Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
David Duke- You know, the KKK Guy
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/david-duke-defends-tea-parties-charg
People are Stupid
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/26/leo-berman-texas-state-re_n_552239.html
This is not about him being a liberal. He's no more liberal than Bill Clinton. He's at BEST a centrist Democrat. Boo-hoo. What's he actually talking about? The guy's moaning and complaining because he's black. When Republicans say this- "he's punishment" he's a "socialist" ( I was unaware that Obama advocated state ownership of all means of production ie: SOCIALISM) -- they're actually calling him black. It's a racist ploy plain and simple.
This is not about him being a liberal. He's no more liberal than Bill Clinton. He's at BEST a centrist Democrat. Boo-hoo. What's he actually talking about? The guy's moaning and complaining because he's black. When Republicans say this- "he's punishment" he's a "socialist" ( I was unaware that Obama advocated state ownership of all means of production ie: SOCIALISM) -- they're actually calling him black. It's a racist ploy plain and simple.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Shame on You
Today is a dark day in American history. We, as Americans, should be ashamed of ourselves. The state of Arizona passed one of the most disgusting bills in its history today.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/23/jan-brewer-arizona-govern_n_549290.html
In 90 days policemen will be able to legally ask anyone that suspect of being an illegal immigrant for their identification papers. As my little brother said, "next they'll be forcing people to wear gold stars." Civil liberties in Arizona are now out the window if you are not a WASP.
Oh, and the state of Utah will be executing someone by firing squad.
I am saddened to see the United States head toward becoming a fine and upstanding 18th century democracy.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/23/jan-brewer-arizona-govern_n_549290.html
In 90 days policemen will be able to legally ask anyone that suspect of being an illegal immigrant for their identification papers. As my little brother said, "next they'll be forcing people to wear gold stars." Civil liberties in Arizona are now out the window if you are not a WASP.
Oh, and the state of Utah will be executing someone by firing squad.
I am saddened to see the United States head toward becoming a fine and upstanding 18th century democracy.
Credentials
I have no idea what happened between 1990 and 2000. Granted, the country went through a fairly rapid change. It was the victim or beneficiary of the dot-com bubble, depending on your point of view. We had a stable democracy, a competent, well-spoken, and educated President. Why would the country not wish to continue this trend?
When George W. Bush stole the election in 2000 and then won re-election in 2004, I was befuddled. He was not an educated man, although his degrees from Yale and Harvard would supposedly tell you otherwise, nor was he well spoken. He was not a deep thinker. Although, I concur with the general populous that he might be fun to have a beer with. How does that qualify a man to be President of the United States? Why would you not want a man with the capacity for abstract thought leading the country? Why would you want Joe Shmoe leading you? I know that I do not.
Sarah Palin, among others, would be another example of that. The conservative movement in this country is full of people like that. There are not people with the capacity for thought like William F. Buckley or Milton Friedman. These are both men that I do not agree with, but at least I can acknowledge they were intelligent men. Where did the intelligent conservatives go? I have no idea.
Which I guess brings me to the point in my rant that is truly annoying me. Sarah Palin and the rest of the conservative movement calling people "liberal elites." IE: People who have money, have been educated, and thus cannot have a clue as to how the common man thinks. Which I guess is their rationale for wanting a person "just like them" to lead the country. So how is Sarah Palin like the common man? Because she's stupid? I'd like to think that the common man is slightly more intelligent than she. Rather, what separates her from the common man is her six figure speaking fee, five star hotels, and private planes. So how does this not make her an elite? If President Obama is a limousine or caviar liberal, what does that make her? What does that make George W. Bush? What does that make Darrell Issa (approx. net worth $251 million)?
Whenever I hear that term- limousine liberal- I think of Paul Farmer. In a book I read about him, he was quoted talking about what it was like going into Haiti- and why did he not do something Che Guevaraesque and dress like the natives. Farmer said that the impoverished people he encountered- they did not want you to look like them when you came to help. They wanted you to be wearing a suit and act like you know what you are doing.
