Hirp'd Off

I never really meant for this blog to get all political, but that seems to be the only consistent topic to get me riled up enough to post.

This week it’s the idiots who are losing their minds about a proposed Islamic Faith Center, and Mosque, in lower Manhattan. The site is actually 2 ½ blocks away from Ground Zero, although that doesn’t matter. I have yet to read about a magical boundry that makes everything okay, eight blocks? Jersey? It has nothing to do with where it is, just that there are some very religious people, who don’t believe what most Americans believe, and that a few of their so-called “believers” did a tremendously horrible thing. For shits and giggles, along with a splitting headache, I sometimes like to read Sarah Palins Tweets. She’s always full of such wisdom. If wisdom had the same meaning as bullshit. “Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing”

A Mosque isn’t a provocation; it’s a place of worship. I’m used to reading Sarah Pain going on about how great the United States is because of our freedoms. When Dr. Laura went off her rocker and dropped the “N” bomb 11 times, and then, by her own choice, decided to against renewing her radio contract, Ms. Pain rallied her troops with an impassioned tweet “Dr.Laura:don't retreat...reload! (Steps aside bc her 1st Amend.rights ceased 2exist thx 2activists trying 2silence"isn't American ,not fair") Shocking, she defends the rights of a conservative and not the rights of Muslims. She sure has leader written all over her. She’d be great as the head of the KKK.

The truth is, those who are most uncomfortable with this Mosque should be the ones fighting for it the hardest. They’re the ones who most need to understand that Muslims have the same split as the rest of the religions. They have their nuts, but by in large, most are just looking for some sort of guidance and a feeling of belonging. Timothy McVeigh was a registered Republican, yet I don’t think anyone is worried about how close the Oklahoma GOP office in OKC is to the memorial park. Jews drive German cars, and Hawaiians’ drive Japanese cars. Southerners even travel to New York City. People, some how, are able to cope with all these things, even though there’s been some serious shit in the past.

I’ve also read that some have issue with the Imam behind this idea. I guess he said something in the past about He pointed some blame at the US for the 9/11 attacks. I know this is hard to take, but yeah, we did some shit that lead to that awful day. If someone walks up to you and punches you in the jaw, it’s good to understand what you may have done that upset someone so much that they’d take such a chicken shit way to retaliate. We didn’t see things through to the end after helping Afghanistan defeat Russia. We bailed on Iraq after the first war and we left our troops in Saudi Arabia for years. And we’re offended by a Mosque? That attacks our sensibilities? If you hear someone saying that, the truth is, they don’t have any sensibilities to be offended. Does that justify the killing of 3,000 innocent citizens? Hell no, but you can’t discount the fact that it upset some peeps.

Of course, once religion gets involved, all the rules fly out the window..oh there’s a really horrible pun there, and I won’t touch it. Leave it up to me, and I’d like to see every religious house of worship shut down. Only it isn’t up to me, thankfully, and the Constitution affords all of us the freedom of religion. And the Constitution wasn’t written by gang members, so there’s no territorial claims in that motha. Again, this is just one more of the worlds problems that wouldn’t exists in a world that had no organized religion.

All of this is really just crap to build campaigns around, I even doubt if most people believe this is such a horrible thing. But it’ll get people upset enough to pick a side on Election Day. And that got me to thinking: after a Tsunami or a major earthquake, we send out the Clinton and Bush show. Those two have actually built some sort of genuine relationship, and we like to pimp that sort of thing. Only we pimp it around the globe. Well its time we send those boys out around this country. Two former Presidents, who really piss off the other party, working together, for the good of the United States. That may be the one thing that can actually help bring us together. That, or another terrorist attack. Which would you rather see?