over the top again

President Bush reaffirmed yesterday that yes, the judgment of what is right and good shall be determined on a purely biological basis, and that we're all no better than insects, despite lofty Biblical rhetoric to the contrary; the ability to cram one damp, turgid twist of flesh into another, mingle breeder slop and eject yet another slowly engorging meatbag into the consumer system is the absolute exemplar of what God Himself wants for his increasingly dubious creation.

That at least is what I take from these assertions, such as that of Bush's pal, Gary Bauer: "Every culture in the world, every civilization in the world for over 3,000 years, has defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman." One can take this assertion as a lie, given the historical and anthropological evidence for homosexual unions in both ancient and extant cultures; or one can assume that Bush and company define marriage as the physical ability to breed.

Since I would never think of calling any duly elected official of the United States government a liar, I shall go with this latter interpretation; from which, as stated earlier, one may deduce that we're no better than anything which can squirt out spawn, since 'marriage' is one of our most revered institutions and is the fundament of moral values throughout the world, again according to our President. If the moral foundation of the human race is the ability to spawn, then we're just a dressier form of head lice. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Meanwhile, "Ha ha, just joking!" Oh, I get it, after working up the entire population to take terrorism seriously, now it's okay to joke about it? Okay! President Bush is a terrorist, the US is a terrorist state, and the war in Iraq is meant to terrorize the Arab states, or any nation seeking independent development or attempting to uphold the rule of law; and the Patriot Act is also a form of terrorism, written by a terrorist regime to instill the masses with fear and obedience. Oh, ha ha, JUST JOKING.

ashy will not be invited

(Presidential Debate, October 13th, 2004, 9:14PM EST)

BUSH: My tax plan needs time to stimulate business into creating more jobs and a stronger economy. And a strong economy means a harder, stronger fight against terrorism.

ASHY (takes a deep breath, offhand): "How long is your dick, Mr. President?"

BUSH (startled): "'Scuse me?!"

ASHY: "How long is your dick? Every sexually normal American male measures his dick to see how big it is, see how he measures up, so how big is yours?"

BUSH: "I, uh, I haven't checked in a while."

ASHY (knowingly): "Oh, yeah. Sure."

BUSH (testy): "Well how long is yours?"

ASHY (nodding): "Seven and a half inches..."

BUSH (annoyed, snaps): "Yer shittin' me!"

ASHY (shakes head): "No, seriously." (looks to camera, raises eyebrows and nods)

BUSH (trepidatious): "That's erect, right?"

ASHY (nodding): "Yep. So you'll get back to me on those measurements?"

BUSH (nodding a lot more): "Uh, that's right, I'll get back to you on that."

ASHY: "Is it pretty thick?"

BUSH blinks, open-mouthed.

ASHY: "The girls like that, y'know."

BUSH (nod-nodding): "Oh yeah, it's, uh, it's pretty, uh, yeah."

ASHY (grinning): "Cool. So you were saying something about the economy...?"

BUSH: "Uh..."

blah blah human rights

U.S. intercepts, returns Haitian refugees in violation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

That's not the actual headline, of course. Article 14, read it.

Not Bush's fault, incidentally. Clinton did it, Bush 1.0 did it, Reagan did it, Carter did it; often when things were much nastier in Haiti. Bring us your poor your tired your huddled masses unless they're black.

Not a lot of mention of the fact that many of the rebels are former soldiers-- you know, formerly in the service of the Duvalier family --or what the implications are if they take power. The media are playing it very cool, except for the implication that Aristide is an illegitimate leader. I guess they and the State Department have learned not to toss the term 'freedom fighters' around loosely since that little mishap a few Septembers ago.

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040301-593551,00.html

Time acknowledges that the intersexed exist. I can't decide if this is a sensitive or a freak-show portrayal.

ashy is busy today

Thank you, flower_on_fire, for reminding me of this.

Gay Marriage Poll Gets Annulled

( My rebuttal to shaken, face-saving Christian-impersonator from AFA... )

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The only thing more tragic than following a meme is following it after it's gone out of fashion.

Marriage is the death of your youth.

Marriage is tacky.

( You can be tragic, too! )