...the eagles fly...
Peeve #1: People complaining about Government wire taps.
First they complain that their government doesn't listen to them. Now they complain cause the Government is. Make up your minds!
FYI - The FBI has been recording every phone conversation since Hoover was in charge anyway! Say the words White House, President, and Bomb in the same sentence and a computer will flag your conversation for later reading. Go on! Do it. I try to slip those in every other conversation just to tick off the Agent that has to read it later. ("@#$$%$% kids. Why did they have to leak that we were doing this!") Anything in those conversations is inadmissible in court anyway since they would have to get a warrant for a REAL wire tap anyway and catch me saying it AGAIN should I happen to say anything that they didn't hear 8 million times a day.
Peeve #2: The response to Iran hosting their own cartoon competition over the Holocaust.
My thoughts: IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!
We've been tip-toeing around that incident for the last 60 years. How long does a subject have to remain taboo in an age where speech is supposedly as free as it gets??? Even in Germany - where they left Dachau standing as a memorial and a harsh reminder of what happened - NOBODY talks about it. It isn't taught in school that this happened. Everybody knows because everybody had a relative who was involved in some way. They're ashamed and trying to deal with it or forget, but nobody will let them because whenever the subject is brought up it is done in a condescending fashion. If nobody wants to talk about something, we're far more likely to forget. So go on! Make fun. The better the joke... the more likely it is that it will be repeated. And be heard. And discussed. And provoke THOUGHT.
CAVEAT: I wish they had JUST done this competition as opposed to riots and burning of buildings. THAT would have gotten a standing ovation.
Comically we've been slamming Muslims for years. I fight for free speech in all its forms. Somebody has the right to say whatever they want. But that also means somebody else has the right to come right back and tell them they're full of it!
Peeve #3: The Vice President accidentally shoots somebody while hunting and the Reporters all ask, "Why didn't he report this to the media?"
Why didn't you report that time you got trashed and sodomized a bull to the media? Why didn't you report that time where you wound up naked in Mexico to the media? Why didn't you report that time you fell 9 flights down an elevator shaft and lived? BECAUSE IT'S EMBARRASSING AND/OR YOU WERE PROBABLY A BIT BUSY TALKING TO THE HOSPITAL STAFF!
Ok people... they reported it to the police. They took the man to the hospital. They dealt with the situation the way they were supposed to. Is the old man really supposed to immediately report everything he does to the media? When he has an accident? Falls down a flight of stairs? Is a bit dizzy? Eats a meal? Passes gas? Ah the joys of the instant information age....
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