OK, got that out of my system

Yes, I typed them an e-mail. This is what I told those morons:

I have been hearing reports from good friends that your group planned a protest at a funeral in Brockway, PA, on Monday. Having said that, expect me to unleash an intelligently controlled fury the likes of which you have never seen before.

You fucktards! How dare you even consider protesting at any funeral, let alone one that killed so many INCLUDING children as young as four months old? A funeral is a time for a family and community to grieve, not for you asshats to make a political statament! How would any member of your church feel if, God forbid, they were faced with burying nine members of their family and a friend all at once, and having somebody like yourselves protest at the funeral? Of course this point will go completely over your heads, so I will type it with caps lock: HOW WOULD ANY MEMBER OF YOUR CHURCH FEEL IF, GOD FORBID, THEY WERE FACED WITH BURYINH NINE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY AND A FRIEND ALL AT ONCE, AND HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE YOURSELVES PROTEST AT THE FUNERAL? Hopefully my point just got made.

Hang on, I'm not finished! I know right now you are going to type up something as this is God's punishment for the wickedness of America, particularly homosexuality. Newsflash dickheads: homosexuals can also be God-fearing people. I know of a few. Jesus teaches that you are to love your neighbor, correct? Well, I love all my neighbors, no matter what they believe. I myself am heterosexual FYI. I have friends who are homosexual, but I treat them no different than my heterosexual friends. They are humans created by God, as we are all created in His Divine Image, correct?

Also, for the record your group is pretty much the laughingstock of the world. People at least have some respect for politicians and terrorists when they make fun of them on TV. So here's a great idea: start re-reading your Bibles, in particular the parts where Jesus says to "Love Thy Neighbor" and the part where it is said that we are all "created in God's own image" and then contact me when you have some sense of sanity. And yes, I do agree there are parts in there that call homosexuality a sin, but I only go by the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Christ on that, and NOWHERE did I see any mention of that. Oh sure there's a part about adultery, but homosexuality isn't adultery. (And for the record, I consider myself Baptist and am converting to Catholicism. Chew on THAT one dipshits.)

Now, I must go and do more important things than waste 10 minutes typing up an e-mail to a bunch of buffoons who simply won't get any point that I made in this e-mail.

OK... now I'm pissed

Here's the deal: last week, there was a fire in Brockway, PA, that killed ten people. A friend of mine was practically related to them; not by blood, but that's how close she was with them that she considered the children her nieces and nephews. It was an incredibly terrible tragedy, one that touched those around me, and brought me to tears.

On Monday I was at work. I'm glad I was. I heard people from the Westboro Baptist Church were in the area. Now, for those who have no earthly idea who these people are, they go around protesting at funerals, saying that the victims of such terrible tragedies DESERVED to die as punishment by God against the wicked ways of this country. How utterly ridiculous! I think one of these people goes on Hannity and Colmes and is the only person in this world able to piss off Hannity! But anyhow, word got to me and several of my co-workers, and I came very close to clocking out and driving on what little gas I had in my tank to Brockway and do this country a favor and knock each and every single one of those assholes in the mouth! This was a terrible tragedy that affected not only the family, not only the borough of Brockway, but this entire region. We are all getting over our grief and moving on. And yet, there are fucktards in this world who want to use this tragedy to make a political statement. Yes, I know they have a right to say what they want thanks to the First Amendment, but in this case I'd volunteer them to be the first people in this country's history stripped of their privilege, as they prove utterly inept to practice it properly.

As for me, I'm writing them a letter. I am using a throwaway addy in order to get my point across.

Traveling rant

I have to vent:

How damn hard is it to rent one lousy car for two days? So I'm going to see my father for Christmas, and he had the idea that I should rent a car. No problem, since I am landing late in the evening, and wouldn't want to be totally dependent on driving my dad or grandma's car. Should be no problem, since booking the flight wasn't a hassle.

But oh no, rental agencies have several lines of fine print.

The first hurdle came when I found that all major rental agencies require a major credit card in order to even rent, though debit card is fine to pay with, except for Budget. (I refuse to get a credit card, since the rest of civilization doesn't seem to care what type of plastic you use, as long as they get money.) So, I reserved a car through them, after carefully studying every line of fine print on their website. Then I got a nice little e-mail that had MORE fine print, such as a minimum $300 hold on all debit card transactions (even if one is renting an economy car) IF the rental agency accepts debit AND it would take up to two WEEKS to process a credit back onto the card. That is something I simply can't afford to do! I can afford the $130 it would take to rent a car, no strings attached, but not more than double that amount! I have more important things in life to be spending $300 on, such as 3/4ths of my rent! Looking furiously on other websites, it didn't get much better.

I guess maybe 20 years ago it was different. But a few bad seeds had to screw people over and spoil it for the rest of us honest people. But I will say this: next time I take a trip anywhere, unless it is overseas, I am driving my car to and from. That is the most reliable way for me to get from point A to point B without any damn hurdles. And in the meantime... somebody at a website I frequent posted this, so I'm borrowing it.

But anyhow, car rental agencies can........