Just say no to P.C. B.S.

Most of the time when I hear a new P.C. term, I roll my eyes and laugh. But lately, I have reached the point where I believe that Political Correctness has reached a threshold that is one step away from mental.

I'll give you some examples.Jesse Jackson (shudder) claims that calling the people displaced from Hurricane Katrina "Refugees" is racist. When, in fact they are refugee's: individuals seeking refuge. Are they not? I mean, this is hair splitting at it's finest. Who cares what you call them? Help them, get them jobs, money, food, clothes and a roof over their heads.

Then you've got the case of Indiana University changing the name of gingerbread men, to Ginger People. Are you kidding me. Who's really upset because they called them gingerbread men? GET A LIFE!!!!

Here's a good one.......Florida State University can no longer use their Seminole mascot, because these types of mascots have been deemed culturally insensitive. By whom? Not the Seminole Indians, the Seminole Tribe of Florida in June passed a unanimous resolution declaring its support for FSU's nickname and mascot. Hello, anyone else see the problem here?

The Roanoke Times reports that officials at Virginia Tech are allowing sexually segregated classes for visiting Saudi students because U.S. officials don't want to "impress our culture on them." What the heck? You've gotta be kiddin' me.

Channel 12 News in Long Island, New York, ordered flags removed from the newsroom and red, white, and blue ribbons removed from the lapels of reporters. Why? Management did not want to appear biased and felt that our nations flag might give the appearance that "they lean one way or another"...

Harvey Weisenberg (N.Y.) tried to pass a bill that would have required state officials to put the person before the disability, or use the term "people with mental illness" instead of the term "mentally ill," for example. Thank god Pataki vetoed that. Because it's just getting out of control.

My goodness, I could go on for days. But what it really boils down to, is that we as a country have too much time on our hands. People are sitting around looking for sh*t to nit pick. Like, say, the A.C.L.U.Let's pose a few hypothetical questions

Here they are:
1) You are an American, you were born here. You are of Mexican heritage. Are you and American, or a Mexican-American? Do you really care?

2) Your local high school is called "The Fighting Irish", you are of Irish descent. Does this name make you writhe? Are you insulted?

3) The coffee shop on the corner has started serving Italian flatbread. Imagine you are Italian, would you be insulted, I mean, they could be implying that the Italians are flat.

4) I'm black. You are white. We are both U.S. citizens.My ancestors come from Africa, yours from Scotland. When I'm at the DMV, you are given several choices for nationality, none of which are "American". I get to choose "African-American", you have to choose "white". How is that fair, don't you feel that the DMV is discounting your Scottish heritage. Shouldn't you get to choose "Scottish-American"? Huh? That DMV, they are a bunch of racists!!!! What do you think?

5) Say you've crossed the border illegally. Doesn't matter what your nationality is, or which border. But, you've crossed it illegally. You would then be an illegal alien, right? Because you didn't immigrate, you snuck over the border like a fox into a hen house. You broke the LAW, right?

6) Sally Sue get's a F on her book report, because she didn't read the book, she thought the Cliffs Notes would take care of it. But the mean teacher marked her report up in RED PEN!!!! Now, Sally's parents are outraged that the mean teacher would hurt their child's' fragile mental state by marking the paper in red. It is then suggested that the teacher use purple. Everyone agrees. But, does it change the fact that that Sally still got an F because she failed to study?

I could go on and on, but you get the point. So those of you who ride the P.C. love cruise, here's some advice for you, Non-P.C. style:Take a moment to put down your grande-soy-mocha-latte. Really look at your self in the mirror and realize that you need to lighten the hell up. P.C. Disease is killing you. Someone with Schizophrenia is not "mentally challenged", they are schizophrenic. No such thing as a peaceful F on a paper, f's suck, doesn't matter what the color of the pen is. You live here, you are a citizen, then you are AMERICAN, not Chicano, not white, not pacific islander, not black. AMERICAN!!!!! Calling a sports team, The Braves or The Seminols, is an honor, deal, they like you, that's why they named themselves after you.If someone wants to say "God bless America", they can. If flying my flag insults you, move to another country. Really, you probably already promised to do that last year, show me some follow through. In California, at least, our official language is ENGLISH, learn it, next time I call the phone or cable companies and get a message in another language, someone is losing an eye.

Frankly, I don't really care what you do, just stop the insanity that is Political Correctness.

Merry Christmas! (You can't take that away from me A.C.L.U.)!!!!