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I'm Sick Of This Crap!                                                                           Show Producer Zap Rowsdower's weekly rant on things that tick him off.

Rowsdower's rants may not be safe for children or delicate liberals.


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Wednesday
25Nov2009

Liberal "Hate" Crap.

Hi, I'm Rowsdower, the producer of your Hard Rain show, shot through the heart and you're to blame, conservative hippie and I'm Sick of this crap.

This "Hate" Crap
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I don't know how many of you out there listening to the show play video games, but there's a pretty big one coming out. In fact it just came out November 10th. I'm talking about Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. It's a very popular game with the kids and many adults on Xbox 360 and the PS3.

One of the commercials for the game, promoting this huge game used a gay slur. It begins with an F and rhymes with bag. I don't have to say it because I have no problem with gay people. It's a word also thrown around pretty loosely by living sh#t-bag Perez Hilton. And If you don't know who that is consider yourself lucky. 

So after this ad makes its way around the internet a video game journalist named Adam Sessler, who does a bit called Sessler's Soapbox on G4TV, called out the companies behind the game, Infinity Ward the developer and Activision the publisher. What I took away from it was, why are you using language like this, you're a billion dollar company trying to sell games to presumably gamers of all sexual persuasions. And most of all he felt it justified the use of this language.

I actually agree with him in spirit. I don't think a company should be using gay slurs to sell a video game. What are they 12 year old boys? The 12 year old boys who play these types of games and yell out all kinds of offensive, obscenities on Xbox Live. My point is I don't disagree with the objections he raised.

What I do disagree with are a couple of phrases he used. He refers to it as "hate speech" and "homophobia."

I think that to dub something "hate speech" you need to have a little something called context. If you have someone who actually hates gay people and wants to do harm to them using that language, then OK that's hate speech. But if it's just some idiot, if it's just the proverbial 12 year old on Xbox Live, or the company that wants to sell them something in a stupid ad, then it's not hate, it's just stupidity. 

It cheapens things when you throw around the word hate. Radical Islam is real hate, The KKK was real hate, The Nazi's that was real hate. I'm not saying you shouldn't be offended or angry or even call them out on it, but don't equate horrible things done by real hatred to a bunch of dipsh#ts talking like the dipsh#ts they are.

And homophobia, what a crock. First of all what does it even mean? Homo means, same. Phobia means, fear. So homophobia literally means, "fear of the same." Well what isn't the same? Change isn't the same. Change is in fact quite different. So maybe homophobia is a more accurate description of change loving Obots. 

No, of course not. When libs call you a homophobe they are saying you hate gay people. They can tell you hate gay people because you don't agree with some tenet of liberalism as it relates to gay people, like Gay marriage. So for instance you might think you're a religious person. And you might say to yourself, well the bible says homosexuality is an abomination, but Jesus said love one another and let he who is without sin cast the first stone. So putting them together as a Christian I would never do anything to harm, insult, or persecute a gay person, but I don't think Gay people should be able to get married. You might think that you actually think these things, actually believe these things. But you don't.

Liberals always know better don't they? They know that when you say "as a christian" what you really mean is, "I hate gay people." And when you say, "the bible says" you're actually saying, "I'm terrified of gay people." What a crock.

The thing is when idiots use gay slurs or worse they aren't trying to communicate the literal meaning of the words. So when this Modern Warfare 2 ad used the word they used, they weren't addressing men who are sexually attracted to men or women who are sexually attracted to women, they're just talking to their audience in the language they, unfortunately, understand. I'm not saying that justifies it but it is the truth.

And that's no different than libs throwing around words like hate and homophobe. They aren't accusing you of what the words literally mean. They mean shut-up. I know best. I'm better than you. I'm a good liberal.

And that kind of sh#t I do hate.

I'm Rowsdower and I'm sick of this crap. 

And Say hi to your mother for me alright.

Wednesday
11Nov2009

Fake Transparency.

Hi, I'm Rowsdower, the producer of your Hard Rain show, the soothing light at the end of your tunnel and the freight train coming your way, conservative hippie and I'm sick of this crap.

This fake transparency crap!

