Hugo Chavez: Battling cancer, the frail Venezuelan President is clinging to life. Now I am not going to outwardly hail his demise from this earth, but any man like Chavez that boldly calls for the destruction of another nation, in this case America, has no place in my heart. Hey, Venezuelans love him, in theory. At least that's what I read. But are they brainwashed to the point that they don't know right from wrong? Venezuela and Chicago have a number in common, 500. In 2013, Chicago passed 500 murders for the year. It's bad here. But in December of 2008, the city of Caracas eclipsed that number. That's in a month. At the time, it was the per capita murder capital of the world. And don't forget the political corruption that returns Chavez to power every six years. What's not to love about that? No, no, the world would be better off if Chavez wasn't in power, and it appears the only way that is going to happen is if cancer wins.
James Komaniecki: Well unless you are an avid reader of this, um, blog thingy, then you are saying, who? Let me fill you in. JMK is the president of RestoreAmericanLiberty.com, a lunatic fringe if there ever was one. They believe, and very strongly I might add, that the sanctity of marriage should be confined to those that are between a woman and a man, thereby taking away basic liberties, that he enjoys every day of his life, from a group of people not bound to his extreme idealisms. They believe that gays have made an immoral lifestyle choice, and have so sinned in the eyes of their version of God, that they would deny them the chance to live as an equal. That they can be cured from this malady of being gay, just like they can be cured of something like cancer. There is no place in civilized society for lunatics hell bent on ruining the lives of people they will never even meet. But there is hope on the horizon, as the times they are a changin', and JMK and his band of Komanieckiites will hopefully fade into the sunset of 2013.
Michele Leonhart: The current head of the DEA has a job to do. Part of that job is to enforce the drug laws in this country. But to do so blindly, while common sense as well as public opinion tell us otherwise, is showing that her true colors lie with her personal convictions, and not those those of the office she is to uphold. Despite campaign promises to leave decisions on the argument of legal marijuana to the states, Obama appointed this pot-aphobe to do otherwise. She is cracking down on dispensaries where it is legal, like Wyatt Earp in the old west. Under testimony before a Judiciary Subcommittee, she was asked if pot was worse for you than heroin, crack, and meth, and each time answered with a non answer. In her eyes, and those of the federal government, a hit off of a joint is like sticking a heroin needle in your arm. Clearly she has tried them all and is basing her assumptions on personal history. So despite the fact that the country is finally coming around to not only see the medical benefits of natures wonder drug, but to end the prohibition against it's recreational use as well, she has still got the holsters on and is blasting away at anything that moves.
Hillary Clinton: The beauty of blogs, of course, is to allow ones self to state personal opinion without boundaries. Hence when I say that HRC is a loathsome wench with personal goals driving her unabated ambition to be all thing Red, White, and Blue, I am merely stating that I hate her guts and hope to God that she will not run again for president in 4 years. Why? Because the name Clinton has been hanging around our necks for too long. Because she is/was/always will be about personal goals. Because the Clinton's make the word "election" more about telling us what we want to hear than what they actually believe. Because Barack Obama beat her at her own game, and if she is the best that party has to offer in 4 years, we are in serious trouble as a country. Now recently, she has been having some health issues and as of this writing has a blood clot lodged in her brain. If just maybe that clot would work it's way to the part of her brain that controls her ego, and nudge it along it's way, then we can have a conversation. But until then, Hillary, please, just please go away.
The Guitarman: I mean seriously, would you miss me even a little bit?
UPDATE!!
Since the writing of this, er, um, blog thingy, a familiar name jumped into the spotlight, and I feel compelled to add his name to the dubious list of "People who should go away for the common good of man." He would have made the original list on his past actions alone, but now more than ever I need to shine the spotlight on him.
Cardinal Francis George: For those of you that don't call the Chicago Metropolitan Area your home and don't pray to the rosary, ie: Catholic, let me introduce you. CFG is the head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the most powerful Catholic in all of Illinois. I think. But in any case, he joins my list because he has failed as a leader of men. Let's jump in the way back machine a bit. For years, he not only turned a blind eye to the lusting pedophile priests in his ranks at best, but at worst actually hampered investigations into the scandal. Only when the media turned the Catholic world upside down by exposing the world wide gentleman's club did he come clean and and denounce the would-be rapists among his clergy. But now, he is demanding of our local leaders that they abandon the campaign to legalize same sex marriage in Illinois. One would expect Cardinal Francis George to uphold archaic Catholic dogma by slamming the rights of the LGBT community. But the true insult is how he makes it so inviting to be a member of his flock by mentioning a “special mass” for them, and also maintains that the church gives them a path to “covert to God’s ways.” Gee, what self-respecting gay person would say no to that? In reality, he is basically saying, ‘we don’t want you co-mingling with the rest of us, and we believe your lifestyle choice can be cured.’ Oh, and forget your basic human rights that marriage provides to everyone else in his church. His reasoning? Aside from his version of what God wants for all of us, he says there is no way to “consummate a marriage.” Being a Catholic priest, I am sure he knows from personal experience what that means exactly. Maybe we should ask Daniel McCormick. Or any one of the 85 priests in the Chicago Archdiocese that have been accused of molestation, that he has shielded from prosecution. Why anyone would listen to George and his outdated views is beyond me. There is a little thing in the constitution about the separation of church and state, and clearly the Cardinal has crossed that line. Listen, you want to keep gays from “infecting” your flock, or denying them communion, or whatever makes you sleep better at night, go for it. But please stop telling the rest of the world how to run their lives, and for God’s sake, let the politicians do their jobs without your religious interference.
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