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.

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.

Dear Rush...

 Here's the Cheesy One's loving message to the old windbag:
Can't say I'm sorry to see less hate and intolerance in my country. I'll be thrilled if you follow through with your threats but somehow I have my doubts that a blowhard like yourself will follow through.
Cheers.

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Another Side to the Health Care Reform Bill

No, not blithering stupidity about death panels. Just some thoughts on why the bill as it currently stands needs some tweaking. This article offers some sensible thoughts. As well, these are some of mine. And you know I'm always a bastion of good sense!

My mother, a retired nurse, told me about what she saw as some huge flaws in the current plan, namely that there are currently not enough properly trained health care professionals to fill the needs that would be created by the current plan. I think the plan as currently envisioned needs revising, but health care form needs to be pursued for certain. Time to make training health care professionals a big priority. I know for a fact that a lot of community colleges (a big source for training nurses) are underfunded and there tend to be big waiting lists for nursing programs because there aren't enough instructors. The schools can't pay enough to recruit the instructors.

Bee-sides, thar's them thar death panels that we-un's gotta fear!
(only kidding about the last part.)

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Time to Tell Sarah Palin She's Full of Crap

It's time to tell former Alaska governor Sarah Palin she's full of crap with her "Death Panel" lies. And Credo Action has created a petition to allow you to do just that. Just follow the link to sign the petition. And if you have a Twitter account, you can tweet this message to let others know how they too can tell Palin she's full of crap. You can also send it via Plurk, or use it as your Facebook or Myspace status, post it on Utterli, or anywhere else you see fit.

Tired of Sarah Palin's "death panel" lies? Send a pile of crap in her honor. http://SarahsFullOfCrap.com #ICanSeeBullCrapFromMyHouse

Millions of marginalized Americans stand to lose out on potential changes that would allow them access to health care should people believe the lies of Sarah Palin and other hard-line conservatives. If Sarah Palin had issues with certain parts of the proposed reform and was sensibly working to change those, I would not have these issues with her. But as it stands, she is indeed full of crap and it's time that she is told to cease her ridiculous propaganda once and for all.

I am not sure when the division between the Democratic and Republican parties became such that their attempts to destroy one another outshadowed all positive work, or when moderate Republicans became an endangered species, but my guess would be the Reagan era. It's a shame when the entire Republican party seems to now consist primarily of religious right reactionaries like Palin. "We The People" are the ones who will suffer if they and their ideals are allowed to flourish.