone listening. Here she was, answering what was assuredly a highly loaded question, and Carrie Prejean answered from her heart, but was all inclusive as well. It was a fabulous answer.

Mr. Hilton however, stated on his blog that he was offended and angered by the answer because it (the answer) "excluded millions of gay and lesbian Americans and their friends." He went on further to state that if Miss California had won the crown, that he would have "gotten on stage and ripped the crown off her head."

Wow! A loaded question answered in an honest way, only to be met head on with venomous hatred. What's wrong with this picture, folks? Here is Perez Hilton displaying the hate and scorn he has been fighting against for years because of an answer given in honesty.
When I grew up, this kind of contempt and hatred was called 'Reverse Discrimination' and Mr. Hilton epitomizes it. I would also call it hypocritical.

But here he is on tv shows whipping the media into a frenzy as he is relentlessly continuing his attack on Miss Prejean and her personal beliefs.

Again, Don't we live in a country where one of the greatest freedoms we are guaranteed is Freedom of Speech? In this day and age of PC speech, expression, etc, it's looking more and more like no one can truly speak their mind for fear of personal attacks and retribution because someone else disagrees with them.

I praise Miss Carrie Prejean for knowing that speaking her mind could cost her the win; but deciding to NOT cave in to perceived social pressures, thereby keeping her morals and personal beliefs intact. This woman should be praised for her stance...not vilified. She certainly doesn't deserve the hateful attacks brought on by a very small minority who sew the same bigotry and hatred they themselves have fought against most of their lives.

Shame on Perez Hilton and his smattering of supporters. They deny someone else their Constitutionally guaranteed right of Free Speech because the answer given to a deliberately loaded question was 'offensive' to them.

Well boo-hoo. Grow up; move on to other things, and continue your fight towards the equality you seek. But don't ever tell someone else that what they think is wrong, even if it causes you to burn with anger inside--just a your opinion may do to someone else. Everyone has a right to their own opinion, just the same as you do.

Let someone else listen to your incessant whining if you can't afford to give the same courtesy that you seek. And if you can't do that, then call the Waaaaahmbulance because I just don't care.

Sean Hannity--GOP Puppet

Sean Hannity is a Republican party whore. He is so blindly following the pathetic agenda of the republican party that he cannot see the forest through the trees.

I first came to listen to Mr. Hannity on AM Radio while working on a construction site, and my co-workers loved listening to his show. His democrat bashing words would spew out of the radio speakers ad nauseum. It didn't take long to understand that any caller having a differing opinion from this republican prostitute was immediately shut down, and the conversation ended. He isn't the least bit interested in fact...just the advancement of the Republican Party agenda.

Throughout Georgie Dubya Bushie's travesty of an Administration, Hannity was all rah, rah about what the president was doing, yet would relentlessly attack any politician who might question Bushie's policies, decisions, etc. His constant referrals to former President Bill Clinton's infidelities (instead of his actual record of service) only serve to show what a shallow, narrow-minded media whore Mr. Hannity truly is.

Now, I'm neither Democrat, nor Republican. I am a registered, unafilliated voter who crosses all party lines on election day. I choose to vote for those whom I believe will be the best at whatever job they are seeking, no matter what party they belong to. I am an educated, informed person when it comes to politics. Being a student of the democratic process, I ignore party rhetoric, and look at facts, history, voting records, etc.

Anyway, here we are once again with a democrat as President, and once again, Sean Hannity attacks our leader with vicious attacks on his agenda, his plans, and policies.. (I know--a terrible shock, this one...). The latest attack has Mr ho' whipping up his listeners into a frenzy about taxes and getting his small-minded cronies to start little revolutionary 'Tea Parties' across the country to protest the taxes being imposed on the citizens of this country.

I don't know about you, the readers out there, but this to me smacks of nothing more than an attack on our new Democratic President to undermine his ability to try and pull this country out of the economic free-fall it finds itself in because of the reckless spending and war-mongering of Georgie Dubya Bushie and henchmen.

I really don't get why Sean Hannity is attacking Barack Obama when it was the former Republican leadership that got us into this mess in the first place.

Maybe it's because it really wasn't the republican party that was in charge the last eight years...No, Dubya was DEFINITELY a republican. Then maybe it's because Bushie let the democrats in Congress do what they wanted...No,..quite the reverse actually. President Bushie and top Henchman DICK Cheney literally shoved Congress into doing whatever they wanted...even to the ultimate degradation of this country. Ok, how about this--Sean Hannity is attacking President Obama because he is looking to blame anyone but the Republican party for the whole mess we find ourselves in today.

