American Exceptionalism

Americans have been full of it since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and it seems to have elevated since the rise of the GOP from the fiery bowels of hell, but folks, we got a bigger fish on our hands here.  Ladies and gentlefrogs, boys and girls, and all other various clichés, I give you...*drumroll*.....*CYMBAL!*  AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM!!!!

Any sentient being with even half a brain knows that the idea of American Exceptionalism is just another bunch of self-righteous bullshit that we try to jam down people's throats like a big red-white-and-blue dick.  The fact of the matter is we simply can't go about our business without thinking we're better than somebody else because we have a thirty-million dollar mansion or a twenty-thousand-dollar microwave or a three-hundred-thousand-dollar solid gold vibrator.  Americans have this obsession with being better than everyone else, but why?  What automatically elevates Americans above the average person of this Earth? I can tell you right now, it certainly ISN'T intelligence.  For every one engineer we graduate, I believe China graduates eleven, but I could be wrong.  So don't quote me on that.

Back to the ridiculous notion that we are somehow better than everyone else, I pose another problem to our delusion. How can we expect to be better than everyone when we can't even outrun most of the population?  Have you taken a look at the average American at Wal-Mart? They're huuuuuge!!! Of course, this is coming from a one-hundred-forty-five pound teenager, but still!  Americans (per capita) have an incurable case of fatasfuckolitis, so I think that pretty much disqualifies us from the race to the top.  Especially the race to the top of the food chain, otherwise where'd the hell did these vegetarian assholes come from?  "Killing animals is wrong!! But I still eat chicken sometimes!!" Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck off already.  

I just can't get over the amount of stupid bullshit that Americans say and do, like banning abortion and going to war at the drop of a hat.  That's another thing: abortion.  "A FETUS IS A HUMAN BEING AND SHOULD BE SAVED!!! UNTIL IT GROWS UP AND WE NEED IT FOR WAR, THEN IT NEEDS TO DIE SO WE CAN KEEP STEALING MONEY!!!"  Backwards logic is backwards and unjustifiable when viewed through the eyes of reason.  "LIFE IS SACRED!!!"  Ted Kennedy called.  Oh wait, no he didn't, because he's fucking dead.  Nothing sacred about that, thank you very much.  Religious bullshit is religious bullshit; doesn't matter how you slice it.  People are stupid, I know, I know, but that doesn't mean their idiocy can't be called out and laughed at by the sane.

I'm tired now.  Good night.  I've been pissed off enough.

The Trevor Project

As evidence that the world has not totally gone down the toilet, I give you the Trevor Project.  Folks, the Trevor Project is simply awesome.  Finally, we have a national organization that actually accepts and supports members of the teen (and older) LGBTQ community!  Huzzah!  Finally, we have an organization that cares, an organization that will listen instead of telling you that you're going to hell because you wanna make out with that cute boy in Biology! People, I love it!  This is what America needs: acceptance.  The Civil Rights Movement was a milestone, and peeps, we can do it again!  There will hopefully be a day in the very near future when we don't refer to gay marriage as gay marriage, but as marriage.  There will hopefully be a day when gay/bi teens won't have to worry about being beaten up constantly because of their orientation.  There will hopefully be a day when the world finally sees itself through the eyes of equality.

I can dream, can't I?

The Pledge of Allegiance....Rewritten

Hello, all!  This is just gonna be a short post that shows just how smart and clever I can be *note the sarcasm*.  I've taken the liberty of rewriting the pledge of allegiance to fit what America will become should the GOP recapture the White House.

*hem, hem*

I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United Corporations of Consumerstan, and to the Plutocracy, for which it stands, one demagoguery, under Wall Street, infinitely divisible, with poverty and injustice for all.

There.  Am I not brilliant? =D

Rick Santorum and the Sanctity of Marriage

By now, most (if not all) Americans (and many others from around the world) have not doubt heard of the infamous Rick Santorum (or, to some, Prick Sanscrotum).  People, this dude is something else.  He was somehow elected to the United States Senate when it's quite obvious that he's never even read the Constitution of the United States of America.  Picture every theocrat and idiot creationist in the history of the world all rolled together into one frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter.  That, ladies and gentleman, is what is known as [Rick] Santorum.

Now, I'm certain most of you reading this will probably say something along the lines of "Oh, Trevor, I think you're just exaggerating", but listen to what this piece of work said just recently.  Rick Santorum actually said he will un-marry gay couples if elected.  He said, "We can't have 50 marriage laws in this country.  You have to have one marriage law."  Right, so when there's a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, you know what that means?  That means that all the happy LGBT couples in this country will be "forcefully divorced".  Does that seem unnerving to anyone else?

