At 4:55 a.m., just five minutes before the doors were set to open, a crowd of 2,000 anxious shoppers started pushing, shoving and piling against the locked sliding glass doors of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., Nassau County police said. The shoppers broke the doors off their hinges and surged in, toppling a 34-year-old temporary employee who had been waiting with other workers in the store’s entryway.

People did not stop to help the employee as he lay on the ground, and they pushed against other Wal-Mart workers who were trying to aid the man. The crowd kept running into the store even after the police arrived, jostling and pushing officers who were trying to perform CPR, the police said.

Source:NY Times

This story doesn’t have a happy ending, the man died. How sad is it? How pathetic were those people who thought more of getting that sale than another human? I hope it was on store camera and every single one of them goes to jail, or at least have their faces plastered on the news to be made to feel like the scum they are.

I originally had the words “Merry Christmas” at the end of the title of this post, but replaced it with the much loathed “Happy Holidays.” Why? Because we have entered the season where we will yet again have to hear about the “War on Christmas” and how it’s “illegal” for people to say “Merry Christmas” and have to use “Happy Holidays.” Retail stores that use “Holidays” will as usual be boycotted over it by many in this country. I’m sure the American Family ASSociation already has their boycott list up.

Perhaps people should stop worrying and fighting over what retailers or the people on the street call the season or say to each other in passing by and be a little more concerned about how people treat each other. Tis the season for good will and joy among men, but how many people show it? This poor guy and his family will have neither a “Merry Christmas” nor “Happy Holidays” cause he’s dead. He died because people cared more about getting a sale. He died for “Holiday Consumerism.” That right there is the real war on Christmas people should really concern themselves with.

You are getting another politics post from me, consider it a record! So many in such a short period of time. This one comes with a bonus music video though

It has been a week since Obama won the election, and there seems to be a lot of shit hitting the fan. A reader posted here that in their home state, there was a race to buy guns. Well that story has now made headlines across the country. It seems a lot of people in a lot of states are stockpiling the guns. Does anyone think Obama or the libs will take away their right to bear arms? (Please note the irony as the amount of freedoms and liberties lost under Bush and the Patriot Act). It’s in the top ten bill of rights! There is a difference between that and gun control, and let me say I am for gun control. Unless you’re in the army fighting a war, I don’t think you need a semi-automatic let alone a full one. I’ve posted about this before too. Sorry, you are hunting deer, not an army of deer with razor sharp hooves looking to kill you. You probably have a better shot of hitting one with your car than a gun! Nobody but a soldier needs an oozie. I mean you can’t buy a tank, cannon or nuc now can you?

Sadly it seems racial incidents are on the rise. We just had a report on our local news that that black students at a local university were being harassed since the Obama win. That’s pretty sad. A friend also told me locally in his state of Oklahoma some poor woman died in a KKK initiation ceremony. I’ll feel sorry for her death, but won’t pity her stupidness for joining the KKK though. I’m sure they are getting a record number of enrollments! It looks like an Obama presidency could see a rise in hate crimes sadly.

Then there is Prop 8 and the messiness it has caused. I’ve already posted my mind on this. One of the big money funnelers behind the support of it has already said New York and Jersey will be their next targets. Target your own marriage, cause trust me some of your spouses probably have a little something-something going on on the side! Believe me when I say that I get hit on by your husbands enough on cruises and at the gym

So I thought a beautiful song was needed in this time. The song “Ugly” by Sugababes is just such a song. They aren’t well known outside of the U.K., where they are pretty much a smash hit. This song is just so beautiful though and has an amazing message.

Lyrics
When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren’t the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you’re more beautiful
And that’s the way they show that they wish
That they had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I’m ugly then
So are you
So are you

There was a time when I felt like I cared
That I was shorter than everyone there
People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn’t know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I’m ugly then
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I’m ugly then
So are you
So are you

Everybody talks bad about somebody
And never realises how it affects somebody
And you bet it won’t be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be

Cos people are all the same
(The same, the same)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I’m ugly then
(Yeah, you)
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I’m ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you

I really don’t know why I bother to post on politics boards, as it just boils my blood. I had actually been really good about not posting for a long time, but slowly got back into it. It’s like a poisonous addiction. Actually most web boards tend to send me over the edge eventually, but politics just does it from day one. What usually fires me up the most is people being so downright nasty to each other, yet doing so behind the comfort of anonymity. I always use my real name and emails on boards, so it really can boil my blood

Well when I found myself getting just as nasty as everyone else, I had to cut it off. I couldn’t figure out how to delete my account, but I know a little trick I changed my email to something fake that isn’t real then changed my password to some gobbledygook I’ll never figure out. With a fake email, I can’t be tempted to get that password and start posting again. Account closed! Now I can regain my sanity and blood pressure

So you get 2 in 1 week, 2 politics post from me! This one is also out of my anger and frustrations because of the passing of so many anti-gay measures, especially banning gay marriage in Florida (where it was already illegal), Arizona (where previous votes shot the ban down, guess it only counts when it gets approved?) and California (where thousands will now have the right stripped from them, I guess they get downgraded to Civil Unions).

