Stupidity reigns

Michigan city bans being
annoying in public “by
word of mouth, sign or motions.”

It seems we are being inundated by stupidity. I said last night that I thought Obama’s choice of Rick Warren for his inauguration was more than merely a mistake, it was stupid. Today I believe it was even more stupid than I thought. It seems that Warren, in addition to being homophobic (which he hilariously denies), also does not allow gays to become members of his church. I’m not certain whether it is pedophilia or incest that he fears within his congregation. But what strikes me as really stupid is the fact that he apparently has people in his church who are attempting to “cure” people of being gay. Anyone who knows anything about the subject knows that being gay is not something that can be “cured,” and to believe otherwise is an indication of either ignorance or stupidity or both. As information on this subject is widely available, and presumably members of his church are literate, one can only conclude that in the case of Warren’s church it has to be some form of stubborn stupidity. Similarly, anyone who believes that evolution has not occurred is equally ignorant, stupid, or both. Warren apparently believes that the existence of homosexuality proves that evolution did not occur. I do not believe, with Obama, that we should reach out to such people when what they believe, and what they are teaching children, is not only false, but harmful to the future of our nation. To deny science in the 21st century is tantamount to national suicide. I thought when we got rid of Bush/Cheney we might actually re-establish our faith in science once again, and, indeed, Obama insists that he will follow science, but this pick of Warren does not indicate to me that he is going to do so. I am not only disappointed, I am disgusted by this stupidity.

If the stupidity of Obama and Warren is not enough, we can always depend upon Bush to further stupidity. Apparently his “right of conscience” movement was not quite stupid enough, now he has punted the auto problem to Obama, which probably was predictable, but he has appointed Paulson as the acting “car czar.” I guess he thinks that Paulson’s failure to bail out anyone but Wall Street is experience enough for him to be the car czar as well. Of course Bush has done so many stupid things it has almost become acceptable for him, the MSM has certainly never challenged any of them. Bush wears his stupidity like a badge of honor.

Then we have Dick the Slimy who apparently thinks we are all too stupid to ever hold him accountable for his war crimes, even though he has admitted them publicly. Unhappily, he may prove to be right. There is some doubt that the Obama administration is going to do anything to bring Bush/Cheney to justice, even though failing to do so will itself apparently be a crime, according to our Constitution (remember that “piece of goddamn paper”).

We also continue to pursue our failed and pointless “war on drugs,” at enormous expense that is little more than flushing money down the toilet. Most everyone nowadays knows this but it doesn’t keep us from stupidly carrying on. I would put the Afghanistan “war” right up there with all these other acts of stupidity. Our unconditional support for Israeli genocide is another case in point. The performance of our Congress in the past two years is also a textbook case of stupidity. There is no excuse for the failure to impeach Bush/Cheney who are continuing to damage our nation right up until their last second in office. This could have been, and should have been, prevented, but it wasn’t. So, I’m sorry to say it, but I believe these things are no longer understandable or tolerable as simply mistakes, they have been and are just plain stupid. I guess this is why I am so disappointed in Obama. Up until now I had not thought of him as stupid.

LKBIQ:
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
Jeff Valdez

TILT:
William Faulkner was also known as “Gibby.”