So this week the president seemingly made good on his promise to have the most transparent administration in history by finally releasing the names of "some" of the people who have visited the White House since he became president. You may or may not remember that democrats were furious, and still are, that some executives from energy companies met with Cheney and they couldn't find out the names of these executives. You see it's very difficult to make attack commercials when you just have to say "energy executives." It's too generic. They'd rather say, "Joe Smith at Shell Oil!" or "Carl Meckenweiner at Exxon Mobile!" and really damn the Oil Executives. Because as we all know the Oil companies do such a horrible job of providing a product that people actually need and want all the while generating the federal and state governments billions of dollars in gas taxes.   

But Dick would never give them up. And so Obama's making a big deal out of this to distinguish himself from, "the last 8 years." He's not saying, "here's the names of people who've visited me," he's saying, "I ain't Dick Cheney!" And no he sure as hell ain't Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney is a man of many accomplishments, A man of great strength, and a man that deserves to be called a Patriot. It doesn't take strength to stand in the sunshine and have your ass kissed like Obama. It takes strength to fight in darkest hours when few will stand with you and others would work against you for personal gain. So he's nothing at all like Dick Cheney.

Anyway Obama made good on his promise to be more transparent. To name everyone, well not quite everyone. He's released the names of 451 people out of the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the White House each month.

Well do you know why these names were released now? Because Obama got sued. A group called CREW. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued for the release of the visitors logs to the White House. The Administration agreed to release them, although they stressed it was completely voluntary. I'm sure getting sued was just a coincidence. They've agreed to release the names of all visitors during the previous 90 days at the end of December. Which of course means October, November, and December but not the first nine months of the year. Instead those names are being doled out just a few at a time. Yes, hundreds of thousands of visits every month and 451 visitors named so far. That's that famous Obama efficiency, I guess.

These particular names are in response to 110 requests from reporters and others on whether certain individuals had visited the White House. So who's on the list then you wanna know? Alright, well Michael Moore is on there, Michael Jordan's on there, Jeremiah Wright, and William Ayers are also on the list.

But here's the catch, the White House says these famous people didn't actually visit the White House. That it's just people with the same name. Isn't that bad luck? I bet it was some smart liberal signing Jeremiah Wright and his girlfriend signing William Ayers and then they got back in their Saab and drove home to have vegetarian sushi and watch the daily show on their generic DVR's cause they don't know shit about TiVo. Stupid Liberals.

Here's a few of the people who were on the list and are who you think they are. Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney. Just like Oceans Eleven, and twelve, and thirteen, how many of these pieces of crap are there? Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, and former Gov. and current mental patient Howard Dean. And finally the new Axis of Evil Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and George Soros.

So this is the transparency that Barack Obama promised us. 451 names most of which are fake out of hundreds of thousands of visits per month. And those are names that had to be sued for. I just love how when you want to find out who visited the White House you can't just ask the White House, who visited the White House? No you have to sue for specific names that's why all these famous names show up in the few that were released.

But don't forget about all the names coming in December. The past 90 days of visitors, most of whom haven't even visited yet. They'll be coming soon. Because Obama's so transparent, right. Well yeah they are coming but even they will be fraudulent because there's Obama limitations on whose names can be released. Such as, potential Supreme Court nominees, personal guests of the First Family, and certain security officials. So in other words if Obama doesn't want anyone to know a particular visitor came a visiting and/or a Goddamning, he can just designate that person as a "personal guest of the first family." Or he can discuss them becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Can you imagine, Justice Goddamn America. Wouldn't that make Obama smile? But then the American people will never know that Reverend Wright did drop by.

This is exactly the kind of crap from the President we talk about all the time here on Hard Rain. Obama will say the right thing, meaning he knows the right thing, but then not do it.
Ask this president where's the money? Where did the stimulus money go, Mr President? Which banks got money and how much Mr President? What kind of deals are being made with Health Care companies to get them to support your health care takeover, Mr. President. Ask and see what kind of answers you get from the most transparent administration in history. Maybe he'll send you a list of fake Michael Moore's and a real Al Sharpton.

Yes transparent. The most transparent President in history. I know I can see right through you.

I'm Rowsdower and I'm sick of this crap.
and say hi to your mother for me okay.
Wednesday
11Nov2009

Fake Emergencies

Hi I'm Rowsdower the producer of your Hard Rain show. The thing that goes bump in the night, the guy your mother warned you about, conservative hippie and I'm sick of this crap!

This fake Emergency crap!