The people have spoken and they obviously feel passionately about protecting marriage. However the funny thing is, the only thing they seem to be doing is keeping gays from getting married; a right they already don’t have in most of these states. Hmmmm, that’s how we go about protecting marriage? In this day and age when the divorce rate is over 50%, where anyone can get married and divorced in a day in Las Vegas, where we have TV shows like “Wife Swap” and “The Bachelor and Bachelorette” which turn marriage into entertainment. Well I’m sorry, but we can do better when it comes to protecting the holy sanctity of marriage.

What can we do? Easy, we write our senators and congressmen and demand more laws be put into effect or given to the people to vote on. Marriage must be protected from everyone, not just the gays. Otherwise, well we really aren’t protecting marriage we are just discriminating. The following are some suggestions for new laws that we should really consider introducing.

Since to so many people the banning of gays marrying was done based on religious reasons, let’s make marriage a religious institution. Any marriage not performed in a church is immediately reduced to a civil union. To be married one must not only be married in the church, but in a church both parties attend. We need to require the bride and groom to attend the church of their choice regularly for at least one year. Oh and yes, attendance will be taken and they must attend marriage classes! If you miss too many days, just like school, you have to repeat your year. This also serves as a waiting period as well. This prevents people from rushing into marriage too soon or without thinking it over. The days of getting married on a drunken whim alah Britney Spears are over. It really was a blight on the sanctity of marriage anyways. Now if you don’t want to abide by these laws, you can still get the “almost as good, but not the same word or cultural meaning civil union.”

The church teaches we should save ourselves for marriage. Well that’s not really a reality in this day and age is it? Also while medically we can check to see if a woman is virgin, you can’t for a man. Now we don’t want to discriminate when it comes to denying someone the right to marry do we? Therefore since we’ve already proposed a year long attendance of church and waiting period, let’s add abstinence to that year as well. Couples cannot cohabitate for one year and must abstain from any and all sex with each other or anyone. Monthly lie detector tests will be imposed to make sure this is followed.

Divorce should be banned. It seems the biggest threat to marriage is in fact divorce! If people can’t divorce, they’ll think long and hard about getting married won’t they? Okay okay, this too is hardly realistic now is it? Divorce will be granted if determined necessary by a court of law, but the individuals forfeit the right to ever re-marry. Now we don’t expect you to be single and alone forever, that would be too cruel. If voters allow, divorced individuals will be permitted to enter into civil unions. This last one definitely must be decided by the voters though.

Since we often here the argument that marriage between a man and a woman is the basis for a family, that is the point of marriage . . . Well let’s solidify the function of marriage in law. Within 5 years of marriage, a couple must produce a child or the marriage will be dissolved by the state/country. Unfortunately there are some people who, because of infertility issues, cannot have children. Fortunately for them, adoption isn’t an option! They will be required to file to adopt a child. However because of waiting lists and time periods, as well as the availability of babies, couples might not get their first choice of sex or color of their new child. The state will do it’s best to fulfill their requests though.

Now I know at this point people are giggling and think this is a joke. Make no mistake here, I’m dead serious. The people of this country and in so many states have spoke, they believe in the sanctity of marriage and the idea of protecting it. However they just aren’t doing enough. Why I don’t know, maybe they just only care about gays getting married. I mean after all, they aren’t gay so that doesn’t affect them does it? It’s MUCH easier to vote away the rights of others than it is to vote away the rights of yourself isn’t it?

THAT is what this is about. Making America see how wrong it is to vote on people’s rights, especially the majority voting on a minority’s rights. I fully plan to draft these ideas up into a very professional and serious letter and send it to my senators and congressmen. I will post the letter when I do, but until then I encourage you to do the same and spread it, or these ideas, or hell this post around the net. Because there are people out there who will not stop until they have taken my rights away, I WILL NOT STOP until someone introduces at least one of these as an actual state bill. I WILL NOT STOP until one of these ideas is put on a ballot and voted on. I want the rest of America to think even if it is for just one split second “Holy hell, what if by some odd luck of karmic fate this bill passes and I lose these rights?”

