Epic Facebook thread.

To cut to the nub of it all, a friend of mine who is a local broadcaster put a little tidbit on his Facebook page and set off a firestorm of stupid. Not his doing, but the thread spiraled out of control to over 60 posts.

He put up a harmless observation: “To celebrate ‘Earth Day’ tomorrow, I’ve a desire to rent a gas guzzling SUV, and rejoice in climate change, (aka global warming).”

Not that he was going to do so, but merely a desire. It’s cold today. About 20 degrees colder than normal. And it has been for a long time. We need some global warming here. Many would call it “Spring” or something similar. We’re all sick of winter and the never ending winter storm warnings that the National Weather Service keeps popping off.

One poster evidently thought that my friend was out of line because his profile photo today (he changes the picture more often than most of us brush our teeth – dentists included) was of Jesus holding a small child.

It seems, according to Mr. Facebook profile and etiquette man-in-charge-and-don’t-you-dare-argue-I’ve-got-the-armband (evidently a self-appointed position), that you cannot mock earth worship if you identify yourself with Jesus. Because it’s arguing a political cause that’s scientifically proven – or something.

He was all over the place (the upset reader) with his venom and then he started calling out other comment makers demanding that they confess to their pastor that they had – well, he needed to vent is all I could deduce. He did call me “troll boy” and I was kind of honored with that accolade. It’s part of my theory that anyone that far out that finds you disgusting is paying you a compliment. It’s rather like finding out that you’ve earned the enmity of Hitler and Stalin on the same topic: IT’S A WIN’1!!1

So, I’m going to check the thread now and again and laugh some more. The offended one said he WAS DONE about 20 posts before he quit posting. People got tired of taunting him is what happened. I imagine he’s waiting for a “really good one” to come along and then he’ll jump back in. Should be classic.

Tomorrow? I’m going to celebrate by taking myself out for a large helping of bacon and firing my semi-automatic black gun. I will drive my S.U.V. to get there. And then I just might drive by the stand of pine trees that I helped plant as a teenager. They were seedlings in 1976. They’re as tall as the sky today. I tend to take a longer view on these things. I don’t remember “the little ice age” but I know that it’s an historical fact. Climate change has been around as long as climates. Constantly changing. It’s pretty arrogant to blame man for the most recent cycle of change. But that’s a blog for another day.

How will you celebrate earth day? Any pagan rituals on the agenda for this pagan holiday? Or will you perhaps conform to the Biblical ideals of stewardship and do a bit of herding and planting. One poster said he’d burn a tire to celebrate. Depending on how cold it is, I might join him just to warm my hands. (Upwind, of course. Those things stink when they burn.)

No matter what you plan, have a blessed day. And try to be civil on Facebook. Fact is, not much of anyone cares what you say when it’s a vicious rant about other people’s faith and their mother’s sexual proclivities.

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It’s going to snow again.

For those of you outside of Minnesota it is rumored that we have only two seasons: Winter and road construction. That appears to be a distinct possibility this year.

The most recent weather forecast on television tonight talked about snow on Monday.

That started me to thinking. But the Foreign Legion has an amazing set of requirements and I’m past that mark (wouldn’t want to embarrass any of “the kids.”)

I guess I’ll just have to ride it out here.

In the meantime, another silly video with no purpose but to entertain. (*Before you complain, just be glad that it isn’t the ukulele cover of “I Think I Love You.”

Without further ado, here’s Tragedy with “Stayin’ Alive”:

And, just for the Bee Gees fans in the audience, here’s a real Bee Gees video:

I never got to see them in person, but they surely influenced my life in music. I started liking them in the early days, long before disco. I saw a magnificent act in Las Vegas at the Excalibur called “The Australian Bee Gees.” It made me sad to watch them, knowing that it was as close as I’d ever get to the originals.

What act did you miss out on that you wish you hadn’t? What band will you go and see to avoid that sorrow?

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This required bacon and firearms.

Today’s shoveling extravaganza put me in a really joyous mood. It was my solemn vow after the last major snowstorm in March that I wouldn’t shovel or snow blow again this year.

I lied. I had to remove this slop as it was the consistency of a Slurpee and about 4 inches thick on my sidewalk and 12 inches on the edge of my driveway where the plow deposited the mess.

