64 years ago, my mother saw the Americans liberating Strasbourg, France, my hometown. Today she is proud that Strasbourg was up to the visit of the U.S. President, in giving him a warm welcome. She also saw the French-German border collapse on the Rhine, and was proud to watch the NATO allies meeting this week on the “Pont des Deux Rives”, which materializes the former check-point.
Mom called me from France today to make sure I had not missed the event on TV. But she also wanted to make sure that the American media did not put too much emphasis on the anti-NATO demonstrations held on the sidelines of the summit. “Just a few idiots and thugs” she said as to apologize. This is her city, she’s proud … and ashamed.
And it is true that aside from the overall warm welcome, some violent demonstrations took place in the suburbs of the city, against the Europe-US Alliance, against capitalism and against globalization. Not to say the word: against America. These events are not specifically French. They have become routine at most major international meetings. They were violent in London for the G20, as for all the latest “G” meetings. But from a US perspective, they take a special importance when held in a country which is viewed as the most anti-American in Europe. It’s a cliché (polls show that the anti-american sentiment is much stronger in Germany and Spain), but one must acknowledge that it is a cliché that many French politicians are likely to promote.
By showing respect and consideration for the European culture and influence, Barack Obama undermines the foundation of the French anti-Americanism. But it seems now that anti-Americanism gets fueled by the pro-American support Nicolas Sarkozy is showing in return. As the President of the United States gets more popular in Europe, anti-Americanism turns into “anti pro-Americanism.” Since we can’t blame the American president anymore , let’s blame the pro-american decisions of the French president. Pure rhetoric.
It will probably take more than the speech Barack Obama delivered in Strasbourg in a public meeting to put an end to this sterile antagonism. It will also require the media to report full excerpts of the speech, not just 5 seconds. In the excerpt of Obama’s speech reproduced below, the french media often broadcasted the first part only, while CNN pulled out the second part. Unfortunately, the “antis” on all sides have nice days ahead …
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In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual but can also be insidious. Instead of recognizing the good that America so often does in the world, there have been times where Europeans choose to blame America for much of what’s bad.
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So let me say this as clearly as I can: America is changing, but it cannot be America alone that changes.
Right there on wordpress I saw the answer to VM’s request for the authors to post a bit. Typically warped the author over at another site is precisely why so many people get grouped as idiots on the left.
I could just as easily find right wing extremist places to blame the entire worlds ills on, but this is what I woke up to today.
This is about bait-n-switch, people. Listen the hell up.
I am a 24/7/365 stoned freedom-hating socialist Neo-Nazi America-hating liberal jihadist Ayers-humping homo that has sex with goats. That is why I voted for Obama.
Obama made many promises to which he has yet to fulfil. The Right was right. He’s nothing but an empty suit full of nothing but lies, lies, lies.
AND I AM VERY ANGRY.
I voted for the candidate I thought would hate America the most, who would be one born on foreign turf with no birth certificate, who would side with the terrorists, who would let me be lazy and still get a salary, who would not talk to those godamned Republicans on the other side, who would be 100% partisan and divisive, and who would help make America an Arabnegro Supremacist Kenyan-clone-country that would force us whites to be slaves, to wear purple and orange, eat KFC, chitlins, collard greens, watermelon and learn rap songs.
HE HAS DONE NONE OF THIS.
—> I am still required to keep my job. Obama has yet to replace my full-time salary with a government pay check so that I can be unemployed for free — leaving enough time for me to get fat and watch Oprah all day.
—> I am pissed because he talks to white people.
—> I am pissed because he hasn’t gone on vacation yet.
—> I am pissed because he talks to Republicans and even asks their opinion.
—> I am pissed because he talks to religious people and wants to be in with them.
—> I am pissed because he said it was wrong to jump on fallen bodies at Walmart. As a liberal, I like to jump on bodies and cause human suffering – especially to infants.
—> He is still not a dictator.
—>Osama still hasn’t made us wear brown shirts yet.
—> I still have free speech and I fucking hate that goddamed stupid retarded idiotic free fucking speech.
Okay, I know that “firsters” isn’t really a word. But it is descriptive. So, we have a new President, and supposedly the world rejoices. Here is a clip that shows the joy…
I love Barack Obama for what he has done. Maby terrorists wouln’t hate america so much if they stopped putting their nose where it certainly does not belong. And stop acting like it’s the best country in the world because it is NOT!!!! With Obama I think America will see a lot more peace. I certainly hope so! He knows what he is doing.
There are people out there who come to the US repeatedly (masochists?) and then return to their Utopias to complain that the airport treated them like “terrorists”. Every national that comes to visit the US on vacation is apparently suspected of being a minion of Osama Bin Ladin.
A renowned world traveler just recently visited Lima, Peru, and she reports back:
Anyone with 1/4th of a functioning brain knows very well that this woman was talking about the United States. More evidence of the country in question can be found here:
Borders… sorry to say but it’s not just me or just a bad experience. US borders suck. Never seen that anywhere in the world and I traveled quite a bit. Nowhere on earth do people get questioned, searched, profiled and verbally abused. Happened to me when I was in transit several times. Hello, I’m 20 yrs old, I have a valid French passport, return ticket to Canada, sufficient funds etc. — what else do you want from me? I don’t even want to go to the US — I’m in f&?%$ transit here waiting for my next plane!
My hubby always has trouble as well… how many times was he accused of having a fake passport… he was born in China, raised in Canada, speak perfect English (spent his whole life here). Yet when he cross the border, his passport is held on the side. Fake. Er… no.
Backpackers usually don’t like going through the US immigration border. Pain in the ass. Australian can be tough as well but not as much.
Am I denying these claims? No. Could there be a possibility that some people are just way too sensitive, spoiled, and call out “verbal abuse” at the drop of a hat? Most definitely. Could there be a bit of hyperbole? Why, of course!! How else could one garner the sympathy of other non-Americans who are also petrified that the big fat elephant is “out to get them”?
Yes, the same people calling the US paranoid, are the ones who are equally or even more paranoid.
“They’re out to get me because I’m a foreigner and they hate all foreigners” — is the mindset here that I am challenging today in this post.
Treating this situation with the urgency and seriousness it deserves, I would suggest that those people who hate being accused of being part of the Taliban network and/or suspected of being a suicide-bombing-jihadist conspiring to wipe the US off of the map while you try to transit your way back to Toronto – to stay away from America – even in transit. People like me are tired of the incessant abuse of the “victim card” especially when Americans must go through the EXACT SAME process and be treated like “possible terrorists” too!!
Perhaps America needs to be a bit paranoid? Could customs, immigration and security be overly-paranoid? Absolutely. But I most certainly believe that we have reasonable cause to be paranoid following 9-11 as any other country in the world would REACT THE SAME! While I refuse to live my life in fear both religiously and politically or fear anybody for that matter, I find it quite the norm for countries to resort to inconvenient measures to do whatever they can to prevent future attacks. While I disagree with the Patriot Act, I agree that it was America’s shut eyes and feelings of invincibility that helped make 9-11 possible.
See, people like Zhu wish that America was as lax as it was prior to 9-11. (Do people like her even remember the old America before 9-11? Were we lax enough then?) More than likely, she advocated the terrorists boarding the plane with box cutters to achieve their goal. Why would she really give a rat’s ass, anyway? It’s not her country. Why would a terrorist attack anywhere have an effect on her? So long as one feels safe in their own cozy little well-to-do-daddy-will-pay-for-it cocoon, why would they give a flying freak what happens outside of it, and what happens as a result of what happens outside of it?
This is a phenomenon especially in young people and/or pollyannas. Naivete, innocence, and ignorance about the world doesn’t allow one to grasp complex ideas to work out why certain countries behave as they do. The USA airport security IS paranoid. And for a damn good reason. This doesn’t mean that I agree with the extremist approaches or the way they treat both Americans and foreigners. But some sense of watchfulness is EXPECTED.
And once again…
EVEN AMERICANS ARE TREATED AT THE AIRPORT in the exact same way.
Who knew?
Americans everyday are being questioned, “verbally abused”, fondled at the airport, interrogated, detained, their baggage and every little detail inside checked meticulously causing them to miss flights, and treated no differently than these little precious spoiled princesses that hail from other lands. If the same thing happens to Americans, why do these people feel so entitled to special treatment just on the grounds that they’re from another country?
My guess is that if say, Canada experienced a terrorist attack on a large scale, their airport as well would be having their passengers remove their shoes, throw away their lighters, chewing gum, maxi pads and water bottles. Their passengers would too be questioned “endlessly” by the “racist immigration service” and be detained on the premise and pre-conceived notions that all foreigners had real “cutlery” on board and found profiling justified. Canada as well, would be just as paranoid. So would Australia. So would China. So would Peru. So would India.
Get over it, you spoiled little brats! With that primadonna attitude, it is of no surprise that some get “verbally abused” by those bully AmeriKKKans.
Stay home.
If anyone scared of the big boogieman that is America, is reading this, do me a big favor:
Ask Japan why non-Japanese have to be finger-printed at the airport to stay over there.
Ask the Japanese why Koreans who were born and raised in Japan must carry around an “Alien Id”?
Ask the Japanese why things like this are able to go on in their country.
NEW DELHI — Rohail Manzoor thought he had what it took to work in a telephone call center. All he had to do was pick up the phone and answer queries from American customers about their long-distance bills. He was armed with lessons on how to speak English like the Americans — adjust the r’s, say “zee” instead of “zed,” “mail” instead of “post.”
He even called himself “Jim,” and figured he would pretend to be an American customer service agent.
Rohail Manzoor, a soft-spoken call center employee in New Delhi, has dealt with many hostile U.S. callers. A survey said the calls are “psychologically disturbing” for workers. (Rama Lakshmi For The Washington Post)
But nothing prepared him for the shower of curses that came his way when he picked up the phone one night on the job.
” ‘You Indians suck!’ an American screamed on the phone,” recalled a soft-spoken Manzoor, 25. “He was using a lot of four-letter words, too. He called me names left, right and center.”
Call center executives and industry experts say abusive hate calls are commonplace, as resentment swells over the loss of American jobs to India.
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“When some callers are unhappy with the service, their frustration often turns racist,” said Amit Narula, 25, a call center agent. “They would say, ‘This is why you should not handle our work. Indians are not good enough.’ “
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) can cause counter-racist behavior. It can cause people to be afraid of not only citizens of a nation, but also people from any group imaginable even including political parties. I’m not saying that it is justified, but that it is understandable.
Even animals have to be retrained after having been subjected to abusive owners.
People’s first impressions about a nation sometimes can occur by the very first experience and/or person that they meet. But if they are repeatedly abused (in this case, Indian call center agents), their counter-racist (or prejudiced) behavior can be more severe and outrageous. It could eventually turn violent.
A member of a Canadian Forum called Vivelecanada, said the following which really hit me hard:
Collective guilt is a fundamentally flawed concept. Germans were not collectively guilty for Hitler’s crimes in any way that humanity in general wasn’t guilty for in producing such a monster.
Races, families, tribes, nations, bridge clubs or gangs do not commit crimes. Individuals commit crimes. Individuals can cooperate in the commission of crimes, but each are individually guilty only for their own specific role.
These evils arise when we classify people according to convenient labels and collectivize them. Lepine and Hitler both collectivized their respective enemies, and this is their first step in dehumanizing them.
It’s easier to hit or kill a stereotype, a label, a proxy for a group or a faceless mass of people than it is an individual human being. Collectivization is the first step in dehumanization. The next step is the atrocity.
If you’ve ever picked up a pet from the Humane Society and notice really, really odd abnormalities with your furry fellow, it can be narrowed down to PTSD where the previous owner was abusive. Dogs, for example, react to “first impressions” or “repetitive impressions” similar to that of humans. They may begin to hate all mail-men as the dog was victimized by one, for example.
This is what started the Nazi regime. Hitler had it in for the Jews. The story of Adolf Hitler has many versions. Maybe we’ll never know what really happened. But from what I had learned, Hitler’s father was a Jew. He was extremely abusive toward Hitler. Hitler then developed an unwavering hatred toward Jews as a whole, and he got the nation of Germany to believe that Jews (and other groups as well) were evil due to his pseudo-nationalist party. I say pseudo because it was just a way to grab the hearts of the Germans (with a hidden motive) being that there was a world-wide depression going on at the time. He won over the German people due to what good he DID do as a leader. He actually DID help Germany in many ways – at least enough to persuade the German people that he was genius and “for the people”.
Once he had the Germans where he wanted them, via “racial cleansing”, he began to exterminate the Jews among other groups as well. Deep down inside, he was really Right-winged. If he had initially started out leading from the far Right, I wonder if he would have had the support from the people like he did.
The hatred these Indians are receiving over the telephone is not tenant of the “American culture”. Replace the US with another country, and you’ll find people doing the same or worse. People are somewhat anonymous over the phone, you know. Surely, the receiver of the call knows YOU, but your family, co-workers, and friends (the people you may put on an act for) don’t know that you resorted to racist and hurtful insults to the Indian guy on the other line.
I used to work for both travel agencies and one major airline as a call center representative. I became jaded and a bit hardened after that experience because customers can be assholes ranging from subtle condescending language to foul and blatant abusive attacks. I intellectually exaggerated that the majority of whom I spoke with were rude, but in reality, they were the minority. The exaggeration that I made it out to be at the time, was a way for me to cope.
The reasons customers can be so abusive over the phone is because they are anonymous and they are taking out their miserable lives on YOU. Additionally and most importantly, customers know that you cannot fight back or you’ll get fired!! This is mainly why some prey on telephone operators. There’s a big difference between taking a REAL issue with an airline that needs to be resolved and becoming personal with the agent on the other end who has NOTHING to do with your problem. I am 100% American, and I experienced what the Indians are experiencing now in New Delhi and other places where American businesses have planted themselves. The difference between me and the New Delhi agent is that the attacks made upon me weren’t racist.
If YOU have ever worked in a call center before, you know EXACTLY where I’m coming from!! It is pure HELL. You learn that not Americans (I worked for an international airline/travel agency), but ALL PEOPLE —– SUCK!
It is my opinion, however, when people are attacked more than a few times, they make a mountain out of a molehill and exaggerate their experiences. A LOT doesn’t mean the majority! After I calm down and revisit the nightmare experiences that I had with customers, I realize that the asshats in proportion to the neutral or nice ones, were the minority.
What I am trying to say is that all it takes is enough or one bad experience with “a type of species” to develop a sweeping hatred toward the group that the abuser came from. If counter-racism should occur, those attacks and the victimization will just get worse. The victim is just further victimizing himself. Counter-bigotry, in my opinion, should be dealt with on a more professional and peaceful level as in — see a therapist!!
Now, we have to figure out what differentiates a person who is a victim of racial attacks and doesn’t resort to collectivism versus one with the same experience who does? Child abuse? What do YOU think?
—>When an American defends her country, it’s “blind nationalism”. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s defending.
—>When an American does something nice, it’s fake or done “with strings attached”. When nationals from elsewhere do something nice, it is coming from the wholesome goodness of their hearts.
—>When an American commits a crime, it’s due to their inherent nature. When another national from elsewhere commits a crime, it’s their culture or they just made a little mistake.
—>When an American buys a car (not an SUV – just a regular car), it’s materialism. When another national from elsewhere buys a car, it’s needed.
—>When an American compliments or sympathizes with nationals of another country, it’s agenda-ridden. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s because they really like and sympathize with them.
—>When an American disagrees with the government of another country, it’s an evil attack on their culture, hypocritical, and racist! When another national from elsewhere does the same, they are just trying to help spread awareness per the “peace movement”.
—>When an American bashes another country (England, for example), it’s racism. When another national from elsewhere bashes Americans (i.e intolerant, stupid, uncultured), it’s “constructive criticism”.
—>When an American doesn’t understand a joke, it’s because “Americans can’t understand satire due to the illiteracy rate in America”. When a national from another country doesn’t get a joke, it’s because of the “cultural difference”.
—>When an American drives an SUV, it’s because they have an evil conspiracy to emit carbons to purposefully destroy the world and all of its inhabitants. When a Canadian drives an SUV, it’s because they have a big family or something.
—>When an American speaks loudly in Europe, he’s a “typical American”. When a Brazilian speaks loudly in Europe, it’s just “their culture”.
—>When America bombs another country, it’s murdering innocents for purposes of profiteering and for having a perverted obsession with gore and death. When another national from elsewhere does the same, it’s defending (i.e. 9-11).
—>When America elects a black president, it’s Affirmative Action. If another country should do it too, it’s showing tolerance and acceptance toward minorities and progressing past the stone ages.
—>When an American has both conservative and liberal ideals, it’s considered disingenuous and agenda-ridden. When another national from elsewhere commits the same “horrible act”, he is considered a person with both conservative and liberal ideals.
—>When an American owns a gun, it’s because they’re a natural born killer in love with blood and gore. If an Australian has a gun, it’s because he’s a hobbyist.
—>When an American claims to have been treated well in another country, it’s fraudulent. When another national from elsewhere makes a similar claim, they are being genuine because after all, who couldn’t love a non-American?
—>When an American has sex, it’s due to their uncontrollable obsession. When a national from another country has sex, it’s because they’re human, natural, and unrepressed – “unlike the Americans”.
—>When an American claims to have traveled and/or lived in another country, it’s an outright lie(I guess the tales of the infamous nationalist American tourist becomes conveniently forgotten, then?). When another national from elsewhere makes the same claims, it’s a sign that they are “cultured”.
—>When an American misspells a word, he’s a “typical American”. When another national from elsewhere does the same thing, it’s a “typo” – he’s only human.
—>When an American eats a Big Mac, they are being a “typical American”. When another national eats a Big Mac, it’s a sign that they have fallen victim to American oppression by way of American Globalization, and one should have sympathy for the poor soul.
—>When an American receives their paycheck from work, it’s called “stealing from the poor man”. When someone from another country keeps their paycheck, they’re entitled to it as they earned it.
—>When an American has been waiting for their coffee in Europe for 3 hours and begins to get impatient, they’re just being a “typical entitlement-oriented American”. When another national gets impatient over the same thing, it’s due to bad service at the cafe.
—>When an American gets angry, he’s being a “typical American”. When another national from elsewhere commits the same act, it’s justified.
—>When an American bashes his own country’s politics, they’re just doing it to be “cool” or “hip”. When another national from elsewhere complains about their government, it’s about someone complaining about their government.
—>If the American government commits an atrocity, the American citizens conspired to do it. If another government commits an atrocity, the Americans must somehow be connected to it.
—>If a white man commits a crime in the US, he’s a “typical American”. If an African AMERICAN commits a crime in the US, it’s a White Anglo Saxon Protestant conspiracy.
—>If an American resorts to French-bashing, it’s racism. If an Englishman resorts to French-bashing, well, there’s gotta be a good reason for it.
—>If an American believes in God, it’s a part of the dumbing down of America. If a national from elsewhere believes in say, “Allah”, well, it’s just “their culture”.
—>If an American is fat, it’s due to the “all-American-diet”. If a national from elsewhere is fat, it’s a sign that they have fallen victim to American oppression by way of American Globalization, and one should have sympathy for the poor soul.
—>If an American watches TV, they’re being a “typical American”. If a national from elsewhere watches TV, the blind folds are down, the curtains are shut tight —- it’s a HUGE secret. HUGE! Oh scandalous!! Shhhh…..
—>If an American rebuts an argument, it’s due to “blind nationalism”. If a national from elsewhere rebuts an argument, they are just rebutting an argument.
—>The American involvement in WWII was considered late, sloppy, and self-serving. The British involvement in WWII was considered, however, a humanitarian effort that was dealt with right away.
—>The start of Vietnam and the Iraqi war were typical American self-serving pieces of “genocide”. The start of WWI and WWII however were wars begun out of necessity!
—>If an American complains about an aspect of a foreign country, they hate EVERYTHING about that country and its people. If a national from elsewhere complains about an aspect of a foreign country, they are just complaining about that ONE aspect of that foreign country.
—>If an American creates a website critical of the American government and Americanophobia, he’s an “America-hating-blind-nationalist”. If a national from elsewhere commits a similar crime, he’s “a blogger”.
—> Because his cabinet members are Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson, William Ayers, Tony Rezco, 50 Cent, David Letterman, Snoop Dogg, Tyrone J. Watermelon III, Ayatollah Homani, Jeremiah Wright, the entire Clinton administration including their family and pets, Eminem, Momar Quadafi, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Osama Bin Laden, Sadaam Hussein, Karim Alduljibar, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Keith Olbermann, Magic Johnson, the Hamas, Mohamed Atta, Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi Banihammad, Ahmed Ibrahim A. Al Haznawi, Khalid Mohammad Hussein Karim Almihdhar and Kobe Bryant.
—> Because he doesn’t wear the American flag pin.
—> Because he doesn’t put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance.
—> Because he went to flight school but didn’t bother to learn how to land the plane.
—> Because he didn’t fight in a war like Bush, Cheney and Palin did.
—> Because he has low testosterone levels.
—> Because he’s an Arab Muslim born in Kenya.
—> Because Obama and Osama are the same person except that Obama doesn’t have a beard (due to low testosterone levels).
—> Because Obama hates America.
—> Because his mom’s not his real mom.
—> Because he doesn’t work out.
—> Because he goes to Starbucks.
—> Because he supports NAMBLA, kiddie porn, bestiality, and sex under the age of 5.
—> Because he has a low sperm count.
—> Because he’s too fat (it’s the munchies from all the Mary Jane!)
—> Because he hasn’t changed anything since he’s become president.
—> Because he has man boobs.
—> Because he thinks he’s sum celebrity messiah or sumfn’.
—> Because he a communist Gestapo agent.
—> Because he doesn’t hunt.
—> Because he hunts babies and eats them afterwards.
—> Because he doesn’t have a job and is living off welfare.
—> Because he hasn’t changed anything.
—> Because he uses a Macintosh.
—> Because he doesn’t shave his pubic hair.
—> Because those kids aren’t really his.
—> Because his elected cabinet members are experienced.
One particular thing that annoys me about Neo-Conservativism is this so called “family values” being forced down one’s throat. Why do I need the government or my fellow “conservatives” to tell me what a “family value” is? Do YOU believe that a government should dictate what a “family value” is or should it be up to the individual?
Having as many kids as I can pop out, my husband and I working 16 hours a day while the kids are at day care and bible school, never spending quality time with the husband and kids — while the kids go absolutely nuts without having parents around unless they are with a paddle with spikes on it, and then the kids becoming mentally ill and start committing crimes and/or becoming just as depressed, bitter and as neurotic at their parents just to rinse and repeat into future generations? All under the guise of being a “good Christian” and going to church two times a week? Apparently, this is why the so called “conservatives” like to keep the Mexicans here illegally (work hard – have family values)? Misery loves company? Naw. That’s not for me, folks. And that’s not “pre-Gingrich” Conservatism either. That’s living miserably and expecting everyone to fall into the dirty puddle with you – making the same stupid mistakes in life.
The Radical Conservatives have hijacked Conservatism. What a family value is, should always be protected under the first amendment.