So Obama has declared the H1N1 Swine Flu virus a national emergency. I'm sorry if anyone you know has gotten sick or died of the swine flu but I gotta ask why? This flu has been described as being milder than the regular flu which kills around 36,000 people per year according to the CDC. No State of emergency for that though, right Bama? Bama Lama Ding Dong? Bamm Bamm Bamm Bammy and the Jets? Of course not. Thousands of Americans dead every year isn't an emergency. Thousands of hysterical scare stories about 'swine flu' on the evening news every night is. So thank you for saving us Obama.

It's not the first time I've seen this either. It's become routine in some "hurricane" states to declare a state of emergency before the hurricane even hits. What is this crap really about?

It's about cutting through red tape, about getting funds flowing faster. I understand that. I'm not against that. I'm against bullshit.

The fact that we have to have a law that says all these other damn laws are gonna get people killed and this is an emergency so we don't want to get people killed right now but maybe later, says to me somethings wrong with the damn law. How about we have sensible laws that don't hinder the growth and progress or even the survival of the American people at all times. What do you say?

No. That's what you say. You're from the government and you're here to help. You're a do-gooder and I'm sure you'll do real good. Do-gooder Chris Dodd did real good with his special mortgage rates from Countrywide Bank. Countrywide's not with us anymore but Dodd still is. Do-gooder Harry Reid did real good with some land deals in Nevada. And The new messiah himself did pretty good with a couple of books written about himself and bought by stupid white liberals. He even managed to buy a nice big house with the money and some help from Tony Rezko.

Back to swine flu though, you wanna know how many Americans have died of swine flu? Well too bad racist. I was talking to Janeane Garofalo and after I had sex with her we both agreed that when people say they want to "know" how many American's have died of swine flu, what they're really saying is, "I want my white guy back." Anyway The CDC isn't keeping track of the number of deaths or cases of Swine Flu and they haven't been since July when they estimated 1,000,000 Americans had it. Did you hear that? The government decided not to count how many people have swine flu. But they're also so concerned about it that they're passing laws saying you can't sue the makers of the the vaccine if you have any problems. Does that sound right? Does that sound logical?

So why is the government behaving this way? You know what this is at the end of the day?

It's the new nanny state. The cradle to grave government that just has to do some "thing." This is the way the government handles everything. Like an overbearing mother forcing you to take cough syrup when you're not sick. And you say, 'but I don't need any cough syrup, I'm not sick.' Then your mother responds, 'your not sick because you take the cough syrup.' What is that Kindergarten Cop? I'm quoting Kindergarten Cop now?

Well go to hell do-gooder, cause one thing I know for sure is this. Barack Obama ain't my Mama.

I'm Rowsdower and I'm Sick Of This Crap.

And say hi to your mother for me alright.

 

Wednesday
11Nov2009

Celebrity Justice.

Hey I'm Rowsdower, the top of the Mountain, everything you'll never be, conservative hippie and I'm sick of this crap.

This celebrity justice crap.

So Mel Gibson's record has been expunged of his DUI. You know the DUI where Mel went popping of at the mouth about Jewish people causing all the wars. Well that's obviously his father talking he is a holocaust denier. Stephen actually covered this on the show and said this was not a special deal. That he complied with the terms of his probation or whatever and was eligible to have the conviction expunged. Yeah yeah yeah and I'm Kenny Rogers.

I don't even like criticizing the guy. I know the reason so many Hollywood Democrat bastards jumped all over the guy was because he made a movie about Jesus Christ. And he didn't even make him gay, or a woman, or not white. Don't be fooled into believing these guys give a damn about anti-semitism or drunk driving. They don't. I do. And I was really disappointed in him but I know what his real sin was. Not being a Christianity mocking liberal bastard.

It just reminded me of story after story where celebrities seem to get a special kind of justice.

Remember, Winona Ryder shoplifting at Saks Fifth Avenue on Rodeo Drive a few years back? She wound up getting probation, community service and paying some fines. Now she didn't steal a pack of cigarettes or a pack of gum, she stole merchandise worth $5,500.00. People that rob liquor stores and gas stations steal less than she did, but I'm sure you or I would get the same deal.

How about Nick Nolte? Remember he got pulled over for driving under the influence after taking GHB the date rape drug. You remember him in the mugshot with the nice Hawaiian shirt and the Phil Spector hair do? What ever happened to him? Three years' probation with orders to undergo alcohol & drug counseling with random testing required.

What about Paris Hilton? She got busted for drunk driving in September 2006. She got? You guessed it probation, a suspended license and some fines. And she had sex with all the police officers in the station. That wasn't part of the punishment, not for her anyway, she's just a big slut.

