Carl Paladino Sounds like the Godfather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJnDWbkZRlw.  More tea party antics for you to enjoy.  What is going on in this country?

She won't Lie to Hilter, but She Lies to the American People.

Christine O'Donnell has proved to be a comical choice for Senator and an embarrassment to the state of Delaware.   Yet another obscure University has claimed they have no record of her attendance.  So, she has just recently been able to prove she has a bachelor's degree http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/christine-odonnell-claremont_n_743130.html She made a claim that she attended Princeton, but when actually she audited one undergraduate course and couldn't complete it.
She has also made grand claims that she won 2 counties in the last election against Joe Biden, when in fact she had won nothing.  /watch?v=GeiDHTlJXkM&p=B69206BE3AD94B0A&playnext=1&index=21
Years ago she appeared on Bill Maher's Political Incorrect where she claimed she would not lie to Hitler even if it would save lives.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9qQGvsulFU  She believed that God would make a way for her to do the right thing.  She doesn't understand very simple logic that it would be okay to lie in that situation..  Jesus spoke against moral absolutism when he told the pharisees that he would heal people on the Sabbath Day.  Mark 3 (1-6)
So it is clear that she doesn't even understand her own religion.  It is too complex for her feeble mind to grasp, and yet she is the Republican candidate for Senate.  This is an embarrassment, but it is not untypical of Conservatives to reject intellect and logic, as they do it on a daily basis to maintain their highly  illogical ideology.
So I don't know what to make of this trend.  This conservative movement has totally rejected smarts, intellect, science and reason in replace of radical idiocy .  I hope the citizens of Delaware wake up and elect Democrat candidate Coon to the Senate.  This is a danger trend that has to be reversed, or we are headed for imbecility  and mob rule.

Propagandizing a "Pledge to America."

 I suppose the trite statement is true, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.  So here we go again.  The first midterm after the election of Bill Clinton gave us Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" in 1994. So conveniently and predictably, we have the same backlash movement today with the Republican's own "Pledge to America."  Supposedly, this pledge was going to come straight from the people, through the website called "America Speaking Out."  What one would infer from this claim is that the things that most Americans wanted to see in the Pledge  would actually be in the document, and thus dictate the New Republican agenda..  However, that was not the case.  Yet the Republicans speak of this "Pledge" as if it came straight from the people.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UTNZofZbLU
Two very popular ideas from the website were for the legalization of marijuana and for the removal of tax breaks for those companies who outsource American jobs.  Well, the later is a great idea, and one the Barack Obama claimed to address as a political candidate, however, let us not be naive, Republicans will never address an issue that will hurt "Big Business."  They have always been on the side of 'Big Business" because they at least know where their bread is buttered.   They may not know much else, but at least they know who's interest they represent in Congress.
The original draft of this pledge was written by a staffer for John Boehner, named Brian Wilde, who was a former lobbyist for the Nichols Group. .  He formerly lobbied for corporations like AIG, Pfizer and Exxon Mobil to name a few.  Now he had drafted the "Pledge to America" as if anything in the document would benefit the average American.  This document is a pure tactical propaganda scheme.  The Republicans are skillful politicians.  The Party of "No" was more of a political strategy than an idealogical or principled stance.
So what I really want is for Americans to wake up.  Please stop allowing these people to manipulate your emotions and think for yourself.  Try to notice when it is your emotional connection to something that has you believing a certain way.  It is difficult to tease out the difference sometimes, America has become ":Sheep lead to a Slaughter.  These people don't represent your interests, and they never will.  They have developed an entire ideology that will justify them giving everything to the Rich people, and all their bidding is for the very Rich.  The average American is just a pawn.  We go through the motions of Democracy every year, but Democracy doesn't work if the people are ill informed and manipulated.

Tea Party Patriots Want YOU!

DADT Repealed by Courts.

Despite the current left verses right debates regarding the Constitution, i admire the way our Founding Fathers set up our government.  It seems that it has always been the Courts who have had the courage to stand up for what is right.  I am far left, but I recognize the Constitution as an purposefully adaptable document.  We established a creed that all men are created equal, and we have been trying to live up to that creed for years.  Sometimes, living up to your creed takes courage.  Allowing other people to participate in our American Dream is so threatening for some people.  I see the Tea Baggers as a perfect example of those people who want to put the breaks on the Constitution.  They don't want America to live out its creed too much.  I am sure they will not like the Court's ruling that ruled the military's policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/
Even left leaning Barack Obama has yet to show the courage to challenge this obvious unconstitutional policy.  However, the Courts have recently come down on the side of the individual victims of this archaic policy.  I think they lead the way, and I hope the right leaning Supreme Court does not prove hypocritical and overturn this ruling.  When will American have the courage to live out the true meaning of its creed?  We have a long way to go Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but we are going in the right direction.

Neil Young - Southern Man

Tea Party Splinters GOP

Independents lean in a particular direction, whether it be left or right.  Take for instance, Ross Perot.  George H. W. Bush most likely would have won the election against Bill Clinton  had it not been for Ross Perot.  Ross Perot stole votes that most likely would have went to Bush.  Now today we have the example of the Tea Party.  Those who gravitate toward the Tea Party would have usually went Republican, but are now gravitating toward the extreme right Tea Party as a reactionary party.  Just as with George H. W. Bush, the end result could very well hurt the GOP and their chances to take over the House and Senate, rather lofty goals, considering the current political climate. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/09/christine-odonnell-castle-delaware-republican-primary
So the end result could be a repeat of the past.  Perhaps these extreme Tea Party goers should be more mindful of their history, which they claim to espouse just in their continual theft of historically significant  symbolism.  And in their theft of our historical tea party, they pervert the meaning and symbolism that the original Tea Party revolutionaries represent. However some Tea party patriots would claim that is it more about sending a message.  http://www.corydondemocrat.com/Articles-i-2009-03-10-210077.114125_Tea_parties_send_clear_message.html  I admire such principles, however, the message will die if they do not turn the message into action by having members of the GOP in office.  Hopefully, and I cannot deny my bias right here, they will sabotage their own convoluted agenda with these Tea Party candidates like Christine O'Donnell who made a strong showing in the primary, but most likely are too weak to win the election.  As a Kentuckian,  I must admit that Rand Paul will most likely win in Kentucky, however, Christine O'Donnell is a weak candidate for general election.  So Tea Party patriots be ware, you are revealing your inability to think.

Freedom from "isms"

As a person who has claimed many different labels in the past, I know from experience, labels hinder critical debate.  The reason is that there is so much baggage that goes with claiming a label.  The person you may wish to debate and exchange free flow of ideas tend to have so many preconceived notions about what you may or may not believe.  I have tried in vain to debate, and most of the time, i am defending or rather denying what they think i believe rather than what I actually believe.  I want people to think.   That is really all i want.  You will have my respect if you think for  yourself and your beliefs are well developed.  You and I may be on the opposite end of the political spectrum, but I love ideas.  I will never stop craving the debate.   So don't take it personal if we disagree, i can still learn from you, and you can learn from me, whether u admit it or not.
So as of right now, I only claim the label of humanist.  That is so vague that surely it will not push anybody away.  It is not so radical, that u may think i am too far gone.  So please, if you think i am wrong in my humanist beliefs come and make a good argument.  I am all ears.  I have not closed my mind.   I will never stop learning and growing.  So ShopGirl, this one is for u, I hope this clears some misunderstanding up between us.  I enjoy the debate.