The coalescing of fringe intellects and radical causes (and, of course, thanks to a ruthlessly carny-inclined media which enables said nuts to seep into and dominate the mainstream) is merely the metastasizing of the malignancy which lay within the American soul, like a radioactive caraway seed lodged in a too-tight denture (So, which metaphor is it? Cancer or dental discomfort? Make up your lazy Liberal mind!).
It is the face of all that has obstructed sensible action these many months on the problems which face all modern nations, but which reveal themselves most clearly in America, epitomized by angry cartoon scowls and laughable assertions of plain ol' dissatisfaction with gummed up gu'mint.
What the world sees are the darker psychological forces motivating the rabidity.
As Frank Rich elucidated in his NYTimes column on April 18th, it doesn't take a DNA swab to figure out that Race (like it's other equally monosyllabic cousin Sex) is at the root of it. As simple as black and white, the reasons for the rise in so-called populist anger, while marginally about generations of dissatisfaction with the inevitably bureaucratic and crony-encrusted political process, are only now becoming clearly defined when the nation's most lionized authority figure -- the president -- is the incarnation of the racist's nightmare.
And instead of maintaining a simmering inefficiency which would simply confirm the snickering cynics' belief that everything is in the crapper (and thereby keeping a lid on potentially unhinged outbursts), the glaring competence of the Obama administration has that snickering cynical fringe hopping, cocking and freaking. Because nothing makes them more insane than being proven wrong by the very thing they despise.
Hence the rise of the flat earther, the Kenyan birther, the Deaf Girther (sorry, I was trying to shoehorn a Limbaugh reference in there. Moving on.), the You Betcha and every other disingenuous denier of reality; the daily jaw-dropping obstruction on the part of the Republican party alone has all the characteristics of a late-night infomercial huckster and half the credibility. And they all have in common a unified goal in the person of a capable, canny manager of this republic.
And it galls them to the point of idiocy.
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And it's important to remember HISTORY.
Socialism and communism doesn't happen over night. You say we still have a private insurance system? You said that you are a "trained economist"? How about business basics? It doesn't seem like you are very knowledgable about that.
Obama's health care bill will eventually put those private companies out of business... Obama stating that that is his goal is on record. His goal is government controlled health care and he has acknowledged that this bill is the first step.
Now see? If you would watch "corrupt" Glenn Beck, you would already know this... it is DOCUMENTED.. Obama did say this!!
"The reason kams ... the Us is NOT the police of the world PERIOD!
Who gives a f88k?
Why is the US NOT invading North Korea, Somalia, or any of the many other countries around the world that routinely abuse THEIR citizens?
Because ... NO other American President lied the US into an invasion of those countries!"
And THIS is yet ANOTHER issue that the Left is completely ignorant about...
Are we better off for invading Iraq? Is the world better off?
If you are honest you will answer YES. Bush "lying" is debatable. Clearly he wanted an excuse to go into Iraq. But again,... are we better off???
Would it have been better if we left him alone? He would have invaded yet another neighboring country eventually, started another war, he would most definitely murder more people by the thousands. Why wait until he does have WMD's??? Then do you think the loss of life would be less than now? or MORE??
The Left have a mental disability it seems that prevents them from seeing the big picture.. whether it's the world view of SURVIVAL or the issue of a Supreme Being or the murdering of innocent unborn humans.
Ultimately, the Left can be defined as ignorant... sorry to have to say that but it's the truth.
"The point IS ... your present use of the term has NO bearing on the current form of OUR HCR nor the past debate."
"Government "take over" WAS NEVER on the table PERIOD! Despite what Republican and Fox talking points TOLD you!"
"WHAT we have is Insurance reform and that means government does what its role is ... regulatation .. lay down rules of the road ... so that business serves the American people as well as itself."
"And ... what future generations decide to do with Health Care ... well ... don't you trust Americans THEN to decide what's BEST for themselves based on THEIR wants and needs at that TIME in history?
I do!"
And here is my response in your very own words...
"Willful ignorance is not blissful ... just plain stupid!"
If you are not watching Glenn Beck and Fox news..(and comprehending what they are saying)... YOU are blissfully ignorant.
and while you're at it.. read some history books as well. How do you think those socialist and communist countries got that way? It didn't happen over night.
you said: "HOW many people of color did YOU see? 1, 2 ... maybe?????
In a crowd of 200, 300 or 1,000/"
That's because.. maybe.. that is the actual ratio of the Right wing?
The majority of people of color are Democrats and SUPPORT Obama.
THAT is why there are so few at the rallies.
And if you watched Fox News, you would see actual people of color being interviewed and sharing their reasons for their support... I'm guessing you don't see that on MSNBC.