Just a few months later on January 15th 2007 she got pulled over and was caught driving with no license. Remember it was suspended. She also signed a document acknowledging she was not allowed to drive. But what happened to her being on probation? Maybe the justice system just couldn't move fast enough, because on February 27 she was pulled over again for driving 70 in a 35 MPH zone and of course she did so with no license. She also hadn't enrolled in a court ordered alcohol education program so finally she was hit with some parole violations. The result? Listen to this shit.

She was sentenced to 45 days, 45 damn days! in jail for violating her parole. She "checked herself" into the Century Detention Center Facility like she was at one of her grandfather's hotels. She checked in on June 5th 2007. It was projected she would only serve 23 days of the 45 day sentence based on good behavior. And based on the fact that the jails and prisons in this country are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders, but that's a whole nother rant. Well she must have been even better than they expected because she was released on the morning of June 7th less than 48 hours after "checking in."

This led to an uproar and she wound up being put back in jail that same day. She was eventually released back into the wild on June 26th for a total of 21 days in jail. Remember though she got caught breaking the law 3 times. That works out to 7 days in jail for every crime she committed. Whatever she's still a skank.

It just pisses me off but that's the world we live in.

If you ever read Animal Farm you know that all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. Especially if the animals are movie stars or their Great Grandfather started a hotel chain.

I'm Rowsdower and I'm sick of this crap.

and say hi to your mother for me okay.

Wednesday
11Nov2009

For F$%king What?

Hi I'm Rowsdower, the producer of your Hard Rain show, the coolest kid in school, the question and the answer, conservative hippie and I'm sick of this crap!

This Nobel Peace Prize crap! 

So our celebu-tard of a president, the Jimmy Carter in training called Barack Obama has been given a Nobel Peace Prize. For Fucking what? The empty suit had only been in office 12 days when he was nominated by some ass-licker. And some how he won.

He was supposedly given the award for, "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

Bullshit! And you can quote Rowsdower on that.

All this man has done is give speeches. Apologize to the world for America's sins. And generally lower our standing internationally. He runs around wanting the peace every sane person on the planet wants but he's got a real nice suit when he does it so its extra peacey this time.

He was given the award because, among other things, liberal bastards in Oslo, just like liberal bastards here in the good ol' USA, value style over substance. They must because there's no substance to this man. His list of accomplishment so far consists of being born black, getting elected President, and pissing away trillions of dollars when we're already trillions of dollars in the hole. It's peace prize time!

This is like giving someone an Oscar for writing the first draft of a script. It's like giving someone a Grammy because they're taking piano lessons. It's like naming someone Mr. Universe because they joined a gym. In other words it's a tad premature.

Believe it or not this is an award that actually meant something at one time. Martin Luther King Jr won in '64 for his civil rights work, Mother Teresa won in '79 for her work in the slums of India, and Nelson Mandela won in '93 for his work to peacefully end apartheid in South Africa. Those sound pretty damn impressive don't they. Obama's in pretty good company there isn't he? If only.

Here's some of the more recent recipients. Palestinian Terrorist Yasser Arafat, for only killing some of the Israelis, I guess. Kofi Annan, for overseeing the child molesters at the UN, in my opinion. And the king of all losers, Jimmy Carter for being a Democrat turd who could talk during the run up to the war in Iraq.

Oh and don't forget Al Gore for doing a kickass documentary. I still remember how peaceful it was. It was peace-alicious.

Getting back to Obama though, there's one reason above all others that Obama was given this increasingly meaningless, joke of an award. 

He makes this country weaker. And the Nobel Prize Committee sees a strong America as the root of most of the world's problems. Pretty simple huh? America causes all the problems in the world but Obama's America promises to be a weaker, poorer, and less effective America. So if America's weaker the world's a more peaceful place. And the person who weakens America must be the architect of this glorious peace.

Obama has said he'll donate the prize money of more than a million dollars to charity. Awwwww. He'll spend more money than that just to fly over there and accept the award along with copious amounts of asskissing.

If he had any self respect he'd turn down the award. In the very least he'd send a member of the United States Military, the real keepers and providers of peace in this world, to accept the award, but we all know that will never happen. 

So enjoy your meaningless award B.O. Maybe you can wear it around your neck like Flavor Flav. You damn empty suit.

I'm Rowsdower and I'm sick of this crap.

And say hi to your mother for me alright.