What I find particularly weird is that some people who call themselves “family-oriented” have the most jacked-up and dysfunctional family. The thing is that they are clever enough to hide it well. They attend all these superficial “family functions” just to be there – just to say they were there – just to say that they “value the family”. However, being physically there at a family gathering and being emotionally there in peace and in love are two totally different things.
Call me a liberal. But I don’t owe homage to anybody or anything. Respect is earned, in my book. And if you are in a toxic relationship and don’t distance yourself from it, you’re just as stupid as the abuser. Of course, “what is toxic” is up to individual interpretation.
I’d like to think that we spend our precious time with those who truly (not love), but like us and make us feel good and special in our own skins. Those people you can truly be yourselves around. Those are the people that I like to pal around with.
The far Right keeps saying “Where’s the Change Obama promised”? They say this so much that I still hear them in my sleep.
As if they really, really want the far radical Leftist changes that they were expecting before President-elect Barack Obama won. I mean, c’mon…!! If anything, the Right should be HAPPY and OVERJOYED that he’s leaning more toward the center. No?
What ever happened to the lust for Mavericks? Isn’t that what the Right likes? (hint: Palin/McCain)
It’s all silly, really. If Obama makes no changes, that’s really a GOOD thing for the Right. Right? No. Really. Right?
For the record, the “change” that Obama speaks of (that everyone’s been twisting around to death and beyond) is change regarding the Bush administration. IF you go back and listen to Obama’s speech at the DNC – he made it …:::c-r-y-s-t-a-l c-l-e-a-r:::…, folks. That’s also where his “eight is enough” slogan came from. Change = the modification or the removal of Bush polices.
Some of you have taken his obvious and redundant explanation of change and have bastardized the hell out of it. Me thinks the far Right are pretending that they don’t remember what Obama meant by “change” so that they have an excuse to whine or “get revenge” on the Left for having complained about Bush for the last eight years.
Keep in mind that it is Obama and congress that are going to be calling the shots – not Hillary Clinton et al. She and other people who worked in the Clinton administration have no significant say in anything regarding the governing of this country. Obama, in case you missed it, will be THEIR boss.
Obama is a Democrat. It would be odd if he hired an all Republican staff, would it not? It would be equally odd if he hired those people with little experience and a bunch of no-names. We’re in the middle of two wars and a HUGE recession. Do you Republicans really, really want a bunch of no-names in Obama’s cabinet or worse the far left academia, Jeremiah Wright, Rezco, and Bill Ayers???
When people hire someone to do a job, they look at experience – not a rookie because that would be too big of a risk to take. Again, keep in mind what our country’s going through right now.
Anyway, these are some comments from JMK, a conservative, that I found to be refreshing and to represent what I can only see as coming from a true conservative:
So far, Obama’s been pretty centrist.
Rahm Emanuel is a pretty Conservative Democrat, his economic team is pretty market-oriented and he’s kept Robert Gates on as Sect’y of Defense.
So far, I’ve had little to complain about.
We’re in a very deep financial crisis right now and that’s probably going to limit the options of any team coming into office right now.
I’d be worried if this guy seemed reckless or radical, but at this point he seems neither, at least from my view.
If anyone should be hugging their teddy bears and crying themselves to sleep at night, it should be the far left.
They’ve already been bitterly disappointed in his initial choices – Rahm Emanuel (a relatively Conservative Democrat and former israeli soldier) as his Chief-of-Staff, keeping Robert Gates on the job, appointing the Republican Governor of AZ (Janet Napolitano) Homeland Security Chief, and bringing on a pretty market-oriented economics team have all pissed off the Left royally!
Now gays are “outraged” over his choice of Rick Warren at his swearing-in.
Believe me, the far-Left is going to be the bane of the Obama administration’s existence in short order.
Personally, I think this administration will be far more Centrist, “unacceptably Centrist” or “too Right-wing” to the far-Left.
Now THAT’S going to be fun to watch!
I LIKE Emanuel…I really do. He’s more Conservative than a lot of Republicans…sad but true.
This is just my tack, but I’m not going to complain until I have something to really complain about…and I’m sure that’ll come soon enough. Hell, I complained about Bush’s support for the “SHAMnesty Bill,” and for his excessive spending, so I expect even more bad news coming from this group….but I’ll wait. I’m not going in looking for it.
But that’s just me.
Remember? Your soon-to-be president is really a Republican. Isn’t putting your own convenient spin on issues and throwing kiddie fits over unfounded nonsense a liberal thing, anyway?
While amusing, this can be somewhat annoying at times.
As most of my regular readers are aware, my blog is dedicated to bashing the fringe element of both the Right and the Left. With that said, I open myself up to a lot of criticism from both parties especially the radicals. I’m either loved or hated, but most of the time hated by radical groups – which attach themselves to my blog. (It’s all good though as I obviously do this because it’s fun.)
What I find to be an ongoing trend are the words used to describe other authors of this blog and myself.
I am characterized by those who call themselves “liberals” as
a self-entitlement-oriented, inbred, insular, nationalistic, inherently violent, unfashionable, paranoid, arrogant, unsophisticated, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered, globalizing, uncouth, swearmouthed and boorish non-human Neanderthal American obsessed with sex, celebrities and McDonalds that demands the entire world revolve around herself!
And I am characterized by those who call themselves “conservatives” as
a totalitarian intolerant libtard, secular jihadist, Hollywood parasite, Jew-hating, weenie, Nazi-appeasing-Hitler-apologist, hairy, smelly, tie-dye, tree-hugging, weed-smoking, homo-loving-marriage-destroying, lazy-welfare-mongering, acid-tripping, baby-killing, kool-aid-drinking, broccoli-granola-soy-tofu-eating vegan, treasonous, bra-burning, flag-burning, draftcard-burning, bleeding-heart, Jane-Fonda-loving and Charles Manson-admiring, constitution and freedom-hating, Anti-American incessant-whiner pinko commie A-rab-terrorist-sympathizer who has a hidden agenda to overthrow the American government and its people – especially those that are “accomplished females”.
…in so many words of course…
Does anyone see what’s happening here?
This is how I can spot right away whether one is coming from the lunatic fringe or not. They all seem to have these things in common.
Here are some more similarities:
—> They confuse dissent with radicalism.
—> They carefully filter what they read by “looking for things” as opposed to READING them.
—> They cherry-pick – thereby missing out on an author’s intended points.
—> They don’t attack the points made by an individual – rather the group that the individual is “perceived” to be in (“perceived” being the operative word here).
—> Any form or indication of moderacy is frowned upon. For example, I dislike Bush’s policies, but I also dislike Americanophobia. The Radical Right perceives the disliking of Americanophobia to be disingenuous, and the Radical Left perceives the disliking of Bush to be disingenuous. So, they LOATHE the “in-between’s” in life. Little do they realize that life is LESS about the ends of the rope and MORE about the knots in between.
—> They are knee-jerk reactionaries and it’s obvious by their hyper-emotional comments which only lead a reader to believe that what they’re commenting on hasn’t been thoughtfully read in FULL.
(1) Take this post. It was written, or at least posted on, September 11. Why would you post a piece about the American Dream on that date? There was NOTHING in this piece about the tragedy of 9/11. Why not?
I’m beginning to believe that people on the Left are uncomfortable with 9/11 because that tragic event exposes the stupidity of their worldview. The only way left-leaning people–and you seem to be one–can deal with 9/11 is by blaming America for it, hence the creation of the 9/11 conspiracy industry. Blame America, blame Bush; that’s the only thing the Left knows how to do. I find it both incomprehensible and frightening that the slaughter of 3000 of their fellow countrymen wasn’t enough to pry leftists from their anti-American narrative. If anything, 9/11 caused them to cling even more tightly to their blame America first doctrine. The fact that you are apparently blind to that phenomenon is disturbing to me. Your support for Barack Obama is also disturbing to me, considering your professed opposition to anti-Americanism.
Karen, how can you honestly claim to be against anti-Americanism while supporting for president a man who can accurately be described as a protege of the hate America Left? That would be like claiming to be against racism while supporting David Duke for president.
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If you are really against anti-Americanism, Karen, you have to oppose the domestic variety as well as the foreign. And unfortunately for you domestic anti-Americanism comes almost exclusively from the Left. It’s leftists who make movies smearing our troops; it’s leftists who pass ordinances calling Marine recruiters “unwelcomed and uninvited intruders”; it’s leftists who accuse America of operating another Auschwitz at Gitmo; it’s leftists who call 9/11 victims “little Eichmans”; it’s leftists who shout “God damn America!” from the pulpit; it’s leftists who trash, smear, denounce, and condemn America every chance they get. And I say once again, it’s on the Left where Obama has lived his entire political life.
Karen, I don’t know what you’re going to make of the above facts but I suggest you don’t ignore or deny them. I really want to believe that you’re a patriot, that you’re on America’s side. But some of your views are making me wonder.
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Please explain how supporting such a person doesn’t contradict your professed patriotism. I really want to understand. God bless.
As for your blog – perhaps it’s the overheated way that you write – but I’m starting to believe that this word “anti-americanism” doesn’t mean what you think it means. You say you have a lot of posts bashng the left – perhaps I need to see more of your archives – because I’m hard pressed to find that content in anything you’ve written since I’ve been a lurker. Look at what you’ve written over the past month – and show me where the balance lies. It’s your blog – you can write whatever you want from whatever pov you wnat. But writing a 1200 word diatribe about the evil and stupid conservatives with a little disclaimer towards the end of “oh, yeah, extreme leftists do this, too” is not balance.
And yes, when you use video from al jazeera tv to score cheap political points – then I believe the liberal in you trumps the american in you in that instance.
He also knee-jerked the following words into my mouth (if you scroll down a bit in that thread):
Obama’s great, all extremists are assholes, everyone on the right is an extremist while a few on the left are, Trig palin is Bristol’s son through incest, 9/11 was probably an inside job – what have I left out?
Is it just a coincidence that TWO times I have been linked to paling around with terrorists thinking that 9-11 was an “inside job” when I made no mention of it at all in the posts commented on? It amazes me! If these people had actually read the posts where I DID make commentary on 9-11, perhaps they would have their foot in their collective mouths… right about now.
OK.
So…. now, it has been thoroughly established that I am an America-hating Left-wing Radical.
You hear that, you Americanophobes that frequent this blog? See, after all, I am on YOUR side. How you people missed this is beyond me.
Alllllllrighty!
Now, let’s talk about where I am proven to be a hard-core Right-wing blind America-loving nationalist, shall we?
You indeed are an egoistical and blind nationalist, no matter what method of denial you use to console (sic) youself. It takes a little bit of reading you blog posts and comments for an experienced person like me to figure that out.
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You have shown that your views on anything concerning your country are typically nationalist and simplistic. For example, your claim that your country contributes the highest to developing nations is inaccurate and self-fulfilling, which can be debunked as easily as dropping a potato in a sack.
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Go and rant whatever you want about Canadians or any other country in your blog. Tell your American ‘friends’ how everyone who doesn’t worship Americans is a self-hating, ignorant Americanophobe brainwashed by the anti-American conspiracy around the globe.
If you feel that being an American entitles you to have an “we are the best” ego, then you must also be ready to handle the responsibilities that comes of being an American, even though they might feel discriminatory to your one-sided tastes. If you don’t like the criticisms, close down that American sense of entitlement and arrogance.
(Side note: after seeing evidence of Islamophobia on your site, I will not be visiting it again.)
Are you guys following me here? Funny how I can be an America-hating Islamophobe??? EH?!
(Never mind what I’m against is the radical Islamists – not the moderate Muslims, but that’s another topic for another day…)
This particular post was written to show how a knee-jerk reactionary friend of mine took my asking his view of WWII as being “a typical American” or “showing my Americanism”.
Suffice it to say that any time that an Americanophobe pointed out to me that Bush or the conservatives caused the financial crisis, I always told them that it was a BIpartisan responsibility. And did so here as well. I defended Bush here, and other times on my blog against ridiculous and extremist views about him. As much as I DETEST the Cheney/Bush administration, they aren’t responsible for every crooked mishap on American or foreign soil. I give credit to Ted Bundy for saving a girl from drowning, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to forgive all the crimes he committed. Same thing with Bush.
Labeling one a radical just because they dislike Bush’s policies or labeling one as a radical just because they defend their people from Americanophobic attacks IS an actual phenomenon of RADICALS, themselves.
What I gather from the contradicting comments that I get both in my emails, other blogs, and in my own is that some people only see what they want to see, read what they want to read, and hear what they want to hear all too selectively versus grasping the entirety of what they are reading. Only extremists can be capable of such.
If you wonder why I dance between commenting on American politics and Americanophobia on my blog and/or think I don’t post enough on Americanophobic topics and/or don’t post enough about American politics, THIS will more than likely answer all of your questions.
If you disagree with a particular post, please point-by-point argue it. If you’re going to give me a review on my blog, I would like to think that you’ve made a thoughtful attempt to get to know it better instead of cherry-picking for particular buzz words here and there. This is a common annoyance for not only me, but many other bloggers out there. The entire top of my page has links with information as to what you’re getting into when you read my blog. Nobody has an excuse to be shocked or surprised at anything written here with exception to the inane incoherent comments I receive here on a weekly and sometimes daily basis.
I wrote this post today to display the silliness of the radicals on both sides, the comments that say I hate America and am a blind nationalist at the same time, that say I hate Islam yet imply that I love terrorists, that say I love and then hate Bush, and put all sorts of words in my mouth that can’t be further from the truth. It’s comedy.
Not only is America the most divided that it ever has been, but since Obama’s win, there has been even more hostility among the Americanophobes as well.
The only people who “get me” seem to be those people not meticulously aligned 100% with any party, like myself. I only call myself a Liberal because I lean that way. It’s most curious how the majority of my radical commenters refuse to read my political profile, but it’s all part of the ongoing trend I speak of.
I rail against the extreme Right and the extreme Left. What makes me write about one more than another at any given time?
It is simple.
If I am currently being annoyed by leftist inanity, I will lean my posts toward that nature. The opposite is true. If I am currently being provoked by GOPtards, I will focus on them.
If you’re from the Right or the Left and you say something outlandish to me, someone else, or to a TV camera, just know that you’re only encouraging me. My blog is about YOU.
To find out exactly how you all see me (just for shits and giggles), please take some of your time to answer my poll:
Could I make myself any more clear than that little box above?
Alrightly folks, 28 more days (from today) of Bush in the White House, there are. Still got some pent up rage left? Wanna take it out on the RIGHT person who tore America to shreds the last eight years?
Just click the picture below, and have you some fun before you start baking those Christmas cookies.
Since Nationalism is the center of a lot of cross-border debates, I find it important to introduce this article on Canadian and American Nationalism. While the focus is on relations between Canada and the United States, some of what is mentioned in this literature is relevant beyond Canada and extends to Europe and the rest of the world.
My personal comments will be based upon the text that I have bolded out.
Nationalism unites people of different classes and ideologies. It can create harmony, link our past to our present and give a people a sense of identity. But nationalism is also a tool used by dictators, despots and power-hungry politicians alike. It can create violent and mighty forces as well as divide people from different geographies. It is used to exaggerate differences, foster generalizations and cause discriminatory thinking. These two halves of nationalism can perhaps best be viewed in the context of World War II. Churchill, Roosevelt and King used nationalism to unite their nations against brutal enemies for the preservation of democratic civilization. Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo exploited nationalism to fuel an expansionist voracity the likes of which the world had never seen before. Therefore, we observe from history that nationalism can be a force for self-preservation, heroism and honor, or for vengeance, conquest, enslavement and dishonor.
This is why I am beginning to learn that those people from other countries that are bigoted toward Americans (not critical of US policies, but bigoted – big difference!) are staunch Right-wing nationalists in their own country. Those individuals I had once thought were on the far Left, are on the Right with a few exceptions.
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While nationalism is a strong force in both the US and Canada, the expression of it is quite different on people divided by the arbitrary border line. The difference is not due to ideology or culture, but should be understood in historical and psychological terms. In many ways, the imagined differences are more powerful and divisive than any true realities.
One of my major complaints about Sarah Palin was her divisive speech and politics. Whether she was aware of what she was doing or not, she was encouraging a more clear split down the middle to separate America into two Americas: Right America vs Left America.
Americanophobes are equally guilty of dividing the masses as opposed to uniting them. But what else can we expect from xenophobic organizations?
The author then proceeds to explain how Canada was born. Then a psychologist takes the stand:
“If you step back, it’s very hard in objective terms to plot out what are the true differences between Canadians and Americans… Humans have a strong capacity to construct identities for themselves. It’s largely a social process of construction. Some of it is taking small differences and making them seem bigger. A lot of it comes not from the differences, but from feelings of a sense of identity. It’s tough to find things on which to hang an identity for all the English-speaking Canadians. It’s not really a language that makes them distinct. It only makes them distinct from French-speaking Canadians. It makes them more like the U.S. to focus on language. Food doesn’t work very well because, by and large food in Canada is the same as in the United States. What are you left with? Well there’s geography. It’s clear that if you live in Canada as opposed to the U.S., there’s a border between the two. There aren’t a lot of things onto which you can pin a distinctively Canadian culture, other than growing up and learning that you’re Canadian and not American. It’s identity by negation rather than affirmation.“
Thousands of Americans personally? Naw. Nobody with half a brain would fall for that. In my 40 years of being alive, I’ve never met so many people.
Visits to the US? Being a “captain” in the military, this wasn’t for pleasure, but for business. I wouldn’t consider that to be “seeing” the US.
Working and living with Americans for more than a decade? That’s very vague. And still, nobody will believe that all or even most of the Americans you met were these evil monsters that you make them out to be.
Rape is more prevalent in Canada and Australia. In the US, Americans rape Americans every day. Justice is not always absolute – anywhere in the world.
So, what is this guy’s point?
There is A LOT that Canadians should be proud of. There really isn’t a reason in modern times to identify themselves with negativity. Rather, the focus should be on the positives.
Pamala Sutton, a Canadian Expatriate living in the states tried to challenge her fellow Canadians in asking them if they could focus on a POSITIVE Canadian identity rather than the tired cliché “I AM CANADIAN because I’m not American” ho hum. It’s quite a challenge for some Canucks, you know?
Back to the original article:
There are of course many differences between Canadians and USAmericans, but there are few, if any, national differences that one can point to beyond the psychology of understanding that you are Canadian or USAmerican. As noted Canadian journalist and author, David Frum has pointed out:
“What we have here is one large, English-speaking North American culture with a number of components, of which Ontario is one, Western Canada is another. It’s true that you can get in a car at Anchorage and drive diagonally southeast until you hit Miami and speak the same language, use the same credit card, pump gas the same way. I think you’d be struck much more by the similarities than the differences. And the places where you would notice dissimilarities would not match the border.”
And more importantly…
While Canadian nationalism can often be described in these reactive terms, as largely an identity based on non-Americanism, the reverse is not true in the United States. As Canadian poet Margaret Atwood once said, this leaves Canadians looking through a one-way mirror into the United States, with USAmericans largely blind to on goings behind that mirror. USAmericans are far less likely to compare and contrast themselves and their country to Canada and Canadians. If they do, they are even less likely to look at Canada with contempt and righteous indignation. USAmericans largely look towards Canada with friendly feelings, and see Canadians as cousins or even as brothers and sisters, which of course was literally the case before the American Revolution.
This is what irks me the most about Americanophobia! The same can be said about Europeans as well. Both Europeans and Canadians are favored by the majority of Americans. Our media is generally good to them as well (with the exception of France on occasion). It’s really the case of “We’re nice to you, but you’re not nice to us”.
Try to imagine making this more personal. Think about being nice to someone because you like them just to have them be mean to you and all the people you know on top of it.
Since this second-class citizenship is undesirable, and since Canada could never match the United States in measurable terms due to relative size of populations, many Canadians often describe themselves as more civilized, peaceful and kind. Canadian historian George Woodcock notes it in this manner, “Canadians make up for their physical weakness by assuming an air of moral superiority towards the Americans, not unlike that which Scots assumed towards the English”. One example of Canadians acting out this idea is the strong Canadian belief that Canada is a nation of peacekeepers. According to the UN, Canada ranks 38th in UN peacekeeping, with 233 peacekeepers abroad working in UN peacekeeping missions as of Dec 2003, supplying less than 1% of international peacekeepers. Ghana commits about ten times the number of peacekeepers, at 2,306 while only having 60% of Canada’s population. Many will then go on to contrast their imagined leading role in international peacekeeping against the world policing of the United States. Even though Canadian soldiers have stood side-by-side with USAmericans in nearly every military action (UN-mandated or not) the US has taken. The only two notable exceptions being the Vietnam War and the recent Iraqi conflict, both of which were highly debated in both countries.
I really wish, not just Canadians, but everyone to stop telling Americans that they’re “peacekeepers”. People have really bastardized what that word means!
I would also like to point out that contrary to popular belief, Canada *DID* invade Iraq with the US. It’s amazing how many foreigners don’t know this.
So the next time a proud fellow citizen tells you that Canada didn’t join the Iraq War, remind them of Mark Twain’s famous quip: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
To continue with the article…
Many other Canadians have attached themselves to the belief that Canada is “a kinder and gentler nation” (ironically a phrase taken from President George H. W. Bush). Yet, when put to the test in terms of philanthropy “Americans give over two-and-a-half times more of their income to charity than do Canadians”, according to a Fraser Institute of Dec 2003 report. The average value of charitable donations in the United States is $3,494 US; the average value of donations in Canada is $998 CDN ($760 US). An argument could be made that this difference is largely due to higher levels of disposable incomes in the US coupled with a less demanding tax burden. However, little can be shown to prove that in contrast to the United States, Canada is a nation consisting of kinder gentler individuals. Finally, United Nations ratings in Human Development have often been used in the past as a basis for Canadians to point out their superiority. Since the most recent report ranks Canada one spot below the United States, this sort of talk has subsided into sullen silence.However, it was not that long ago that many argued loudly that this mere collection of three basic indicators: Life Expectancy, Literacy/Enrollment and PPP, determined which was the greatest nation on earth. The same individuals who trumpet this sort of thing usually ignore reports done by other institutions that put Canada beneath the United States. Of course, this is not a phenomenon unique to Canada. Comparisons such as these, which match up countries often, help fuel nationalism everywhere.
Helping fuel nationalism: I’ve read through many, many blogs of all sorts and rantings from those all over the world. Is it not very telling that if you venture into an Americanophobic blog that you will, without a doubt, find “research” that compares…
The Swiss to Americans
The Brits to Americans
The Canadians to Americans
The French to Americans
What is this? It’s called Nationalism.
—>Will we ever find the Swiss being compared to Equadorians?
—>Will we ever find the Brits being compared to Canadians?
—>Will we ever find Canadians being compared to New Zealanders?
—>Will we ever find the French being compared to the Japanese?
Nope.
All foreign research is [Country A] vs [America].
That speaks volumes right there. This probably also explains why many Americans attribute this juvenile behavior to jealousy and/or short man syndrome.
In any event, why the need to compare and contrast cultures, anyway? I can understand comparing the health benefits of dark chocolate vs milk chocolate, but comparing cultures in quasi-formal “studies”? How is this useful other then intending to hurt the feelings of others?
