We're Freaking Doomed

Go about 21 minutes in, where the guy goes over the results of the survey that BSA did regarding the membership policy that does not allow gays to be members. The propaganda and indoctrination has worked, the country is going towards tolerance and acceptance of gays. We have lost the moral foundation of this country, because as the survey results show, the older generations are passing away and the younger generations replacing them are more accepting of gays.

Now, I don't care if someone's gay or not, as long as they keep it to themselves. I also don't agree with most discrimination against gays just because of that fact. But there's a big difference in accepting this stuff in general society and accepting it in the Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts is supposed to stand for something, and I don't give a damn what general society is doing, the Boy Scouts should be able to maintain their policies come Hell, high water, or lack of corporate donations.

This month, BSA is going to vote on whether or not to allow gay boys to be Scouts. They are not, for now at least, considering allowing gay men to be Scout leaders.

If this changes, I do not know if my church will continue sponsoring my sons' Troop and Pack. So that's one thing. Will I go to another so that we can continue in Scouting? I might do that as long as there are no gay boys or parents in that other Troop or Pack. But I'm thinking that there will be an alternate Scouting group that will be born from this along the lines of the American Heritage Girls. I may put my boys into that instead.

Taking It Back

I happened to check my job evaluations folder to see if there were any in there from before the job evaluations were all put online. Well, as it turns out I had three evaluations for 1998, 1999, and 2000 in there. You all may recall that I get ticked off every year because I get nothing but the "Successful Contributor" or "3" ranking, and I believed that this ranking was all I ever got. Well, I was incorrect in my recollection. As it turns out, for those three years, I got two "Outstanding / 2" and one "Excellent / 1". So, my record isn't completely sucky, I've just been in a rut since 2001.

This has made me think that perhaps my problem is simply my attitude. The year 2001 is when my house got flooded and since then I have been a different person. I am much less optimistic than I was before that happened, and in the last twelve years have allowed myself to become very bitter about certain things, especially my finances. I am going to have to force myself to find that optimistic young Astro again and bring him to the fore. My pessimism and anger is evident to my children and I don't want them to be pessimistic and angry.

Twitter is for Twits

I've tried to get the hang of Twitter several times, and I just don't get it. People that use it must be on it all the freaking time. If you don't, you'll miss stuff. I keep thinking that it is a fad that will fade away, yet it keeps going.

UPDATE: Heh, the day after I posted this, someone hacked into the AP's Twitter account and put out a false tweet about an attack on the White House. The media picked up on that, and the stock market dived for several minutes until people realized what had happened, and that there was no attack. Twits indeed.

Abuse of Power

This is bullcrap.  I hope he sues that cop and takes him to the cleaners.

What law did he break? What was he doing wrong?

Moral of the story: avoid any involvement with the police at all costs. You cannot trust them. You must assume that they ALL consider you the enemy and will treat you accordingly. If you do have to deal with them, comply as possible, give them your drivers license, but keep your mouth shut, except to state that you do not consent.

I recently got pulled over for speeding, and that's what I did. I had to pay $100, but the whole thing went fairly quickly and the officer didn't do anything wrong. But you can bet I am going to make sure that I DO NOT speed any more. Yes, I was speeding, but it's in a part of town where the posted limit is 35 mph on a street built for 45 mph, and he said I was going 44 mph. I hope Arapahoe County enjoys my money.

What a Week

First it's the Boston Marathon bombing, then the fertilizer plant in West, Texas. I must have been listening to Alex Jones for too long, because the marathon bombing has all the earmarks of a false flag, as did the Newtown shooting and Aurora theater shooting last year. To what end? Who benefits? It's not just Obama, it's the thousands of people all throughout our government who want to move towards totalitarianism. They want to disarm the people. They were set back this week by 45 senators, but this will only be temporary.

I hope the West explosion is simply an accident, it seems that it would be. We will find out.

Race Traitor Central

DiversityInc, your home for all things about diversity in society, founded by a white man to disenfranchise all other white men. More comments later on Visconti's "business case for diversity".

