your lips tell me no, no

Rick Wiles, I must admit I have never listened to your radio talk show nor had I ever heard of you before you said “this is the "attitude adjustment" America so desperately needs: the Ebola virus.”  You added “this pandemic could be an instrument of God used to destroy everyone that He deems immoral and unfit, such as queer people, atheists and those who've had an abortion.” You are quite the communicator Mr. Wiles. Suddenly your Jesus saves rhetoric has found footing in main stream America and those of us who didn’t know you or who just mistook you for a fool are alert and listening. But Mr Wiles I have a few concerns of my own regarding you and your flock of sheep at the ready to cheer for suffering and death.

I am a Gay man Mr Wiles, now I know you don’t know me but I am one of those Americans you believe your God finds unfit. And by the way Mr Wiles I am Jewish so I am really sure you are sore at me. Now, Mr Wiles I have to wonder, how does any man who is so secure in his religion, so certain of his God, so defiant about his masculinity find the time to worry about other peoples religion or lack of, other peoples God or lack of and other people’s masculinity or lack of? I do believe Mr Wiles that I have met many men like you who are a bit afraid they just might be a homosexual. It seems the men and for that sake women who scream and holler about that pesky homosexual thing are usually in denial of their own feelings toward same sex humans. I can hear you saying not me, but as the song goes ‘your lips tell no, no but there is yes, yes in your eyes’. Now don’t get me wrong even though I am a Gay man I find people like you who hide from reality a turn off, but I wonder Mr Wiles just how much you might lust after me after all because you are a man and so am I?

I am tired Mr Wiles of people like you always insisting your shit don’t smell and trying to prove it because you think you are using Gods bathroom.  Here is the thing Mr Wiles, thou dost protest too much and thou uses God as a scapegoat for your human frailties way too much. Real men have no fear of other men, real Christians actually lend a hand to other men, real spokespeople for God let their actions of good speak for  HIM (or HER, God forbid!) We do live in a nation filled with false prophets, (I am sure you can name about a dozen of your cronies); so words as inane and actions as insane as yours do fit in the pocket of the idiots who carry the Bible but never read it. You must hope and pray the foolish remain stupid or Mr Wiles you just be found out to be nothing but a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

But I digress Mr Wiles. Perhaps your last trip to a gay bar left you angry, (cruising has become a fine art.) Maybe your profile picture of you on Grinder dressed as a Roman Gladiator was a bit too risqué. Perhaps your jeans are not tight enough. Or maybe you have been rejected by the men you so wish to have kiss you, hold you, touch you. Am I throwing aspersions Mr Wile, can those kind of actions only come from a Evangelical Christian Crusader to be viable? Maybe Mr Wile your self loathing is so great that you do wish you as a closeted homosexual want to contract the Ebola Virus because you are too weak to really, really express your own sexuality. There is a ton of help you can seek Mr Wile regarding what seems to me as your sexual identity confusion. I am a Gay man Mr Wiles, you do not know me but you have made quite a few assumption about me. I don’t know you but my assumptions are you hate yourself, feel trapped and love to use your own love/hate relationship with God as an excuse to never find out the truth.

invisible but never

Ann Coulter refers to Africa as “disease-ridden cesspool” in victim-blaming Ebola rant, She condemns Dr. Ken Brantly, one of the two Americans who has been diagnosed with Ebola, the missionary for making Christian charities Samaritan’s Purse and SIM USA pay for him to fly in a private jet back to the U.S. and receive care at “one of America’s premier hospitals.” (Salon)

Ann Coulter knows she can fade into irrelevance instantly so to keep from sliding into her own cesspool of crass, corse, and cheapness she fires off irreverent comments just to keep her from turning invisible. Buoyed by baseless bastards of bigotry at the ready to fend off truth for fiction, Ann Coulter sniffs out the slime hoping to offer her inbred shit herders a chance to gather their evil intended infections and spread a series of insults toward anyone with a conscience, a clear view of honor and a true sense of fair play. It is a sickness on Ann’s part, a debilitating douchery of sad commentary just so she never goes unnoticed. Never at the ready for honesty, integrity, intelligence or truth, Ann Coulter prefers the venom understanding that a rattler attracts more attention then a garter snake.  Ann Coulter is welcomed by FOX News, Christian Conservative talk radio, minions of Evangelicals and American terrorists calling themselves Tea Partiers so she quite never does fade away. The more inane remarks uttered by her the higher her goal of being noticed, and when there is nothing else in your life this matters. Situated in her own ivory tower one might think she has enough fame and fortune to fade into her homemade miserable world; but Ann is insecure and realizes that she must act as insane as the self loathing cretans who need enemies to survive.

