Kansas City Radio: Can't win for losing

This morning, I accidentally pushed the radio over to 101.5 again. Usually, they're off my list in the morning because their morning show crew can't seem to go two minutes without gay-bashing. But sometime in between the last time I bitched about the gay-bashing and today, they got a new, syndicated morning show. So I thought, well, I'll give them a chance, and see. Maybe this one will be better.

And lo, in the entire time I was listening, they didn't disparage anybody for being gay. They just went on at length on the proposition that the world would be a much better place if there were no women on the planet.

Which I suppose could be taken as an endorsement of homosexuality, but still. Bigotry first thing in the morning is a little much for me.
::headdesk::

Kansas City Radio: Can't win for losing

This morning, I accidentally pushed the radio over to 101.5 again. Usually, they're off my list in the morning because their morning show crew can't seem to go two minutes without gay-bashing. But sometime in between the last time I bitched about the gay-bashing and today, they got a new, syndicated morning show. So I thought, well, I'll give them a chance, and see. Maybe this one will be better.

And lo, in the entire time I was listening, they didn't disparage anybody for being gay. They just went on at length on the proposition that the world would be a much better place if there were no women on the planet.

Which I suppose could be taken as an endorsement of homosexuality, but still. Bigotry first thing in the morning is a little much for me.
::headdesk::

And, in other What The Fuck news:

Yesterday, the president signed an executive order mandating the creation of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the Department of Homeland Security, whose job will be to identify rules, regulations, and other issues which restrict faith-based agencies from operation, and eliminate those rules, etc.

Seriously, kids. Whiskey Tango.

I think this is what was tweaking me about the hallucinogens for religious groups thing the other day. I'm in favor of hallucinogens for religious purposes, but I'm not necessarily in favor of setting precedents which suggest that in general, the laws of a particular religious group supercede the laws of general society. Does it hurt me if some religious sect uses hallucinogens to talk to god because that's their religion? No, probably not. Does it hurt me if santeros are allowed to sacrifice animals to the orisha because that's what their religion says to do? No, probably not. But does it hurt me if pharmacists are allowed to decide that I can't have say, contraceptives, or antibiotics to treat an STD, because their religion says I'm not supposed to be having sex? That'd be a yes, Bob. And does it hurt me if the folks that the government sends in to help after a disaster are church groups that are not inclined to give assistance to homosexuals? Um, yes again, I think. And so on.

Obviously, there's a difference between my first two examples and my last two, and that is that the first two are about things that people do to themselves, or inside their group, based on religious dictates. The second two are things that people do to people who are outside of their religious group. They apply the laws of that group to everyone they encounter, regardless of what laws the person they're impacting follows or doesn't follow. I'm just concerned that our current overlords don't or can't or don't care to make that distinction.

And, in other What The Fuck news:

Yesterday, the president signed an executive order mandating the creation of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives within the Department of Homeland Security, whose job will be to identify rules, regulations, and other issues which restrict faith-based agencies from operation, and eliminate those rules, etc.

Seriously, kids. Whiskey Tango.

I think this is what was tweaking me about the hallucinogens for religious groups thing the other day. I'm in favor of hallucinogens for religious purposes, but I'm not necessarily in favor of setting precedents which suggest that in general, the laws of a particular religious group supercede the laws of general society. Does it hurt me if some religious sect uses hallucinogens to talk to god because that's their religion? No, probably not. Does it hurt me if santeros are allowed to sacrifice animals to the orisha because that's what their religion says to do? No, probably not. But does it hurt me if pharmacists are allowed to decide that I can't have say, contraceptives, or antibiotics to treat an STD, because their religion says I'm not supposed to be having sex? That'd be a yes, Bob. And does it hurt me if the folks that the government sends in to help after a disaster are church groups that are not inclined to give assistance to homosexuals? Um, yes again, I think. And so on.

Obviously, there's a difference between my first two examples and my last two, and that is that the first two are about things that people do to themselves, or inside their group, based on religious dictates. The second two are things that people do to people who are outside of their religious group. They apply the laws of that group to everyone they encounter, regardless of what laws the person they're impacting follows or doesn't follow. I'm just concerned that our current overlords don't or can't or don't care to make that distinction.

Horoscope

It's not all crap over here today, though. For example, I'm on track with Rob Breszny's Leo horoscope for this week. Of course, I've been doing this for a number of years larger than my shoe size, but hey. It's nice to get some backup every once in a while.

LEO:
This would be an excellent time for you to create your own personal religion, complete with rituals, prayers, and divinities that fit your precise needs. Feel free to borrow extensively from various spiritual traditions, of course, but make sure you give each belief or practice your own unique twist. And please include a few idiosyncratic touches that have never before been a part of any organized faith, like a holy day commemorating your first sexual experience or a sacred object obtained from a toy store or pawn shop or a rousing hymn adopted from an old Nirvana song.

Horoscope

It's not all crap over here today, though. For example, I'm on track with Rob Breszny's Leo horoscope for this week. Of course, I've been doing this for a number of years larger than my shoe size, but hey. It's nice to get some backup every once in a while.

LEO:
This would be an excellent time for you to create your own personal religion, complete with rituals, prayers, and divinities that fit your precise needs. Feel free to borrow extensively from various spiritual traditions, of course, but make sure you give each belief or practice your own unique twist. And please include a few idiosyncratic touches that have never before been a part of any organized faith, like a holy day commemorating your first sexual experience or a sacred object obtained from a toy store or pawn shop or a rousing hymn adopted from an old Nirvana song.

Mostly to starwyse and zylch

My friend with the cats seems to have figured out a way to game the system and keep all of them. Kitties are no longer in danger, as she is getting some sort of cat hobbyist license. Thanks much for the offer of kitty sanctuary, but they're fine where they are now, apparently.

You are still kitty heroes, though.

Mostly to starwyse and zylch

My friend with the cats seems to have figured out a way to game the system and keep all of them. Kitties are no longer in danger, as she is getting some sort of cat hobbyist license. Thanks much for the offer of kitty sanctuary, but they're fine where they are now, apparently.

You are still kitty heroes, though.