Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The GOP is the Greatest Threat to Humanity.

I read an article recently that stated a similar thought about the Republican Party except for one exception. They used the word “may.” That term has been gnawing at my thoughts since I read the article. Why do liberals, when stating a fact, hide their real thoughts? There is no “may” in this thought. Here we are, getting closer and closer to a very important election, and many liberal columnists are still beating around the bush.

Strong language is called for when exposing the conservative party for what it really is, a bane on American society and the world at large.

Issues need to be framed in reality. When you hear about conservative elected officials going after abortion, do not think this is about a pro-life position; it is about imposing the Christian version of Sharia law in this country. They would like nothing better than to perch the Ten Commandments in every fucking federal building in the country. This is a theocracy in the making; have to keep all the sheep happy and content. Control is the desire. Don’t worry about eating dirt for dinner, in the afterlife you’ll be changing baby Jesus’ diapers. Ah, the glory of god is all you need worry about, your suffering here is only a grain of sand on the beach of forever.

When you hear the term, “job creators,” don’t you notice the term? Doesn’t anyone flinch at the term creator? What a sly way of influencing the idiots that have figured out how to vote, but not what they’re voting for. Priests are illegally influencing their flocks to vote for the anointed ones, protecting their thievery from prying eyes. And in reality, the conservative movement is only a way of preserving power. It is not a democratic force; it is a force for greed. The poor and middle class pay for the rich to live lives of biblical immorality, yet somehow that remains noble to the theist mentality.

A good theocracy needs bad science as well. If god is in control, he will repair the world’s ills with a wave of his bigoted hand. No regulation needed no worries about the environment, no cares about the extinction of a planet. Waste every resource, pollute the planet, god will take care of it. The use of god in elections by conservatives is meant to instill a thought that anti-life actions, like making the earth uninhabitable by destroying its resources, are okay. The problem, if there is a problem, will be rectified by god when the time comes.

Bad science is easily propagated. Climate change is not science, it’s a liberal conspiracy. Evolution is a fallacy; we know god did all the work. By negating reality, we keep the delusion alive. Though happily there are scientists trying to spread the good word, the anti-science trend will not stop until you and I start talking about it. Talk to everyone you know. Laugh at the stupidity of those who promote irrational thoughts. Plant a fucking seed in the minds of the believers.

As the 2012 elections near, I’m sure I will be boring everyone on this site, and aggravating every damn lazy thinker I encounter. Every conservative or anti-science pinhead you meet should be a debate. A debate where no prisoners are taken. For those who think that calmness is the only way to succeed, how do you explain conservative success? Get over your niceness and become a fighter.

A recent survey asked what celebrity you would most like as a neighbor. Did you think they'd pick Dennet, Dawkins or any other thinker? Not. The number one answer is theist Tim Tebow. Think hard about that.

They want god.

They will want god until it is shown that not having god is in their own best interest.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Trouble with Theists


The holiday season can be a trying time for atheists. Jesus is in your face constantly. Even in my little town the one and only billboard proudly displays the message that we should, “Keep Christ in Christmas.” That nonsense is paid for by our local catholic church and partners.
Some of the local businesses proudly display on their signs, “God Bless,” like the thought is in some way comforting. Going inside the local merchants’ place of business can exhaust one’s patience with all the references to the ugly dreams of men. I’m sure most of us have wondered how such good cheer can come from such badly written horror stories.
But we go our ways, smiling. It is the season. It is hard to ignore the goodwill that is expressed during this time of year, especially if you close your eyes to the commercial aspects of the holiday. As long as you can ignore that part of the holiday, and stay out of stores where patrons are pepper spraying each other, (in a loving Christian way), the goodwill of the season is hard to ignore.
Year after year though, I join the throngs of humanity that smile; socializing and eating our way through the end of the year. The visits with family and friends where that frozen smile is the only usable armor against the foolishness. It does get rather tedious. I, like probably many atheists, get so sick of the hypocrisy that I yearn to become the local hermit.
Then it happens. A phone call from young acquaintance who says she’s coming over. She knows that Jo and I are getting ready to entertain and wants to come over and help. Doesn’t take no for an answer and in minutes she shows up with another of our newly made friends from our small town. Now in all honesty, they had been indulging in a little holiday cheer, so were slightly happy. We all live within walking distance of each other so not much of a threat to the streets. So now I have two energetic cute young ladies in my house cleaning; cool.
One of the young ones is a smoker. She goes out for one, and I keep her company on the porch. She’s talking about how she has been resisting her urges to misbehave for the last couple of weeks and says “amen.” Not once but several times while urging me to join her. She is aware that I’m not religious in any manner, and I gently remind her again. But she is so happy to have been behaving that she keeps it up. Her loveliness even gets an “A” out of me before I catch myself. It does make me chuckle.
The evening goes along, we clean and decorate and they leave without any more talk that stinks of religion, so I can’t really complain that much. It was fun.
The next day is the party, one of three that I’m having in my home this year. This one is with the neighbors. It is a fun event, everyone behaving. After dinner, and after the empty wine bottles start piling up, the conversation turns to what some of my neighbors still have to accomplish before the holiday. One starts talking about a toy that she had picked up for her granddaughter. She talks about how hard it was to find, but thank god that she did finally get her hands on the Chinese made crap she wanted and thank god it was the right color; on and on. I can feel my eyes glaze over and my friendly wine buzz turning into more of a roadhouse ass kicking emotion, when the nice lady gives me three packages of goodies for the road when I head south. Damn her.
That is the trouble with theists. Most of them are nice people, making their way through life as best they can. It is how religion is still able to maintain a grip on the world. The people that have been brainwashed are in so many ways just plain good. That goodness does not come from the religion; it comes from humans being human.
So, for a few weeks, I will try to remember that theists are not the problem as much as the institution is the problem. That I need to stay focused on those whose goal is to spread the disease so they can retain or gain power. Weeks of not berating the foolish for being foolish.
Well, at least for a short time, then all bets are off.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Dreams of War


Stop, look, listen; or read on. Video here.

"The broke can choke on garbage and swill
whatever is discarded when the rich have their fill
tea party says don't feed them or even cure them
a new game in town from conservative clowns
if hungry or sick let them die, die, die
if black or brown let them fry, fry, fry
the wealthy are hiding secure on their thrones
if I could get near them maybe they'd throw me a bone

I doubt it
I doubt it

It's called class warfare by the rich and their whores
it is class warfare if you're generationally poor
it is class warfare if wages disappear
show them the door show them the door

Conservatives cheer about killing our people
pricks don't care enough about the sick
they deserve the time a free life on your dime
the rest have no worth get them off of this earth
if you like the smell of rot in the air
if you like poison in your beer
if you have no compassion for your peers
you're definitely a tea party volunteer

you know it
oh yeah
you know it

It's called class warfare by the rich and their whores
it is class warfare if you're generationally poor
it is class warfare when wages disappear
show them the door show them the door

The middle is a riddle unions or work
not much of a choice people think they're jerks
wouldn't count on their charity or any help
barely living with the cards that have been dealt
If your out of a job republicans will help you
by cutting off aid aid aid that would feed you
and keeping health care that'd cure you
for the few who think we're nothing but fools

we are
we are

It's called class warfare by the rich and their whores
it is class warfare if you're generationally poor
it is class warfare when wages disappear
show them the door show them the door

It's called class warfare by the rich and their whores
it is class warfare if you're generationally poor
it is class warfare when wages disappear
show them the door show them the door"

Also posted at Atheist Universe.