Holy Shit! Really?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100422/ap_on_re_us/us_michelle_obama

I will first say I am a fan of Michelle Obama. I think her husband is a stand up guy. So my opinion here is not politically or partisan or in any such way motivated. My motivation is this: Of all the god forsaken shit her mom and dad have to deal with how can they seriously entertain this question from their daughter? And then the starry-eyed media picks this up like it deserves serious consideration.

"How will we save the tigers, daddy?" I imagine even a patient mom or dad in their situation replying, "Well, hon, I need to try to get this nut job Bin Laden from convincing more people to strap bombs to their chests...oh and then I should probably head over to Iran to cool the nuclear jets on that guy and then there's that whole health care thing...but yeah, I'll get to the tigers..."
At this point, even in my household where we do not have the responsibility of or access to any type of key and button that could blow up the world and where for the most part we aren't heavily guarded from people trying to shoot us if my kid asked that question I would point to the sign hanging in the kitchen. It reads, "Life is not fair!" This is where I refer many of my childrens' inquiries or complaints.

The one thing that hit me hardest in this article though was the question that Michelle dodged. "What can you do to extend recess?" Oh, hahaha, laugh, laugh. Well, just yesterday all y'alls big fat asses not being active was a huge concern of mine but I'll just laugh off that valid question and get on to my daughter's tiger worries. Maybe she meant Tiger Woods and this story was relayed all wrong. Now there's a different angle. That is something I'd want to read about.

"The Obamas save Tiger..."

Sucker

School festival is tomorrow. Woohoo. This is the time where we volunteer time ahead of time to prepare, we bake, we donate items or money ourselves, we buy tickets and we volunteer time day of. Where, I ask you, is my "NO" button? I swore I would do one thing for this and now I am doing at least 4. The blasted guilt which I would say comes from religion but now I know comes from the PTO is killer. This time I really mean it -- I am not volunteering for anything else the rest of this year. I mean it. No. What? Hey, I'm serious. Ok, what time do you want me there? Dammit.

Rambling ramble

So I'm seriously thinking of becoming an atheist. Is that even something one can "become?" And I have to say from the start that if anyone reading this is offended by criticism of religion I apologize. It's really not aimed at you personally though I have come to realize that most folks do take this stuff really personally. And I am starting to understand that feeling because I seem to be moving towards a trend where I am offended when I hear anyone else talk about religion. I just want to come out of the closet and say that though I was raised catholic I am officially and have been for some time a "recovering catholic" which is to say it just didn't work for me. I acknowledge that is does seem to work for many regardless of my inability to grasp how that may be so.

I just finished reading Sam Harris' A Letter to a Christian Nation, along with Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. Good stuff. But, of course, that's coming from one who is pretty much on board with their sentiments. I recommend the read even if you are not as inclined as I am to find it breathtakingly refreshing. It has a lot of great food for thought.

Some of the main points which relate back to the catholic church fiasco as I see it are geared toward the power of religion to cause misery. Or to facilitate misery. Or in the least to cover it all up. I think this has been my biggest point of contention all along. I am okay with there being a catholic church just as I have as neutral an opinion on whether there are muslim, jewish, hindu, buddhist, hari krishna or any other religion I have neglected to mention. I just don't get how people are so blinded by the historical and not to mention present bloodshed religions have caused on this earth. All I'm saying is just let me have my little peaceful space on this planet where I will not mysteriously fall to the devil's wishes because guess what? I don't believe in him. I promise not belonging to a religion does not make me bad just as belonging to one does not make anyone bad. So when you say something like my friend said to me today, "Bobby isn't a godparent He would've been but he was all who needs the church so I said no not until he gets his act together...." please allow and expect a logical rebuttal. Not belonging to a church does not equate to one not having one's act together.