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Tiny Penis Men Renew Fight to Compensate with Guns

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Terry| 2 Comments

Just a few months after the Newtown tragedy, America is getting back to normal.  With our incredibly short attention spans, the deaths of a few dozen children seems like a distant memory for most folks.  With the incredibly pathetic, half-hearted efforts by the Obama administration and state governments to strengthen gun legislation, we’re returning to the status quo.  Tiny-penis men across America are ramping up the fight to compensate for their shortcomings by ensuring their right to carry the largest, most destructive weapon possible.

The fight has been spearheaded by tiny-penis men in my very own state of South Dakota.  Yesterday, tiny-penis governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill that makes South Dakota the first state that allows teachers to carry guns in class.  The bill was sponsored by tiny-penis state legislator Scott Craig, a freshmen Republican (duh), who states that now “dominoes will start to fall, people will see it’s reasonable.”  Of course it’s “reasonable”!  Do you have kids?  Picture your kid’s teacher, carrying a gun in class, trying to fight off a nut with an assault rifle.  What?  A little difficult to picture that in your mind?  Hard to see that as more “reasonable” than simply disallowing access to assault rifles?  This is the 2nd bold effort by tiny-penis South Dakota men to ensure gun rights.  Last week, they voted down a bill that would have limited gun access to mentally ill people who have been deemed “dangerous” to others.  Just like tiny-penis men, crazy people have gun rights too!!!

The tiny-penis men of South Dakota are hardly the only tiny-penis men fighting for their right to compensate.  Kansas, a state that along with South Dakota is known for having a large population of weak, tiny-penis men, is considering a bill to greatly expand concealed gun carrying on college campuses. 

Compensation efforts by tiny-penis men extend all the way to the Federal level.  At Congressional hearings this week, miniscule-penis Senator Lindsey Graham stated he owned an AR-15, arguing for folks to imagine a scenario in a post-disaster world where government breaks down and roaming gangs are a danger!  EXACTLY!  WELL thought out, tiny-penis Senator Graham!!  This is EXACTLY the kind of realistic scenario that screams for the right of tiny-penis men to carry large weapons!  In a “Mad Max” post-apocalyptic world that is sure to come, tiny-penis men NEED automatic weapons to fend off gangs of evil-doers!!

FEAR NOT, TINY-PENIS MEN!!!   In America, there are SO many of you weak, tiny-member men fighting for your compensatory gun-carrying rights, that I truly doubt you’ll never have to worry about your right to carry gigantic weapons that you’ll never have use for any practical purpose other than trying to overcome your own insecurity.  With tiny-penis men like Lindsey Graham, Scott Craig, and Dennis Daugaard fighting for you, your right to access massive weapons will forever be secure.

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Slate – U.S. Gun Deaths since Sandy Hook

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Terry| Leave a comment
Gun Deaths vs Gun Ownership

From BusinessInsider.com, a graphic showing the obvious, near linear relationship between gun ownership and gun deaths, by country. In the U.S., we have, by far, the highest rate of gun ownership. Other than Mexico, with their ongoing drug war, we also have the highest rate of death by firearm. OK NRA...do you STILL say that gun control laws are ineffective?

From Slate.com, a site that every day has been tracking people killed by guns since the incident at Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut.  Man…talk about a depressing page, especially since they show little symbols that show the breakdown by age and sex.  Incidents like Sandy Hook obviously make the news, but in terms of total number of U.S. gun deaths, the day Sandy Hook occurred wasn’t shockingly higher than other “normal” days in the U.S.  There were more people killed by guns on Christmas Eve than were killed at Sandy Hook. 

The number of people killed in Great Britain by guns?  Recent yearly numbers have been around 50 or lower.  In the U.S. in recent years? Between 10,000 and 13,000 murders a year with guns.  Even at the low end…on average, more people are murdered by firearms in the U.S. every TWO DAYS than are in Great Britain in a given year. 

But yet, you have the NRA coming out and saying that gun control laws are “ineffective”, that the only way to stop armed people is by putting MORE armed people out on the streets.  Obviously, gun control laws are EXTREMELY effective, as evidence from other countries shows.  It’s one of our greatest failures as a people that Americans value a culture of guns more than they value the very lives of our citizens.

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Huckabee: Guns not the problem, it’s a “God” problem

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Terry| Leave a comment

After what’s happened in Connecticut, there’s been the typical reaction after one of these (all too common) events…an outcry for gun control by many, and a defense of guns by the testosterone-driven loser gun crowd.  The one that takes the cake for me though is Mike Huckabee, who says that changing gun laws won’t change anything, but instead, the reason for the shooting was a lack of “God” in our schools.

