The Mother Ship is Calling....Answer It!!

I watched a report on Scientology and it scared the crap out of me. So the following blog is the rambling of a freaked out woman. Read at your own risk.

This "religion" actually believes that a space alien came to earth a few years ago (about 70 million to be exact), and he started the human race. Sorta like ET goes planting some DNA in the fertile primortial ooze of earth.

Scientology started as a brain child of L. Ron Hubbard, a Sci-Fi writer. Hubbard's books really sucked and he had hard time gaining acceptance in the literary world. So when your homies don't accept you, what do you do? You start your own damn religion so that millions will worship you. What many people don't know is that L. Ron Hubbard was ape-shit crazy. He was Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs crazy. He took that crazy delusional personality and turned it into a science. When the government threatened him with tax evasion charges, he got religion and so the Church of Scientology was born. No doubt the biggest cult on the face of the earth.

I would advise anyone who is looking at Scientology to go to thesmokingun.com. They have copies of some of the FBI files on L. Ron Hubbard. It's facinating to see just how bizarre his actions were. It's hard to believe an entire religion was started by the ramblings of a schizoid, delusional, arrogant man who was a bad writer as well. I don't think there are too many people who can claim to be a bigger more fanatical Sci-Fi fan than I. But even I couldn't sit through the movie "Battlefield Earth". The movie was based on L. Ron Hubbards writings with a cast of Scientologists lead by John Travolta. It was voted the worst movie of the century by a critics review group.

People who join this cult are supposed to undergo a deprogramming to remove engrams(beliefs) which were instilled in them as a baby. After the deprogramming the new Scientologist is supposed to participate in the Churches activities to get ready for the coming of Xenu, the alien being that started the whole mess.

And yes.....Xenu's ride is officially called "The Mother Ship". Isn't that freaky deaky??

Valentine's Day....Bah Humbug!!!

Every Valentine's Day is the same. I tell myself that it's all a commercial gimmick. A pseudo-holiday invented by retailers to steal even more of our hard earned money. Well, at least that's what I tell myself.

Then the advertisements start.

You know what I'm talking about. The commercial where a guy rents a movie theater just to play a home movie for him and his girlfriend. Then he pulls out of his pocket a honking, mega, slap your mama diamond ring and asks her to marry him. Then there's the commercial where a guy buys his wife diamond earrings from Kay's Jewlers. The diamond earrings seem to make the whole family sooooo happy. My brother-in-law sums this type of advertising up very succinctly. He says, "I hate those stupid, pussy whipped guys in the commercials. They make us all look bad."

It never fails though. By the time Valentine's Day rolls around my resolve is gone. I find myself feeling left out because I didn't get roses, chocolates and diamonds. Even when I was married, I never got those things for Valentine's Day. After a decade or two of adulthood I'm beginning to see that almost no woman gets that stuff. It's all fantasy.

It's not fair that all my friends and I feel like lesser women because Madison Avenue tells us to expect something that never comes. Even though I know all of this, every year I still hope for diamond earrings, 2 dozen roses and chocolates. But then again, who wouldn't?

President Obama?

The identity of the next US President is anybody's guess. I don't think it will be a Republican. The American people won't soon forgive the blunders of this administration. Hundreds of thousands have died because of the ineptitude of George Bush and Carl Rove, just to name a few.

The man in the picture above, Barack Obama, is positioned in the political version of the cat bird's seat. He has carisma, a boy next door attitude, and he's very, very smart. I think his best asset will be his inexperience. People are tired of career politicians. Barack doesn't seem to be one. On top of everything else, Senator Obama may be able to rally the coveted black vote. At this point, unless someone finds pics of him with underage boys, he's the guy to beat for both Democrats and Republicans.

What do I think? Well, if it matters to anyone....if the election were today, I would vote for him without hesitation. He is the most genuine of the candidates so far. Many think that he should partner with Hillary and be part of a Clinton/Obama ticket. I think that is a mistake. If he partners with Clinton, it should be as the lead contender with Hillary as VP. That ticket would be unstoppable.

I know one thing for sure. Anyone is better than what we have now.

Out of the Closet

Well, will wonders never cease!! The great Rev. Ted Haggard has decided that it's time he came out of the closet and announce that he is now fully heterosexual. Actually his press release says that, after intense Christian counseling, he is now fully heterosexual. This announcement has no doubt sent the gay population into a spontaneous celebration. If there's anyone that you don't want in your club it's a gun toting, male hooker lovin' preacher. I'm sure the homosexual community is sooo glad to be rid of him.

I'm not celebrating. I would like to meet with a delegate from the gay community to negotiate giving the Rev. Ted Haggard back. We heterosexuals really, really don't want him either. He is a self righteous, hypocritical prick.

It's so funny to me that he spent several months in "intense Christian couseling". They "prayed him through" the homosexual threat in his life. Ted acts as though he caught "the gay bug" while on vacation in San Francisco. He thinks all he has to do is to make it through the acute phase of the gay bug disease and he'll be cured. What sickens me is that Christians all over the world will see Ted as a victim who just couldn't help it. They believe him because they don't want to entertain the thought that maybe, just maybe, he is gay. Because if a great Reverend can be gay then anyone can.

Ted Haggard and the board members of his mega church are the true disease of this society. They do more to harm Christianity than all the boa wearing drag queens out there. I happen to love the members of the gay community, not because they're gay, not because I think they're diseased and need pity, but because they're among the most tolerant of all humans. The incredible bigotry and hatred that's been thrown at them yet they manage to have little desire for revenge. Being gay might be a step up for Ted but I'm sure he doesn't see it that way.

I'm Sorry

I want to apologize. I'm apologizing to every Muslim, Iraqi, or Arab that has been affected by my Country's unjustified, inexcusable, and hate filled war in Iraq. America was wrong. We were all wrong to elect George Bush and we were all wrong not to throw his lying ass out.

I have watched the death and destruction of beautiful ancient places, once full of life now quiet and in ruins. I have watched as innocent people were mamed and wounded, some killed, all for nothing. My own countrymen and women sent as lambs to slaughter by a group of men who are evil. These men have highjacked our country. My beautiful America isn't recognizable anymore. It's full of people who are suspicious, who are racist, who are petty and ignorant. It didn't start out this way over two hundred years ago. How did it get this way? Where was the fork in the road and how did we miss it?

For many years to come, our people will be frightened of one another. I suspect that we will always think the worst of each other. Ultimately our generation will have to die before the wounds will heal. Many years of anguish lie ahead for all of us.

I know that I will not forget my part in this travesty. Did I protest this war? Yes, I did. But that wasn't enough. I and many others in America should have done more but our success and wealth traquilizes us. We are sloth-like in our protest and as a result people died. Someday, if I'm lucky, I will have the opportunity to make amends.

I can only apologize for me. Unfortunately, I can't speak for the other millions of people out there. Just know, that we are not all the same.