Questionable Rants and Raves

Reality Check With Barack Obama

I know that most of my posts are fluff.  Usually it's some band that I'm enamored with, a sporting event, or my disgust with Duke and Duke.  But every once in a while I'll read something that I find so disturbing it forces me to bring my little blog into reality.  I think Ann Coulter's use of the word "faggot" was the last time I really ranted.
Barack Obama announced the start of his “Embrace the Change” gospel tour.  The tour, which will hit such cultural hot spots as  South Carolina, will include gospel acts Mary Mary, Hezekiah Walker, Bryon Cage and Donnie McClurkin.  Really?  Is he really gonna do this?  Especially with this crew, namely this McClurkin fellow.
Donnie McClurkin is a real piece of work.  He has vowed to fight his homosexual curse with prayer.  Yeah that's right he's a recovering gay.  Let me get this straight after Obama panders to HRC's gay forum to collect the queer vote he turns around joins forces with a self-repressed Jesus freak?  I love politicians.  McClurkin blames his homosexuality on being raped.  He goes on to say that through the power of prayer he has worked through his dark periods.  That it wasn't God's intention for him to be homosexual.  Not only has God delivered him, but he can also deliver us (the gays) from a life of debauchery if we're willing to allow for religious intervention. 
Reality check people Barack Obama likes to talk about the idea of "political hope", but in reality he would rather cut a deal with a repressed religious nut just so he can get a couple of votes.  The votes he's soliciting are from people who hate gays just as much as they hate blacks.  That's awesome.  Obama is nothing more than a hypocrite.  Political hope-my ass.  I would rather have Rev. Fred Phelps hate me to my face than have Barack Obama hate me behind my back.  At least Phelps is honest.  Who knows maybe Obama's next move will be to line up a pack of pedophile priests and tour the country talking about how the  country needs to look to a higher power during these troublesome times. Remember faith can save us all.
As for being saved through the power of prayer.  No thanks.  I would rather spend the rest of my life in darkness than ever set one foot in a religious intervention group.  I went through that already.  It's called the Catholic Church.  I don't need saving, save yourself you hypocrite.  I'm here, I'm queer, deal with it and don't pander to me in hopes that I will vote for you.  I won't.
*Just a little side note.  I have no problem with religion and those who are religious.  I just don't think that it should be used as a tool to wrangle votes.  Now, back to our regular programming of sports, music, pets, and my hatred of Duke and Duke.

The Gay Struggle In Middle Earth

While reading Salon today and I came across an article in which the developers of an on-line video game based on "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy" wouldn't allow same sex  marriage in their game.  Also, a hobbit and a dwarf couldn't shack up either.  This is bullshit.  I saw all three of these movies and yes they scared the living shit out of me, but I always thought there was some kind of hidden love affair between Frodo and Sam.  Throw in the Enya music from the last one and you have a great love story.  This is just my opinion.
I thought the whole purpose of role playing games was that you could be anything you wanted.  It was your game.  Correct me if I'm wrong on this.  I had no idea that  such homophobia lurked in the on line gaming community.  You can read the whole article here.
I've never been a gamer.  Sure, I like to play "Guitar Hero" and "Hot Shots Golf", but give me some struggle in fantasy land with unicorns, crossbows, battle axes, witches, ogres -I'm completely lost.  I need a ball in a video game.  Most of the gamers I know are boys.  Sorry ladies I know you are out there, I just don't know any of you.  These boys are pretty liberal when it comes to the concept of same sex marriage whether it be in the real world or fantasy land.  I think these boys are this way because they themselves are pretty sexually ambiguous. All they want to do is save their kingdom and ride off into the sunset on their unicorn.  So I was pretty surprised when I read this article.  Any thoughts on this?

Ann Coulter's New Favorite Word

  This woman is a fucking idiot.  Thats right, I'm not gonna hold back on this one.  Ann Coulter is a fucking idiot who deserves a one way ticket to hell; and when she arrives I hope she is chained to a rock by the fire with a pack of Log Cabin Republicans -I also think they're fucking idiots.  How dare this woman call John Edwards a "faggot".  Let me add even if John Edwards were queer what the fuck business is it of hers.  It makes me wonder if she herself is not part of the pink team- she is 45 and single.   See it and hear it for yourself.  I can't believe that in 2007 people still think that it is OK to call someone this.  I can't believe in 2007 people are still afraid of "the gays".  The gays are the least of this country's worries.  They get up, they go to work, pay taxes, raise families, attend church, and are basically no different than the rest of this country.  The only difference is who they choose to sleep with and that makes them wrong.  Well I guess in this situation I would rather be wrong.  Now, I'm not up in arms over this because I'm queer.  I'm up in arms over this because its offensive and because idiot fucks like her get a national stage in which she can expound her hate to the masses.  I hope Mitt Romney is thrilled to have her stellar endorsement.  Fuck it I hope Andrew Sullivan ( you can read about him and his bullshit here) is proud to be a gay HIV+ conservative and that Elizabeth Dole is happy to be woman and a member of the God loving GOP.   She speaks the truth for your party boys and girls.  This is a woman who refers to Arabs as "rag heads" and thinks that Democratic party is nothing more than a bunch of "faggots". Now, we all know the GOP is good Christian party who loves everyone who is just like them- rich, white, church going, believe in the power of prayer, live in the suburbs, watch NASCAR,  have 2.5 children, have stupid fucking ribbons on their car, believe in George Bush's stupid fucking war, and believe that Gays, Arabs, Blacks, and of course Jews are evil to the core.  I feel bad for the true conservatives of the world or as Lamb Chop and Chrissy refer to themselves as "paleo-cons".  The ones that don't watch Fox News and want as little government as possible in their lives.  Really I guess they're just one good joint away from being Libertarians.  I have no problem with them.  Now, I'm not the most PC person in the world but, this shit is ridiculous.  It seems to me that the pendulum is swinging backwards in terms of PC.  There was once a time when you couldn't say something this obnoxious and get away with it, but I guess six years of an idiot running the country you can say anything you want.  I fear for the future of this country when an idiot fuck like Ann Coulter gets a microphone to speak to the masses.   What's next?  Will she have the nerve to call Barak Obama a "Nigger" at the next GOP function?  I think ACT UP, Queer Nation, PFLAG, HRC, and any other pro-gay group should picket in front of her fucking house and blare disco to all hours of the night. 
* Here is a calmer take on this event without calling anyone an "idiot fuck".
I forgot here is what the Log Cabin Republicans had to say about it. What a bunch of assholes.