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What, Me Worry?

A quickie tonight. Rehearsal was long and just this shy of exhausting.

That's Reverend Pat Robertson on the left. You know, the guy who hosts The 700 Club  on CBN (Christian Broadcast Network) and who ran for President in 1988. Pat thinks medical marijuana is okay, but being gay isn't. Pat's a very pious, but judgmental guy. He doesn't like gay people very much, though in the past he's claimed he loves us and wants us to set aside our sexuality so we can get into heaven. If we can't pray away the gay, then we should spend our lives alone and celibate. Not much different from most evangelical ministers or Catholic catechism, for that matter.

But then today, I saw the video clip below at Truth Wins Out and nearly lost my mind:

That's right, kids -  Uncle P is possessed by a demon! And I'm sure many of you reading this are, too. 

Well that explains a lot! I always wondered why I could spin my head around 360 degrees; spider-walk down the stairs; float three feet above my bed and have all those pea-soup stains on my pajamas. Okay - I'm kidding. I don't actually wear pajamas to bed (TMI?).

Seriously? This is the 21st Century, Pat. If you actually believe that an estimated 7 to 10 percent of the world's population are possessed, then I would suggest some better medication than medical marijuana. Start with some anti-psychotics, as you are clearly delusional. If those don't help, I know a doctor in L.A. who can prescribe something that will let you get some obviously needed sleep. And just in case I'm wrong and there actually is a loving, compassionate God who sends evil people to hell, I hope you like it hot, Pat. I hope you like it really hot.

More, anon.
Prospero

The Fall of Western Civilization

There we all go, right down the crapper. I've thought it was coming for quite a while now, but some recent events have proven me right - Western Civilization is doomed. Doomed, I tells ya.

First was the recent financial debacle in Washington, where a group of supposed adults who should know better all acted like petulant children and refused to sit down and rationally discuss the problem. Instead, our "leaders" (and I use the term quite loosely) squabbled like a bunch of pre-schoolers over whose turn it was to use the red finger-paint. Hardly "Government for the People." The result? A downgrade in the country's credit rating by the S&P (the first in history) and a world-wide stock-market plunge. And the worst part is that the Tea Party a-holes who caused the whole mess actually seem to be proud of what they've done. Disgusting.

Next, a total breakdown of human decency in London (of all places), where the third day of rioting by hoodlums has led to one of the single most repulsive things I have ever seen:

Isn't London supposed to be one of the last bastions of civilized behavior? I hope the IOC is seriously reconsidering their choice for the 2012 Games.

Then today (via) comes news that the sub-human wretch who goes by the name Ann Coulter has aligned herself with the oxymoronic conservative Republican gay PAC, GOProud. First of all, how can any gay person align themselves with the Repugnicans? These are the folks who want to deny civil rights (no matter how loudly Lincoln is spinning his grave) by enforcing DOMA and trying to repeal the repeal of DADT. Second, have any of you GOProud morons actually listened to Coulter's hateful rhetoric? She makes the Mormons look like Episcopalians, for Christ's sake. I'm actually trying not to throw up, just thinking about her. She may well be the worst human being in modern history (just slightly above Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot).

Still, worse than any of that, is the increasing popularity of the clearly insane Michelle Bachmann and her ilk in their bids for the US Presidency in 2012. Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Bachmann all seem to have forgotten the whole "separation of Church and State" thing and are running their campaigns (yes, I know - Perry hasn't declared yet, but he will) on "Christian values" platforms. I may be a skeptical agnostic/secular humanist but my sister is a rather devout Christian who knows a hypocrite when she sees one (of 'Christians' who attend church regularly, she says: "You can sit in a garage all you want, but that doesn't make you a car.") She is as appalled as I am by these hate-fueled, fear-mongering liars.

Honestly, I just want to know how we came to this point in history when clearly unstable people are seriously being considered as candidates for President of the United States. As recently as the 1990's, anyone as loony as Bachmann would have been dismissed as a "fringe" candidate with no hope of winning even he smallest of districts. Have things gone so wrong that we're willing to let lunatics run the asylum? I truly fear for the future of our country. Surely the framers of the Constitution (and all of those who have given their lives defending it) wouldn't want to see it trampled on the way the Tea Party and modern Republicans are attempting to do. 

"But Uncle P, how can we stop them?" Simple. Vote. Vote to keep these dangerous lamebrains out of office. Vote as if your very lives depend on it -- because they do.

Okay - another political rant over. Back to regular nonsense in my next post.

More, anon.
Prospero

The Gayest Thing(s) You'll See This Week

I must admit that despite being "wired in," I am not actually current on most popular music. Yes, I know the names and the styles (usually), but am not always familiar with the actual music, itself.

Now you have to understand, my rather extensive CD collection is comprised of mostly film scores and soundtracks, followed closely by Original Cast Recordings, Cirque du Soliel scores and other odd bits of epehemeral weirdness. Of course, my collection contains many standards and must-haves (everything from Beethoven and Mozart to Pink Floyd and The Beatles and almost anyone in between - with the exception of most CW and almost all Rap). I have CDs by The Who; Elton John; Olivia Newton John; Madonna; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; The B52's; Devo; Loreena McKennitt; Cyndi Lauper; Annie Lennox; James Brown; Tom Jones; Dead Can Dance; Pet Shop Boys; NIN; Peter Gabriel; October Project... the list goes on and on.

Sadly, I find few modern pop artists interesting in the least. But lately I've been reading lots and lots about Brooklyn-based, openly gay band Grizzly Bear. I hadn't heard any of their music until I stumbled upon the below link (via). It's fan-made video (by a str8 fan) for the song "Two Weeks" and is just a gorgeous, surreal, Steampunk-Papercraft-Puppet-Animation gay love story. And the song ain't too shabby. Excuse me while I peruse the Grizzly Bear catalogue and please enjoy the video while I do so:

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.

OK. Entertainment out of the way, it's on to politics. Also via, comes the following clip of National Organization for Marriage (NOM) spokesperson Nancy Gallagher being ripped to pieces by CNN's Lou Dobbs and University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Tobias Wolf. I love how, like everyone else who opposes same-sex marriage, Gallagher cannot come up with suitable answer as to how same-sex marriage affects and/or attacks hetero-marriage. Watch the bitch squirm here:

Sorry, I forgot. Oded Gross already told us how:

Yeah, THAT's the ticket!

More, anon.

Prospero