Update: I was heartened to see some commenters defending Southron heritage on the DiversityInc article about Brad Paisley and LL Cool J's song "Accidental Racist".  Mr. Smith and his fellow blacks seem to get all caught up in hate against the Confederacy because they aren't taught the full history.  Paisley is far too apologetic about it.  I'm sick of Texas history not being fully taught either; Santa Anna was a tyrant and the Texians weren't the only Mexicans who fought against his rule, they were just the only ones who won.

Best Podcast Ever

Well, not quite, but I'm listening to Nate and Vidad right now, and it's hilarious. I've thought about doing blogtalkradio myself, but I don't know if I could live up to the standard Nate set.

Gay Marriage Decision

You know, I bet the SCOTUS decides in favor of gay marriage. It doesn't matter if I or anyone else agrees with it or not, I think the equal protection argument will win out. And then the gays will rejoice, and go after their next targets: Christian churches, the Boy Scouts, legalization of pedophilia, polygamy, bestiality, etc. There will be no limit to the perversions that people will demand their rights to engage in.

Taunting Me

Yesterday, there was a story of a young minority woman who works as an engineer, and how wonderfully her career has gone so far. I won't link to it because it reveals too much about me, but just suffice it to say that her experience has been the polar opposite of mine. Promotions? Growth assignments? High rankings? All have been given to her, and denied to me every step along the way. The worst part? She talks about how she manages "the Einsteins" of the company. I wonder if she's even qualified to comprehend their work. Most likely a group of white men who have had her imposed on them rather than allowing one of them to be the manager.

Astro For Senate

Yeah right, I would never win the Republican primary.  But just imagine for a minute.  Instead of passing new laws for everything, here's my plan:

• Conduct an audit of all federal laws.
• Repeal all those laws that are stupid or meaningless.
• Start cutting out parts of the federal government that are not constitutional.
• Repeal the charter of the Federal Reserve, returning control of the currency to the Congress and Treasury.
• Work to restore the separation of powers by taking stuff away from the executive branch.

And that would just be a start.  I'd probably have Senators Paul and Cruz behind me at least.

Astro's Mideast Solution

No separate Palestinian state.  Israel keeps the Golan Heights and West Bank, gives Gaza to Egypt, and the Palestinians become either Egyptians or Israelis.  If they don't like Israel, then work with Jordan to move them into Jordan.  That's it.

Screw the whole lot of them.  Yes, the Jews moved there en masse after WWII and displaced the Palestinians.  That really sucked for them.  It also sucked for the Jews that a whole bunch of them got slaughtered by the Nazis.  But there were plenty of Arabs inside the Israeli lines when they created the state of Israel who became Israelis, and those outside the lines became the "Palestinians".  The other Arab states don't give a crap about those people or else they would have just taken them in as Syrians, Jordanians, or Egyptians.  The Jews ain't going anywhere.

Elections Have Consequences

And in Colorado, that means gay civil unions and no gun rights. So at least the gays won't be shooting anyone with more than 15 bullets at a time.

I'd like to think that this means that the state GOP should end up winning a bunch of races in the next couple of years, but I doubt it.

UPDATE:
And now, you can commit adultery here!  It's a great day.

Bill Repealing Adultery Officially Signed Into Law

Oh, and there's supposedly a big move on to put a repeal of the "high capacity magazine" law on the November ballot.  I hope they do it, and it will probably pass, because it's a really stupid, unenforceable law.

Is There a Draft in Here?

Just shaved off my beard this morning.  Weird feeling.  I'm thinking of keeping it off for a while just to try it out.  Just about the whole thing has turned gray, so shaving sure makes me look younger.  The deciding factor will be what Mrs. Astro thinks.

Dear Ken Ham

The more I hear you talk, the more I read of your young earth creationism, the more I have to deal with your fellow travelers...

The more you make me feel like becoming an agnostic.

God must have blessed you with the densest skull in all of Creation.

It had better be a blizzard

Was supposed to go camping with my older son's troop, but decided against it because of blizzard conditions tomorrow. The troop is still going. There will be other campouts.