Another list of people I hate

As Three Six Mafia once eloquently put it, "All them haters talkin' shit." Or something like that, it's a mainstream rap group, what can you expect from them? So in this exciting continuation of a list of seething hatred and fury, I round off another six people or general entities that fill my rotten apple core of a heart with further cynicism and misanthropy. Some of these people are already dead, so I guess they got what they deserved, but their legacy lives on and refuses to die, much like Jason Voorhees.

Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States: Let's face facts, people. The American South is backwards, ignorant, and racist in this day and age. Andrew Johnson is who we have to thank for that. With the end of the Civil War and the initiation of Reconstruction, Johnson could've done so much to help the African Americans and freed slaves. But what does he do instead? He makes the ex-Confederate leaders kiss his ass and begins to openly oppose the ratification of various amendments that would grant civil rights to all. His resistance to change forces Congress to act radically and gravely, alienating everyone in the South, which leads to the formation of vigilante groups like the KKK. The reemergence of white supremacy spreads like wildfire and leads to the perpetuation of racism in the South. Generation after generation is raised with the mentality that blacks are inferior, and while it's been getting better, the South is still an embarrassment to most third-world nations. If Mr. Johnson had been a bit more decisive in his actions, perhaps we wouldn't have such an atmosphere of hatred and inbreeding.

"Protectors" of Marriage: I recently had the opportunity to yell obscenities at Prop 8 supporters recently, in an act of fury and mob mentality. In what is possibly the bluest state in the nation, gay marriage has been prohibited, thanks largely in part to the collective efforts of nearly every religious organization (though there are a few that didn't openly bash it) and affluent bigots. While I can't bring myself to care about the question of marriage, it's the greater conflict that makes me facepalm myself. It's a civil right, an undeniable freedom and denying anyone that liberty is discrimination. I thought we were past this people. I thought the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enough for all of us. How is it we can still summon the last dregs of hatred and intolerance and deny a group of people their rights? Furthermore, how can these "crusaders" look at themselves and believe what they're doing is right? You're not protecting children from the harsh realities of gay marriage, you're not preserving a sacred institution, you're being bigots, and no matter what pretty dress you put on your ideals, that what it boils down to. Because all your pretty dresses are flat-out lies.

The Church of Scientology: Lots of religious bashing on my part, huh? But I'm not demonizing religion, I'm demonizing the utterly idiotic behavior it inspires. How people can believe in and defend the acts of an alien warlord whose ships shot souls back to Earth in soul nets is frankly ludicrous. The almost maniacal fervor that their followers exhibit really speaks to the efficiency of their brainwashing. It also quite disturbing to see healthy individuals being preyed on by a near-evil cult. The death of Lisa McPherson is a testament to this: a mentally ill woman brainwashed into only wanting church-provided medical care. She died of a pulmonary embolism, probably preventable had they taken her to a hospital. I hate the organization, but at the same time I'm deathly afraid of it.

Kanye West: Man, is this guy a tool.From the whole "George Bush doesn't care about black people" to the "I'm the voice of the generation, the best and the loudest," or whatever shit that he spews from his craw, the arrogance that he displays is completely unwarranted and the fact that he views and hails himself as some kind of visionary is unbelievably pretentious. The fact that his latest album, 808s and Heartbreak is entirely vocoded, it's not even his voice that's "the voice of the generation." I respect his lyrical skill and talent as a musician, but as Dr. House once said, "Arrogance has to be earned. What have you done to earn yours?" Kanye West will likely answer with a bunch of waffle, followed up by how it's just "haters" talking.

Vladimir Putin: Like the Israeli warhawks, this guy is on his hind legs, rearing for war and hawkish military action against small third-world, former Soviet satellites, so he must be taking a few pages out of the Bush Administration's playbook. The future of Russian foreign policy looks like aggressive expansionism, something that Soviet Russia was known for. So congratulations, Putin, your little puppet Medvedev has proven quite useful for a move back to the totalitarian Communist society. In a few years, you'll be moving missiles back to sunny Cuba, while we move missiles back to Turkey. Terrorism be damned, we'll be seeing Red for the next few years with this guy. South Ossetia was the beginning, Cold War: The Sequel will be the end.

Tina Mosleh: No list would be complete without an Ohlone professor that was so abhorrent and awful that I wanted to stab myself in the hand during class just for something exciting to happen. With an impenetrable accent and an awful and tenuous at best grasp on the English language, Mrs. Mosleh is everything wrong with a professor. She teaches, hell, reads right out of the book, and has very poor wording on all her exams and quizzes. It's no surprise that I cut the class at least once a week, and am probably going to get a B at best, but if you truly want to experience painful suffering and have the interesting subject of economics dulled away, take this lady's class. Don't say I didn't warn you.

And how to end this long ranting entry full of hatred and anger? Wif wuv of course <3.

But no love for you. Yeah, you know who you are, you little Napoleon. AND YOU BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.