WITH ALL THE MEDIA HOOPLA OVER ANTHONY PENIS, I MEAN DICK, I MEAN SCHLONG, I MEAN SCROTUM, I MEAN WIENER HEHE THEIR WE GO! AND HOW THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT HAS LOST IT'S BEST COMMUNICATOR AND ORATOR I CAN'T HELP BUT GIGGLE, NO ACTUALLY LAUGH OUT LOUD UNCONTROLLABLY TO MYSELF AT THAT NOTION! PRETTY MUCH LIKE THIS.............
WHETHER YOUR A CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, REPUB, DEM, TEA BAGGER, OR A GO CARTER, OBAMA IS, AND WILL BE THE REAL FACE OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT NOW AND MOST LIKELY FOR THE NEXT 10-20 YEARS! GET OVER IT!
I vant to suck his blood blah!
ESPECIALLY MY FELLOW LIBERALS! YOU KNOW I LOVE YA! I DO! BUT STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT OBAMA! YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME! WHEN I HEAR LIBERALS WHINING AND COMPLAINING THAT OBAMA
ISN'T LIBERAL ENOUGH, HE ACTUALLY ISN'T EVEN A LIBERAL
HASN'T DONE ANYTHING
HAS DRAGGED HIS FEET
'S EDUCATION STAFF IS A JOKE
'S HEALTH CARE REFORM WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH
'S WEAK WITH THE REPUBLICANS
SUCKS AND I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILLARY
BLAH BLAH BLAH...
IT REALLY IRRITATES THE PHUK OUTTA ME! IF YOUR A PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH OBAMA THEN I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY WITH ANY PRESIDENT EVER! BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT HE IS CLEARLY THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT WE WILL GET FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE!
Who hunted down and killed Bin Laden??
OBAMA HAS BEEN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT EASILY SINCE LBJ!check this out!
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING AS HELL SOMETIMES AND THAT PROGRESS HASN'T BEEN MADE AS QUICKLY AND PROMPTLY AS WE'D LIKE. AND BELIEVE ME MY BIGGEST SORE SPOT HAS BEEN THE CONTINUING OF THESE WARS THAT JUST DON'T SEEM TO SHOW SIGNS OF EVER ENDING.
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY, NOT JUST THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
TO LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ALIKE, OBAMA ISN'T A SOCIALIST OR A COMMUNIST, HE ISN'T A HAWK OR A WAR MONGER, HE ISN'T A JOCK OR A COWBOY OR A HIPPIE......HE'S A NERD! THAT'S WHY I LOVE HIM!
Welcome to another episode of The Reverend's Rants! Today I take on the issue of pornography. It's not my usual political/religious/geek topic, but it is a social issue.
I understand this is a very controversial topic, and I welcome debate about it. I just ask you, as always, to keep it civil.
I am also adding a new segment to my rants, Ask The Reverend. I encourage you to email me with questions at askthereverendrtb@yahoo.com. Thanks for reading/listening!
Just a quick update. I have installed DISQUS to take over our comments. I am currently working on getting the previous comments imported in. They still exist, and worse comes to worse I can remove DISQUS and they will reappear like magic! This should hopefully be resolved shortly. Thank you in advance for your patience!
**EDIT**
The comments have been imported and everything seems to be in order. Let us know what you think of our new format!
Recently, there has been a slew of cases in the news about public schools being challenged for their use of prayer in graduation ceremonies. There have been some very brave students who have stepped forward and challenged the legality of the prayers in the public school system, and I want to take a moment to recognize them.
First is Jessica Ahlquist, who challenged the legality of there being a banner in her school with a prayer printed on it. Apparently it's been there for decades, not that that make it OK, but even so, the first time a student takes offence it becomes illegal. Well, it was illegal before, but now they can do something about it. The school decided to take the battle to court. Why? Because fuck all non-Catholics, that's why! Jessica is a sophomore in her high school in Rhode Island, and even though there has been backlash from the Catholic community (Rhode Island is the most Catholic state in the country), she still attends and plans on graduating from there. Her courage to stay there and show they can't scare her away is very inspiring. She is also a very talented public speaker, and I encourage you to watch or listen to her interviews.
