you may have given us hanson, but...

...Oklahoma, you are gross!!!

1. representative kern. i wasn't even going to comment on this because it's so obvious what a moron she is, but nevermind, i will. does it surprise me that a conservative republican would say something like she said when she thought no one was listening? no. does it surprise me that her fellow oklahoman politicians are supporting and applauding her? no. she has a gay kid though, funny eh? the only thing this really does is reinforce me dislike for a region i've only visited a couple of times. it reinforces the stereotype that if i were to go to oklahoma, or texas, or louisiana, or kansas, or missouri, or whatever else surrounds OK, i would encounter lots and lots of really backwards people with obnoxious accents.

2. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/14/campus.guns.ap/index.html
my government teacher from summer quarter really believed in this. he used to talk about how anyone who was licensed to have a gun should carry one and how he does and how it's a fabulous thing because then you're a protector and you can protect the sheep. the sheep being those of us who think guns are dangerous but would want one in the event that we need protection. anyhow, he was soooooo NOT preaching to the choir. he splits his time teaching here and the south, and i'm fairly certain his ideas went over much better over there. he was gross, his book was poorly written (just had to add that because he forced us to read his stupid ass novel, kerosene cowboys [by randy arrington], which when i last checked had only received two reviews on amazon, both from him...you can't rave about your own book), and nobody has to listen to him. but it scares me that this bill exists.