I just stumbled out of my car, having survived a full 128 minute showing of the Hollywood debacle, Into The Woods.  Whoever says marijuana is illegal in Hollywood has lost control of their senses.   This tedious musical, starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Chris Pine, I noticed gave wedgies to every male attendee, struggling not to squirm too much and thus offend their wives or significant others.  My wife spoke of “multiple layers of feelings and interpretations”, alone enough to spook any heterosexual male from being badgered, begged or drugged into viewing this debacle.  I beg every male, at any cost and I mean any cost, to avoid this flick.  There are so many other touchy feely chick flicks to impress your female partner with your attendance, and with some rehearsed sensitivity. If forced or tricked to endure this,  immediately go shoot something, read Wild at Heart by John Eldredge twice, and then punch someone.   Find other ways to impress the girls !   Do it !                            WHAT THE HECK !

After the umpteenth person today wishing me Happy Holidays, I wish to provide a hearty Merry Christmas to my readers.   Thank God we live in a country that allows us to thank God.                   WHAT  THE HECK !

I have a friend in Cuba who works for a Canadian energy company.   He makes approximately $60,000 per year, of which he receives $100 per month, with the remainder accruing to the Castro goons.

With our emperor today taking the first steps toward a normalization of diplomatic relations with this oppressive regime, guess who will enjoy the economic fruits of that relationship ?                      WHAT THE HECK !

I’m so upset today, one because my Packers lost and probably earned a trip to Seattle in late January, but more importantly because I learned of two more legal incursions against the only reason for the Christmas season, to honor and to rejoice in the birth of the baby Jesus.

Nativity scenes in Dallas, NC and Jay, FL had to be removed from their respective courthouse lawns last week because of complaints from an out-of-state atheist organization called the Freedom From Religion Foundation.  This Madison, Wisconsin-based  group specializes in mobilizing a sea of misguided and otherwise unemployed attorneys to impose their group’s will on towns around the country. We live in a nation of free will, so I would not be too upset if the will of the town prevailed in such matters. However, it is just repugnant (can’t think of a worse descriptive word) when groups from out-of-state impose their will and stick their noses where they are not welcome.  We need to shut down the law schools for a decade, and shoot half of the existing lawyers.   This is getting way out of control.      WHAT THE HECK !

My heart weeps for those poor, poor UCLA law students  suffering from the trauma of a horrible racist exam question from UCLA law professor Robert Goldstein.  The question was in the form of a hypothetical, asking whether, as a St. Louis, Missouri prosecutor, you would seek to indict Michael Brown’s stepfather for inciting a riot with his incendiary comments following the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer involved in his stepson’s death.

Law students pouted and complained, suggesting that the question was racially insensitive and divisive.  Boo hoo , budding new bottom feeding billboard tort snakes.  Remind me, the next time I need an attorney, to hire one over 40 years of age who has not been totally PC indoctrinated by our press and politicians and activists.

In addition to forcing the evil professor to apologize, and to promise not to grade the exam answer, believe I’m most peeved that our culture has reached a point where we cannot even discuss major issues of the day.   For instance, try to enter into a discussion about the President’s job performance, and you are slammed for being a racist.  Or try to calmly outline an argument against gay marriage (an oxymoron by the way) based on a biblical world view in a room of twenty somethings, and see the horrified looks on their faces.   Unfortunately, everything in this world is not black and white, not clearly defined, not easy to solve or to reach a middle ground.    But today, the labels of racism and bigotry we apply to those with opposing views, and different moral/ethical bases, makes calm discussion nearly impossible.

The situation described above is a perfect example.  A politically correct presumption (Brown’s aggrieved stepfather is above the law) cannot be questioned and discussed, even in the formative environment of a college campus.                                WHAT THE HECK !

Finally, the state of Minnesota has made it happen by taking the first step toward the elimination of girls’ athletics in high schools.   The Minnesota high school athletic board (MSHSL) last week overwhelmingly approved a policy allowing transgender students to pick and choose the gender of the sport in which they choose to participate.   Forgetting the locker room logistics for a moment, where’s the fairness for young women competing in a sport which now welcomes athletically superior males (come on, admit it) and squeezes out lifelong committed female athletes for the benefit of a few dudes who need psychiatric attention, and not a season of girls’ softball ?

Must everyone get a trophy ?  Must every tiny slice of society be pandered to, forgetting that it might infringe upon the rights of the majority ?  And how do we ever find qualified school administrators when they have to deal with silly issues such as transgender athletic rights ?  No wonder our public schools are lackluster.   And finally, I certainly hope that my headline never comes true, that as a culture we come to our senses.  Having ushered a son through teen years, I am so thrilled that athletics for women has become widely accepted and encouraged.  The young women who my son associated with were so more well rounded and level-headed than during my generation, in no small part due to the lessons they learned from participation in sports.  Go girls !                WHAT THE HECK !

Shame, shame on those of you who have chosen to contact this Wahoo, shaking your finger at privileged young male students, my University, the Greek system in general, the U.Va. charge of Phi Kappa Psi in particular, and my gender for that matter.   If that poor 1st year student indeed was raped on the Grounds two years ago, I hope the system tracks down those young men, puts them in jail, and cuts off………            But in this passionate time of instant judgment, I choose to wait until the alleged event is actually investigated, and the real facts unraveled.  Maybe four years on the Grounds gave me a little bit of common sense.

But shame on those of you who get your news from Rolling Stone magazine, the same publication that followed up the gussied-up U.Va. story this week with the headline, “The Police in America are Becoming Illegitimate”.  Try telling that to the next police officer you need in a crisis !   I would hope that my normally intelligent friends and relatives could discern between real investigative reporting, and selfish ranting to promote an agenda.      Shame on you.          WHAT THE HECK !

Loosely paraphrasing Dr. Hook and a fellow Wahoo friend:

Well I’m a big mag writer, a poison pen for hire, and I’m feared everywhere I go.  I write about fratters and I write about rape.  The truth really nobody knows.  I use all kinda slants to get all kinda rants, but some facts I will never show.  Cuz the thrill and the glory is to get my story on the cover of the Rollin’ Stone.   Wanna see my picture on the cover. Wanna buy five copies for my Mother.  Wanna see my smilin’ face and my name on the cover of the Rollin’ Stone.