Which leads me to my conclusion- people can act and dress in all variety of manners. In the end- what really matters when it comes to helping people, when it comes to political candidates, and things of that sort- it's really about content of their character and ideology. Because someone is a liberal and believes that government is an answer to people's problems- and they happen to have an educated background,that does not make them an elitist. It does not make them anything. Their actions, their content, that is what defines them.
When George W. Bush stole the election in 2000 and then won re-election in 2004, I was befuddled. He was not an educated man, although his degrees from Yale and Harvard would supposedly tell you otherwise, nor was he well spoken. He was not a deep thinker. Although, I concur with the general populous that he might be fun to have a beer with. How does that qualify a man to be President of the United States? Why would you not want a man with the capacity for abstract thought leading the country? Why would you want Joe Shmoe leading you? I know that I do not.
Sarah Palin, among others, would be another example of that. The conservative movement in this country is full of people like that. There are not people with the capacity for thought like William F. Buckley or Milton Friedman. These are both men that I do not agree with, but at least I can acknowledge they were intelligent men. Where did the intelligent conservatives go? I have no idea.
Which I guess brings me to the point in my rant that is truly annoying me. Sarah Palin and the rest of the conservative movement calling people "liberal elites." IE: People who have money, have been educated, and thus cannot have a clue as to how the common man thinks. Which I guess is their rationale for wanting a person "just like them" to lead the country. So how is Sarah Palin like the common man? Because she's stupid? I'd like to think that the common man is slightly more intelligent than she. Rather, what separates her from the common man is her six figure speaking fee, five star hotels, and private planes. So how does this not make her an elite? If President Obama is a limousine or caviar liberal, what does that make her? What does that make George W. Bush? What does that make Darrell Issa (approx. net worth $251 million)?
Whenever I hear that term- limousine liberal- I think of Paul Farmer. In a book I read about him, he was quoted talking about what it was like going into Haiti- and why did he not do something Che Guevaraesque and dress like the natives. Farmer said that the impoverished people he encountered- they did not want you to look like them when you came to help. They wanted you to be wearing a suit and act like you know what you are doing.
Which leads me to my conclusion- people can act and dress in all variety of manners. In the end- what really matters when it comes to helping people, when it comes to political candidates, and things of that sort- it's really about content of their character and ideology. Because someone is a liberal and believes that government is an answer to people's problems- and they happen to have an educated background,that does not make them an elitist. It does not make them anything. Their actions, their content, that is what defines them.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
How Does Anyone Believe Glenn Beck?
Glenn Beck is a moron. For those of us that have the capacity of "abstract thought," this probably will make you do nothing but shake your head.
"She could be the devil, she could say 'I hate America, I want to destroy America,' and that way they'll only be able to say, 'Oh, Why do you hate gay immigrant black, gay, handicapped women.' Because that's what this has to be. It must be about.. And when I say this, I mean all of it.
They must energize their base. And Their base is getting smaller and smaller. Their base is becoming unions, thugs, MoveOn.org, Huffington Post--that's their base.
And anybody who has said, 'OK, wait a minute. I wanted universal health care. This is starting to spook me.'
They must make the right and the middle-right into monsters. Because they're losing those people on the middle-left ... those people on the middle-left back into their camp. And they can't do it without hatred and fear. That's all they're doing. That's why as they get louder, we must get softer."-- Beck
"She could be the devil, she could say 'I hate America, I want to destroy America,' and that way they'll only be able to say, 'Oh, Why do you hate gay immigrant black, gay, handicapped women.' Because that's what this has to be. It must be about.. And when I say this, I mean all of it.
They must energize their base. And Their base is getting smaller and smaller. Their base is becoming unions, thugs, MoveOn.org, Huffington Post--that's their base.
And anybody who has said, 'OK, wait a minute. I wanted universal health care. This is starting to spook me.'