Yes, Mr. Huckabee, THAT’S the reason a wacko with 3 firearms goes into a school and starts blasting away at little kids.  If ONLY those kids were being raised in a religious setting, this never would have happened.

We’re the only “western” nation with such lax control on gun purchase and possession.  In countries where gun control laws are very strict, this type of event simply doesn’t happen. IN ONE EVENT, this man killed twice as many people as were killed in Great Britain by guns in a typical YEAR.  PLEASE, loser, testosterone (or politically) driven gun wackos…SPARE US THE CRAP about gun laws not mattering.  Gun violence simply isn’t much of an issue in countries with strict gun laws.

It’s not a lack of “god”, Mr. Huckabee.  It’s about a gun culture in the U.S., where a bunch of men with tiny little pinky-sized penises are trying to compensate for their inherent lack of confidence in their own manhood (is that direct enough of a point?).   It’s about a political culture where wimpy politicians are too scared of the NRA to DO WHAT’S FREAKIN’ RIGHT, to prevent such slaughters.  It’s about an American culture so used to gun violence, that even an event like this will largely be forgotten by this time next week.

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Do you want teachers spanking your kids?

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Terry| Leave a comment
No Spank

Americans already are MUCH more likely than people of other nations to be victims of violence, to be raped, murdered, shot, executed, or assaulted. I guess it's no surprise that we're also much more likely to endorse the use of physical pain to punish our children.

Time magazine had a recent article about spanking as a form of punishment for children.   The article leads off with a story about Taylor Santos, a 15-year old high school student who evidently was letting a friend copy her homework.  Her punishment?  She was spanked…hard to enough blister…by a 15-year old, MALE vice-principal. 

The Time article notes that 19 states allow teachers to spank kids.  Obviously, the Taylor Santos story is a bit weirder in that it was a male who spanked her, violating the school policy.  But really…do we REALLY want teachers spanking kids?  Or…why the HELL do we spank kids at all?

Just from an emotional side…I think spanking is NOT about the kid, it’s about the adult doing the spanking.  Spanking to me is something that adults do to make THEMSELVES feel better.  Spanking to me is something adults do to relieve their OWN frustration over misbehavior.

From the scientist side of myself…you also have to just look at the evidence.  Study after study show that spanking is NOT beneficial, it does NOT curb negative behavior, but instead, it spurs behavioral problems in kids and increases their aggression. 

Despite the evidence, despite the extremely negative impression of spanking in many other countries…the Time article notes that 71% of adults in America approve of spanking as a disciplinary tool.  That’s down from 94% in the 1960s, but still very high, considering that the practice is simply banned in many countries.  What I found absolutely stunning about the article though is that nearly 1 in 4 adults think it’s OK for TEACHERS to spank their children.  Really?  You REALLY want to authorize other adults to discipline your children by administering physical pain???!?!?

It’s disgusting to me that parents or other adults feel that administering pain or any other physical stress is an acceptable form of punishment.  However, I can already anticipate some responses from the “old-school” folks out there.  Perhaps “Old-school” isn’t the right term.  Studies have shown that in terms of overall demographics, the differences are often pretty marginal in terms of who approves of spanking.  Men are slightly more likely to approve, as are blacks, poorer people, and blue-collar workers.  But the differences between demographic groups really are quite small.  However, I can easily imagine certain personalities that are more likely to approve.  I can easily imagine responses I’d get to this post, from certain types of people I know.

I do find it interesting that Americans collectively seem to have this sense of superiority over other cultures.  I find it interesting because there’s little doubt that other cultures look down their noses at American attitudes towards issues such as spanking…capital punishment…violence and gun control…etc.   Given the laws in other nations, and given that Americans are MUCH more likely to be spanked, executed, shot, or murdered, I’m sure that many cultures view Americans as modern barbarians.

I must say…there are many times I agree with those views.

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Who are today’s “Heroes”?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Terry| 2 Comments
Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan, one of several fine celebrities with photos hanging prominently in a local school. Evidently, celebrities such as Lohan are what pass as "heroes" to today's kids.

We had an event with our son today that was held at a middle school / high school in a nearby town.  Our son is in an elementary school just down the street, and obviously we’ve been in his school quite a bit, but this was the first time we’ve been at this particularly high school.  Here’s what struck me…

The hallways of the school had a lot of posters up.  Many were along the lines of what I’d equate to a motivational poster.  For example, right as you entered the big cafeteria, there was a large display that pointed out many “successful” people who were brought up by parents with alcohol or drug problems.  The display had advice and resources kids could go if they were having similar issues.  I didn’t have a problem with the display’s message.  But what struck me were the people who were featured as “successful” in not only this display, but displays that were plastered over walls all over the school.