So I had said I was going to make a rare politics post, but at this point the initial post is moot. It was going to be a post about why I was going to vote for Obama, how I had in fact THOUGHT the issues over and why I was voting the way I was. (BTW I was in fact a Hillary supporter)

However Obama has won, and he will be our next President. What should have been a reason for me to be happy and hopeful quickly turned sad though. Comments on Myspace, Facebook and web boards just bummed me out. I learned a lot of lessons today. What did I learn?

I learned suddenly it’s okay to question your President, to decide someone wasn’t your President cause you didn’t vote for him, and to question your country. Meanwhile over the last 8 years while I didn’t vote for Bush, I acknowledged he was the President. I was told anything else was un-American. If I disagreed with the war in Iraq, actions of our country or questioned voters; well I was downright un-Patriotic. I’m glad to see now that Obama has been elected, these wrongs have been righted. Feel free to hate the president and disagree with everything he says or does. It’s your right as an American to question authority and do so without judgement. I for one will NOT call you un-American or un-patriotic for doing so. Please remember that in the future though.

I learned when the country is divided politically, yet there is a Republican in office, well I needed to suck it up and think of the greater good of the country and unite and support him and the country. However when Obama is elected, well it’s okay to just tell people to suck it.

I learned that in fact I hated America, God, was a moron, a socialist, evil, a communist and couldn’t think for myself because I voted for Obama. Hmmm, I’m pretty sure none of the above are true. Equally I’m pretty sure if McCain had won, well people would still think all of the above about me were true

I learned just because a state goes Blue, doesn’t mean people still can’t be intolerant. I had “faith” that the American people would in fact pass all anti-gay ballots in all states. I never questioned that, as it’s hard for the minority to win a right when the majority is the one voting on it. What I was shocked to learn was that in California it was minorities who tipped the scales in favor of taking rights away from another minority. Karma sucks, and once people have taken all the rights they can from gay people, where the hell do you think they’ll go next? Start preparing cause you are next.

I learned, no make that I knew all along, that no matter who won this election that half of America wouldn’t be happy and we’d still remain a country divided. That should make people very sad, yet it just seems to have fueled peoples anger more. What I did learn was that the division politics has caused in this country, the nastiness, down right mean spiritedness and hate that comes with it will continue on and will resume in another four years. It will probably be worse than ever too.

The United States of America or the Divided States of America? Hard to tell . . .

So this is NOT the rare political post I mentioned in my curse-filled post a few back. This is more of a me venting about stupid people’s political chatter in public.

So today I had an amazing run at the gym, my best one yet. I think I did 5 miles! Woot. So afterwards I wanted to relax my poor legs in the Jacuzzi. This is where I unfortunately was exposed to politics. All the stress I had just washed away was shoved back on me.

These two guys who I guess were in their 40s/50s were talking about a third guy, some friend of theirs, who was in earlier in the week and was upset. They were asking if the other had seen him around lately. They mentioned he was a vet and pretty upset that day. Well I started listening in, silly me I was thinking veterinarian and maybe something horrible had happened at work. No, they meant war vet.

It seemed the issue was he had read something in a paper about a bill that McCain didn’t support, and it upset him. I assume it was military oriented. One guy explained how he was sure there was a reason, those damn democrats always sneak tons of stuff in there, so you had to read the whole thing to understand. Also he was sure it was some liberal newspaper that took that one little line out of context and blew it up to make McCain look bad.

The two chatted about how they were both military (well one was from a military family) and how they hoped they had calmed this poor guy down. One guy also said his problem was he needed to get laid, so he actually set him up and sent him to a “massage parlor.”

Now up to this point none of this actually bothered me. Two of my best friends are republican, so I’m used to hearing venting about democrats and crazy liberals What annoyed me was a little tidbit that came up next. Seems the guy has been in a bad way for awhile, he’s been having problems at home with the wife. That’s when I flipped and bit my lip, but oh did I want to say something. Yes this guy was married.

Next week two states will vote to ban gay marriage, one being California, where many could lose the current right. Meanwhile these two asshats, clearly republican and bashing those crazy libs, sent their married friend to go get a massage and a “happy ending.”

Now some of you on here reading this might actually support “traditional marriage,” I don’t know. Others I know support the right of gays to marry. The next time your able to vote on the issue, or it comes up in a discussion you’re involved in, think about this post. It seems straight people are doing a fine job of their own ruining “traditional marriage” without any help at all from the gays. Perhaps what we need is some laws not to prevent gays from getting married, but laws to prevent stupid people from getting married.

