LOGIC!

Just one thing really quick before I begin today's real Ramblings....

When making a microwave meal, does anybody actually let whatever it is stand in the microwave for 1 minute after cooking? I pretty much never do that...and nothing has ever been wrong with my food. I feel like that direction is as pointless as "lather, rinse, repeat as needed."

Now, back to you Jessica...

I cannot understand how anyone can go around and complain about how stupid liberals are (warning: post rated R: contains violent dictionary definitions). Does this sound like the description of a stupid person?

liberal adj.:
(1) Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.

(2) Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.

Someone who is not a bigot?!? How moronic!
Open to ideas for progress?!? Are you serious? Worst idea EVER!
Tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others?!? Oh come on! Amoebas are smarter than that!

Right.

From my point of view, most liberal ideas are the opposite of stupid (*"Sesame Street" moment* Elmo: "And what, children, is the opposite of stupid?" Group of politically correct, racially mixed kids: "SMART!!! Yeah!!!!" Elmo: "That's right!! Yeah!!! Now, tickle me!!!" *change the channel*). In fact, I would venture to say that a lot of the solutions we liberals want for this country are not just smart, but also pretty logical (Logic: the science of the formal principles of reasoning....in Jessica words: the science of it-just-makes-sense). So, I've set up a new liberal campaign for this year's presidential election. As much as I like John Kerry more than Bush, I am not a down-and-out terrorism-afraid American...so his whole "Hope is on the way" crap doesn't do anything for me. I want some change in the basic, duh kind of things that are going wrong around here. So, our new campaign slogan is simple...kind of like Jeb Bush's last gubernatorial campaign slogan in Florida...JEB! (yup, that was really his bumper sticker slogan, and he won...hmmm)...except our slogan is a real word with meaning.

LOGIC!

Here's how it will work:

We need to make health care more affordable. All people who work should be able to take their kids to the doctor without worrying if they will have enough oney to buy food for the next week.
LOGIC!

We need to roll-back that "tax-cuts for the wealthy" thing and actually give tax-cuts to people who need them.
LOGIC!

We need to stop funding nuclear weapons programs and put that money into inner-city schools so those kids can have the same education opportunities as those in richer communities.
LOGIC!

People actually want to put an amendment in the constitution that restricts freedom!! What? There is no good reason, whatsoever, to make gay marriage illegal. It doesn't affect ANYONE except those people who want to get married...so stay out of it and let them be in love!
LOGIC!

We need to take ourselves down from the sky-high pedestal we've put ourselves on and fix our relations with other countries. I don't see how alienating our alies is going to help make us any safer.
LOGIC!

We need to stop firing people in America and sending their jobs overseas. Do I really have to explain myself on this one...it just doesn't make any sense.
LOGIC!

We need to enforce corporations who pollute like mad to clean the hell up.
LOGIC!

Finally, for today...stem-cell research. We've put billions and billions of dollars into medical research, trying to cure diseases like diabetes and debilitating spinal chord injuries. Now we've found a way to fix things.
(say it with me)....
LOGIC!!