Political Correctness Strikes, Again

As usual, I appear to be a few days late to chime in on a controversy that consumed at least part of the minds of the blowhards, er, pundits on TV over the past weekend. Anyways, in case you did miss it, last week President Obama decided that, with the economy, and confidence in it, heading further south than where I wish I was fishing right about now, he needed to go and speak directly with the American people on...The Tonight Show.

Because we all know that Jay Leno is going to be ready with the tough questions that Americans want answered.

Nevertheless, while he was there, the President, in a moment of self-depreciation, made what could only be classified as a somewhat formulaic-yet-still-humorous 'retard' joke in which he compared his bowling skills to those of a Special Olympian.

Cue the outrageously outrageous moral outrage of the United States Political Correctness SWAT team.

Indeed, while, admittedly, the outrage from the Fat Cats in the Media and the PC Police was noticeably less than it would have been had, say, George W. Bush made such a remark (although, since they considered W to be retarded, I'm not sure if they could have logically done this...), it was still there; in fact, the outrageously outraged Republicans trying to point out the double standard probably managed to more-or-less make up the difference with their zeal. Indeed, even my beloved Sarah Palin got in on the outrage and managed to shoot of a statement about how much she loved and respected the Special Olympics and how Obama needed to be more careful with his words and.....yea, you probably read the news too, so no need to rehash all of the bullshit.

What seems to be missing in all of this, of course, is the fact that it was a joke, and that taking jokes like this seriously - even if he is the President and is supposed to be 'more careful' with his choice of words - and getting pissed off or angry about them just....well, let's say it brings to mind a certain title utilized by Shakespeare.

Something about 'ado' and 'nothing.'

I mean, people seriously need to learn to develop a sense of humor and just laugh/chuckle at something like this. And seriously, who hasn't, at some point in their life, made a kind of off-color (even offensive!! *gasp*) joke like the President's? Granted, yours was probably funnier; but still, I think I recall something pertinent from the Bible that may apply here - something to do with 'casting stones' and 'sin.'

(Yes folks, retard jokes, Shakespeare, and Jesus, all in one post about Obamarama - that's just the kind of brilliance I offer here.)

A certain wise man once said that "if we couldn't laugh we'd all go insane" - and something tells me that getting all up in arms like Napoleon invading Russia over a joke like the President's is fast approaching the territory which offers tangible proof of this maxim.

Hilarity

You know, when it comes to making a political point, no one does it better than a group of intelligent assholes armed with a great message.

I think these folks qualify.

It seems the Young Conservatives of the University of Texas at Austin are creating an "ACLU nativity scene." Amongst the highlights are:

- Gary and Joseph
- No Jesus
- Stalin, Lenin and Marx as the Three Wise Men
- An Islamic Terrorist as the Shepard
- Nancy Pelosi as the Angel Gabriel.

Let's see, Gay Marriage, Separation of Jesus and State, Communism, the Religion of Peace and Nancy Pelosi - hey that could pass for the Democratic Party, not just the ACLU!! Indeed, it often seems that people on the left forget that the 1st Amendment actually doesn't guarantee every non-Christian faith special privileges. Religious Tolerance means that we put up with you - not treat you better than we do ourselves. Oh well, maybe at some point the friendly folks at the ACLU and on the left will realize that these wacky ideas of Religious freedom and tolerance include us Christians too.

In the meantime: Hook 'Em!

***Update***

Here's a Photo of the Actual Thing!!!

Is Discrimination Against Christians Ok?

As you've probably seen on the news, there has been quite a lot of nitpicking about religion during this annual Christmas Season. The scenarios have included everything from Rep. Hastert renaming Capitol Hill's 'Holiday Tree' a Christmas Tree, to the ACLU threatening lawsuits against schools that have Christmas Carols as a part of their 'holiday' performances. If you haven't seen the pattern yet, allow me to state the obvious. It all involves discrimination against Christians.

Yes, that's right, all over the United States it is now Politically Incorrect to be a Christian on public property. You can't set up a Christmas tree, or a Manger scene, and God forbid you say the C-word (Christ). Of course, the problem here is the double standard. The ACLU is suing the same schools for inappropriate uses of 'Christmas' that it sued for not allowing Muslims a special place for prayer during Ramadan. And oddly enough, no one seems to mind it when Jews discuss Hanukah. But please, don't ever even mention 'Joy to the World'.

The worst thing about this is that these anti-Christians don't see the double standard that they have. They don't think of it as discrimination. Although it most certainly is. It's perfectly fine for anyone to criticize religion in schools: as long as it's Christianity that they're criticizing. However, once we cross that PC line and start discussing Judaism or Islam or any other religion, the multiculturalists come swooping down; 'Don't discriminate', 'It's just their culture', 'You have to respect their religion', and the list, of course, goes on. These are the same people who, despite not believing in a universal right and wrong or truth, find some way to make the claim that having a Christmas float in the town 'holiday' parade is 'wrong'.

When are we going to stop pretending we don't know the roots of our country? When is someone finally going to say that toleration specifically for Muslims just won't cut it? So far this month, the Christian populace in this country has shown signs that it will at least put up a fight; and that's good. The Christian establishment in this country has stood by and watched as one of its 2 most important holidays has taken a theoretical beating from the media and the multiculturalists. Hopefully, we can find a way to put a stop the blatant and unnecesary discrimination against Christmas.