Social Issues

I just read today online that the Oklahoma Tea Party, taking Sarah Palin at her “Reload” word, is trying to form a militia. Sigh. So, one way I will combat the feelings this dredges up, making me want to say to some certain dopey factions in our country, the paranoid, the loose cannons (literally), and the just plain loopy, “Get a hobby” (this is the nice version), I want to focus on some positive responses to some very negative behaviors which have been going on in our country. This first one is a response, a Christian PSA in which people affirm that they are “social jus...

So, this week, Miss Beverly Hills stated that it’s “pretty black and white” that God thinks gays should be put to death. (Check it out) Whaaaaat???!!! Man, just one more of these, and I’ll stop looking to vapid California beauty queens to be my moral arbiters! I cannot even tell you how disappointed I was when Carrie Prejean fell off my “Future Mentors” list. ... And, yes, there is a “Miss Beverly Hills.” Snicker. Okay, that was was mean, but . . . guffaw! There is a “Miss Beverly Hills!” Miss BH, Lauren Ashley, was reading Leviticus, she says....

The staff and head writer at Here’s a Thought want to thank Mike Meehan, Democratic operative (another word for “bully”) and member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) appointed by President Obama, for his actions on the last night. Clearly Mr. Meehan had read the latest Here’s a Thought column, Bully For You, and wanted to show NCV readers exactly what a bully is, how he works and what he does. Thank you, Mr. Meehan! You acted just like a thug from the political theater in Chicago! Very convincing! You played the part of a bully very well: dumb, arrogant, picking o...

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear some Christians who are friends of mine on Facebook making jokes about climate change and/or quote, global warming, unquote. (They never take either seriously.) Ha. Ha. I don’t get it. What’s funny about that? I’m not a scientist, but no matter what little “tricky” e-mails have been discovered of late in science-land, and no matter what kind of conspiracy you think it is, we do have an impact on our planet. And I think we share responsibility to take care of it. To recycle. To use recycled materials. To not eat endangered speci...

So, I mentioned in my column this week how I’m a total foodie. And I love to cook, and make up recipes. I like some fast food, other fast food grosses me out. I get fast food. The concept, I mean.  It’s fast, it’s food. Yum yum, food task done. On to the to-do list. As a Southerner, I know the joys of deep-fried EVERYTHING. I’ve had deep-fried dill pickles, deep-fried ice cream, deep-fried broccoli, deep-fried squid . . . deep-fried okra is one of my favorite things of all time. When I was in Scotland, they had deep-fried Mars Bars. Everywhere. I didn’t have one of those. But...

Got righteous anger? I do. I know that sounds heady. But I believe I honestly do. This morning I was reading the post of a conservative blogger who is a friend of mine on Facebook. The headline was “Liberalism is Communism is Atheism.” I think this is the school of thought which also thinks Nazism, Fascism, and Socialism are interchangeable with each other. Heck, they are ALL interchangeable! Right? Because why bother looking up words when you can sling crap (not the word I wanted to use, I admit, but many of you would stop reading this if I said “s__t” – ruh-roh) at pe...

Just kidding. I’ll leave the Coming Apocalypse to those more involved with fear rants. I know that a lot of Christians blame the “fall of man” on that ever-present temptation, women. I know that a lot of Christians believe that women should “obey” men, in the strictest sense of the word. But there are a lot of us who don’t believe either of those things. And many women who would like to see ourselves represented more in Christian venues. As comics, as speakers, as leaders . . . and not just at “women’s events”! Hey, you can check your burka at the door now! ...

Sometimes, when you are “overweight”, you are self-conscious about everything. Your clothing. Your food choices in public. Your uterine bulge. Your pantylines. (Can I say “pantylines” on a Christian site?!! Is that even one word?) I say “sometimes”, because I also wrote a popular magnet for a greeting card company which says, “Screw the diet. I like myself!” (Can I say that?) But I admit, that is how I feel most of the time. And so, that outweighs (heh heh, outweighs, get it?!) the motivation to exercise and starve. Sometimes. I just got back from the grocery store...

I have searched my conscience I have found no reason to change our constitution reguarding that all men, and woman, are greated equal. As far as the men, and woman, serving our military, there shouldn't be any different manner of care of privacy other than male and female, as long as they perform their assaigned duties. When inappropriate behaviour is present, the ones causing that behaviour should be punished, or discharged from the military, be them gay, or stright. When there is tax paying, Country serving, God loveing, law abiding gay persons, male, or female bieng dishonered because ...

So, they’ve recalled Hydroxycut. Seems it causes liver damage. Dangit. Just because we want to lose weight, doesn’t mean we want to do it by losing organs. When will the corporations figure that out? It was my last try before having to resort to something really desperate: diet and exercise. Ha! I hate doing things that I hate. I do walk a good bit, and I kayak when I can. I haven’t eaten beef in about 18 years, and I eat a lot of fish. No point here, just braggin’ on my good points. The kind of Hydroxycut I have is the little paper tubes of powder, so you can pour it ...