Hopefully not for McCain/Palin.
Here's an article to read as to why they should NOT be in the White House:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1221365201-+pfB0pYbRfvWjMxE9l/nhA
For any Republicans that come across this post, please take a moment to consider the state of our beloved country and then feel free to provide a well-thought-out thesis to vote for McCain/Palin. I really do want to know why I should cast my vote their way instead of for Obama/Biden. And NO, I'm not being sarcastic.
I voted for Bush, not the current idiot in the White House. Senior Bush knew what needed to be done to fix America after the massive deficits rang up by his predecessor. Also, his Democratic opponent, Dukakis, was dull and lame.
I'm interested in knowing what reforms Johnny and Sarah will bring to Washington. So far, their campaign has only slung mud at Obama/Biden whom have been presenting ideas on revitalizing America.
It's already blatantly obvious that Johnny sold his soul to the Satan. Could it be that that's what he meant when he mentioned "the gates of hell"? I thought he was a respectable option in 2000. Frankly, I lost respect for the guy when he couldn't answer a direct question for his position on women NOT receiving birth control benefits as opposed to that for Viagra. Fuck, women are an important half of America, even the curiously secretive and vindictive Palin. His stuttering response about needing to speak with his staff about his position is just pathetic.
So...can anyone change my mind?
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Eight is enough...
Not because that's the Democrats' line for getting Obama elected so that the party controls both the White House and Congress. But because the U.S. is in desperate need of serious fact-based education. This writing springs from several days of reading and hearing constant Republican nonsense.
1. Conservatism: these right-wingers want to keep things the way they are because their following of dumb-asses, fueled by religious and nationalistic fervor, totally believe their bullshit of God and USA being united into a Christian Nation and will fight to keep things the way it is. Historians would confirm that Hitler ran his Third Reich in much the same way. I'm not saying Republicans are Nazis but the party certainly exhibits many of the traits of fascism: exclusion, hatred, fear-mongering, blaming others, encouraging individuals to give up rights for state security, among others, see below.
2. Anti-intellectualism: this particular one makes me laugh because the Republican must really think lowly of its followers. For all their bullshit about liberal elitism, the common Republican folks don't hear the smugness of their leaders talking down to them. Perhaps people just like being on the side of the accusers and it's so much easier to hate and ridicule than it is to overcome fear and to learn. VP-nominee Palin's daughter being pregnant was described as the family "making a decision" to keep the baby. When approached by The Daily Show's best-fucking news team to describe that decision, no one could utter the word "choice". As Stewart cut through the bullshit, the Republicans who are for smaller government won't let you choose your actions because their government will have chosen it for you. Simply, you will learn all that you need to know when they tell you what to know. Genius eh?
3. Religious nonsense and fervor: this has been the strongest driving and divisive force of all mankind. The right uses it divide and conquer whilst the left are afraid of arguing that the founding fathers understood that religion, while well-intentioned, corrodes the underlying structure of good government. The Christian right's claim of the USA being a Christian nation foments antagonism against others with different beliefs and views and leads to internal strife. Nowhere in the Constitution is "god" ever uttered; rather, it clearly states that religion shall not be discriminated against. So where the fuck do these mopes get the idea of a Christian Nation? It wasn't Islam that struck American, it was a bunch of over-zealous nut jobs who, like the Republicans, want human civilization to regress to the days of living under their respective god and then fighting holy wars against each other. Pure nonsense, especially when there exist too much evidence of there never been any god to have existed.
4. Sexual education: the notion that abstinence prevents unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexual disease may be a good idea but IT DOESN'T WORK. Why? BECAUSE kids, teenagers and adults are inherently curious and sexual creatures driven to reproduce as humans are a lucky species to actually enjoy sexually-induced orgasms. So the religious right choose to punish and deride sex and related activities as evil. Since it's evil, they rather not talk, discuss or educate people about it as it's simply much better to slam people for getting messed up with sex. The worse is their pro-life idea to not allow women to get abortions from rape and incest. Wouldn't it have been easier to teach young folks how to use condoms to prevent pregnancies and STDs than allowing the bombings of clinics, murders of helpful physicians and the complicated emotional process of growing up?