The “successful” people who grew up with parents with drug problems?  There were big pictures of…Demi Moore.  Lindsay Lohan.  Angelina Jolie.  Charlie Sheen. Eminem.  I don’t remember the rest, there were probably half a dozen more photos, but EVERY single person was a “celebrity”.  Many of these celebrities have VERY checkered histories themselves, be it for drugs or other issues. But yet these were people who were prominently displayed as people the kids could emulate?

Perhaps I wouldn’t have paid much attention to that display, if I hadn’t also come across dozens of other posters and displays in the building that were similar.   I lost count how many times I saw posters or displays with pictures of Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Rhianna, or some of the other celebrities noted above.  Some I guess were celebrities with a relatively “wholesome” reputation.  But really…photos of Lindsay Lohan plastered on the wall of a middle school and high school?  Charlie Sheen?  Demi Moore? Eminem?

I was rather disgusted to see the sheer number of celebrity photos on the walls.  I was even MORE disgusted to see celebrities with very questionable character plastered all over the walls.  OK, sure, I’m 45 years old, but I certainly don’t remember growing up in a culture where celebrities such as these are treated as heroes or role models. I CERTAINLY don’t remember celebrity photos plastered all over the walls at school. 

Are these what pass as “heroes” to our kids nowadays?  It’s one thing to flip through the channels on TV and see what’s popular in today’s shallow, pop-culture dominated America.  It’s quite another to see the same pop-culture crapola being actively promoted in our schools.  Are these people who we want our kids to emulate?  How many of you want your daughters to grow up to be the next Lindsay Lohan?  How many of you want your sons to grow up like Eminem, and write songs with such lovely lyrics such as “Slut, you think I won’t choke no whore/till the vocal cords don’t work in her throat no more?” (yes, I’m very uncool and had to look that up).

THESE are evidently what pass as heroes to our kids.  That’s awfully damned scary.

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South Dakota House – Again Asserting their Brilliance

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Terry| 2 Comments
Mount Rushmore Faces

Washington. Jefferson. Lincoln. Roosevelt. And now, "Hickey" (aptly named) and "Bolin". I move we immediately honor South Dakota Reps. Steve "Redneck" Hickey, and Jim "Bible Boy" Bolin, for their sponsorship of the South Dakota bill that "recommends" bible study in public classrooms.

There are a number of terms you’d never likely use in the same sentence as “South Dakota House”.  “Progressive”, for example.  “Fair and Balanced”.  “Intelligent”.  My current state of South Dakota has the unfortunate honor of having the most idiotic, ass-backwards set of politicians this side of Newt Gingrich.  The pinnacle of achievement for the South Dakota House was during the 2010 session, when they passed a bill calling for “balanced teaching of global warming” in South Dakota classrooms.  Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, or the Onion couldn’t craft a more hilarious piece of legislation than what is contained in this bill.  But seriously, why SHOULD educators teach our children about climate change, when “there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, and ecological dynamics” that really drive climate change.  That, and the fact that carbon dioxide is “the gas of life”. 

Once again, the South Dakota House is feeling the need to assert their brilliance.  They recently passed a bill that recommends South Dakota educators add a study of the bible to the standard curriculum.  After all, according to them, the bible “permeates all culture, law, and philosophy“, and really, that’s all that matters to folks, right?  At least to white male Christian folks like those making up 99.99768% of the South Dakota House.  As R-Jim Bolin states, of COURSE we should have bible study in public schools, since such common catchy phrases such as “Old as Methuseluh” come from the bible and are SO prevalent in every day conversation today.  Just check your friends on Facebook, or listen to your teenage kids…they’re ALL saying it. 

Look, I have absolutely no problem with what people personally believe.  Live and let live.  Heck, despite my own beliefs, I even don’t have a problem if schools want to talk about the bible and it’s influence on Western culture….IF it’s done honestly and fairly.  But what are the odds of THAT happening in Hickville, South Dakota (99.2% of towns in South Dakota may qualify for the title)?  If a teacher cracks open a bible and starts spouting off bible verses in class…what are the odds that teacher will ALSO crack open a Koran and do the same?  What are the odds in South Dakota that the teacher will ALSO teach the philosophy of Buddhism?  Hinduism? 

You’ll notice the white Christian males of the South Dakota House ONLY said that teachers should talk about the Bible in classrooms.  What a shock.  Gotta love good ol’ state-sponsored bigotry, which is what this bill amounts to. 

Do us a favor, South Dakota legislators.  Stick to what you know best…things like your attempts to make sure every South Dakotan is armed to the teeth with the latest concealed or automatic weaponry.  Leave educational issues to those who are, well….educated.

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