Excellent entry...
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satyrblade here. upstart_crow has had a slew of fantastic entries on health care, better written than I could manage.
My parents, everyone we're close to, and I have been so saddened and sickened by the boorish behavior, often blatant racism, and willful ignorance of many associated with the right wing conservative party in America.
I do my research, and take in diverse media sources (personal favorites being the BBC News, NPR, C-SPAN, and MSNBC). Yes, I'll even watch Fox "News" and check out conservative blogs for the view of the aforementioned.
It's not even funny. Elevating and cheering loud, inappropriate, disruptive behavior at town hall meetings or at a presidential speech isn't mature or productive. So some folks are petulant and "want their country back"--back from what? From the scary "other" in power. A faction of America simply can't accept the notion that Crackers aren't in control. Elections aren't fair unless they win. No matter what he does or says, President Obama will never get a fair shake by any of the GOP. The conservatives refuse to listen to facts, they are so blinded by their ideology. Many in the GOP are proud to say they don't believe in evolution, despite undeniable facts to the contrary. Facts have lost meaning to a GOP that's been hijacked by rude, fanatic, trigger-happy (more often than not) evangelicals who look down on the educated as "elitest" and Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh as the sole voices of truth out there. Again, facts be damned.
Last weekend and during the week I caught much of the Conservative Tea Party March on Washington and the conservative Values Voter Summit (on commercial-free C-SPAN, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC) that featured Huckabee, Romney, and the new poster child of the right--Carrie Prejean, the "well spoken" attendee at the Miss California Pageant who lost because she "was the most courageous person there and stood up for straight marriage" (or, as she put it on camera at the time of the pageant, "for opposite marriage"), never mind the discovery of her nude photos that were a big no-no in regards to her contract. This was a lyric from the song opening the forum: "God no longer blesses America because we no longer abide by God's rules". This offers great insight on the summit.
At the March on Washington, I saw a sea of bitter white people who were content to let Bush and his posse rape us monetarily, rob us of our right to privacy and other freedoms, and desecrate our Constitution. They sat idly by for eight years, but it was okay because they were mostly old white guys. And that Bushy was so real and salt-of-the-earth, someone to have a beer with, such a nice guy couldn't be so bad. Poor fella left a whopping shitstorm behind for the next shmuck who won the Office. Cue President Obama, who won fairly by a healthy margin, and suddenly all conservative heads go 'splodey. "Obama's a secret Muslim.", despite being a Christian and stating so. "Obama's not American!", despite being the only President to have put his actual birth certificate online. And so on...
So many GOP folks going down as their wrongdoings and affairs come to light. Yes, all politicians are prone to corruption. President Obama's lack of reinstating Habeus Corpus has me pissed, as well as his lack of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell and not pursuing the investigation of war crimes committed by the Bush Administration. But for the GOP, the so-called Family Values party, to have such a large number of politicians caught doing what they preach so staunchly against, the hypocrisy is maddening.
Whew, didn't intend to ramble on so. Had a lot pent up I guess. >;-)
satyrblade here. upstart_crow has had a slew of fantastic entries on health care, better written than I could manage.My parents, everyone we're close to, and I have been so saddened and sickened by the boorish behavior, often blatant racism, and willful ignorance of many associated with the right wing conservative party in America.
I do my research, and take in diverse media sources (personal favorites being the BBC News, NPR, C-SPAN, and MSNBC). Yes, I'll even watch Fox "News" and check out conservative blogs for the view of the aforementioned.
It's not even funny. Elevating and cheering loud, inappropriate, disruptive behavior at town hall meetings or at a presidential speech isn't mature or productive. So some folks are petulant and "want their country back"--back from what? From the scary "other" in power. A faction of America simply can't accept the notion that Crackers aren't in control. Elections aren't fair unless they win. No matter what he does or says, President Obama will never get a fair shake by any of the GOP. The conservatives refuse to listen to facts, they are so blinded by their ideology. Many in the GOP are proud to say they don't believe in evolution, despite undeniable facts to the contrary. Facts have lost meaning to a GOP that's been hijacked by rude, fanatic, trigger-happy (more often than not) evangelicals who look down on the educated as "elitest" and Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh as the sole voices of truth out there. Again, facts be damned.
Last weekend and during the week I caught much of the Conservative Tea Party March on Washington and the conservative Values Voter Summit (on commercial-free C-SPAN, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC) that featured Huckabee, Romney, and the new poster child of the right--Carrie Prejean, the "well spoken" attendee at the Miss California Pageant who lost because she "was the most courageous person there and stood up for straight marriage" (or, as she put it on camera at the time of the pageant, "for opposite marriage"), never mind the discovery of her nude photos that were a big no-no in regards to her contract. This was a lyric from the song opening the forum: "God no longer blesses America because we no longer abide by God's rules". This offers great insight on the summit.
At the March on Washington, I saw a sea of bitter white people who were content to let Bush and his posse rape us monetarily, rob us of our right to privacy and other freedoms, and desecrate our Constitution. They sat idly by for eight years, but it was okay because they were mostly old white guys. And that Bushy was so real and salt-of-the-earth, someone to have a beer with, such a nice guy couldn't be so bad. Poor fella left a whopping shitstorm behind for the next shmuck who won the Office. Cue President Obama, who won fairly by a healthy margin, and suddenly all conservative heads go 'splodey. "Obama's a secret Muslim.", despite being a Christian and stating so. "Obama's not American!", despite being the only President to have put his actual birth certificate online. And so on...
So many GOP folks going down as their wrongdoings and affairs come to light. Yes, all politicians are prone to corruption. President Obama's lack of reinstating Habeus Corpus has me pissed, as well as his lack of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell and not pursuing the investigation of war crimes committed by the Bush Administration. But for the GOP, the so-called Family Values party, to have such a large number of politicians caught doing what they preach so staunchly against, the hypocrisy is maddening.
Whew, didn't intend to ramble on so. Had a lot pent up I guess. >;-)