Goo-Dee-Bag: Episode 51 "Rabble Rabble"

Episode 51: Rabble Rabble

Tony's Take: Treat Everyone Equally

I think throughout the life of the Goo-Dee-Bag the one thing I have always fought is the concept of Political Correctness, especially when it gets in the way of telling the truth. Of course, I get it that we live in a society where we must hide behind this veil of being Politically Correct regardless of the result in order to prevent being unreasonably hated. Unfortunately, the thing people never catch on to is the fact that as soon as a line is drawn, it is immediately taken advantage of to get away with anything. This is why I was not surprised when I saw that there is a group of lesbian women going to court after assaulting a gay man, and now they are being charged with a hate crime.

Now you may say “Well maybe they are self hating lesbians, and were therefore out there attacking the man because he was gay.” To which point I remind you if that was the case I would not be writing about this here. Apparently the group of women happen to be very open about their homosexuality and did not know the man was gay. They only attacked him after he made “homophobic slurs” towards the women. Naturally, this is not a reason to beat someone half to death in the eyes of the law, but in no way is that a hate crime.

This is where I get to my point of people taking advantage. The man after his beating when speaking to the Police officer stated he believed he was beaten because of his homosexuality. His cited reason being that they were making “homophobic slurs” towards him while they were beating him. Of course reading this you know it was probably them repeating what he said while beating him to remind him of why they were beating him. Of course knowing he could take advantage of his protected status he made sure to tell the police it was because he is gay. I cannot even begin to understand why anyone could believe this is a hate crime knowing the facts of the case. Naturally though, now we have the ACLU coming out saying that it is still a beating driven by homophobia simply because the man is gay. They use the qualifying sentence “Someone who is Jewish can be anti-Semitic.” How can you even begin to say this knowing why they beat the man? They do not hate the fact they are gay, they openly embrace it! Please tell me I am not the only one that finds this to be absolutely ridiculous.

The other issue with being Politically Correct is it is a one-way street. You never hear about a straight man claiming he was attacked by a group of gay men because he was straight (even though I am sure it has happened), you never see a white person in court claiming he was attacked by a black man because he is white. How do I know that? Because it has happened to me. This is what happens when you put certain groups on a pedestal. It in itself is racism, sexism, etc. because what you are doing is now harming unprotected groups in a way to artificially boost others. So let’s try to come to an adult consensus here. Yes, there is such a thing as someone attacking someone because of their gender, sexual orientation, or race. But because it exists, that does not mean every time someone of one of these protected classes is harmed it is because of their status within the protected class. It is time for us as a society to grow up.

But that is just my take…

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Goo-Dee-Bag: Episode 49: "That's Not Racist"

Episode 49: That's Not Racist

Tony's Take: Give Credit Where Credit is Due

Let me make this clear on the outset: I loathe the electric car. I hate everything about them and their retarded brother’s known as hybrid drive vehicles. I have never been able to wrap my head around why environmentalists love those stupid things so much when there are two very apparent facts. 1: Electric cars pull their power from the grid meaning they do have emissions (how many people I have yelled that fact at very red faced) 2: They have less range than a professional bicyclist meaning the electric car is less useful than a contraption you can buy at Wal-Mart for $50. Finally with the stupid little hybrid they are beaten by the fact they get the same gas mileage as a diesel car and they lose their ability to charge relatively quickly rendering them worthless within the decade.

Now here is where I must give my credit. I learned about the Fisker. It uses the same principle as a Diesel locomotive in that the combustion engine on board is used only as a generator of electricity for the electric motor. I must say: this is Genius. You can actually claim very low emissions with this method a generator uses very little fuel to charge the batteries. On top of that the Fisker can accelerate pretty quickly (unfortunately lacking a high top speed). Other than the fact it panders to the very environmentalists I want to beat the hell out of, I have no complaints about it.

Unfortunately, I must break my own rule of “be consistent” because I am reminded the Chevrolet Volt uses the same technology, and I HATE the Chevy Volt. Now to be honest it does have to do with more factors other than the fact that it has looks only a mother could love, and it is slower than my obese dog. Now the major problems start to arise Most importantly Chevrolet is a subsidiary of Government…I mean…General Motors, a company that received at Multi-Billion Dollar Bailout, has just posted a massive profit for the year and is yet to give me, or any other American our $158.24 each. Now they are making a car no one wants and happened to shove advertisements on during the super bowl (thus wasting more of my $158.24 I am owed). At least they had the decency to sneak in the phrase “It is what America had to build.”

But then Again… Fisker also received a loan from the Federal Government towards their Green initiative. The Initiative funded other companies like Solyndra who is currently under investigation for Fraud after they closed shop almost immediately after receiving their loan (and never paying it back). This reminds me why I hate these Eco companies who try to shove a product on the market no one wants. At least I can regain my consistency by saying until I am paid my $159.93 (GM and Fisker’s Money Combined) back, there is nothing to like about these cars.

I must reiterate though: the technological idea is still awesome despite the fact I do not know if I can ever give up my internal combustion powered car.

But that is just my take…

Goo-Dee-Bag: Episode 48 "Tony Knows Best"

Episode 48: Tony Knows Best

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Episode 47: Someone's Playing Hooky