5. Delusional leadership: if the public hasn't noticed, Fox News is the Republican's media mouthpiece as practiced phrases and catchwords are uttered repeatedly and incessantly to the point that undereducated mopes begin to believe it. Recently, Jon Stewart busted Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly and Dick Morris for being the pompous hypocritical right-wing mouthpieces they are. Karl mocked some guy in Virginia running a town of 200,000+ while heralding Sarah Palin's administration of Alaska's 2nd largest city of 7,000. Bill wagged his finger at America for inquiring about Palin's daughter's pregnancy yet ridiculed Jamie Spears' own pregnancy, perhaps it was Jamie being 16 and Bristol was 17. Dick Morris decried sexism against Sarah Palin from the undecided and the media while, in the past, he chided Hilary for whining about the glass ceiling and that she's lucky to have gotten out of the kitchen. The constant repetitive brainwashing is certainly a core strength of the right to delude the masses. Why read or think when your right-wing leaders will tell what to do and believe? Sounds like Big Brother eh?
6. Denial: During the RNC conventional, the constant drumbeat rode on McCain's drive to change how Washington does business. Mitt yelled that the angry left and liberal media are destroying values needed to undo Washington's stagnation and Rudy needed to throw in his bit about 9/11. Do these folks not know (they probably do and won't admit it) that it was their party that controlled both the White House and Congress that got America into the mess that is today? The Republicans, however, suggest that since the Democrats got control of Congress, nothing was done to fix the mess. Are they serious? The Republicans have filibustered and undone proposed fixes and W broke out his veto stamp. In other words, the Republicans continued to mire the US in broke-ass economics and policies but are blaming the Democrats for it.
While I lean left of the political spectrum, I am amazed by the number of folks who believe the constant bullshit that stream from these right-wing leaders' mouths. What's also incredible is the many intellectuals who advocate this right-wing crap, certainly as it helps to maintain their comfortable lives. The biggest rub so far was the message from Republicans as Gustav made landfall: taking the Republican hat off and putting on the American hat. WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! They should always wear their American hat! That's just proof that Republicans don't give a shit about America.
Do you care about America? If so, please take 30 minutes to consider which candidate will best help America. Even as a liberal, I do think that some Republican policies are positive (strong national defense, lower taxes - not for the rich but for the poor and tough on crime). However, that won't make America a better nation as we need to have comprehensive education, healthcare and energy policies that lift all Americans, not just the few. With smarter, healthier and self-reliant American, we can become the gold-standard of the world once again.
1. Conservatism: these right-wingers want to keep things the way they are because their following of dumb-asses, fueled by religious and nationalistic fervor, totally believe their bullshit of God and USA being united into a Christian Nation and will fight to keep things the way it is. Historians would confirm that Hitler ran his Third Reich in much the same way. I'm not saying Republicans are Nazis but the party certainly exhibits many of the traits of fascism: exclusion, hatred, fear-mongering, blaming others, encouraging individuals to give up rights for state security, among others, see below.
2. Anti-intellectualism: this particular one makes me laugh because the Republican must really think lowly of its followers. For all their bullshit about liberal elitism, the common Republican folks don't hear the smugness of their leaders talking down to them. Perhaps people just like being on the side of the accusers and it's so much easier to hate and ridicule than it is to overcome fear and to learn. VP-nominee Palin's daughter being pregnant was described as the family "making a decision" to keep the baby. When approached by The Daily Show's best-fucking news team to describe that decision, no one could utter the word "choice". As Stewart cut through the bullshit, the Republicans who are for smaller government won't let you choose your actions because their government will have chosen it for you. Simply, you will learn all that you need to know when they tell you what to know. Genius eh?