When Ann talks no one on the right tells her to shut up. Grasping at her gargled garbage of insults, innuendo and out right prejudice the fools on the right whom proclaim Jesus hates anyone without a gun, despises anyone without white skin, and of course was the first president of the US, the flock of fools follow her closely. Sadly the need to be the most stupid person in world is a competition of the right side of politics and the gamesmanship never ends. Once Ann speaks then you hear Sarah Palin, Bill O’Reilly, Ted Cruz, Louie Gomhert, Michelle Bachmann and the bozo’s who only count on the ignorance, bigotry and hate of sad sacks to listen. One has to wonder where are the smart people, the sensitive folk, the people who were taught right from wrong, good from bad truth from lies? But fearful of being invisible, Ann Coulter goes on and on and on demanding that dumb be the spoken language of this nation.

Mad, mad world

No one in this nation should be a bit surprised that this action is being proposed: The Ku Klux Klan doesn’t want to leave all the immigrant-hating to gun-toting militias and US Congressmen. The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is calling for a “shoot-to-kill” policy at the border. (The Nation)

When we have self appointed Mavens like Sarah Palin talking about impeaching the president, Steve King lecturing about immigration, Bill O’Reilly pontificating about ‘the Blacks’, ‘the Ghetto’ and ‘the Drugs’, Paul Ryan explaining that poor people need government run life coaching to stop being poor, one might expect a deceitful hate group like the KKK to propose actions such as their Wizard say: “If we pop a couple of ’em off and leave the corpses laying on the border, maybe they’ll see we’re serious about stopping immigrants.” (The Nation) When we have found our culture highjacked by some of the most ignorant, misinformed, racists, bigots, and homophobes and taken hostage by selfish activist Justices proclaiming corporations are people but anyone else not just as human, we should not be at all surprised that self proclaimed soldiers of Christ dressed in white robes are once again free to roam not only the back woods of America but now its Main Streets. The adage used to state do not repeat history, learn from it, but in fact with the emergence of the Tea Party, the shambles of selfish politicians, the misrepresentation of religious freedom vs freedom from religion, the rise of a tax code to assist the 1% from never being anything less and the media so much more concerned about being first then being factual, hearing the KKK proposing actions to shoot people of color; history is of no use nor consequence.

The NRA is urging its paid puppets in the Congress to NOT vote for background checks on stalkers, men who prey on ex wives and girlfriends. T-Publican Senator Inhofe, of Oklahoma who has previously stated he thinks climate change is "laughable and a "hoax" blocked a Senate resolution acknowledging climate change is real. The state of Alabama officials stating that the new EPA regulations defy Gods will as God created coal so burning coal must a heavenly gesture. Joni Ernst running for the T-Publican senate job from Iowa is an advocate of nullification even though it was cause for a Civil War and the US Constitution declares it illegal. And oh yeah Gays want Christians to have open sex with everyone according to Pat Robertson.

There used to be a time in this nation where the fringe was considered strange, weird, bizarre. There once was a time when consensus did flourish, when the absurd was blatant, and those who pushed for violence, mayhem, and murder were considered by most Americans as fools. But nowadays when impeachment calls for the president run rampant, Limbaugh, Hannity or Beck are quoted as the intelligencia, Ted Cruz rewrites the constitutionality of our Constitution and FOX News is the final word on current events, comments from the KKK to “…just pop a couple of kids…” is not challenged or immediately called into question. Have we given up all kinds of hope because we are living in a mad, mad, mad world? 

line up

A rant about lines.

I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to act as counselor and trip guide for three summers in a row, taking 40 teen aged kids to Israel for 6 weeks at a time. (As an aside I was more amazed that I was granted the responsibility to chaperone these kids and many times had to say quietly to myself OMG how did this happen.) It did happen and I was quite successful in performing that job description. Now this a rant about lines and their necessity or annoyance. My first summer  while in Israel there would come a time when the teens had to go to a bank and cash their American dollars for Israeli currency. Being good kids brought up by good parents, manners were a part of the behavior while visiting a foreign country. We got to the bank with plenty of time to spare, were there about 15 minutes before they opened, and stood in a very straight line at the ready to enter the bank when it opened. My first year, I was quite amazed that we were the only ones standing at the ready to enter the bank and noticed an absence of Israeli’s  Cool I thought, we will be in and out and continue our tour agenda without too much delay. The 10:00 hour approached and suddenly without any warning, from apparently hidden vestiges of the sidewalk as the doors opened a tsunami of Israeli citizens swarmed the entrance to the bank and any semblance of our American stand in line and wait your turn behavior was torn apart and it became every American and Israeli man and woman for your self. I learned that first year that lines were a charade of Western civilization and were as sturdy and safe as riding on a flat tire.

