Erick Erickson, is a douche

In the event that you’re merely familiar with the sound of the name itself and not the differentiation in spelling…I don’t mean this one; in my opinion he actually contributed to society. I mean this one. Besides generally disagreeing with his conservative mental filter that spits out opinions that make me want to poke my own eyes out with a fork (eg. global warming is a fairy tale, it’s not okay to dissent against the Pope because good God-fearin’ Christians should hate them gays, eliminating co-payments for mammograms and pap smears is bad, and my personal favorite… feminists hate Pam Tebow and are all pro-abortion because they’re offended that a pro-life commercial (sponsored by an anti-choice, anti-gay organization) was allowed during Superbowl, To provide just a few examples.

I am capable of respecting someone despite whatever disagreement I may have with their opinions/views, etc. Erick Erickson appears to be an intelligent person, I’ve read his blog which contains his political views and he relays them in a well-formed way. I didn’t dislike him; until I read these ‘tweets’ in response to the Focus On The Families (note that I did not specify it as the “Pam Tebow” or “Tim Tebow”) ad for Superbowl:

that’s it?!?! That’s what the feminazis were enraged over? Seriously?!? Wow. That’s what being too ugly to get a date does to your brain 3:45 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Thus ends the credibility of all pro-abortion groups. Thanks Mrs. Tebow for that. Ugly feminists return to their kitchens. #RSRH

That’s not smog in Miami. It’s bras burning from the sheer stupidity of the pro-abortion crowd’s reaction to the Tebow ad. #rsrh

Next the feminist groups will lash out at all the commercials praising manly men. They’ll trot out Lorena Bobbit to spade/neuter your man. 5:13 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

I have big fat zero respect for someone that resorts to this kind of primitive and obtuse method of responding to what someone else believes. Put simply, it makes someone sound like an absolute idiot regardless of how edited and polished they might come across in a blog.

I had read a pretty significant selection of varying articles, blogs, etc. about the whole F on the F ad drama prior to actually watching the ad. I did the same after watching the ad. Not one single thing I read decried either of the two actually involved in the ad for anything. In fact much of what I read had nothing to do with Pam Tebow at all; the “feminists” that even mentioned her specifically, applauded her for exercising her choice that was made despite medical opinion, about her own body and pregnancy (even though she’s a spokesperson for an organization that would love to take that very same choice away from women).

Via twitter Erickson simply demonstrated (in the most blockhead and imbecilic way possible) his ignorant inability to recognize the ad for what it actually was. A manipulative and duplicitous conduit (because it was portrayed in a very easy-to-swallow pill for all those watching the ‘big game’) to say the following:

• We are against abortion
• If you are a woman and you choose an abortion you are weak (you are not “tough”) regardless of the reason(s) why you might choose it
• We were privileged for various reasons and the choice to have a baby worked out for us…therefore new life is a miracle and you should make it work for you despite whatever you might be struggling with and despite the circumstances that found you with new life

The ad in the way it was done was actually more ‘offensive’ to anyone than it might have been had the Tebows just been scripted to come out and say, “we’re against abortion”. That’s honestly beautiful…their story that began with a seemingly sad beginning and was probably very harrowing, has a happy ending and it’s a wonderful thing to share. But how easy is it to put that in a package that people want to open to serve F on the F’s agenda? Pretty easy.

I’ve been to the F on the F website and watched their videos of people’s stories and “miraculous” endings.

I’d respect the organization a whole lot more if they had a video about a woman that was raped and ended up pregnant and turned it into a “miracle” by having a baby. Or maybe if they had a video about a teenager that ended up pregnant that didn’t have such a supportive family that thought babies are a “miracle”. At the very least depict it realistically, because unintended pregnancies are not always the result of “misguided” teens that have loving, caring families to help make it a happy ending. And it’s not always a happy ending for women.  

I 100% support another person’s right to have a different belief. But I have a lot more respect for it when it’s 1. realistic, and 2. not given in a way that disregards (see Focus on the Family) some and belittles (see Erickson) others.

Long story short…Erickson, you are a douche.

The Secret

A client told me about this; they watched it in a therapeutic type setting elsewhere than my agency. I was intrigued therefore I netflixed it.

This is something I can put my mind around. Probably I would not have been able to had I been presented with it at some prior time. Incidentally enough though people who care about me have been touting similar ideas for some time now.

When one focuses on the negative, or ‘what keeps happening that I don’t want to happen anymore’, one is putting that energy out into the universe. For instance if I am in debt and I continue to focus on how in debt I am that is the energy that I am releasing. It is negative and more debt is what I will get. If instead, I focus on the manifestation of being out of debt, which is prosperity then prosperity is what I will eventually get.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought (Buddha)

Essentially if we are: in debt, unhappy in relationships, unhappy with our job, or unsatisfied with our financial situation, we are more likely to focus on that, even in trying to come up with a solution to the problem. By focusing on the problem though, the energy we put out is likely to be negative.

If, instead, we focus on the solution which would be: a satisfying loving relationship, a more satisfying job, or a more prosperous financial situation then the energy that we put out, based on what we are visualizing, will be positive.

