Scary Thought For the Day

40% of Americans still believe in Creationism.

Just think about that. Feel free to leave some thoughts on the matter in the comments.

Guest Blogger: Chainsaw on Anwar al-Awalaki

As teenagers, we called him Chainsaw, and in the spirit of online anonymity, my guest blogger will keep the childhood nickname that he has never been able to escape. Not only is he someone I admire greatly that I consider a brother, but he is one of the most insightful people I know. I think his words will give everyone something to think about.

Think Of the Children!!

I've never heard of the Harps grocery chain, as they are in Arkansas and other places I have never lived, but now that I have, I am pretty sure that I will never shop there given the opportunity. Apparently, because stable families that just happen to be headed up by parents of the same sex are offensive to a few backward minded, bigoted complainers, Harps decided that they would put a "family shield" over the US Weekly cover featuring Elton John and his partner with their new son. The Dlisted article, which handles the outrage with more humour than I can muster, is here.

More To Come...

I have not posted in a few days and there are two reasons:

1. My shoulder/neck injury has been acting up and I have been on pain killers that do not allow me to string thoughts together, never mind how much it hurts to type.
2. There is so much to be outraged about that even without the pain killers, I haven't been able to put it all together into a coherent post.

Watch this space.

Asshole Spotlight: Cindy Jacobs

When I read this it took me a while to pick my jaw up out of my lap. I had to read it about three more times in order to make sure that I wasn't reading something out of The Onion. Honestly, I'm still not sure that this isn't a joke, because holy crap, the crazy just got dialled up to "11".

Hero Spotlight: Dan Savage

There are people I admire for the work that they do, the music they make, the books they write, or the way that they project themselves. However, there are few people I would single out as personal heroes. Dan Savage is one such person.

On Feminism...

If you go to this link, you will find a vintage photo of a young woman in a bathing suit on a playground swing. The caption will read: "Women: The most beautiful thing in the universe". If you go into the comment section, you will find a great debate between a group of radical feminists, and well...everyone else.  I realize that not everyone has time to read the 119 comments, so I will try to establish both positions as briefly as I can before I go on my little rant about how radical feminism has it all wrong. And yes, even I jumped into the fray. Guess who I am.

The Neutering Of An American Classic

Full disclosure - though it was semi-required reading in my school, meaning we received lists of classics and had to choose a certain number to read over the course of a school year and write reports on them, I have never actually read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in its entirety. I know what it's about, I've read bits and pieces, but I've never really sat down and read the whole thing. I should. I have it on the book shelf behind me right now because even my British husband was required to read it in school it's that important a book.

Before I continue, I am also going to state that this blog is being written by a 37 year old woman who has a mixed race grandmother. I am not a racist. I do not approve of the word "nigger" and have no use for the word in day to day conversation or writing. However, as an adult, I am not going to sit here and call it "the n word" if I am going to write an essay about it. If you can't handle it in even this context, stop reading now.