Mike Huckabee: Destroyer Of Worlds

I have heard some comments as of late about atheists shoving our agenda down the throats of the nation. We have been accused of rewriting history. I, personally, have been told that I am destroying the nation. We have been called offensive and vile. What did we do to deserve this treatment? We let everyone know that we exist.

It is interesting how atheist letting the public know that we exist is shoving our "agenda" down the throats of the nation, but when Christians tell us to shut up and let the majority rule over us, well that is just democracy. There are two problems with that. 1) The Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights were put in place to protect the minority from the persecution of the majority. 2) History. We have been accused of rewriting history, but when you look into issues like "under god" in the Pledge and "in god we trust" on our money, you will see who is rewriting history. The idea that this is a Christian nation is as ridiculous as this being Muslim of Jewish nation. This is a Christian nation is as much as there are Christians that live here.

The problem is is that the people who think this is a Christian nation are politically active. They vote in insane assholes like Mike Huckabee, who recently insinuated that atheist should be happy that they aren't being shot for being atheists.

If people want to spend their money to tell everyone they don't believe in God, the joy, beauty, and incredible greatness of America is we let them do it and don't shoot them for it.

Is he not merciful? This guy is also not a fan of the gay.

I do believe that God created male and female and intended for marriage to be the relationship of the two opposite sexes,” Huckabee said in a recent New Yorker profile. “Male and female are biologically compatible to have a relationship. We can get into the ick factor, but the fact is two men in a relationship, two women in a relationship, biologically, that doesn’t work the same.

The ick factor? Well, I am glad he isn't infusing his opinion into the matter. He really isn't. I'll let him tell you.

I’m an Evangelical Christian, so I have a strong biblical world view, and that’s where I come. It’s not a matter of me having any kind of animosity towards anybody or any group and what people do individually, is to me, their business,” he said. “I’m not going to judge you or judge anybody else because I know there are so many loving people who are in same-sex relationships and they have adopted children and they love those kids. I’m not going to judge them. I’m simply not going there.

You're not going to judge? Yes you are. YOU JUST DID!

People like Mike Huckabee are the problem. They are dividing the nation between those who are hate-filled, bigoted, ignorant homophobes and the rest of us. Listen to people like Mike Huckabee and tell me who is destroying the nation. Tell me who is offensive and vile. Tell me who is rewriting history.

Immigration Reform, or Poorly Veiled Racism?

Immigration reform is supposedly up for debate soon, and tomorrow there will be a rally in Charlotte as well as other cities (I'm thinking about going). On my facebook, there was a pretty benign status update that spawned a long discussion that I wanted to jump into, but one of the parties seemed semi-not-sane so I stayed out of it. The possibly-crazy person shared this link, which is the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform. At first it seems cool and all, with a quote by Lincoln and then a passage seeming to call on businesses, not immigrants, to be held accountable for employing illegal workers. But then it devolves into blaming immigrants for everything, and keeps quoting as "research" an organization that only took me two clicks to find out are bigots and racists.

Immigration does have a lot of complex issues, but how hard is it to understand this concept: Punish the employers, not the workers. Fine the shit out of them. It's the greedy asshole business owners who shit Americans out of their jobs when they know the person they are employing is not a citizen, because that person has to settle for less. Why would you blame the illegal worker? They're doing what they need to do, and they're not getting paid a fair wage for it. The anger needs to be directed straight at the top of the food chain, and the people who make the decisions and directly benefit from all this mess.

Downward-spiraling wages are a problem, one that's mostly caused when people who have no other choices are forced to accept less than what they deserve so they can support their families: illegal immigrants and ex-convicts, specifically. I've seen it myself---businesses exploit these people, and that in turn fucks you and me. But we're all being fucked, so don't blame the Mexican guy. Blame your boss. This is why we need reform, and not start rounding people up to kick out. For example, RIFA suggests letting non-citizens still work in the US but register and pay taxes.


Of course, considering that our ancestors, as immigrants, slaughtered the Native Americans, enslaved blacks and other minorites, and spent a good chunk of our history profiting from oppressing others, it's all sadly ironic.