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Archive for March, 2011
This makes me sick
Posted in Lifestyle on March 18, 2011 by SweetEnlowthere are no words here, except thanks flyn.
Latest Economist sparks a thought
Posted in Politiks on March 13, 2011 by SweetEnlowThis past weeks Economist was one of the best I have ever read. Every article struck me as interesting and important. Yet, one article set off a big debate between a Catholic buddy, Dan, and I about the nature of America’s religiousity. I really enjoy discussing thing like this with Dan. He is level-headed, fair minded, and interested to debate. He is the opposite of most religious folk I know.
The article discusses Mormons in politics and surprisingly does the religion a service for their political candidates, namely Mitt Romney. It states, “Mormons are, by many measures, disproportionately successful… All boys from an early age learn to become (church) leaders…” and so on. Thankfully, the Economist did get a jab in there for both Mormonism and Christianity when they wrote in the same article, “How plausible is it that a semi-literate man in upstate New York should find golden plates written in ‘reformed’ Egyptian and translate them while burying his face in his hat, to reveal the tale of a family who left Israel in 6000 BC and ended up in North America? Then again, to be fair, how plausible are the miracles and resurrection of Jesus?” 
Despite the great newspapers praise, I could not stop thinking about Amerca’s – obviously predominantly the GOP – mandate that a candidate be religious to hold office. It seems that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States” has been forgotten.
It is ridiculous that the GOP will obviously support not one, but two Mormons over any atheist. If an atheist ran as Republican, he would certainly cast himself a death sentence in the political realm. Absurdly, the GOP prefers people to believe that the Garden of Eden is in Missouri, the Native Americans are really a lost tribe of Israel, and “special” whitey-tighteys protect you from disease, as the Mormons do, than have godlessness – or as I like to call it, being realistic. (On a side-note, I would imagine most atheists wouldn’t run with the GOP because of their beliefs on, well, almost everything (except fiscal issues like myself)).
It is ridiculous to prefer someone as president who openly states that they suspend reason to have faith. I only hope that these stated Christians – like Bush and Obama … unfortunately – and Mormons really aren’t who they say they are. That way, they will only be something that we already know to be true – liars.
A Certain Tirade – by ‘Toys
Posted in Lifestyle, Style on March 3, 2011 by SweetEnlow
I can see it now, Andy Rooney sitting in his office at the end of “60 Minutes” looking as old and senile as possible, when a flash of lucidity hits him. He looks directly into the camera and says, “you know what I hate? Guys who wear baseball hats because they ‘like the hat.’”
Now, if you are a grown man and frequently wear baseball hats and you’re not at a baseball game or the lake, then, as Keyshawn Johnson says, “C’mon man!” You are likely yet to graduate from the mesh ‘n tee uniform of high school. Anyways, if you do insist on wearing a baseball cap out into public, please don’t wear it just because you like the hat. There is nothing worse than someone wearing a brand new baseball hat with a flatbill and all of the stupid stickers still on. This is how douchebags who “like the hat” wear their hats. There is something distinctly “American” and awesome about pulling an old, worn out ball cap out of your back pocket while having a catch.
A baseball hat should say something about you by showing what team you pull for. If you’re wearing a cap of the hometown team, it is likely not going to raise any eyebrows. But if you are wearing a cap from a team halfway across the country, people might start to wonder why. If someone asks you something about the team shown on your cap and you respond that you just like the hat, well then fuck you. Here is a typical conversation with one of these douchebags in case you’ve never encountered one:
-Me, to douchebag wearing an Atlanta Braves hat: “hey what do you think of the Braves’ chances of winning the NL East this year?”
-Douchebag, who obviously doesn’t know what the NL East is: “uh, I don’t know, I just like the hat”
–This is where I would like to take Javier Bardem’s cattle gun from “No Country for Old Men” and shoot it right through the tomahawk on that piece of shit’s forehead.
Another example:
-Me, to douchebag wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat: “so, you think the Cards are gonna sign Pujols after the season?”
-Douchebag: “sign poo holes?”
–Bam! Odd Job hat, right there, headless douchebag.
These people fucking suck. I think the reason that I hate them so much is that I have an overall distaste for people in general. I don’t like small talk because I don’t want to hear your stupid fucking mouth flap around talking about things that only people with a room temperature IQ would find interesting. But sport is one venue that I am always game to banter about. Which is why, when I see a stranger while standing in a stupid fucking line at the DMV, I will give them shit for wearing a Cubs hat. When the moron replies that he doesn’t like the Cubs, he just likes the hat, I want to strangle him with the rope that holds up the “wait here” sign. A perfectly good opportunity to make the time less monotonous is wasted on a fucking dimwit. I guess the moral of the story is I shouldn’t assume an ass clown who is wearing a baseball hat would know anything about the latest trades or the extra inning walk off from the night before, I should just assume douche until proven otherwise.
I have to agree with my man Toys. Guys that wear these hats look like idiots. And its not cool in hip-hop to wear a huge hat over your ears either