Donning my lovely ensemble of blaze orange and camo snow suit and setting my MP3 player to full volume I headed out to do battle. I’d run the stupid snow blower down to the bottom of the tank last time anticipating spring weather. So I emptied the last of the gas can into the tank and headed out.

Two hours later I was closing in on the home stretch. Literally less than 50 feet to go when the buzzard ran out of fuel. No more gas in the garage. I had to drive to the station and buy $5 worth of go-juice just to get the stupid thing back in the garage. (My snow thrower is an industrial size one and wheeling it around the block to get it into the garage is not an option. Must have gas.)

Having twisted my knee while all this fun was going on didn’t add to my joy level.

Only two things could have squared away my attitude – bacon and guns. Since I was out of bacon I went and bought a gun.

I feel much better now. I will have the bacon tomorrow. Thus a perfect end to the week.

Seriously, the list of stupid is running off the page.

I’ve been watching the media babble on and off all day about Boston. Here are some observations that I simply must share:

Terrorists attending the same high school as Ben Affleck does not mean anything except Ben Affleck went to the same high school. I’d be willing to bet that in the past 20 years more convicted felons have graduated from the school than Hollywood stars – not that the categories are mutually exclusive.

The terrorists have won. They’ve tied up and shut down one of the largest cities in the United States. People are cowering behind their doors. I think this may be the dictionary definition of a successful terrorist action.

The press has decided that these two murderers couldn’t have done this on their own, too young. Really. Never heard of 18 through 26 year old males with experience blowing stuff up or using weapons in their lives… This is why people who never went through basic training shouldn’t be allowed on the air covering anything except floral shows.

Everyone on their tip-toes making sure they don’t say “Muslim” or “Islam” or “Jihad” in regard to this story. Again, let’s look for Norwegians. And Lutherans. And …

Scum reporters on live shots giving away the sniper positions on the nearby roof tops as the cops are deploying and getting ready to act. Thanks! Terrorists never turn on NBC so were not going to be giving anything away.

No terrorist attacks here since 9-11-2001. Really. I somehow missed that memo, as I remember Fort Hood, Times Square, Detroit (airline bomber), Chicago – well, actually the list is pretty long. But when you’re shining the apple for teacher you ignore the ugly facts and talk about how great our security system is. Fact is, almost all of the attacks that have been foiled have been foiled by citizens stopping the act.

“How could such nice kids have been radicalized?” I can’t even begin to mock this to the appropriate level. Dad was just on the television saying his sons had been framed. Maybe there’s a family ethic at work here.

And the list goes on. I’m turning it off in a bit to go and shave the dog.

It’s called Jihad – and it is a war that is unholy.

Even after 11 years of an “active” Jihad on my homeland I’m amazed at how absolutely, blindingly, appallingly stupid the media is in this country.

I didn’t comment for the first few days after Boston because there was an outside chance that it was a violent Norwegian terror group that had set the bombs. (Sarc) It was pretty likely from the moment the devices went off that it was an Islamic group on Jihad that had detonated the devices.

We, the Christian world, have been at war with Islam since Mohammed and his 9 year old abused child bride wandered onto the scene. It will not end until Christ comes back. It’s that simple.

If you think that this all started with George Bush you’re close. It was actually another president, a guy named Thomas Jefferson, who first recognized our status with regard to the Islamic world.

Does this mean all Muslims are enemies? Nope, far from it. Thankfully most of them are about as observant as the average person who identifies themselves as Christian. They are not an active threat.

But we will be in this state of war until the end of time. These guys in Boston are not an anomaly. The were not “gone awry” or radicalized in some strange way. They lived in a culture that views this kind of violent, savage act as acceptable.

So for the rest of today spend a little time away from the media reading about Jihad on the internet. Just because we’re out of Iraq and leaving Afghanistan it doesn’t mean this battle is over. Try not to surrender any more of your liberty in hopes that it will “fix” the problem. It won’t. This war isn’t winding down. It’s just warming up.

Finally, my condolences and prayers to all who were injured or lost their lives this week in the Boston area. Stay strong, Boston. You are warriors and I’m counting on you to see this through. And to the Boston Police – take no chances, wipe out the vermin if confronted.