Another thing that can be said about our dear beloved Foamy, why would he un-marry gay couples in the first place? I'll bet you anything he'd say "Well, it's against the Bible."  Weeeeeell, Rick, we have this lovely thing in America, you know...the First Amendment.  *Ahem* Allow me:  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."  Now, Foamy, please continue to inform me on how this will pass Congress (and the Supreme Court).  I'd love to hear your flawless justification.  *Noted sarcasm is noted*

This brings me to another point in my ADHD mind: the "sanctity of marriage".  Folks, the sanctity of marriage is just something that we made up.  It's the same thing as the sanctity of life.  Why is it sacred?  Cuz we're alive.  Same with marriage.  Why is it sacred?  Cuz we're married...now get back in the kitchen.  I have a point to bring to those who claim that the sanctity of marriage actually exists: What about the sanctity of divorce?  You know, the leading cause of divorce is marriage, but there's nothing sacred about that, is there?  No, not last I checked.  And for the record, Newt Gingrich cheated on two of his wives *that we know of*, but nobody's going after him for breaking the sanctity of marriage, are they? Nope.  Or what about some guy who comes home from a night out at the club and molests his daughter's babysitter on their couch?  Does he go to prison for violating the sanctity of marriage?  Only if she's under 18.  But these people don't bitch about straight people cheating on their wives and whatnot, but if a gay couple wants to get married, it's all "NO!  THEY'RE VIOLATING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS!! RAH RAH, SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE, RAH RAH BIBLE, RAH RAH RAGE!!!!"  Thus, the Conservative Effect: "I can do whatever I want because I'm a straight white male, but if you try to do the same thing, I'm gonna shoot your ass down with my brand new gun that Obama wants to take away." (Note: Obama has never said anything about coming after your guns; it's the Second Amendment, and the man did teach constitutional law)

But that's the kind of thing we have to deal with in America: these Christian conservatives who want nothing less than the guaranteed right to push their agenda into American life and American schools.  And I cannot stress enough "Congress shall make no law..."  But what do I know? I'm just a teenager.

More about this Santorum guy: He thinks about gay sex a lot.  In fact, Bill Maher recently looked through some of Rick's Tweets and found one that I found particularly interesting: "If people thought about gay sex as much as I do, they'd realize how disgusting it is."  Oh, Foamy, you so fuuunny!  This guy actually seems to think he can win this election and beat the stone wall that is Barack Obama based on his hatred of gays and gay sex!  Now, keep in mind, this is the same guy that is opposed to all abortion, unless it's his wife's.  Then he's just fine with it.

I think one of the things Americans see so much of in Santorum (aside from rampant stupidity) can be found in one of his nicknames.  America seems to have dubbed him "The Culture Warrior", a name that scares me even more.  A percentage, however large or small, of the American people actually think this guy is the embodiment of what the Founding Fathers wanted.  Misinformed Americans are misinformed.

It's just like these people who claim that America is a Christian nation.  *buuuzzz* Nope!  Not a Christian nation; never was, never will be.  Need proof?  I advise you to read this little ditty from the Treaty of Tripoli:  (Article 11) "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen,—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

In short, what I'm basically trying to say is that America is one screwed up place.  And for some reason, I sincerely believe that this Santorum guy is dangerous.  To everyone.  That is all.

Homophobia

I have a complaint: homophobia.  Homophobia has become one of the most rampant issues in today's world, and it really makes no sense to me.  Homosexuality occurs several times in nature, but nobody's putting a grasshopper to death for screwing another male grasshopper, so why does it really matter as far as humans go?  And don't even bring up the Bible.  Folks, the Bible is just a book filled with bigoted hatred and Bronze Age idiocy.  It holds no truth that can be found and it certainly has no place in today's society; but again, why does homosexuality really matter?

In America, we have this lovely thing called the First Amendment, which says *quote*: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."  Yet we continually pass laws in this country that essentially make homosexuality illegal.  Again, why?  America is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave, but now it's become the land of the oppressed people (except for all straight white Christian males).  It kind of defeats the original intention of the Founding Fathers.

Anyway, back to bigotry:  what has given rise to this sudden increase of such hate?  Personally, I blame the Religious Right, which constantly fills the heads of children/teenagers with mindless drivel about how "homosexuality is wrong!" but then fails to pay attention to the "fact" that it's also wrong to plant two different seeds in the same field, to wear clothing made of two different fibers (Sorry JC Penny), to eat shellfish (Sorry people from Maine), to eat pig (Sorry Nebraska) and to work on the Sabbath (Which apparently God himself got rid of about a thousand years later).  So at the very least, these Christian assholes are cherry-picking their own holy text.

Bigotry is something that I myself have been faced with on several occasions, the most recent of which being just a few minutes ago.  A bigot's attack usually follows the same format: insult, misspell every other word, state completely blatant lies, insult again, use the word "fagget" [sic]; lather, rinse, repeat.  So, in other words, it's just parroted hatred taught to them by none other than their parents.  It's something that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense when put into context.  There's no real originality in a bigot's attack, but it's still just as dumb and meaningless.

Sometimes I question whether or not a homophobe really believe what s/he is saying, or if s/he is just trying to act that way in order to fit in with his/her group of equally close-minded friends.  But, more often than not, they do, in fact, believe every word of their hateful bile.  It sickens me to think that people actually think that way.

