Where's the Beef ?

 

The Intellectuals are intellectually lazy, in an intellectually lazy sort of way. Once again and Just like usual. How do they get the title intellectual anyway? They seem stupid and ignorant to me.

 

In the past few weeks the California beauty queen, Carrie Prejean has been absolutely excoriated (excoriate - condemn: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" ) in the press and in public opinion because she didn’t answer a question from a blowhard blogger (Perez Hilton), the way he thought it should have been answered.

 

I find the debate to be overly silly and "kiss me you fool" dramatic in a William Shatner sort of way and charged with made up, over the top , who cares so called tension , but also find it to be perfect example and a telling indicator of why the media is biased against a conservative point of view.

 

I also think that Perez Hilton (Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, best known as a so called celebrity blogger who has branched off into gay rights advocacy) to be a pretty fine example of a blathering bleeding heart liberal idiot, whose fifteen minutes of fame was over 90 minutes ago, who should just shut up and go away already. I would go so far as to say he is a non-issue, a non celebrity, and shouldn't have even been there in the first place. For crying out loud, this clown runs a gay themed celebrity gossip web site. What exactly qualifies him to be a judge of a female beauty pageant anyway? Hell he doesn't even like women in the first place !(I digress.)

 

Hilton asked Miss California's Carrie Prejean her thoughts on legalizing gay marriage during the Miss USA 2009 pageant, which aired live on NBC. The quote attributed to him was “"Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage," he said.”Do you think every state should follow suit, why or why not." Her answers to his question, while not elegant and certainly not spoken all that effectively, were nonetheless forthright and fully considered.

 

The quote attributed to her is "I think it's great Americans are able to choose one or the other," she said. "We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what in my country, in my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody there, but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be, between a man and a woman."

 

Apparently, some people including Mr. Hilton were somehow offended by Miss Prejean’s answer. Their immediate reaction and then the continuing reaction from the crowd and by absentia the media was, to put it mildly, negative and somewhat spiteful. Boo - Hiss, (I hear cat scratch fever playing somewhere)

 

This is the interesting part.

 

Donald Trump, the owner of the pageant gets into the act because he has to decide if she can keep her crown (the "Beauty" award) because of some racy photos and he is pulled into the debate on her position towards gay marriage. Trump said he and other pageant officials had reviewed racy photos of Prejean and decided they were acceptable."We are in the 21st century. We have determined the pictures taken are fine," he said, adding that "in some cases the pictures were lovely." What the hell is a beauty award anyway? They apparently give them a crown of some sort, that rewards their genetics and chosen plastic surgeon. I don't get it. Moving on.

 

Intellectually, many of the negative voices that could be heard were busy with the “Another bubble head”, “Another victim of Rush Limbaugh school of Republican mind control”, “She is intolerant”, "She is a gay basher", "She is against gay rights" and etc and other misplaced eclectic diatribes. Because those intellectually lazy folks didn’t support her answer and did not really listen to her response, they immediately dismissed her right to have an opinion and dismissed her opinion as wrong.

 

The media then joined the cause and repeated how negative the perception was of her because her answer seemed to be out of touch with mainstream thought and how she must be a Christian Conservative (like that is somehow a bad thing) because liberals just don’t think like this. It went on and on and on and on and on , until finally , this is where we are at. They say because of her opinion, the media says, the common perception is that she is wrong, Hilton is right to be shocked and stunned and appalled and Trump should throw her out for the quote and for the photos (racy photos not disclosed to the pageant). Public opinion is said to be that she should be disqualified and should have to give up her crown and the intellectuals are absolutely in heaven. They have chosen their target because she does not agree with their liberal open-minded position and she is a gay bashing intolerant bigot who supposedly has an anti gay bias. She is raked over the coals for the next 2 or 3 weeks. Hallelujah !

 

What a load of crap ! I would have lost my cool and said a few curse words they would have had to bleep out, if it was me. To her credit she kept pretty calm and just expressed her opinion. No way I would have been that poised.

 

I should clear something up.

The intellectuals and the media "Allegedly" have open-minded liberal position(s).

Their stated opinion(s) however are not supported by the facts.

Factually, they actually are what they are complaining about.

 

Class,  it is time for a pop quiz !

 

For extra credit name the person(s) who made the following statement(s):

 

• "I do not support gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I consider marriage to be between a man and a woman." (1)
• "This is an issue that I think helps to describe who we are  [Marriage] connotes to so many people a religious and not just civil element, and that includes me." (2)
• "My view is that we should try to disentangle what has historically been the issue of the word ‘marriage,' which has religious connotations to some people, from the civil rights that are given to couples, in terms of hospital visitation, in terms of whether or not they can transfer property or any of the other -- Social Security benefits and so forth." (3)

 

Do you know who said these things?

 

Was it : 

 

Rush Limbaugh?

Nope.

 

Nancy Grace?

Nope.

 

George Bush?

Nope.

 

James Carville?