It’s the law of attraction, we attract what we put out. I get that; it makes sense, and if I had the energy at this late hour I would come up with personal experiences to back it up.

In short, as silly as it might sound, after watching that movie I realize that what so many people have been telling me, and what I have experienced, is possibly true. If I focus on the negative I am more likely to draw the negative to me; if I focus on the positive I am more likely to draw the positive to me.

What we want and what we focus on, is what we attract. It might actually be that simple.

I heart quantum physics.  

If it were up to me

Everyone would be required to watch What The Bleep Do We Know.

There is no such thing as good or bad; we make things good or bad (I already knew that).

Most of us trap ourselves into an existence believing that there is no other…when actually there are millions of possible existences.

Everything we don’t want to know keeps us trapped where we are.

I’m going to start creating my own day/life/emotions rather than allowing other things to create them for me.

Quantum physics rules. :)

St. Patrick’s Day Used to be Blue

  It’s almost funny that most everything gets turned into a drinking holiday. Tonight will be marked by hordes of people bar hopping and pinching each other (I have already resigned myself to the fact that if anyone I come into contact with today pinches me for not wearing green I’m going to have to punch them in the face). Most probably won’t have a single clue as to what, exactly, they’re celebrating by drinking beer with food coloring additive. I’m choosing not to be out driving around with the drunks this evening. I’d like to continue living, thanks.

Originally:

Traditionally, the holiday has been a time for spiritual renewal and family gatherings.

How spiritual of us to hang out in bars on this holiday.

In the United States, it’s customary to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. But in Ireland the color was long considered to be unlucky…Irish folklore holds that green is the favorite color of the Good People (the proper name for faeries). They are likely to steal people, especially children, who wear too much of the color.

Funnily enough, St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint wasn’t even born in Ireland:

St. Patrick’s Day marks the Roman Catholic feast day for Ireland’s patron saint, who died in the 5th century. St. Patrick (Patricius in Latin) was not born in Ireland, but in Britain.

Also, in essence we are celebrating with yet another holiday, someone whose partial life mission it was to impose their religion on others:

Patrick was quite successful at winning converts which upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.

It’s a fascinating side note that we continue to use our holidays to celebrate people in history that made it common practice to stamp out other religions (inadvertently or on purpose) by coercing others to join their own.

So Happy St. Patrick’s day…I’m celebrating by getting a good chuckle from imagining a bunch of drunk boobs running around pinching strangers and stealing green children, all the while putting their secret plan of converting everyone into christians into full effect.

 

**Thursday 13** #2

In honor of one of the things I love most in the world:

**13** Books Currently On My Shelf That You Also Should Read (in no particular order)

1. Cesar’s Way (Cesar Millan) It’s no joke, he really is a dog expert. This was most helpful for me in regards to control issues between Sadie and I. She thinks she’s in control of me, and I think I’m in control of her. We won’t explore how successful I’ve been in implementing his helpful truths about dogs.

2. How Can I Help (Ram Dass & Paul Gordon) About how to better be successful in our service towards others, whether in personal affairs or professional. And I quote:

It is to ourselves, then, that we must first look in our effort to see what limits the spontaneous expression of helping instincts. How does who we think we are affect what we have to give? How does this "delusion of consciousness" which "separates us from the rest", narrow the range of our compassion? What different understanding of our being might nourish and deepen what we have to offer one another? (p. 21)

3.Delta of Venus (Anais Nin) Because women breaking sexual rules is definitely sexy. And I quote:

In numerous passages I was intuitively using a woman’s language, seeing sexual experience from a woman’s point of view. I finally decided to release the erotica for publication because it shows the beginning efforts of a woman in a world that had been the domain of men. (p. xvi)

4. Barbie Unbound (Sarah Strohmeyer-photos by Geoff Hansen) Containing some of my favorites being safe sex Barbie, Pro-life Barbie vs. Pro-Choice Midge and P.C. Barbie Goes To The Co-Op.

5. When God Was A Woman (Merlin Stone) I think the title says it all.

6. All About Me (Me) Of course, the only way you could read my copy is by getting past me first. It’s one of those supreme ‘meme’ books. It was mostly completed by me in 2000. Example: Someone who should never speak at your funeral: Kevin P_____. Funny…this remains true 7 years later.

7. Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them (Al Franken) I heart Al Franken. Seriously.

8. The Bust Guide To The New Girl Order From the editors of BUST Magazine, stories about men, women, sex, rights, feminist stuff and media stuff. I may just reread it.

9. How To Be A Help Instead of A Nuisance (Karen Kissel Wegela) There are a ton of people who should read this, really. How to listen, support and be present without being irritating.

10. On The Rez (Ian Frazier) A personal account of what’s left of Indians and the stories they walked here from.

11. Miss Manner’s Guide To Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (Judith Martin) One of my favorite parts:

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I introduce people who are living together but not married without embarrassing them or offending my other guests?

GENTLE READER: What type of entertainment do you give, that everyone’s sexual affiliations must be declared at the door? Introduce people by their names.

12. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) She is one of my absolute, all-time favorite writers.

13. The Toughest Indian In The World (Sherman Alexie) Endearing short stories about Native American people in the everyday…also Sherman Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian!

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