Some Canadian nationalists will point to differences in medical care, gun control, capital punishment, drug laws and more recently gay marriages. But these differences are in governance, not culture. British Columbia and Alberta have made moves to offer privatized medical care, but this makes them no less Canadian. California and Oregon have tried moving towards more universal healthcare programs, but they do not become less USAmerican by doing so.
JFK once said, “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer.”
One could say the same about America and Canada when change is trying to take place. Just replace the words “Republican” and “Democratic” with “American” and “Canadian”.
Another argument offered by those who believe that imaginary lines draw real differences, is that Canada is more left wing than the United States. Although a large number of liberals reside in northern North America, describing Canada in ideological terms offers at best a momentary snapshot of an evanescent state of affairs. Just as in the United States, Canada has experienced several shifts from left to right and back again over the course of its political history. Indeed, Canadian politicians in the late 1800s touted Canada’s lower taxes in contrast to the tax-and-spend USAmericans.
Anyway, yes, the US goes through political stages between Right, Left, and in between throughout history just as any other nation out there. Does not anyone remember Margaret Thatcher? How did Obama get elected by a supposed “right-wing dominant country” such as America?
Nearly all the lavish social programs in Canada, that some say define Canada today, were first created by the United States. Still, it is hard to dispute that today there are small differences between the attitudes of average Canadians and USAmericans.
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All the major differences we find between Canada and the United States are regional. For example, the people of Arkansas when compared with the people of British Columbia are vastly different (in North American terms). They speak with a different accent; they have slightly different customs, cuisines and cultures. In short, if you put the average British Columbian in the middle of Arkansas, everyone would know that he/she wasn’t from there. But put that B.C.er in Washington State and it would difficult for a native Washingtonian to know he/she wasn’t a Washingtonian. One might argue Seattle and Vancouver are virtually identical, especially when compared to Little Rock. The same could be said when comparing Manitoba and Minnesota to Newfoundland, Ontario and Michigan to Wyoming, the Maritime Provinces and New England states to the Yukon, etc. Overall, the differences between the United States and Canada are best seen regionally, not nationally. We do not have thousands of years of differing histories; we do not have generations upon generations brought up to believe completely different societal values; and we do not speak different tongues or exist within confined communities unable to travel outside our own borders.
When will people understand that the US is way too diverse to pigeon-hole? We aren’t one or the other. We’re a little bit of everything – despite what the BBC, the CBC and trashy tabloids will brainwash you with.
One such region that does speak a different tongue, and one that some would describe as a nation unto itself, is Quebec. Quebec nationalism is perhaps the biggest irritant to Canadian nationalists, because without Quebec, Canada would be much smaller and much less culturally different from the United States, overall. Quebec is also often used by Canadian nationalists as an example of what makes Canada unique. Although most Canadians outside Quebec know little French, there is a strong tendency for English Canadians to attach themselves to French Quebec as a means of distinguishing themselves from USAmericans. This is directly related to the anti-American sentiments that many have. From time to time Quebec has risen up and attempted to separate from the rest of Canada, but each time the rest of Canada (and in the past Britain) has managed to quell the movements. English Canadians will vehemently argue that Quebec belongs in Canada. Yet, they do so somewhat hypocritically. They rally and cry that the differences between Quebec and English Canada are slight and we ought to be together, yet the differences between Canada and the US are too great, and we ought to be separate. It would appear that based on this view the true defense of the sovereignty of the political entity known as Canada is defined by “the narcissism of small differences” as Sigmund Freud would say.
Let’s once and for all set the record straight, shall we?
ENGLISH CANADA IS NO MORE BILINGUAL THAN THE UNITED STATES! Canadians speak as much French as do Americans speak Spanish as their second language.
Even Euronationalists that brag incessantly about being “multilingual” are full of toad poop!
Some of the positive aspects of Canadian nationalism include ideas such as freedom, democracy, peace, good government and multiculturalism. Of course, the same ideas also define the United States. Canadian multiculturalism is sometimes distinguished from US multiculturalism as being diversity vs. assimilation. This is reinforced in Canadian minds by the USAmerican habit of describing the US as a melting pot. To many USAmericans multiculturalism and melting pot are interchangeable. Certainly, there is quite a bit of assimilation within US culture. People are encouraged to learn English, and often find it most convenient to conform to North American norms. This isn’t really any different from Canada, where the government also awards learning English (and French) and helps people acclimatize themselves to North American lifestyle. A Farsi-speaking Iranian cannot move to Canada, work there and live a normal life without adapting to his surroundings, just as he would have to if he moved to the United States. Both countries welcome diversity.
This entire essay basically spells out Canadian ignorance.
Despite the large overall commonalities of North Americans, when contrasting USAmerican nationalism against Canadian nationalism, few parallels can be found. As mentioned previously, these are largely self-made identities created by the human mind. If one accepts this notion, it would be safe to assume that, for example, a US-born flag-waving US nationalist who has a propensity to embellish the greatness of his native USA, if born in Canada, instead would be a flag-waving triumphalist Canadian nationalist, and vice versa.
People all over the world believe that it is only the Americans that are nationalists. Yet, another example of the ignorance that stems from hate.
Contrary to what Juan McDaniel and his Nationalist Eurosociopath pack of wolves believe, I personally don’t think that America is the best country in the world. I don’t even know if there is a formula to determine such a complexity? But I will say that I am not ashamed or apologetic to give Americans credit where its due. I will be quick to passionately defend my people as well. I am an American patriot. I am grateful to be an American. This is not nationalism – this is patriotism. At the same rate, I will also call out America where she deserves harsh criticism. This is not unpatriotic as some of my fellow Americans would like to believe – either.
There is good and bad everywhere, and what separates a nationalist from a patriot is ignorance outside one’s borders and even within.
Feel free to read more about Nationalism here. I’m willing to bet that most Americanophobes don’t even know what that word means.
“Anti-Americanism is hypocrisy at its finest, You can spend your evening catching the latest episode of “24″ and then complain about Guantanamo the next morning.” –the Berlin bureau chief of Der Spiegel
It’s so true. The biggest users and secret lovers of all-things-American are those that can’t pop that big ole American zit off of their nose. They are in a perpetual state of waaaaa waaaaaa waaaaaaaaaa!
“But thank you Facebook, WordPress, Youtube, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Macintosh, Google, and such for giving me the platform to tell you how much I hate your guts and want you dead”. — Yours truly, the Americanophobes
I am the type of person that can read through veils and see right through all the smoke and mirrors. I can see the wolf beneath the sheep’s clothing. Well, most of the time.
Americanophobes all have one thing in common. They live religiously by the “Most Americans…..” Syndrome
Most Americans do…
Most Americans are…
Most Americans will…
Most Americans did…
Most Americans believe…
How does one measure “most Americans”, anyway? If most of YOUR experiences with Americans were bad, I’d think that says more about YOU than the American people as a whole. You were probably an asshole and received asshole in return. And that’s completely justified!
All “facts and figures” prove very little knowledge, a gross exaggeration of the truth, not sharing the whole story, being culturally unaware of how other cultures/sub-cultures exist in comparison, possessing no intellectual curiosity, or just simply being an angry xenophobic person on a mission (militarily or not).
You will be called a “blind nationalist” and be accused of thinking that “Americans are above any form of dissent or criticism” should you dare to disagree and show facts in the form of linkage that contradict their convenient blunders.
However, there are people out there that passionately despise the American government, are truly progressive, coherent, liberal-minded, tolerant, culturally aware, peace-loving, and pro-active regarding human rights.
I often talk about the bad on my blog, but today, I want to display the good.
This Canadian blogger tips VERY far to the Left of Center and mercilessly bashes the American government, yet has no perverted obsession with Americans. Additionally, he doesn’t resort to petty bigotry toward the American people, however, calling a spade a spade.
Any occasional knee-jerk reaction by the above blogger can be explained away by too much Vodka, but other than that, this blogger has lived in many countries, is culturally curious, and most importantly, he realizes that there is trouble and corruption to be found in places other than the United States.
I wanted to showcase the farthest to the Left non-American blog that I could find that wasn’t based on a nationalist militant agenda resorting to the redundant “We’re better than you and here’s why” mantra.
So, let’s look at the differences more closely. What differentiates a Humanitarian from an Americanophobe?
—>Humanitarians have financially contributed to humanitarian efforts; Americanophobes don’t donate.
—>Humanitarians recognize human suffering – even those suffering at the hands of non-American origins; Americanophobes only recognize the suffering at the hands of Americans.
—>Humanitarians acknowledge imperfections in their own homeland; Americanophobes acknowledge only imperfections in the US.
—>Humanitarians don’t try to act refined, polished, or sophisticated as they rely on content – not pseudo-intellectual jargon to get their message across; Americanophobes lack content and only score high in $3 words.
—>Humanitarians have life on their minds most of the day; Americanophobes have America on their minds most of the day.
—>Humanitarians are happy that Obama won but are still cynical as part of being a liberal; Americanophobes are pissed that Obama won because they can no longer continue saying that the monster American white man is oppressing the American black man (they never did see blacks as Americans, anyway).
—>Humanitarians display a sincere curiosity about the world; Americanophobes display no such humility.
—>Humanitarians aren’t afraid to be light-hearted and enjoy life every once in a while; Americanophobes are consumed by paranoid thoughts, delusions of grandeur, and too tight-arsed to let themselves loose (well, the Americans might be watching, right?)
—>Humanitarians enjoy debate; Americanophobes’ opinions are not up for questioning.
—>Humanitarians aren’t bigots because that defeats being a Humanitarian; Americanophobes are self-proclaimed Humanitarians on the outside, but a spiteful, vindictive xenophobe on the inside (some cleverly hidden – some not)
—>Humanitarians think two wrongs don’t make a right; Americanophobes think two wrongs DO make a right
—>Humanitarians care for others because they feel good in their own skin; Americanophobes are self-loathing and only pretend to care about others.
—>Humanitarians blame the perpetrator; Americanophobes blame America first.
Before I go, I would like to pimp another blog out there. Now, this one is an Anti-American blog,………… BUT, it’s based on a trying truth. It IS hyperbole, but it’s meant to be that way. It’s comedy. You know, I cannot really charge the author for too much as he is not only funny as hell, but is actually LIVING IN AMERICA and by reading his blog, you can tell.
With that said, the author of “58 Reasons to Hate America” doesn’t seem bigoted to me. It’s my personal opinion, but I think he just hates everybody. He seems to favor Muslims, though – but being that his “hatred” is PURELY indiscriminate and hilarious, I’ll sit back and laugh as we all have to learn to laugh at ourselves – something that true Americanophobes are incapable of.
One more.
This Irishman says he’s aware of the whole world. And he really is.
Just remember, if you call yourself a Liberal, act like one. Liberals do *not* resort to Neo-Nazi Collectivism.
Are we a nation of organized fear-mongering propagandists to maintain the status quo or shall I say, to maintain our “global imperialistic powers” to one day be the “New World Order”? If you hear the American-Neo-Nazi march in the back of your head, ask yourself the following questions that challege the above. If God and Right-wing fascists rule the United States media, then….
Why do the majority of Americans consist of liberals and moderates?
Why does Bush have the lowest approval rating in recorded history (23%)? (In 2005, it was in the 30’s if I remember correctly?)
How did Obama become the president?
Why did Sarah Palin have the lowest approval rating compared to any other running VP in recorded history?
Why are the conservatives always complaining that our media is controlled by the liberal elite?
Granted, many Americans were brainwashed to believe that there were WMD in Iraq and that the Iraqi government was truly a threat. No doubt about that. Most of us supported Cheney’s invasion from the very beginning for reasons to protect us as a nation rather than a sinister goal to “police the world” as some Americanophobes would suggest all too often.
In the years between 2001 and 2003, most Americans were vulnerable enough to persuade as we had just gotten attacked on 9-11. It was very easy, back in those days, to use the politics of fear to manipulate us into believing that if we didn’t “take care of business in Iraq” that we’d be a target yet again. That explains why 70% of Americans took the bait – in the beginning. Not because 70% of us were violent and just supported the invasion because we love blood, gore, and imperialism as suggested by those western countries that despise us.
But that didn’t last too long. Although not fast enough, information leaked out pretty fast through our press. Progressively, we Americans had come to find out that we went to Iraq under false pretences, hence year by year Bush’s approval rating was found to have been sinking, and sinking and sinking.
Forty-eight percent of our voices didn’t get heard in the 2004 election. That’s one year after we had occupied Iraq.
So, you can definitely say that a good 70% (in 2003) of us from the get-go fell for the scaremongering propaganda. Thanks to the liberal media in the US, we learned the truth thereafter so much as to get even Bush to admit in the end, somewhat indirectly, that we did make a mistake regarding the initial purpose to invade Iraq. And that invasion was organized and orchestrated brilliantly yet sinisterly by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Americanophobes consistently resort to hyperbole to attack the American people. Right-wing propaganda has been replaced by blind nationalists in other countries with their own Right-wing propaganda AGAINST the United States. And just how 70% of us believed that going to war with Iraq was justified, so are many citizens of the west believing so many lies about the American people.
What does this prove? It proves that most of us, out of fear and/or insecurity, believe what we hear if it suits us at the time.
Is this part of human nature? Or is it more part of human nature to question incoming information? We’ll leave that for the cultural anthropologists to answer. In the meantime…
One of my German friends wrote this post on propaganda. It’s worth a read.
What’s my personal opinion? With the exception of talk-radio (aside from NPR), our media is liberal/middle-of-the-road depending on what television station you are listening to in the United States. Our media, as evident here, is the least “controlled” media in the world.
[Cross posted on culturepress, on November 26, 2008]
Culturepress is today’s guest speaker. You can find her blog over here.
Today’s tragic terrorist attacks and hostage crisis in Mumbai got me thinking about traveling as an American. The terrorists are specifically targeting U.S. and U.K. passport-holders, after all.
I’ve been lucky in some ways. I don’t “look” like an American, so I can pass as a citizen from another continent and feel relatively safe when traveling–even alone, even as a woman (well… okay, we’ll scratch that last part).
When I was in Bangkok a few years ago, I found that being American may cost me, but only in the sense that I was exorbitantly overcharged for various goods and services. My American accent’s what did me in.
When asked where I was from (which was occasionally preceded by, “Why you talk like white-lady?”), I said that I’m Korean-American. “Korean” got me in worse of a state, as Koreans are often seen as gratuitous spenders by other peoples of Asia.
As I uttered the words “Korean-American,” I saw a Ch-ching, ch-ching slot-machine-type effect in the eyes of these Thai vendors and cab drivers. The prices went up even further.
I thought, maybe I can fake a Chinese accent? No good. I can’t even fake a Korean one for more than five seconds with a straight face.
So, I started telling the Thai people that I’m Chinese-Canadian.
Guess what? Cab fares were cut in half. I started getting those killer deals that Bangkok marketplaces are famous for. All because I was no longer “Korean” or “American.” Interesting effect.
My (non-Asian) American friends travel with elaborate stories of Canada prepared and memorized, not so much as to get better deals, but because it’s “safer” that way. Hopefully, over the next few years, perhaps, if our nation begins to spend more time and energy on humanitarian causes as opposed to imperialistic or militaristic ones, the world’s view of America will change, and we’ll no longer have to fake-Canadian in order to travel safely around the world.
My thoughts are with the people of Mumbai tonight. Happy Thanksgiving and be safe. (–culturepress)
Hi. I am Patricksperry, and you can find my blog here.
Seems that someone posted here that is well beyond personal anti-Americanism. The international liberal is nothing more, and certainly nothing less than a classic perpetrator of propaganda. After reading the third hate mail, and checking the blog linked to there this was a pretty obvious conclusion.
Yes, my bit of commentary in Russian was, shall we say casting the fly upon the water. No, it was not taken, but my instincts were apparently still working.
Being anti-American because of childish hypocrisy and / or prejudice is one thing, and usually can be written off to sheer ignorance of fact. Organized propaganda has a much more sinister purpose though. That being the slaughter of innocent people at some point or other in time. Trying to lay the blame on the United States based upon a very tenuous connection to some Afghan Mujaheddin that fought the Soviets quite some time ago at best deals in historical fallacy. At worst it simply seeks to stir up blood lust against the American people.
Lastly, I find that blog’s failure to note that it was international parties that found Soviet land mines that appeared to be rocks and other common things that children might pick up. Nor Americans that just sat around and left them in place.
This is hate America first at a professional level.
“Europe irritates me to no end. I have been upset with European leaders for a long time, because they have welcomed with open arms the commanders of the armed guerrillas in Colombia that have besieged my country for decades. Europe is also home to numerous “human rights” organizations that constantly accuse the democratic government of Colombia of human rights violations but that conveniently forget to mention a word about the leftist guerrillas heinous crimes. However, the source of anger against Europe is deeper than that. I do not trust a group of nations that pretend to be all nice and peaceful, but that love to deal with other nations who are in clear violation of international law and that have been sanctioned numerous times by the UN.
What is it with Europe anyway? They pretend to be the standard bearers of peace and integration, but in reality they are war profiteers that integrate only with themselves, alienating the rest of the world and especially the United States. I understand that they would be mad with the Bush administration for going into Iraq against the U.N’s wishes and on false information, but they are bringing this act too far. They want to blame all the ills happening in the world on the United States. Now wait a second there!If there is anyone more guilty of the anger of the people in the Arab world and the rest of the third world that would be Europe. Let us not forget that not too long ago the European countries colonized good part of those areas and that the Spaniards exploited every bit of land in Central and South America. As a matter of fact according tothis article, the French were in the Ivory coast and without a UN resolution I might add, as the war in Iraq was underway. Historical amnesia is what I call that. As far as I can remember, and please correct me if I am wrong, the United States did not hold any colonies that it exploited to the point of vanishing. But the hypocrisy is not only historical, it also appears to be rampant in the present.
While Europe yells and screams that the United States “invaded a sovereign country” that did not attack them first, the Europeans were making deals with Saddam Hussein, who was supposed to be under an international embargo. Russia, France and Germany were happily selling arms to this murderous dictator and apparently they don’t stop at Iraq either. They are profiting from arm and nuclear technology sales to rogue states that have all the intentions of using them to wreck havoc in the international community. I am specifically talking about Iran and Venezuela and its deals with Russia, as well as Spain sending Jet fighters to Fidel-wannabe Hugo Chavez.
I did and still do not agree with our reasons for going to war, which are not all that clear anymore, but I will not side with the European hypocrites who have been “free riding” on America’s back for far too long. As a matter of fact, I think the U.S should force them to militarize themselves and share some of the burden of keeping the international order. They are largely benefiting from the fact that they don’t have to worry about solving pesky problems like the North Koreans building nuclear weapons, because of course, they have always relied on the United States to take care of everything for them. It is time that Europe stopped playing “good guy” and took responsibility for some of the fall out of their own past mistakes. I don’t believe their pacifist act for a second.
Thomas Friedman wrote a very interesting article in the New York Times, that pretty much sums up Europe’s hypocrisy in one sentence: “there is nothing worse than a pacifist that sells arms – especially in a way that increases the burden on its U.S. ally and protector.”(read full article).”
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We’ve all heard enough about American hypocrisy. It exists. Most of us are aware it. However, some of us are tired of hearing that everything bad that takes place in the world is somehow “connected to the US”. Our media portrays Europe in a good light, generally speaking.
It’s about time Americans hear the other side of the story as there are always two sides to every story.
Before you start accusing the American government for selling arms to dictators…
Eighty percent of Britons believe that between 1973 to 1990 the United States sold Saddam Hussein more than a quarter of his weapons.
This is a myth brought on by Anti-American propaganda.
Truth: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s investigation, the US supplied 200 (0.46%) of Iraq’s imported weapons in this period, of a total 43,915 from all countries. The UK supplied 79 (0.18%) of Iraq’s weapons. The USSR, France and China supplied 57%, 13% and 12% respectively.
Look they even orchestrated the Mumbai terrorist attacks in India!!
It’s got to be true ‘cuz she said it. And so did they. True, we did warn Mumbai and they paid no attention. But hey, that was our strategy so that we wouldn’t get caught. Who wuda thunk that the KGB would be watching?
Americans killed almost 200 people in India. Do you think this must be because all Americans are INHERENTLY violent? According to these Right-wing Euronational propagandists, America is one of the most violent nations on earth, and inherently so!
(This Right-wing Euronationalist fringe group who call themselves “Liberal internationalists calling a spade a spade” from this blog swear that they aren’t Americanophobes and tell me that I’m just into “conspiracy theories”. (It’s not like anyone would admit that they’re prejudiced, though, right?) This is despite all the overwhelming material out there created by non-Americans living in other countries that proves Americanophobia is rampant, but I digress….)
It is just very interesting for me how all non-American evils committed are given a free pass. If that’s not an Americanophobic self-serving ideology, I don’t know what is.
Anyway, this all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“As someone who takes human rights seriously, I’m appalled by the lack of sympathy the left feels toward the victims of any regime other than the Bush administration. Let’s shout it to prisoners everywhere: If you’re not harmed by an American, your suffering doesn’t count.” –Erik Svane
These are things that myself as well as many others place into the “Hate America First” category. It doesn’t really matter what it is to the people such as referenced. Just so long as America will be found at fault. If we in America didn’t actually do it, why the CIA forced people from another country to do it!
Some reasonability is always necessary. The USA is far from perfect, but we are as a nation and as a people nowhere near the goons that the Americanophobic propagandists make us out to be.
You really can’t blame them, though. In their neck-o-the woods, it’s hip to hate Americans. And young kids want to be in the “in group”. Awww….. let them play in their little sandbox, no?
Or should we remind them that they may be just a little less than perfect themselves?
Not to mention past wars provoked by them and of course, that most of the rumors that these sheeple believe in about the American people have already been proven to be false or heavily exaggerated.
The ludicrous accusation for causing the Mumbai attacks reminds me of children when their parents catch them doing something wrong and how they blame it on their sibling.
Ohhhh Wal, ah’s jest gonna take mah nashunalist an’ unsophisticated fat uncouth an’ boreish ass out an’ hoof it an’ shoot up sum varmints…
It’s very rare for ME to find Liberals out there that are vehemently against Americanophobia. Happy Leftie is one of them, and just very recently, I’ve met another person online who feels the same way we do. If you haven’t read Happy Leftie’s post yet, please go and read it now!
I find Liberal Patriots like I find rainbows in the sky. They are rare and beautiful to see.
The below is a guest post by JM from DailyCandor.com whom I’ve just recently had the pleasure to meet.
All of his points are spot on in sync with my own.
ON THE FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT
* I am steadfastly left-of-center, and I’ve been saying for years that the far-left and far-right resemble each other more than they do their respective centers, because they are driven more by ideological purity rather than a practical assessment of reality.
ON POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
I also think political correctness seems to be practiced more by the Right these days (having to pretend you’re for God, Godly, Christian, loving Jesus, praising Jesus, fearing Jesus, saying Christmas and not Holidays, talking about our “Judeo-Christian heritage”, etc in order to rise to even a tiny city council position), so while I’m against it too, I would put that in your blue/liberal column.
ON AMERICANOPHOBIA
* I have lived overseas; 2 years in Poland, 2 years in the Netherlands, and 3 months in Israel (even though I’m not Jewish, Polish or Dutch by extraction).