"stop skirting the issue"?? You're saying that to me?? Give me a break. If you weren't so ignorant, you would know that the issue is NOT RACE... it is Obama's policies.
how many did I see?? what is that supposed to prove? I have to see them personally in order to make my argument? That's YOUR argument???
How many of those fringe get shouted down or condemned?? "None"? And how exactly do you know that?? How do you KNOW that people are not speaking out against the racist people in the crowds??? How do you know?? Are you watching Fox news 24/7? or any other news source 24/7?? They ARE denouncing it... just not to YOUR satisfaction.
Your arguments are sad and weak.. your ignorance is clearly blissful to you but to the rest of us (society) it's harmful and increasingly excruciating to bear.
I didn't respond to your list of "misinformation" by Fox News because your list is subjective, it is only "misinformation" by your reasoning... mine and Fox News says it is NOT... for example...
Death panels... a reality. It will be necessary to cut costs anywhere possible. And one of those ways will be to convince the elderly to not fight to live longer in some instances. Deny it all you want but the Obama admin. has already started this necessary method of saving money by selling the lie that it's not necessary for women under 50 to get mammograms. 40 is the recommended age by the American Cancer Society. This example is excellent proof that his health care bill is NOT going to be GOOD for us.
http://tothewire.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/healthcare-rationing-is-under-way-3/
You said: "Beck has even said he is an entertainer many times on his shows and you still believe the guy?"
Yes, I believe him because he uses documentation to back up what he says. And yes, he is an entertainer... he IS on tv...if he doesn't "entertain" he will get the boot. But that doesn't, in any way, prove that his information is incorrect.
Don't want Cap&trade-You're a racist.
Don't want to create the largest debt level ever---so much that next year we will need to BORROW 2 TRILLION just to cover existing debt ...guess what---you're a racist...
gimme a break...and when the right went after Clinton, was THAT because he was the first black President, or his stances?...and as it turns out, Obama makes Clinton look like Bush Sr.
It's about color, it's about GREEN....sure if you want to get ALL your news from MSNBC and Huffington you will see one POV Steven, but I ask you...HAVE YOU EVER (just for the hell of it) GONE TO A TEA PARTY? Just asking.
Repeated from below:
"Until the right-wing denounces the racism loudly, why should Steven or anyone acknowledge those cowards."
In that case, you should definitely go for it. Clench a teabag between your cheeks and tell the crowd it's the latest in protest fashion as prescribed by Rush, Sarah and Glenn, and before ya know it, they'll all be arrested for indecent exposure. Do it in the NY area, and I''ll come post your bail.
Good on you, mate!
The rage is instigated by partisan republican strategist/conservative think tankers.
An argument can be made that bush was universally criticized for his futile search for weapons of mass destruction and the fact that a destabilized Iraq has now lead to a runaway Iran.
But it should be noted duly that there was Democratic Party bipartisan cooperation after 9/11. This cooperation was squandered and the bush administration became ridiculously out of control.
Now the extreme right is completely paranoid that a successful Obama Administration would doom what's left of their political credibility.
Instead of re-establishing a sense of civil discourse, however, the GOP has decided to take a baffling political strategy of obstructionism.
Those who criticized the bush administration are the same who applaud the Obama Administration.
Those who criticize the Obama Administration are the same who still approve of the bush administration.
The tables may have changed but the nothing has really changed.
WHERE was the rabid anti-government outrage when an unelected Bush-Cheney-Corp. lied into war, wiretapped, tortured, stole tens of billions, failed to protect??
WHERE was all that deep love of the Founding Fathers and the Constitution??
WHERE were those passionately freedom-loving armed militias??
The RACISM behind the hypocricy, incoherence, hysteria and threats of violence is SELF-EVIDENT.
- militia men
- racists
- xenophobes
- birthers
- klan members
- confederate reenacters
- middle school dropouts
- rednecks
- war mongers
- seniors on 'social' security who hate 'social'ism
- lovers of unfettered capitalism on food stamps
- closeted homophobes
- morons
- sean hanninazis
- gun clutchers
- white seperatists
- paranoid homeschoolers
- limbaugh dittoheads
- minute men
- tongues chanting snake handlers
- bible bangers who like to watch lesbian bondage
- flat earthers
- ruby ridge secessionists
- greedy pricks
- bored retirees who long for the days of white only water fountains
- global warming deniers
- survivalists
- faux news $h!t kickers
- neofascists
- ayn randians born on 3rd base who think they hit a triple
- creationists
- wingnut yokels
- reactionaries
- neocons
- GlennBeck bots
- john birchers
- red baiters
- and illiterate goobers who think Jesus rode on the back of a triceratops