Well, the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings came and went without the promised chaos and show of force that was promised by the right-wingers. However, there was a troubling undercurrent of violence, threats, ignorance and hatred that seeped onto the airwaves, enough to make one fear for the safety of innocent Americans at the hands of Fox News and Republican manufactured domestic terrorists.
To celebrate their new national holiday the usual gang of idiots, the parade of racists, kooks, religious zealots and totally misinformed nincompoops rushed in front of the cameras to promote their irrational hatred of President Obama.
Whenever they were confronted with the facts contrary to their positions, they would all laugh, blame it on the liberal media and accuse the questioner of personal hatred or bigotry.
Almost all these representatives of the tea bagging right denied that there was any racial bias in their group of crazies. All would parrot "Where's the proof?" when confronted with the charges of calling congressmen John Lewis and Emanuel Lewis the "N word" at a recent Washington rally.
All blamed President Obama for the bank bailout. This of course, is a lie. It was George W. Bush who handed Wall St. billions. These same spokespeople also agreed that the stimulus package was a complete failure. Another lie. When they were confronted with the true facts, all would laugh and attack the interviewer in order to change the subject.
The 2nd amendment zealots and tea baggers really had nothing to say to support their positions when confronted with logic and the truth. It was just verbal game-playing, accusing the innocent of fabrications and mistruths when they were backed into a corner. They also had no interest in engaging in a meaningful dialogue. They tended to belittle their opposition with condescending and creepy laughs. They meant to intimidate and bully, not listen or exchange ideas.
This brought to mind the classic Monty Python sketch "The Argument Clinic." In case you've never seen it, check it out here. To quote the Pythons, as opposed to contradiction (And the party of "No") "An argument is a collective series of statements (meant) to establish a definite proposition." "An argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just an automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says." Isn't that right, John Boehner?
As shown in the Python sketch, it's impossible to have an intellectual discussion with anyone whose sole purpose is to undermine and demonize your beliefs or position. Sarah Palin is a master practitioner of this form of debate. There is no reasoning with her. She's right and everybody who criticizes her is branded Un-American and threatened with violence. (Although now she qualifies her "Reload" comments by saying she's not condoning violence. Hasn't stopped her from advising the crowd to "Reload" though.) Of course the tea baggers and Republicans are following her lead. She yells the loudest and no one else is leading the right, so why not follow her?
President Obama has saved the country from economic collapse, turned around the economy, passed sweeping health care reform, restored America's standing in the world as the preeminent super power, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, has had more success capturing Al-Qaeda operatives and higher ups without the casualties that defined George W. Bush's ill conceived foreign policy and oh, is now taking on financial reform to prevent the excesses and disastrous consequences that took place while the Bush administration was asleep at the wheel.
Despite all this, the tea baggers and Republicans threaten secession and violence to rid them of this evil Socialist dictator. They want their country back. Back from what?
As noted intellectual Sarah Palin likes to say: "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?"
Fine, thank you.
"No it isn't."
Yes it is.
"Well ya know, Katie, Polly here isn't dead (wink wink), he's just pinin' for the tundra, which I can also see from my back yard too, you bet'cha."
In the Tennessee trial of David Kernell, under oath Sarah denied specifically diverting gubernatorial issues to her private Yahoo account.
Sarah may need a new attorney, because her old one just threw HER under the bus. Yes, there must be consequences, Sarah, for lying under oath in a Federal court. Why was she communicating with her staff in Alaska using her personal Yahoo account? Well duh! She didn't want her gubernatorial communications subject to FOIA requests.
According to ABCNews:
"This was an invasion of privacy," attorney Thomas V. Van Flein said. "It was a disruption for the campaign and it was actually disruptive to her ability to communicate with her staff in Alaska."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palin-testifies-alleged-mail-hacker-trial/story?id=10457300&page=2
Did Van Flein forget what he said for the 1-3-2010 article in AlaskaDispatch?
http://alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/3484-palin-personal-emails
“Thomas Van Flein, Palin's lawyer, said in an an e-mail interview that the then-governor's notice to friends and family to separate state and personal business was completely appropriate. "The governor and others in state government are required to segregate personal or partisan communications from state business communications," van Flein said. "The only way to do this is by using private email and private cell phones."”
Thank you very much.
That they are following the foulest entity in politics - "noted intellectual" Sarah Palin (snort) - and that there are people in that party who are technically smart enough to know better....well as Monty Python would say "Know what I mean? Know what I mean? A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbc064Uwax4&feature=player_embedded
he wants to take care of his doctor so he can get the best medicine for his wounds...i guess the doc missed sewing the gaping sore that is his mouth...i
you can see he's freaking his own self out but since he's talking in circles, he can't grab hold of anything sensible so his tactic is to spit louder...hmmm...that always makes much better sense...
whew...and he came to America for HIS freedom yet has audacity to want to deny another citizen the same rights he wants..?!?!
it's going to get to the point where educated and compassionate people will finally get flat out fed up of this boiling cauldron...while it's disturbing to even think in this vein, seeing clips like that make it harder to absorb that kind of crap...it is not what our country (should) stand for and some may use something more destructive to obliterate those types of sores permanently...
here-in lies the classic moral dilemma....is it better to kill the few to save the many..
it may be practical but not moral according to all the laws of God and Men (in America)
i don't know...but it not good that the absence of compassion and and the plethora of greed is so intertwined in our country..
lord have merci
Wonder if he has problems at home?
I hope he doesn't blow up a communist building?
I think he is ready to be institutionalized!
If a bill is passed repubs have it watered down. Mostly they sound like a zombie choir of misinforming talking points. And those endless NOs almost shut down the government. All the while some repubs portray our government as the enemy, evil, gangster, thud, take over. No repub calling for order or civility, they speak in crowds were hideous signs are in clear sight, advocate guns at political rallys, do nothing to tone it down, just feed the fire. I believe there is a war being waged in Washington by the repubs. They will not stop until they are back in power. This needs to be exposed for what it is or we will unravel as a country. If you need proof listen to Michele Backman.
Sarah Palin is to governance as Bernie Madoff is to financial planning.
We are the knights who say iggy iggy pltzt.
Is more like it.