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Today In Stoopid: Franklin Graham Strikes Again

Two big events occurred this week that have religious folks and conservatives in a furor:

1] The Pope is coming to America, and

B] The Muppets are returning to network TV after forty years.

I wonder which one will cause the most ruckus and outrage among Christians and wingnuts?

Oh yeah … Muppets. And Franklin Graham is not at all happy about it and, instead of welcoming Pope Francis on his first ever visit to the United States, he took to Facebook to tear into The Muppets.

While he has yet to see one episode — his rant took place before the show aired last night — Graham said the show, which might be more mature than it was four decades back, should be "off limits" because it "promotes sin":

"ABC is premiering a new 'mature version' of the Muppets that reports say will cover a range of topics from sex to drugs to 'interspecies relationships' … It sounds to me like the whole show should be off limits! Hollywood seems to be in a frenzy to see what new moral low they can reach in their programming. Their agenda is to promote sin to a younger and younger audience. … The Bible says, 'Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.' That goes for Kermit the Frog as well!"

Yes, he said that. And, of course, because crazy isn’t just a thing for wacknut Christians with too much time on their hands, the wacknut conservative group, One Million Moms, actually more like 79,148 according to the ‘Likes’ on their Facebook page, joined in begging folks not to watch the Muppets because …

Kermit doesn’t wear pants.

Yes, keep the kids away, shield the eyes, because a frog Muppet is on TV without pants.

Donald Duck, beware; you’re next!

NCRM: Franklin Graham
NCRM: One Million Moms

Random Musings

Quick question: are we gonna sit and mourn the lives lost in Aurora Colorado last week, or are we finally gonna demand that something be done about the ease in which folks can buy massive amounts of ammunition, and assault weapons and machine guns, for their ‘personal’ use?

I mean, seriously, with the exception of a soldier on the ground in a war torn country, who needs a machine gun?

I’m sure I’ll be asking these questions again the next time some nut job flunks a test and wants to take out a bunch of strangers.

Seriously.

Of course, when I say do something about gun control, I mean get the politicians involved and make them stand up to the NRA lobbyists.

Like that will ever happen.

But then I happened upon Beth's, of Nutwood Junction, Facebook page and saw this excerpt from an interview that Mittsy did with Brian Williams of NBC. In it, Mittsy talks about what we need to do to make sure this never happens again.

Let's listen in….

Brian Williams: "On things however like Aurora, Colorado, do you see why Americans get frustrated at politics. They can see and hear your words from earlier in their career, people are hurting out there. Perhaps they want to start a national conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able to buy 6-thousand rounds off the Internet. You see the argument?"
Mitt Romney: "Well this person shouldn't have had any kind of weapons and bombs and other devices and it was illegal for him to have many of those things already. But he had them. And so we can sometimes hope that just changing the law will make all bad things go away. It won't. Changing the heart of the American people may well be what's essential, to improve the lots of the American people."

Bob said, on Facebook What an utterly delusional, out-of-touch, pandering fuck. Hopefully people will really listen to his moronic statements and change their hearts and minds about voting for this useless fool. Asshat!

Boo hoo. Penn State was fined and punished for its part in covering up years and years worth of child rape. Boo-effing-hoo.

First the halo gets removed from aider and abettor Joe Paterno on a mural, followed by the removal, and, I wish, disposal, of a Paterno statue. And folks at Penn State and whined and stomped their feet about that.

Now, comes the fines and punishment to the university.

Penn State was socked with a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 40 scholarships over four years and a $60 million fine for covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. In addition, all victories from 1998-2011 have been vacated.

Never happened.

Boo-effing-hoo.

If you whine about this, and I know some of you will, ask yourselves what the victims of Sandusky, Paterno, and Penn State wouldn't give to have their abuse ‘vacated’ as if it never happened.

If you choose football over children, you’re on the wrong team.

PS The $60M fine will be used to create a fund for the victims of sexual abuse.

The Palins have never been known for being particularly gay-friendly--or even very intelligent--so is it so surprising that the newest members of Alaska's First White Trash Family, Blister's illegitimate son, Tripp, is already, at age three, a homophobic asshat?

See, there's this clip from the Lifetime reality series "Blister Palin: Life's a Tripp" where his mama, and his bigot aunt, and functional illiterate, Willow, won't let him go in the pool, and Tripp responds by calling his aunt a "faggot."

And Blister and Willow bust out in giggles, because nothing brings a family together like hate.

Sidenote: Blister says Tripp didn't call Willow a "faggot" he called her a "fucker."

Oh, that's so much better.

More fallout from the Boy Scouts of America's announcement that they will continue being homophobic. Major League Soccer was set to partner with the BSA starting this year, but have already decided that one year is enough:

“Major League Soccer’s agreement with the Boy Scouts of America expires at the end of the 2012 season and MLS does not intend to renew the agreement for a variety of business reasons,” MLS President Mark Abbott said in a statement.

"Business" reasons. Uh huh. Blatant homophobia is a business to the BSA, I guess.

Mariah Carey is the newest judge on American Idol, and I'm guessing the announcement made JLo fall off her Louboutins; luckily, she has that fat ass to land on.

See, JLo was making about $15 million dollars a season on Idol for her musical expertise, and left possibly because the AI producers wouldn't cough up more dough.

But then they signed Carey for $18 million a season.

Crazy pays in Hollywood, and if y'all thought Paula was nuts, spend a minute--because that's all you'll need--watching Mariah "judge".

The Jackson Family Feud.

