Letters to an onion et al.

Dear Onion that my sister and I cut up and placed strategically around the house last week,

You done good. Thank you for soaking up the germs in my parents' house-turned-flu rehabilitation center. I have somehow made it back to California unscathed by the vomit bug.

Love,

Healthy Sarah


Dear Placebo Effect,

Just in case the whole onion/germ thing doesn't actually work, thank you for soaking up all my worries.  Well, not all of them, but the flu-inducing ones.

Love,

Peaceful Sarah

Dear Little Brother,

How you be so fly?

Love,

Admiring Sarah

Dear Skin,

Seventy degrees and sunny. Are you happy now?

Love,

Vitamin-D-hungry Sarah

Dear Grading,

I kicked your hiney, SUCKA!!!!

Love,

Victorious Sarah


Dear HHS mandate,

You are the result of a devastating reinterpretation of the constitution. You strip us of religious freedoms, and prohibit many of us from acting according to our conscience. You've also made it impossible for many good business owners to act according to their moral convictions without getting nailed by multi-million dollar fines. This is egregious. I hope enough Americans protest you to effect change.

Love,

Hoping-to-get-our-freedom-back Sarah


Dear Readers,

You can protest the HHS mandate quickly and easily by going here. This site walks you through writing a letter to our senators. It does most of the work for you. Seriously. It will take you two minutes!

Love,

Sarah



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A Taste of Healthier Political Thinking

My friend Rachel likes coffee-flavored ice cream. I don’t get it. Sure, I like a steaming cup of coffee every now and then, but, when it comes to ice cream, the coffee-flavored kind doesn’t float my boat. I would much rather dip a very large spoon into a tub of peppermint-flavored ice cream. It not only floats my boat, it raises its sails and sets it flying toward the sherbet-streaked sunset.

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"Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion, But... Don't Even Think About Expressing an Opinion That Opposes Mine"

Perez Hilton, an outspoken gay activist and recent Miss USA judge, is in a tizzy over Miss California's response to his controversial question during the recent Miss USA pageant.

Here's his controversial question and Miss California's answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XMvviFbkf0

Clearly angered by Miss California's refusal to replace her counterculture convictions with political correctness, Perez uses his blog, "Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion, But..." to defame her response to his question as, "the worst answer in pageant history." His reason?

"She lost, not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage. Miss California lost because she's a dumb @#!$% If I was Miss California with half a brain I would have said, 'Hmm, Perez, that's a very good question. That's a very hot topic in our country right now and I think that that is a question that each state should decide for themselves.'"

Good point, Perez. People who have at least half a brain wouldn't even think about maintaining integrity by sticking to their convictions under loads of pressure on national television. Especially knowing full well that it could cost them a Miss USA title and make them subject to public mockery and ridicule. No, people with at least half a brain would definitely cave to the majority and say what they think their antagonistic gay judge wants them to say. True intelligence is spineless. And thoughtless.

Hilton continued his nonsensical rant by villainizing Miss California for daring to be politically incorrect. "She gave an awful, awful answer that alienated so many people. And Miss California, Miss USA, she doesn't alienate. She unites. She inspires."

Let me get this straight, Perez. You would have Miss California spout a half-hearted, politically correct answer in order to alienate everyone who opposes gay marriage? Because regardless of Miss California's answer, she will alienate somebody. That's what happens when you ask somebody an extremely controversial question on national television. It's the nature of "hot topics". Maybe hot topics just aren't your thing after all, Mr. Hilton.

And what about all of the pro-marriage, pro-family Americans who were inspired by Miss California's decision to use her influence to promote family values? What about the people who were inspired to think more about the political, social, and spiritual ramifications of gay marriage as a result of Miss California's response? And what about all of the young girls who were inspired by Miss California's example of a strong woman with a backbone, who refuses to cave under fire? I think what you mean, Mr. Hilton, is that Miss California didn't inspire people to join your agenda. And since the whole point of Miss USA is to promote the gay agenda, I totally understand your frustration.

Perez concludes his blog with one last dose of verbal vomit, "If Miss California had won, I would have gone up on stage, snatched that tiarra off her head, and run out the door."

Good call Perez. That would have been a heroic step toward uniting and inspiring. It wouldn't have been at all divisive. I think your message would have been quite clear.