Then there is Damon Fowler. He questioned the prayer his public school was planning to do at the graduation. The school agreed to stop the prayer, but then allowed students to pray anyway. A faculty member actually publicly attacked him by saying he hadn't contributed anything to graduation. Unfortunately for Damon he was ostracized from the community, his mother kicked him out, and was almost unable to attend his graduation for fear of reprisal. Luckily extra security was added, and he was able to attend. He has since moved to his brother's place in Texas.
Lastly there is Corwyn Schultz. His parents filed a lawsuit to stop the prayer in his graduation ceremony, only to have the Texas court system turn it down. The court's decision also allowed words that were otherwise illegal into the ceremony. The graduation was likened to a 'Revival Meeting' with applause whenever god was mentioned. Even more so than when school spirit, or the graduation itself was mentioned. Corwyn didn't attend his graduation, and I wouldn't have either. Way to go Medina Valley High School, way to show all of your students are welcome.
So here is my issue with the whole thing. It's completely unconstitutional to have a prayer at a public school. Students may pray quietly to themselves, no one is taking that right away, but the school can not be lead in any kind of prayer at all. These schools are trying to skirt the law by having students do the prayers, but they forget that they have an obligation to stop them from asking everyone to join them. Speech givers can thank god for helping them, but they can't lead a prayer. These are public schools, paid for with public money, they need to remain secular.
Christians don't seem to get that this is not an attack on their religion, it's a request for equal rights for all students. Not everyone who attends public school is Christian. Some are Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist , atheist, or any number of different beliefs/non-beliefs. Since the schools are public they need to remain neutral on the whole faith thing. That means no prayers. If you are OK with the prayers remaining in schools, ask yourself this, if a valedictorian asked the students to face Mecca and pray, or asked everyone to say a prayer to Satan for letting them all be there, or asked for all the students to rise and give thanks to Krishna, are you still OK with the prayer remaining?
The saddest part is, though, that they have made these graduations about 'us' and 'them'. They are using them as a way to assert their power and bully the minorities, when, really, graduation is to commemorate all the hard work the students have put in. They are tainting an important day in the lives of these teenagers.
Okay, so allow me to wipe off that egg on my face, hold on one sec.................
Alrighty, I'm back. Of course I'm talking about the now infamous Weinergate scandle and how my last post said how I thought he was hacked and pranked. Well let me recant that statement.....
OOPS!
No matter how you spin it, it has been a shitty week for the Democratic party. I'd argue the worst week we've had politically since the November election. It all started with the corporate medias joygasm to the Anthony Weiner "scandal". My views on this are I think he was hacked and pranked.HE CLEARLY IS IN THE WRONG AND IS LYING ABOUT IT TO US ALL, DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D BELIEVE SUCH A CREEP? HOW DARE YOU! But even if it was true does it really matter? Who cares what people do in there private lives! I saw the apparent photo and it's pretty G rated when compared to shit I see on blogger!I BET YOU THERE'S EVEN MORE BAD PHOTOS OF THIS SLEAZY SCUM BAG, JUST WAIT! BWAHAHAHAHAAAABut Weiner has taken a hit with this and I've liked him through the years, he's been a great liberal voice in national debates BUT NOW HE'S JUST ANOTHER LYING POLITICIAN, WHAT A FUCKING BUMMER HUH!?!
There, now that's more like it! Anyways I was wrong and it's not the first or last time! Just ask my wife, my mother, my daughter, or really anybody who knows me how wrong I usually am!:)D
But this whole thing has inspired a new segment I wanna do. And since we have some new followers I want to reiterate our open dialogue goal. Always feel free to leave comments, opinions, feedback, or funny stories to any post we ever do. You will be responded to by either myself or the reverend! Plus this blog will always be THE place to be on days like today when something big, or scandalous, or whatever happens in the world of politics so visit frequently!
With that I introduce "Open Mic Night". It will be where I give my opinion on current events on the day and then leave the mic to you! The great thing with being a liberal progressive is we all don't have to automatically fall in line with each other or else! Like the conservatives do. I bet you ask any liberal his or her opinion on this Weinergate thing and each one of them will have a different take.
