The Trials and Tribulations of a Tattooed Conservative

As a foul-mouthed, heavy-metal loving tattooed conservative I am often confronted with issues that cause disagreement with others who are supposedly on the same side of the political spectrum as myself.

This morning while drinking my morning coffee and skimming through one of my favorite stops on the interwebs (IOwntheWorld.com) I came across a post about Rosie O'Donnell's 13-year-old son allegedly getting a tattoo. The ensuing comments on that thread prompted me to write the below response.

[IowntheWorld.com is still one of my favorite stops on the interwebs though.]

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This thread reminds me of a conversation I had once with a (very) liberal college professor of mine. Not having liked the college experience much after my first year, I spent most of my next 6 years after High School graduation jumping straight into the workforce. I was a few years older then most of my classmates and thus, pretty much the only one that had the cajones to open up and argue with said (very) liberal college professor when he started on with the usual progressive ideological nonsense. The class wasn't even a politically oriented one.

One nice spring day, after a rather miserably cold Cleveland winter, I came to class wearing a T-Shirt as opposed to the normal sweatshirts I would wear. I instantly noticed the look of amazement in (very) liberal college professor’s eyes when he notices a bit of one of my half sleeve tattoos poking out of my Ronald Reagan “Old School Conservative” tee shirt.

“Joe,” he started off, the sense of moral superiority firmly in his voice. “I've got to say that I'm completely shocked after all the Conservative Right-Wing viewpoints you've expressed all semester to see that you have tattoos. How do you justify that while holding such a rigid belief system?”

I chuckled then looked straight at (very) liberal college professor and said, “The answer is in the second paragraph of the Declaration Of Independence. You see as a Conservative I believe that I am endowed by my creator with the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

He didn't like that answer and pressed on with the 'how can I justify having tattoos with being conservative line of questioning. He then brought up the religious right and other liberal talking points.

“You are confusing the hard-core religious right, and uppity snobs with what being a 'conservative' means,” I went on to tell him. “You see while liberals tend to want to pigeon-hole people and lump everyone into a group into a specific spot where that group falls into the social-order. But as a conservative I am most concerned with the dignity & freedom of the individual. I know that each and every man is his own unique individual and the choices we make as free individuals are our choices & not ones to be made by any other individual or collective.”

He basically didn't have a response and we continued on with class.

I won't try to explain my choices of body-art here, as they are my own. Do I regret some of the choices I made? Of course I do, but those choices helped mold me into the man I am today. Each piece of art on my body is a reminder of the person I was at that time & place.

As a firm believe in the first amendment I will never deny the right of anyone to speak there mind. If you think tattoos are stupid, or that they defile the body or any other reasoning you have to dislike body art --- that is your right.

It just irks me when people who are supposed to be on the same side of the political spectrum as myself can't view the choice of getting tattoo as nothing more then an issue of individual liberty --- and thus a choice that perfectly aligns with being conservative.

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Cross posted at ...On Liberty.

On trip to Germany, Russian President greeted with Boobies

2 things.

1) What is taking your top of in a protest going to prove other then that you have no sense of shame. I don't remember the last time stripping in public enected any sort of social change.

2) I LOVE the look on Putin's face in the pic below, It's like he's never seen titties before.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be witnessing his first set of boobies

Via CBS News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin with her concerns about a crackdown on non-governmental organizations - and then topless demonstrators with obscene insults written on their chests assailed the Russian president at an industry fair in Germany.

As the two leaders toured the fair in Hannover, several activists from Ukraine's Femen group, bared their torsos and shouted "Putin dictator!" before being detained by guards.

A smiling Putin shrugged off the protest.

"As for the action, I liked it," he said. "You should be grateful to the girls, they are helping you make the fair more popular."

Anthrax's Joey Belladona sings the National Anthem

“The Star Spangled Banner is not an easy song to sing. I'm not just talking about famously bad version's like Roseanne Barr's, actually talented and professionally trained singers have a hard time with the song. Just ask Aerosmith's Steven Tyler or Christina Aguilera.

It is a song that not only requires someone with an amazingly wide vocal range, but somebody who understands that you simply can't fuck up the National friggin' Anthem.

So I bring to you Anthrax lead singer Joey Belladona:

I agree with his band mate Scott Ian, who took the video. Joey “nailed it.”

Bad Ink

Being tattooed myself, it would be highly hypocritical of me to condemn someone for getting ink. That being said I love me some bad tattoos.

While scrolling the interwebs today I found one of my new favorite sites. Wtftattoos.com How did I not know of this site sooner?

Here are just a few of my favs:

  

Find more at WTF Tattoos

I Don't Feel Tardy

6-year old drummer, doing some Van Halen. I'm sure John Lofton doesn't find this video amusing.

This is taking the "Metal" in Heavy Metal to the Extreme

Robot band Compressorhead playing Motorhead's "Ace of Spades"

It won't be long before they start looking for Sarah Conner

Sign me up coach!

Now THIS is how you recruit.

Every day. All day. Working hard to be a champion. That team that dressed in this locker room this year was special. It was not an accident that they won every game that they played and I promise you if we had the chance to play again we would win that game as well.

That team refused to lose. They would not be beaten. And it wasn't because they were the greatest players in the country. The reality is they were not. But it was because they had the kind of heart and soul that is unique in America today.

You.. you have received the invitation to be a part of that group — that fraternity. What a special thing. I want you to understand as a coaching staff, Coach Meyer has given us one charge Go out and find the 25 best football players in the country and bring them to Ohio State. Go find the 25 best football players in the country and bring them to Ohio State.

We came here to do one thing: this right here. What is that? What do we do when we do this? Do you know? Hold the crystal ball. That's the reason why you come to Ohio State. Are you going to be a first round draft pick? Maybe. You're going to have every opportunity to do that.
But you're going to have the opportunity — I promise you... I guarantee you, in fact — the opportunity to hold that crystal ball and in the process get a degree that is second to none. A university that has 52,000 students with an average ACT score of 28. You cannot find another place like this and you have been invited to join. You are truly special.

All the Bowl games have yet to be played, but I so can't wait until next season starts.

Hat Tip: Eleven Warriors

Pantera's Walk - as performed by an 11 year old girl

11-Year old Adrianne Woolf, with her father Aaron performing an acoustic cover of the Pantera classic "Walk."

Hat Tip: The Mike Trivisonno Show 

Happy Halloween: Young Frankenstein

This movie is a classic!

The Iron Tweet

How did I not know about this earlier?

Former WWF World Champion The Iron Sheik has a twitter account.

Here is a selection of some of his recent tweets:

fuck the Hurricane Sandy ,she a dumb bitch
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) October 29, 2012

the @zachbraffmake movies that only the retarded animals like because he is a no good dumb fucking piece of dog shit
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) October 29, 2012

The Mark Sanchez make all Mexican people embarass to be Mexican forever they will be the dog shit because of him
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) October 28, 2012

for christmas the Mitt Romney either get raped by dead dog or have sex with the big bird. no matter what he dumb son of a bitch
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) October 25, 2012

This could provide hours of fun