the Song Remains the Same

The Right is right:  men in dresses are a threat to children being sexually abused while they also get indoctrinated at the same time. 

Turns out - shock of shocks! - they're not drag queens or trans folk. 

I'm so tired of the church with this shit. And 2000?  You mean, 2000 who have come forward. The actual number is exponentially higher. It has to be. 

But the abuse by religion is nothing new. The ignoring of it by political institutions is nothing new either.   ......until lately. 

The Right's inability to sate their appetite for tales of trans people and drag queens for some cheap, but seemingly effective political points is mind boggling. That they overlook actual fucking abuse - doing absolutely nothing! - because religion and religious leaders are A). Big Business.  B). the Endorsement the need to get. 

....and B, is really #1. 

And the ignoring isn't a Right thing. Let's see what Pappy Joe - a Catholic - has to say. You'll have to lean in really close to hear - but no worries, I'll tell you:   what you'll hear is nothing. 

The only difference between the Right and Left on this are the Drag Queens and Trans people. Oh, I don't thing the dems are much more progressive on either of those groups of folk, but they just keep their pie hole closed. 

In theory, if the Right (or Left) truly cared about 'pro life' {snicker} they'd care about this issue. But they care about this about as much as they do school shootings. 

No.  No.  Wait. They care less about this, because there are no guns to protect. 

The GOP is pro-birth. They are not pro-life.  The church is pro-boy cherry.  You know something - call it what it is. Say 'boy cherry' and watch heads spin more than Linda Blair in a Georgetown brownstone. 

But fuck you media - let's stop calling it abuse:  IT. IS. RAPE. 

Media skirted that word for Jeffrey Epstein and they do it for the church. And gymnastics doctors. And teachers. And coaches. Consent or not, anyone underage........RAPE.  It is kind of the law.  I mean, not in Alabama, but.........

So, yes, big sprawling headline that will disappear in a few hours along with the story itself. Even if it didn't the lack of comment from the Left or Right will hasten the death of the story.  Yet the problem remains.

Song by: Led Zeppelin

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

Lord.  I can't believe I even have to write about this in 2023. But it's more like 1953......but more conservative. 

If you've read me over the years, you know 'drag' is not my thing. Doing it (full disclosure: did it once at halloween), going to it, or watching it on tv. 

I have absolutely nothing against it or those who do it. It's just not my thing. 

Guess what?  It goes on all the time and hasn't affected me slightly even once. And it hasn't affected you once. Or anyone else. 

I'd tell the folks in Tennessee to 'suck my dick', and I did have to think about it for a second - but I'm good, as I don't recall anyone in that state doing that to me. 

Yet. 

You've seen the memes - Shakespeare, Geraldine, Bob Hope, Tony Curtis, Patrick Swayze, Julie Andrews, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Gleason - all wearing women's clothing.  HILARIOUS.  And those folks in Tennessee paid to see all of it. 

You've seen the memes - men in powdered wigs, priests, popes, all wearing dresses, fancy shoes and headdresses bigger than anything Carmen Miranda could dream up. 

Mind you, Gleason, who was roasted by Family Guy, who threatened, on a weekly basis, to send his wife "to the moon".   Lois responds - and correctly - "Okay, you're threatening to punch me so hard, I'm gonna fly to the moon? Like ... like it's funny to hit me so violently, my body will fly out of the atmosphere."

Domestic abuse is hilarious, and probably prevalent in the volunteer state. So is drag. 

Have you ever been on the General Jackson - the paddle wheel boat that goes through whatever river runs through Nashville?  The entertainment for the corporate events that are on stuck on that boat?  Cher. Dolly. Reba. Barbara (Streisand, not Mandell).   ......and all dudes. 

You just know these fucking Tennessee housewives watch and love Rupaul's Drag Race. 

Having drag queens read to kids is like abortion.  If you don't want to go or to have one - don't. Don't go. Easy Peasy. The people who are taking their kids are not the ones banning this shit. You're stopping something in which they're not even participating. 

Of course, it's Tennessee. Maybe they're envious that Brad dons a red wig, a bra full of bird seed, a lot of duct tape and fake ass Louboutins can read.  .....and they're lucky if they can still wash their back with a rag on a stick. 

It's fucked up - and predictable. The not so slow erosion of LBGTQ rights. 

Put on a white sheet (i.e. dress) and a hood, and you can still legally gather in Tennessee. Just make sure it's not 300 thread count Egyptian cotton................they might think you're gay. 

I'm not sure how this doesn't violate the First Amendment of speech and expression. They can say the Founding Fathers didn't mean drag queens..........and they didn't because they didn't envision them. Just as they didn't envision AR-15s. 

I guess we will get to see what SCOTUS says. You know the one where one-third are BLOTUS picks.  FML. 

I fucking hate this place. 

Song by: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers