I had been planning on writing a post called “Thoughts on Eskin Kuhn’s Pterosaur Sighting” wherein I examine young earth claims that an American soldier named Eskin Kuhn (I’ve seen it spelled differently on other sights) saw a pterosaur while stationed in Cuba. The claim is a hoax. I no longer have the patience for dealing with creationist-related debunkings and I have no intention of actually writing up one for this topic.

I keep hearing comparisons to theft, but isn’t downloading music more like hopping the fence to Cedar Point and riding the roller coasters without paying than actually stealing something? The “victims” of the “crime” don’t actually lose anything, they just don’t gain anything from other people benefiting from their service.

Yay! Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN! Now if only he would leave the country.

The liberal blogosphere buzzes about “increasing extremism” and the “alienation of moderates” within the Republican Party. The sentiment is basically true and the process is still ongoing. I find liberals expressing two equally wrong reactions to this:

Liberals
1.) See how they’re chasing out moderates? This party’s about to die!
2.) See how they’re chasing out moderates? These guys are crayzee!

The Republican Party is not going to die within our lifetimes, and may never die until the singularity hits. It’s just simple inertia. Not to mention that American’s practice their partisanship like they do their religion; they’re born into them and don’t give them up no matter how obviously stupid they are.

Evil, but principled at least.

That “chasing out moderates” business? As much as I hate to say it, that’s called “having principles.” The Republican Party stands for something. It might be an evil something, but something it is. What principles do the Democrats stand for? Nothing. They might as well renamed themselves “The (Mostly) Non-Republican Party.” That’s all they are.

I may hate Republicans, but I respect that they have conviction. Their moderate-witch-hunts are what prevents them from ending up like the Democrats; an impotent gaggle with no uniting principles. If any party is going to implode it will be the Democrats, a party bound only by the fact that they’re Not Republicans.

My third and final response to emjem24, a loathesome homophobe who comments at Michelle Malkin’s blog.

emjem24
This is just another ploy to create another special group of protected people like minorities who’ve enjoyed special privileges for decades.

I would love to see you tell a black man to his face that he’s a member of a protected, specially privileged minority. He would break your face.

emjem24
How ’bout treating homosexuality for what it actual is: a statistical anomaly?

How about treating homosexuals for what they are; human beings with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

emjem24
They don’t get the same protections because they don’t have the same kind of relationships that heterosexual couples have.

“Black people don’t get the same protections as Whites because they don’t have the same kind of racial heritage that Caucasian people have.” Same logic, same disgusting bigotry, and you evoke the same feeling and degree of contempt from myself as if that was actually what you said.

emjem24
I’m sick of this PC crap. No wonder it rains in the Northwest so much. These crybaby liberals and their gay buddies never stop cryin’ and bellyachin’ about what they’re owed by the rest of us who could give a damn. Washington is just another blue state gone crazy.

You do owe gay people the same rights that others get; it’s called “equal protection under the law.” You do owe gay people the rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness“; those are called “unalienable” rights.

Yesterday I started responding to homophobic bigot and redundant redundancy emjem24, who left a dumbass comment on Michelle Malkin’s blog. Here, I continue my response.

emjem24
Heaven forbid none of us want homosexuality and its lifestyle crammed down our throats and taught to our kids.

When millions join a movement hell-bent on rewriting state constitutions to forbid heterosexual Christian marriage, then you can complain about other people meddling with your lifestyle. Until that time, you’re just a fucking hypocrite. And homosexuality is a sexuality. You can’t “teach” it to someone. It’s not like Karate or Algebra.

emjem24
What these liberal morons seem to be saying is, tradition, religion and all their tenets are a threat to THEM.

You do know that most liberals, like most people generally (myself included), aren’t gay, right? I can’t speak for anyone else, but personally I don’t have a horse in this race. I’m not gay and none of my friends or family are gay either. Some of us take political positions for reasons other than consolidating our own power or lording it over people we don’t like.

emjem24
A life with no rules, structure, is not a life.
It’s chaos… especially for the rest of us who get caught up in the experiment.

It’s not “an experiment,” it’s the extension of liberty to those who have asked for it, in other words, basic human decency. And how the fuck are you getting “caught up in it”? The only people affected by same-sex marriage rights are people seeking same sex marriages. Or are you afraid that should these rights be legalized you might find the option tempting?

emjem24
I’m not overly religious and I could care less if people are gay or not. What you do in private is YOUR business just recognize that larger society doesn’t accept it or tolerate it.

“I’m not overly flamboyant and I could care less if people are straight or not. What you do in private is YOUR business just recognize that larger society doesn’t accept it or tolerate openly heterosexual people.” Somehow, if that scenario were actually playing out, I suspect you would be bitching about your own rights. Hypocrite.

emjem24 is a stupid bigot who’s awful fond of the idea that gay Americans are second class citizens. He recently spewed his hate on the intertubes in a comment on the equally despicable Michelle Malkin’s blog. Here, I respond.

emjem24
What an utter waste of a referendum. I just got through reading some of the poster comments and it’s a pretty heavy mix between those who disagree on religious grounds and those who think that gays “deserve” equal treatment and rights.

Did you really just put scare quotes around “deserve”? God you’re a bastard. They just want to get married. What’s the big fucking deal?

emjem24
Those in the pro camp are not only deluded but they have no freaking idea what impact this will have on the larger society. It isn’t just about healthcare access, benefits, etc. It’s encouragement to what is, in all intents and purposes, an alternative lifestyle.

Oh no, not alternative lifestyle! Don’t those fucking queers know that this is America? Land of the free-to-live-your-life-as-I-deem-fit-for-you. Conform to my wishes or shut up!

emjem24
It was a very poorly worded piece of legislation. I agree with you there. People are so hell bent on an anything goes society, that I begin to wonder why have rules at all? Why have morals or ethics? When you look at Washington, it’s no wonder it’s such a liberal stronghold.

An “anything goes” life where others’ standards and rules are not forced upon you is called a “free” life. I know that might not be easy for an authoritarian like yourself to understand, but that’s how it is. Supposedly this concept is the foundation for our society.

emjem24
Heaven forbid anybody should judge anybody else… even though it happens to all of us on a daily basis.

“Heaven forbid anybody should murder anybody else… even though it happens to dozens of us on a daily basis.” Seriously, that’s the logic you’re using. “It happens a lot, therefore it’s ok.” Moron.