so i turned on the television and decided to watch some programs, i normally might skip, or normally might never watch because, watching grass grow would be more entertaining.
started with fox news and happened to tune into glenn beck. he had drawn on a chalk board a chart of the hierarchy of the internal government of iran, trying to demonstrate to the viewers how decisions are made in iran, of course one of the country's on the former president bush's list of axis of evil.
and good ole glenn, catering to the lowest of common denominators of american society had the name allah on top of the chart with what looked like clouds all around his name. he said he had no idea how to symbolize allah, but felt that his depiction of clouds would be the safest way for him to symbolize allah, and not get killed doing so. he gave that innocent smile and giggled. then he had the grand ayatollah ali khamenei right beneath allah, and made the commentary that the ayatollah spoke to allah, and made the cutest little smile, and looked into the camera.."as if!..."
as if...hmmm, remember when george bush told us he spoke to jesus, and jesus kind of told him how to be president. and mister pat robertson and his son on every 700 club entertainment special remind the viewers how they speak to jesus and if you the uneducated viewer, send them donations they too can speak to jesus for you....and remember how the last murderer who slew a doctor for performing abortions said he heard from god to end the life of the no good doctor. that killing the killer was not as bad as the killer killing unborn babies.
as if , mister beck and mister robertson, and abortion doctor murderer so, let me get this straight. depending who your god is, and of course which appropriate religion he represents, and of course that has to be christianity, it is possible to talk to jesus and translate his word to the people of earth. but if it is like the wrong god, perhaps in this case allah, it is all hog wash and carnival tricks.
so after watching fox news i flicked the remote and came up with e entertainment. we were deeply involved with kate and john and the presumed yet unofficial announcement of their divorce. it was nail biting to hear about the possible infidelity and perhaps affairs by the mister and misses gosselin's might/were/ could be having. hmmm.i thought it was only homosexuals who made bad parents. we have been told that when one homosexual marries, a piece of granite from the monument of the institution of marriage was chipped away never to be found again. making that institution vulnerable and weak for all other heterosexuals. and we were told one main reason why heterosexuals should and could only get married was because only they made the perfect parents, you know one man for the boys and one woman for the girls.
hmmm... but kate and jon really don't like each other, and now that they made a ton of money, who cares about the marriage and, well the kids are still good for a few more bucks.
and then i did one more flick of the dial and happened upon cnn. wolfe blitzer, after telling the viewing audience how cnn had the greatest news team in the entire universe, interviewed the mayor of L.A., antonio villaraigosa, asking a few questions but quite never letting the mayor answer in a full sentence. the purpose of the interview was to find out if mayor villaraigosa would run for governor of california. the mayor said he would not, and after the mayor was no longer on screen, wolfe chimed in that had the mayor of los angeles stayed in the race it would have been an interesting contest, since mayor gavin newsom of san francisco as well as mayor villaraigosa both had extra marital affairs while in office. hmmm. again, there goes that pillar of ethics and morals the fragile institution of marriage. a married politician having an affair, how rare and unique is that.
and finally i gave the remote one more chance and found myself on comedy central where someone was interviewing the octo-mom, (nadya suleman), where she was a little saddened that people thought she had all her adorable babies for ulterior motives like making money off of their lives, rather than just wanting to bring eight new lives into the world. nadya was offended that others might accuse her of making money off the babies. ( a gentle tear fell from her left eye). hmmm, i thought that only two dads, or two moms, made bad parents. we have been quoted from passages in then bible, or the constitution and or pta manuals that it is only a mom and dad, or even a single mom, more often then a single dad that are real examples of people who can raise a child in a healthy christian-judeo family.
i then got a terrible headache thought how much more hypocrisy can i take before throwing up.
how much more hype made of thin air and marketing value can i take. how much empty space do i need to have fill my senses.
so i turned off the television, and listened to the rain, much calmer and made more sense.
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