They must make the right and the middle-right into monsters. Because they're losing those people on the middle-left ... those people on the middle-left back into their camp. And they can't do it without hatred and fear. That's all they're doing. That's why as they get louder, we must get softer."-- Beck
Monday, April 12, 2010
Another Quick Note
Sarah Palin is an idiot. She is not even worth writing a full post over. She is uneducated, uninformed, unintelligent, and proud of all of these facts. This is not someone worthy of holding the office of the President. This not even someone that is worthy of being in the media. Her being able to draw a crowd scares me to death, which means someone out there thinks that this is someone they should aspire to emulate, or at least follow. While she has been in the public eye, she has yet to say one vaguely sensible or intelligent thing. We could do ourselves a great service by forgetting that she is around and go back to our lives.
Oh, and this is a great op-ed piece.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/opinion/11rich.html
More to follow later this week about an actual substantial matter. That's all the space I'd like to give Mrs. Palin.
Oh, and this is a great op-ed piece.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/opinion/11rich.html
More to follow later this week about an actual substantial matter. That's all the space I'd like to give Mrs. Palin.
Friday, April 9, 2010
And Another Thing
As opposed to my often long-winded posts, I thought I'd do something a bit easier to swallow. I'm tired and have been writing almost non-stop this week on a screenplay and a rewrite of a book.
The nuclear arms deal this week by President Obama & Russian President Medvedev is a nice step in the right direction. Call me cynical, but while a draw-down by 1/3 of each country's stockpiles is an impressive change, still having nearly 1500 nuclear weapons does not exactly put any fears I may have to rest. They are still around, some are still unaccounted for, and that amount is still enough to insure mutually assured destruction about eleven times over. So- it's a good start- but I'm not going to jump up and cheer.
Meanwhile, as Obama signals he aims for "peace" the various news sources in this country are hopping on the Bachman & Palin band-wagon and giving them voice as they spread lies about what Ronald Reagan (it's here that I would like to be able to insert a beatific picture) "would have done." Well, he called for a draw down by 1/3 of nuclear weapons too. And really? Let's be rational on this. He still has 1500 nuclear weapons- if some attack were to be perpetrated on US soil, I'm pretty sure (I'm no expert-but), he would have enough fire power in his arsenal to retaliate. So- cut the crap. There's no rationale to the argument, so I do not feel the need to dissect it any further. The USA still spends more than the next five countries combined on its military, we still have a great deal of nuclear weapons, that is not a "weak" position.
Could I just point out one other thing? While Obama signs this nuclear arms deal- we still have 100,000 soldiers in Iraq- a war that we should have never waged. We are currently building up our forces in Afghanistan, a country that was so horrific to invade and occupy that both Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great avoided. We cannot and will not ever win their hearts and minds. We're an occupying force- NO ONE likes foreigners taking control of their country and staying there. How would any American like it if a Chinese Division were sitting in downtown Los Angeles building hospitals and shooting up the place? They would not.
We seem to have forgotten that we're at war. It's war that has cost us over a trillion dollars. We could have insured everyone in this country and then some for that money. We could have rebuilt all of our decrepit roads, built high-speed rails, and improved our school system. We should be talking about this war- we should be talking about the bad things that happened, we should be trying to pull our troops out, we should be having SOME kind of dialogue about it. This IS another factor in why we are quickly bankrupting ourselves. Yes, the economy is in the toilet, but we need to be discussing all the various factors that brought us there so that we do not make the same mistakes again. The banks did their fair share, but going to war without raising taxes and simply running up a higher deficit and debt- you really think that has nothing to do with our fiscal situation now?
The nuclear arms deal this week by President Obama & Russian President Medvedev is a nice step in the right direction. Call me cynical, but while a draw-down by 1/3 of each country's stockpiles is an impressive change, still having nearly 1500 nuclear weapons does not exactly put any fears I may have to rest. They are still around, some are still unaccounted for, and that amount is still enough to insure mutually assured destruction about eleven times over. So- it's a good start- but I'm not going to jump up and cheer.