* Idiotic Anti-Americanism annoys the living shit out of me, mostly because it relies on tired stereotypes that media establishments play to that are often wrong (your point about Europeans thinking Jews being right-wing is a perfect example), and because it’s a thinly-veiled attempt to divert attention from people’s insecurities and embarrassment about their own countries. I’ve consistently seen a high correlation between those non-Americans who obsess about America’s faults, and….interest in getting a US residency visa, questions about green card lotteries, etc.
* I’m thrilled that there’s another American who has actually lived overseas, who is politically progressive but …still gets annoyed at the patent falseness driving most anti-American claims about this country. For all of its annoying faults and problems (and there are, of course, many) in this country, at least the US and its citizens are forced to confront them and deal with them, instead of pretending they don’t exist and choosing to attack a country abroad as the source of the world’s ills. I’ve come to see Americanophobes as delusional and hypocritical as the “magical thinking” religious nutjobs (whom I also can’t stand).
ON THE AMERICAN FAR LEFT
* I loathe the Far Left’s fawning (and completely wrong) portrayal of Europe as some sort of Utopia, mostly because they’ve never lived there long enough to see the ugliness that Europeans desperately try to hide from the world. I have to chuckle when Americans (and Europeans!) talk about how right-wing America is compared to Europe. All I have to say to that is “with respect to *what*?” When it comes to immigration and the advancement of non-white people in all sectors of society, Europe is far more to the right than the U.S.
* You’re one of the few Left people to be as annoyed at Michael Moore and Al Gore as I’ve been. I firmly believe that the facts are condemning enough; you don’t have to resort to hyperbole, irrelevant pieces of information, or messianic grandstanding to make a valid point.
Sorry for the bullet points, but I wanted to capture everything and not write a bunch of long paragraphs. I like bullet points.
Keep up the good fight! You have a friend in cyberspace. –JM from DailyCandor
If I have heard this once, I’ve heard it 4585003698 times, “God forbid we should say anything negative about your Messiah”.
My Messiah? Yeeesh. I don’t even give my hubby that much credit!
I don’t really care where this little “Messiah sound-bite” came from, but does anyone else agree that the word “Messiah” being connected to Obama has been spun to its death, overused, and very irrational as at least the liberals that I associate with or read on the internet never use it nor do most liberals have any kind of perverted obsession with Obama and have any more higher expectations of him as the Right had for Bush. I honestly don’t understand the “logic” of the Right to continue to spin and twist that word around. Never mind the uber-craze and the hype over Palin. If it’s a woman and from the Right, it’s okay to have a perverted obsession. But if the candidate is on the Left, we’re not allowed to have hope, says the Right.
YOU DAMNED DRAMA QUEENS!
I am sure that everyone reading this that voted for Obama is sick and tired of hearing the same overused talking points from the far “righteous” Right, no?
They are really, really angry. Here are some excerpts from Sean Anna:
Well, Obama won. Driven insane by fears of an economic apocalypse, the American people chose to elect as POTUS a far-left loon whose only “achievement” is being Black, rather than a hero whose patriotism is above reproach. DISGUSTED doesn’t begin to describe how I feel. Imagining the Messiah’s (sic) assasination was the only way I could get through the day Wednesday. And I do hope he gets (sic) assasinated. On live tv. Like Oswald. Then I’ll know God is smiling on America. Seriously.
So, lemme guess… McCain is a hero like Bush? Isn’t funny how they excuse Bush? I am still waiting for his military records… Hmmm….. See, in Sean Anna’s world, God doesn’t love all of his people. Just a select few. You know… the Radical Republican Christian Fundamentalists. That’s it. Anybody else is going to hell like me. Well, at least Hell will contain the majority of us. We’ll make the best out of it.
If anyone remembers when Hillary Clinton was on the campaign trail, you’ll also remember the Radical Right predicting that the left would vote for Hillary JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN. Does anyone remember that? Obama won. And now they say 66,882,230 Libs voted for Obama JUST BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK. Hmmm…. Well, does this mean that 58,343,671 Rednecked Americans voted for McPalin just because Palin’s a female or because they were voting *AGAINST* black skin-color?
Anyway Sean Anna’s temper tantrum probably explains all of this. People like her, while in the minority, are OUT THERE.
Mind you, this is coming from a self-proclaimed Christian who is staunchly pro-life. After having questioned her about her statements (which are by far the most radical I’ve seen yet in the blogosphere), she responded with more venom:
And VM, I like you but please stop with the phoney outrage. Your side of the political aisle dissed and demonized Bush and everyone connected with him. Progressives rejoiced when people like Tony Snow became ill with deadly diseases.
But naturally, if you disagree with the far Right, you are automatically going to get the same canned responses and talking points from them no matter how far or not far to the Left you are. They are like parrots. They don’t think about the situation or whom they are talking to because they are too lazy, angry, and pea-brained to respond with anything but a one-size-fits-all statement that reduces ALL Obama supporters to the farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Left having some kind of perverted obsession with a president-elect.
This is Sean Anna’s Happy Thanksgiving Day message, by the way:
Happy Thanksgiving to my blogging buddies and the 48% of Americans who voted for McCain! The rest of you can go to hell, unless you’re related to me by blood, law, or love.
I’m a liberal atheist. Aren’t I going to hell, anyway?
Seriously. What can you expect from one that only listens to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Micheal Medved, and Ann Coulter and calls these talking-heads “fair and balanced” or actually “newsworthy”. One who refuses to listen to alternative views. One who refuses to learn that there are two sides to every story. One who refuses to try and understand why her party lost to the Democrats and why her Republicans lost to the Democrats even back in 2006! Did that have to do with skin-color then too?
THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON THE DEMS ARE TAKING OVER!
For the record, I listen to Republican talk radio to the tune of Mike Gallagher, Bill O’Reilly, Michael Medved, and Jim Bohannan at night if I happen to be awake at the time. I was really surprised to hear the other night that Michael Medved accepted, for the first time, that Obama is our president-elect and to at least give him a try. He wishes Obama the best, he said. He showed Obama some respect for the very first time.
Anyway… Sean Anna continues,
Progressives called Bush a terrorist, war criminal, and another Hitler. So please, don’t pretend like you’re shocked and/or offended by my hardcore language against your messiah. I don’t see any reason why I should give Barak Osama* any more respect than you progressives gave to Bush.
Hmmm…. So, how do the actions of the lunatic fringe reflect on me, exactly? See, we liberals expect the neocons to respect any and all presidents. Why? Because YOU people on the Far Right (your words – not mine) were the ones that went on and on and on ad nauseam saying that “dissent was un-American”. “We must all respect our president unconditionally.” These are the words of the far Right and from Sean Anna herself. Not mine. For eight years, I kept hearing that any kind of dissent even the most innocuous was unpatriotic, un-American, treasonous, and that I should STFU because our men fought for the right for me to dissent bla bla bla….. Now, the radicals have conveniently changed the definition of dissent to mean “jealousy and fear of Sarah Palin”. Doncha love how they continue to re-write the Webster Dictionary when American politics change? *wink* *wink*
Is it not interesting that now the Far Righteous Right have done a complete 180?
All their values and rhetoric just went right out the window – the baby and the water included. Like I said before on my blog, it’s only OK if you guys, do it, right?
See, the Far Righteous Right places standards for the rest of the world to live by – yes, even beyond our borders. However, they compose a different and more convenient list of standards for themselves to live by under the name of God-fearing Christianity & holier-than-thou-self-righteousness-finger-wagging-wildly-rhetoric. Maybe they are THAT close to God that they ARE God? Who knows? They just do whatever they want, and say whatever they want not the least bit concerned the elitist self-serving hypocritical fools they are making out of themselves and how they continue to tarnish America’s reputation. Furthermore, they are the poster children of being able to dish it out, but not take it back. They are weak, cowardly, always making excuses for themselves, and act like spoiled baby brats when life doesn’t go their way unlike the REAL old-fashioned classy Conservatives.
So, they (the radicals) will stoop to the most childish blows in an attempt to silence dissent. If you are a hardcore reader of blogs, you’ll notice that right-wing blogs have very little opposition in their comment section. Am I the only one who notices this? However, in left-wing blogs, I find other conservatives responding in opposition. It’s just a little thing I noticed over the last few months that I find quite telling. In those conservative blogs that I respond to with my dissent, I am 99% of the time, the only dissenter there. Just interesting, is all. If anyone has any heads up as to why, I’d be interested.
But I am sure some dingbat radical conservative will come here and say that Obama is trying to silence dissent too. Here’s a clue: Obama isn’t even FOR the “Fairness Doctrine”!!!! And even if he was, how the hell do counter-opinions equate to “silencing dissent”? See people, this is why the radicals call even “Fox News” part of the “Liberal Media”. It’s part of the Liberal media only because counter opinions like Alan Colmes is allowed. Anything is “Liberal” if both sides of a story can be taught. That’s pretty damn depressing if you ask me.
The Red Redneck Radicals hate “the other America” and will stop at nothing to destroy it. They are the minority now, and simply cannot handle it. Their poor children are probably taking the brunt of it, and more cases to the Child Protective Services will be reported if Obama doesn’t get assassinated soon enough. Little do they realize that it is the extremist attitudes of the likes of Sean Anna up above is what actually got Obama elected. She cries that Obama is a “far left loon terrorist” but doesn’t see herself – on the far extreme Right. She didn’t see that with Palin either.
This just reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“We don’t see things as THEY are, we see them as WE are.” – Anais Nin
Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost–And How It Can Find Its Way Back by Mickey Edwards
From Publishers Weekly
This book is a cri de coeur by former Republican congressman Edwards, a veteran conservative founding trustee of the Heritage Foundation who once ranked as the national chairman of the American Conservative Union. Edwards believes that conservatism has abandoned the ideas of limited government that once inspired it. This has been, he argues, the paradoxical price of conservative electoral success, and the process of winning and retaining this power has brought its own temptations. Taking Washington required coalition forming with neoconservatives, the religious right and former supporters of George Wallace who all owed little to the Goldwater-style conservatism in which the thing being ‘conserved’ was the liberal revolution embodied in the Constitution. According to Edwards, these other views have intensified as the Bush administration presides over an evolving security state, and the movement Edwards once held sacrosanct is now unrecognizable.
Right-wing radicals don’t have the balls to stand up and admit that Bush turned this country over on to its belly as they have forgotten what Conservatism is. Traditional conservatives have been railing against Bush for the longest time. I listen to Republican talk radio. I know.
Ever wonder how Bush got to the lowest recorded approval rating (23%) in history?
You can listen to Mickey Edwards speak more about his book here in audio format.
Some notable comments about Bush’s presidency by traditional conservatives here.
I can’t help thinking this is an exact replay of what John Winston Howard did to the conservative party in Australia. He dragged it so far away from the middle that the normal run of the mill voter just got disgusted and voted with their feet. Thank you GW for smashing the Republican Party to pieces. I only hope what rises in its place can serve the people of the U.S. the way decent republican leaders have done all the while until you loped onto the political scene.
Why Os- Obama REALLY got elected is that much of America learned that when you put some guy in the white house who blows smoke up the entire countries backside about how he’s a conservative and stands for conservative values – blah blah blah – who THEN hands us the most dangerous liberal policies we’ve seen in YEARS; he’s nearly ruined us economically, he’s started a war with a dangerous part of the world and allowed the most idiotic war policies – the list gets too long…
… Americans are thinking that the most liberal nitwit in govt. who probably isn’t even QUALIFIED to BE the president may ACTUALLY give us 4 to 8 years of real CONSERVATIVE AND COMMON SENSE policy !!!
Our system of govt. is so incredibly effed up and corrupt right now what other choice do we HAVE ?
“We the people” have been scoffed at and insulted by our corrupt judicial branch which will continue to be allowed to do the job of the legislative branch. Because “we the sheeple” and the other two branches of govt. allow it.
So this is where we’re at. We expect our elected politicians to do the exact opposite of what they tell us. They’ve become misbehaved teenagers. When their mouth is moving they’re lying.
There is opportunity here Robert, the truth is Republicans stopped acting like conservatives and we were punished for it last night. If the Republican minority can get back to conservative basics, we can retake congress in 2010 and be on our way to victory in 2012. This is a time for rebuilding and action, not pessimism. Liberals allow pessimism into their movement, it has no place in Reagan conservatism.
It has been interesting to watch the conservatives, though, because I really, really DID think it was the Left that was the party of whining and pessimism. Now, I see that the Republicans are just as human – in other words – cry babies when things don’t go their way.
For the past eight years Republicans in Washington have disappointed those of us in the grassroots, they have expanded government and increased spending by irresponsible amounts, and now are paying the price for it. Last nights defeat was retribution, with power comes responsibility and those in Washington did not exercise their power well. So the American people took a gamble on something new and tossed out many in our party.
You know, people… there is A REASON why the Democrats took over congress back in 2006. Have you ever evaluated your own party and wondered why?
I never ever thought I would agree with a conservative republican, but after reading this book, I am in full agreement with Mickey Edwards. Sean Hannity and the other trash on talk radio have perverted the word ‘patriot’ but Edwards has brought its true meaning back to us. I see little chance in the near future of correcting the damage wrought on this USA by the W administration, Newt Gingrich, and the neocons; but, if we follow Mickey’s advice, we will eventually get the country we and the world needs.
John, another reviewer, reminds us that Republicans are supposed to be the party responsible for protecting our freedoms but seem to nowadays be the party that is stripping them away.
From JMK as a response to the far Right blaming Obama’s win on “libtards”:
Here’s the thing, it really WASN’T the far-Left “libtards” who voted Obama in!
In fact, our electorate remains about 33% self-proclaimed Conservatives, about 17% self-proclaimed Liberal and appx 50% “Moderate,” or unaffliated.
That merely shows that a large majority of Americans have little interest in or affinity for the political system.
That’s why our very Liberal MSM is such a help to Democrats!
But this time around, it wasn’t even THAT.
Bottomline, Bush has NOT governed as a Conservative his second term. In fact, he’s cooperated about as well with the Pelosi-Reid Congress as Bill Clinton had with the Gingrich Congress.
Unfortunately, (1) Clinton’s cooperation and capitulation to Gingrich resulted in the best economic period since the 1950s, most of it based on the FIRST federal budget cuts since prior to WW II….while (2) Bush’s cooperation with Pelosi-Reid coincided with one of the greatest economic disasters of our time, a disaster born of Democratic over-regulation (the turbo-charged CRA forcing banks to deliver tons of high-risk, subprime loans) and banking industry greed – tons of short-term cash was made off all the fees from those subprime (government-backed) mortgages!
Regardless, the President in office (BUSH) took credit, or in this case BLAME for that implosion.
THAT helped Obama a LOT.
McCain also helped Obama a LOT by running an incompetent campaign.
McCain was, to be kind, an embarrassment, from his huckster, “Well, my friends….” vaudevillian delivery, to his phoney appeal to Conservatives over the bailout – he didn’t even stand up for the Congressional Conservatives who merely wanted those monies earmarked for lending ALONE!
McCain’s ill-conceived bailout photo-op shit the bed and basically signalled that his campaign was not really serious about governance, let alone winning the election.
In short, blame Bush’s cooperating with Pelosi-Reid, blame McCain’s ineptitude, blame Moderate Republicans for consistently selling out Conservatism, BUT don’t blame the Liberals!
First off, there aren’t near enough of them to win anything and secondly, I can’t balme the vast majority of Moderates for voting Obama over McCain.
McCain’s campaign was a sad, pathetic joke….and a disgrace to Conservatives everywhere.
And lastly Ann Shaftel, another reviewer of Reclaiming Conservatism says,
America was founded on principles then considered liberal/revolutionary–governments bound by duty to the people, not the other way around, limited by the phrase “Congress shall make no law..,” a system of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch of government shall gain too much power over the others, strict separation of church and state, no interference in our private lives, the over-riding obligation of Due Process in all criminal proceedings. The Conservative movement of the 1960s was meant to “conserve” these Constitutional principles. I am a proud “liberal,” a member of the “loyal opposition” from the perspective of Conservatives like Mickey Edwards. RECLAIMING CONSERVATISM helped me to understand the true meaning and value of pre-Gingrich Conservatism. We stand for many of the same principles. This is not a book about governmental programs, what the government ought or ought not to do for its citizens. It is about protecting and returning to those principles on which our government was founded. Bravo!
This is true. If you look at traditional conservatism and traditional liberalism, there’s not too big of a difference.
Traditional conservatism is at least something that I can tolerate – not love – not believe in 100% – but tolerate. The last eight years of Bush wasn’t conservative or liberal. It was nonsense. It wasn’t America. And it is those whom are unconditionally faithful and blindly patriotic to Bush that I call the neocons, the radicals, the far right-wingnuts. These adjectives, however, do not describe those followers of TRUE Conservatism who have the best interests of our country at heart!
I think most of those who call themselves “conservatives” are really from the FAR Right. One particular thing that annoys me about Neo-Conservativism is this so called “family values” being forced down one’s throat.
Why do I need the government to tell me what a “family value is”?
Anyway, For those whom are true to Conservatism, you might want to take a look at this site. There is a reason why it exists.
I mean, there IS also a very good reason why McPalin used “CHANGE” as their campaign slogan too, right?
It’s because both conservatives AND liberals are sick and tired of the government telling us what to do, what to believe in, who to be, and how to live our lives. We all got tired of Uncle Sam spending money like a drunken sailor. And the neocons in office are no better than the Democrats who strip us from our freedoms as well. Just to make that clear.
This blogger’s intentions (from sorryeverbody.com) are genuine, thoughtful, and rather very touching. For some reason, however, he thought that by Obama having won the presidential race that Americanophobia would die?
Additionally, Aby the so called “internationalist liberal” reiterates the fact that she and her “crew” will continue to mercilessly bash the American people in her blog no matter who’s president. The self-proclaimed “tolerant internationalist” promises also to unveil even more of her self-loathing deep-seated hatred for Americans in future posts as in a series. Woo hoo. Her goal is to let her American audience know why they are hated and how the phenomenon of European tolerance Euro-bigotry is justified and has nothing to do with who is the POTUS. So, we’re all on the edge of our seats now, hey?
Why would things change post-election, anyway? I’ve been saying this in my blog for ages, but Americanophobia has N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with the president of the United States and/or any human rights violations we’ve committed. NOTHING.
Barack Obama is on his Canadian honeymoon today, but tomorrow he is certain to become merely another target for those who reject America’s world view.
On April 29th, 2008 the article, “American Unpopularity Abroad: What It Really Means” was submitted online to prove to Americans that no matter what we do, Americanophobes will always be Americanophobes. William Moloney states, …
“The Democratic narrative goes like this: Get the troops out of Iraq and Barack or Hillary into the White House and American popularity abroad will soar. Group hugs will abound. Old allies will become new friends, and vie with one another to pony up more money and troops for all good causes. Arm in arm we’ll suppress the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, stand up to Russia and China, rally to the defense of Israel, and put an end to global warming…”
Right?
WRONG!
The linked article up above goes on to explain one of the many reason Americanophobes will continue hating and being as ignorant as a lobotomized duck.
With Obama, Spiegel and others will no longer be focusing attacks on the American executive (at least in the short-term) as was standard practice under Bush. Instead, as we have previously speculated, they will likely turn to attacking broader aspects of American society (the economic downturn is the current dominant theme) for all that is wrong in the United States and the world. Think World Scapegoat USA. Think pet peeves. Having to respect Obama just makes accomplishing what readers require a bit more demanding. Just slapping Bush and a desecrated US flag on the cover will no longer cut mustard after January 20…
But anti-Americanism did not begin with George W Bush and it wouldn’t end with Barack Obama in the White House The attacks of 9/11 were the ugliest and bloodiest ever manifestation of anti-Americanism. They may have happened when George W Bush was in the White House but they were planned when President Clinton was Commander-in-Chief. They were executed when Bush was still promising a humbler, less interventionist foreign policy. Although most of the world grieved with America in the weeks after 9/11, many of its critics rejoiced. Le Monde did publish the headline ‘We Are All Americans’ after 11 September 2001 but noted in the text below: “[T]he reality is perhaps also that of an America whose own cynicism has caught up with [it]”.[3] The US Ambassador to London was reduced to tears after a hostile BBC Television audience attempted to blame American foreign policy for the attacks on Washington and New York. Anti-Americanism was alive and kicking before the invasions of either Afghanistan and Iraq.
Just in case you missed it, Americanophobia began in the 19th century, folks. It’s here to stay. We have always been perceived as a bunch of typical, inbred, insular, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, uncouth, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, self-centered, and globalizing Neanderthal Americans.
Sarah Palin, despite having the lowest approval rating in recorded history among VP candidates, is now THE NEW FACE OF AMERICA. Despite Obama being elected (by a large majority) as president of the United States, Sarah Palin is stillTHE NEW FACE OF AMERICA. So, yeah. Our image is increasingly getting worse and will only continue to rise once all of them find out that Obama is leaning toward the center or is actually a Republican.
So, dear America, stop wasting your time trying to get on anyone’s “good side”. It’s fruitless as you’re dealing with a bunch of hateful xenophobes that mirror similar values to those American neocon extremists that are equally annoying. The Americanophobes don’t give a hoot how liberal or how far to the Left of Center you are. They don’t care how many stamps and pages your American passport contains. They hate YOU and are waiting for the next terrorist attack in the US so that they have another excuse to mindlessly parade around with burning flags, celebrate, and cheer in the streets.
And if you think that the Americanophobes are just an extremist group that only represent the minority in Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and South America, you are sorely mistaken.
Americanophobia and anti-Semitism need to exist. It’s a necessary evil for those who feel small. Americanophobes across the globe, enjoy defining America by her Extremists. Their media’s slant focuses on American’s extremists and all of it’s flaws. Americanophobes abroad believe in fabricated images of the supposed “typical American”. Some of us believe that the “ugly American image” helps other countries feel more patriotic about themselves to avoid facing their own shortcomings. But my friends,… this is what Americanophobia is all about: mindlessness, laziness, genetic defects, misplaced anger, scapegoatism, brainwashing, the need to belong, belief without question, inferiority complexes, lack of pride in one’s place in the world, and just plain old ignorance.
And lastly, if you’re an Americanophobe reading this, you have no right to whine about how Americans stereotype YOU when you do the same yourselves. Get off of your high horses and look in the mirror for a change!
Side Note:Oh gee, I just remembered that when Barack Obama gets assassinated, how all the Americanophobes will have a field day, and are going to *NOT* blame the assassin (especially if he gets the death penalty), but rather blame the rest of the innocent 300+ million for it. It will be about how all 300 million of us are racists and how we all conspired together to kill him. Can you really expect any more from one of the most vile extremist groups in the world?
Don’t be naive. These people are just as much our enemy as the Islamic Fundamentalists. We need to get out of NATO and the UN and screw the rest of the world. Americans are starting to get fed up.
“I am a conservative who spent one evening responding to posts on your blog. I mentioned then that I would support Obama if he won, even though I was supporting McCain’s campaign. I feel it was my duty to send my congratulations to our next president through you and your community, since I used your forum to enter into a spirited debate. I will honor my pledge to respect Obama as our American president. I certainly intend to exercise my first amendment rights to try to persuade him and others away from policies that I oppose, but I will be respectful of him and his office. I will also reprimand others who fail to show such respect.
