Colorado Conservative

Are you REALLY happy about this?

I've been listening to a lot of radio and talk about the whole Rush Limbaugh thing. The thing that makes me the most angry are all these people who seem to be happy that Rush may have a drug problem. Are you really happy about that? I sure hope not. I was never happy about the fact that former D.C. Mayor Marion Berry had a drug problem. I was amazed he got re-elected and I wasn't sure a drug addict should be an elected official......key word elected. It's amazing to me that all these people who could have just ignored Rush, got so worked up about him, and NOW are rejoicing at a possible serious drug problem.

Don't get me wrong, I wholly support the agreeing or disagreeing with his comments about Donovan McNabb. I have commented on that. But to celebrate and smirk about Rush's possible problem is way over the top. But the left seems to always be overjoyed at the personal problems of people they disagree with, and goes to the heart of why I'm disgusted with the left-wing of the Democratic party.

Have you ever?

Have you ever dropped a piece of candy and conciously counted while you raced to pick it up before you reached ten?

Have you ever fiddled with a quarter candy machine because you KNEW it would give you more candy?

Have you ever sat in bed right after you awoke and whined to yourself that you were sick and there was no way you were gonna go to work? And then realized you had very little sympathy for yourself?

Have you ever read the comics more than once a day simply because they make you feel good even if you already know the punchline?

Have you ever been driving and been excited because the accident you heard on the radio was actually where they said it was?

Have you ever thought about a favorite episode of your favorite television show that you haven't seen in ages, only for it to be on t.v. that night?

Have you ever wished they still made those "warm fuzzy" figurines?

Have you ever seen someone trip and fall and secretly snicker before you went to help them out?

Have you ever yelled at someone for keeping their turn signal on and then realize you've been driving with yours on for five minutes?

Have you ever been driving and listening to your favorite radio station, look at the car next to you and see them singing the song your listening to? Has anyone ever caught YOU singing on the radio?

Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and thought. "there ARE a lot of stars up there"?

Have you ever gone to the bathroom and checked the bowl for sharks, just in case?

Have you ever thought a tranquilizer gun would be a useful tool for work? For Yourself?

Have you ever just looked at the newspaper and thought "Ah who cares, I sure don't"?

Have you ever called a radio station to be the tenth caller and then started hoping you wouldn't sound like a dork if you did actually win? Did you actually win and really get scared?

No? Yeah me neither.......

More Good News

Here's some more good news about toys for Iraq from Chief Wiggles.

Way to go everyone, keep 'em coming.

This made me laugh

I'm a bit stuck in the doldrums today but this from Across the Atlantic made me laugh out loud.

An interesting correlation

I saw this and I don't know what to think...

Recent studies show a surprisingly high suicide rate among women who have had cosmetic breast implants. However, the "Washington Post" says the studies have not determined if there is a link. The latest study was done in Finland and published yesterday in the "Annals of Plastic Surgery." Researchers found similar results as two previous studies, one in Sweden and another conducted in the U.S. by the National Cancer Institute. The Finnish study shows women who had implants are three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. All three studies found the overall death rate for women with implants was the same as or lower than the overall population. That suggests implants are not causing illnesses.

I'm not sure why this is, but if your thinking of getting cosmetic breast implants, think twice.

Boy I'm glad we have scientists

Scientists in England are solving the mysteries of the universe.

You may have heard the old adage, "That's the way the cookie crumbles." British scientists think they've found out why those cookies fall apart. Researchers at Loughborough University in central England say cooking techniques and humidity may be to blame. One researcher told BBC Radio today that a biscuit or cookie taken out of the oven wants to absorb moisture from the atmosphere. If the humidity is inconsistent, parts of the cookie expand while others contract, essentially setting the cookie up for self destruction. The research team says bakers should monitor their factory humidity closely and bake biscuits for longer at lower temperatures.

Whew...thank goodness! In the midst of Colorado's worst West Nile Oubreak and Europe's continued problems with Mad Cow Disease. When AIDS and HIV is running rampant and Breast Cancer is killing millions. When we still haven't found a cure for the common cold. At least we have figured out why COOKIES FALL APART.

I feel much better now.

I'm Weary

I am becoming weary. I'm becoming tired. I am not a quitter and I will never stop talking about what is right and wrong. But I have had enough. I am of course talking about the issue of racism.

We have revisited this once again with the comments Rush Limbaugh made that some believe are racist. I don't believe the comments were racist, I think his analysis of Donovan McNabb was wrong, but on football terms.

What I AM tired of is the thought that anything controversial that comes out of a conservative, white person's mouth must be racist. And the further outrage that the "offended" groups feel at the slightest provocation.

I'm a conservative, white, male who counts among close friends, blacks, hispanics, asians, women, men, women, straights, gays, liberals and conservatives. IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME THE COLOR OF SKIN. Character matters to me! And if a black man or white woman or conservative or liberal is acting like an idiot, or getting special treatment I WILL POINT IT OUT.

But the problem I see is that if that person is a minority and they become offended, I am branded a racist, or a sexist, or a homophobe. That is not right.

I am outraged ALL THE TIME by people who call me a bigot, a Nazi, a mindless drone, and many others. But I am strong and I can take it. I know it's not true. I've learned to have a thick skin.

It's now time for EVERYBODY to get thicker skin. I once worked with a talk show host who had a caller call her a N***ER on the air. She broke down into tears. I told her, "well, are you?" "Of Course not", she replied. "Then why are you upset? He has no idea who you are, but he's ruined your night due to a WORD. YOUR STRONGER THAN A WORD!"

We as a society need to be stronger than the words of idiots on all sides. When Cruz Bustamante uses the same racist epiteph, people understood that it was a mistake and gave him the benefit of the doubt. When Denver's new WHITE Mayor John Hickenlooper welcomed "all of you people to Denver" during a black business conference, people gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Why?

Because they looked past the words to the person and realized they weren't trying to be racist, and THEY WEREN'T OFFENDED. This needs to start happening on a much larger scale.

This is not to say that the people who DO have racism in their hearts, NO MATTER WHAT RACE, should not be condemned. But to condemn everytime, even when its not meant that way does two things. The first is decreases YOUR credibility, and second, takes severity away from the times THAT REAL RACISM OCCURS.

WE NEED A BIT OF NOVACAINE FOR OUR SENSITIVITY!