Positives and Negatives in AmeriKa

I often rant and rave about the fucked up state of our country. I try to speak of the positives as much as possible but sometimes things just plain old suck and tend to get worse depending on the current political climate in the country. Here are a few more great examples of politics and religions impact on our lives.

In North Carolina this week Baptist Minister Chan Chandler resigned. Why? Because he preached politics on the pulpit and even kicked out members that disagreed with his political views and finally people got sick of it. He is a Republican, they were not. He often held fiery sermons on abortion and its evils and even though most members agreed on those points they didn't agree that he should have used the pulpit as a political soapbox. "Congregants of the 100-member church in western North Carolina have said Chandler endorsed President Bush from the pulpit during last year's presidential campaign and said that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry needed to "repent or resign."

Isn't this great? Even religious folk aren't safe at their own houses of worship.

So I'm sure you heard about the piece of human excrement that beat and stabbed two little girls in Chicago. This anal leakage known as Jerry "I take it in the poop shoot" Hobbs was just released from prison in Texas after serving a whopping 2 years for trying to kill his girlfriend with a chainsaw. He has been in a and out of prison for many different VIOLENT crimes and was supposed to take anger management classes. Instead he skipped probation, went to Illinois and murdered 2 little girls. Well it warms my heart to know that shitheads like Hobbs are running the streets when folks like the Garrison brothers of Maryland are serving 15-20 years for their first ever conviction. A non violent drug offence. Read about the farce of a case that was presented in court here. No drugs, No evidence just the words of a few convicted drug dealers. God, I love AmeriKa. Land of the fucked, home of the naïve.

On a lighter note my beloved Red Sox are continuing their winning ways in spite of the many injuries affecting their lineup. Johnny Damon is currently the hottest player in the Major Leagues. In my 20+ years of following the Red Sox I have never seen a player hotter than Damon. Every time he gets up he gets a hit, an RBI or walks. Literally every time. Its quite a site to watch.

I had a great week on Ebay. I posted a bunch of crap I had laying around and pulled in about $220. Not too shabby. I still have a book online that is currently going for $50. That old saying is true, your junk is other peoples treasure!

So Jess and I are having car trouble. I think we will have to start car shopping which should be about as painful as listening to the President speak. More bills and headaches on the way just in time for summer.

Speaking of summer I think its here in NH. I'm not sure though. Just when you think its going to be nice it rains or snows or an orgy of the two appears. Last summer here was a complete bust. I swear we were lucky to have 2 full weeks of sun and NEVER in a row. I still wonder why I left Florida.


J