Concerning my Repeated Absences as well as the Candidacy of Barack Obama

Once again, I must apologize for my absence. I have been very busy this past month, what with moving, my family reunion and my job starting again. However, I know I've said it before but this time I will really try to blog regularly.

Now, I have been thinking about what I should blog about, and since I have already criticized the Bible for being out of touch and contradictory, I should write about the 2008 Presidential election.

Hmmm...

The Bible and John McCain have a lot in common. Is that by design or accident?

Anyway, John McCain is running against Barack Obama, as you should know unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past 19 months, and Barack's amazing lead, where everybody in America seemed to be for him has whittled down to him being a few points ahead by most estimates. However, the Democrats think that they can beat McCain by 50 or so electoral points. It's so nice that they can remain upbeat, despite their having lost the majority of the last few elections. However, this view of things fails to take into account 1 thing.

Most Americans have neighbors who would not vote for Barack Obama. "Yes, of course, we're progressive, we'll vote for him, we want to see an end to Republicans in the White House. It's just that, well, Mr. and Mrs. Jones over there, they might not want to. Why? Well, it's because, (and mind you, I'm only voicing their opinion, I'm 120% for him, raised funds and everything) it's because, well, I guess it might POSSIBLY have something to do with the fact that he's . . . black." This is of course followed by a nod, a wink and then both people chuckle at racist old Mr. and Mrs. Jones. How could they be racist? This is the 21st century, for heaven's sake!

But this isn't just one isolated incident. This kind of thing is happening everywhere. And guess what happens when everyone's neighbors go off and vote for the white guy? The black guy loses.

But don't think that I'm not for Barack Obama because I don't expect him to win. I'll vote for him, my whole family will! It's just that, well, my neighbors . . .

Deuteronomy

On a whim, I started to read the Bible today. I had just finished The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and I thinking about the "Age of Pisces" coming to a close near the beginning with the new millenium and the "Age of Aquarius" beginning. Now, I don't need to explain what all of this is to you, you lazy bums. Go out and read the f*cking book or better yet, Wiki this sh*t. So, anyway, I read the Bible just so I could learn some more about the book and religion that so much sh*t has been thrown at. And while I was reading Deuteronomy, I realized that, according to what I know of this book, "...thou shalt not kill..." and all that, but later, in that same chapter, the punishment for doing anything is to get f*cking stoned to death. If you girls lie about being a virgin, "...the men of the city shall stone [you] with stones so that [you] die..." If you have a love affair, "...both the man that lay with the woman and the woman shall die..." . If you're part of another f*cking religion, "Then thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, which have Stoned to death. Christianity has this grand, old, reputation for being the most f*cking tolerant religion there is. But in the Old Testament, they are intolerant of a lot of stuff, and always enact the strictest punishment. Think about it.