Wee bit of wisdom from trash TV.

“You’ve got 2 ears and only one mouth for a reason. 

It’s God’s way of telling you to listen twice and talk once.”

Judge Judy

Sign of the Apocalypse?

… Front page of the UTAH section of the Salt Lake Tribune today: “Buttars an ally for gays?”

… The first thing I did was get on my knees and start out with “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…”

… Then I read the article and thought “Hmm, Buttars is a lot smarter than I thought he was.” He says that he will probably help sponsor a bill that will allow other cities to pass ordinances protecting rights regarding housing and employment, but will, as the article said “forbid them from going any further on gay rights.” 

… As hard as it is to admit, Chris Buttars actually is smart enough to see the writing on the wall, and especially after the LDS Church came out in support of the SLC ordinance, realized the firestorm that trying to overturn the city ordinance would cause.  (The Utah State Legislature had threatened to pass state law to invalidate the city ordinance.)  Personally, I don’t think he had any change of heart from when he said gay activism is “probably the greatest threat to America”, he just realized a no-win situation.

… So what does that say about the brain power of Gayle Ruzicka, who said she couldn’t believe that “her long time ally would run a bill authorizing other cities to pass ordinances that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”  Not a whole lot.  Even a mosquito knows it’s time to leave when the body is dead.

Paige

 

How pumpkin pie is really made.

Put another dime in the jukebox, baby.

I love prop-a-ganda. Especially when it winds up in my email box, forwarded from who knows where originally.

I got this in an email from a coworker, but not the ex-coworker I usually get this kind of stuff from.

The title was “HIROSHIMA - 64 YEARS LATER”, and claims

THE AFTER PICTURES ARE VISUALLY EXTRAORDINARY HIROSHIMA  64 YRS LATER...

The tag line reads “Who the hell won the war!”

Here are the pictures that they included:

First they showed you the bomb:

 

Then the aftermath

Then “The colorful city, NOW:”

    

 

    Then they show you Detroit now, with the line:

DETROIT - 64 YEARS AFTER HIROSHIMA

Welcome to Detroit ...next 2 Exits - Drugs- Ammo

 

And it all ends with the tag line I mentioned before
“Who the hell won the war?”

The first thing that struck me was that all the Hiroshima ‘now’ pictures were taken  from above, at night.  I wondered what one might see if they searched the city down at street level, looking for the slums.

I didn’t even Google Hiroshima, but instead went the other way and spent about 5 minutes doing a image search for Detroit.  This is what I found:

Doesn’t matter whether or not you agree with the sentiment of the email, whether you find the bombing atrocious or whether you feel it was necessary, whether you agree or disagree with the rebuilding of Japan after the war.

Propaganda is propaganda is propaganda, and I sure wish people would stop sending me this crap in my emails.