Million Redneck March

The stupidity of the right wing continues and seems to be spreading like a rampant disease.

I find it particularly disturbing that these bozos don't know the difference between Communism and Fascism, as they persist in accusing Obama of being both.

Communism and Fascism are polar opposites. Simplified, for the Republican mind: Communism is the concept of all property being owned by all people. Fascism is the concept of corporations and business controlling everything in a society. The world has seen few, if any, real Communist regimes, though several have claimed to be Communist. We have seen several Fascist governments: Italy, Germany, Spain and, sadly, the U.S.

September 12th's demonstration contained the best of the worst. Disinformation flowed like water. Hatred spilled into the Potomac, and I suspect a large amount of that hatred is racially based.

And do the Republicans have any viable alternatives? Not a one.

They like to complain about the deficit. Obama didn't cause a deficit. That was the legacy of G.W. Bush, the darling of the right wing, the national idiot. It wasn't Obama that has spent 12 Billion dollars EVERY MONTH fighting needless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It wasn't the Obama administration that tortured innocents. If you recall, former Vice President Dick Cheney took glee in defending torture. Very disturbed people, these right wingers.

Healthcare has been an issue since the late 1940's. Except for the untoward influence of the insurance cabal, we might have made some progress in fixing health care. Nearly every Republican who has vocally opposed health care has received donations from big insurance. Of course, to the right wing mind this is normal and doesn't mean collusion.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the U.S. ranks 37th in quality and availability of health care in the world. Costa Rica outranks us. This is a national disgrace. We are supposed to be the best, the model for the rest of the world. Yet the right wingers can't fathom this concept. They can trick their puny little minds into thinking we're still number one by sticking their hand in a big foam rubber hand, forefinger extended. They think that makes a difference.

We all want smaller government. Left, right and center want as efficient a system as possible. Were we to actually eschew special interests, we might cut the size of government and still meet essential services.

In a society as diverse as ours, there has to be a centralized authority to coordinate the delivery of governement services from maintenance of national parks, the roads to them and even down to the roadside rest areas dotted around the interstate system. Someone has to control the water, the power grid, even the internet with standards of performance.

Lack of regulation is what let the greedy bankers and financiers run away and wreck our economy, coupled with the constant drain of funds by the Bush misAdministration. Health care regulations are next to nothing. Big insurance doesn't want to pay for the damage they've done to the people, so they are hoodwinking the incredibly stupid right wingers into thinking they'll lose something if Obama gets his way on health care.

As I've said before, I'm no fan of Obama nor of the Democrats. They are too willing to play too nice with the right. The right doesn't understand cooperation. They only understand brute force. The Democrats, having a bit more gray matter collectively than the Republicans, understand cooperation works much better than heavy handed force. But the Democrats have no balls.

I'm glad I'm a Green.

Skywolf.

More of the Same

The right wing keeps on swirling down the pipeline of idiocy, hypocrisy and disingenuous. now they're claiming President Obama is trying to brainwash school kids by addressing them via television, in the classrooms.

Obama is urging school kids to stay in school and study hard. School districts in seven states have vowed to block Obama's speech.

There is a grain of truth to the objection by the Right Wing. The education system is a shambles. Kids are being taught to pass tests, not to learn how to find what they need to know. There are some good reasons to shun public education, though not education in general. But that's as far as the truth goes.

The move to block Obama's address is rooted in the same disruptive mentality as the town hall meeting debacle, the "Death panel" bullshit and the rest of the right wing's garbage.

Now if Obama can explain why kids need to study and work hard, on a level they can understand, it might cause a few who would otherwise shun learning to be curious about the world around them. That's what it takes to create thinking, caring people.

Skywolf.