Just when you thought they couldn’t get any dumber…
So, that nasty liberal blogosphere has been having a hay day with the conservative choice of "tea baggers" as the moniker for their 21st Century "revolution." You know, like this...
You would have thought conscientious conservatives, eager to avoid further embarrassing gaffs, would do a bit of research before they launched their next revolutionary campaign. Nope.
The National Organization for Marriage, a conservative organization mobilized to spread fear and misinformation about gay marriage, recently announced their URL for their newest campaign, 2 Million For Marriage. Are you ready? ...wait for it... 2M4M.org.
As soon as you have picked yourself up off the floor...there's more. They didn't even bother to check and see if their domain name was actually available. Can you think of a URL less likely to be taken? Go ahead. Check it out. What's actually surprising is the web site is actually SFW. (Ain't I cool? I just used a savvy 21C acronym!). 2M4M.org
Good hell, people. You don't even have to know about WhoIs services. Haven't you heard of Google? How about fact checking? That's not exactly a new 21C concept...well not for most people I guess. Even M4M has been around as long as there have been personal ads (which, believe it or not, is longer than the Internet). Or were you maybe counting on Jesus to step in and save you from even more egg on your face?
It kinda makes you wonder if the top brass at NOM aren't undercover liberals doing their best to derail the conservative apparatus...'cause...daymn.
(Thanks, Greg. I needed a good laugh today.)
Appropriate
The amount of health insurance premiums I can deduct from my taxes because I am self-employed...
$666
That won't happen again this year since my premiums have jumped by 50%. The rate of inflation for 2008 was higher than it's been in a long time. 5%. Are you seriously telling me that medical costs jumped at 10 times the rate of inflation? Or that going from 40 to 41 doubles my risk for health related expenses? Yeah, right.
Bastards.
Color me sheepish
You remember that guy who created a beefcake calendar of Mormon missionaries and who was subsequently excommunicated from the Mormon church because of it? Turns out he's a friend of mine. In fact, when I felt like I couldn't take care of my dog Ranger any more, Chad was the one who gave Ranger a new home. In my defense I've found at least one article that called him Chris Hardy, so I'm going to blame my knowledge gap on that article. When I first heard about the calendar, I went to buy one. Not because I particularly wanted a calendar of hunky, young men, but because I wanted to support the fellow (Chris, remember?) in his endeavor. There was so much press at the time that the web site was swamped. I tried a couple of times to complete a purchase, but it eventually fell off my radar as the semester wrapped up and I was feverishly finishing my research assignments.
The saga didn't end there for Chad. Maybe some of you are more up to date on this sequence of events (wouldn't take much), but even though BYU cleared him for graduation and let him walk (post ex-communication), they subsequently decided to withhold his diploma. Chad has decided he needs to stand up for himself and is filing suit against BYU. As you might imagine, that is no small undertaking and it doesn't come cheap. You can read his story and donate to his legal fund on his web site: chadhardy.com.
Oh, and buy a calendar while you're at it: mormonsexposed.com. You're not only getting a calendar with hunky, young men and helping Chad with his revenue stream. A portion of every sale is donated to charity.
If the sandals fit…
Top Ten Signs You Are A Fundamentalist Christian
10. You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9. You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8. You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7. Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6. You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5. You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4. You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
3. While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
2. You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1. You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.