Here I go stirring it up again! I've been bombarded with a certain public service announcement for too long now . It's really bad, too, because my live-in "babymomma" lost her job two years ago and can't afford anything but basic cable. When I saw this topic brought up here on hubpages I could remain silent no longer. (Still, I figure I can write about anything I want if others can get high scores simply by showing pictures of a woman showing off her breasts and BUT, I digress. . .)

Is it just ME or is someone watching out for everyone but white MEN? My blue-clad ancestors and Lincoln freed the slaves. "Native American" Indians have casino developers and factions of the government who feel we need to be apologetic for some of our predecessors being great salesmen and great conquerors.

Hispanics--even illegal ones--have the Catholic Church and rich, greedy bastards who don't want or cannot afford to pay real Americans to work. (By the way, if you can't be a successful businessman withOUT illegal aliens then you suck at what you're doing! Go to work for 'the man" like the rest of us!) They also have some faction of so-called 'homemakers". yeah; maybe if you didn't have an illegal alien to do your housework you wouldn't have time to boycott companies and make phone calls to TV networks and advertisers! (We miss you, Frito Bandito! I even had your penciltop erasers!)

Litle boys have various government agencies and anyone who is NOT a member of the Catholic Church! Jewish people haven't had any major trouble since that a$shole with the moustache was set straight. (No! Not ME! Hitler! )

I even remember a woman in one of my college classes correcting me about using the term "eskimo". Bitch, please! You interrupt my discussion about an album by The Residents TITLED "Eskimo" to throw in your politically-correct bullsh*t? Damn, woman, there was an eskimo or two helping the band gather and record material for this landmark album and THEY didn't complain!

Women have Gloria Allred and anyone else who takes their side in hopes of scoring points and "gettin' some". Everyone has acceptable or even popular watchdogs working on their behalf. . .everyone except WHITE MEN!

See, "Black Power" and "Girl Power" and "Women's Lib" are all fine and dandy. "White Power"? Not so much. Who do white men have?

A group of men whose members used to air their dirty laundry on their backs and over their heads while occasionally making sure that everyone knew their hearts were in the right place by displaying a lit cross in public. Yeeaahhhhh. . .We all buy that. Yeeeaaaahhhh. No. Nope. Sorry. Besides, even if I did favor wearing bedclothes in poblic, this group wouldn't have me anyway.

My "man-monster" is all about the EOE (Equal Oppurtunity Eroticizer)! Just call me Master Skittles, ladies, 'cause I have tasted the rainbow!

(I was going to mention some crime committed years ago in the south and make some questionable comment about my being white and MY not even being able to date a lot of white women but I have already digressed once so it'll have to wait for another hub.) The point is I am tired of MY country being so selectively politically correct!

(Before I begin, remember that I am a great fan of sarcasm and satire.)

Now check out this recent overheard, private conversation:

"My Mom said I can only go to the party if Heather's Mom and Step-Dad are gonna be home."

"Really? Why? THAT'S SO GAY!"

"Yeah. . .so TOtally gay!"

This is a conversation between two teenage girls.

(I know, I know, you expect some crude, "Barely Legal", sexually-related comment about now but I am serious!) UNlike some pople in the 18 and over crowd, I am generally pretty cool and "up to date" on what is important. I had no need for a translator.

I knew full well, the girls were basically agreeing that not being able to go to a party where there were no parental units sucked. The idea that the one girl could only go if there were adults present was stupid. I got it.

Some words change meaning from time to time.

Having studied English for my various degrees and certifications I know that those same words become "accepted" and used regularly. Unfortunately, there are a few people out there who don't like the idea of taking a word that already has a definition and giving it a new one that is negative.

(I don't like bands, successful authors, comic book companies, toy companies and movie companies making billions of dollars off MY name but you don't see me running to a lawyer for a "Cease And Desist" order, Do you?)

Anyway, the gripe some people have is that it is common today for kids (and others sometimes paying way too much attention to conversations not meant for them) to hear "That's So Gay!" on a daily basis.

In fact, now ThinkB4YouSpeak.com has launched a campaign to change the minds of students and to make them have to think before they speak even when they are NOT in the classroom!

Do you realize how we compare to other countries when it comes to education? The state in which I live--before I started teaching in it by the way--had the third most ignorant kids in it. Is it just me, an ex-full-time and present part-time teacher, or do our kids have enough basic learning to catch up on already?

The PSAs include "celebrities" such as supposedly-lesbian Wanda Sykes and "never-want-to-ever-have-to-work-a-real-job-in-my-life" Hilary Duff in spots meant to convince them that when a term that has previously been hijacked and warped to refer to you is used in a negative way that it can be painful. The point is to make people realize that what they are saying doesn't make sense to some and can be somehow offensive.

Okay. Why is it you haven't seen A-list celebrities in these things? Do Sykes and Duff have ulterior motives? Do they get paid for these things?

Isn't it true that ANY exposure is GOOD exposure? ANY press is GOOD press? Maxim magazine model sitting on a moral "high horse". I hope your handlers made sure you were sitting sidesaddle. . .bitch, please!

(Thanks for stealing my joke, Wanda. I was online a long time ago telling people that Obama was NOT black but bi-racial and that the minute he screws up in a big enough way he won't be considered BLACK anymore! SHE gets laughs! I got tons of crap and was called a racist! WHo were we really gonna vote for anyway? Don't get me started!)

These folks want you to prioritze telling your kids, your friends and even strangers that saying "that's so gay!" is wrong and tell them to say something original. Oh please! Why?

Did anyone ever tell the homosexual community that taking the word "GAY" and changing the definition to what SOME people would consider something "negative" is wrong?

Is anyone going to ask the homosexual community (or even half of the bisexual community) to come up with something original? Hello? If I said a man was gay years ago it didn't mean he was a man who was happy "honkin' on bobo" or ridin' the meat-rail. It just meant he was HAPPY! Fred Flintstone was NOT butt-banging Barney when they had "a gay all time", okay?

White men have dealt with "Cracker" and "Whitey" and "Gringo" for decades. In fact, MEN in general have dealt with those Carl's Junior ads about going brain dead in the supermarket. What group of B-list celebrities are going to do PSAs about that stuff? Choose a ribbon color and pin it on yourself and get off of my damn-ass television, okay?

"When you say 'that's so gay?' Do you realize what you say?" I don't say it but IF I did I would know exactly what I was doing. I would be doing exactly what the homosexual community did not so long ago. I would be taking a word with a previous positive meaning and giving it (what some would consider) a negative one. is it just me or is this thing not hypocritical?

(Shall we discuss the whole RAINBOW thing, too? Wonder how Wanda feels about her 'bros" using the "N" word when no one else is allowed? Look at me, I couldn't even typ eit out for fear of someone with nothing better to do flagging me!)

These people need to sit down and study the words of George Carlin.

Words only have the power you give them. You don't even have to read his books, people. You can just watch his concerts and TV appearances or listen to his albums.

There are a lot more serious issues and problems in the world then a few trendy phrases that will probably die a lot quicker withOUT all the media attention. Don't you think? (If any of our tax dollars are being spent on this I would like to know! I figure we have much more important things to spend tax money on, no?)

Finally, one last question. It just occurred to me. What do lesbians find more offensive? Kids using the already-stolen-and-reworked word GAY to mean stupid OR the word C*NT?

George Carlin where are you when we REALLY need you?

Get a sense of humor, folks and worry about REAL issues.

My name is Phoenix and . . . that's the bottom line.