One of the homophobe's worst nightmares is the mere mention of the LGBT community.  They'll often say something along the lines of "wat [sic]?  A communitty [sic] of faggets [also sic]?  That's disgusting to even think about!"  But seriously, what's wrong with a community of like-minded people?  It's the same thing as someone saying "What?  A community of white heterosexual males?  How repulsive! I shall bomb every one of them!"  You'll notice how absurd that last statement is, and it is not by accident that it appears so.  I'm trying to illustrate the double standard that most of these people exhibit.

In the case of the teenage male homophobe, I find a very evident double standard.  Most teenage boys enjoy watching lesbian porn, but the minute they see two men hugging in a parking lot, they whip out their Bibles and pistol-whip anyone who will listen.  It's horrific, disgusting, and hateful to even think about what the average homophobe thinks.

Well, I've pretty much bitched enough; it's past my bedtime.  After all, I have a speech meet tomorrow morning, and I have to be well-rested.  Because, you know, I'm busy being successful in my high school career, whereas the homophobes are probably getting drunk.  Which is funny, because they're underage.

Okay, I'm gonna start the shit-storm by saying this:  Wisconsin is currently full of it.  You know why?  Because a Wisconsin Senator has proposed a bill that would classify single-parenthood as "child abuse".  That's sickening.  And it only goes to show how far the Right will go to continue spearheading their war on women.  What's that?  War on women, you say?  Right you are, my friends, right you are.  The Right has been waging the war on women for years now, but only recently has it really surfaced and attracted the attention that it gets now.  Now, I know you're probably saying "Well, Trevor, where's the proof of this war on women?"  To which I respond:  turn on the farking TV.  That shit is everywhere.  You'll notice that, if you watch these "hearings" on contraception and abortion, 100% of the people testifying will be men.  Men are now regulating women's uteruses.  Does that sound fucked up to anyone else?  Good, cuz it is.

One of the champions of 13th-Century Right-Wing is the inimitable Rick Santorum.  Yes, Prick Sanscrotum actually believes that America is a *gasp* Christian nation, and thus should have laws based around Christianity!  My response to this frothy mixture of fecal matter and lube: "Read the Constitution, Foamy.  You'd be surprised what you could learn if you actually read something besides your archaic book of Bronze Age laws."  Another frightening image, the election of Herr Santorum.  I assure you, should that man be elected to any office, I will move to Canada.  Seriously, this guy does not believe in "an indefinite separation of church and state."  Yeah, you know what they called it the last time religion ruled the world?  The Dark Ages.

He also opposes abortion.  All of it.  Even in cases of rape, where he says "Make the best out of a bad situation and accept this gift from God."  That's a horrendous thing to say, and I don't care who thinks otherwise!  And back to his opposition to ALL abortion...his wife had an abortion in 1996.  Hmmmm....what?  You went from having your wife's fetus aborted to telling raped women to shut up and deal with it?  What the hell is wrong with your frothy brain?

Shit, my attention span just flew out the window.  I lost my train of thought.  Sooooo I'll just leave this here.

Introduction into my Liberal Mind

Hola.

I'm your average teenage boy, but with a slight (drastic) twist.  I'm a wannabe politician and a part-time failure of a musician.  I'm a narcissist, but I somehow hate most of myself.  That in and of itself is kind of weird.  Anyway.

I like politics.  Specifically, I'm a liberal Democrat (although I'm 16, you'll find I'm very politically active).  I'll probably be the first to tell you (to your face) "That's bullshit, and here's why".  In that sense, I'm also very blunt, but I keep most of my feelings bottled up (which kind of defeats the purpose of blogging, but shhhhhhh, detaaails).  Also, I support Barack Obama (mostly, but he has made a few decisions with which I do not agree), and I despise George W. Bush.

I also write sometimes.  I'm not very good at it, but I attempt to write fiction stories.  More often than not, they tend to fail and not do anything, and 99% of them are abandoned less than a quarter way through the writing process.

I try to be good at music, but that also fails, only this time it fails miserably.  I'm a hack percussionist, a failure of a trumpeter, and an awful hornist.  I do, though, try to sing on occasion, but that's another thing I hate about myself: I was not given a very on-pitch voice.  It sounds like a chainsaw having sex with a lawnmower.  I try to be a conductor, but there's never really been an opportunity for me to conduct anything...ever.

I'm sort of known for my rants, and this blog is basically my new soundboard.  You may choose to read my shit, or you may choose to go about your merry way.  But, before you read any of my posts, I advise you to sit down, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.  I'm one of those people who can be funny when pissed.

Anyway.

You can follow me on Twitter: @trevor_umbreon  but be warned: I either tweet political stuff or I tweet stuff that I'm thinking about any subject.  I see no reason to create two different Twitter accounts for the same person.

I really have nothing more to say at this point, so I'll just sign off and browse Reddit for awhile.