When my own kids were young we took a trip to Disney/Epcot in Orlando. I had heard that lines could last for an hour at some amusement rides and tried to take all the precautions a parent could to NOT have his young kids moan, groan and get bored waiting in line. Disney is a sophisticated operation when it comes to lines and they have discovered some tricks to not only dissuade any kind of young child hissy fit, but to enhance the Disney experience. It was summer time hot and humid. We were waiting on line for the Pirates of the Caribbean. Adam was calm but Dani was NOT. She was hot sweaty, moody, and wanted to leave. We were already on line for 30 minutes and leaving was not an option. Disney being greedy as ever had vendors selling drinks or ices located at the three bends in the line. Smart, because just when you made the bend and thought you were almost getting on the ride, a vendor was there to stop you from seeing that there were still 50 people ahead of you. Being the good Dad, and trying my best to bribe my daughter I said I would buy her an ice and a drink. I asked Adam to hold his sisters hand swore to him no cooties would be exchanged while touching his sister and walked about three feet to the ice/soda vendor. I turned my head for three minutes bought the ice and went back to where I thought my kids were standing on line. No kids, no familiar other people in front of me or behind me, just me and bunch of strangers. I had no idea we were at the third bend in the line meaning access to thew ride was imminent. A lady wearing hello my name is Ida, walked over to me and said my kids were about to embark on the ride, and they refused to get out of line and asked her if she would find me so they could ride Pirates of the Caribbean.. This was a line that meant business.

This past Sunday, it was Farmers Market time in West Hollywood on Melrose Place (no not that Melrose Place) to be exact. A Farmers Market, a place of freedom, choice, opportunity a place to buy local, a place to kick back and relax and enjoy the fruits of the labor of farmers. There are no lines per say at the Farmers Market. You select your fruit or veggies walk up to the vendor and pay. NOPE, not at this Farmers Market. What you get is a bunch of pushy hipsters eating some of the fruit they have yet not paid for poking their grubby and sticky hands in front of you insisting they were here first or most importantly in a hurry. You get Moms and Dads talking on a phone while pushing some $8000 stroller right in front of you never apologizing for bumping into you but critical of the fact you just disturbed their child. You get a non line,Hipster, Upper Middle Class invention based on nothing but entitlement and selfishness. You get nothing that resembles a line and suddenly you actually miss the LINE!

Queen of stupid

Dear Michelle,

You recently said: Gays Pushing Laws Allowing Adults 'To Freely Prey On Little Children Sexually. “They want to abolish age of consent laws, which means children would…we would do away with statutory rape laws so that adults will be able to freely prey on little children sexually.” Then as if that was not enough stupid you then said: Send those {immigrant} children to labor camps, which you warmly referred to as “Americanization Facilities”, with the goal of having them pay off their past, present, and future care expenses, while assimilating them into American culture. And in exchange for that labor, the children would be fast-tracked on a path to citizenship.(Huff Post)

I am not sure where this rampant virus of political stupid began or even where it originated, but damn girl you have a sever case of it. You are a contagious carrier of the political stupid; it seems the virulent strain of infection is scattered the minute you open your mouth. Each inane, insane unbelievably UnAmerican, UnChristian sentence uttered by you contains enough germs to infect the already vulnerable bigots, racist, homophobes and xenophobes turning them into ignorant zombies. You insist that God talks to you but honey, the voices you hear are those of a Devil who has found a host without a conscience or a clue!

Now, we know that ever since the onset of FOX Noise, Limbaugh Radio and the non vetting of Palin the pathetic minions of stupid rejoiced. These pathetic self hating piranha were tired of feeding upon themselves and thought that there was hope to eat the flesh of others. Replacing the Constitution (most of these self proclaimed Patriots have never read it or for that matter thought it had anything to do with the US of A) for a Bible( you know the same one quoted to proclaim slavery was good, women were chattel and interracial marriage never a plan from God) this group who think fact is pointless, hate is positive and difference is scary sought out larger then life freaks like you and settled into the serenity of stupid! Somehow along the way the direction of life, liberty, equality and freedom was exchanged for bogus, bias and bull shit. And you Michelle have recently become the Queen of stupid replacing such low life luminaries as Sarah Palin, Laura Ingram, and Annie Coulter! 

Here is the truth Michelle, your lack of knowledge of American history, your ignorance of religious purpose, your inadequate adjustment as an adult, and your belittling, begrudging bullying of anyone you fear has just proven how stupid you are. Thank God for your sake this is America and individuals like you are not taken to some remote village and just disposed of. But in the America you envision and pontificate about you in turn would like to grab any and all people who strive for democracy to be locked away and treated like criminals. In other era’s Michelle you might be laughed at, called an idiot, given no credence at all, but sadly the smart of this nation are somehow tucked away in a perceived safe room and think you will just implode. You worry me Michelle because I have never seen such stupid so dangerous. You are the Queen of stupid!