So I’m currently composing a rare “political” post for my blog, which I tweeted about. Sadly Janelle informed me she’d have to read it at home, because I’ve been fucking banned at her shitty ass workplace! Are you mother fucking kidding me? What in the holy hell did I do to get banned at anyone’s work place?

I mean seriously? I rarely curse on here, aside from this fucking forsaken post, in which I’m doing so to make a fucking point. Sex? Porn? What sex and porn? Oh wait I showed a fake tit on my blog this week constructed of styrofoam. Quick, hide the kids! Are you kidding me? My mommy reads this blog, you think I’m going to be dirty and nasty on it? You think I’m going to talk about nasty dirty gay sex and show a bunch of nekkid men on it? Well okay, my mom lets me curse and fart in her presence, and hell she let me watch “Porky’s” when I was in like the 3rd grade, but please; if I cursed, farted or said nasty shit in public she’d fucking bitch slap me upside my head. Hell she yells at me if I burp outloud!

So this leaves me wondering why I’ve been banned? 1) it’s a gay thing or 2) it’s a youtube video posting thing. Hmmm, I’m pretty sure given what I know about corporate workplace, it’s fairly easy to ban youtube videos without banning a whole site. I could be paranoid, I don’t know. Then again, hello, me getting married could spell the end of the world, but any straight man can get drunk and marry Britney Spears in Vegas and it’s okay in God’s eyes (sorry Britney, I love you! Don’t flame me Chris Crocker!).

Maybe Janelle just stalks my blog at work and therefore they banned it because of her only Yes, I think I like that explanation the best, other than accepting that our government and workplaces have resorted to some serious freedom of speech issues. No, not our government! We are “tolerant” peoples! (insert laugh track here).

But hell, seriously, if I’m gunna get banned, then I’m gunna get mother fucking banned in STYLE bitches! So ladies and gentlemen, and flamboyant gentlement (Cher quote!), I give you some “porn.” Oh yes, you read right, here is some nasty, pale-assed, URGLY Janet Jackson Superbowl Titty! Suck on this “National Geographic!”

I try really hard not to get to political on here, unless something really annoys me. It seemed today politics wouldn’t leave me alone, and now I have to vent.

First I read over at Raging Rainbows this morning about John McCain giving an interview about picking a potential VP. You can read it in The Weekly Standard.

What annoyed me were the following quotes about what would and wouldn’t be acceptable in a VP candidate . . .

“I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party,” McCain said. “And I also feel that–and I’m not trying to equivocate here–that Americans want us to work together. You know, Tom Ridge is one of the great leaders and he happens to be pro-choice. And I don’t think that that would necessarily rule Tom Ridge out.”

“I think it’s a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice. We just have a–albeit strong–but just it’s a disagreement. And I think Ridge is a great example of that. Far more-so than (Michael) Bloomberg, because Bloomberg is pro-gay rights, pro, you know, a number of other issues.”

“You know,” I really am just shocked and actually disgusted. First of all, on Bloomberg, no I don’t “you know” know what the other number of issues that might count him out are. I’d love for McCain to clarify, but I don’t think he knows either. Clearly all he could, you know, remember was the gay thing. Guess that’s what’s important?

Second, what am I to take from these statements? That potentially dead fetuses are less of a problem to him than living gay people? That while he doesn’t agree with abortion, he can tolerate someone who does. However he just can’t tolerate someone who likes the gays?

What really makes me sad is that I actually liked John McCain, once upon a time. I thought he was a Republican I could actually vote for. I believe so did the BF. However it seems everything I/we liked about McCain no longer exists. Everything he seemed to once stand for went out the door when the presidency came knocking and became a real possibility.

The other thing that found its way to me today was sent to me by my friend, God love her. This more than anything made me laugh. It was an email about Obama and how evil he and the liberal media are.

Basically the email asserts that the liberal media will not let anything negative be said about Obama, and to test this if you make a post on YouTube about Obama that is negative that not only will it disappear or never get posted; but you’ll be sent all sorts of nasty porn spam email. The email then links to some church website with a video of some guy calling for a boycott of Obama because of this, among other things. What’s amusing is that the video of this guy . . . you guessed it . . . is on YouTube.

Hoping on my political soapbox again, though this time I don’t know whether to be angry and “preach” or simply laugh at the absurdity.

