There's a lot of debate about whether the Tucson shooter Jared Loughner was inspired by right-wing rhetoric or was just nuts. Why not both? Conservatism is driven by insanity, so obviously Jared was both. Not to say all mentally insane people will go out and shoot people of course. Conservatives have a worldview that leans away from reality to the point where I can classify them as insane.
To put it in a different way: not all crazy people are conservative, but all conservatives are crazy.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Keith is Wrong
This is what Keith Olbermann said after the Jared Loughner shootings:
“We need to put the guns down. Just as importantly we need to put the gun metaphors away and permanently. Left, right, middle — politicians and citizens — sane and insane. … If Sarah Palin, whose website … scrubbed bulls-eye targets on 20 representatives, including Gabby Giffords, does not repudiate her own part in amplifying violence and violent imagery in politics, she must be dismissed from politics. She must be repudiated by the members of her own party, and if they fail to do so, each one of them must be judged to have silently defended this tactic … And if those of us considered to be ‘on the left’ do not re-dedicate ourselves to our vigilance to eliminate all our own suggestions of violence — however inadvertent they might have been — then we, too, deserve the repudiation of the more sober and peaceful of our politicians and our viewers and our networks. … I say it first, and freely: Violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our Democracy, and I apologize for and repudiate any act or any thing in my past that may have even inadvertently encouraged violence.”
I rarely disagree with Keith, but he’s wrong to say this. I feel he’s being too defensive about his own rhetoric, he needs to stay on the offense. I mean he’s right to go after Palin and conservatives, but he shouldn’t blame fellow liberals too. This isn't a two-sided thing Keith, you aren't Jon Stewart. His enemies on the right will surely use this to comb through every word he says now and forever and call him a hypocrite if he even says something like “shooting the messenger.” The right will use this as an attempt to censor Olbermann.
He's also wrong when he says "Violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our Democracy." Yes it does. To name a few examples, police when they aren't being abusive and doing their jobs use violence and the threat of violence to maintain the peace. Violence was also used to tackle the shooter by the heroes who prevented more shots from being fired. Of course speaking as a peaceful (not to be confused with pacifism) person who has opposed a lot of US wars, violence is necessary to stop people like Hitler in World War 2. Even peaceful movements like civil rights and union movements as columnist Ted Rall has pointed out have contained some violent aspects that have made them work. There is different kinds of violence, good and bad. But you don't equate a bully punching you in the face with punching a bully back.
But to fix Keith's rant, there's a certain kind of violence that doesn't belong in the United States or elsewhere and that is conservative violence or the threat of conservative violence. We need to remember that.
“We need to put the guns down. Just as importantly we need to put the gun metaphors away and permanently. Left, right, middle — politicians and citizens — sane and insane. … If Sarah Palin, whose website … scrubbed bulls-eye targets on 20 representatives, including Gabby Giffords, does not repudiate her own part in amplifying violence and violent imagery in politics, she must be dismissed from politics. She must be repudiated by the members of her own party, and if they fail to do so, each one of them must be judged to have silently defended this tactic … And if those of us considered to be ‘on the left’ do not re-dedicate ourselves to our vigilance to eliminate all our own suggestions of violence — however inadvertent they might have been — then we, too, deserve the repudiation of the more sober and peaceful of our politicians and our viewers and our networks. … I say it first, and freely: Violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our Democracy, and I apologize for and repudiate any act or any thing in my past that may have even inadvertently encouraged violence.”
I rarely disagree with Keith, but he’s wrong to say this. I feel he’s being too defensive about his own rhetoric, he needs to stay on the offense. I mean he’s right to go after Palin and conservatives, but he shouldn’t blame fellow liberals too. This isn't a two-sided thing Keith, you aren't Jon Stewart. His enemies on the right will surely use this to comb through every word he says now and forever and call him a hypocrite if he even says something like “shooting the messenger.” The right will use this as an attempt to censor Olbermann.
He's also wrong when he says "Violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our Democracy." Yes it does. To name a few examples, police when they aren't being abusive and doing their jobs use violence and the threat of violence to maintain the peace. Violence was also used to tackle the shooter by the heroes who prevented more shots from being fired. Of course speaking as a peaceful (not to be confused with pacifism) person who has opposed a lot of US wars, violence is necessary to stop people like Hitler in World War 2. Even peaceful movements like civil rights and union movements as columnist Ted Rall has pointed out have contained some violent aspects that have made them work. There is different kinds of violence, good and bad. But you don't equate a bully punching you in the face with punching a bully back.
But to fix Keith's rant, there's a certain kind of violence that doesn't belong in the United States or elsewhere and that is conservative violence or the threat of conservative violence. We need to remember that.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Idiot of the Week
John Boehner
This asshole sure loves to cry. I don't mind people crying and getting emotional, but when you are the head of a party that has spent 24/7 trying to destroy the middle class and worker rights, the tears are crocodile tears. So to me, Boehner is just a crybaby with a larger gavel and I can't wait for him to not be Speaker anymore. The only place for crying "Boehners" is in porno.
This asshole sure loves to cry. I don't mind people crying and getting emotional, but when you are the head of a party that has spent 24/7 trying to destroy the middle class and worker rights, the tears are crocodile tears. So to me, Boehner is just a crybaby with a larger gavel and I can't wait for him to not be Speaker anymore. The only place for crying "Boehners" is in porno.
"You Pulled the Trigger!"