Mr Speaker

Dear Mr. Boehner,

It seems that you are thrilled with a court ruling that may lead to higher premiums, chaos in the health care system, and millions of Americans unable to receive basic care. How cavalier, delightfully devilish and creepy of you to express your delight as millions of American”s may once again go without adequate and affordable health care. As Speaker of the House one might suppose you have the interests of most Americans in mind, but sadly so Sir, it is only your insecure machinations of hoping, wishing and pleading to maintain your title as Grand Pooh-Ba of the House of Representatives that gives you any angst or motivation.

Now I know your GOP/T-Party puppets pretend that they have read history books, but when real history is written about your lack of purpose, politics 24/7, worshipping the Koch Brothers tenure as Speaker ends; your true colors of shame, tyranny, and obstructionism will blind each and every reader. Sadly you think that maintaining power via appeasing the most bigoted, ignorant religious jihadists is the American way when in fact all it does is prove you are a bigger fool then the foolish who only know how to blame.How much do really hate the average American Mr. Boehner; enough that once again you want to deny health insurance, prohibit the cost of health insurance, and ignore a basic right to be healthy? You are a sad little puppet, Mr. Boehner, your puppet masters have you seduced with greed and gluttony and you seem to think that half assed is okay. Is that similar to the cup being half full or half empty? In your case is it half assed or fully assed?

You may fool the FOX crowd of not seeing is believing and understanding is not important. You may delight the racist/bigoted/homophobic/misogynist crowd who get their jolly’s as they wear robes and lather in tar and feather. Why heck you even thrill the 1% of corporations who suddenly were created from sperm and egg; but honestly Mr BONER for the rest of the nation you are anything but a fools paradise. The standard for class and quality in this nation has been on a slippery decline and you Sir, are the master tobogganist leading the slide downhill full speed ahead and full of shit. I might ask if you have an ounce of a conscience, but witnessing your actions and behavior and contempt for fair and equal the answer is a qualified NO. 

Governor Perry

Dear Governor Perry,

I am the father of two kids. When my children were very young I did everything in my power to make their environment a safe, hospitable place. I fended off imagined bogey men as well as helped to fight battles of real bully’s. There was nothing, nothing at all that could have, would have or might have stopped me from protecting my children. Their health, safety, well being were unquestioned responsibilities as a parent were all part of the unconditional love contract which took affect with my children’s first breath. I am happy to say I was able to watch my children grow into young adults living a quality life.

I cannot imagine the angst, fear, trepidation and worry any parent would have to go through to send their children away. Yet mothers and fathers living in Central America are having to decide if the violence, murder, rape and instability taking place in their own neighborhoods can outweigh the kind of protection most parents promise their offspring. Governor Perry you like titles and with every news conference or headline you try to define yourself as an American, a Christian, a Patriot, and a Parent. But here you are standing at the border of your state proudly handling an assault weapon calling in your National Guard to do nothing but intimidate and scare innocent children; doing nothing more but acting the fool. Do you have any idea other then political ambitions as to just how terrible it must be for these children to be away from all they know and love? Are you nothing more then a self serving selfish man?

Governor Perry your intellect is often criticized. It seems you lack depth, perspective and of course insight (other then the plan to try and become president). Had you bothered to recall American history you would recount the hundreds of thousands of young children arriving on the shores of this nation to escape persecution and harm from their original countries. Those children are now the generation who helped fight wars for this nation, built our economy, and provided the foundations for a strong nation. Governor Perry if you had paid attention to your church and the writings it holds as truth you would discover that the Godly thing to do is help thy neighbor not scapegoat he or she. And Governor Perry if you would take that abridged version of the US Constitution out of your gun holster and read it, you will certainly find that this nation was founded by immigrants and by people who no longer wanted to be the downtrodden.

Governor Perry I amaze at the slight of hand, snake oil salesman tricks, and hocus pocus you have successfully used to be the longest termed governor of Texas. I thought Texans were smarter then permitting a fool standing behind an emerald curtain to become the decider, but your slime and sleaze apparently worked. You are a sham and shameful in your latest round of PR tricks and tactics to promote yourself as a presidential candidate. But Governor Perry actually stop pretending that you are greater then God and look at the situation around you. I am a parent, you are a parent, try and imagine sending your children away, to fend for themselves for fear that if they remain close to home they may suffer or worse, die. I can’t imagine any of that, but it seems in a heartless gutless cowardly way you can. Shame on you!