Prejudice, Intelligence And The GOP

I just set the record for late starts. Today I didn't get up until 3pm. I know...I know, WTF.
I culd-a slept some more but my thinking was, "hell man, it must be, like 10am-ish...I should get up." So I got up. It's really weirdo drinking coffee in the afternoon, when I'm usually drinking beer at this time. Any who...

Sometimes stupidity is funny, but when it goes too far, then...it's sad.

I'm still very groggy, but you can imagine how shocked I was to discover that not only is bigotry stupid head, but so are the practitioners of bigotry. Really, it was in a survey so it must be true, right. Fellow Team members, whether on Team Atheist, Team Prog-Lib, Team Feminist or Team LGBT, often wonder (out loud and frustrated) "why they hating on us." It must be so frustrating for my LGBT homies to be prejuice-d on by conservatives, when the LGBT homies have not done anything to them. Imagine being a super hottie (because you have an evolved state of mind and you are independent) but you get prejuice-d on by a sexist conservative (probably white) male and all YOU did was get up and go to work in the morning-probably really frustrating, non'.

I Googled "smart Asian people" to get this one.

( I'll create a new paragraph for this next one...) What if you are on the Mighty Team Atheist and you read over and over again in all the newspapers and studies and surveys that you are more hated than murder'rs and trusted less than a rapist. Of course you're gonna go, "WTFF*".  Well, here's the answer...

"Low intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies...Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change (I underlined that), attitudes that can contribute to prejudice."

A million gazillion studies that preceded this one concluded things like hi levels of prejudice are directly linked to low levels of that education that the prog-libs, science minded and generally better looking and smarter than you are peeps keep talking about. Sooooo, you have so little education that you are considered, I'll just say it, stupid, combined with subscribing to a system that "stress hierarchy and resistance to change", gosh where have we seen anything like that before...RELIGION**

This is a world map of IQ's. Of course i don't understand it.

Generally speaking the republican right is God's party. Generally speaking the more education one has, the more likely that person is an atheist and visa versa. The less educated a person is the more likely they are religious and not only that, the more likely a person is uneducated, the more likely they will believe that the bible is written by God and without err (air, I thought it was funny). Finally, and this is just my opinion, I didn't go all survey to find out this information, but...the party with the most rednecks (GOP) is the party most likely to believe bullshit, never question that, and hate brown people (there I said it.)

* WTFF...What the frackin' fuck.

** That is the first time I evah had to use the capital locks combined with the "bold."

*** OK, I changed tone middle way there, sorry. not very focused. any who. Read the article it has bunches and bunches of good information...and they don't fool around. Awesome.

*** SF Gate

Message to GOP'ers, Shut Up Your Face

Confession...I Googled "
Rick Santorum anal". I couldn't resist.

Like I said the other day a couple of posts ago...religion doesn't matter in a presidential candidate, until it matters. When does it matter...when they shove it down our throats, err, or when the media ask's questions about religion, which is what happened at the last GOP debate.

"What role would religion play in your presidency?"

We can't expect "honest" answers to this question. Really, what are they supposed to say, "God beams the answers down to me, after I pray, and that invisible laser beam of "answers" that is similar to that other invisible laser beam that beams down ethics-n-morals, understanding and goodness, tells me what to do." Don't hold yer atheist breadth fer that one.

Ron Paul, smartly, said it wouldn't have any affect at all on his presidency. On the other hand, The Newt basically said mere humans are too stupid to make the really important decisions...

"Because these are decisions beyond the ability of mere mortals to truly decide without some sense of what it is that we should be doing...we have a real obligation to recognize that, if your truly faithful, it's not just an hour on Sundays...It's in fact something that should suffuse your life, to be part of who you are. And in that sense, it is inextricably tied in with how you behave."

I Googled "dominionism" and this unholy trinity came up. Go figure.

Wow, thanks Newt thanks for all that fuel to the atheist fire. I couldn't have scripted it better myself. So where to begin...

Not only is it Team Atheist that does NOT want an American Christian dominionist, with their believing fingers near that nuclear button that can destroy the whole world with , well, their finger near the button...it is the whole world. It's so basic.

If a president of the United States does not believe in earthly and human reasoning and critical thinking skills and does believe that a 1/3 man, God, ghost is coming back within "our" lifetime, after the state of Israel is established and that natural disasters which, well, occur naturally and with frequency, IS a sign the prophecy is being fullfilled, which means that the end of the world as we know it is coming soon and that the people that just happened to subscribe to that one correct religion (outta so many, and it's definitely not the Jews. Sorry you guys are just pawns in the American evangelical prophecy) will literally rise up into the air (ascension) to meet their maker while the rest of the world suffers for the rest of eternity...(if a president believes that)...

