Called Into Action

I've been absent from the blogging scene for a while and I know it has been difficult for all my loyalists, but something has really crawled under my skin the last few days. Last weekend at the Miss USA pageant (which is a huge joke to begin with), Miss California, Carrie Prejean had the title locked up. She was leading the competition going into the final round of interviews. A random question was pulled for her to answer. The question she was given was submitted by one of the judges a one Perez Hilton. Not the same as the dumb blond, this is the snarkiest, most mean spirited bloggers on earth. This guy happens to be gay, which I'm personally not a supporter of but he has his rights, but he is extremely flamboyant and aggressive about his lifestyle. The question he submitted was “Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?” There is absolutely no way a person can answer that question without repercussions. This young lady is a student at a christian college in San Diego and her exact response was"We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised." On the spot, in the heat of the moment, nobody could have done a finer job. She was articulate and I think very respectful. Well Hilton didn't see it that way and gave here a 0 for her score. She ended up losing by just a few points all because she had a belief and stuck to her guns

Now comes the storm. Every idiot in Hollywood is ripping her to shreds because of what she said. Can you imagine if the tables were turned and a conservative judge gave a 0 to contestant with the opposite opinion. But like most liberals, free speech is only important when people agree with what you say. The incredible thing is she is representative of the majority. Take a look how Prop 8 turned out. But the minority is calling her a radical ignorant christian. Isn't the definition of ignorance not listening to or supporting a persons right to say something that opposes another person's opinion. Lately, the vocal minority, with backing from Hollywood, has tried to influence policy so they can look like the saviors of the disenfranchised. The only problem is, most of America doesn't support their radical viewpoints but when we try to speak out, we are labeled as backwater, uneducated rednecks that pray at the altar of Coca Cola and call dinosaurs Jesus horses.

I am amazed that people can still amaze me. Every time I turn on the news, there is another story of a lawsuit by some hippie liberal that feels the need to punish Joe the plumber for having a job that disposes of waste rather than composting it. I'm so proud that even though Miss Prejean knew her answer would be received like Chuck Norris at the DNC, she proudly stood up for not only her beliefs, but for the majority of Americans that love this country and the freedoms that are so often taken for granted.

Its Finally March

For those of you who aren't familiar with my love of sports, March if my favorite month of the year. This means madness is finally at hand. The Bowen cousins somehow have all ended up in the same tournament pool. Usually this means somebody's spouse will take us all to the cleaners but last year my brother stepped up his game and won the whole thing against over a hundred different people. I have to take a little credit because he rode my coat tails. I've been a Kansas man for a long time and picked them to win every year for the last five and finally last year they broke through so Brandon looked like a genius but in reality, he was jumping on my bandwagon. But he walked away with the cash so my hat goes off to him. So this is a reminder to all you bracket jockeys: Bring your A game because I've been doing my research and this is my year.

Odds are Sara or Melanie will show us all up (no offense) but lets get that Bowen testosterone boiling.

Tax This "Change"

Lately I've been working on my tax return. Growing up, I always heard how bad tax season was and I could never figure out what the big deal was. Just get somebody else to do it and quit complaining. Now I realize why we have Freedom of Speech. This stuff is tragic. It isn't the time involved because I can get mine done pretty quick. Instead it is the realization that being a single, white, unmarried, male is quite possibly the worst tax fate a person can suffer. I literally have to chug a gallon of Pepto in order to even glance at me W-2. How is it that the government can take 40 percent of what I earn and tell me its my patriotic duty? I feel my duty involves a 9 iron, a bucket of marshmallow cream, and Joe Biden's back hair. So buck up all you tax jockeys out there. Just think, with Obama in charge now, we will no longer have to pay taxes and we will receive a shipment of alpaca fur twice a month to cuddle up in and daydream about how great government is. "Change", I love it.

By the way, that humongous stimulus check we all got last year, oh yeah you have to report it.

Abstract Art

There has been some confusion regarding my new header. Hopefully this will clear it up.

A Raw Deal

My sister put me on to this story the AP just published. People are such sheep. If some liberal hippie gets up and rants and raves about something on which they have no knowledge, the blind ignorant masses are sure to follow. Its a good thing "change" is in the air because Obama and Tom Daschle won't allow anymore shenanigans to go on.
More than $83 million spent on Prop 8
Mormon church involvement
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has been criticized for strongly encouraging its members to support Proposition 8, for the first time assigned a dollar value of nearly $190,000 to its role in getting the initiative passed.

More than half, or $97,000, went to the time staff of the Utah-based Mormon Church devoted to the Yes on 8 campaign, according to the church's report. Another $21,000 was for the use of church buildings and equipment during the campaign. Most of the rest went to airline tickets, hotels and meals for church officials.

The church said it did not make any cash donations supporting the measure.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission has been investigating the Mormon Church for allegedly underreporting its spending on behalf of Proposition 8.

Church spokeswoman Kim Farah said Monday that the church has complied with all campaign finance laws and that the updated figures come in response to the state's disclosure deadlines, not the FPPC investigation.

"The value of the Church's in-kind contribution is less than one-half of one percent of the total funds raised for the Yes on 8 campaign," Farah said.

Focus on the Family, the evangelical Christian media empire based in Colorado, reported giving $657,000 in cash and services to promote Proposition 8.

This is the best we can do?

The tradition of Groundhog Day goes back for decades. It has become a novelty act over the last 30 years more than an actual prediction of weather. Since records have been kept in 1887, the groundhog has seen his shadow 90% of the time. Matching that up with official weather records, he is about 40% accurate when it comes to weather. At first glance you may think that his forecasting skills are lacking, but compare him to your local weatherman. Not much difference. Plus you only have to deal with the groundhog once a year as compared to a calendar full of horrendous 7 day outlook predictions. So I say to you, lets make this fine rodent head of the weather channel. At least then there would be an excuse for lousy accuracy.

Give A Hutte

My new job requires me to meet with growers to contract grain acres all over eastern Washington. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the area, there are a handful of huge Hutterite colonies on this side of the state. Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with some Hutterite brethren and was blown away with their operation. Everything they owned was either brand new or in immaculate condition. All of their tractors are GPS and they only use semi-trucks (about 30 total). This particular colony recently got too large and the church part of the colony to move to Oregon and start another colony. It is amazing to see their operation because this one colony farms over 100 pivots which is around 15,000 acres. Plus they have a dairy and a poultry operation. It has been said that between the half dozen or so colonies in Washington, once you cross the state line on the south, you can drive all the way to Canada without leaving Hutterian land. It is impressive. The one thing that really struck me was their total communal living. I compare that to southern Idaho and try to picture residents (Cranneys, Stokers, Searles, Whitleys, Critchfields, Bedkes, Robinsons) giving up ownership and taking orders. There is absolutely no way that would happen.

I think I would be a great Hutterite because I can grow a fabulous beard.