Chicken In The Bedroom

[Off Topic Alert! Will return to our regularly suggested topic for this cycle in another post]

With a hat-tip to our reader Ahab at Republic of Gilead, I just had to bring this HuffPo article to your attention, my feathered friends.

LGBT Activists Respond To Chick-Fil-A's Downtown Chicago Debut

Joseph Erbentraut, June 17 Huffington Post

According to a report published by LGBT advocacy group Equality Matters in March, the company has provided more than $1.1 million of support to organizations who oppose gay marriage and other pro-LGBT provisions, such as Focus on the Family, the Alliance Defense Fund and Family Research Council -- a group which, in 2010, earned the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate group" designation for its anti-LGBT messaging.

--and--

Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy in January stated his company has 'no agenda against anyone' but acknowledged they have 'a long history of trying to encourage and strengthen marriages and families, both within our Chick-fil-A system and with our customers.'

I fear your Loulou has her tailfeathers in a twist about this one. (You'll forgive me for the convoluted self-image issues inherent in this next part.) My response? Get your chicken sandwich out of our bedrooms, you pin-feathered poultry mongers! It's SANDWICHES, people! 


I'm tired of being moralized to by chicken pluckers and anyone else with a business. Time to clip some wings.

Boycott call! And spread the word.

Survivor, Texas Style

[New Topic:  Survival Tips]

It is soooo dry here in Central Texas.

How dry is it, you say?

Here’s the sad evidence:

And it’s sooo bad that Gov. “Goodhair” Rick Perry has called on the populace to pray for rain—while he’s out campaigning for the job of President which, of course, he says he’s not seeking.

Hold the Phone

[Current topic:  Technology--Love it or Leave it]

A lot has been written about cellphone etiquette lately, but that’s not going to stop me from adding my two cents’ worth to the discussion. It has become a pet peeve of mine, coming in a close second to people who like to rant about their pet peeves.

I’m not the only one who’s exasperated with the increase in “techno-rudeness” encountered every day by folks all across the social strata.

Schizophonic Thrills

From ratsinthebelfry

Last night, on Rachel Maddow, I heard Larry Flynt gasp out that old chestnut, "Next to survival, humans are driven by sexual needs." I would put the drive to learn higher, just beneath survival; we can't seem to help doing it and, universally, we really seem to get off on it. Very little tops the bang I get out of a new idea and, these days, thanks to the blessings of the technological age, I can arrange it so my little head explodes as often as I can stand. You could say I'm idea addicted.

Just a thought...

(The topic turns to "Technology: Love It or Leave It")

I for one appreciate the enhancements that technology has brought to our lives. The advances in communication alone have brought millions of people information that would've been impossible to get even a few decades ago.

And contrary to what many might believe, I'm of the opinion that most of technology will serve to better mankind. We've already seen how this has brought politics to the people, and the digital public square has the potential to get everyone involved in the betterment of their communities and countries.

Why, just imagine, if Thomas Jefferson had been able to avail himself of the latest in digital communications, poor Sally Hemings wouldn't have had to settle for something like this: