Being that this weekend will put an end to this year's Houston's Livestock Show & Rodeo, I thought I would pay a small tribute to all the cowboys out there.
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Quote of The Century by Nate Phelps (Son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church)
—Nate Phelps, the son of Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, tells a high school audience that his father's mission in life is a farce [via]
The son of one of the most outspoken religious men of the 80's and 90's, Fred Phelps, came out in condemnation of his family's religious beliefs at Clayton High School on March 10th. In it, he described his childhood and how he suffered at the physical abuse of his father and how it would sometimes last for hours on end. He talked of his teenage escape at the age of 18 and the lengths he went to hide his new car from his friends and family.
"I left the night I turned 18, literally at midnight," Phelps said. "I knew I was going to do it when I turned 15 or so. I bought a car when I was 17—hid it—no one knew it was mine. [I] packed my stuff up and at 11:30 on the night of my 18th birthday, I backed it into the driveway and loaded it up and went inside. [I] waited for the clock to hit midnight, and then I left."Nate Phelps, the seventh of 13 children, knew that if he were caught or took the steps to return back to his family, he would be severely beaten for violating "the rules." I found the following video online and thought the interview was really great (granted Peter Klein is kind of bad with interupting and not letting Nate speak at times), and thought I would share. I like Nate a lot. I like his outlook and how he came to make his decisions about religion, and his willingness to let his kids make up their own minds. I don't think many parents get how utterly terrifying religion is for a 4, 5, 6 year old child. And I also believe that inflicting that kind of fear (that you can go somewhere and burn and be tortured forever if you step out of line) is wrong, if not cruel. I understand the concept of punishment, but I feel like 10 minutes in time out is a far cry from eternity of damnation.
Movies to Watch: Mother's Day
She is most notable for her performance in one of the most suspenseful movies of all time, "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle," but it is the 80's classic with Tom Cruise (Risky Business), that introduced us to actress known as Rebecca De Mornay. And the Evil that possesses her is beyond compare. I can tell you right now if this bitch were to walk into my office today, I'd be answering her, "yes ma'am, no ma'am, yes ma'am." This woman terrifies me, and rightly so, hence the reason she was cast in a new movie out in theatres April 1st. IMDB (Internet Movie Database) describes Mother’s Day as a psychological horror thriller about “the sadistic members of a villainous family who return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.” "In the thriller arriving in theaters April 1, three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons' escape, teaching the house's new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way." Written by Bloody Disgusting.com
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