Holy Crap John McCain Works for the Dark Side

Of all things unholy the presidential candidate representing small government, low taxes, and individual liberty is a moral nemesis from the homebrewer's perspective. Totally unacceptable from any beer lover's perspective; from any lover of truth itself.

John McCain not only has many ties to Anheuser-Busch. Not only does his wife serve as the chairwoman of the board. Not only is his son the CEO. He once held one of the two earthly positions most loathed by every conscientious proponent of truth in advertising aware of real beer.

CHIEF PUBLICIST!

This man made a living attempting to deceive us in the most sinister way imaginable. He shamelessly perpetuated a lie so vile, so disturbing, so absolutely nefarious, that all who appreciate beer recoil in horror at its mention; that Budweiser is actually beer.

The other position loathed equally as much; the equivalent employee over at Miller (whoever that is).

I need not explain my case for lovers of the art of brewing. But for those who are unaware of the deception...

Bud isn't beer. Much like Valentines Day, it is an invention of a huge corporation. It is a cheap fermented beverage produced in an ethanol plant at almost no cost. It is a discount delivery system for booze with no flavor, no passion, no spirit.

The inspiration for its production is an unquenchable thirst for money using any deceptive tactic imaginable no matter how fallacious or irresponsible.

The proposition that a political campaign requires little more than a billion dollars, talking frogs, and a super bowl commercial is disturbing, but it puts things into perspective. Maybe this is just another reminder that American politics is limited to perception with little regard for intellectual depth, philosophical integrity, flavor.

Mr. McCain has obviously succeeded in his ability to convince the mindless droves that Budweiser is the only beer worthy of consumption despite the thousands of wonderful alternatives.

Perhaps the Republicans know what they are doing after all.

ALF

Okay, how bout this one...Just because you understand evil doesn't mean you can do anything about it; on the contrary. The fact you understand it means you are less capable of doing anything about it. Not unless you can somehow rewire another person's brain. Not unless you can rewire your own brain. And that requires a mighty confidence in your ability to identify it; much less know the proper solution; much less your brain surgery skillz. Ever have the suspicion that the understanding of evil itself could be the only requirement necessary for its perpetuation? That the ability to recognize its source is the very thing that allows us to confuse other things with it, and therefore its primary proponent? Ever feel like all well-intentioned actions, including your own, are possibly contributing to global strife? That even if they could do some good in theory they are misinterpreted as evil? That preventing yourself from evil on the most minute scale is a full time job? Are world leaders susceptible to this? From watching the debates they seem rather confident this sort of thing doesn't bother them. Maybe they know something I don't. Maybe they are made of a finer clay than the rest of us. Like Bono.

I'm certainly thankful they aren't carting my family and friends off to death camps yet. Or released some "good will" virus that kills off everyone without a certain "good person" gene in their particular strand of DNA. What I mean is, I'm glad they aren't significantly impeding my ability to exercise my ability to contribute to the "good" - whatever that means for me (and doesn't harm anyone else). In their attempt to help they take 50 percent of my income. It could very well be these days that the less you accomplish the less damage you have done. What happens when every employee, every business owner, and every politician has some sophisticated ulterior motive dedicated to screwing everyone else to a greater net degree than they are being screwed themselves? What kind of enlightened philosophy is this based on? What the hell is really going on out there? And then people go and join the Animal Liberation Front - is that just a veiled protest against humanity? Is it justified?

Here's what I mean...you work as some well paid grunt consulting a huge American corporation that sells technology to another company that builds special top secret radioactive weapons for Blackwater. At the same time your tax dollars are going over seas to fund the safety of a suicidal hoard of barbarians as a humanitarian cover to secure the oil fields because we can't figure out how to become energy independent.

Are we really so hard up and afraid of "radicals" that we need to play their game by their rules? (Wire tapping, suspension of Habeas Corpus, etc.). What are we afraid of? Do we really think they hate us because we're rich? We (America) must identify with that somehow. We must think if another country were far richer than us that we would be capable of strapping bombs to our chests. I think that's preposterous. Maybe the rabid cut throat politicians who have clawed their way to the top drool over money and power like that, but we certainly don't have such petty, superficial values. Seems to me we're not fighting with our brains as much as our insecurities.

Hawkins

I absolutely hate to have to perpetuate this news, but I have something to say. And it isn't sensational.

Our newest young mass murderer is now officially famous. He is now quietly thanking the news media from his toasty spot in hell - the eighth circle I believe.

Hasn't anyone discovered the value of selective listening? Haven't we realized no good can come from plastering this guy all over TV and the Internet. The media are indiscriminately whoring themselves out as usual using the public's fascination with psychotic killers. This one even left a "thanks in advance" note, saying he wanted to "go out in style." Enough is enough.

Newsflash for the news. You just slaughtered the next person who happens to be in the vicinity of the next juvenile who decides to "go out in style" and get their giant psychotic face smacked on the front page of every news site. Yes, some people who have decided to kill themselves already consider themselves dead. Those without honor are sometimes ambitious enough to take advantage of their newfound fame incentive, especially if it means mowing down as many unsuspecting bystanders as possible. After all, no one hears about the guy who just hangs himself in his basement - no love for that...The least I can do is go to a crowded shopping mall and snatch my 15 minutes. People will be moved and inspired by that, it's poetry, I can be important - yes, some are inspired - and it isn't a good thing.

And don't tell me gun control has anything to do with this Mr. Moore. Some additional guns in the area could have saved many of those people. Anyway, there are plenty of other ways to engage in mass slaughter using equally creative and accessible techniques, which of course, I do not see the need to detail.

Now there's the rest of us. What is our responsibility? How about thinking about the victims and their families and forgetting about the insignificant wast of human tissue that did it. That person cannot be helped. How about thinking about the people we know who might snap? How about take that five minute news spot and call a buddy who's down?

We always hear pundits and radio hosts telling us how to live and what to think. How come they never encourage us to take a stand and help a friend through something like this? Probably turns out a massacre increases exposure for their sponsors.