On the Fixed News channel, specifically on the show Hannity, Bill Cunningham decided it was a good idea to bring up the Bible in a discussion about parenting, which conservatives who don't think for themselves often do. But that isn't the controversial part about it. The controversy is over what he said next, "I say beat kids appropriately and with love." What kind of person makes such a claim? Living in the 21st century, there is ample literature on how to discipline children, and "beating" is not one of the recommendations.
Something else that is also telling is the fact that Sean Hannity did not express surprise or concern over the statement. He just pretended it was normal. However, it is anything but normal to beat another human being in order to force them to comply with your will. Perhaps Hannity would think otherwise if a 350lb weight lifting Democrat decided to apply the same logic on him to force him to vote for Obama. But I would never expect Faux News to be able to recognize such poor reasoning when their entire network is dedicated to the practice thereof.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Jeb Bush Continues Anti-Scientific Trend in Republican Party
Jeb Bush, former Republican Governor of Florida and brother of President George Bush, gave an interview to Fixed News where he said this about global warming, "It is not unanimous among scientists that it is disproportionately manmade. What I get a little tired of on the left is this idea that somehow science has decided all this so you can’t have a view. Science has decided that embryonic stem cell research is the way to go and if you don’t agree with that then somehow you’re Cro-Magnon Man or something like that. Governor Perry, as it relates to global warming has every right to suggest that it’s not a certainty.” This is a patently false easily falsifiable statement, yet of course he is allowed to say such things on a network that has predetermined answers to the issues that conservative so often like to do.
When the majority of ALL scientists are saying it is most likely due to human actions, then the most rational thing to do at that point is to take necessary action to try and stop it from getting worse. It is a matter of saving the planet and humanity. If we destroy the planet, there is nothing left. We are doomed. The shit will hit the fan and we will all perish, all because our political system was so infested with people who's intellectual capacity is far below what is needed to execute the offices they currently serve in. Welcome to 2011.
When the majority of ALL scientists are saying it is most likely due to human actions, then the most rational thing to do at that point is to take necessary action to try and stop it from getting worse. It is a matter of saving the planet and humanity. If we destroy the planet, there is nothing left. We are doomed. The shit will hit the fan and we will all perish, all because our political system was so infested with people who's intellectual capacity is far below what is needed to execute the offices they currently serve in. Welcome to 2011.
Michigan Attacks Unions
Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder is set to sign a law that will cap how much the state will pay towards health coverage for public employees. This is another example, just like in Ohio and Wisconsin, of right-wing extremist Governors attacking unions. When workers band together, they get paid better wages and get better benefits, but it seems as though the Republicans don't want this to happen.
Republicans try to portray themselves as the party of the little guy, up against the big bad government that is taking away their rights and hard earned money. However, unions are most beneficial to people who in fact are "little" in the sense that they have no political power to change the system. They don't have the funds. And then Republicans take away benefits from these people, and claim they are helping everyone in the process. George Orwell would be impressed by the amount of double think that goes on in American society today.
Republicans try to portray themselves as the party of the little guy, up against the big bad government that is taking away their rights and hard earned money. However, unions are most beneficial to people who in fact are "little" in the sense that they have no political power to change the system. They don't have the funds. And then Republicans take away benefits from these people, and claim they are helping everyone in the process. George Orwell would be impressed by the amount of double think that goes on in American society today.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Huntsman's Telling Attacks
Jon Huntsman, a current Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Utah, is blasting fellow candidates for their extremist positions. He attacked Rick Perry for denying man-made global warming and Michele Bachmann for recently saying that if she were president gas would be under 2 dollars a gallon. His overall message was that the current contenders for president are pandering to specific groups of people and that they are not trying to find middle ground and be reasonable candidates.
This is very encouraging to see. All moderates are not dead in the Republican party after all!!!! There are still a few left, and I applaud Huntsman first for actually serving in the Obama administration as ambassador to China even though he is a Republican, and for calling out the current field for their insane views. If Obama were to lose to a Republican (which I do not want to happen) Huntsman seems like a candidate that could be trusted to run the country in a fair and efficient way.
