Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Monday, September 11, 2017

I get e-mail


There are various ways people with strange agendas can harvest my e-mail address, but I am often puzzled by their motives in putting me on their list. For example, I get messages every day from the batshit crazy Zionist Organization of America. Now, for some reason, I got a message from "Pastor Paul Blair's Moment of Truth" newsletter, promoting the candidacy of Dan Fisher for governor of Oklahoma. Here's his platform:


There is only one candidate in the race for Governor that has the courage to:
  • END ABORTION IN OKLAHOMA.  If Colorado can use the Tenth Amendment to legalize marijuana, Oklahoma can use the Tenth Amendment to end the murder of pre-born children.  WE CAN AND WE WILL!
  • AUDIT EVERY STATE AGENCY.   There is no such thing as “public funds.”  The government does not have any money.  The only money the Legislature has is OUR TAX DOLLARS and the bonded indebtedness that they obligate us to repay.  Yet, no governor will audit spending to expose the corruption and give an account to the people.  They simply want to dip deeper into our pockets by raising fees and taxes! 
  • PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.  The Bible says that God created male and female.  There is no third option.  Science says that females have a pair of XX chromosomes and males have an XY pair.  Again, there is no third option.  We cannot endanger our children in public restrooms and school locker rooms with this NONSENSE of gender fluidity.  Your bathroom selection should be based on your God given equipment.

I expect my faithful readers don't need my help to respond to this, but here goes.

Colorado did not use the Tenth Amendment to legalize marijuana. Colorado simply eliminated the prohibition in state law. The federal laws against marijuana trafficking are still in effect, it's simply that the Justice Department is showing forbearance. Details here. The Tenth Amendment has nothing to do with this whatsoever.

I'm not sure what it means to say that "The government does not have any money." Yes, most money in the government's possession comes from taxes, and borrowing. (Not quite all of it -- there are user fees.) This is supposed to be news? State agencies are already audited. Here is the web site of the Oklahoma State Auditor, who most definitely exists and is at work.

Does science say that females have a pair of XX chromosomes, and males have an XY pair, and there is no third option? Why no, science does not say that. If you want a summary of what science says about this, the World Health Organization has one. First of all, many people do not have either an XX or XY pair -- and some people who do end up with the physical characteristics ordinarily associated with the opposite endowment. Some people's "God given equipment" is ambiguous, probably not because of the so-called sex chromosomes at all. As WHO explains:

True’ hermaphroditism is a genetic condition in which affected individuals have both mature ovarian and testicular tissue. (29) There are no published population-wide estimates of the frequency of true hermaphrodites. (30) The autosomal inheritance of this condition suggests that genes controlling sexual development and differentiation are not limited to the sex chromosomes.(31) Blackless et al. suggest that such familial inheritance “opens the possibility that, as with other inherited forms of sexual ambiguity, there may be pockets, perhaps even large geographical regions, with relatively high frequencies of true hermaphroditism.” (32)

And of course, gender identity is a psychological, not a physical, characteristic. Some people are born with ambiguous sex, and have choices to make (or, in the past, typically, to be made for them). Others, for reasons we don't fully understand, feel that their gender does not correspond to their apparent biological sex. This is not a choice, it's just the way they are. And really, why the hell does the scientifically illiterate Dan Fisher even care? What does it have to do with him and his sheep-like followers?

7 comments:

Don Quixote said...

I am surprised Dan Fisher didn't previously lace up his sneakers and lie down after imbibing poison to go live on comet Hale-Bopp.

Anonymous said...


There are twelve declared candidates for the governor's position...the most since 1986. And Dan ain't that popular.

I don't think you need to get your panties in a wad about Dandy Dan getting in the governor's chair.

Don Quixote said...

Since "Anonymous" is always projecting his crap onto other people, I assume from his above post that, in addition to being probably the most miserable person I've ever encountered, he's a cross-dresser. To each his own.

Cervantes said...

I'm not worried about Dan becoming governor, but I am worried about the disturbingly large number of voters who are swayed by bullshit.

Anonymous said...

Others, for reasons we don't fully understand, feel that their gender does not correspond to their apparent biological sex. This is not a choice, it's just the way they are.

True, that. It's called Gender Identity Dysphoria and only affects about .005%-.002% of the population.

What does it have to do with him and his sheep-like followers?

Because it is now a cultural and political issue as the liberal left tries to mainstream most any and all sexual deviance as normal and wholesome. I'm saddened by the way these people have been used to promote a political agenda and are not receiving the help they need.

If this were some other dysphoria that had nothing to do with sex, such as Body Identity Dysphoria where individuals want to cut off their limbs, no one would be comfortable with surgery as a solution. However, because it is associated with sex, mental illness is somehow off the table and the 'diversity' of this deviancy must be celebrated.

It's this kind of crazy that drives the "sheep-like followers".

Cervantes said...

Ha ha. Sexual deviance. Why the hell do you care what other people do, or how they think of themselves? It has nothing to do with you, you should respect people and treat them with kindness.

Anonymous said...

Ha ha. Sexual deviance.

By ANY definition. I just looked up the term in three different dictionaries. I suggest you do the same.

You're just worried that the possible stigma of using the English language properly might interfere with a political agenda some might have.

Why the hell do you care what other people do, or how they think of themselves? It has nothing to do with you, you should respect people and treat them with kindness.

I'm just explaining to you why people care 'cuz you don't seem to understand the voters. It's all about the attempt at hijacking the culture. Many don't like it...and they don't have to like it...and they can vote any way they want and for whatever reason they want.

It's called democracy.

True kindness would be trying to get these people the help they need instead of butchering their bodies.