Yesterday's massacre in Tucson left 6 dead plus many wounded including:
Authorities said the dead included U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63; Christina Greene, 9; Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30; Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Scheck, 79.
A 9 year old girl, holy shit! The target of the shooting was Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic congresswoman. The shooter, a crazy asshole named Jared Loughner apparently was targeting the congresswoman. Target, hmmm, where does that sound familiar? Oh yeah:
Notice the 4th name on the list and notice the rifle views on the map. Yes, that is Giffords and she is only one of two (other is Rahall) to get reelected. When you make a map for certain politicians, use something else besides a fucking rifle view finder, use a dot or a flower or anything else. But Sarah Palin is a hunter you betcha, so her "don't retreat reload" rhetoric could have lead to this. Giffords was the target of teabagger violence before the shooting, her office was vandalized. Sarah Palin led to this rhetoric, so she has blood on her hands. Sarah Palin, you pulled the trigger. It wasn't just one nut, but an entire community that added to the rhetoric. But to add to the list of co-conspirators, I will add:
Racists, homophobes, sexists, xenophobes, and Islamophobes. You pulled the trigger.
People who deny the existence of global warming and other anti-environmentalists. You pulled the trigger.
Right-wing media types, tv networks, websites, blogs, radio shows, newspapers, etc. You pulled the trigger.
Christian anti-choicers who oppose legal and safe abortion. You pulled the trigger.
Teabaggers who think they are adding to the debate when in reality are stupid idiots. You pulled the trigger.
People who oppose rational government regulations on big business, the "pseudo-libertarians." You pulled the trigger.
People who want the teaching of creationism in our schools. You pulled the trigger.
People obsessed with guns, not reasonable gun-owners, but gun nuts. You pulled the trigger.
Birthers and other conspiracy theorists obsessed with Obama. You pulled the trigger.
Union-haters. You pulled the trigger.
Warmongers, neocons, and idiots who wave the flag too much. You pulled the trigger.
Every Republican and conservative. You pulled the trigger.
This post might be received with rejection, but it's true. Conservatism has never added anything good to this country and it never will. It has only added bad things, including yesterday in Tucson.
Authorities said the dead included U.S. District Judge John Roll, 63; Christina Greene, 9; Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, 30; Dorothy Morris, 76; Dorwin Stoddard, 76; and Phyllis Scheck, 79.
A 9 year old girl, holy shit! The target of the shooting was Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic congresswoman. The shooter, a crazy asshole named Jared Loughner apparently was targeting the congresswoman. Target, hmmm, where does that sound familiar? Oh yeah:
Notice the 4th name on the list and notice the rifle views on the map. Yes, that is Giffords and she is only one of two (other is Rahall) to get reelected. When you make a map for certain politicians, use something else besides a fucking rifle view finder, use a dot or a flower or anything else. But Sarah Palin is a hunter you betcha, so her "don't retreat reload" rhetoric could have lead to this. Giffords was the target of teabagger violence before the shooting, her office was vandalized. Sarah Palin led to this rhetoric, so she has blood on her hands. Sarah Palin, you pulled the trigger. It wasn't just one nut, but an entire community that added to the rhetoric. But to add to the list of co-conspirators, I will add:
Racists, homophobes, sexists, xenophobes, and Islamophobes. You pulled the trigger.
People who deny the existence of global warming and other anti-environmentalists. You pulled the trigger.
Right-wing media types, tv networks, websites, blogs, radio shows, newspapers, etc. You pulled the trigger.
Christian anti-choicers who oppose legal and safe abortion. You pulled the trigger.
Teabaggers who think they are adding to the debate when in reality are stupid idiots. You pulled the trigger.
People who oppose rational government regulations on big business, the "pseudo-libertarians." You pulled the trigger.
People who want the teaching of creationism in our schools. You pulled the trigger.
People obsessed with guns, not reasonable gun-owners, but gun nuts. You pulled the trigger.
Birthers and other conspiracy theorists obsessed with Obama. You pulled the trigger.
Union-haters. You pulled the trigger.
Warmongers, neocons, and idiots who wave the flag too much. You pulled the trigger.
Every Republican and conservative. You pulled the trigger.
This post might be received with rejection, but it's true. Conservatism has never added anything good to this country and it never will. It has only added bad things, including yesterday in Tucson.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Good Move Elizabeth
The late Elizabeth Edwards left her cheating husband nothing.
Of course John is rich enough to not need the money, he actually did good things when not fucking other women while his wife had cancer.
Of course John is rich enough to not need the money, he actually did good things when not fucking other women while his wife had cancer.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Idiot of the Week
Tucker Carlson
Now I'm a Christian, I make mistakes myself and I believe fervently in second chances. But Michael Vick killed dogs and he did it in a heartless and cruel way and I think personally he should have been executed for that. He wasn't, but the idea that the President of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs?
I don't support capital punishment for anyone, especially for fucking dog murder. What Vick did was bad, but suggesting that anybody should be killed for it is insane. Carlson owes Vick (and Obama) an apology.
Now I'm a Christian, I make mistakes myself and I believe fervently in second chances. But Michael Vick killed dogs and he did it in a heartless and cruel way and I think personally he should have been executed for that. He wasn't, but the idea that the President of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs?
I don't support capital punishment for anyone, especially for fucking dog murder. What Vick did was bad, but suggesting that anybody should be killed for it is insane. Carlson owes Vick (and Obama) an apology.
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