Name Calling Accomplishes Nothing But Breeding Ill Will

What follows is a response to an article on Mediate.com which started with a typically incendiary statement by Rush Limbaugh comparing the London rioters to Obama voters. Funny, I voted for Obama and I never started one single riot. I walked to the polling place, voted, and walked home, all without setting one single house or car on fire. I have been at least moderately disappointed in Obama's performance, particularly when it comes to issues such as repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell (sure took damn long enough) and standing up for the gay voters who helped put him in office. But if the choice were him or Homo-Hatin' Bachmann, I'd certainly vote him in again. Is anyone else scared by the idea that this hate-filled individual is being considered at all seriously for the highest office in the land--or that she was able to get voted into ANY kind of office?

Here is my commentary on the article:

All the name-calling is getting us exactly nowhere. I am 46 years old and never since I was a child during the Viet Nam war have I seen the country more divided. People talk about wanting to vote in more conservative candidates because of the prosperity during the Reagan era. Reagan was nothing like today's right wing reactionaries. He was a moderate Republican and a gentleman, and would be ashamed of the vehemence displayed by his party today. 

The biggest problem I have with today's conservative candidates is their refusal to abide by separation of church and state. They bring their religious views to the forefront of many of their debates. This is intolerable and will continue to polarize the parties to the point that nothing positive can be accomplished.

I would like to see more fiscal conservatism and less Fundamentalist reactionary rhetoric in the Right wing. I would like to see less name calling and finger pointing on both sides. It is accomplishing nothing and so much needs to be fixed for the good of all.

Political Divisions

I kind of hate politics across the board but it seems to me the divisions between the so called liberals and conservatives have gotten worse in recent years. As well, both sides tend to campaign based on making their opponent look bad rather than making themselves look good, maybe because there's nothing good to be said about any of them. 

I can't stand the ultra-conservative side, who tend to drag fundamentalist Christianist beliefs into everything, opposing same sex marriage because according to their interpretation of their (heavily edited) Buy-bull, "homosexuality is a sin." Some of them oppose abortion even in cases of rape and incest, and cry that anyone who is pro choice is "pro abortion." I am pro-choice, but I actually dislike the idea of abortion. However, I believe that it must remain legal and should be a safe procedure. There are ethical concerns and there need to be strict controls, both to allow women to receive full, unbiased information regarding their reproductive options and to protect viable fetuses from potentially unethically performed, later term abortions. 

As to the candidates, the current reigning queen of the Conservatives, Sarah Palin, is a fucking idiot, and if she were elected to the U.S. presidency in 2012 I would have no choice but to believe that the Mayan doomsday prophecy was true. But don't take my word for it. Click the link to read some full-on Palin wisdumb.

On the other hand, I am massively disappointed in the reigning Liberal king Barack Obama, whom I helped put in office. Not because he didn't magically fix the economy, but because he is so busy trying to make the right wing like him that he is forgetting the promises he made to the people who put him in office. How about repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell--NOW! Also, he wasn't very quick on actually going to visit the Gulf Spill site. Disappointed, Mr. Obama. Very disappointed indeed.

Politics stinks. Period.

Obama and the OIl Spill: President or Rock Star in Chief?

Here's the deal, People. I identify myself as a political liberal. I voted for Obama. But I am disgusted by the fact that he approved the drilling in the first place. Seeing this video, if all is true, I am disgusted by the fact that he's out there rock-starring it up while this disaster destroys the gulf waters. And I am disgusted at his hedging on repealing "don't ask don't tell" and supporting gay marriage. I voted for him because I thought that he would be more concerned with the environment than the opposing party, which included Ms. "Aeriel Wolf Hunting" Palin, of course. And because I thought that he would support equal rights for my gay friends to marry one another. Damn! Is it too late to vote for Krusty the Klown instead?

Worth a Thousand Words

Read the summary of the Sarah Palin emails on Palingates, the blog which exposes the Wicked Witch of the North for what she is.