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dammit

2008-05-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

dam·mit [dam-it]
-interjection Eye Dialect.
damn it (used as a mild expletive).
[Origin: 1905-10]

Thank you, Random House! Sure, it's eye dialect--which doesn't say much for my intellect, as the 'speaker'--but look under 'damnit' on Dictionary.com, and I'm afraid you'll come up empty.

And really, who can question such adept linguists as Blink 182?!

If you want to say 'damnit,' just say 'damn it.' Dammit.

In support of California's Supreme Court ruling.

2008-05-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

[originally posted on Tumblr, Thursday, May 22nd, 2008. Moved for contextual reasons.]

Two quick rants, in the form of third-party statement and my counter-argument:

Heterosexual marriage is meant to be a vehicle for procreation. Legislation supporting gay marriage threatens that inherent purpose.

Now is the perfect time to take another look at the idea of the family. Our planet simply cannot sustain continued procreation at the current rate. Why is it so widely accepted that you must have children of your own in order to be worth anything in this world?

Do yourselves a favor, and examine another perspective: VHEMT

Furthermore, what do you think these gay couples would do if they couldn’t marry? They’d probably realize it was just a phase—better yet, a sin—and become heterosexual again. Bingo, more babies!

By repealing the previous ban, you are enacting laws that directly target our faith and family values.

What a bigoted viewpoint. Some people who don’t fit the ideals of your chosen religion win some equal rights and you see yourselves as the victims? By the way, this is the religion you have chosen because it is your freedom in this nation—your right. How is it now your right to impose those aspects of your belief on others? What exactly makes you more important than them? Is it the idea that our nation was founded ‘under God’?

Read this article. Yeah, when you start getting that righteous feeling, enjoy it. Sit back for a minute and think about how you were right all along. Then read the article again. What you missed the first time was the underlying argument that church and state are separate by Constitutional law. The United States is not a Christian nation. We are a free one. We are all free to do as we please as long as our actions do not cause harm.

Now, tell me again how heterosexual marriage is any more valid than another combination of sexes.

An Unreasonable Man

2008-05-24T15:26:00.000-07:00

[originally posted on Tumblr, Thursday, May 22nd, 2008. Moved for contextual reasons.]

Critics increasingly oppose an American citizen’s campaign for the Presidency while turning sleepy-eyed at one extreme—angry at another—when the premise upon which they base their arguments is refuted. They simply can’t argue with the evidence. There is and never was any intent of sabotage.

To make one simple point: look at the votes the other unestablished parties tallied in 2000, and tell me the Green Party alone was ‘responsible’ for the outcome.
Additionally, you’re going to tell me that he had enough influence to sway voters in stating the widely-held sentiment that the Ass and the Pachyderm don’t belong in the Chordate subphylum Vertebrata?

This path may or may not be the best way to advocate the important issues, but I can’t fault on him on an ethical level. Furthermore, I find his steadfastness admirable in the face of growing attrition amongst his former supporters.

Ralph Nader is not delusional. He is courageous.

Don't persecute coffee.

2008-05-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

What this author of this article actually means is caffeine. Granted, coffee may have higher levels of the stimulant than other accessible products, but his unneccesary specificity is a glaring error, and will probably anger a number of coffee producers.