I do not plan to return to this site, as I got so engaged in the vigorous debate that I lost track of time, and I missed saying prayers with my kids and tucking them in that night. We have added our new president to our prayer list. I assure you, we are not praying from a sense of self-interest. We only pray that he be granted the wisdom that is necessary to successfully execute his duties in a way that leads our country to greater peace and prosperity.
I believe it is un-American to wish ill upon anyone in order to gain some advantage. I want America to reach her greatest potential; therefore, I want Obama’s presidency to be the most successful in history — until the next president is elected, whichever party that person might represent, then the next president, and so on.
Who knows — perhaps I’ll end up voting for Obama in 2012. I will remain open to that possibility.
Please share this message with your community.”
This is an email that was sent to the blog, “CrooksandLiars”. You don’t see balanced speech like this often, so I was compelled to share this.
And this.
See hundreds of more photos of Americans who truly believe in Unity here.
First let me start off by saying congratulations to the Democrats, after a hard fought race you have come out on top and finally have your chance to lead. Let me also say that though I admittedly disagree with Barack Obama’s policies and ideology, I wish our new President Elect nothing but the best. I am an American before I am a member of a party and for the sake of all of us hope that Barack Obama makes the right decisions for our Country. I know many of you are very upset today, but let me remind you of something, there is an opportunity to be had in an Obama victory. This victory gives conservatives a chance for a fresh start and allows us to rebuild our party bigger and stronger.
Your all blithering idiots! Sorry I had to be that blunt but I spent the morning cruising from blog to blog and seemed to keep stumbling upon these sites that just, quite simply, had nothing to say. It seems like they spend all their time and energy spinning hate and disgust for the other side. Instead of spending time trying to come up with one constructive thought about whats going on in the world they regurgitate what they just read on their favorite editorial site and then proceed to bash the opposite side for not seeing it their way.
I find it hard to believe that someone could actually believe their side is 100% right. Instead of bashing the other side maybe, and sit down when you read this, you might spend your time actually thinking of ways to better the political party you so staunchly protect, hold your leaders accountable for the promises they make and break, both parties have them.
No side is worse then the other because collectively they wouldn’t be able to come up with one original thought to better themselves or mankind. Rather, they seem quite content with being pigeon holed in their own private hells.
Well, for any of you that this post might address I leave you with one thing to read, HAS FREETHOUGHT A CONSTRUCTIVE SIDE?, courtesy of the one blog, No Religion Now, that actually got me to think today and delivered me to writing this post.
I am subscribed to WordPress Political Blogs in my Google Reader. Most of the blogs I find there are “conservative”. Reasonable debates with the far Right is a challenge. Only very few can manage a back-n-forth disagreement without resorting to putting words in my mouth or insulting my person. The Red Pill from Cadillactight is one conservative blogger that is an AWESOME debater. But these types of civilized debates are becoming extinct through the “Us versus Them” mentality and divisive politics that the Far Right has successfully established in this country. And sometimes I wonder if it is because they are still bitter about their loss in the Civil War. That bitterness must have been taught from one generation to the next. Well, that’s one of my zany liberal conspiracy theories, so I probably have no idea what I am talking about.
Additionally, if you do a lot of reading, you’ll notice that when the Right tries to sell buttons or T-shirts, a lot of their stuff reads, “Piss off a Liberal, but a Sarah Palin 2012 pin” or “Piss off a Liberal, buy a gun” or “Piss off a Liberal, work hard a be happy” and the list goes on. They act like hormonal teenagers stuck in angst-mode. They just don’t sound like the happy-go-lucky people that they incessantly brag to be.
And I’m not the only liberal to miss spirited debate with those conservatives still valiantly defending the reality based community, such as Gergen, Powell, Christopher Buckley and the like.
‘There was a time when conservatives were, in my opinion, wrong about everything, but you could interpret facts differently from them and be right without necessarily dismissing them as insane. I really hope we can get back to that kind of honest debate. It was intoxicating.’
Dissent is not divisive. Dissent is not Anti-American. It’s called being a member of the free world. But some extremists from the Right like Ms Governor Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann prefer America to be separated into two different countries.
Yes. The very height of Elitism.
Just when we thought that Elitism was the word to describe the Left.
This article and video has been circulating about the internet like cancer. You can find it in all the neocon blogs. They are lapping it up like thirsty cats who haven’t had anything to drink for days.
See the video for yourself. If you ask me, it exposes the dumb on the Right – NOT the Left.
This video displays the unintelligence and naivete on the Right for the following reason:
These videos are so incredibly easy to make. Just go on Youtube and in the search engine type “stupid Americans” or “dumb Americans” and you’ll find literally thousands of videos where Americans are interviewed on their political knowledge and all of them sound retarded.
What’s happening? It’s biased. Let’s say that 200 people are interviewed, they’ll find 50 of the dimmest bulbs and then only show them. This is common knowledge to those people who have a clue.
I could easily do that with Republican voters and get the same results. Something tells me that they would prove more embarrassing than their Liberal counterparts.
This is the kind of “media” I don’t take seriously. It’s funny because the wingnuts are always complaining about the bias and lies of the “Liberal media”. See? Typical Republican hypocrisy at its finest!
And finally, those people who cannot tell that Obama was just joking when he said there were 57 states, need to die. Republicans know very well that he was joking, but in the absence of anything substantial to find on Obama, our right-wing lunatics grasp at straws to find something – anything that they can find to place Obama in a bad light. If you don’t see that he was joking, that’s pretty sad. You need to get out more, laugh, and live life.
The fact that you right-wingnuts believe anything that comes from your end, to me, is scary. And with that said, your juvenile attempts to discredit your fellow Americans and the to-be president of the United States sounds like YOU are the REAL brain-dead Anti-Americans.
I’m listening to the Bill O’Reilly No Spin Zone talk show on the radio right now. Actually Bill thinks this video and “research” isn’t fair either. He challenges John (the one who conducted this “research) to do the same with the Right. John was a guest on his show today – just in case you missed it. But knowing John and his bias, I doubt that he has the courage to conduct fair research.
On another note, it’s funny… as I learned about Ayers, Rezco, and Pastor Wright courteousy of (are you ready for this?)CNN. Naturally, the Far Right hates CNN because they always fairly show both sides of every story unlike most Republican talk-radio hosts.
…how what happened in the US under Bush’s watch was blamed on Bill Clinton?
Now, Obama isn’t even sworn in as an official POTUS and all of the country’s ills are being blamed on him (Obama).
What does this mean? No matter what a Republican does, it is always clean, sharp, and shiny to the zombies Bush-worshippers we have around here.
The people that think that the Clinton administration helped orchestrate 9-11 are as dim as those who think that Bush caused Hurricane Katrina.
For those idiots that think Bill Clinton caused 9-11 or didn’t do enough to prevent it, what the hell cave are you people living in? Do yourself and this country a big favor and purchase a copy of the “9/11 Commission Report”. Or read it for free here. It’s the final report of the national commission on terrorist attacks upon the US. It is the authorized edition.
Straight from the back of my own copy of the book:
IN NOVEMBER 2002, the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism.
The book is 567 pages long. Since Neo-Republicans claim to be literary scholars, I’m sure you will be able to read it. There were AMPLE warnings that this attack would happen. IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED DURING BUSH’S TERM. But it wasn’t. And this is the painful truth that right-wing radicals cannot accept.
Surely, Clinton could have done something to ensure 9-11 wouldn’t happen either. But to simply blame 9-11 on “Liberal policies” is outlandish and frighteningly ignorant.
Osama Bin Forgotten meant NADA ZIP ZILCH ZIPPO 無しNOTHING to Bush. He gave up after a couple of years while he was weak enough to let Cheneyhalliburton take over and turn this place literally upside down which eventually led Bush into the lowest approval rating in recorded history at 23%.
I am embarrassed to share the same oxygen and landmass with some of my fellow compatriots who speak so over-confidently about issues they don’t care enough about to learn about. The outstanding lack of curiosity and over-the-top partisanship is sickening.
Over the last seven years, those very patient terrorists have been planning another attack. It’s not IF it will happen again, it’s when. And when it happens, guess who will be blamed? Yep, you guessed it. It will be Obama’s fault.
Bush began his presidency in 2001. We were attacked on September 11th, 2001. Bush will leave very soon (2009). That’s how many years? Yep. Eight years. That’s nine months BEFORE the attack happened and 7 whole years to clean up the slop we call “Homeland Security”.
Just ask yourself the following questions. Since 9-11…,
Has airport security really changed?
During the last 7 years, have our borders tightened up?
Have we taken Osama bin Forgotten, the Taliban/Al Qaeda seriously?
Have we tried to clean up foreign policy to make both Israel and the Palestinians happy? Or at least somehow try to be more balanced in that area?
What concrete changes have actually been made under Bush – aside from the loose cannon we call the “Patriot Act”?
Again, like any other disaster on our turf, it’s always a bipartisan screw up. But I would really like to think that Bush took the 9-11 terrorist attacks just a tiny bit more seriously. As painful as this may be for your ears to hear, I have just as much love and passion for my country as you do. And I only wish Bush had that same passion.
Do you think it is possible that we will ever learn and come together as a nation? Or must we get attacked a few more times before someone wakes up?
The mania and obsession revolved around Palin is literally endless, and I don’t have anywhere near the time to address any more of it. The above alone should give you a clue that Obamessiah ain’t the only one people are putting on brown shirts over…
“She does not represent my views at all, and I never planned on voting for that ticket to begin with, but I seriously found myself feeling sorry for her when I watched her Couric interview. The other interviews were bad enough, even the Hannity softball one, but OMG, watching her just makes me feel like you do when a little kid is in a school play and completely forgets his lines and you just feel sorry for him and you almost want to reach out and help him somehow, but you can’t.
Whatever overconfidence and bravado this individual was able to display in the beginning has melted into a confused deer-in-the-headlights.
I personally hope she stays on the ticket, as she is absolute gift for the Obama/Biden ticket, which has been my opinion since she was chosen”. — Julia O
—> Because she’s pretty and the Right think with their genitalia. Isn’t voting for someone just because they’re hot and have a vajayjay, objectifying women as in…. *gasps* sexism?
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving “full support” to the mayor.
—> Because she’s ignorant about her own country and the world around her. The radicals can relate to this frightening level of dumb as exemplified below:
—> Because she’s pro-life, she loves to kill defenseless and innocent animals just for the sake of the kill. Because she’s pro-life and risked “her baby’s” own life as evident here. Because she’s pro-life and supports a war based of false pretences.
And if you think it’s jealousy that vetted out Governer Sarah Palin, you might want to read this before you rush to judge. Neocons have an amazing ability to conveniently confuse dissent with jealousy as a means to deal with the fact that their Messiah is less than poifect.
Palin’s wardrobe still continues to be brought up by both the Right and the Left. I never even looked deeply into all that drama as I really didn’t care about it. Usually, I’ll go to factcheck.org or politifact.com to see who’s telling the truth and who’s not to get the FACTS versus the RUMORS. But this issue was too trivial for me to bother. Additionally, I just assumed that the RNC/GOP wanted to win so badly that they had to do something to make her look good to counteract her horrible reputation (that had nothing to do with the “liberal media”). So, in a way, I found it justified.
BUT!
Yes, there’s a but.
The only thing that bothered me about Palin’s $145820008875641.00 wardrobe is the fact that she was a woman who claimed to be representing the *middle class average Joe’s*. Am I correct with this assumption? I found it a bit odd that one who is trying to desperately reach to our level to be wearing outfits that the average man in the street couldn’t even begin to afford to wear. One pair of her shoes alone cost more than what a married couple has in their entire closet. Her folksy speak was empty – despite how horny she made many American conservatives feel.
If Palin hadn’t been incessantly claiming to be “sympathetic” to the working class Americans, her wardrobe would be absolutely NO issue for me AT ALL. Period.
Next, she purchased her clothes where the Hollywood and Washington ELITES buy their clothes. Isn’t that ironic considering that on the campaign trail she was railing against those very same *elites*?
What about Hillary Clinton? Despite her many flaws (that had nothing to do with the conservative media), she never went on and on and on and on ad nauseam pretending to be every Joe’s BFF. Look at her wardrobe. She practically wore the same clothes (different color) every time we saw her. Hillary didn’t have the best fashion or the best style. But she represented the middle class better and more efficiently than Palin who unintentionally made it clear that she was above American Joe’s, above American people who lived in the “Anti-American parts” or “big towns and cities” of the US, and above American ethics.
At the end of the day, who are the REAL elitists? Who are the real fiscal conservatives?
Note:For those who don’t want to read this whole diatribe, please scroll all the way to the bottom of this post and address my comments and questions regarding the apparent “jealously” of Gov. Sarah Palin. Thanks.
—> This just in. One of 58878500025568 blogs that swear all American liberals are jealous of Sarah Palin are a bit confused.
Radical Conservatives Confuse Dissent with Jealousy
Let’s see, she did a two-day interview with Matt Lauer, a two-day interview with Wolf Blitzer, a three-day interview with Greta Van Susteran, and is having her door blown down by Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, and Larry King as well.
In fact; even profound writers like Claire Guehenno cannot seem to shut up about Gov. Palin. Gee, I wonder why.
The oppressed, modern-day liberal women are terrified that a conservative woman can be accomplished.
How exactly am I “oppressed”? The last time that I checked I was living in the United States of America where one is FREE to LIVE and DO as they PLEASE and make choices that fulfils them. I am looking at my passport right now, and I swear it doesn’t say “Saudi Arabia”. It says, “USA” on it.
Just about every conservative blog I run across, there are a few posts that are showing how the only reason a Republican wasn’t elected this time around was because the 66,882,230 Americans that voted for Obama were just doing so because they are jealous of Sarah Palin’s success. Because Sarah Palin “has got it all”.
Define “having it all?” (And please leave out personal choices because anybody can make a choice!).
Why do so many liberal men and women hate Bush (you have been around for the last 8 years, right?), why do so many liberals hate Cheney, McCain?
Wake up you brain-dead Neocons! Where the hell were you when thousands of books have been written to criticize Bush, when many movies were made to embarrass him, when many people protested in the streets about the war, when just about all the networks ridiculed him (even Republican talk-radio if you can imagine that), bashed him unashamedly, comedians picked him apart mercilessly, when all we heard for 8 years were complaints made by Americans and the rest of the world. Eight long years of Bush to the point where he now has a 23% APPROVAL RATING! Did you hear that? Yes, a 23% APPROVAL RATING. THAT IS A ***HISTORICAL LOW***.
What did you honestly think would happen this election? Seriously.
Why do so many conservatives hate Obama? You don’t think he’s an accomplished man? If you knew where he came from and his struggle to get where he is today, YOU’D BE JEALOUS! Not us. YOU. He has achieved much more depth in his lifetime than Palin can ever dream of. Even Hillary Clinton has achieved way much more than Palin. But of course, you filter out anything that could ever possibly put Obama and Hillary in a positive light recognizing them for what good they have done instead of obsessing about the “bad” which are mostly conspiracy theories and fabricated stories revolved around hyperbole and paranoia.
Can’t you guys get your head out of your collective asses for just one moment and accept that fact that people’s views about candidates have more to do with their BELIEFS and the ECONOMY than a candidate’s personal achievements, personal choices or personal life? Were you really expecting liberals like me to be a traitor to our own values and convert to Team Palin just because she has nice legs and was a pro-life governor?
We know for a fact that neocons hate Hollywood TV and movie stars, we also know that you people HATE the 78% of American Jews (the richest and most successful people in America) who voted for Obama. That, my friends, can easily be attributed to j-e-a-l-o-u-s-y. But you guys say it’s because Hollywood is Liberal and they are freaks that make arses out of themselves. Well, we don’t like Palin because she’s a Radical Right-wingnut that made her own party (even during the campaign) criticize her.
Do you wingnuts not realize how vulnerable you make yourselves in saying that Obama fans are jealous of Palin? For the record, we make fun of her and criticize her because she makes a grand international fool out of herself on a daily basis. The entire world is laughing at her. You’re too busy calling Obama an Arab terrorist Hilter-apologizing NeoNationalSocialist baby-killer to even have the time to find out what an embarrassment Palin is to the US in the SAME WAY that Bush was!
And men feel the same way American women feel about Palin.
This jealousy card has been over-used. You have hit rock bottom. You people make it like the Messiah, Sarah Palin is the first woman to have ever been accomplished? Once you find liberal woman jealous of the billions and billions of women who have made something out of themselves, then you’ll have a case. Right now, you guys are just looking desperate. And keep in mind, it was the PROGRESSIVES that have taken women where they are today. Since when are Republicans all of the sudden worried about “feminism”?
Maybe you guys cannot handle the fact that a black man can be an accomplished man in the United States?
Seriously people, you’re scraping a bottomless barrel here….
What I would Looooooooooooooooooooove to see is a Liberal woman one day go up against a conservative male candidate in a future election that is a knock-out (looks are the only thing that Palin has over Hillary). You betcha. Oooooh, we libs would have so much fun with you guys. We’ll keep you busy at what you do best: graspin’ for straws and scrapin’ barrels.
Losers.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM CURIOUS AMERICAN FEMALE LIBERALS
1) How is it humanly possible for someone to hate another for the choices that they make? Most of these successes you speak of are simply choices that ANYONE can make.
And based on what the neocons have written, that makes me quite a success myself if you think that I have practised my choices and am living life the way I want to. I am maybe not the happiest person in the whole world, but I am content with my life. And I wouldn’t trade places with anyone.
2) You mention that liberal women are oppressed. How is that?
3) What have you got to say to all the men who criticized Palin?
4) Why did liberal men and woman hate Bush if simply dissent is equated to jealousy?
5) With Bush’s approval rating being at a historical low of 23%, what did you think was going to happen this election?
6) If you are as old as I am, you’ll know that in harsh economic times, people are more compelled to vote Democrat.
7) Other than what negativity you have heard surrounding Obama, if you know his past – seeing where he came from and where he is now is more of a jump compared to Palin by a long shot. He is a successful man.
Do you think it’s just that conservatism hates to think that a black man can be accomplished?
8 ) The majority of liberals are Jews. 78% of Jews voted for Obama over Palin. If you know anything about American Jews, they are the richest, best looking, most successful, law abiding and decent people in America. Do you think that you’re just projecting and just jealous of American Jews and accomplished blacks?
9) It is the progressives that have fought for equal rights for women. Why are you criticizing them now?
10) Since when are Republicans concerned (all of the sudden, mind you) about Feminism and Sexism?
11) In record history, there has never been more hype and fanaticism over a VP candidate. Palin is your, “The One” – she is your “The Messiah”.
12) Here’s the true acid test. I’d love to see in a future election a Republican male against a HOT Liberal female. Then, we shall see who the true feminists are.
13) Quite obviously, Sarah is not the first ever accomplished woman in the history of the world. Can you think of any other woman that is equally – if not more accomplished than Palin that liberals have also attacked?
14) Aren’t you guys acting like the “liberal media” by making false accusations about Americans that you’ve never met – twisting, fabricating, exaggerating and all that jazz? You sound just like the Americanophobes that I rail against in my blog.
15) Let’s see. You’re sticking up for 1 female and bashing an estimated 40 million American female Obama voters. It appears to me that you hate women considering the Math. Could you perhaps be a misogynist?
So, exactly how are me and my female liberal compatriots “jealous”?
Bill O’Reilly’s viewers are dumber than Jon Stewart’s.
Liberals wish. Democrats like to think that voters who sympathize with their views are smarter than those who vote Republican. But a 2007 Pew survey found that the knowledge level of viewers of the right-wing, blustery “The O’Reilly Factor” and the left-wing, snarky “The Daily Show” is comparable, with about 54 percent of the shows’ politicized viewers scoring in the “high knowledge” category.
So what about conservative talk-radio titan Rush Limbaugh’s audience? Surely the ditto-heads are dumb, right? Actually, according to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, Rush’s listeners are better educated and “more knowledgeable about politics and social issues” than the average voter.
Wait. Just a minute there. I have a problem with this. Republicans who are reading this article (with goo goo eyes thinking they’ve scored another point against the Obamabots) that has been spread wildly about the internet are getting the false impression that Liberals only watch Liberal media and comedy shows, and that Conservatives only watch Conservative pundits and the non-existing Conservative comedy programs (although SNL can take some pretty hilarious diggs at the Libs…).
I watch Bill O’Reilly (he’s really a Liberal, anyway), Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter (she’s so magnetic!), and so do many other Liberals. I also listen to Mike Gallagher, Michael Medved, and Jim Bohannan on Republican talk radio. Many conservatives also watch Leftist comedy on Comedy Central and on other networks: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, SNL, Mad TV and what have you? I cannot imagine that my friends, family and I are the only ones who listen to shows “out of their politosphere” in the media. It just can’t be a coincidence.
Republican talk radio is very refreshing and entertaining to get alternative views even if I don’t agree with them. The callers are interesting too. And some conservatives listen to Liberal news to have something to talk about in their blogs. Sometimes we just love to watch what we HATE to listen to. I don’t know the psychology behind that. But we do this! (Micheal Medved, however, can get pretty nauseating with his inane pollyannistic view of the world).
Anyway, with that said, I take that article with a grain of salt – especially since it’s from ***gasps*** THE LIBERAL MEDIA! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah, you Republicans = Fail.
My advice to my friendly neocon readers:Stop watching our fucking funny as hell comedy and tree-hugging pundits. You are polluting our brain pool!!!
And Liberals are self-loathing, whiny, pessimist, paranoid, humorless hacks… according to Team Red.
This myth created around liberals only began when Bush took office and became increasingly a popular rumor in the last 4 years of his presidency.
The far Right have a tendency to think all-things-one-dimension. Complex subjects and complex things confuse them. They give up frustrated and wave the white flag of surrender. So, leave it up to the far stretched-out Right to come up with something so bizarre, although could very well be true. Let’s take a look.
Here’s what’s happening:
Let’s start with humor. Do any of you not realize that Comedy Central and most comedians are liberal? Yes, those people that make us laugh in the movies and on TV screens all the time, are LIBERALS. We rule the entertainment and comedy industry. So, there goes your theory that Liberals hate to make jokes and laugh. Interestingly enough, it can’t be a coincidence that those who don’t get my sense of humor are often hardcore conservatives.
Liberals and conservatives have been polled. When asked if they are happy, generally the conservatives say that they are happy, and the liberals respond saying that they are not happy.
We first have to define “happy”. Maybe we see happiness differently? Have you ever thought of that? For example, it may just be that “happy” to conservatives is defined on more of a superficial level whereas Liberals define happiness on a deeper level seeing the big picture instead of focusing on one thing? Saying that you’re not happy doesn’t necessarily mean that you hate yourself, your world, your life, and all people.
So I hate that conservatives “don’t care” but I think they may be closer to living in their moment than I in mine. I’m always stuck in the “as soon as this problem is solved or over, then, I can get on with my life.” Trouble is another one just pops up to replace the old one anyhow. So perhaps I don’t spend enough time on the wonder of today, and the blessings I actually have. And then again, that gets me to thinking. . . .
