Saturday, July 21, 2012

Bluz on Nuz

(And that’s NOT read "Bluhz on Nuhz.")

In spite of popular demand, it’s time once again for, Hey Bluz, What Do You Think Of…

… Michele Bachmann’s accusations that the State Department is harboring a Muslim spy?  It seems the Michele Bachmann has managed to claw her way back into the news this week, by starting up the new version of the House Un-American Activities Committee. 
The Crazy Eyes will give you away every time.


She’s demanding an investigation into one of Hillary Clinton’s top aides, Huma Abedin, who you may remember as the supportive wife of former US Representative, Anthony (Is There Anyone that Hasn’t Seen a Twitpic of my Ween?) Weiner.  Bachmann is claiming that Abedin has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and is feeding them intel.

Glad to see the John McCain still has the balls to speak up for what’s right.  He knows a thing or two about getting smeared.  He hasn’t been the same since the Bushies ratfucked him in the 2000 South Carolina primaries.

Part of McCain’s valiant defense:
When anyone, not least a member of Congress, launches specious and degrading attacks against fellow Americans on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation, and we all grow poorer because of it.”

On Thursday, a Muslim human rights group fired back, comparing the linking of prominent Muslim Americans to terrorist organization to a game of 6-Degrees of Separation.  And they’re right.  This accusation is like Bachmann is saying she knows Kevin Bacon because she once had a BLT.

…the death of Deep Purple keyboardist, Jon Lord?  Rest in peace, dude.  Without those grungy keys, Deep Purple is just another 70s rock band… Black Sabbath with a better singer.

…That father that refused the Make-a-Wish Foundation’s offer to send his daughter to Disney World?  I usually love it when Bowling Green gets some press, but not like this.

A 4-year-old girl in Bowling Green, Ohio, had just undergone 2 years worth of leukemia treatments entailing chemotherapy, spinal taps and hospitalizations.  After beating back the cancer, the Make-a-Wish Foundation offered to send her to Disney World.

To make the trip, the girl needed permission from both her mother and father.  The father refused, saying that now that she was free and clear of the disease, it would be a misuse of the company’s donated funds.

Later, it came out that the guy had been having a battle with the mother over visitation privileges, and while no one knows for sure, it looks like he was using this opportunity to stick it to the mother.

Meanwhile, the local community is raising funds on its own, to send the girl to Disney World.  See, it does take a village to raise a child, especially when one of the parents is a chowderhead.  Whatever the beef with the mom, you shouldn’t jam up the little girl like that.  Like she hasn’t been through enough crap…

Looks like I have another place to boycott now.  Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says, "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about." 

He wants everyone in the country to snap to his views on God and marriage, and everyone else is prideful and arrogant…

It sounds like this will be the next guy claiming that some kind of natural disaster is actually God’s retribution for our secular ways.

Next time I see one of those “Eat mor chiken” cows, I’m going to try the steak, right then and there.

…that Sheriff in Arizona claiming that he has proof that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake?  Again with this stuff?  I guess when you’re investigated by the “posse” of the Maricopa County Sheriff of Arizona, that’s the gold standard.  What qualifications, exactly, does it take to become part of some Sheriff’s investigative “posse?”  I mean, other than determining the conclusion first and then backfilling the “evidence.”

This guy is in so much hot water in his own county, over inadequate investigation of sex crimes and racial profiling and other civil rights violations, he has no choice but to start pointing fingers in someone else’s direction.

Another day, another embarrassment for Arizona.  Note to the redneck sheriff: The State of Hawaii says the birth certificate is legal.  Therefore… Case. Fucking. Closed.

…your sore throat and oncoming summer cold?  It sucks.  I left work early yesterday and am going to lay low for the weekend.  I usually fight sore throats by gargling frequently with Listerine.  But you know what works even better?  Jack Daniels.  And if you don’t spit it out, it will help you sleep too. 

I know better than to ever spit out Jack Daniels.  If I ever did that, it would cause a disturbance in the space-time continuum, centering somewhere around Lynchburg.  And somehow, I’d be able to hear my Dad yelling, all the way from Pensacola.

But unless I rally big-time, it’s doubtful that I’ll be able to get out to see “The Dark Knight Rises” this weekend.  Next week, for sure.

Besides, I don’t have enough extra funds in the budget to buy new body armor.

Yes, I know I haven’t addressed the week’s “BIG” news from Colorado.  But it’s being worked to death already, from so many angles; I don’t feel that I have much to add.  I feel horrible for the families of all those poor souls, killed for nothing but shits and giggles.

If the country wasn’t so polarized right now, we might have seen some kind of common sense movement on guns.  I’m sure there is come kind of common ground in here somewhere, between All Guns and All Ammo Legal for Everyone All the Time, and No Guns Ever Ever Ever.

If I was king, I’d start with banning the large, assault-style clips.  No private citizen needs an assault rifle for hunting or self-defense.  I know it would take a while, but without the ammo, the assault weapons will become obsolete, so it won’t matter who’s carrying them.

Naturally, the NRA and its allies propose that the answer is MORE guns on the street, so there we stand, at the eternal impasse.  Another example of “American Exceptionalism” gone awry.

OK, maybe I had something to add after all.

