{"id":415,"date":"2012-05-25T18:02:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=415"},"modified":"2012-05-25T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:02:33","slug":"channeling-andy-rooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stashreport.com\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"Channeling Andy Rooney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi friends.<\/strong> I don’t know what got into me but here’s a lengthy exposition of some recent thoughts of Stash. It’s fairly lengthy and written in prosaic form. There are no rhymes. Give it a go and see what y’all think. Stash<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lasso The Unicorn<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been in the news a lot lately…
\nBut I\u2019m a bit confused.
\nU-m-m-m,
\nLet me begin…<\/p>\n

Statistics show that fifty percent
\nOf new marriages will fail.
\nThat\u2019s a sad fact…
\nBut it\u2019s a reality nonetheless.
\nIt\u2019s also true that
\nMore folks are choosing
\nTo live together
\nWithout the benefit of
\nA certificate of marriage.
\n\u201cLiving in sin.\u201d, as it was once called.
\nAccording to the Census Bureau,
\nCohabitation increased by 88%
\nBetween the years of 1990 and 2007.
\nJust look at Kurt Russel and Goldie,
\nBrad Pitt and Angie…
\nBut those are celebrities…
\nThere are many many more \u201cregulars\u201d
\nWho are doing the very same.
\nSome regard marriage as
\nAn outdated, cultural rite.
\nOne that\u2019s expensive and unnecessary.
\nIt\u2019s pass\u00e9, they might say.<\/p>\n

OK, OK… times change.
\nValues change.
\nThat\u2019s the way things go.
\nYou don\u2019t have to like it
\nBut you do have to accept it.
\nAnd this seems to be
\nWhat most folks have done.
\nMost people don\u2019t even blink at such a notion…
\nEven when their own progenies
\nEnter into such arrangements.
\nThis evolution of attitude has extended
\nTo the family unit itself.
\nUnmarrieds are having children.
\nSingle, \u201con their own people\u201d…
\nBoth men and women…
\nWithout the benefit of marriage,
\nAre also having\/adopting children.<\/p>\n

So far, I haven\u2019t gotten
\nTo my moment of bewilderment.
\nThanks for your patience…
\nHere it comes.<\/p>\n

Marriage seems to have been relegated
\nto the Rosa Parks, back seat position
\nOf our minds.
\nDo it if you want…
\nDon\u2019t do it if you don\u2019t.
\nNo big deal.
\nIt\u2019s an option
\nAnd, without much import,
\nIt\u2019s merely tinsel
\nOn the relationship tree.<\/p>\n

So…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gays\u201d want to get married now!
\nPresident Obama has finally come out
\nOf his \u201cpolitically best interest closet\u201d
\nAnd has given his luke warm \u201cAmen\u201d
\nTo this proposition.<\/p>\n

Arrgh! Jeez! Oy Vey!! <\/p>\n

All of a sudden, the kah-kah has hit the fan.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think that someone had proposed
\nThat nuns should kill puppies on Good Friday.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s against the Bible!\u201d they bellow.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an act against God.\u201d they roar.
\n\u201cIt will erode the fabric of our society.\u201d
\n\u201cWe-e-e-e-\u2019re doomed, if this is allowed!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hey!
\nWhat am I missing?<\/p>\n

The same folks,
\nWho have marginalized marriage…
\nWho have nudged it into vague and hazy obscurity…
\nWho have made matrimony into a nice
\nBut dispensable ritual,
\nNow want to make marriage into a private club.
\nThey want to restrict its membership.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand. <\/p>\n

These folks simultaneously
\nProclaim marriage as outdated
\nAnd unnecessary
\nBut, at the same time,
\nThey decree the holy sanctity
\nOf this cornerstone of civilized society.<\/p>\n

On a \u201ctechnicality\u201d, this congregation
\nWould deny loving and committed couples.
\nThe legal ability to do what so many others
\nConsider a mere afterthought.
\nThey have become righteous crusaders,
\nAnd march to prevent
\nOtherwise devoted and caring partners
\nFrom lawfully tying the knot.<\/p>\n

This group of Rainbow People…
\n\u201cThe marrying kind\u201d
\nRepresent a true minority…
\nNot one of sexual orientation
\nBut one of a select number
\nWho respect, value and hunger for
\nThe validation that comes from
\nA legally sanctioned marriage.<\/p>\n

I guess this contradiction
\nOf thought and action,
\nBy many \u201cstraights\u201d…
\nThis coupling of apathy
\nWith religious outrage…
\nIs what confuses me.
\nIt doesn\u2019t seem to make sense.
\nBut in living life,
\nWhat does?<\/p>\n

Stash<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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