...then the probability that a delusional human president will in reality destroy the erffs as we know it...increases. And why, because according to The Newt...mere humans are too dumb and cannot make important decisions like that themselves.

"I'm outta here bro'z and bro-neetaz. Hit you up, err, within your  *lifetimes*  (then the angel posse starts to laugh that rich white upper class angel laugh (looking down their noses-n-designer sun-glasses on you) as they frackin' fly away into the sky, leaving most people to die here on the da erffs....Forevah,,,

I'll end by letting The Newt, the man that single handily has destroyed the institution of hetero marriage while at the same time inhibiting the good peeps of the LGBT community (like his sister) from getting even one marriage under their belt...

"One of the reasons I am running is there has been an increasingly aggressive war against religion and in particular against Christianity in this country, largely by largely by a secular elite and the academic news media and judicial areas (RNS)."

Thanks Newt.

* The always really good Religion News Service Blog (whomps all over CNN Belief Blog-I don't know why it's more popular. I bet Gawd is involved.

* When I played Ju-Co tennis back in the day the mens' team often times practiced with he women's team. There were international hotties on the womens team and english wuz there second language. In the heat of the battle when line calls were being made, scores "not recalled correctly", under the hot Sacramento sun they would say, "Shut up your face." So totally hot coming from a 6ft, toned blond tennis player.

Not Win By Attrition

Ugh, ugh...super ugh and sheez. Is part of their plan to win by attrition. Last man standing wins, the last philosophy remaining takes the metaphorical..."all" that winners keep talking about. Like I have said many times before, to fight the same battles over and over in the war against, let's say, a woman's right to choose, separation of church and state and the bad ol' battle for the science classroom called creationism, is stupid and and a waste of time (but totally needed).

An Indiana Senate committee passed a horrible bill that would allow schools to teach creationism along side evolution in the science classroom...as equals.  Did I say stupid head already. Forget that there is already legal precedent in favor of the athei...err, I mean science (something like the law never stops religion). Fortunately the super awesome ACLU is on the scene. I guess they do not want individual schools-with uber American Christian school board members that probably do not have an understanding of basic science, but did read, I dunno, Kirk Camerons latest God book-deciding if their particular religion is represented in the science classroom as an equal to real science.

They have the slogan Teach The Controversy (that was "them", this is us) but of course that is just typical American Christian hijacking, again. The implication is that those sneaky scientists are hoarding the truth and keeping the real truth away from those poor innocent students because they only wanna teach their Dawin's scripture, evolution. That's what they say.

What I say is that the only thingy controversial is that they are attempting to inject American Christianity into the science classroom, again. It was decided long ago that creationism and Intelligent Design are merely bad camouflage for American Christianity trying to "hide" their way into the science classroom and an attempt to teach Genesis as a theory of the origin of the universe and people of da erffs, which is a violation of church and state. Theoretically, if schools were to *teach the controversy* then each science classroom in every school would hafta teach every creation myth from every culture that ever lived ever ever. Part of their controversy is that the other theories that are equal to evolution are being ignored and not being given equal time (even tho there are no other theories).

Really "they" want other perfectly normal adults to believe that da erffs is flat, 6-10,000 y/o, humans and dinosaurs  walked side by side, humans were perfectly formed right from the beginning and never changed (evolved), Adam and Eve are responsible for all the genetic diversity in the whole world, should I go on...snakes talk, homo's are bad, LGBT marriage somehow affects straight marriage to the extent that it (hetero marriage) will be destroyed, fossils were put there by Satan to tempt and test you, the Great Flood really happened, JC WIL come back to da erffs within "our" lifetime and "they" want to replace beautiful science with all this crap-o-la and more. Just say no Indiana.

I think the only thing that is controversial is that there are adults out there that think the disguises' in the names called creationism and Intelligent Design will FOOL other adults into thinking that there is a controversy in the first place. I think it's controversial that even a stupid person can do the simple math of the "equal time" argument and see that it is the definition of NOT PRACTICAL OR POSSIBLE. I guess that makes the Indiana Senate members that very stupid headed-ly passed the bill that is gonna waste everyone's time, again,  for a battle that has already been fought...and won...by us....Team Athei...err, Team Science.

* Yea buddy, you know I wuz reading the radio station Eagle County 99.3 FM for my news.

* H/T to @lukegeog (#teambro member, majoring in geology, battler of creationist nonsense)...

* Part of the *controversy* that the uneducated and brainwashed and probably homeschooling barefoot and prego mthers want you/us to believe is...there are other legitimate theories of the origins of the universe and of how humans evolved on the earth (there is not), scientists are purposely not teaching these theories because they hate god and there is some kinda conspiracy, but the fallacy that "they" commit it that they only wann teach their creation story and if "equal time" was really an issue, then we would have to give equal time to all the creation myths of all cultures and 1) that is not practical and 2) mythology does not belong in the science classroom....period. What is so hard to understand about that.

