I just want to warn you. I`m all fired up.

A renowned opera house in Berlin has canceled a production of a Mozart opera because they were afraid to offend Muslims. Apparently, there`s a scene in this version of the opera which features a king carrying the heads of Jesus, Buddha, and the Prophet Mohammed. Wow, that sounds good.

Now here`s why it was canceled. The Germans aren`t really worried about offending, you know, the Buddhists or the Christians. No, no, no. They`re just worried about the Muslims. All over the world we`re fricking retreating, and it has to stop now.

Here is the point. I can see the future, and here`s what it looks like: we are going to lose this war unless you are as sick and tired as I am of being called a hate monger.

Here`s how I got there. You can`t even mention Mohammed in a knock- knock joke. Not that I have a good one or anything. But you can`t without getting burned in effigy. But Jesus? Oh, he`s fair game.

For example, remember the singer Charlotte Church? When she was a teenager, she was a nice girl. She had a cute little song called "Blessed Jesus". Well, I think she`s trying to change her image. She`s now got a new talk show in England, and here are just some highlights from the first episode.

First she called the president, President Bush, clueless and a four-letter word that I won't say. She said the pope was a Nazi. She stuck a wad of chewing gum on a statue of baby Jesus. And then she dressed up like a nun while pretending to eat Ecstasy-covered communion wavers and act all high. And that`s great.

So just to sum up here, Christ bashing on TV, oh, that`s fine. But Mozart? An opera in Germany with Mohammed in it? Oh, no, not so much.

I am sick and tired of everybody else`s little complaints about how offended they are. I am sick of everybody being a loving, non-racist person except for me. I am really sick of everybody else`s religion being off limits except for mine. I`m sick of being called a hate monger.

I am mad as hell, and I ain`t going to take it anymore! And I know that sounds a lot like the movie "Network", because it is. But until everybody opens up their window and screams it at the top of their lungs, nothing`s going to change.

The small part of this story is that political correctness is going to cripple our children. If they`re not able to handle someone saying something bad about their religion, what the hell are they going to be like when they enter the business world?

The bigger part of this story is that, by continually buckling under pressure, we are killing ourselves. They complain about a cartoon, and we retreat. The pope makes a speech, and we retreat. They complain about an opera; we retreat a little more. Pretty soon we`re going to be backed up right against the wall. And you know when your back is against the wall, you know what happens? Yes, usually, you`re facing a firing squad.

We have made too many compromises and too many retreats already. Not again. The line has to be drawn.

I am mad as hell, and I`m not going to take it anymore.

Don`t tell me that this war is about what we`re doing over in Iraq. Bull crap. You know it and I know it. Look at the words. Listen to what they`re saying.

Here`s what I know tonight. I have absolutely no desire to offend anybody about their religion. We can all live together. But we are in a fight for our lives here. I refuse to listen to a group of people who say that we`re offending them and yet they make speeches like that one that you just saw. They kidnap journalists. They behead prisoners. They blow up school buses. I don`t give a flying crap if I offend those Muslims.

But by the same token I also know that when good, moderate Muslims reach across the table, speak out about terrorism and smearing of other religions and then back it up with action, which is apparently missing too much in our society, well, you know what? Then we can talk about the Mohammed cartoons. And we`ll all have a big hug and we`ll share a Coke and sing "Kumbaya" on a mountain top. Won`t that be fun? But until that happens, sit down, shut up.

Here`s what I don`t know. Why is it OK to bash other religions every two seconds? I just saw it. Anybody see "Studio 60"? Just saw it. Nobody sets fire to anything. They`re bashing Jesus and Christians. But boy, everybody walks on eggshells the minute you say anything about Islam.

And if that's not enough, I just learned my friend, whom is 18 years old and not even a year out of high school - is pregnant!  What are we going to do about society?  What can we do?

Anyone else tired of Al Gore's worldly speeches about how everyone is going to die as they burn up in flames due to global warming?  Here's an article snippet:

<sub><sup>GORE: CIGARETTE SMOKING 'SIGNIFICANT' CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL WARMING
Fri Sep 29 2006 09:04:05 ET

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a "significant contributor to global warming!"

Gore, who was introduced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the world faces a "full-scale climate emergency that threatens the future of civilization on earth."

Gore showed computer-generated projections of ocean water rushing in to submerge the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, parts of China, India and other nations, should ice shelves in Antarctica or Greenland melt and slip into the sea.

"The planet itself will do nicely, thank you very much what is at risk is human civilization," Gore said. After a series of Q& A with the audience, which had little to do with global warming and more about his political future, Annan bid "adios" to Gore.

Then, Gore had his staff opened a stack of cardboard boxes to begin selling his new book, "An Inconvenient Truth, The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It," $19.95, to the U.N. diplomats.</sup></sub>

Credit Matt Drudge

First cars, then cigerettes... I just watched an episode of South Park last night (for latenight drowsy entertainment) which featured passing gas as another "pollution" causing global warming.  I don't think I have to say, if someone told Gore that passing gas would cause the Earth's temperature to rise that he'd give a second thought before adding another world tour to his belt about PASSING GAS.

Okay, let's look at the REAL story now.  Al Gore, guy who somewhat did a lot of great things in the world of politics... lost some elections, and he's turned into the Tom Cruise of the government (Kerry would be the Nicole Richey, Clinton - Paris Hilton).  Gore is the person who just can't get enough limelight on himself, aka what you girls would refer to as an attention whore (though he's better than you because he gets your parents attention because he's on television).

I personally think that global warming has existed way before we ever had a place here on this planet.  If you're knowledgable (or just old), you'd know that back in the 1930's, scientist were warning that GLOBAL COOLING was happening and "could not be stopped."  Give me a break, this planet (as all others) are out floating around in the solar system... and as they float, distance from other objects such as the sun, vary.  The temperature is ALWAYS going to FLUCTUATE.

When are we going to stop comparing ourselves to teh easy bake oven cookies that you burnt when you were a baby, and actually focus on what needs to be focused on?  How about the situation over in the east for example?

Have a moment?  Picture bears being chain by the wrist of their arms, and walked or dragged... or chimps leashed to a child's bicycle... it's not a good thing... and it does exist!  Read this article.  Just another real life view on what's happening in the world today.  Right now, the spotlight is on china because of the published photos, but don't think it doesn't happen here or anywhere else.

A couple weeks ago, a person two blocks down from me was arrested for training dogs to "dog fight" - keeping them locked in kennels and only feeding them every few days - and had a threadmill in the backyard with a leash hooked to it!

This world depresses me a lot now days.  Where do we, as humans, get the right to think that should better ourselves while destroying the rest?

I'm no animal activist, but I have two pets of my own... and they each get treated with equality; probably better equality than I give my closest friends.

So... what do you do for relaxation?  Do you sit outside, in the back, head resting back as you gaze into nature's sky?  This world has so much more to offer people who actually turn everything off, and just think for a moment.  Listen to the silence, it's you and only you.

I'm 18 years old... used to be in a middle-class family, now which is considered lower-class due to our income.  I've lived some terrible moments in my life, but still I'm here.  I just graduated four months ago, and I'll be starting college in January as long as I can afford it (hopefully Financial Aid will see me as poor enough to help me).  I don't have what many people my age have; I have a car, computer and the internet... and that's about it.  No fancy stereo, no gold necklaces, or mp3 players to show off.  Most of my life right now is consumed by my job, which I admit is something I love dearly...and hope to do the rest of my life.

This blog isn't about me though, this blog is about you, and the rest of the world.  What do you see?  Really?  Have you looked recently at what our society has become?  The coming post will hopefully share some light on what is not only going on in my world, but in your world also.