March of the Penguins

I just had to blog about this today because well it was just too good to pass up...

I was reading in the NY Times this morning about how conservative groups across the country are embracing the movie March of the Penguins because it reinstates family values in this country. They believe that God is speaking to them through this movie about the fact that there is no such thing as evolution and that the movie reinstates the value of monogamy.

Ok people, I saw this movie and really it was just about some f-ing Penguins! I mean honestly...I didn't watch Win a Date with Tad Hamilton and think that Matt Damon was going to come and marry me for good press!

I hate that they are politicizing a great film. It was a brilliant documentary and I highly recommend it but not because you are going to receive some sort of divine intervention from watching it. I believe if the movie has a statement to make it is that we live in an incredibly amazing world. And no matter what you believe we, as citizens of the world, have to learn to respect it and cherish what is here before we completely destroy it. I mean really don't you think you can stop driving your gas guzzling SUV for one day at least!

Now you are going to think that I am some sort of crazy, liberal person with no value system...blah, blah, blah. When in fact I am a crazy, liberal person. I believe strongly that the earth is a precious gift that we need to learn to respect and coexist with the other creatures that are here. Now you probably will be amazed that I am also a Christian and I feel that God of all the entities in this world would be so disappointed to see people using the amazing space that He created for political gain.

Listen we don't have to agree on much on both sides of the isle because let me tell you there are few things that I agree on with conservatives but come on...the EARTH! Can't we just agree that driving the cars we do and throwing away the trash we do and letting oil companies drill in places where these Penguins live and breed is just wrong! I want my children to breathe clean air and be able to play outside or go hiking in forests that haven't been cut down.

I really just wish that there were people out there that realized what this administration and their corporate America counterparts are doing to the beautiful place we call home! They aren't just killing the economy...they are killing the environment too and I just can't stand for it any longer!