You're So Gay!

In a world where it seems to be increasingly cool to call people "gay" as some sort of insult, I'd like to go on record by saying: The joke's on you!

Here are some things you should keep in mind...

Gay is NOT contagious.

We don't want to convert you.

While you think using "gay" as an insult makes you cool, it really just makes you a douche bag.

Most people would rather be gay than be a dumb-ass.

While you have the right to speak freely, you also have the right to be educated.

Calling people gay makes you look simple and ignorant.

When you constantly use the word gay as an insult...it only makes you seem like a closet case.

"Cool" comes in many different forms; one of them is GAY!

If it weren't for gay people metrosexuals wouldn't know how to dress.  ;-)


The Bottom Line:
It's time we realize that the world does not revolve around our differences but rather the things we have in common.  We are all people trying to receive as much love and acceptance as we can.  Live your life in a way that lets others know you respect yourself as well as your fellow human being.


"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die." ~ Maya Angelou  

Beat Up From The Heat Up

In the age of the "superstar", it sure is nice to see an actual TEAM win a championship! 

Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks on what will always be remembered as a TEAM effort!

As for the Miami Heat, perhaps if their superstars had spent less time on Twitter (LeBron James) and mocking Dirk Nowitzki for being sick (James and Wade) they wouldn't find themselves on the wrong end of a Texas-sized ass-whooping.  I count myself fortunate to have been witness to Karma in action.

The Bottom Line:
Don't count your championships before they're won.
Tweet THAT LeBron James.

Ten Reasons Why Weiner is a Dick

1.    Showing his penis to 45,000 people on Twitter…

2.    Posing for provocative photos while having photos of family and friends on the table behind him...

3.    "E-cheating" on his relatively NEW wife...

4.    Lying to the world about being hacked, all while having a jackass attitude...

5.    Spending more time naked online than in his own bed…with his WIFE...

6.    Thinking people are all morons who will believe whatever he tells them…

7.    Being too stupid to know the difference between sending his crotch to 1 person or 45,000…

8.    Trying to pass off fake tears as a sign that he is sorry for what he did…

9.    Making penis jokes with reporters…

10.  Thinking it’s somehow “better” that most of his antics were before he was technically married…

The Bottom Line:

This is yet another example of why we need term limits for members of Congress.  It’s too easy to get comfortable in a position of such great power.  Congress members start to behave differently, vote differently, make poor decisions, and abuse their considerable influence for personal gain.  Perhaps if we enact a 4 year term limit, some of these people would reconsider running in the first place; because there would be no endless opportunity to retain power and privilege.  Our current system almost begs abusers and jackasses from all over the U.S. to run for office because of the potential benefits to them personally.  It’s time to pull up the pants on Congress term limits.   

Penicillin

One of my favorite things to say when someone is getting on my nerves is that he or she is "giving me Mono"...yes...as in Mononucleosis.  The saying generally gets a chuckle from even the most straight-laced people.  I said this to someone about the Dallas Mavericks last night as I watched them miss shot after shot before finally winning the game and sending the Oklahoma City Thunder to an early vacation.  The person watching with me jokingly said that I was going to need Penicillin!  I then recalled that Penicillin was found by accident.  Something so world-changing was a complete and total ACCIDENT!

That's when I started wondering...

Do we spend too much time and energy trying to plan out our lives?  Should we be doing more things by accident?  In an effort to make a ground-breaking discovery in our everyday lives, could we stand to allow a lack of planning?

I believe there is something to this.  I have said before that I am a firm believer in balance or "moderation" in life.  I think this should probably include a healthy balance between planning and chance.  If we plan every thing in life, we could very well miss out on something amazing.  I think over-planning can be linked to a general distrust in our own ability to handle the unexpected.  Perhaps we should trust ourselves, our knowledge, our strength, and our resilience to get us through the unexpected times in life.  Who knows what miracle could be discovered by accident?

Yes...I got ALL this from Penicillin.  For those of you who know me and have followed my blog over the years, you should not be surprised.  :-)

The Bottom Line:
Take chances.  Don't plan absolutely everything and remember... a little "moldy bread" can offer up a lot of healing.  So, the next time life gives you mold, make Penicillin and just roll with it.

Trumped

It occurs to me that Donald Trump represents the very best and the very worst of American culture.  On the one hand he is the picture of success and resilience.  On the other hand, he's a gas-bag headline whore who thrives on attention no matter the cost.  

I've been quite irritated with Donald Trump for the past several months because of all this running for President talk.  Let me be brutally clear...Donald Trump is Ross Perot reincarnated...PERIOD.  Donald Trump no more wants to run this country than Ross Perot did back in his day.  

The breakdown:  Every so often there is a man with enough personality and money to join a Presidential election in order to accomplish one goal.  The goal is to take away votes from a party in order to get a particular and desired candidate into office.  In other words, Donald Trump is trying to influence the outcome of the Presidential election in a way that will ultimately benefit him as a business man.  I can tell you right now, Donald Trump is not going to step away from his billion dollar empire to take the political job equivalent of working at Macy's as a cashier.  It's simply not going to happen.   

Then came the Obama birth certificate talk...  This is the point at which I moved from irritated to pissed off.  Trump used sensationalism and crack-pot conspiracy theories to get free advertising.  After all, the only thing Donal Trump has EVER tried to sell is "Trump".  It's a global brand with many different offerings.  He's not trying to sell anything in particular, just the overall brand.  He IS the brand.  So, any time he appears in a news conference or on a TV show it's a push for the Trump brand.  The sad part of this ordeal is that there are people out there that buy into this crap.  They believe that President Obama has not proven that he was born in the US.  Certain people continue to ignore that he's issued the legal document that is used by all Hawaiians now.  The long form is no longer even accepted for legal purposes in the state of Hawaii.  So what Trump and other nay-sayers have been asking to see is a document that is no longer legally relevant.

Trump has seen from the start that he could use this issue to get press time.  He laments the fact that news organizations only ask him about the birth certificate.  There are two reasons for that.  First, it's just about the only thing he has to talk about.  Second, he keeps making statements about the birth certificate that only generate more questions, which really means more press.  He may be fooling some people, but he's not fooling everyone.  He's most certainly not fooling me.  

The Bottom Line:  Business men in the vein of Ross Perot and Donald Trump will say and do ANYTHING to make a dollar.  Ross Perot ran as an Independent in 1992.  One of his campaign talking points was not outsourcing American jobs.  In 2009, Perot Systems was sold to Dell for 3.9 billion dollars.  Dell...one of the largest outsourcing companies around.  Don't get Trumped.  This is some knee-deep Voodoo. 

(click on the word Voodoo above for hilarious reminder of the type of person we are dealing with)