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after waking up hideously early this morning, i did a little webnews surfing before i got up. in my casual perusal of google news' top stories i came across something way more hideous than waking up for no reason before 6am...

an article in the times (uk, not ny) opens with the following sentence:

"christian groups led a furious campaign against hollywood yesterday, accusing the golden globe awards of promoting films with gay or 'leftist' themes to serve a political agenda."

ok, i'll bite. furious campaigns launched by christians can be pretty humorous these days. i mean, granted it's the kind of thing you can laugh at for a few minutes -- maybe more than a few minutes if they're particularly nutty -- and then when the reality sinks in it's not so funny. but still, they tend to interest me. this one's no exception to that; i have two reactions: part of me thinks we should be glad that things like this are being covered, that campaigns like this actually exist. i mean it's just THAT ridiculous, so ridiculous that it's like the right-wing christians really are just starting to make themselves look stupid. but the reality is -- and this is the frightening part (if not a bit obvious), especially as we face the pending confirmation of samuel alito to the supreme court -- they. are. dead. serious. this is their vocation, this is what they think about, and what makes them tick. they believe this; they do. all of it. and it's people like them who are funded our president's ticket, who will fund the next conservative nominee's ticket, who are presently in the control room at the white house. yes, becomes remarkably not funny remarkably quickly.

as to specifics, at the golden globe awards on monday "brokeback mountain" won four awards, including best dramatic picture. "capote" was also recognized (phillip seymour hoffman as the title role took the globe) and felicity huffman won for her portrayal of a transsexual in "transamerica." although i have yet to see the last of those films, in my own opinion both "brokeback" and "capote" were more than deserving of an award. but forget what i think, the fact is they won. and why? because they were great films with great performances? oh no, not so, say those furiously-campaigning christians (i don't know why i like that phrase so much).

so what's the real reason then? oh, it's simple.

according to stephen bennett of "straight talk radio" (go figure), and put oh-so-eloquently, at the 2006 globes, "hollywood exposed its own corrupt agenda. [it] is no doubt out on a mission to homosexualise america."

well i'm glad he cleared that one up. they're pretty tricky those hollywood people, eh? indeed, it would seem that the american film media is out to make us all gay -- AND twisted, apparently needed for emphasis, though i thought for these freaks they were mutually exclusive. propaganda, subliminal messages of perversion and corruption ("hey you, little girl, yes YOU, we see you... you don't want to play doctor with the boys anymore, male anatomy is repulsive, why not try fornication with your wee pig-tailed friend in the preschool bathroom?") are running rampant in our favorite entertainment source.

oh, and let us not leave out perhaps the more "heady" crazy-religious-right-wing-zealots' contribution; for they point out that "syriana" (for which george clooney picked up a best supporting actor award) depicts "ethical pitfalls" of the oil business in an overtly leftist light. and what's more, we seem also to be promoting illegal drug use, too! (i mean just for kick, right?) indeed, mary louise parker won for her portrayal of a marijuana dealer in the tv show "weeds." so have we covered it then? the call to american children bored on a friday night?: a little sodomy, a little post-coital bash session of the administration's oil policies with some fellow corrupt friends over some nice looooooong hits from the bong. eureka!

bennet also said, "when hollywood is pumping out anti-family movies with sexually explicit, twisted and perverse themes that glorify homosexuality, transsexuality and every other kind of sexual immorality -- then awarding itself for doing so -- middle america better take note."

well, middle america, here's your big chance. and hey, at least we can still watch fox news, right?