Link Me Up, Scotty - Texas Smells of Hypocrisy and Death Edition

Thursday, February 5, 2015
State Representative Dan Riggs (R) of Texas has introduced a Bill that allows teachers to use deadly force. With firearms. In the classroom. Without repercussion. No, I'm not making that up. To my abject horror. H/T Nathan
______________

Ah, science, how I love the way you take unsubstantiated, anecdotal evidence and knock it on its ass. Political correctness isn't some mamby-pamby liberal conspiracy, or even just rules for being polite. It's a way for people to communicate in a non-threatening environment, a cornerstone of high functioning teams. Please note that the very best high performance teams are also the most diverse teams. Coincidence? I think not.
______________

A Christian whackadoodle at the Texas Muslim Capital Day disrupted activities by grabbing the microphone, shouting insulting and bigoted comments, and insisting that Texas will always follow Christ. Or something - I stopped listening after the "false prophet Mohammed" part. Seriously, people - the 1st Amendment, the selfsame Amendment that guarantees your right to be an ass in public, is very clear on this topic. America (and by definition, Texas) is not a "Christian Nation." In fact, it's strictly prohibited, for everyone's sake. Please return to high school civics for a refresher. H/T Chris
______________

I spend an inordinate amount of time in meetings. In person meetings. Phone meetings (also known as the dreaded "conference call"). Meetings to plan meetings. It's gotten so bad that I now block out time on my calendar each day with the word "engineering" in the subject line so I have time to do the work for which I'm actually paid. Which is why this article on the prevalence of badly run meetings hit a chord with me. I don't mind attending productive, well run meetings. I have a project manager on several of my accounts who has elevated running a meeting to an art form, and her calls usually get done early. Too bad the rest of my meeting organizers lack a similar skill.
______________

And another gem from the Texas Muslim Capital Day. State Representative Molly White (R) stated:
I did leave an Israeli flag on the reception desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws. We will see how long they stay in my office.
I assume, then, that every Christian who visits her office is also required to renounce Christian terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to the U.S.? Especially those right-wing, Christian insurrectionist asshats who advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government? No? Doesn't that make you a gigantic raging, bigoted hypocrite? Yes. Yes, it does. H/T Natalie
_______________

And let's celebrate mid week with a video that made me happy, since I've been foaming at the mouth since Friday. Here's Bassm Tariq speaking about the beauty and diversity of Muslim life.


1 comments:

Phiala said...

I was browsing lab glassware for party accessories, and discovered that if you live in Texas it's illegal to buy lab glassware without a permit.

Because OF COURSE the only thing you could possibly be doing with lab glassware is cooking meth.