This is very encouraging to see. All moderates are not dead in the Republican party after all!!!! There are still a few left, and I applaud Huntsman first for actually serving in the Obama administration as ambassador to China even though he is a Republican, and for calling out the current field for their insane views. If Obama were to lose to a Republican (which I do not want to happen) Huntsman seems like a candidate that could be trusted to run the country in a fair and efficient way.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Homophobic Teacher of the Year
Jerry Buell, a Florida high school teacher who won "Teacher of the Year," has been caught in engaging in hate speech towards homosexual Americans. On his facebook page, he said "If they want to call it a union, go ahead, but don't insult a man and woman's marriage by throwing it in the same cesspool as same-sex whatever!God will not be mocked. When did this sin become acceptable???" Some of his facebook friends saw the post and decided to push back, which caused Mr. Buell to respond saying "If one doesn't like the most recently posted opinion, based on Biblical principals and God's law, then go ahead and un-friend me. I'll miss you like I miss my kidney stone from 1994." Buell is now suspended. He is crying foul saying he was just exercising his first amendment rights to free speech and that it was not done on school property. However, a thought experiment will show just how wrong-headed he is.
Imagine for a moment this was the EXACT same situation, except that it was about interracial marriage, which at one time in U.S. history was widely opposed. If someone in the modern day were to post that seeing an African American and a Caucasian getting married made him sick and said the union should not be recognized the same way marriages of the same race are, would not there be a justifiable reaction of outrage from the community? The man would end up being fired, and the school would be better off as a result. However, because it is homosexuality and many people still hold bigoted ignorant views, people like him are not scorned as badly as they deserve to be. I am calling for his resignation immediately.
Imagine for a moment this was the EXACT same situation, except that it was about interracial marriage, which at one time in U.S. history was widely opposed. If someone in the modern day were to post that seeing an African American and a Caucasian getting married made him sick and said the union should not be recognized the same way marriages of the same race are, would not there be a justifiable reaction of outrage from the community? The man would end up being fired, and the school would be better off as a result. However, because it is homosexuality and many people still hold bigoted ignorant views, people like him are not scorned as badly as they deserve to be. I am calling for his resignation immediately.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tom Coburn's Insensitivity
Tom Coburn, a Republican Senator from Oklahoma (the state I happen to live in), has caused some controversy for his comments at a town hall meeting recently. He said "It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor." This comes on the heels of the fort hood shooter and Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat from Arizona who was shot, returning to Congress for a vote on the debt-ceiling. This enough shows a lack of sensitivity to the situation America is in with regards to violence. His statement implies if he had a gun on the Senate floor he would have actually shot people, which is disgusting. However, that is not the worst thing he said.
Coburn was asked by a constituent whether or not he thought Obama was trying to destroy America. Coburn said no that Obama was a smart guy, but that he had a problem. He said Obama being African American meant he had a "tremendous advantage" from the government. Going further, he said Obama's "intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him," It is difficult to determine exactly what this means. However, that it seems to be implying is this. Obama is a black man, and this means he had advantages from the government to help him succeed. As if all black men are dependent on the government, and getting help from the government is somehow a bad thing to do. And it's factually false Obama depended on the government. Obama went to Harvard law school, something not many people, white black Hispanic anything, are able to accomplish. He also managed to get elected President of the United States without having his daddy pave the way for him. Perhaps it was the previous President who was "dependent on others for his 'accomplishments."
Coburn was asked by a constituent whether or not he thought Obama was trying to destroy America. Coburn said no that Obama was a smart guy, but that he had a problem. He said Obama being African American meant he had a "tremendous advantage" from the government. Going further, he said Obama's "intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him," It is difficult to determine exactly what this means. However, that it seems to be implying is this. Obama is a black man, and this means he had advantages from the government to help him succeed. As if all black men are dependent on the government, and getting help from the government is somehow a bad thing to do. And it's factually false Obama depended on the government. Obama went to Harvard law school, something not many people, white black Hispanic anything, are able to accomplish. He also managed to get elected President of the United States without having his daddy pave the way for him. Perhaps it was the previous President who was "dependent on others for his 'accomplishments."
Christine O'Donell's Telling Actions
On the CNN show Piers Morgan Tonight, Christine O'Donnell was doing an interview about her new book and was asked about her views on homosexuality. Her answer bordered on complete nonsensical blabber. She said “I’m not talking about policies. I’m not running for office, ask Michele Bachmann what she thinks. Ask the candidates running for office what they think." However, her book is all about political positions and trying to energize the Tea Party. At the end of the interview she decided to end prematurely, she said Piers Morgan was being rude by asking her about homosexuality.
To me it shows that Tea Partier's don't like questions on their extremist views. They don't like the mainstream media because they get questioned and shown to be wrong on the facts. Sunlight is a good disinfectant, and the more Americans learn about what the Tea Party REALLY stands for (even though they don't like to get specific in interviews on what they will actually cut) the less they like them and realize they are simply a movement that wants to go back to a mythical time in America that never actually existed.
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