Seriously. Does anyone not believe it's about the money? I mean, Michael left his siblings out of his will--not that there was much in there to begin with because Propofol is expensive--but now that Grandma Jackson has turned his estate around and it's worth about a billion big ones, all the fighting has started again.

And, why do they all have to Tweet their family business?

Seriously.

STFU and get a job.

Okay, so first Chick-fil-Antigay came out as being blatantly homophobic, while couching it in Christian beliefs.

Then people threatened to boycott. Then Mike Huckabee, one of the more inane and pointless human beings on the planet, came out for Chick-fil-Antigay because God Hates Fags, or some such.

Then The Muppets said, 'Fuck you Mike and Chick-fil-Antigay.' Or something, I might be paraphrasing. But The Muppets ended their affiliation with Chick-fil-Antigay over the fast food company's bigotry.

Now, and this is funny, Chick-fil-Antigay has announced that they are yanking all those Muppets toys right out their Baby Jeebus-approved kid's meals:

"Chick-fil-A is initiating a voluntary withdrawal for our Jim Henson Creature Shop Puppet Kid's Meal Premiums due to a product issue. In lieu of the kid's meal premium we will offer a Kid's Icedream. We plan to have replacement kid's meal premiums within 2 weeks. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience."

Funny thing is that Chick-fil-Antigay took a page out of Mittsy's playbook and "retroactively" removed the Muppet Toys, making it seem as if the decision had been made before Kermit told them to kiss his green ass.

It's funny because Chick-fil-Antigay, and homophobia, is stupid.

Chick-fil-Antigay, Or, As I Call It, "Boycott"

So, they're planning on building a Chick-fil-Antigay right here in Smallville, so I have been doing my best to get the word out about their homophobia and bigotry and, well, how the chicken really isn't that good.

I actually had a friend say to me, "Gosh, that's bad, but I love their food."

Now, this was a Black friend of mine, and I replied, "How would you feel if this was 1963 and you were telling me about how the local Woolworth's didn't let Black people eat in the restaurant and I said, Ooh, but I love their chicken?"

'Nuff said. If a chicken sandwich is more important to you than stopping homophobia and bigotry and intolerance and hate, then go on and enjoy the meal.

Others, though, won't be so inclined, like.....

The plans for a National Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick Fil A. Read all about it on Facebook, or right now:

Unless you've been living under a rock this week you'll have noticed that Chick Fil A has officially come out against the LGBTQ community. For those of you who have been living under a rock, or just want to read it again, HERE it is.
In honor of their support for love, equality, and the real definition of family, we're holding a NATIONAL Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick Fil A's around the country. So grab a friend (or 20) and head out to your nearest Chick Fil A! And don't forget to post photos/videos of it here! For all the world to see!Follow us on twitter! @ntlsamesexkissWe would also like to clarify that this event was NOT created as a response to Mike Huckabee's appreciation day, this event was created on July 19, several days before Mike Huckabee announced his plans for Wednesday August 1.

Go HERE to accept their invite, or to just voice your disapproval of Chick-fil-Antigay.

And then let’s turn out attention to failed presidential candidate and FOX News “host’ Mike Huckabee, who has decided to come down on the side of, big surprise, Chick-fil-Antigay.

Says Mike:

I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick Fil-A company because the CEO, Dan Cathy, made comments recently in which he affirmed his view that the Biblical view of marriage should be upheld.

The Cathy family, led by Chick Fil-A founder Truett Cathy, are a wonderful Christian family who are committed to operating the company with Biblical principles and whose story is the true American success story.

Starting at age 46 Truett Cathy built Chick Fil-A into a $4 billion a year enterprise with over 1600 stores. At 91, he is still active in the company, but his son Dan runs it day to day as CEO. It's a great American story that is being smeared by vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry from the left.

The Chick Fil-A company refuses to open on Sundays so that their employees can go to church if they wish. Despite the pressure from malls, airports, and the business world to open on Sundays, they still don't. They treat customers and employees with respect and dignity.

I ask you to join me in speaking out on Wednesday, August 1 "Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day.” No one is being asked to make signs, speeches, or openly demonstrate. The goal is simple: Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for the Godly values we espouse by simply showing up and eating at Chick Fil-A on Wednesday, August 1.

Too often, those on the left make corporate statements to show support for same sex marriage, abortion, or profanity, but if Christians affirm traditional values, we're considered homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and intolerant.

This effort is not being launched by the Chick Fil-A company and no one from the company or family is involved in proposing or promoting it.There's no need for anyone to be angry or engage in a verbal battle. Simply affirm appreciation for a company run by Christian principles by showing up on Wednesday, August 1 or by participating online – tweeting your support or sending a message on Facebook.

Needless to say, I won’t be linking to that Facebook page, but I do have a question for Asshat Huckleberry:

Um, Mike, you ignorant fuck? If you found out that Chick-fil-Antigay, or any fast-food chain, or any business, for that matter, was funding, oh, I dunno, say, Planned Parenthood, or the HRC, or any number of marriage equality organizations, you’d be speaking out against them faster than you can say, Iwillneverbepresident.

So, shut the fuck up, douchebag, and I’ll side with Kermit.

See, the Jim Henson Company, creator of The Muppets, has ended its relationship with Chick-Fil-A over its donations to anti-gay causes, and has made it’s announcement, where. On Facebook:

The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors.  Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD.

Snap.

Chick-fil-Antigay.

The chicken may look good, but leaves it leaves a bad taste in your mouth because homophobia is rancid.
Boycott.

That’s all.

Carry on.