12 comments:

Cassie said...

So, I can understand why the father wouldn't want to use the Make a Wish Foundation's money if she beat it, since my understanding is that it's for terminal kids. However, she still a.) deserves the trip and b.) deserves a father who doesn't use her as leverage. He should have said, "No thanks Make a Wish, I'll send her on my own, but thanks for the sentiment."

The Chick-fil-a comment shocked me. Why did they need to say anything at all? Is it just me, or is this election year a division between homophobes and gay pride? I don't understand why there is even a need for discrimination. I mean, I'm 27, I've seen a lot and I still don't understand the world. There's absolutely no need to hate. Especially when it doesn't directly affect your day. I've never eaten at a Chick-fil-a before, but you bet your ass I never will.

Deb K said...

Hope you feel better. As usual, I agree with your take on all of the other news of the day. I also like that you did not include the Penn State mess in your roundup. I guess that is tomorrow's talking heads focus along with continuing 24/7 sensationalized coverage of Colorado.

bluzdude said...

The officials in charge of Make A Wish believed that after all the girl had been through, she deserved a trip. I mean, for Chrissakes, she's FOUR! Poor thing. Too bad her dad is a dick, who has his priorities pretty mixed up.

I only ever ate Chick-fil-A a couple times, but never again. Not one dollar of mine is going to that homophobic, Bible-thumping prick.

bluzdude said...

It's tough with the Penn State thing. I guess I don't really have all that much to say. All points of view have been done to death. I'm just sad that JoePa's rep took such a hit. But after what he did... or rather, didn't do, I can't take issue with the outcome.

Deb K said...

Agreed. I am a PSU grad. I think the entire institutional foundation is at fault. The Board of Trustees failed to do their job; the President and Administration failed to do their job; and, the people who knew what has happening -- or had suspicions of what was happening because they were informed of firsthand observations -- and did not act, failed. No one should be above and beyond reproach and criticism for their failure. I am sickened that it happened and I hope that the penalties and other measures that are implemented in the future help to rebuild the University's reputation. Dark days are ahead undoubtedly. But whenever I think about the victims, I just cannot stop thinking about how everyone, especially people in positions of authority and respect, exploited and failed them.

bluzdude said...

I agree that the entire culture (and not just at PSU) has to change. I just hate that the current players and coaches, that had nothing to do with this, have to suffer the consequences. All of the players in this drama are already gone.

Anonymous said...

Chick-fil-a has always been a holier-than-thou organization. They are closed on Sundays to go to church. They pass out Bible stories in their kids meals. In 2009, they donated $2 million dollars to anti-gay organizations. Then, they peddle soda pop, french fries, and deep fried chicken to our kids the rest of the week. Perhaps a man named Cathy shouldn't be throwing stones. Yeah, I went there.

But I love that the Muppets just severed their ties with the restaurant chain.

Unapologetically Mundane said...

I somehow missed about half of this "nuhz" when it actually happened, which means your blog is actually . . . informative? Creepy.

I'd heard that they'd come out publicly, but that particular Chick-fil-A quote is amaaaaaaaaazing. When I read it just now, I was like, "Yeah!" But then I went back and re-read who said it and was like, "Wait . . . No?"

bluzdude said...

I was previously unaware of their reputation. They have a perfect right to spread whatever message they wish. And I have the right to never set foot in one of their places again.

I am so looking forward to the day when this kind of divisive, intolerant, holier-than-thou mindset becomes anachronistic. But I fear that it won’t happen in my lifetime.

I can see the Muppets poster right now. It’s a shot of the Swedish Chef, with the caption: “Put a ‘bork’ in’em. They’re done.”

bluzdude said...

I can’t get over the audacity of butting so far into other people’s personal lives, just to tell them that they’re being pushy. I’m sure I’d be pretty loud too, if some numb-nut was yelling at me, telling me not to act in a way that’s governed by my genetic wiring.

I suppose it’s too much to ask that people understand the effects of genetics, when they still think the world is 6000 years old.

We need to let each other be, period.

Judie said...

1. Sheriff Joe loves to see his name in print. He's bringing up the birther blather to take the spotlight off all his misdeeds. He's a fucking asshole.

2. Michelle of the psychotic stare, ditto.

3. Chic-fil-A will never see my money again.

4. No real sportsman would ever shoot a deer with an assault rifle. It's unsportsman-like!

5. Some wing-nut said that if the theater-goers had been armed.....Yeah, that's all we need! A bunch of morons shooting at a suspect in DARKENED THEATER!!!!

6. The packers come on the 3rd and 4th, the movers come on the 6th, and we are LEAVING ARIZONA that afternoon.


YEEHAA

bluzdude said...

5. That’s so laughable. The same people that put the blame for gun killings on Hollywood violence totally buy into the Hollywood myth that the one guy in the crowd will shoot a bad guy that’s covered in body armor, without missing or hitting anyone else.

And guaranteed, if two guys pull out their own guns to stop a bad guy, one thinks that the other is an accomplice and shoots him.

Good luck on the move. In the coming months, you’ll have to do a Compare and Contrast between Southeastern and Southwestern rednecks. And I guess you’ll have to sign off as YEEHGA… you can say that the G is silent.