The Stupid, Alaskan Airlines and Prayer Cards

Gordon Bawker the co-founder of Starbucks and delicious Redhook Ale, used to travel on Alaskan Airlines. AA, until recently, would drop a freekin' prayer card on your diner tray (I know, it's the 2,000's right). I can sort of forgive himfor putting small coffee shops outta business (not really) because he would remain silent, then when the plane took off, then he would recite the prayer out loud. I don't know you, but I don't want people sayin' out loud on this flying-sky-chair-tube thing, the thing that possible could crash and kill everyone, "the meek shall inherit the erffs (that or, "we're all gonna dieeeeeee.").

Do my Eskimo bro's and sis' really want their 'mugs' of planes. Were they even asked?

Here's the super stupid coming from the upper echelon, 1%'er's, the CEO and the president...

"...we've heard from many of you who believe religion is inappropriate on an airplane." Ugh, ya think. This is everything to me. This is the difference to an apologetic Kriss 2011 and angry atheist Nu Kriss, bitter, angry and in yo face, beeotches. Last year at this time, i might have let it pass without a thought. now, no frackin' way.

This should be a prayer card. It's inspiring.

Instead of "inappropriate behavior on a plane" I think dude should have said the correct and said, public place. People should be better than this, esp people in leadership positions. Really, did any Jews, Mooslims, or atheists eveah travel on Alaskan Airlines. It only takes common sense to see that that is inconsiderate at best. Here;s the other part of the quote the two brainiacs came up with in their memo...

"This difficult decision was not made lightly...Some of you enjoy the cards and associate with our service..."

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. This is what I was talking about earlier with the plus one. Really...really, there were customers/people that associated doing your job, the thing that everyone has to do, doing your job correctly and well (everyone is expected to do that and when you do, you don't get credit, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.) with those stupid prayer cards (name them, I doubt it). You go to work and do your job and it is a choice to give credit to God afterwards, not a requirement (See previous post).

I Googled "prayer cards."

 This is also Christian privilege. Some "higher up" decided long ago that s/he would promote their religion (after all, what's the harm, right) so they insisted and implemented giving out prayer cards to customers on a public flight, irregardless of belief or lack of. 


It's not that big of deal-eo tho. It's only been happening sicne the 70's and years ago, to save money, they only gave the cards out in first class. I guess only the 1% can be saved.

* There is an article about this on NPR, but I'm linking the mighty Seattle Times instead.

Real Knowledge Plus God Equals...

This is the fucker that took me down. If you were any older, son, I'd kick your ass. In fact...go get your dad, boy.

The only good thing to come outta having that violent puking that happens when you eat something that is not quite right is that your six pack feels so tight the next day. Other than that, like the horrible watering of the mouth right before you puke, the puking while people are walking by, the dude rolling up on you asking over and over "are you all right, are you all right (shut the fuck up dude. I appreciate it and all, but can't you see I'm puking. It's really selfish of you to want me to stop puking just so I  can answer you. Just sayin.'), the realization that nothing is coming out, because everything already left your stomach, the sweating right after and, well, you guys know...right. Any who....

Atheist don't plus one.

I'm going to go all stream of hazy consciousness on this one today, feeling kinda weak right now. Ritt Momney's good twin brother, the one that wants to win the contest to be the one to lose in the up coming election against super awesome Black Prez, is down with the foreveah judge, God, and his after the fact laws. Forget that his God and Prophet are different than the American Christian God, as an atheist, when I read stuffs like this...all I see is God.

"Don't claim equality as that gift from God and then go around and say, "Well, we don't have to pay attention to what god wants us to do.We don't have to pay attention to God's moral laws. If your rights come from God, then you have an obligation to live responsibly in conforming in God's laws, and our Founding Fathers said so, right." Mitt Romney and his fantastic underwear.

Maybe they are just doing "alternative Chinese medicine."

I call this the plus one. The believers plus one. It's an add on...after the fact. It's an unneeded attachment that doesn't help anything. After all God hasta be in injected in there somewhere. Take any explanation for anything, look at all the (real) work that goes into it , then inject the "explanation" of God at the end (1). Look atheist, forget that things like reciprocal altruism, sharing, kindness, helping peeps, Team Spirit, relationships etc...all happened naturally (evolution of group behavior thru natural selection) back in the day when our ancestors went form individual lame-oz to hunter gather'ers and then agriculture peeps. Forget that shit, "God did it."

Equality is not a gift from that invisible God that believers insist we believe in. What is equality anyway, a revolution from oppression of one to to the demanding of *equality*, then eventually the acceptance and practice of said equality. I don't see God there. I see an "idea" that thru human effort, came to fruition. Of course you can always add God, inject God into this or anything, at the end.

