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let's all play...The Political Correctness Game!!!

As you can tell, the Fox Network thing has become a major stone in my craw. I'd be pissed anyway, but the fact that it's Charlie Chan gives it some special meaning. Before I get into the game, let me tell you why...
When Mrs. Sad Old Goth and I first got married, we were pretty much dirt poor. We didn't have the brass in pocket to go out and have fun on the weekends, so when we went food shopping every Saturday, we bought a Tree Tavern Brand frozen pizza, maybe some tomatoes and some sliced pepperoni and a six pack of beer. At eleven thirty every Saturday night we would heat up the pizza and whatever toppings we could afford, grab the beer and climb into bed. We would chow down on the pizza and the beer, cuddle up and watch the Saturday night Charlie Chan movie on channel 48 out of Philadelphia. It was something really special. So, you can see why this really hit me in the balls. Anyway, on to the game...
I would like you all to send me a movie or many movies, if you want, that you fear will succumb to the same tom-foolery as poor old Charlie, along with what group or groups might find them offensive and why. And friends, let's not be too serious here, let's have some fun! I will gather all the entries and post them on the old blog here. Maybe even put them in an email and spam some of these asshole groups that are trying to impose their slanted will on us all. Come on, kids, it will be fun! Here's one to get the ball rolling:

The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson. This one might never see the light of day again! Let's see... it's the story of a Jewish kid who defies his father, a famous Cantor who wants him to follow in his footsteps and goes into show business. But, that's not all! He performs in Vaudville, in Blackface! Holy shit! So, who is going to be offended by this one and why???
1. Children's Rights organizations, for sure. Not only was the kid denied his ambitions, his father actually beat him! No time-out chair for this lad. That's child abuse! Imagine actually disciplining your kid!
2. Every Pro-Jewish organization in the world will have a field day with this one! Here this poor guy has to perform in makup, hiding his ethnic features from everyone!
3. The NAACP. Blackface! Christ, that's cause for an uproar if I ever saw one! Talk about stereotypes!

So, do you get the idea? All ya gotta do is click on the "talk to me" link in the left hand banner and rant away!

why bother..?

I was going to write this long, angry rant to the Fox Network about this Charlie Chan business, but why waste the time and effort? Anyone who evolved in the womb past the brain stem cell stage and hasn't been caught up in this mass hysteria of political correctness, knows what a bunch of simpering, cowtowing and spineless boot-lickers they are... they've gotten line to kiss the ass of the loud-mouthed, self-serving minions of the causes that seek to protect us from any and all forms of unsavory films, music, words, you name it. These "PC" groups are nothing but a bunch of closet Nazi's. At least Herr Hitler and his gang were up front about it. No pandering about with that bunch. Could you see the Brown Shirt's saying, "Gee, if you don't stop selling your goods to Jews, we're not going to buy stuff from your store anymore."?
All Fox Network had to do was tell those braying asses to change the channel if they don't like what they see. They didn't have to fall in line like all the other organizations, businesses, local governments and, yes, even the Federal Government do when confronted by these idiots.
Just one more sorry instance of how the world is going to hell in a hurry.

sidebar to the end of the world...

here’s a little gem that I picked up from Tounge Tied this morning.
Cancelling Chan

Fox Movie Channel has cancelled a planned series of Charlie Chan movie screenings after learning of concerns about their tendency to perpetuate racial stereotypes and offend some viewers, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Among those complaining about the movies, produced in the 1930s, was the Organization of Chinese Americans Inc., which called the films "a painful reminder of Hollywood's racist refusal to hire minorities to play roles that were designated for them."

One of the complaints is that the movies featured a white dude in the leading role of a thickly-accented but brilliant Asian detective.

In a statement posted to its website, the channel said the films "were produced at a time where racial sensitivities were not as they are today" and expressed hope that "this action will evoke discussion about the progress made in our modern, multicultural society."

Can you believe this bull? What next?

this is the way the world ends.
this is the way the world ends.
this is the way the world ends.
not with a bang, but a whimper.

This oft quoted stanza from T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men’ is usually, as I use it here, taken grossly out of context. However, in keeping with my current theme of global doom and gloom, it is appropriately misused. Please forgive me.

The world, as we know it, is spiraling down upon itself from my point of view. Oh, we may yet get a cosmic bitch slap from some god-like entity or we could fall victim to some high and inside space rock bean ball, and folks, if that happens, there ain’t no free trot to first base. The inning’s over. Game called on account of nuclear winter. Yeah, either one could happen, but I think we’re going to quietly and complacently kill ourselves with the ultimate weapon of mass destruction… ourselves.

We’re wallowing in a quagmire of self indulgence, self importance and self satisfaction, with a huge pinch of self pity tossed in, just to spice it all up a bit. Ten percent of the world’s population control ninety percent of the world’s wealth, consume ninety percent of the world’s food and give zero percent in return. We pride ourselves on our mass consumerism; we laud our technological advancements. We lean back in our chairs, our thumbs hooked in the belts that span our ample waists and look at the rest of the world and shake our heads in mock concern. We feel so good about ourselves when we feel so bad for “them”. We discuss “their” plight over dinners with more food then “they” consume in a month. We watch “them” die from disease, starvation and natural disasters on our fifty inch televisions from the comfort of our comfy, cozy, mortgaged to the hilt castles and, oh, we feel so bad… for the time being, anyway, until it’s time to change the channel to watch American Idol or the Osbourn’s.
Quick, tell me, what picture did that just paint in your mind? Did you think about the people in some far off land, like Africa or India? Maybe Mexico? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Did you think about those in our own country who suffer from the same misfortune? (Note to self: kick yourself in the ass for saying “misfortune”. It’s not misfortune… it’s abuse, not misfortune). The same percentages apply here as elsewhere in the world. It’s a global thing, Daddy-O, and global includes the good old USA, if you haven’t noticed.
So, suck on that while you wrap yourself up in the eiderdown tonight in your air- conditioned bedroom, with your belly full of Taco Bell and beer, instead of wondering if you remembered to close the windows in your SUV.

But wait… there’s more tomorrow, so y’all come back now, ya hear?

oh, shit...

more good news from space...

uh oh...

News flash... the Hubble Space Telescope was recently reoriented to observe a here to fore uncharted area of the universe and has stumbled upon.... THE ALMIGHTY HAND OF GOD!!!... and he appears to be PISSED!!! He's flipping us the COSMIC BIRD!!!


maybe it's time we got our shit together and started playing nice with each other....
if you want me, I'll be under my desk...
later.