Staunch Conservatives have a tendency to repress emotion, be stoics, live in denial, and see the world through rose-colored glasses. The poster-boy of this type is the far Right Republican talk show host, Michael Medved. He is a pollyanna and so are the same people that feel all liberals walk around with scars on their wrists. Sharp people see right through pollyannas. And if you ask me, they are just miserable people with a mask. The thing is that they become pollyannas as a coping mechanism to deal with life’s stresses. But their pain is easily seen and comes out via passive aggression.
When you take a lemon and make lemonade out of it, it can prove to be worthwhile. But not all of the time. Some kind of balance is necessary and should depend on the situation. You people take that principle way too far. The Right who portrays themselves as the party of “straight talkers” and “politically incorrect shooters” seems odd to me when it is really the Left that expresses themselves more honestly taking the risk that they just might add to the “stereotype” or the “statistics” of a depressed and unhappy “Libbie”. We care less about what people think of us.
Speaking of learning how to survive stress. The Righteous Right believe in God and organized religion. That is their crutch. That is how they get through from day to day. And I respect that. And understandably, I can see how this would aid one who is going through rough spots in their life. I think that we all need a crutch. But perhaps it is more common for Liberals to not lean on shoulders to get through life? Maybe we do it on our own? Not saying this is good or bad. This is not an issue of who’s right or wrong. It’s an issue of which party has the most reliable survival mechanisms.
It appears to me that the Right have many coping techniques to get through life’s most rigid edges. When they feel powerlessness, they take control over others whereas a Liberal may see a psychiatrist for their depression or anxiety instead. The Right pulls out the bible, and the Left seeks science to feel better by attending therapy and becoming more aware of themselves. When one is aware of himself, he is also aware of his weaknesses as well as his strengths. The Right may only be aware of their strengths and tend to be over-confident when it comes to seeing themselves and their life realistically – hence the “happiness”.
And naturally, if you only think of yourselves and ignore the problems on our own turf and throughout the world, surely you’ll be happier. One man for himself. The charity that the Neo-conservatives are so famous for is, for the most part, only within their churches. The church-goers only protect their own. Outsiders can go fend for themselves.
The Right also tend to have a religious patriotism toward not only their country, but their own family as well. Even if they spent years being sexually abused by their own father and was brutally beaten by their mothers, they will faithfully back them and love them until their death.
You see, both Liberals and Conservatives are unhappy (rhetorically speaking).
What’s happening here is that Liberals are honest about how they feel. They are more in touch with themselves. They don’t wear the blinders. So, they respond to those Right-winged orchestrated polls with the truth.
Secondly, Neo-Conservatives are insecure with who they are and are always looking to find fault with those whom were unhappy with Bush and co. So, they go out and about to run these polls to PROVE that Liberals hate themselves and everybody to make the right-wingnutters feel vindicated about supporting Bush. Conservatives literally go out of their way with these childish tests to prove their superiority over the wrist-slashing-neo-pagan hacks.
Liberals are cynics and can be very skeptical, and that is often misconstrued with being “unhappy”. We are self-critical. We ask questions, we challenge authority, we challenge our own parents, sisters, and brothers, we may disagree with the “moral majority”, and THAT is thought of as being “clinically depressed” and/or “hate-mongering” by the Right.
Dumb people are happier. Ignorance IS bliss. There is no scientific evidence to prove this, but I have found that the dumbest people I know are the most ill-informed and self-contradictory. When you’re not living in reality in the REAL WORLD, you are bound to be happy. The more intelligent that you are, the more you realize the cruel world that we live in. It’s no excuse to not make the best of it, of course. But full awareness, by its very own nature is depressing. Some trivia:There are just as many sites on the internet that talk about dumb people being happier as there are Neo-Conservatives being happier. Some food for thought?
Speaking of Happy being connected to Dumb: Based on this article, you’d think that Liberals would be happy as it is “proof” that we are clearly the most uninformed out there!
And finally, I have a feeling that this “test” of “positivity levels” was done perhaps unfairly? They, more than likely, suppressed the mainstream liberal answers and only took notice of the FAR LEFT answers. They probably suppressed the answers from the often angry FAR RIGHT and just used the votes of the mainstream conservatives to compare with. If that is the case, Team Red has an excellent argument. The lunatic fringe on both sides of the fence are the scariest people I have ever met.
So, yeah, when you test mainstream conservatives with the looney Left, you’re going to get the results that you hoped for.
This lambasting of Liberals for their negativity about the world lasted throughout the entire eight years of GWB’s “flawless presidency”. To be fair, back in the 60’s hippie movement, the Left suppressed their frustrations about the world and the current state of affairs by getting stoned all the time. They didn’t want to see reality for what it was and used several things as crutches to get by.
Anywhooo……….
—>Fast forward to Nov. 4th, 2008<—
Some noteworthy things have changed.
Liberals have literally changed places with the Conservatives. Team Red has just honorably earned this sticker:
Team Red, on the other hand, are walking around with their heads between their knees, whining, making threats, whining, hoping for assassinations, whining, creating wild conspiracies, whining, hating, whining, making racist comments on youtube because they know they’re anonymous, whining, thinking the absolute worst of Obama, whining, crying, whining, having temper tantrums, whining, and hating Americans and America. They are probably taking that belt out whooping their kid’s ass and kicking their dog more than ever now. You thought that you knew the Righteous Right before, you should see them now. They are all knotted in bunches.
Oh. Did I forget to mention whining?
Damn. It feels so good to be on the other side for a change. Now, you still can cling bitterly to your guns-n-religion, ya hear? Or you could always do the liberal thing and pop a Prozac and start cutting yourself emo-style.
(Note: The only reason I write this is to show that these poll results are not as simple as thought to be. Many factors weigh in rather than the black and white happy vs sad comparison – although the conservatives just may be right about this one.)
Team Blue is constantly being accused of just liking Obama for the sake of it, not knowing who he is, what he stands for, and apparently we just like him because we like to chant, “Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama,”. Nothing more. Supposedly Obama is some kind of Messiah who will save us and that’s all we know. “Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, — yep – that’s all we chant. We don’t know what it means. We just say it. It sounds good. It’s the cool and hip thing to do. We liberals never paid attention to Obama/Biden’s website regarding the issues. We never read about either one of them. We just listened to Keith Olbermann on MSNBC and chanted “Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, baby, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah”. That’s where we got all of our information. We were brainwashed to believe that Barack Obama would deliver SUNSHINE AND HAPPINESS to the US.
Simply put, all liberals voted for Obama because well, jus’ cuz. Fer notin’ oder dan votin’ fer da man jus’ cuz, sup yo?!
From having read numerous conservative blogs, it appears to be that even mainstream conservatives think that everyone is a Republican at heart, but those who say they aren’t, are either
Sexist or
Jealous of Sarah Palin
or in denial of their true inborn god-given conservative nature.
Well, guess what, everybody? I am a jealous sexist because I voted for Barack Obama thinking that he would give me sunshine and happiness and some jus’ cuz!
“Sarah Palin is everything these elite feminists aren’t. Happily married, good looking, good looking husband, big family, pro-life, apparently well adjusted, folksy, hunter gal, who apparently loves being a woman and a mother. On top of that, she could whip most of these liberal males. Doesn’t get anymore threatening than that to the kool-aid sipping crowd.” – Tex Taylor
1) Happily Married? Do you have proof that all Liberals are getting divorced or single? Just because a married couple are smiling and holding hands means that they are “happily married”? WTF? Ever hear of the “nice” neighbor next door that is suddenly accused of murder? Damn, you wingnuts are naive as fuck! Keep sipping that kool-aid.
2) Jealous of good looks? Does this mean that all liberals are ugly? Really? And for someone to be jealous of someone’s looks is pretty damn lame. It is a lame that only the right is capable of. To have even said that alone shows the level of superficial lows these people reach. Keep sipping that kool-aid.
3) Big Family? Are you serious? How exactly does a big family make one a better person? Liberals only have one child? Do they not procreate? And what is wrong with having just one kid? I guess it’s Godless to have just one kid? Probably something that only commies do, I guess. I surely didn’t receive that memo yet…. In any event, why would one be jealous of a big family when it is easy and more fun to have condomless sex and make babies. That is the easiest and one of the most enjoyable activities there are. This is not something to be jealous of. ANYONE CAN FUCK, you dimwats. LOL Keep sipping that kool-aid.
4) Jealous of pro-lifers? You probably want to explain that one to me. How can liberals be jealous, once again, of a choice that is simple to make? Keep sipping that kool-aid.
5) Well adjusted? Liberals are all mentally ill? (Or do you just mean the 78% of the rich and successful Jews that voted for Obama?) We are jealous of this? Let’s just say that we only see what they show us. Not even the most professional and experienced psychologists can give accurate assessments to determine whether or not one is “well adjusted”. Some of the most functional and “confident” people in the world are sociopaths, psychopaths, or narcissists . This is common knowledge, but leave it to the Reds to be so ignorant and blindly patriotic toward one woman they think they know everything about. Even the Obama supporters don’t sink to that level of perversion and worship-like obsessive behavior. Keep sipping that kool-aid.
6) Jealous of Folksiness? Omg…. we are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here, aren’t we? Hon, for the record, I can say, “you betcha” too. Not very hard. Sorry. Nothing to be jealous of there, love. Keep sipping that kool-aid.
7) A hunter gal? I am supposed to be jealous of a PRO-LIFE HUNTER-GAL. (Isn’t that an oxymoron?) Again, this is a choice. It is humanly impossible to be jealous of a choice. LOL (Just when you think things couldn’t get weirder!) Keep sipping that kool-aid.
8 ) Love being a woman and a mother? So, this is to imply that all liberal women wish that they were men? And this means that liberal women who procreate hate being moms? For the record, those who LOVE being a mother actually spend time with their children – the last time I checked. They don’t leave them with someone else to raise while mom and dad carry on with their self-serving lives. And how the hell do you people know what Palin loves? Keep sipping that kool-aid.
9) She could whip most liberal males? How is this? How does being a liberal equate to being a wimp, exactly? Because Palin has a gun she can kick ass? Is this the “my daddy can beat up your daddy syndrome” that is often exhibited by junior high schoolers? Psst… People that fight with a gun against someone else’s fist are cheating. Only a Republican can be so cowardly. I’ll see a REAL woman fight when the game is fair. I’ll see a REAL woman fight gun to gun or fist to fist. And why? The party of the elite and self-righteous bible-thumpers are putting an emphasis on the infantile “whipping ass”? Since when is this an achievement or something to be proud of? See, this is the level you imps lower yourselves to. The Christian pro-lifers just love violence so much, don’t they? What is up with that? Why is being violent something to boast about? A classic inferiority complex is what you people have that you must resort to violent words and behaviorisms to get your messages across. Keep sipping that kool-aid.
The bottom of the barrel is no more. You’ve scraped it all out. This is why you people have the reputation that you do. You are an embarrassment to America. You give us all a bad name. And you give your party a bad name. Your “values” are nothing short of delusions of grandeur and infantile short man syndrome and divisiveness.
To my readers: Just go look at all the conservative blogs out there. They all say the exact same thing. Same thing, but different wording written by a different author. Some of them probably even copy and paste. I cannot even begin to count how many times I have read the above. Literally on every RED blog. Go see for yourself.
The knee-jerk reactions to dissent are amusing to me. Lack of originality. Same regurgitated talking points.
In any event, I responded to this person even though he was preaching to the general audience who don’t oooooh and aaaaaaah THE Great Messiah Palin. I am a member of that audience. So, I found his comments quite personal (as a woman myself) and offensive and rightly so.
What is so very wrong with you conservatives??? I am genuinely curious! I really wish I could say that I was judging you all by your extremists, but extremists aren’t writing this drivel. Normal everyday mainstream Republicans are writing this.
This is what made me come to the conclusion that the Messiah for the Reds is Sarah Palin. She can do no wrong. She’s perfect. You know, the woman that looks like a woman, but can do boy-things too.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I used to play with toy cars when I was a little girl. I wonder if I’ve got a shot at becoming a VEEP someday. Or even prez. Oh yeah, and I beat my husband at arm-wrestling! Oh wow. Are horny conservatives now going to show up at my door step? Are they going to believe everything I say just because I am all woman who is capable of doing manly jobs? I can use an electric drill really well. But yannoooooo, I just don’t have it in me to kill animals just for the sake of the kill to feel better about myself or to release tension. As a pro-choicer, you’d think I’d like to see God’s creations die. But no. The pro-lifers are into that. They like to attack the defenseless. Not because they’ve been raped or at high risk of dying during pregnancy, but just for the thrill of the kill to fill a void in their empty lives. Cowardly. If you’re going to eat the animal, that’s one thing. But for the sake of the kill? Cowardly. Ungodly. Hypocritical. Murderer.
Newsflash: Women that are 100% Estrogen-Audrey Hepburn, doll-like-cross-your-legs-sitting-quietly, barefoot, and prego are R-A-R-E. Where are they? I’ve been alive for 40 years, and I just can’t find them. What I DO find everywhere around me are married and working women with children in daycare where their child calls their child molesters “caretakers”, “mommy”. And these same “parents” and the generation before me is wondering why kids behave so differently (for a lack of a better term) these days.
And by the way, since when are the conservatives worried about Feminism??? We haven’t ever heard a peep out of them until the extremist right-winger divisive, clueless and cowardly Palin arrived on the scene. Now, all liberals are sexist and jealous. Never mind the fact that it was the effort of the PROGRESSIVES that got women where they are today.
Women are limitless as to what they can do nowadays. If they have a dream and the will, they can grab it as any man can too. Palin is just but one grain of sand among the gazillions of women who are “accomplished, beautiful, family-oriented, have testosterone, and are successful” or whatever Tex says that defines a “real woman”. And I betcha that for every Sarah Palin out there, there are just as many (if not more) that are happier, more successful, and better off overall. Sarah Palin is not special. She’s just another power-hungry wannabe.
See, I don’t particularly find Palin to be this “feminine-role-model-woman” the Reds are making her out to be. That is just my opinion. And it’s not because I am jealous.
They are just screaming, “Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA,”.
Honestly, I think that Laura Bush is feminine. She is also successful. So, If I’m going to be so insecure to choose someone to be jealous of, I’ll pick Laura Bush or Michelle Obama. Michelle is gorgeous, has two beautiful children, and is VERY accomplished. So, yeah… I’ll be jealous of them. So, thanks but no thanks to yah for that Palintology sales pitch that leads to nowhere.
Like I had mentioned earlier in my reply, feeling like you’re a success and/or accomplished is SUBJECTIVE. We are compared by conservatives in the most superficial of terms. You can even be a single woman working a 9-5 job and be damn happy and feel good about yourself. That is enough for some people. To be jealous of someone else means to feel worthless and insecure deep down inside. And according to Tex and all other Palin supporters, every liberal is such.
So, basically you are not a “real woman” if you don’t support Sarah Palin. Yep. That goes for the men too. I will tell my liberal husband tonight when he comes home from work that he is jealous of Palin just so that he knows. I’d hate for him to be uninformed. Wait ’till I tell him that Palin can “kick his ass” too. I am sure he’ll reach for the blades and start cutting himself into a deeply depressed funk.
To those of you out there that think like Tex… Sorry, but I think I’ll decide for myself what makes me feel good and accomplished. I hardly need someone who masturbates over Palin’s sound bites and Pentacostal hair-dos every night to tell me how I am supposed to feel about myself based on my political beliefs.
See, this is why you people lost the election. You are the ones who divide the US and you’re the proud creators of the “us vs them” mentality. You started it. And the McCain campaign just perfected it – hence the loss.
Surely some on the Left will call you racist for not supporting Obama and resort to condescending attacks across the aisle, but there’s no match to the violent, bully-like and elitist nature of the Reds. Yes, you guys are elitist too. You think that you are better than everyone else and try to recruit people into your God-fearing morally superior ideologies and every other bright-red belief that you have.
You are the party of hypocrites and walking self-contradictions. You have a blind eye to the flaws and corruption within your own party. You sugar-coat what you know to be wrong and immoral. You see the world through rose-colored glasses and tell everyone that you’re positive and happy. You filter what you read and watch on the news solely to suit your own agendas.
What is ironic about all this is that today I posted (several hours ago) about the resentment the Republicans have for American Jews, and in this post, I made mention of the jealousy that they have toward their nature of being the hardest working most successful group of people out there (and they’re liberals!). Read that post to find out why. And to add to the list of how conservatives are jealous of Jewish Liberals….
Let’s see… They are jealous because
Liberals make education a priority
Liberals are more creative, free-thinking, curious, and have the capability to think beyond 1 dimension
There are significantly less teenage pregnancies among Liberals
Liberals make the most money in the country
Liberals are more adventurous in bed
Liberals like to be FREE to decide whether to believe in God or not
Liberals would like to be FREE to use a vibrator in Alabama
Liberals would like to be FREE to marry someone of the same sex and adopt
Liberals aren’t afraid of their own bodies and aren’t sexually repressed
Liberals take better care of their bodies
Liberals have a sense of humor
Liberals like to take notice that America isn’t the only country out there and appreciate other cultures, languages, and people that are different
Liberals prefer the separation of church and state
Liberals prioritize happiness and FREEDOM to be themselves over succumbing to “societal norms”
Liberals make the best athletes
Liberals dance better, and know how to have a good time
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Marc R. Stanley, Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), released the following statement:
Although some votes are still being counted, there are three certain outcomes to this election. The next leader of the United States of America will be President-elect Barack Obama, the Democrats have increased their lead in both the Senate and House, and American Jewish voters have once again overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Presidential nominee.
Obama clinched the vast majority of the Jewish vote, receiving 77% according to MSNBC exit polls Tuesday evening (Senator John McCain received 22%).
We congratulate Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on this historic victory. This year, the American people and Jewish voters sent a clear message rejecting a continuation of four more years of failed Republican policies and leadership.
With Obama’s victory, we selected a candidate who shares the values of the vast majority of American Jews, including the separation of church and state, a strong U.S.- Israel relationship, and reproductive freedom.
American Jews have always made up the majority of our Progressive population here in the United States. Additionally, it is common knowledge that Jewish Americans are critical thinkers and more intelligent than your average American. Most of them graduate from high school and college with honors, they are self-sufficient, less violent, rarely do you find them on welfare, most of them are in very professional careers, and they make more money than most.
They are family oriented, good looking, health-conscious, get married and have children.
Jews – religious or not – are rarely found to be fanatical and obsessive about their religion. It is a private issue for them. They are not interested in “spreading the word” or “recruiting new members”. I respect them for that. That alone makes them more tolerant and considerate of their neighbors.
Jewish people have a deep thirst for knowledge, and can be very kind people too. THAT’S why they are liberals. Not the estranged far Leftists, but Liberals – by its very own definition.
Republicans secretly (and sometimes not so secretly)hate Jews for this. Republicans hate the amount of money Jews make and they are jealous of their success. And to find out that they are *gasps* Liberal Progressives, only cements that hatred.
Jewish people are, by far, the most successful people. They are always winning Nobel prizes. As of today, they are up to their 159th Nobel prize and counting! They havedone more for the US than we’ll admit or even begin to appreciate.
And the above is what irritates Republicans. Neo-Conservatives want the Liberals to be the “blacks-n-Mexicans on welfare” party so badly. And they are pissed that it isn’t the case. When you ever hear a Neocon talking about “socialism”, you’ll hear them make derogatory generalizations about the Democratic party saying that we are all just “lazy jobless welfare-mongers” out to get a free ride (of course with the exception of Joe the Plumber ). When they hear that 78% of the Jews voted for Obama, they realize that the stereotype of the the liberal is incorrect.
So, they press the panic button.
They go into a sweaty-palmed frenzy and try to brainstorm reasons as to why the Jews mostly vote liberal. I have heard all sorts of wild and desperate justifications that just make me shake my head:
Jewish Stockholm Syndrome: “The Jewish Americans have always been oppressed by the Democratic Party that they have bonded (aka trauma-bonding) to their oppressor and can’t let go”. (In other words, they have a severe cast of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that they’re in denial of.)
They have “Jewish Guilt Syndrome”. (Once again, a suggestion that they are neurotic)
“Voting for Obama is pretty much like lining up to enter the boxcars.”(Here suggesting that they are suicidal and/or very depressed individuals – again shows mental instability.)
“The majority of American Jews are non-observant, and therefore have no vested interest in Judaism or Israel. Observant Jews understand what they face under Obama, and rightly voted for McCain.” (Heavily suggesting here that there is a correlation between being God-fearing and informed, and that those who aren’t God-fearing are ignorant and clueless.)
This is what the far Right would rather believe that all Liberal Democrats just want to stay at home, play video games and get paid by Hitler Obama to do so…. which is just utterly ridiculous. And it says quite a lot about the far Right’s own intelligence and mental disposition that THEY are in denial of.
Sadly enough, the Right-wingnuts have deduced Rahm Emanuel to not being pro-Israel as he is a “Liberal” too. And a Liberal cannot possibly be pro-Israel. However, the Left are upset because they feel Obama has already abandoned them.
Go figure…
Just look at the below blog entry and comment section over at Moonbattery.com. The far Righteous 10-commandment-following Right is supposed to be the party of “Judge not less be judged”, tolerance, and most importantly pro-Israel and pro-Jew. I thought it was supposed to be the far Left that were anti-Semites until I read the comment section following this post:
Now, I do not believe that general American liberals are anti-Semites. I’m sure there are some on the far Left in the US. But where this bigotry is the most noticeable for me is in other western civilizations such as Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. To them, Jews (no matter their place of birth) are Americans. And your average American is hated passionately in these areas by the Americanophobic Left-wingnuts.
Unlike the far Right, the far Left Americanophobes are unaware that American Jews are progressive-minded. Once these people find out that American Jews like Obama, they will be equally sweaty-palmed and confused as their far Right-wingnut counterparts.
It’s funny how our votes “counted” when Bush was “elected twice”, but when Obama was elected, somehow Americans “didn’t vote for them”. These Euro-elitists did?
I find it troubling that European countries in particular regard Obama’s election not only as a wonderful event all its own, but that they view it as their very own victory; as a direct vindication of themselves. By so doing, they are using the Obama triumph to justify their moral superiority in that they claim Obama as a crypto or quasi-European who is basically an American by accident.
Of course being black and all, he’s not American – or let’s say a “true American”. The only “real Americans” are those defined by the Europeans, Canadians, New Zealanders, Australians, South Americans, and Sarah Palin. The real Americans “they” speak of are those trailer trash horrors. You know, the typical, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered Neanderthal Americans which represent the core and heart of America.
“…But I did encounter many white French people who felt sorry for what blacks went through in the United States. I couldn’t help but feel that these people were being awfully patronizing to some degree. I know that that wasn’t true. But the American in me just didn’t like the feeling that I was being babied. And after talking with many Afro-french people, I couldn’t help but feel that the French were ignoring their own racial problems. It doesn’t mean that one side is right or wrong about anything, nor does it excuse bad behavior, but I was still a bit perplexed by the sentiment…”
Additionally, what the Jew-hating Americanophobes don’t know is the fact that 78% of the American Jews VOTED FOR THIS WONDERFUL MAN TO LEAD THE WORLD BLACK GUY!!
