Virginia is racist

Shine up you muskets and put on your favorite hating minorities shirt Virginia Governor Bob McDonnells has re-instituted April as Confederate History Month something the two previous Democrat governors wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole because of the obvious implications of racism. McDonnells claims he signed the proclamation back into effect; apparently it’s been quietly ignored by Virginia since 2001, for the money, “the move was designed to promote tourism in the state”. Sure the money will be pouring in from tourist flocking to “The Commonwealth” for Klan marches, Nazi skinhead rallies, and cross burnings. Not to mention white sheet, tar, and feather sales will skyrocket! Anonymous supporters of the proclamation stated, Im sure threw a pointy white hood, “This is something we have brought up to the past few governors but were turned down. We just had to bide our time, the south will rise again.” "We cannot avoid our past," the governor said in a separate statement. This is true we do need to know our past to learn and grow from it, which is why both sides of the civil war are taught nationwide from grade school on up. The Republican Governor made a weak attempt to justify this overtly prejudice action by saying, “it was intended to honor the Confederate sacrifice”. However good ole boy Bob is overlooking the fact that the only thing the confederacy means to a lot of people is hate. Don’t get me wrong Im down with the rednecks, most of the kids I went to high school with had Cowboy Up and Ducks Unlimited stickers on their lifted piece of crap American made trucks but the confederacy is synonymous with the confederate flag and the flag is synonymous with racial prejudice. McDonnell dug himself an even deeper hole of desperate justification by saying "there were any number of aspects to that conflict between the states. Obviously, it involved slavery. It involved other issues". Really other issues, so it was an issue of lifestyle differences between the north and the south? The south wanted to be able to keep the lifestyle choice of owning another human? Or was it an issue of money? The south did want to have to pay their laborers? Normally we give a month of recognition to things we want to honor; black history, breast cancer awareness, women’s history etc. Slavery is not exactly a shining moment for us. It is really one of the biggest black marks on our history. The confederacy is a very sensitive subject filled with lots of hate and we should not be honoring it with a month of remembrance. This is a huge step backwards for the 160 year battle of civil rights.

Anthony

Ps. I know I can’t spell or punctuate correctly

Anderson Valley Brewing Summer Solstice Review

Having been born and raised in Chico California Sierra Nevada Brewery and brews have a special place in my heart. I love the over hoppy big strong flavors of their stupendous beers. Some people don’t like the fragrant boutique and bitter spicy flavors but to me it is home. I have a certain fondness for the pale ale; it was my first taste of microbrew, setting me on the path out of darkness that is major breweries and into the blissful world of home and microbreweries. Last summer a wise and insightful friend of mine introduced me to a small brewery, located in the northern coastal range of California, Anderson Valley Brewing Company aka The Legendary Boonville Beer. I have tried most of their beers and I think they are quality crafted beverages but one of their suds rise’s to the top, Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema. As I pop open my 4th bottle in about 45 minutes I have to consider that the SSCC maybe the best beer ever brewed. Seriously, I would do bad things unforgivable things to get my shaky hands on another 6 pack of this stuff. The refreshing malty flavor of this beer makes it undeniable delicious. SSCC has a perfectly balanced sweet after taste that compliments the essential beer flavor and keeps you chugging one after another. It is not a “flavored” beer like some other major brewers, cough Anheuser Busch cough, that taste like shaved ice flavoring mixed with beer. On a side note AVB offers a few of their delectable beers, including SSCC, in a can. These cans have a special lining inside so you don’t get that silver bullet piss and aluminum taste as well as a special carrier that keeps crap off the top of the beers and is harder for animals to get their heads stuck in. Back to the point, I would murder puppies for a 22 ouncer of this stuff. The velvet creamy taste makes you ignore the borderline racist reason AVB named this drink of the gods Cerveza Crema; “this beer has become a favorite among many of our Hispanic friends, so it’s named in their honor”. I have to point out that this is a light summertime seasonal ale and some may call me a beer namby-pamby because I am not raving about an over hopped barely drinkable full-bodied beer. I only have this to say to those people; when it s good it’s good so suck it! A home brewer friend of mine pointed out that the trend in breweries to try and make the hoppiest bitter fierce beer they can is the equivalent of a chef seeing how much salt he can put in a soup before people will stop eating it. I applaud AVB for proving to us in the beer snob world; it is possible to make a light summertime ale tasty and full flavored. Needless to say you need to try this beer. Request the local store where you get your fire water carry Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema and all the other fine ales by The Legendary Boonville Brewery.

Anthony
Ps I know I can’t spell or punctuate correctly

A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere

“He that is faithful in little is faithful much”- The Bible, trust me I read it once. Right now our government is asking us to be faithful and trust them in big things, socialized healthcare, the economic recovery, foreign affairs (war), global warming, and much more that affects our daily lives. How can THE MAN expect us to trust them on the major issues when small discussions like this are taking place? Last week in discussion with Admiral Robert Willard, head of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, on too much military presence in Guam, a US territory, congressmen Hank Johnson said and this is a direct quote “My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize”. Uh yes congressman because the functionality of a 212 square mile island in the Pacific Ocean is very similar to the functionality of two fat drunk men trying to balance on a single inner tube. A much more stable man than I, Willard managed to hold back from bursting into laughter and give a simple response, “We do not anticipate that”. A spokesman for Johnson has said that the Georgia congressman meant it to be figuratively. You can tell he meant it figuratively by the way he doesn’t mention the word figuratively, doesn’t laugh, doesn’t smile and actually looks quite serious. It has also been mentioned that good ole Henry has Hepatitis C and that may be hindering his mental capability. (I almost dropped my box of wine I’ve been drinking I laughed so hard typing that sentence) It’s actually an unusually smart choice Harry did not to go with the Hep C defense because not only would he be admitting he is board line retarded and completely incompetent Im pretty sure Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson used that defense up in the late 90’s. The whole debacle furthers the point that any boob can run for office and the American people will willingly vote said ignoramus into power. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some sort of IQ test you had to take before you could run, nothing to hard you know maybe some questions on basic geography? Think of the numskull leaders we could have avoided! I don’t know it makes me want to put a 5 dollar bill in my pocket and drink the kool aid because we are all doomed

Link to the video of our great think tank below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg&feature=player_embedded#

Anthony
Ps I know I can’t spell or punctuate correctly