Meanwhile, as Obama signals he aims for "peace" the various news sources in this country are hopping on the Bachman & Palin band-wagon and giving them voice as they spread lies about what Ronald Reagan (it's here that I would like to be able to insert a beatific picture) "would have done." Well, he called for a draw down by 1/3 of nuclear weapons too. And really? Let's be rational on this. He still has 1500 nuclear weapons- if some attack were to be perpetrated on US soil, I'm pretty sure (I'm no expert-but), he would have enough fire power in his arsenal to retaliate. So- cut the crap. There's no rationale to the argument, so I do not feel the need to dissect it any further. The USA still spends more than the next five countries combined on its military, we still have a great deal of nuclear weapons, that is not a "weak" position.
Could I just point out one other thing? While Obama signs this nuclear arms deal- we still have 100,000 soldiers in Iraq- a war that we should have never waged. We are currently building up our forces in Afghanistan, a country that was so horrific to invade and occupy that both Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great avoided. We cannot and will not ever win their hearts and minds. We're an occupying force- NO ONE likes foreigners taking control of their country and staying there. How would any American like it if a Chinese Division were sitting in downtown Los Angeles building hospitals and shooting up the place? They would not.
We seem to have forgotten that we're at war. It's war that has cost us over a trillion dollars. We could have insured everyone in this country and then some for that money. We could have rebuilt all of our decrepit roads, built high-speed rails, and improved our school system. We should be talking about this war- we should be talking about the bad things that happened, we should be trying to pull our troops out, we should be having SOME kind of dialogue about it. This IS another factor in why we are quickly bankrupting ourselves. Yes, the economy is in the toilet, but we need to be discussing all the various factors that brought us there so that we do not make the same mistakes again. The banks did their fair share, but going to war without raising taxes and simply running up a higher deficit and debt- you really think that has nothing to do with our fiscal situation now?
A Quick Note
People on most "news sources" in the modern age are either stupid, misinformed, or just plain liars. The most egregious of these is Glenn Beck. In between his nonsensical rants and his stoking of the racist/extreme right-wing anger, he manages to also tell plain lies about the history of this country and the state of the world. I try to ignore him as much as I possibly can, but I was flipping channels the other day and was greeted by a big fat lie.
A quick note:
Glenn Beck- progressivism did not bring about prohibition. Prohibition was passed by a Republican House & Senate despite a Presidential veto from Woodrow Wilson. Look at the make-up of the 66th United States Congress, beginning in March of 1919 when the Volstead Act was passed you right-wing talk-box piece of moron. That took me about three seconds to find out on Wikipedia, you couldn’t Google it yourself before spouting your vile hate? Wilson did not want it and did not vote for it. Volstead, the guy who wrote the act, was a REPUBLICAN from Minnesota. How’s that for the government leaving you alone? Isn't that corner stone of the Republican party? Small government, letting people do what they feel like and staying out of their way? They were TELLING you whether or not you can drink alcohol. Get the facts right, you maniacal ideologue.
A quick note:
Glenn Beck- progressivism did not bring about prohibition. Prohibition was passed by a Republican House & Senate despite a Presidential veto from Woodrow Wilson. Look at the make-up of the 66th United States Congress, beginning in March of 1919 when the Volstead Act was passed you right-wing talk-box piece of moron. That took me about three seconds to find out on Wikipedia, you couldn’t Google it yourself before spouting your vile hate? Wilson did not want it and did not vote for it. Volstead, the guy who wrote the act, was a REPUBLICAN from Minnesota. How’s that for the government leaving you alone? Isn't that corner stone of the Republican party? Small government, letting people do what they feel like and staying out of their way? They were TELLING you whether or not you can drink alcohol. Get the facts right, you maniacal ideologue.
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