Assholes in a Knot

Apparently we have a national death to report today...
Who’s died, you ask?
Humor.
Given what I’ve been reading lately both sides of the lunatic fringe have been given over to a narrow, mean spirited view without any traces of humor to be found. The giggles, the chuckles, the snickers, the chortles, the guffaws, the crowing, the howling, the sniggering, the tittering, the yucking, the mirth, the merriment, the glee and rejoicing have been officially pronounced DOA. Jaws are locked and set. Frowns are on prominent display. Teeth are grinding. Assholes are tied in knots. Fingers are pointing. Spit is flying. Alacrity done left the building.
Whoopi Goldberg makes a few jokes about a man’s name and its comparisons to a mons venus and you’d thought she pulled Reagan from his grave and sucked his dick onstage at the GOP convention. Apparently Whoopi’s comments are just too much baggage for a company to carry, and within days Slim Fast had dropped Whoopi from its company payroll. Did they not know who they were hiring to represent their product to begin with? She is a comedian last I looked. She has been known to speak her mind on just about anything. Is why we love her. We do live in America where freedom of speech is highly touted, right? Slim Fast apparently takes issue with her sense of humor and her right of free speech, as they obviously care not and have none. Losing weight just ain’t funny folks.
Then a newly elected Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comment over what he sees as politicians not representing the people but the special interests who firmly hold them in their pockets, calling them “girlie men”, a funny reference to an older SNL skit. Now we have all sorts of folks in the press crying “foul!” The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual Caucus jumped to the forefront, saying that the Gov’s remarks were insulting to woman and gays and distracted from budget negotiations. One female senator called his statement blatantly homophobic. Another male councilman said it was misogynist and anti-gay. Now, let’s look at the people who are crying foul on this one... just for a second... These are exactly the kind of folks who need a sense of humor more than most given their unusual predilections, and here they are blasting a man who made a very funny remark, governor or not! As a matter of fact, I found it quite refreshing to hear a politician actually “speak” after hearing more than enough of the moronic, carefully scripted blather these folks force feed the media and the public to the point of nauseum. All of the lesbians and gays and bisexuals and transsexuals need to go back into the privacy of their own homes and penetrate every orifice they have by whatever means they find necessary. as much as they need or want or can stand. Please. One must guess that twisted, aberrative, psycho sexuality just ain’t funny folks.
Is it any wonder we have a world where disgruntled people are taking the law into their own hands to mete out their own peculiar brands of justice? Is it any wonder we have mere children who see the world through eyes filled with hate? The world needs more hugs. A big old ball of confusion is all we got.
The old adage of live and let live, greet each day and everyone you meet with a smile are dying anachronisms. Get mean and nasty with anyone who thinks or acts differently than you, and keep everyone at arms length, protecting your “space”, is the new status quo.
To be honest, as I look around at the ridiculousness that’s rampant, I’m laughing now more than ever. As the screws are tightened beyond comfortability, I laugh. As unreasonable behavior and irrationality reigns supreme, I laugh. I laugh to keep my sanity in a growing more insane by the second world. I laugh... I laugh to keep from crying.