Randoms of randoms...

Okay, since I got the fluffy blog out of the way for Dana yesterday I will do one last sort of ranty, sort of rambling blog and hope that the fiction coalesces over the weekend. Just a few things on my mind right now:

At the gym this morning while ESPN and MSNBC were both on commercial I glance over to Fox and they are talking about some legal case and having the trial moved because the prosecution doesn't think they can get a fair trial where it is. I missed the beginning so I don't know where or what but that wasn't the part that stopped me. It was when the "expert" they were talking to said that getting a fair trail would be hard to come by once people heard the facts of the case.

Well, if you are talking about the actual facts of the case that come out during a trial that you hear while on a jury then why? Facts lead to a fair trial. That's what facts do. Just because they might be found either guilty or not guilty once the facts come out doesn't mean it was unfair.

That's sort of the problem with our society in general right now, right? People get "fair" confused with "agrees with me." I mean that's Fox's entire business model right? They call themselves fair and balanced and call out all other sources of media as biased. When what they really mean is that they will tell you what you want to hear while other sources of media won't. Either because they have their own bias they are working or because the facts don't actually support your opinion. That doesn't make them fair, and it certainly doesn't make them balanced, it just means they agree with you. There is a difference.

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There have been two more cases brought from people who say that doing their jobs for everyone is against their religious beliefs and that because of their personal beliefs they shouldn't have to do what they don't want to. They both lost. The woman in Kentucky who didn't want to issue marriage licenses to gay couples and the baker in Colorado who didn't want to bake a wedding cake. Now I will tell you my opinion on the issuing of marriage licenses is she needs to find a new job. She's a government employee so she really doesn't get to say her religion prevents her from doing her job. As far as the bakers go I think they should make cakes for who they want to, as long as they post a sign saying that they discriminate. Then everyone gets the same freedom they want. I don't want to do business with bigots so that way we are even. Though the law doesn't agree with me. The law in Colorado (like in Oregon) says if you are running a business you don't get to discriminate. So they need to make the cake.

I've also got two more points to make on that...one is the people who want to make it biblical. Okay, make it biblical. In Jesus' day and age the Roman soldiers could force the Jews to carry their equipment for a mile. Jesus addressed it in the Sermon on the Mount where he said, "If they say go with me one mile you slam his gear to the ground and sue his ass for religious discrimination..." Oh wait...that's not it. He said, "If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles." Which is where the expression "go the extra mile" comes from (Matthew 5:41 if you don't believe me) So what would Jesus say to you? My guess would be something along the lines of if someone wants a wedding cake from you, make them a lovely set of cupcakes as well.

The other is for all of the people who don't find the irony when they talk about people being abused by the police and say, "Don't break the law and it won't happen." and yet talk about what a shame it is people are sued for discriminating. "Don't want to be sued? Bake the cake." Try that one on for size...

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Target has decided to stop labeling toys, bedding and entertainment by gender. And people are losing their damn minds. It's like somehow they can't separate out the fact that Target now will just have a toy section instead of a girls' toys and boys' toys section from some sort of irrational thought that this means you can't have a boy or a girl child? I know...it doesn't make any sense.

Just a quick heads up, toys, bedding and entertainment don't have genders. They are things not people. There isn't a need for gender specific things. In fact it's all been a giant marketing ploy to get you to buy more things the whole time. Seriously. Making things boy or girl specific has all been a corporate manipulation of your emotions tied to your pocket book. Chew on that for awhile.

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There was another one I was going to post but I can't remember it now...

Imagine it here. And imagine it was deep and profound and well written.

Yeah, I'm a genius...