3. Religious nonsense and fervor: this has been the strongest driving and divisive force of all mankind. The right uses it divide and conquer whilst the left are afraid of arguing that the founding fathers understood that religion, while well-intentioned, corrodes the underlying structure of good government. The Christian right's claim of the USA being a Christian nation foments antagonism against others with different beliefs and views and leads to internal strife. Nowhere in the Constitution is "god" ever uttered; rather, it clearly states that religion shall not be discriminated against. So where the fuck do these mopes get the idea of a Christian Nation? It wasn't Islam that struck American, it was a bunch of over-zealous nut jobs who, like the Republicans, want human civilization to regress to the days of living under their respective god and then fighting holy wars against each other. Pure nonsense, especially when there exist too much evidence of there never been any god to have existed.
4. Sexual education: the notion that abstinence prevents unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexual disease may be a good idea but IT DOESN'T WORK. Why? BECAUSE kids, teenagers and adults are inherently curious and sexual creatures driven to reproduce as humans are a lucky species to actually enjoy sexually-induced orgasms. So the religious right choose to punish and deride sex and related activities as evil. Since it's evil, they rather not talk, discuss or educate people about it as it's simply much better to slam people for getting messed up with sex. The worse is their pro-life idea to not allow women to get abortions from rape and incest. Wouldn't it have been easier to teach young folks how to use condoms to prevent pregnancies and STDs than allowing the bombings of clinics, murders of helpful physicians and the complicated emotional process of growing up?
5. Delusional leadership: if the public hasn't noticed, Fox News is the Republican's media mouthpiece as practiced phrases and catchwords are uttered repeatedly and incessantly to the point that undereducated mopes begin to believe it. Recently, Jon Stewart busted Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly and Dick Morris for being the pompous hypocritical right-wing mouthpieces they are. Karl mocked some guy in Virginia running a town of 200,000+ while heralding Sarah Palin's administration of Alaska's 2nd largest city of 7,000. Bill wagged his finger at America for inquiring about Palin's daughter's pregnancy yet ridiculed Jamie Spears' own pregnancy, perhaps it was Jamie being 16 and Bristol was 17. Dick Morris decried sexism against Sarah Palin from the undecided and the media while, in the past, he chided Hilary for whining about the glass ceiling and that she's lucky to have gotten out of the kitchen. The constant repetitive brainwashing is certainly a core strength of the right to delude the masses. Why read or think when your right-wing leaders will tell what to do and believe? Sounds like Big Brother eh?
6. Denial: During the RNC conventional, the constant drumbeat rode on McCain's drive to change how Washington does business. Mitt yelled that the angry left and liberal media are destroying values needed to undo Washington's stagnation and Rudy needed to throw in his bit about 9/11. Do these folks not know (they probably do and won't admit it) that it was their party that controlled both the White House and Congress that got America into the mess that is today? The Republicans, however, suggest that since the Democrats got control of Congress, nothing was done to fix the mess. Are they serious? The Republicans have filibustered and undone proposed fixes and W broke out his veto stamp. In other words, the Republicans continued to mire the US in broke-ass economics and policies but are blaming the Democrats for it.
While I lean left of the political spectrum, I am amazed by the number of folks who believe the constant bullshit that stream from these right-wing leaders' mouths. What's also incredible is the many intellectuals who advocate this right-wing crap, certainly as it helps to maintain their comfortable lives. The biggest rub so far was the message from Republicans as Gustav made landfall: taking the Republican hat off and putting on the American hat. WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?! They should always wear their American hat! That's just proof that Republicans don't give a shit about America.
Do you care about America? If so, please take 30 minutes to consider which candidate will best help America. Even as a liberal, I do think that some Republican policies are positive (strong national defense, lower taxes - not for the rich but for the poor and tough on crime). However, that won't make America a better nation as we need to have comprehensive education, healthcare and energy policies that lift all Americans, not just the few. With smarter, healthier and self-reliant American, we can become the gold-standard of the world once again.
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