Bush's homophobic Surgeon General nominee garners more slams

Is attention for ex-gay movement all good though?

A pretty large chunk of the American population already does believe that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured. Even though Bush's ratings may be in the tank, the fact that this guy has garnered the surgeon general nomination can only be good for them.

It will only feed the perception that there is a healthy scientific debate over controversial issues, such as global warming, evolution, and now ex-gay therapy, but that the "religiously correct" perspective is being censored by godless academics and politicians.

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 07:49:15 AM CDT

I'm going to lobotomize myself with a Black and Decker 3/8" drill.

Then I'm going to undergo extensive attitudinal reconditioning (Think "A Clockwork Orange" here.) so that I hate everyone who doesn't have a pink penis that is inserted into pink vaginas.  Finally, I'm going to empty my piggy bank and donate dollars to the RNC.

Then just you wait and see!  I will be appointed some high position in the federal gov't, like Czar in Chief for Life of Imperial Misadventures.

And as I plunder gov't coffers and build my McMansion, I'll wear a cross around my neck and say things like, "God has truly blessed me."

And, "Jesus and I had a chat last night and he wants me to smart bomb more stupid ragheads."

I can already hear it: "Hecka job, Holly!"

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:00:56 AM CDT

Hope you have a big piggy bank

I believe that the "expected contribution" for a job like that runs five or six figures.

I can get you the numbers of Liddy Dole's wigmaker, and Laura's favorite designer. ;-)

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:07:25 AM CDT

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5 figures? Psaah! I'll graft that back in a couple of days.

I won't need Laura's fave desinger.  I'll just shop at Sears.  That'll work, won't it? 

And I won't need a wig.  That would contest God's plan for me.  Wait a sec.  The neocons don't give a shit about God's plan.  With all the gusto of the Human Torch, "WIG ON!"

Now I just have to practice fawning before a photo of W.  This will be tricky, but likely to be much easier after the lobotomy.  Just in case, I might drill a few extra holes into my head.

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:11:59 AM CDT

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LOL

Sears is PERFECT.  Don't get too cozy with your W photo yet though - word is that he is being historically revisionized as a liberal. Pretty soon, Fox News will have a "D" after his name.

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:20:38 AM CDT

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Well, he is for spending.

But he's not a Dem, because he's for BORROWING and spending.

Dems tax and spend.

So, BushCo are taxing the next generation.  And the next.  And the next. 

But that shouldn't have surprised anyone.  He had a track record.  People got what they chose. 

But it was worth it, wasn't it, for they got their morality-hetero circle jerk.  They got to wrap their fingers around their thin souls and yank-yank-yank, in a race to squirt their superiority all over the homos.

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:26:18 AM CDT

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If you must...

...shop at Sears, may I recommend the Craftsman drill instead?  Lifetime warranty you know. :-P

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by: SuburbanHomo @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:26:53 AM CDT

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Thanks for the tip.

I'm quite new to self-lobotomizing and I want to get it right.

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:28:59 AM CDT

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Haha, well the trick is

one lobotomy is never enough. The Truth (TM) changes too frequently. Once you snip you can't stop.

Hey, let me know if this helps you understand commercials!

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:33:09 AM CDT

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CK, the lobotomy, Part One, is done.

I understand everything.

Where's the remote?

And where's my credit card?

Home Shopping Network, here I come!  I'm going to buy myself a perfectly lovely "I support the troops" sweatshirt.  It comes in peach, doncha know? 

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:50:46 AM CDT

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Agggghhhhhh!!!!

Next time you come to Boston you'll have to carry tracts in your fanny pack to hand out the the heathens.

Fortunately, Jack Chick makes it easy:
www.chick.com

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:59:17 AM CDT

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I'm coming this July.

Here's my nit-wit ditty:

I'm coming this July,
Yea, your reckoning is nigh,
Now I must pack
for my tract attack.

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by: Holly Capote @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 09:07:40 AM CDT

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I'm sure...

...Dr. Holesinger, err I mean Holsinger will be glad to help you.  He'll probably tell you it will cure you of the icky gayness.

(Ummm, assuming you are family!)

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by: SuburbanHomo @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 08:35:05 AM CDT

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I like that!

"icky gayness" - I'm going to make an effort to work that in to more conversations.

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by: Jami @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 09:37:25 AM CDT

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jesus...

yet another high-ranking bush appointee whose only real major qualification is that they're conservative theocrats who kiss bush's butt like a professional. 

it all seems pretty simple: if holsinger subscribes to scientifically discredited notions because of personal reasons--and he does--then he is not qualified to lead the united states in a scientific field.  we can only hope that congress gives the two of them a sound slap-down, but the way they've caved into bush recently leaves me worried.  if they allow this, i'm afraid it will actually give credence to the ex-gay movement in the eyes of the people who are paying attention, and bolster them further.  scary stuff. 

The gays stole my lunch money

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by: matt in mpls @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 10:26:13 AM CDT

Makes one nostalgic for Dr Koop

who never cooked the numbers, but told the medical truth. He was anti-abortion, but he refused to endorse the theory of "post-abortion syndrome" (psychological distress of any kind at any time after an abortion) because there was, to put it politely, No Data. He did get sh*t from the RTLers, and he had been a leader in the RTL movement.

No way would Bush select a doctor true to his profession.

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by: NancyP @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 12:25:16 PM CDT

Doubletalk

It's interesting that Holsinger's own statements undercut his position.  If "biology and physiology" preclude gay equality, isn't that tantamount to admitting that gayness is biologically drtermined, and therefore not a matter of choice?  That shoots the whole rationale of the ex=gay movement straight to hell--which is exactly where it belongs.

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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by: QScribe @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 14:38:41 PM CDT

Maybe in his professional opinion

Gay people do not have what doctors call "souls". Therefore they are biologically inferior, like animals, and also barred from Heaven.

I assume that since they are incapable of sexual reproduction, they must reproduce asexually, perhaps using spores.

What the hell was I doing in Oaxaca in 1992, on the eve of the Zapatista revolution?

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by: Cambridge Kid @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 14:45:12 PM CDT

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His position

I haven't read his full position at all, but it could mean that since he has no evidence of any physical difference between homo and heterosexual individuals, homosexuality is a "choice" of behavior, therefore does not deserve equal treatment under the law.

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by: JoshWatermanMN @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 14:48:11 PM CDT

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Koop vs. Holsinger

Koop is obviously who Holsinger is modeling himself after. I learned to stop hating Koop, and even to respect him. He did a 180 on AIDS before doing so was cool, and even when he was in the troglidite camp, he was a professional.

It's important to realize that Holsinger is unqualified, not because he is a homophobe, but because he does not meet the professional standards of previous surgeon generals.

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by: David from Toronto @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 19:34:03 PM CDT

apologies

My comment was terse. I don't think we LGBT people have enough clout in the U.S. to sink a candidate on homophobia alone. This guy needs to be sunk on his shitty record. I am appauled at how little attention this clown has attracted. It makes me think that the Democrats really have desserted us.

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by: David from Toronto @ Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 19:57:45 PM CDT

Dr. Holsinger

We know what this guy is; we've seen it many times before: a dogma-driven, faith-based tinkerer who still uses the term "lifestyle" in spite of the fact that it is so obviously insulting.

"You are the rest of the world."

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by: TomChicago @ Thu Jun 07, 2007 at 08:17:58 AM CDT