I know this is going to offend some people. Those people are probably not reading my blog anyway, so here it goes.

The headline says “Chaz Bono: America really needs him on Dancing With the Stars”.

It goes on to quote Bono as saying:

“It’s made me realize I’m really glad I’m doing this, because America really needs to see this. You know, it just kind of shows why it’s important to be on the show, because so little still is known about what it means to be transgender. And there’s so many just completely inaccurate stereotypes and thoughts people have.”

(msn.com, 2011)

Most Americans would just bite this quote and take it or leave it. InfoRodeo is not most Americans, however, so I’m going to ask the question nobody really thinks to ask when given the canned “stereotypes and awareness” speech:

What stereotypes are you talking about, and how are they inaccurate?

“Interesting… If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 yrs. hard labor. If you cross the Afghanistan border illegally, you get shot. Two Americans just got eight years for crossing the Iranian border. If you cross the U. S. border illegally you get a job, a drivers license, food stamps, a place to live, health care, housing & child benefits, education,& a tax free business for 7 yrs…No wonder we are a country in debt. Re-post if you agree”

I was going to write a conspiracy thread about the recent news. Why were we told that this happened a week ago and then told it was last night? Why has his body already been “buried at sea” (especially if his death was barely 12 hours ago)? Why did this happen a few days after Obama suddenly decided to supply his birth certificate? Was this a political stunt for re-election, was the birther diversion to help maintain secrecy about the bin Laden operation? Why are people who just days ago didn’t trust their president’s religion or patriotism suddenly cheering in the streets? Why is a president, so keen on this “religion of peace”, “stop the war” and “blame Bush” stuff, suddenly jump into his opposition’s throne?

As a male who was involved in an abortion, I believe the term “Pro-Choice” is a deceptive misnomer.

This morning a friend posted the following cartoon:

I’m troubled when I look at how quickly the world eats up falsehoods and inconsistencies. I try to stay away from “religion-only” discussions here, but this is a case of liberal groups opposing the word of God and demanding that a religion bend itself to comply with hedonistic and political demands.

A few years ago a woman I knew was driving down the highway a little over the posted speed limit. She was entertaining friends and didn’t realize the car was slowly easing over into the opposite lane. When one of her passengers happened to look up and see the car crossing over the center line, she screamed, causing the driver to jerk the steering wheel quickly the opposite direction.

LDS General Conference was last weekend and I listened to it by internet radio (my location being too remote to hear any regular broadcast). A friend mentioned later “did you hear about President Packer’s talk?” I didn’t know exactly what she was referring to – I had heard most of the speakers but no particular5 thing jumped out at me.

I just saw a comment on a news site where someone was getting snippy about another commenter calling homosexuality a “lifestyle”.

This question will be asked millions, if not billions, of times today.  It has now been nine years since we were attacked by evil.