Mine is, what a scum bag! I liked this guy and what bugs me the most is not what he did personally, but the fact that he lied about it to every body! As I said before, what politicians do in there personal lives is no concern to me, you, or anybody as long as they don't abuse their power in any way. If Weiner had just come out and fessed up to it I would have respected him for that. But he pulled a John Edwards about it and tried to cover it up and lie his way through it. I myself, have zero respect for that.
Now it's your turn, what do you think, let me know and I'll even post your comments on my next post! I now turn the mic over to you guys, just please, show respect etc, etc.............................
No matter how you spin it, it has been a shitty week for the Democratic party. I'd argue the worst week we've had politically since the November election. It all started with the corporate medias joygasm to the Anthony Weiner "scandal". My views on this are I think he was hacked and pranked. But even if it was true does it really matter? Who cares what people do in there private lives! I saw the apparent photo and it's pretty G rated when compared to shit I see on blogger! But Weiner has taken a hit with this and I've liked him through the years, he's been a great liberal voice in national debates....
I'm gonna be honest, even if somehow this Weinergate scandal turns out to be true I don't fucking care! We need guys like Weiner in the United States congress and what he does in his personal life is of no concern of mine, yours, or anybodies as long as he doesn't abuse power, or use tax payer money which he definitely and unequivocally HAS NOT DONE!
The REAL ass head of the week!
And then you have former rising star of the Democratic Party John Edwards. It sickens me to know that I once liked this guy! He is quite possible the biggest scum bag EVER in any political party! If not the biggest he's for sure in the top 5! I mean put it all in perspective....
Has an affair while his wife is sick with cancer
uses campaign money to pay off his mistress to cover it up
denies the affair
denies the baby is his
all while running for president in a time of great peril for the country
quite possibly could have been the parties nominee if it weren't for Obama
would have destroyed the Democratic party for years
would have put the country through hell if he were elected president
and is still lying about it after his ex-wife Elizabeth passed away!
He is making the Dems look pretty bad right now as it is and he's been exiled for a couple years now, imagine what would have happened had he won the nomination and won the presidency! Can you say hello to President Palin anyone!?!
Here is another embarrassment that won't go away!
Today it was Blago's turn to return from the grave and haunt the Dems! Anytime this guy is in the headlines does not bode well for the Democrats.
You know it's been a bad week for the Dems when Mitt Romney looks much better than Obama for a day. The unemployment figures were released yesterday and boy oh boy did the Repubs go gaga over the whole thing. Mitt was out there sayin "I told you so!" If the economy doesn't start picking up speed quick then say goodbye to Obama and hello to Corporate welfare!
I can't believe any body can say with a straight face,"The Bush Tax cuts have been a success!" Really? They've been in place for ten years now, how's everybody doing? I love the media too,
Oh ya and the auto industry has made a comeback and is paying off all the bailout money back to the government and is now a profitable, job creating industry that would have disappeared forever had Obama not stepped in and saved them but who cares about that because we're all too interested in Weinergate!
Superman! Oh and that super guy behind him, what's his name??
I have a confession, I love Obama! Ever since the day he won Iowa in 2007 I've just loved the guy! It's cool for me personally to have my role model be the President of the United States. I have faith in his abilities to overcome this horrible situation he inherited from the WORST president ever! I know it's a shitty time for ALL of us right now and it sure feels like the economy will never come back. But we've got to realize that it took eight years to get in this mess. It's gonna probably take Obama eight years to fix it!
my first award since grade school.:)
And finally, I'm flattered that I got this award from Mrs. Pickle over at http://picklesinmyass.blogspot.com/
what really is cool to me is she said I've been kind to her. Being called a kind person is a great compliment so I thank her for that.
I now get to choose five fellow bloggers to reward this to and here's my choices...
And Lauren over at http://thinkspin.blogspot.com/ I like her blog because she's an actual writer, and her posts are always a great and interesting read.
So there are rules to this award, pretty much to pay it forward to 5 blogs that you like. If you weren't on the list just know that I have great respect for all of you and I hate picking favorites. I'm the kind of guy that thinks we should all get winners trophies. I know that's lame but hey, I'm just that kind guy!:)