Having watched German television over the past few days, listened to German radio broadcasts and read the country’s leading newspapers, there is an unquestioned sense of celebrating a German victory: The de facto “German” Obama, or the Obama with German sensibilities has defeated the racist, retrograde and yahoo Americans.
Yay! Obama has defeated the racist yahoo Americans!! Woo Hoo! Victory! Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Psst.Newsflash: It was those um “yahoo Americans” that erm sorta kinda voted for Obama. Uh yeah. See, Americanophobic Europeans think that all or most Americans are inherently evil and racist despite the fact that the Americans that ARE racist are the in the minority. Additionally, the 50-some-million people that voted for McPalin are not necessarily racist but conservative. There IS a difference.
Watching Micheline Calmy-Rey, the eminent French television personality, exclaim triumphantly and with glee that “Obama parle comme nous… (Obama speaks like we, i.e. the French, do), implicit in her gestures and demeanor was the unsaid “et pas comme les Americains” (not as the Americans).
If Obama doesn’t represent or think like “the Americans”, then who the fuck voted him in? Or is it just that most people living in America are “un-American”? Good Lord. If it weren’t for the Euro-support for Obama, I swear I’d think that these people hailed from the Right-wingnut house. Hopefully, you all now see what I mean when I say that the far Left and the far Right have A LOT in common? Both these groups are mentally deranged. In fact, if you go far enough to the Left, you will be in the Right zone and visa versa. Think of the Left and Right zones as the way the world is shaped (the globe). If you keep going in one direction and don’t stop, you’ll wind up in “the other territory”.
My point is simple: Countries in Europe are rejoicing in the Obama victory and claiming it as a direct result of their moral superiority over Americans while at the same time hiding their own shortcomings and intolerances, the weekly ugly racisms at their soccer grounds, the discriminations that are so common to their own societies and the very fact that a person of Obama’s racial, cultural and social identity, as well as his life’s story, would never be elected dog catcher in any of these allegedly enlightened societies, let alone head of government and head of state.
So true. And that’s why people likeTHIS are pissed off. They know their neck of the woods is far behind the US in terms of tolerance coupled with the fact that they never thought that Americans would ever elect *gasps* a minority figure – let alone a black man as their leader. So, it is no wonder that these Euro-elitists feel so threatened. More now than ever. More now than when Bush was out and about “policing the world”.
Obama’s triumph is an American story from start to finish as he has repeatedly stated. I hope that he — as well as we — will use this fact to deny Europeans their falsely claimed moral high ground by hijacking a unique event in modern history with which they had nothing to do. Just like we progressives have rightfully fought against American moral haughtiness, so, too, should we oppose such strains if they arise elsewhere, particularly if they are based on a usurped rather than achieved struggle.
(I go by the nickname, “happyleftie” and you can find me here on Twitter.)
When the geographically- and semantically-challenged Sarah Palin made her comment about being happy to be in a “Pro-American” part of the country, I was offended less by the inanity of the comment than the idea that being a liberal city-dweller was somehow equivalent to being “Anti-American”.
You see, I am a liberal. And I consider myself very “Pro-American” and a patriot. I am also an immigrant and have travelled to numerous countries, and am very vocal online. As such, I have often found myself defending our country from the criticism of foreigners who are phobic of anything American. Now, I find myself being attacked by both rightwing Americans and sanctimonious foreigners.
So, is it really possible to be a liberal supporter of Barack Obama and be “Pro-American”? You betcha!
I believe that some of us are liberal because we actually care about the founding principles of this country rather than its trappings and symbols. Questioning oneself is a form of self improvement – therefore, being constructively critical of your own country is a form of patriotism. It is when the criticism is mindless and cynical that it crosses over into the type of Anti-Americanism that Americanophobes indulge in.
Having said that, I believe that it is equally wrong to be dogmatically patriotic or religious, or both, as many in the extreme right tend to be.
When Obama said that we are perfecting our country, and when Michelle said that for the first time she was really proud of her country – that is when they got me. I actually felt I understood what she meant – that our country, during many times in its history, failed to live up to its ideals.
When I was younger, I flirted with what people may consider Anti-Americanism. I went through a phase where I felt that nothing was right about the Untied States. I found it fashionable to be cynical and blame the world’s problems on our country.
But, as I grew older and perhaps more mature in my thinking, I came to realize the United States, through its ups and downs, had the mechanism to re-invent and improve itself. I realized that our country’s major failures occurred when it strayed from its ideals of equality, freedom of speech, religion, and expression, and the principle of a representative democracy. In my early teens, I lived under a dictatorship, so I know just how valuable these ideals are, especially when they were trampled and discarded. You might guess that during the last eight years, I had frequent flashbacks to my early teens.
Ironically, my most recent epiphany about our system and its ability to fix its problems came from an unlikely source – I was on a business trip to Ethiopia, talking politics with a local lawyer over dinner. He was formerly a political commissar in the Communist Ethiopian army and was now a successful businessman in Addis Ababa, thriving under an imperfect but reasonably stable democracy.
He recounted the number of constitutions that Ethiopia had written, ratified, and adopted over the years. He said they all failed “because of personal agendas”. Then he startled me by saying that there was one easy way to solve the problem – simply by adopting the US constitution, verbatim. His simple statement reflected the wisdom of an objective outsider with a problem to solve. The ideals that our country was founded upon and give it its sustainability are almost perfectly encapsulated by two documents – the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Our current government, along with a few past administrations, had sought to subvert what this Ethiopian lawyer considered the epitome of legal codes.
The strength of our country lies in our loyalty to these ideals and the existence of these two documents as our collective memory of these ideals. The strength of our country does not lie in platitudes and slogans, but in our ability to aggregate the voices of our people to protect and if necessary, restore these ideals.
Last Tuesday, November 4, 2008, those voices were heard. We showed the world the resiliency of our democracy, and that we can in fact gather the collective will to restore our nation to the ideals from which it had strayed.
So, for those who still think that liberals cannot be patriots, think again. Blind loyalty without discernment of what is wrong and what needs to be fixed is just that – blindness. Finding fault in our government when it strays, refusing to be silenced, and gathering our collective will to fix what has been broken – there lies true patriotism.
The republican party is composed of low brow, 8 year old girls, that run, cry and scream at the slightest hint of a perceived insult.
The Repubs whined and cried and lied, their way to power. Sarah Palin is the ultimate embodiment of their souls. Thats why over 90 percent of Republicans polled like Sarah Palin…
And its true. For eight years, liberals far to the left, moderate liberals, and just plain-Jane liberals have been mercilessly mocked and accused of being…
whiners, cry babies
negative
unhappy
ungrateful
mean
playing the blame game
playing the victim
sore losers
Poor McCain was even pressured by his campaign to label OUR SIDE, “A Nation of Whiners”.
We Liberals have even claimed fame to the below sticker that you can find on most Right-winged blogs:
It is very interesting for me now to sit back and watch the drama unfold over at Camp Red post November 4th. I am happy. Not because they are in pain and in agony, but because we are seeing for the first time that they are human. And it is also refreshing that liberals can finally take a break for at least 4 years from being called, “an Anti-American” for protesting against Bush’s inane policies.
(Hopefully the other side now understands how we liberals felt under the Bush regime.)
According to the Far Righteous Right, it is “Anti-American” to make even the slightest suggestion that the USA is less than perfect.
It is Un-American
It is being a traitor
It’s treasonous
Some say it should be considered a felony if publicly spoken
It means you wish the worst for America and hate America and Americans
It means if you don’t like it here, go to Canada
It means that you don’t believe in the Cowboy John Wayne Doctrine, “My country right or wrong”
“America: Love it or leave it?“
Or in short, it means you’re a Godless, Jew-hating, weenie, Nazi-appeasing-Hitler-apologist, hairy, smelly, tie-dye, tree-hugging, weed-smoking, homo-loving-marriage-destroying, lazy-welfare-mongering, acid-tripping, baby-killing, kool-aid-drinking, broccoli-granola-soy-tofu-eating vegan, treasonous, bra-burning, flag-burning, draftcard-burning, bleeding-heart, Jane-Fonda-loving and Charles Manson-admiring, constitution/freedom-hating, Anti-American incessant-whiner pinko commie A-rab-terrorist-sympathizer who has a hidden agenda to overthrow the American government and its people.
And this, my fellow prisoners, are the same labels given to Mr. President-elect Barack Obama and his godforbidden supporters.
Speaking of God…
A Christian Pro-Lifer friend of mine even mentioned that the only way she got through Wednesday (the day after Obama was elected) was hoping that someone would assassinate him.
Is the current attitude we see from the Far Righteous Right these days a Pro-American one or an Anti-American one? Is it positive or negative?
And before you start riding my arse for my conclusion that Joe the Plumber could possibly be guilty of “being a Liberal”, just remember all of the times that your party plays rough with our people. I’m not even being mean. I am just simply suggesting that the liberal-incognito Joe the Plumber is not this “Messiah” that that Team Red is making him out to be.
Sound familiar?
My brother and his family (upper-middle-class people – the same people that Obama won’t cut taxes for) accepted disability funds from the government for his daughter that is an albino. And for a very long time. She also got a DEEPLY discounted college education somehow because she was an albino. They worked hard to get her $600 a month because she “can’t drive” and has a problem with her eyes. However, they also accepted from insurance (yet another social program) a special pair of glasses that enable people like my niece to drive without incident so long as she wears those special glasses! At that time, she was receiving a whooping $600 a month while going to school full time in her twenties living off of the dime of her parents basically getting everything she wanted. Her disability claims were fraudulent. She is not disabled. She can drive, work, go to school, and live just like the rest of the world. Soon, she will graduate and become a nurse. And what pisses me off the most about this is that my brother’s family (all of them) belong to the FAR-WAY-OUT-THERE-LOONEY-RIGHT. And they are also staunch libertarians!!
How do you like that?
I know the way some of you work because some of you are my own family. You play dirty. You are liberals in wolf’s clothing. When you get caught, you make excuses. You sit on a throne and point fingers. You call yourselves Christians and then don’t act like one. Most of you haven’t even read the bible, understand it or even know the 10 commandments.
My point is mostly what the Right accuse the Left of is done by the Right, themselves. Talk about sneakiness!
And before you scream that the Far Righteous Left is just as bad, don’t worry. I’ve challenged them over here.
I’m not asking any of you people to stop what you’re doing because then I’d have nothing to write about in my blog, and all the comedians in the US would then be out of business. Tina Fey is already going broke…
Speaking of comedy, now for some fun (for the Republicans to laugh at)
Obama win causes obsessive supporters to realize how empty their lives are.
“…the fact that I think that Obama is going to greatly disappoint a world (yes, like it or not the world is watching and waiting with great hopes) that is expecting “change”, well we will have to see. Perhaps you in America will see some window dressing, but the socialized medicine, decent public schools and social net envisaged by some over here in Europe will never come about. And in regards to American exceptionalism, I’m afraid he’s not going to just rip up the Monroe Doctrine and start anew.”
As a liberal, I just don’t peek at Neo-conservatives blogs to see what the latest conspiracy theory is. I also read articles and blogs written by the American progressive left. I think I have a pretty good idea about what the average liberal American expects of President-elect Barack Obama. I see realistic expectations. Surely, the tears, the “yes, we can’s”, the “yes we did’s”, the blood curdling screams, and the jumping up and down waving the US flag makes us appear like deluded lunatics. Fair enough. But deep down inside, those people are THAT desperate for change. No. Not desperate for blacks, not desperate to rely on Nanny government to take care of us while we live off of welfare for the rest of our lives, either. (Republicans need to keep in mind that it is and has always been the Liberals who make the most money and have the most successful careers in this country. And the large percentage of them are the JEWISH!)
If you don’t know why Americans are desperate, then you haven’t been paying attention and really don’t care to.
Most Americans have lived through days of both Republican and Democratic presidents. Most of us know that a politician is a politician whether he be Republican, Libertarian, Independent, Democratic, Green, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Male, or Female. They are all snake-oil salesmen. They all lie. They all break their promises. They all idealize. They all make mistakes. They all give us hope. They all make themselves look better than what they are realistically. Nothing new there.
WHAT HISTORY HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE?
Ask yourself: Has the United States ever been in a position so extreme before? Has a president’s approval rating ever been this low?This is also historical. Not as much as the fact that a black man won, but rather the fact that America, in the shape that it is in now, is at an all time low. This is History, folks. Why else would both parties be using the word, “CHANGE” as their campaign slogan? Why did evenMcCain distance himself from Bush?
Think about it. Have we ever been so desperate for CHANGE before?
There is HISTORY taking place all over in the US.
Two female candidates? That’s history too. Look at how close Sarah Palin got!
It is cliché that in desperate economic times, people lust over Democratic presidents. In the 2008 election, the desperation was not so much for a prez with a nice tan, but for a Democrat to clean up after 8 years of Bush’s mess! This is not to say that political apathists just blindly voted for a black man not caring about anything else. Surely, that happened. No doubt. But I hardly think that all or even most of the 65,102,280 Americans voted Democrat this time did so with superficial intentions.
It’s the economy, stupid.
Americans vote with their pocketbooks whether you like to believe this or not. It’s a fact. A harsh fact, indeed (especially to the far righteous Right), but it is fact.
We were in such dire straights. Now there is true hope. Not a miracle. Not a “Messiah”. Just hope.
But what about the hype existing outside the US over Mr. Barack Obama? To tell you the truth, I was surprised the progressives about the world are actually THIS happy about Obama winning. Too much hype. Too many expectations. Too much naiveté.
We Americans must sit down and remind foreigners that the United States is a RIGHT of Center country, and there’s nothing Obama can do to change that.
He proposes change, and I believe he’ll deliver that. But I don’t believe that he’ll deliver the change that Left-wing radicals and non-radicals may expect. If Obama doesn’t become a Centrist to a degree, reach across the aisle, and work cooperatively with conservatives, there will be outrage that may bring the Radical and looney Right-wingnuts back into office in 2012. And that’s what I’m particularly afraid of.
To the rest of the world: On a final note, I believe it is important to remember that our Democratic Presidents are synonymous to YOUR Conservative Prime Ministers/Presidents. So, let’s try and be realistic here.
Vancouver — Your editorial board expresses guarded admiration for Barack Obama and his promises for “change.”
Now, imagine a political candidate who voted to renew the Patriot Act and fund the Iraq war, backed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Reform Act, courted the Israeli lobby, supported the death penalty, refused to champion universal, single-payer not-for-profit health care for all Americans, called to increase troop levels and expand the war in Afghanistan, failed to call for a reduction in defence spending, and lobbied (and voted for) the taxpayer swindle known as the Wall Street bailout.
This candidate sabre-rattled at Iran, promised to roll back “Russian aggression” and to extend treaty protection to a Georgian regime that cluster-bombed its own people, advocated for military strikes in Pakistan, opposed same-sex marriage, and favoured extending the death penalty.
The candidate’s name and party? Not John McCain, not Republican, but Barack Obama and Democrat. So, what exactly does Mr. Obama mean when he talks of “change”?
See, my fellow Republican prisoners? Quit whining. That’s for liberals. We acornvoterfrauded a Republican in for yah with the help of the Euroweenies. Obama Mohammed Hussein Biden Laden —>as Far-Right-Wing as they come! You betcha, Joe! No worries. You should be happy that Bush won his 3rd term.
In fact, I am almost sorry that he has won to be honest. The deception awaiting the world is going to be immense, and ironically Obama, more so than Bush will open the world’s eyes to the true workings of the American government.
More right-wing than Bush? See fellow Republicans? I tell you. You have nothing to worry about. Dubyabama will go on continuing Bush’s Neo-Conservative-Neo-Capitalist-Illegal-War-Mongering-Unilateral-All-American policies that make you hot and bothered. Now, go celebrate and feast on some McCain Smiles.
For the record, America has been divided since its inception except that in the beginning after the revolutionary war, the queen-lovers became Canadians.
Dissent in America kicks ass, so don’t try to forge your name on it and patent our unique invention. We created it, we own it, we make love to it, and… HELL YEAH!
Can I get a HELL YEAAAAH FOR AMERICA?
We’ve got a country with over 300 million people, to begin with. And contrary to popular belief, we aren’t homogeneous either. We are a multicultural society despite the Americanophobic belief that the entire United States is South Carolina.
There are 50 states with 30,000 incorporated cites therein. And even each city has it’s own towns, styles, and personalities. If you live in West Virginia, chances are that you’ll have a different experience from one who lives in Denver, Colorado. It’s probably easier to look at the USA similar to the way Europe is set up. America acts like a continent because of it’s size and it’s uniqueness from city to city, state to state. (Actually, the same can be said about every country, right?) There are even cultural differences depending on the city you’re living in. I will give one example (although a general one). When you get married in some cities/towns in the south, the “proper” gift to give the newlyweds is a an actual tangible gift. Money would be considered an improper gift. It may even be considered as “lazy” if one were to hand over a check as opposed to actually going out and buying something. However, in NY, giving money gifts is more of the norm and said to be a convenience among those “just married”.
Basically, all I’m trying to say is that behaviorism and customs vary from city to city – state to state.
I have lived in Miami, Japan, and California. I am now residing in Texas. I’ve been here for four long years and I’m still feeling “culture shock”. LOL
Next, we have three different levels of government here: There is federal government, state government, and finally, local government. In some states, gay marriages are legal. In Nevada, prostitution is legal. (However, prostitution in legal nation-wide if you’re in the “call-girl” business. Just open up the Yellow Pages and see for yourself!) In Alabama, it’s forbidden to purchase a DILDO! Marijuana for medical purposes is legal in California – yet illegal federally (strange, huh?). The list is endless.
The scenery, cost of living, mannerisms, laws, crime rate, accents, dialect, ethnic diversity, food, fashion, flags, income, industries, tourism, weather, job opportunities, public transportation, and etc. differ depending on WHERE you live. There are some places in the US where people don’t lock their doors.
As you can see, this is why Americans can get so frustrated with over-simplified-one-dimensional views of the US coming from other countries.
Take a country with a HUGE population, let them have a chance to let their votes count in a presidential election, (Yes, our system is corrupt, but ultimately our votes are *supposed* to count.) give them YEARS of extremist presidents that will effect themselves and people all over the world, and they’re bound to be divided as well.
To all the Americanophobic brain-dead-abortion-survivors living in Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South America: It never ceases to amaze me that those who boast expertise on the US are the most ignorant. First off, we are a Constitutional Republic – *NOT* a Democracy even though most people say it is.
For further information as to why more votes didn’t show up for Obama, it is simply because of voter fraud and voting irregularities – which is nothing new in America. I am aghast that the media in your countries don’t cover this. But I’m not surprised as it’s easier to be an Americanophobe when you think Americans were “stupid enough to vote for Bush twice”. The CBC, Der Spiegel, and the BBC are brilliantly manipulative like that. It’s not just Fox News, guys.
As the US “election” draws closer, I find it so frustrating to watch the mainstream Canadian media treat the US circus as if it’s completely legitimate. Not a whisper about fraud, not a mention of disenfranchisement, no context even suggesting that the last two presidential elections were stolen.
I don’t scour the mainstream media, so perhaps I missed some twenty-word paragraph buried on page 23 somewhere, but as far as I can tell, Canadian media act as if the US election is everything it purports to be. The Democrats are liberal, the Republicans are conservative, and whoever gets more votes wins. To quote one of my favourite comedy bits: “Fake, fake, fake, fake.”
Allow me to shed some light. Here are a few good readings:
Maybe you’d like to explain to me why several people hit the Obama button and it registered as a McCain vote? Maybe you’d like to tell me that when people registered to vote, on November 4th, there was no record of them in the system — and why this only happens to Democratic voters?
If you’re going to confidently comment on our politics, one would think that you’d have some knowledge (other than relying on gossip mags, tabloids, unfounded rumors, conspiracy theories, and YOUR OWN biased bullshit media). I am embarrassed for you people. Please educate yourself – especially when you accuse Americans of the same ignorance.
To the Former Egomaniac British Empire Americanophobes: You’re just pissed because you’re not ruling the world any more. Don’t worry, my friends. Obama will more than likely get assassinated. Following that, aside from the riots that will emerge in the streets of the the US, the American Empire will fall. Then you can all rejoice and take over the world again replacing your third-rate power with your born-again-egos. Hopefully from 300 years of bullying the world, you have learned not only from yourselves, but from the yanks as well. When you reclaim your erection, hopefully, you’ll get it right next time. And hopefully before Saudi Arabia takes over YOU!
While the Republicans had the distracted media searching for links between Obama and ACORN, RNC operatives were busily completing one of the most massive voter suppression and purging efforts in American history, stealing hundreds of thousands of Democratic votes across the embattled swing states and striving to arrange chaos and endless lines at the voting booths next week.
First the facts about ACORN. Months ago, we obtained, as part of our investigation for Rolling Stone magazine, the Republican’s list the GOP alleged were the very worst cases of vote and registration fraud by ACORN and similar groups. We went through the names the GOP asserted were “obviously, undeniably and clearly fraudulent” voter registrations.
The Progressive Left tells us that they are the party that “cares”, they are set out to seek and hope for the non-Republican ticket to win in every American presidential election so that there is at least one eensie weensie tiny speckle of hope for world peace and a foreign policy that is at least a fraction less unilateral and humanitarian. Am I right? Is this not what the Left stands for?
Well…?
This Leftie surely isn’t. She confidently states on her blog that the Obama president-elect is nothing to be proud of or feel hopeful for. Trust me. I’ve heard from the average Americanophobes. This Sarah Palin wannabee is truly scary. And she also pals around with people who believe that “peaceful protests don’t work”. Well, I guess when you’re protesting for peace, one should be unpeaceful, right?
All over America and the entire world, citizens are cheering the Obama victory as the next POTUS. This was expected and predictable. Why? Because the Left cares about humanity and the future. Naturally, anyone is naive to think that this will be the end of Americanophobia, but for those on the Left that are GENUINELY(that’s the operative word here) concerned about human life, human interests, human rights, and the world are applauding America’s recent election results. Once again, Americans expected this.
BUT (!) Those who reallydon’t care about anybody but themselves and their Americanophobic self-loathing self-pitying agenda are furious.
Why, do you ask? That doesn’t make any sense.
Does it? Obama wins – the world is relieved to say SAYONARA to BushCheney and co. – and an Anti-American is pissed? An Anti-American preferred McPalin to take over?
Just like the title of this post suggests, this chick ain’t your garden variety Americanophobe. In fact, she puts the rest of them to shame. Yes, I said that. She gives those that hate Americans a bad name. Because it’s not about the welfare of the world and its people any more; it’s more about, “Damn, I can’t be as Americanophobic as I was now that Obama has won!” It’s all about the agenda.
Steph-tard and her cohorts(read the comment section) are, oddly enough, bitter because 56,302,960 Americans voted for McCain and Palin – which means 56,302,960 Americans wanted more of the same and believed in illegal wars, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, unilateralism, the Global Warming Hoax, and all of Bush’s policies. As she states it,
But 56,302,960 Americans voted for McCain and Palin. That’s 56,302,960 Americans who believe in the Bush doctrine and think that the surge is working. That’s 56,302,960 Americans who believe in perpetual war in countries they can’t find on the map or pronounce. Which means 56,302,960 will be opposing Obama every step of the way if he tries to end the wars and redefine America’s relations with its “enemies”, like Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Russia and China.
