Eight Bells and All Is Well

Harold Camping came up with a prediction that the world would end tomorrow. Well, tomorrow is yesterday and as I look out of my window, I see the world is still here and everything is just fine.

Well, Obama did sign three Free Trade deals. Maybe that's what Camping meant when he said the world would end?

Fight for the Future or Watch NASCAR?

The following is a repost from an entry I made on the IrregularTimes guestbook.

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I'm quirky. I'm one of those rare and elusive creatures known to anthropologists as a Gun Toting Liberal (guntotus liberus).

Something I have wanted for years is to own an AR-15 rifle but I have never been in a financial position to acquire one of my own. Hopefully, I would be able to build one from one of the many kits available online. My financial position recently changed and I ordered a stripped AR-15 lower receiver online and then waited for the company to ship it to my local FFL dealer so I could fill out the forums and have my background checked and be all legal.

This was happening during the debt ceiling debate, during which I saw the Teabaggers on capitol hill basically taking America hostage and threatening to kill said hostage. As the days turned into weeks of this, I occasionally found myself thinking: "I better hurry up and build that AR-15 before these idiots destroy the economy and I have to end up shooting things for food."

Well, they didn't blow Uncle Sam's head off, thanks to Obama snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Not long ago, I put in an order for a full length AR-15 kit and am waiting for it to be shipped. Now, I've taken the time to look at these people, their actions, their mentality, their goals and I find myself thinking; "I better hurry up and build that AR-15 before these fuckers trigger the civil war they want so badly."

And then I remember Americans are too apathetic to actually take up arms, so I go look at what else is on TV.

You Can't Reason with the Irrational

So, by whatever fluke of legislation allowed this to happen, the White House gave the Birthers what they've been screaming for and released his full birth certificate this Wednesday. When I heard this, I knew it was a mistake and I could almost hear the Birthers crying foul. See, the Birthers are conspiracy theorists and are, by their very nature, irrational. Giving them more evidence that undermines their preconceived notions is how you debate with a rational person. For the irrational, you just have to smile, nod, pet them on the head and give them a cookie. No evidence you give a conspiracy theorist will make them stop and say; "You know, I might be wrong about this." Any evidence you give them will, to them, prove their positions correct.

"Of course he's showing it now! It's been three years, it'd take them at least that long to make the best forgery of all!"

So, basically, what's happened is he gave the Birthers what they asked for and now they're more sure than ever that he wasn't born in the USA.

And you know what's fucking hilarious? He could have been born on the moon and could still hold the office of the President. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution states that Congress shall have the power:

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

Obama's mother was a citizen of the United States and that alone makes Obama an American citizen. But don't bother waiting to hear that bit from the Birthers.