Nope.

 

Mary Matlin?

Nope.

 

Bill Clinton?

Hell No.

 

Bill O'Reilly?

Nope.

 

Glen Beck?

Nope.

 

Ann Coulter?

Nope.

 

Sean Hannity?

Nope.

 

Dick Chaney?

Not even.

 

George Will?

Nope.

 

Al Gore?

Nope.

 

 

These are all quotes (exact quotes) spoken by our President, Commander in Chief, and Chief Left Leaning Bleeding Heart Liberal, the one, the only, Barrack Obama.

 

All of them reflect his current positions.

 

(Gasp ! Says its not true, bigmike, say its not true!)

 

1.                [from the Logo presidential debate]

2.                [source: cnn]

3.                [from the Logo presidential debate]

 

 

Trump said "It's the same answer the president of the United States gave; it's the same answer many people gave,”, "She gave an honorable answer; she gave an answer from her heart."

 

So, let’s see. Hmmmmm......This comes down to this then.

 

Her answer was honest, forthright and fully qualified and is her opinion.

Check.

 

Her right to that opinion is covered under the Constitution of the USA. (You know, that bothersome one about free speech and such?)

Check. 

 

I do not happen to agree with her.

Check.

 

Let em marry, who cares?

Check.

 

Why does it even matter?

Check.

 

Doesn't affect me one way or the other.

Check.

 

How gay marriage destroys the family is beyond me.

Check.

 

Rick Santorum started this crap and he should just shut the hell up. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum)

Check.

 

Being a beauty queen (with or without an opinion) affects me in no way.

Check. 

 

Her answer almost exactly duplicates the position stated by Barack Obama.

Check and double check.

Hell triple Check.

 

The so-called intellectuals, pounced upon her position and said because of it she is unqualified to be a beauty queen, that she is an intolerant gay bashing bigot.

Check. (No , really that is what they said, I'm not making it up !) 

Stupid, wrong and ignorant of the facts, but grudgingly I have to admit, Check.

It is their stupid position.

 

Barack Obama is a supporter of gay marriage.

Uh NO, not check.

He supports civil unions and new legislation, and does not now nor has ever supported gay marriage.

 

Obama first announced his opposition to the measure only in response to media inquiries. He said the nation should recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans “with full equality under the law.” For example, Obama called the ballot measure (CA Prop. 8) “divisive and discriminatory” and concluded by congratulating “all of you who have shown your love for each other by getting married these last few weeks.” Left unstated was that Obama has declined to endorse gay marriage, saying that civil unions would suffice to protect partners’ rights.

 

If you believe that Barack Obama’s position on this is much different than Ms. Prejean's, then I submit that you and people like you are just seeing and hearing what you want to see and hear without regard to the facts. It is disingenuous and is ignorant of the facts to suggest otherwise. Just because you do not like the forum or the facts does not mean you can change them. Factually, there are more similarities between Mr. Obama’s opinion and Ms. Prejean’s than differences. 

 

It is however intellectually lazy and politically expedient to see otherwise. 

 

To the media it just makes good copy without regard to right or wrong.

The fourth estate my fat hairy butt. What a bunch of incompetent nincompoops.

 

I find the drama interesting. I find the intellectuals' argument to be pure unadulterated Horses**t. Just like always and just like usual. As the old lady in the Wendy's commercial used to say "Where's the beef?" For them it is more about perception equals reality than it is about facts substantiated by positions. Liberals never met a fact they could not ignore. It is easier to have an opinion that is based on perceptions than it is to have a position based on the facts. Her opinion ,while almost exactly the same position expressed by our president is seen as intolerant and he is seen as a supporter of gay marriage. The intellectually lazy commentators and the media immediately broadened the context to include all things gay, but that was not the question and it was never discussed.  

 

As the old saying goes "Don't confuse me with the facts !".

 

Take a few minutes and look at the following references: It's not everything you can find, but it will point out to you exactly what the problem with the reporting is and how the perception of Obama is skewed so badly by the press.

 

Perez Hilton owes Ms. Prejean an apology. I hope she doesn't hold her breath waiting for one.

 

She should have just said "World Peace", smiled and said "Am I right?"

At least then it would met the perception of ..."Stupid beauty queen gives ignorant answer. Film at 11".

 

I never thought I would ever say this but "Way to go Donald !" (not that it matters at all).

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/civil_rights/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Prejean+quote&aq=f&oq=

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/quotes/stars/carrie-prejean/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=perez+Hilton+Prejean&aq=f&oq=

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/Story?id=7381893&page=1

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Donald+Trump+Prejean&aq=f&oq=

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1897637,00.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=obama+quote+gay+marriage&aq=f&oq=

http://equalitygiving.org/Barack-Obama-on-the-issues-Equality-Quotes-Gay-Rights

http://www.ontheissues.org/Barack_Obama.htm

 

 

Thankx for reading my rant ! 

 

bigmike

 

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