Happy Halloween?

The Cure

Rachel Maddow asked Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller if homosexuality can be cured.  He responded “it’s a state issue.”  Oh, ok.  He also thinks that there should be a federal marriage ban, even though he thinks it's a state issue.


The ReligiousTolerance.org site offers information on "Changing sexual orientation via reparative or conversion therapy."  They believe that homosexuality can be cured, as well.  However, the Office of Science through the U.S. Department of Energy (OSTI.gov) published a paper that says "A genetic analysis of 40 pairs of homosexual brothers has uncovered a region on the X chromosome that appears to contain a gene or genes for homosexuality."


So, can you cure a genetic thing?  Well, when you type "Curing the Liberal Disease" in Google, the first site that pops up is actually CuringTheLiberalDisease.com.  Obviously, some right-wing, conservatives believe, not only can homosexuality be cured, but liberalism can be, too.


Not so fast. James H. Fowler, a professor of both medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego conducted a study that shows there is a liberal gene.  "DRD4 is the first specific bit of human DNA that predisposes people to certain political views, the study's authors claim." (FoxNews.com)


So, sorry all you conservatives out there.  Can't cure us.  It's genetic.

Will the REAL Bullies Please Stand Up

According to the President of the United States "We have an obligation to ensure that our schools are safe for all of our kids."  So, along those lines, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement Tuesday, Oct. 26, that addresses bullying and discrimination in our nation's schools.


But not everybody feels that the schools need to be safe for all the kids.  Mission America's Linda Harvey: "Communities must not allow themselves to be manipulated into supporting pro-homosexual bullying prevention plans, and believers in Jesus Christ need to stand up against this corruption of youth." (JoeMyGod.Blogspot.com)


So it's ok to bully, in the name of Jesus Christ.  "[L]ocal parents and communities need to resist enforced political correctness." (ChristianNewswire.com) Or perhaps it is not really the Christians that are causing the bullying.  Family Research Council President Tony Perkins thinks that homosexuality is "abnormal," and kids know it, which leads them to despair.  So, that's why the kill themselves. (HuffingtonPost.com)


And Linda Harvey, president of Mission America, thinks "Traditional morality is not responsible for harassing speech. Are healthy nutrition programs or the First Lady's anti-obesity initiative responsible for slurs and insults to overweight students? Of course not."  (ChristianNewswire.com)

So, let's not manipulate anybody into not bullying, let's not enforce political correctness, let's just keep letting everybody know that it is "abnormal." 


Not sure if healthy nutrition programs are quite the same as harassing speech, though.

A Separation

The headline today on the HuffingtonPost.com:  GOP Senate Candidate From Colorado: 'I Disagree Strongly With The Concept Of Separation Of Church And State.'  And that would be Republican Candidate Ken Buck.  He also went on to say "we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion."


But maybe, there should be a separation for different reasons.  A DenverPost.com reports today that a nationwide survey by the Barna Group shows that "one in four Americans said they couldn't think of a single positive societal contribution made by Christians."  In the same survey, "twelve percent of those surveyed said churches were too involved in political matters."


Yet, a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey says that 86% of Americans think the government is broken.  So, perhaps mixing the bad contributions to society with the broken-ness of the government is not the wisest thing to do.

Halloween Countdown

What will be the costume this year?  How can we scare the heck out of everybody? 

Should we try the "Death Panel Diva" costume?

Or maybe just the "War Room Warrior"

Then it could be just the old classic, "Witch"

Voting is Easy

It doesn't have to cost that much either.  Although The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is spending a total of $87.5 million for Democrats (WSJ.com) and the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Chamber of Commerce are somewhere around $55 million for Republicans (NYTimes.com), it is just as easy as following the flowchart. Huffington Post

Mean or Dumb?

Maureen Dowd, a writer for the NY Times had this to say:


"Republican Mean Girls, grown-up versions of those teenage tormentors who would steal your boyfriend, spray-paint your locker and, just for good measure, spread rumors that you were pregnant." (NYTimes.com)


And she wasn't referring to Lindsay Lohan or Rachel McAdams from the 2004 movie "Mean Girls".  She was talking about "Jan, Meg, Carly, Sharron, Linda, Michele, Queen Bee Sarah and sweet wannabe Christine."  The GOP Mean Girls.


Now, the Queen Bee just shrugged it off:  "[S]he probably hasn't met Jan Brewer or some of these other wonderful, pleasant, gracious, nice, hard-working mama grizzlies who are wanting to turn this country around." (CNN.com)


And just where exactly are they going to turn it?  Because if these are the women that the Queen Bee sees as the future of American, we are in trouble.  Take for example the sweet wannabe Christine O'Donnell.  She thinks that Creationism should be taught in public schools. Her opponent says the First Amendment calls for a separation of church and state and it should not be taught in public schools.


O'Donnell's response?  "You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?" (CNN.com)

Ahh, the future of America with Mama Grizzlies in charge.  You betcha!