Humans for all our faults-n-stuff are still very amazing. For example, we have the capacity for love, great super loving love. We can choose to plus one God into that equation after the fact, but we don't need to. Because hella time has passed and we have that evolved human brain, humans have developed ethics, morals, rulez to live by and rulez to NOT live by. We know what is right and what is wrong, and by golly, we do not need to plus one a great surveillance camera in the sky, a judge and jury, a ghost or a warden, an oppressor, into the equation where humans already have the answer.

(1). How are babies born (insert all the knowledge about reproduction, all the medical stuffs here), then plus one God at the end. How do the tides work, why is the sky blue, why do families look alike, how come the Denver Broncos made it to the playoffs, any question with an answer that involves real knowledge that is based in the physical and material world we live in, a world that adheres to the concepts and principles of physics and chemistry, then place God at the end of the answer as if that is equal in explaining the mechanisms of how things work. That is the plus one.

* Oopsie, I made a mistake. I'm really really "hazing" if i'm making this one. It was not Underwear that made that quote, it was jizz, dookie and whatever else oozing outta my butt. My bad everyone.

* Quote

* Article

That Stupid Cross On Government Land

Oh...oh oh oh, OH oh....I think they hafta go (that was my attempt at a joke*). Well, maybe they just don't understand, you know, the constitution, the law of the land-n-stuff.

"Reporting from Washington— 

The House on Tuesday approved a measure that seeks to permit religious symbols on federal war memorials, a response to a court ruling that declared a cross atop a San Diego memorial violated the Constitution (link)."

"They" should use info from Zeitgeist and debate that the cross is a universal symbol and not a Christian symbol. funny.

What's the big deal-eo anywho, it's just a FREEKIN CROSS on government land and nobody relates that to Christianity. Sure there is all that church-n-state stuff but I wanted to address something else. A couple of months ago, and a couple of articles ago-I think it was in a comment section-a soldier said something like...they didn't even fight in a war and they will never go on base to see it, so WTF. I fought and I like it. So there. Me, "ugh."

"Thanks for fighting for us soldier. now we can eat freedom fires, " Fat American white kid.

What is dude sayin'. I get the impression from that comment, and others like it (and there are many like minded, peeps) is that soldier dude has a little more say in it than Joe civilian. He's fought and he's served, he's Christian, so dagnabit...it's OK by him. Perhaps he's even the kind that will cry religious persecution and claim that his religious freedom has been hijacked by those secularists, by people that interpret the constitution different than he (perhaps, I dunno, just sayin'). These are the kinda peeps that also say things like, "Well, if you don't like this country, then git out!" Whoa Nelly....c'mon now.

Believers have hijacked many thingies that belong to everyone. For example one cannot be "spiritual" or have a transcendent experience if one does not believe in the correct religion (preferably American Christianity...for white people....dudes only. No "bundles of sticks."). The word "life" or "pro life" was stole by the pro lifers. Automatically, if you are against them, then you are against "life (then we halfta waste time explaining the opposite.sheez). Which brings me to this...

"Bundle of sticks." I thought it was funny.

If you do not subscribe to the American Christian God of American Exceptionalism and dominionism, then there is no way that you can be patriotic. No way. It's impossible. YOUUUUU do not have that invisible laser beam of patriotism (similar to the laser beam of the ability to love. No God, no ability to love for you, you heathen.) being sent into your incapable mere earthly self. We cannot have simple appreciation and gratitude for all the brave men and women that have sacrificed for the general public's freedom. We are not capable according to soldier dude.

So because we will never go on base to see this particular violation of church and state and because he did what he was supposed to do, which is follow orders because he signed up for that (and he happens to be Christian), then he has a little more right than you and I and he is justified in not following the constitution.

NOT

* That was supposed to be Led Zepplin

Babies Drinking Beer

How could I possibly top the post Animals Drinking Beer...You know I hadta Google...Babies drinking beer.

I tried the drinking method...it didn't work for me.

You know what Tommy..there's gotta be more to life than this. I mean, c'mon man.

These kids now rule the country. Stupid baby boomers.

4 outta 5 Asian kids in the rural mountains drink beer.

She left me, that bitch. I'm never opening my heart again. Never I tell ya.

I wuz just resting my eyes.

Bro, lite my refry.

This guy, this guy is the guy. I love you, mommy.

Believe it or not, Coors Lite is way better than Coors.

MGD makes me sleepy also.

We're swingers.

Fosters mate. It's Australia for kangaroo.

Fat Mexican father of the year.

I can drive, just shut the fuck up and poor me another one.

 I'm so funny...my brother is a comedian. buy his stuff on iTunes...Kevin Camia