When the flying carpet fails, go ride a camel

Last week the highly intellectual and pleasant "Ms." Ann Coulter (see: Adam's Apple) visited Western to give a talk. Since then there's been a bunch of letters to the editor et cetera, and arguments from both sides saying that she's either a hate monger or a free speech activist.

If you look at some of the liquefied human excrement that comes out of her mouth, you can see that it ain't about free speech. Using the guise of an opinionated woman simply pushing the boundaries of acceptable social vocabulary (odd, being a conservative) she spouts off her baseless biases and prejudices with inflammatory bullshit designed to excite the masses who don't know any better. She espouses racism, sexism, and most importantly ignorance.

To me, that's the big difference between the "gun toting hillbilly" and the "liberal elite": Ignorance.

I think it's pretty fair to say that in order to be classified as "elite"when it comes to political views, be it left or right wing, you have to look at both sides of any argument, or at least be willing to admit when you're wrong.

Having watched FahrenHype 9/11, the conservative response to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, it's plain to see that one of these film makers was completely wrong. They got the wrong information, preyed on people's ignorances and fears, and played opinion as fact.

Needless to say, it wasn't Michael Moore who got it wrong. Coulter is featured in Hype, and amazingly she's also a best selling author. This woman has actually become quite rich by spitting in the face of common decency, and selling her conscience to the highest bidder. It's hatred-for-hire, and I'm amazed so many fools buy into it.

I'm also amazed that Western allowed her to speak. At least Ottawa had the right idea and told her that if she wanted to challenge the hate speech laws of Canada, she'd best not do it in the nation's capital.

One thing that does bring a smile to my face (and probably causes Coulter to lose alot of sleep) is the recent developments in US health care. Although the rest of the civilized world has enjoyed a good laugh at the mighty Americans as they bicker over a completely watered-down form of socially responsible health care, I think it's a huge step forward for them. I honestly never thought I'd see the day that the common American citizen would be giving a single penny to another person in a time of need, but here we are.


Not that there weren't a large number of morons who protested the current changes. These are the same morons who, if confronted with a monumental personal problem when it comes to the health of their families or themselves, would be entirely f.u.c.k.e.d. without a socialized system.

Then again, foresight is rarely a virtue of the fool. (See: Housing Crash)

Papa always said...

Pwning the Odium

So it turns out that I watched a shitload of the Olympics. Here are my personal high- and low-lights of the games, presented in no particular order:

• Jon Montgomery: awesome celebration, better podium entrance, and an unforgettable beer march through Whistler. It's a crying shame he wasn't our first gold medalist.
• Melissa Hollingsworth: living proof that no matter how much you believe, you can still come out a failure.
• Lindsey Vonn: way to finish your races, you betch.
• The Chinese womens curling team and their hilarious screeching.
  
• The German two man bobsleigh team. One guy celebrates a dangerous Canadian crash, while the other makes the universal body-language sign for "wtf man?!?"
• Norwegian curlers and their pants. Champions don't wear that kinda shit.
• David Pelletier's commentary in the figure skating events. Especially the ripping of that skeleton costume in the men's singles. This ain't fucking Halloween man!
• That cross country skier falling into the ditch. I think shes suing the IOC...
• Cheryl Bernard: showing us all how to butcher an almost-guaranteed gold medal in the final end of a curling match. Nice tits though.
• Kristin Stormer Steira: came in 4th place again in Olympic cross country skiing. Her fourth time finishing in this not-so-coveted spot, and this time it was by 0.1 seconds. Ha!
  
• Nodar Kumaritashvili: at least he went out doing the thing he loves... _____ing into a ____ at ____ kph. (Too soon??)
• That US downhill skier who screamed like a banshee to hype herself up before the race.
• "Siren Head", who somehow managed to get tickets to every single men's hockey game, not to mention some women's games too. How does a bum like that even afford that many tickets?
  
• The Norwegian authorities' ridiculous claim that the natives of BC had put a curse on their team, and that's why they weren't winning more medals. You really can't even come up with that kind of shit.
• The Canadian men's ski-cross dude who was a recovered drug addict. Nothing like butchering your medal shot to send you back into the sweet and loving arms of addiction.
• The howler monkey: Meng Wang
• Sven Kramer and his stupid coach. Fucking sissy + fucking retard = me smiling. (Also he looks alot like Crosby eh?)
  
• Gretzky's horrific awkwardness.
• The Olympic flame debacle. Granted, they made up for it in the closing ceremonies.
• Pierre McGuire's incredible comment that "in alot of places children are crying right now" regarding the cheer for Luongo that sounds like booing from the crowd. Astonishingly idiotic.
• 14 gold medals baby!!
• Crosby coming out of the hole he was hiding in to jumpstart the party of the year in Canada.
  

THIS IS CANADA!