Raghead? Seriously???? WTF??? The "christian" party shows its true colors yet again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl2410

Is there no depths to which the reTHUGlicans will not sink?  What's next?  The "N" word?  Something ugly referring to Hispanic peoples? 

I'd really like to know WHERE these assholes get their sense of entitlement.  Their freewheeling judgement of EVERYONE who is not of their own personal cultural/racial/gender/religious preference astounds me.

The thing that continuously sickens and amaze and horrifies me is their continuous claim to be "God fearing CHRISTIANS."  Yet, lying, name calling, hatred-promoting, scheming, cheating, and all other forms of what I would view as serious sinfulness are all completely OKAY by them! 

In my Bible, "Thou shalt lie thine ass off to smear a rival," is not one of the ten commandments.  And "Blessed art thou when thou dost promote acts of violence against those with whom thy view differs" is amazingly NOT in my Bible's beattitudes either.

My mother would say, "All of them are bad.  The republicans are no different than the democrats."  Yet....I don't see that level of lying and hatred promoting and violence against other human beings stirring bullshit in the democratic party.  If it is in fact happening, I wish someone would show me a link to a (reliable) news source showing it.

I remember way back when Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro were running and George senior referred to her (foolishly within earshot of some guy's video camera) as a "bitch."  Yep.  Another good Christian example in the "family values" party. 

Seriously, I sometimes want to grab a screw driver and just shove it into my eye. I don't want to see this shit any more.

Productivity continues...

Although I didn't get everything I had in mind today done, I did get a significant number of things done.

I finished the potato salad I had started the other day when I discovered that my miracle whip had gone stale.  It is quite delicious.  Then, I made one of the best lasagnas I have ever tasted.  I was a bit creative with it--I had a package of cheddar cheese in the fridge that had been in there for a while--it was still within its "good" date--but I didn't think I would use it before it expired.  Well, I always mix ricota and cottage cheese with a couple of eggs for some of the layers, so I added the cheddar cheese to that.  I chopped up a can of black olives and added that to the sauce.  Yummy yummy.

After that, I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies. 

I containerized half of my goodies for Jim and DeAnn and half for myself.  I like to be able to share my goods with them.  I can't eat all of that stuff up by myself, and it makes me feel good to share.  They are such good friends and do so many things for me that I am just not able to do for myself.  (Like putting my air conditioners in and taking them out each year.)

During my cooking extravaganza, I had to wash three sink-fulls of dishes.  AND I sacked up another big black garbage bag of crap.  I set up my new cd player/radio in the kitchen,  but I did not turn it on.  I've become a big fan of MPR, and I want to be able to listen to it downstairs while I am working. 

I got really hot and sweaty and tired working in the kitchen with the oven on all day.  It really "took the Mickey out of me."  I was able to water my plants, the poor things.  And while I was sitting in the living room trying to cool down, I cut out a couple of dresses for Marley dolls.  I would have cut out a couple more, but my activities attracted the attentions of Tiggy and Stewey.  All possibility of pinning and cutting fabric become extinct after they came to investigate and "help."

Perhaps the heat and sweating had a positive effect on my crappy congestion and dry cough, or perhaps it has just run its course, but instead of the tight wheezy non-productive cough I have had for the last two weeks, I am coughing "wetter" and deeper coughs and actually getting some of the crud out of my lungs.  I will be glad to be done with this crap. 

I came upstairs to watch Medium and fiddle with my computer--but I fell asleep.  Medium was a rerun anyhow.  I woke up enough to write this daily update, since I am trying to restore my habit of writing in my live journal every day. 

I had hoped to sweep and scrub the kitchen today and pay my bills.  Oh, well.  I will have those on my agenda for tomorrow. 

Mom and Kim want to go have pedicures tomorrow, but I just don't want to spend $30 on my toes.  I always wear socks, so it is sort of a waste.  I do enjoy looking at them when I am in bed or in the tub, but it seems silly to spend so much for such a limited bit of enjoyment.  I'd rather buy a new ink jet printer for home.

That's about all I have to say for today.  Nothing too exciting happened today.  Thank goodness.  :)