The AFA (The American Family ASSociation) has called for a boycott by its members of McDonald’s, because McDonald’s supports “the homosexual agenda.” Apparently McDonald’s donated some money to a gay and lesbian association in California and sent a representative to sit on one of their councils or board meetings. The particular details I’m not completely sure of (even though I’ve read the news bits). The AFA asked McDonald’s not to do this and to withdraw, but McDonald’s refused. They fired back a letter saying how they support diversity in the workplace as well as hundreds of various organizations and charities, blah blah blah, yada yada yada. Basically McDonald’s seem to tell the AFA to “suck it.” Well in response, the AFA has called for a boycott, apparently under the assumption they are going to take McDonald’s down. Ummm . . . yeah . . . not likely!

You can read hundred’s of comments from their members/supporters of this boycott here. It pains me to link to their site, but in this case the absurdity of some of these comments are just astounding. They are also hilarious and in some cases just plain sad.

I especially love the comments from people who dine at McDonald’s several times a week and will no longer be taking their family there. Well if one thing comes from their boycott it will be improved health! Oh wait, they’ve all stated they’ll just go eat at Burger King or Chic Fillet, so never mind. Clearly many of these Christian’s don’t realize Chic Fillet is founded by a Mormon, whom I’m sure they also believe will burn in hell.

Also is it just me, or did McDonald’s stop being a family establishment eons ago? I know once upon a time you could have birthday parties and what not there, but now it’s simply about the fast food. Eons ago I’m sure their food was a lot healthier too! One of the reasons (on a very short list) you probably go there is because they hand you the food and like most people, you can leave with it and quickly. Some of the comments make it seem like McDonald’s is the place to go to grow closer to your family. Um, go to a real restaurant if you want family bonding time!

Also I have to laugh at the fact that some of these people comment as if McDonald’s is somehow a real meal and possibly good for you. I mean if you think there is anything healthy in McDonald’s aside from the bottled water, well you are mistaken. Even their salads are bad for you. McDonald’s is not a healthy meal you give your family, it’s the meal you give them when you don’t have time to cook (which I’m sure many of these people should be against, as women should be in the kitchen at all times serving their man and family). It’s also junk food. I love McDonald’s food as much as the rest, but I know it’s absolutely 100% not good for me at all. If I eat it it’s usually because I’m craving it. I want it, so I get it. It’s pure 100% indulgence . . . hmm I’m pretty sure there are several hundred quotes in the bible as to why that’s in fact a sin.

Honestly, I suspect half the people claiming they will in fact boycott McDonald’s and not eat their again won’t last more than 2 weeks without going. Wouldn’t that make them liars? OMG, that’s in the top 10 of things not to do!

Hilarious.

It’s once again time for me to get political! If you haven’t heard the news, well now you have, and you’ll keep hearing about it on tonight’s news as well as tomorrow’s I’m sure. The state of California’s Supreme Court (the majority of whom were republican appointed) struck down the ban on gay marriage in the state, which voters approved in 2000.

Of course while I’m happy about the news, it also has me worried. In New Jersey our courts and legislature are pretty much set to rule that their “civil union” compromise to marriage here has pretty much been a failure all around. However the governor refuses do this during an election year. Why? Obviously because the republicans would use it against him and any other democrats.

That of course is what has me worried, this has come in an election year. I have NO doubt, NONE at all that the republicans and McCain will use this as a wedge issue. There are many conservatives out there that do not like McCain at all because of some of his policies and stances, so I have no doubt this is something he can use to reach out to them. Frankly it worked before and I’m sure it will work again. I just feel this doesn’t bode well for the democrats, who in my opinion have already shot themselves in the foot as is with the whole superdelegate thing and Obama versus Hillary debate.

Back to California, it’s still not a done deal. There will be challenges, there is already talk of going to the Supreme Court (who always seems to reject hearing these cases saying it’s up the the states to decide). There is also a move to have a gay marriage ban put on the ballot there in November, one that this time would put it in the state’s constitution. If that happens I hope a large portion of gays and lesbians in California would consider leaving the state. Could you imagine what would happen to Hollywood if all the make-up artists, hairdressers, clothing designers and not to mention closeted actors just left the state? Movies and TV shows would end up shutting down! It would be like the writer’s strike, but possibly forever for some.

I am also hoping for the day when someone in either a state or the US senate will have the guts to introduce their own “marriage protection” bills. These ones however would serve to protect marriage from further being destroyed by those who can marry. I mean if people are so gung-ho on “protecting marriage” then where are the bills to ban divorce? How about making spousal abuse, verbal, mental AND physical punishable by prison time? Let’s also send adulterers to prison. You have to wait 7 days to buy a hand-gun, how about a marriage waiting period as well? Of course nobody would have the guts to introduce these bills, because they infringe on the rights of the majority, who would no doubt go apeshiz over them.