Synaptic Plasticity

While viewing an interesting couple of videos on You Tube I came across the following phrase and had to chuckle.

“Never underestimate human dedication to bullshit!”

I guess part of what made me chuckle was the “Thank you Captain Obviousness!” of the statement. But on a deeper level, I just like every other even semi-informed American started thinking about the Wall Street Bailout bullshit.

Now, admittedly more and more of us already are or are quickly becoming completely ADD in how we process information. Possibly a side-effect of having a high functioning multiprocessing organ encased in our skulls.

None the less, we all seem quite capable of processing enough of the torrential flood of information that sweeps through our everyday lives to understand a good portion of what’s going on around us. I often come up with questions I fail to voice for fear I am far too uninformed to make any sort of contributory point to the topic at hand. However, today I found that my questions, in spite of my level of understanding are totally valid and that I am not even close to the only one asking them.

A group of over 200 economists took the time to pen and sign the exact same concerns that keep popping up in my mind. Consider what they’ve had to say carefully, I know I have.

Would even the least of you go out at anytime in your day and negotiate the purchase of so much as a gallon of milk without knowing exactly what you were getting for your money? Not only would you want to know what you’re getting for your money you’d also what to know exactly who to turn to should you get home with your milk and upon opening it discover it is not fit for consumption.

While in truth that is an absurdly over simplified analogy, it’s not that far off the mark. What sort of return can *we*, the American taxpayers expect for promising away our childrens’ financial futures? Who do we go to should this investment prove to be sour?

And finally, no matter how long it takes, who the hell is responsible for this damned mess in the first place? Every last one of them needs to be held accountable. Shit man, just because OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson got acquitted doesn’t mean these thieves are entitled to walk away scot-free.

How much longer can we go on calling ourselves civilized and rational as a species while we continue to let deplorable individuals buy their way out of every crime they care to perpetrate as long as they have the right amount of money? I think this short speech from Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur really sums up a great deal of my perspective.

All homosexuals are pedophiles?!?! You can not be serious!!!

This really does chap my ass!

First, let me make something perfectly clear. I am what most would consider heterosexual, though I don’t feel this limits me in anyway to any particular set of choices when it comes to the people I am able to become intimate with. I have and continue to find females highly erotic and stimulating, however, men just happen to be my personal switch flippers.

So, here is my thought on this…

Homosexuality != Pedophile
Homosexuality != Unnatural

For those of you that can not grasp this concept, I highly suggest you get out into the real world a bit more often. My mother and father divorced when I was 18 months old. My father was not a big part of my life until I was about 23 years old so, you guessed it, my mother was the one that raised me. You’ll not hear me sing her praises too often as we did not get along at all and basically still don’t to this day. Since child : parent strife is not the topic here, we will leave that where it lies and move on.

Here’s the thing, my mother is homosexual. In fact she came-out about a year after her divorce from my father. So for all intents and purposes I have never known her to be hetero at all. My aunt is also homosexual and was a big part of my youth. I simply adored hanging out with her. Oh! Yea…my best friend for most of my life is also gay. I love him so dearly I can not even come close to describing it in words.

So I have very intimate knowledge of what a typical homosexual and heterosexual life-style are like. The truth is, that the only real difference between them is that one has a mono-sexually comprised couple while the other does not. Yep folks, that’s it! No big skeleton in the closet, no freakishly horrifying fetishes for small children, and no rapists. Hell to be honest I think my mother was more prudish than I am. (Gales of laughter…)

So please think about the things you say and the information you disseminate. Is it the truth or simply hate-filled lies based deeply in fear? Look, I don’t need anyone to run out and sponsor a Gay Rights parade, just don’t expect to stand within earshot of me and spread insidious lies. I promise I will let you know just how f*@kin* stupid you are.