That's it! I've hit it squarely on the head!

I'll be the first to tell you that I am astounded by all the taxes we pay. I even wrote a post about that very subject. However, this country will complete its financial free-fall into unthinkable economic depression if hard choices are not made, enacted, and seen through. There are no easy solutions to fixing the financial problems besetting us today. But if we ignore them, and simply assign blame on an opposing political party/President/Congress, then the problem simply grows to unimaginable complexity that will almost certainly end in ruin for the once strongest economy in the world.

Sean Hannity is not the least bit interested in what HAS to be done to salvage this country. He is merely pushing, spewing, and fomenting the Republican rhetoric that got us here in the first place. He could care less that hard times demand hard choices, and difficult sacrifices by everyone. So long as a Democrat is in office, Sean Hannity is going to attack our President; even when our President is working to rebuild this country after the near complete the destruction left over from a Republican Adminstration.

At least President Obama is trying to fix the problems--unlike his predecessor who was constantly turning a blind eye to the social, economic, and environmental devastation he was causing.

Instead of placing blame, maybe Mr. Hannity should try supporting the efforts of our new President; helping the American people to understand that these difficult times require dedication, hard work, and an unwavering eye on the ultimate goal of economic recovery.

Wait...I was starting to forget the basic fact here...that Sean Hannity is nothing more than a Republican whore who is doing nothing more than selling the party rhetoric of his agenda-minded republican pimps. You go Hannity. You should get employee of the month! What a ho!

Duhhhhh!

A personal gripe of mine here, but when will sports interviewers start asking intelligent questions of sports figures (coaches, players, etc)? You know, questions that don't illicit a "Duh" response from the person being interviewed.

For instance, last week the University of Kentucky released its basketball coach after a few dismal seasons. A reported actually asked what his biggest regret was. The response? "That we didn't win more games."

Well DUH!!

If UK had actually won more games, the coach wouldn't be out of a job. A real no brainer.

In every sport you hear stupid questions followed by even dumber responses. In basketball you'll hear the question, "Why didn't you win tonight?" A typical response, "We just didn't make the shots."

DUH!

In football you'd hear a running back asked "What was the difference in your poor game today?" You'll hear "I just didn't run well."

DUH!

In baseball a reporter will ask a losing pitcher why he didn't win after giving up say five or six runs. The response, "I wasn't pitching well."

DUH!

My point is that sports media, so rampantly hungry for any kind of a story will go to ridiculouness in order to attempt to have something new and resfreshing for fans to read, only to regurgitate obviousness ad infinitum.

It would really be nice to read a sports interview that wasn't chock full of "Duh's." But then, maybe the untalented sports writers wouldn't be able to actually ask intelligent questions that don't have unintelligent answers.

One can only dream...

Like Saying Goodbye To A Friend

On Tuesday, March 17th, 2009, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (better known locally simply as 'The PI')will print its final paper edition after a long 146 year run.

I grew up in the Seattle area, and I had looked at the PI every morning for decades. Its sports stats were top-notch, its reporting was first rate, and it employed a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist. It was a phenomenal paper.

So, as it goes into the sunset (as I'm sure many other newspapers will also go), I can't help but to feel like I'm saying goodbye to a friend...one I have personally grown with over my 46 years.

I know, I know,...sappy; and somewhat ridiculous. But when you lose something that has literally been a part of your entire life, one does become nostalgic; reminicing over seemingly trivial things that don't really have much meaning.

And so here I am, losing a friend. I will miss the Seattle Post Intelligencer. It really was the phenomenal newspaper I make it out to be.

Out of Touch?

$174,000. That is what each of our Congressional Delegates are now paid every year. This year's cost of living increase was $4,700, a roughly 02.76% increase.

Let's see, last year I took a roughly 33% pay CUT just to stay employed. This also came hand in hand with increased hours, and a dramatic increase in physical effort each day on the job as labor costs also took a huge hit.

Right now, approximately 8.1% of working Americans are unemployed; and that number is growing with each passing day. Millions of households are in financial crisis, adults and children are going hungry, and Congress takes ANOTHER raise.

$174,000.

As time goes on, it is increasingly evident that our Leaders in DC are seriously out of touch with the citizens they claim to represent. Republican or Democrat, or Independent; it doesn't matter. These men and women are seemingly turning a blind eye to the realities of the "average" American household.

In my blog entitled "Who Will Feed America's Hungry?" I alluded that while billion dollar aid packages are being sent overseas, our Congress ignores the rampant hunger problem here in the US. This same problem has since been amplified many-fold as our national (and world) economy sinks to depths nearing depression-level weakness.

