The Mondays

Here we are, on just another Monday in the United States, 2010. And yes, I guess Office Space is still relevant more than a decade later, largely because not many other decent comedies have come out since then. Here are the reasons, in order, why I can be diagnosed as having "a case of the Mondays."

1) Charice, an 18 year-old Philippian pop sensation who recently snagged a spectacular guest role on that Glee show with all the ridiculous cover songs, has undergone procedures for skin-tightening and botox to appear "fresh-faced" for her 15 minutes of life-altering TV time. And people aren't even really that disturbed by it. Yes, that picture is a current, albeit pre-botox, shot of her and not some sneaky pose-in of her 8 year old sister. Yikes. (via dlisted)

2) Consumerism is pretty much being shoved down our throats at this point as some sort of freaky-deaky solution to the economic recession and most likely the oil spill as well. This Amazon purchase, clearly a standout in your local copy of Skymall, epitomizes the height of American capitalism as I see it. Why pick up that bottle more than once when you can just fill your cup to the brim? I mean, do people actually drink whole bottles of wine (other than lonely yet attractive mid-thirties female FBI agents)? Are there really that many sad people/alcoholics out there? Or is this advertised to the fruity frat, pass-the-goblet around because we're too lame to have a peace pipe party, audience? Either way, I don't know why I don't have one yet. Or which cupboard would be large enough to stuff it in for that matter....(via dlisted) One reviewer says it well: "Why not just drink out of the bottle? :P If you want it aerated, just pour it in a bowl, and use a funnel to pour it back!" Amen.

3) All this stupid Arizona immigration stuff has led to renewed interest in the so-called Minutemen Militia, or civilian white-hick border control. They say they just turn over illegals to the authorities after giving them "water." The guns are apparently for self-protection against drug-slingers. Okay, so I can buy that stuff....from sane people. But when these whiteys proclaim themselves proud members of the National Socialist Movement, whose website is seriously sickening, I'm a little freaked out. I mean, their motto is "Fighting for White Civil Rights." Apparently they're only open to non-Semitic heterosexuals' of European Descent," which makes me a little hazy about my own ability to join. Oh wait, here's part of the application.....

Level of Desired Commitment (circle all that apply):
Active Membership ~ Supportive~Financial Role / Indicate Branch: NSM ($10.00/month) ~ NSM StormTrooper $10.00/month ) ~ NSM Woman’s Division ($10.00/month) ~Skinhead Division ($35.00/year, free NSM Patch) ~ Viking Youth Corps (13-18 years old) ~ ($5.00/month)
As an Aryan Citizen of the United States of America or _______________________ I support a strong free Republic without Jewish influence or control. I recognize the National Socialist Movement, in their efforts to improve the environment and living conditions for all Aryan people. I am in agreement with the goals and principles of the NSM and their aims therein to promote White European values. As a Member of the NSM, I promise to support the NSM and do my part in an effort to advance the Movement and our Race, as a whole. I will actively fight for the National Socialist Movement’s goals and initiatives by my contributions of money donations, materials, service and skills.
I, ___________________________________________, support the goals of the National Socialist Movement for all White European Nations. I pledge not to use any methods that are illegal, in the normal sense of the criminal statute, to attain the goals of the NSM and/or a strong free Nation State. I make this pledge to the NSM, of my own free will, for all White peoples to advance my Race.
I swear that I am not an agent or partisan whatsoever whose ideals are hostile to the NSM.

[vomit face]. The weirdest part is that the people they've been interviewing are loath to be associated with neo-Nazi's. I mean, there's a frickin' swastika in the goddamn logo! Who are they kidding? For me, this really says more about the educational system than anything else. Which brings me to....

4) I've been reading about this nonsense over the last couple of months in a variety of school settings. This one district clearly demonstrates the disgusting discussion that's been going on in some of the Southern states. The conservative school board members have voted to edit parts of the textbook to more fairly represent Republican viewpoints. My favorite edit is the one that takes out Thomas Jefferson as being an important historical figure due to his impact on the "separation of Church and State," clause. I mean, these Americans want to selectively ignore parts of their own Nation's history in order to further their demented, racist beliefs. Booo!
Some of the things that got voted down include:
-efforts to incorporate Latino leaders for the significant Hispanic population of the state.
-an amendment requiring that students study the reasons “the founding fathers protected religious freedom in America by barring the government from promoting or disfavoring any particular religion above all others.”

Things that went through include:
-a plank to ensure that students learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.”
-a change to the teaching of the civil rights movement to ensure that students study the violent philosophy of the Black Panthers in addition to the nonviolent approach of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
-an amendment stressing that Germans and Italians as well as Japanese were interned in the United States during World War II, to counter the idea that the internment of Japanese was motivated by racism.
-They also replaced the word “capitalism” throughout their texts with the “free-enterprise system.”

I can't believe that people like this are the ones accusing non-Whites and Jews of being unAmerican when they are literally trying to rewrite history and promote the indoctrination of the their youth in a way that is contradictory to the founding fundamentals of equal rights and separation of Church and State in the United States. Until we reform our educational system and shake things up a bit, people are going to continue to receive inaccurate information in school and then grow up and shove the same thing down the throats of the next generation. I support mandatory teacher-exchange programs.