Bullsh*t Blizzard

Caution:  Conservative bashing, republican primary lampooning, liberal post coming!

It seems like disdainful elections posts are starting early this time, right?  Well, I need an outlet for all of the hoopla flying around in my world. 

So my day started out when I headed to a 9am staff meeting.  Now, I still don't know all of my co-workers well yet, and normally, I would have felt compelled to get involved in the conversation I am about to describe, but my relative newness to this group forced me to purse my lips and smile wryly when particularly stupid things were said.  The conversation went something like this:

"Cold winters are still a part of climate change, they happen because as the polar ice melts, air and water currents bring them further south, blah blah blah (good information for the non- environmental specialists among us)."

"I don't believe in all that stuff...  they need to show me some solid science..."  (I stopped listening, because my inner liberal was banging her head against the inside of my skull)

"Solid science????  What more do you need???"  (inner liberal cheers for our team)

"They said 20 years ago that we'd all be under water by now!  They just keep making changes to their theories to keep getting political agendas moved forward...  (Some more ranting I didn't hear)  I can't support asking starving people to go without food to save the planet..."  (inner liberal does cartoon style jaw drop Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?)

OK, so I know not everyone is well informed about climate change, but how can we STILL be talking about it as if its a figment of some dope smoking hippie's imagination?  And really, in what world would any self serving politician (redundant, I know) make the suggestion that anyone go without food to save Mother Earth?  Then, then!  He even went on to compare climate change science to religion.  What. The. F*ck.  Where am I?

At least this encounter revealed at least one of my new co-workers to be one of "us".

Then, I was doing a little news perusal on my lunch, and I read an article about Rick Santorum's nausea about the concept of separation of church and state...  meh, probably par for the course, right?  Then, a little more reading lead me to the following quotes:

"I'm for separation of church and state: The state has no business telling the church what to do."

"I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.  The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country."

I can't...  There are not enough words to describe how wrong all of this discussion is.  Clearly, he wants to live in an America where his ideal life is the only right one.

Then, I was subjected to a campaign speech being blasted from the cubicle next to mine.  Ay!  I can't wait till this time next year, and all the fruit loops go back into hibernation.