Amidst the terrible financial crisis gripping this country, our elected Representatives and Senators take a $4,700 pay raise, and now must try and get by on a mere $174,000.

I don't know about any of you reading this blog, but I'd love to see my Congressmen and women live for a year on what I'm currently making. Maybe then they'll realize that feeding their family, paying their bills, and living without health insurance on a fraction of what they make is more common than they currently think, and is a real and wide-spread problem that must be addressed.

Somehow, I truly doubt that many of our officials really care much about the difficulties many, many American households are having just to live at a subsistance level, let alone being able to move forward.

$174,000. Must be tough to subsist on that.

Fox News Shows Its True Colors

I read recently that Fox News was actually trying to portray itself as a more balanced news organization that leaned less towards a Republican slanted bandwagon out to get any Democrat or Democratic ideology it found was in conflict with anything Republican.

I happened to tune into Fox News today and caught an interview that Neil Cavuto was conducting. He had a guest interviewee on who is an economist (the guy actually looked like a stereotypical economist).

Cavuto's question on which the entire interview was based was, "Is the stock market giving President Obama a vote of No Confidence?"

As the economist was introduced to the question and began his response, it was immediately evident that Neil Cavuto was not interested in fact. Every time his guest began to talk about prevailing market conditions and outlook based on fundamentals, Cavuto would interrupt, and loudly, blatantly try to get the economist to say that President Obama was to blame for the nose dive our economy has taken.

The economist, clearly seeing where this interview was being steered, stuck to his guns and continued to elaborate on economic factors and how the new Administration was in no way responsible for the near-depression level economy. In actuality, he went on, the Bush Administration was at the heart of any and all blame for the financial sickness of our country.

Three times Neil Cavuto interrupted his guest, and three times his guest would not be bullied. Finally, after NOT getting the economist to agree on his hypothesis, Cavutio rudely stopped the interview and went on to other things. The economist graciously said "Thank You for allowing me to be here." Cavuto even dismissed THAT offering.

It was highly evident that Fox News has not changed one bit. The purpose of the interview was only to place blame for the economy on a President that has been in office for just six weeks; and a DEMOCRATIC President at that.

This Republican propoganda machine fronting as a legitimate news agency really needs to examine its intentions here. It stood by a President that devastated our economy and our public lands; ran up $7.5TRILLION of National debt; performed an ecological firesale for the sole benefit of his friends in the big energy companies; eliminated many of the vital social services for Americans living (and working) at or below the poverty level; turned a blind eye towards the off-shoring of millions of American jobs--the list just goes on and on.

Where was fox News to tell us about these things, and shove down our throats that the President was destroying the country? ...

...oh, wait. Bush was a Republican! Silly me to forget that little fact. A Conservative slag rag will staunchly defend its own, even when its own are destroying this country. But heaven forbid if a Democrat takes office. Then they cry out to us all for 'heads to roll.'

Simply put, Fox News disgusts me. They are neither fair, nor balanced, and show time and again that they have neither interest nor inclination to be so.

When Money Isn't Everything

Finally, a pro football player with his priorities in line.

Over the past week we've been reading how Albert Haynesworth signed a $100 Million dollar contract with the Washington Redskins ($45M of which is guaranteed!). We see more signings around the league that show pro players are more interested in the almighty dollar than and getting more of it than the next guy. And here I was, all prepared to write a nasty blog about their greed, self-serving, and lack of caring about who ultimately pays their salaries...the fans.

Today, I read an article that made me stop and rethink my blog. I came across the news that shows me that at least one pro player (football, that is) actually has his priorities in line.

The same Washington Redskins that signed Haynesworth to that ludicrous contract today released Defensive End Jason Taylor because he wouldn't commit to a mandatory 3-a-week workout at the teams' training facility for eight of the thirteen off-season weeks. He loses $8.5M in salary, and must now look for work with another team.

But he doesn't mind. His priorities, and his integrity are both intact. Mr. Taylor's excuse for saying "No thanks?" He wanted to spend the off-season with his wife and kids.

Hooray for Jason Taylor! Hooray!!!

The man had spent most of the past year away from his family due to football and appearances, and wanted to be with his family. Instead of caving in to the demands of an uncaring employer, Mr. Taylor stuck to what he knew to be right, keeping his integrity intact, and earning greater respect and love from his family.

Jason Taylor sacrificed much to be with his family; but the price he would pay in his personal life had he chosen otherwise would have been far greater.

THANK YOU Jason Taylor...you have made a fan out of me, and have earned my admiration and respect as well.