This comic stolen without permission from "Dinasour Comics" http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001429.html
That's right, stolen! I could do hard time! I'm a BAAAAAAAAD MAN!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Tax Day
This comic stolen without permission from "Dinasour Comics" http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001429.html
That's right, stolen! I could do hard time! I'm a BAAAAAAAAD MAN!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Florida
Professor and Mrs Chaos are on vacation this week in Florida. We will return to the Chaos compound with all new irritants on Friday.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The American family Association
Somehow, these loonies got my e-mail address, so my inbox keeps getting filled up with stuff like this:
I'm not sure why the word "bisexual" is in quotes. Maybe they think that bisexuality is fictional? At any rate, the headline is clearly meant to shock and horrify the reader. It seems to be taken for granted that anyone on the mailing list will be terrified by the thought of students possibly seeing two men kiss!
The Article Begins:
Okay, so the secularist teacher would have to invite his students to the ritual, AND invite them to attend? That's how the scenario would work? And there is no greater evidence of the Times bias than the hullabaloo imagined by Frank Russo. That does it for me, cancel my subscription! Gosh, I hope frank Russo never imagines me having an affair. My wife would divorce me!
Clearly the Times would not report the imaginary occurrence in the same way as the actual one. How do I know? Because Frank Russo has declared it to be so!
Yeah, I'm guessing that Frank struggles to understand a lot of things.
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One imagines that Frank's mind is often boggled. Seriously Frank, what you don't understand would fill the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Gender Identity Disorder? Those are awfully big words, Frank. I'm pretty sure you're not qualified to make that diagnosis. How can I be so sure ? Well, for starters, you got it wrong.
here is what WebMD has to say about Gender Identity disorder.
How about this? Instead of encouraging parents to keep their kids away from the ceremony, how about you have a nice cool glass of shut the fuck up, and the parents can decide for themselves whether to be hateful and bigoted? Hmm? How would that be? Nice glass of shut the fuck up? Doesn't that sound nice, hmm? Shut the fuck up?
'Bisexual' teacher invites students to same-sex ceremony
I'm not sure why the word "bisexual" is in quotes. Maybe they think that bisexuality is fictional? At any rate, the headline is clearly meant to shock and horrify the reader. It seems to be taken for granted that anyone on the mailing list will be terrified by the thought of students possibly seeing two men kiss!
The Article Begins:
A self-proclaimed bisexual male teacher in New York has invited his seventh-grade students and their parents to witness his commitment ceremony to another man.Okay, what's with the "self-proclaimed"? What is that? Is there some dispute as to the legitimacy of the guy's designation as a switch-hitter? Is there some organization that's supposed to officially verify his status?
The New York Times reports 32-year-old Chance Nalley gave slips of paper to his entire seventh-grade class at Columbia Secondary School, inviting them to the upcoming ceremony
Frank Russo of the American Family Association of New York calls the Times' report biased. "If a secularist teacher in a school invited his or her students over to a ritual of initiation into becoming a Christian and invited his students to attend this, I could just imagine the hullabaloo that you'd see," he contends, "and The New York Times would not report it in the same fashion as it reported this."
Okay, so the secularist teacher would have to invite his students to the ritual, AND invite them to attend? That's how the scenario would work? And there is no greater evidence of the Times bias than the hullabaloo imagined by Frank Russo. That does it for me, cancel my subscription! Gosh, I hope frank Russo never imagines me having an affair. My wife would divorce me!
Clearly the Times would not report the imaginary occurrence in the same way as the actual one. How do I know? Because Frank Russo has declared it to be so!
Russo admits he struggles to understand Nalley's motives behind the invitations.
Yeah, I'm guessing that Frank struggles to understand a lot of things.
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For a teacher to invite his students -- seventh graders, typically 12-years-old, possibly 13 -- to attend a gay marriage is mind-boggling to me that he would do that."
One imagines that Frank's mind is often boggled. Seriously Frank, what you don't understand would fill the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
The family advocate is also encouraging parents not to take their children to a ceremony that he believes "honors" a gender identity disorder.
Gender Identity Disorder? Those are awfully big words, Frank. I'm pretty sure you're not qualified to make that diagnosis. How can I be so sure ? Well, for starters, you got it wrong.
here is what WebMD has to say about Gender Identity disorder.
Adults with gender identity disorder often display the following symptoms:
- Desire to live as a person of the opposite sex.
- Desire to be rid of their own genitals.
- Dressing and behaving in a manner typical of the opposite sex.
- Withdrawal from social interaction and activity.
- Feelings of isolation, depression, and anxiety.
How about this? Instead of encouraging parents to keep their kids away from the ceremony, how about you have a nice cool glass of shut the fuck up, and the parents can decide for themselves whether to be hateful and bigoted? Hmm? How would that be? Nice glass of shut the fuck up? Doesn't that sound nice, hmm? Shut the fuck up?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Going Galt
All across the nation, literally dozens of angry, misinformed dimwits are staging "tea parties" to protest policies which they don't understand. These differ from the original Boston Tea Party in that the colonists who staged the original protest boarded British ships under cover of darkness to destroy British cargo, denying tax dollars to the English monarchy, knowing that they risked their freedom, if not their lives, by displaying defiance in the face of the British Empire, while modern "teabaggers"* buy bags of Liptonat the supermarket and then throw them into trashcans.
No. You are not. Really.
The people who would, theoretically, be in a position to "go Galt" um, they're in Wahington begging for government handouts.
And if anyof you don't feel like slogging through all 1084 pages of Ayn Rand's diatribe, lhere's how it ends. John Galt and the other wealthy industrialists all move to a deserted valley in Colorado and start their own society, building new railroads, factories, etc. Does that sound like something you could do?
You are not Atlas. If you shrug, the world will shrug back. Unless you are really going to drop out of society and start your own country, just shut up and go back to work.
Oh, and do a google search for the term "teabagging." You'll be glad you did.
*I swear to God, this is really how they refer to themselves.
Um, I don't think that word means what you think it means.
One of the most popular activities at these "tea parties" is threatening to "go Galt" This refers to the fictional character John Galt from the book Atlas Shrugged. Look, guys, I read the book, and if someone were to edit out about 100 pages of repetition, it would be a decent work of fiction. But Ayn Rand is like the Jimmy Stewart character in "Rope." Her ideas may be fun to bandy about at cocktail parties, but you don't try to actually put them into practice. (In the case of the character from Rope, because you will end up in jail for committing murder. In the case of Ayn Rand, because her ideas are stupid.
Since most of you teabaggers have apparently not read it, let me explain something to you. John Galt was an titan of industry who bestrode the world like a colossus. You, on the other hand, are, um, not. Honestly, if you "went Galt," if you stopped producing out of spite, no one would notice - except your kids who would ask why there is no money for food.
Since most of you teabaggers have apparently not read it, let me explain something to you. John Galt was an titan of industry who bestrode the world like a colossus. You, on the other hand, are, um, not. Honestly, if you "went Galt," if you stopped producing out of spite, no one would notice - except your kids who would ask why there is no money for food.
No. You are not. Really.
The people who would, theoretically, be in a position to "go Galt" um, they're in Wahington begging for government handouts.
And if anyof you don't feel like slogging through all 1084 pages of Ayn Rand's diatribe, lhere's how it ends. John Galt and the other wealthy industrialists all move to a deserted valley in Colorado and start their own society, building new railroads, factories, etc. Does that sound like something you could do?
Oh, and do a google search for the term "teabagging." You'll be glad you did.
*I swear to God, this is really how they refer to themselves.
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