Never mind that 65,102,280 Americans voted for the president that will (hopefully, if he keeps his promises) put an END to (at the very least) half of the corruption that caused unprecedented outrage in both the US and in countries all over the world.
What I had expected to hear from the Americanophobes was a condescending, “Finally, America got it right this time” comment. At least that is expected albeit the smug tone and the ignorance revolving around Bush’s two-time-steal.
The economic crisis, which is worse than the one that caused the Great Depression, the War, and the hatred of the Bush regime, all ought to have contributed to a landslide of historic proportions or at the very least 60/40, but they didn’t. Let the Obama faithful rejoice in a black president if they want but it’s a pretty hollow victory if all that divides him from McCain is 6% of the popular vote.
America! Did you hear that? Put your head between your knees. There is no victory to be proud of. Six percent is nothing to be proud of. Voting in a Democrat that contradicts the Bush regime should have you ashamed of yourselves. Ya hear that? Go get a rope and a chair, apologize to the rest of the world, and kill yourselves… NOW!
And there’s always more to come from the “wise”….
“…all that talk about Obama symbolising change and uniting America was utter rubbish: he hasn’t…”
Oh wow. You mean that Obama’s been the president all this time and I haven’t even noticed?! Please accept my apology in advance. I had mistakenly thought that Obama would begin his presidency from January 20th.
AMERICA? ARE YOU LISTENING? OBAMA IS NOT ABOUT CHANGE. YES. HE IS MORE OF THE SAME. HE IS A BLACK-BUSH!!!! OMG. WE HAVE ALLOWED BUSH TO BEGIN HIS THIRD TERM! EXCEPT THAT HE’S SKINNIER AND HAS A BETTER TAN THIS TIME!!!
This Euroweenie used to be a happy blogger before Obama won. She, without too much interruption, whined, squealed, moaned, griped and groaned loudly and passionately about America and Americans attributing them all to every rumored stereotype possible from all the British tabloids that she read. She buys and uses all the snake oil sold to her without question or challenge. She’s a gullible one, and the poster child for having a bad case of the infantile “blame America first” syndrome coupled with an outstanding lack of curiosity about the world. Devoid of substance and/or facts to back her drivel, she calls herself a maverick too as she says that America is “too partisan”.
But then Senator Barack Obama came along, and her world crashed. Yes. It dived into the ground, nose-first. Worse than that fatal Windows98 blue screen of death. A black man became president. Her world is no more. When Brits should really be concerned about this, this Hitler-apologist-Holocaust-denier is afraid of the African-American Bogeyman that will now take over the world! Oh. The horrors.
And yes, she was the same person that thought our election was rigged. Apparently a secret committee sought out to conspire to have Obama become the next president per “Affirmative Action” laws of some sort. It’s got to be that because I just cannot imagine 63,877,116 Americans all conspiring to vote for “black” instead of “change/hope”. A fraction? Yes. A majority? Nope.
Wow. Just wow. Amazing that people like her are allowed to breed…. Little Steph-tard (the wordpress.com abortion survivor with a keyboard and a lot of hate) is the last person who should be talking about “American Ignorance”. But I just couldn’t resist to share this train wreck with you all. She is definitely a character and one that deserves special attention on my blog because you know, after all, she’s a Maverick.
(psst… never mind the fact that Palin would have made history too if she had won). (Oh, and never mind those who voted for Palin cuz she’s hot, right? Or military wives, Wal-mart-moms, Iraqi-war-supporters and vets who voted for McCain cuz he was a POW, or never mind those who voted for Bush because …oh he was just the likeable kinda guy you could have a beer with. Oh and not to mention all the lesbians and women who voted for Palin just because they wanted to see a female leader having been sexually seduced by her power. And the Democrat Staunch Hillary Supporters that became a traitor to their own political belief system and voted for McPalin instead of “the other guy on the Dem ticket”. Shall I go on about how superfically some people vote while kicking the issues to the curb?
Oh, and these “secretly appointed underground officials” who conspired to make Obama the 44th POTUS out of “Affirmative Action”, for what reason did they do this? Can the self-righteous Americanophobes humor me here?
Do I also need to mention that superficial voting and stupidity isn’t an American phenomenon? From the above it is quite obvious, that the author of this Americanophobic blog is not playing with a full deck and drinking the same kool-aid as Scarah Palin.
It looks like many people are seriously troubled by a Democrat taking office. People are desperately grasping at straws everywhere to find some reason to discredit the victory of a non-Dubya-like president. They just can’t handle it. It is a reality that will never be accepted. Look. If I were on the other side of the table, I’d be depressed. I’m not gonna lie. I’d probably even say people voted with their genitals. I’d say “fuck America, we’re doomed”, and all sorts of dramatic drivel. I may have even given Mr. William Ayers a bootie-call. Who knows? I guess I’m just tired of the race-card still being used IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. Fuck race! I guess I’m also just tired of listening to even more Americanophobic nonsense?
Well, here’s my conspiracy theory. We can already count on the right-wing to continue bitterly clinging to their guns-n-religion, but the Foreign Americanophobic Elitist Leftards are pissed off as all hell about Obama’s win. They truly wanted McPalin to take over the white house so they can have even more ammunition to flex their smug Americanophobic muscles to continue their mindless mob-mentality mud-slinging against random Americans. Liberals in other countries are genuinely happy for us. However, the looney far Left is on top of the conspiracy bandwagon driven’ full speed ahead.
—>And another one:(Left/Right-wing conspiracy)Obama won due to Affirmative Action! Wow! Since similar rhetoric was being spread before Obama won, I wrote this post. You might want to read it as it covers how I feel about these types of statements being made. But Affirmative Action???
Are you kidding me?
Well, you really cannot expect an Americanophobe living in England (that is MUCH more racist than the US ) to understand what Affirmative Action means. For those that don’t get it, let me explain. Affirmative Action is to give everyone such as Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Women, etc. an EQUAL opportunity in the work force, colleges, the film industry, the media, the military, and the like. And the quota-filling is done by authority figures or those hired to do so. Obama won clearly by the people. There were no “designators” or “delegates” that “decided” that they must fill some kind of quota.
And for what reason, anyway, when your average yank is a typical, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, self-centered Neanderthal?
For those that think that the vote for Obama was just because he is black, I have a question:Liberal Americans We already know that would have voted along party lines, so we can omit them. What do we have left? We have Republicans and Independent voters. Now, are you people implying that Republicans have abandoned their party just to vote for a black? I can imagine swing voters voting black, but Republicans? Dropping all that they stand for just to get an African American elected? Really? What about the black voters as they were the majority who voted for Obama. Are they the ones you are talking about when you call “racism”? Does this imply that blacks hate their own skin color?
I will continue to update this post whenever the right or the left come up with some juicy and entertaining conspiracy theories. They just aren’t as good as my own conspiracies, I say you.
I think the Americanophobes in other countries are just jealous that America has progressed or taken a step forward, racially speaking — as one of the common stereotypes pinned to Americans is “racist”. They are bloody angry as hell that they cannot say this any more as confidently as they once did. Never mind that racism exists all over the world. Never mind that racism is still alive and well in the US. Never mind that racism will never die. Never mind balance, reason, logic, understanding, and perspective. The Americanophobes want Americans and America to be the evilist existance, and when one stereotype goes a bit blurry, they go into delusional hysterics or like one Canadian guy said, “an identity crisis”.
And screw the Americanophobes in other countries. There’s absolutely nothing America can do to please them, anyway. With that alone, it surely justifies the continuation of selfish unilateralism in foreign policy. This Canadian guy said it best(aside from the digg at Obama):
America could disappear from the face of the earth and the idiots who hate her will still teach that she is evil and to be hated, even for generations.
Obama nor anyone else can change that. 200 years without slavery has not freed black Americans (in their minds) how would one president change a centuries long induction of hatred against a people? I actually think if Osamabama is elected matters will be worsened because the economy of the US will crash and the whole industrialized world will follow. Then people will blame the yanks for that. People are very small minded and I claim no exception. I do however love America and must admit I am quite envious of her and her citizens.
And this:
I am a liberal Democrat. I am happy because a liberal Democrat will be taking office. Duh? I mean, look at my political profile fer allahsakes! But am I “racist” to say that I am also happy for the black people? Am I a racist to say that I cried with white and black people as I watched Obama’s victory? Many African Americans are walking around crying tears of joy. There is something to be happy about other than saying SAYONARA to BushCheney and co. Let’s be realistic here.
Sour grapes are for little kids. Let’s grow a pair of balls and accept reality like adults.
One thing that some of you weren’t realizing is that behind the “YES, WE CAN!” chants were desperate people who genuinely wanted change. Surely on the surface it looked like typical American superficial chanting. Underneath that was pure desperation. This is something that those in other countries will never understand because they didn’t have to live with BushCheney for 8 years. No. Newsflash: Bush didn’t just ruin YOUR country. He has a 23% (a historical low) approval rating in the United States for a REASON!
Here’s a list of people that think YOUR vote for Obama was a racist one:
This just further clarifies what being an Americanophobe is all about. Anti-Americanism began in the 19th century and it’s here to stay, folks. Fuck the Americanophobes. The middle finger really should be pointed at THEM!
With that said, I hope that Obama continues Bush’s unilateral foreign policy. Why should we care when they’re gonna hate us, anyway?
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time… tonight is your answer.” – Barack Obama
I am just happy as hell that Obama claimed his victory tonight! I cried tears of joy. This is the best night I’ve had in a long time. A very happy moment for most Americans.
My favorite posts of other people discussing the election:
Truth: The Obama energy plan allows for drilling offshore, just at a longer distance off shore than McCain would.
Myth: Obama will appoint activists judges who make the law instead of interpreting it.
Truth: The McCain Palin ticket would try to get judges appointed with a desire to overturn Roe v. Wade, which the current decision allows for states to decide on the laws regarding the matter of abortion. That would be making a law against a person’s ability (currently an assumed right by this court decision) to make a choice regarding an unborn child.
Myth: Obama has no experiences as he only served in the sentate for 173 days.
Truth: McCain has more experience as a legislator. He’s also been alive a good 25 years more. Education wise and political writing wise, Barack Obama graduated Magna Cum Laude at Harvard. He has been a professor of Constitutional Law for many years, and also served as president of Harvard’s Law Review. McCain’s educational record was simply being 5th from the bottom at the Naval Academy of Annapolis. If we go based on education here, Obama is the far more qualified candidate, which makes the debate of the candidacy far more viable.
Myth: Obama will institutionalize a socialized national health insurance plan.
Truth: Obama’s plan isn’t a socialized Health care plan, because the government is doing nothing more than regulating the minimum amount of coverage that businesses must supply to their employees, and that no insurance may be denied to a citizen because of pre-existing issues. It’s a health insurance policy that doesn’t touch the health care institutions.
Myth: Obama supports abortion throughout pregnancy.
Truth: Obama supports the right of the States to make their own laws about abortion, legally, as supported by the 9th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Supreme Court Precedent of Roe v. Wade which ruled that unborn fetuses weren’t entitled to the rights of a fully living human being.
Myth: Obama will pull the troops out of Iraq immediately.
Truth: McCain hasn’t quite stated when the troops would come home aside from the “Most Americans probably wouldn’t care if we were there 100 years” statement. He just seems clearly intent on the idea that we haven’t succeeded there, and that any sort of phase out of troops would be surrender. Which begs the question: How do you define success in Iraq? Obama has supported, for over a year now, negotiating with the Prime Minister for Iraq, as the Bush administration is now proceeding to do, to put a time table in place for the Iraqi people to take control of their country and get American troops out over an extended period of time. Obama’s plan would start immediately, but would take 18 months to get to his lowest level of troops, which still maintains a base and embassy there.
Myth: Obama doesn’t support gun ownership rights.
Truth: Depends on your definition of gun ownership rights. If you believe it is your right as a one man militia to own whatever automatic firearm you wish, and carry it anywhere and everywhere safety off and unconcealed, then yes, Obama will restrict your rights. But if you believe that it means that you are allowed to own a firearm for the defense of your family (and for those who hunt the enjoyment of the game and the nourishment of meat), and that this doesn’t require you carrying a shotgun, rifle, or semi-automatic pistol around in high population areas, then Obama does support your gun ownership rights, as well as the continued safety of all Americans.
Myth:Obama supports homosexual marriage.
Myth: Obama doesn’t support homosexual marriage.
(Yes, I’ve actually heard both lol)
Truth: For the record, Obama supports civil unions amongst homosexuals, not the title of marriage, which truly is the only issue involved here. He supports civil unions that grant the same kinds of rights ordinarily given to heterosexual marriages, such as shared power of attorney and property, visitation in hospitals, and things of that nature.
Myth: Obama proposed programs will create a huge tax increase.
Truth: Proposed programs of either candidate will ineviatbly lead to higher taxes or the complete and utter bankruptcy of this country. Neither are going to cut spending to any decisive venture, nor will either raise revenue enough to have a government surplus and to really start paying back our national debts.
Myth: Obama’s voting against making English the official language.
Truth: English was never anything more than a defacto official language of America. The founders didn’t believe in a need for the requirement of it, as it in many cases, can be perceived as a violation of free speech. The immigrants who came to this country in the past realized that to get ahead they’d have to be able to communicate with the locals, Immigration levels at this point, however are much higher and so many and most can get the things they want with whatever language they speak. This is not a bad thing, it’s just a change in the culture of America, the kind of constant evolution the Founders would have wanted for this country so that it could keep being a symbol of true freedom.
Myth: Obama voted to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens.
The far Left will call those not supporting Obama a racist, and the far Right will call those who support Obama a racist because (finger flapping wildly)“You’re only voting for him because he’s black and that’s racist!”. The neocon who said this tries to vindicate himself by saying that he’s black. So, I am supposed to be persuaded by that alone. A black man said that if you vote for Obama, that you’re not voting for him on the issues but rather just to “make history” (never mind the fact that Palin being the first VP will make history). This guy is using his skin-color to validate his point. But he’s just another classic right-wing snake oil salesman.
While I do understand that language evolves, I am stumped by how quickly we can call each other racists without even understanding what it means. Some people need a refresher course. Let’s discover what the word “racism” truly means, shall we?
Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.
Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another — or the belief that another person is less than human — because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.
Both the far Left and the far Right have it wrong. What they are doing is simply belittling what the victims of TRUE racism went through. And that is shameful that people can take such a word and mangle it to flex their muscles and suit their own political agenda.
America has always been a politically divided country. Now, the divide (no matter who wins) is more bitter and clearer than ever as this is the most important election of a lifetime. We are all sitting on pins and needles.
But be realistic. Whether you like it or not, racism STILL DOES EXIST in America.
And as far as voting is concerned,
Yes, people are voting for Obama JUST BECAUSE HE’S BLACK!
Yes, people are voting *AGAINST* Obama JUST BECAUSE HE’S BLACK!
Yes, people are voting for PalinJUST BECAUSE SHE’S HOT!
Yes, people are voting for Palin JUST BECAUSE SHE’S GOT A VAGINA!
Yes, people are voting *AGAINST* Palin JUST BECAUSE SHE’S GOT A VAGINA!
Like I said before and I’ll say it again, I didn’t vote for Obama superficially. I am voting for him because he’s an extremist homo-loving tax-n-spend Arab Muslim Marxist terrorist born in Kenya who hates America and Americans and has a clear plan to destroy us all. Hey, I love these kind of people! ♥ Obama 2008, baby!
The very last person in the world we’d think would be crying about censorship after having TRIED to ban several innocuous books from a library is now crying us all a river…
Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by “attacks” from reporters who suggest she is engaging in a negative campaign against Barack Obama.
[Snip!]
“If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.”
The future of America is that should Palin become POTUS, our free speech WILL be taken away because this wussy can’t take any form of criticism whatsoever, and every time she screws up, she conveniently blames the “evil liberal media” so that she doesn’t have to look inward and own up to her own shortcomings.
“It’s sort of perplexing to me, because I’m a practical person and plainspoken also, but just cutting to the chase and calling things like I see them, just like most Americans. But this has not left a bitter taste in my mouth, the bitter shots taken by the mainstream media and by some of the elitism there in Washington,” Palin said.
*sighs* Sweatpea? Calling you out on your blatant lies, hypocrisies, ignorance, and stupidity is not elitist. (And psst… if you’re not a Washington Elitist, your wardrobe shouldn’t be more expensive than my house!) In fact, it mirrors your very own qualities. The media is practical, plain-spoken, cutting to the chase, and calling things as THEY see them just like most Americans. You DO realize that the 1st Amendment protects dissent, right?
The 1st Amendment, Ms. Sarah… shall we spell it out for you? Do you have a pen and a piece of paper handy?
The 1st Amendment addresses what the government cannot do:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Clearly the position of VP is not meant for the squeamish thin-skinned variety of Sarah Palin. She’s too weak. She boasts ad nauseam about the “straight-talker” that she is, yet she cannot handle straight talk back. And she’s not even a “straight talker” anyway as we keep seeing her time after time skirting and dancing around simple questions asked. She is a coward. She is a weak woman who is bringing all women down to the 19th century. She wants to be coddled, and women aren’t coddled any more. Women fought long and hard to get where they are. Modern women are tough and can handle what men can tolerate in any career possible. Palin proves to be a weak link and not the true strong feminine woman that her minions are fooled into thinking she is.
So, it’s not just Palin being weak, ignorant, and mildly retarded herself, but she’s also a hypocrite.
Look.
All the other candidates are taking their criticisms very well. NO exceptions should be made for her because she’s female. She is no princess – although seemingly spoiled rotten (but that’s beside the point). As much as I dislike Bush, he took criticism very well and even had a self-deprecating sense of humor. He didn’t take even himself seriously at times and could actually laugh at himself along with the First TRUELady, Laura Bush. If ya can’t take the heat, get outa the kitchen. And Bush stayed in the kitchen because he could handle it. I mean, damn! Look how mature McCain is being about endorsing Barack Obama! Whoa!
Psst. When something doesn’t go your way, instead of looking inward at the bad choices that you’ve made and owning up to them, take the easy way out: Blame the Dems and the media. The Neo-Conservative Republicans have mastered this like no other.
To hear up close and personal what Palin’s sympathy cries sound like, watch this video.
Returning back to Palin’s hypocrisy…. Let me remind my readers again that the same advice she gave Ms. Hillary Clinton, she cannot take herself.
I am embarrassed for Sarah Palin. Does anyone else feel the same?
The Neocon victim card is working frighteningly overtime on this one.
First off, how the hell is JTP a hero? Do we know what the word, “hero” means?
It was JTP’s C-H-O-I-C-E to be in the P-U-B-L-I-C EYE. Personal responsibility, anybody?
Now, he’s out of work? This non-contracted plumber who doesn’t pay his taxes, and can’t afford to buy the business that he was claiming to do is now *gasps* out of work(isn’t that a liberal thing?), and to top if off, he wants to be a congressman? Are you kidding me???
And now the Republicans who loathe the unemployed with their hands out accepting a free ride are actually collecting funds for JTP’s welfare?
SAY
IT
ISN’T
SO,
JOE
Dear Neo-Republican America, what’s the difference between those people purchasing homes making a mistake leading themselves to be had by predator lenders and JTP who made the mistake of making his questions to Obama PUBLIC not thinking of the risks he was taking in doing so?
Remember, we’re not talking about SOCIALISM here, we’re talking about personal responsibility.
Next, what’s the difference between Hurricane Katrina Victims who didn’t bail out fast enough to avoid the storm and JTP who not only talked in front of news cameras but continued to lengthen his 15 minutes of fame by talking to the media again, and again, and again and not realizing what he was getting himeself into?
Listen closely. When you decide to put yourself out there into the public eye, you must accept to be hated, loved, and talked about often. You must accept everything a celebrity must go through. You must have a thick skin and be able to take criticism even if they arefalse rumors!! I mean, isn’t this the advice that Palin gave to Hillary Clinton? Now if this Joe plumber dude cannot find work, it’s nobody fault but his own. Nobody put a gun to his head and told him to appear in front of nation-wide television cameras.
And he still hasn’t stopped talking to the media. Hmm….
Joe the Plumber, you and your cohorts are not victims. Sorry. You made choices. Accept them, and take responsibility for yourself along with the rest of us. Isn’t that what you tell the Dems to do, after all? And isn’t this why you support tax cuts for the rich? —>For “personal responsibility” sake? If you’re going to preach ad nauseam about personal responsibility, why not lead by example?
Oh, and look who was on welfare!
Republican hypocrisy at its finest!
Psst. When something doesn’t go your way, instead of looking inward at the bad choices that you’ve made and owning up to them, take the easy way out: Blame the Dems and the media. The Neo-Conservative Republicans have mastered this like no other.
In my town, we can take advantage of “early voting”.
And I voted for…..
Out of all the terrorists and terrorist sympathizers to choose from, he’s my favorite *on the issues*. I am not one of those mindless drone-like cheerleaders of Obama, contrary to popular belief of those who observe the Obama supporters and their chants. Yes, there are actually people out there that take this election seriously. I care about my country with just as much fevor as my conservative compatriots.
I read the websites of all these candidates. I favor Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton, and Obama. All three of these individuals are capable of satisfying my wishes in some way or another.
I am realistic. And I hope my fellow comrades are as well. No matter who gets elected president,
Nobody is going to be perfect,
All of them will screw up at some point in time,
And finally, NO president can please everyone.
People need to get over the fact that just because someone’s occupation is “president” that they will be “superman”.
With that said, if Obama wins, I am very well prepared that I will not like everything that he says, stands for, and does. However, if you take a peek at my political profile, you will very well know why I voted for Obama over the other choices I had.
There is no Messiah. There is no God. So, get over it, people. We just need this country fixed. I’d like to think that most of us have good intentions for this country when we put our vote in. Most of us agree that there are serious problems with the US. However, we don’t all agree on THE WAY to fix our country and improve foreign policy to suit the needs of those living in other countries.
Anyway people, please, please, please… get out and VOTE. Even if you think your vote isn’t going to count. Even if you think “the man” is going to win or lose anyway. Even if you hate all the candidates. Read their websites and DECIDE!!!! Voting is your duty as an AMERICAN CITIZEN! Get off of your lazy bums, stop making excuses, stop the smears and the vinegar pissing for ONE DAY and VOTE WITH PRIDE – even if it’s for the wrong one.
Under McCain’s plan, a family is given a $5000.00 tax credit. Ooooh. But if you’re single or don’t have kids, you only get $2,500.00. Your employer gets taxed under McCain’s plan which means that the overall costs of your insurance (if you think it’s bad now) is going to go up! Now, if you are the type of person that gets a cold once every two years and indigestion once a year, you should be fine. But if you have complex and/or serious medical problems, you are (as they say in France)shit out of luck.
If you are currently unemployed, looking for a job, in between jobs or whatnots, and you are looking for an insurance company with pre-existing health problems, once again, you’re shit out of luck.
Obama isn’t proposing a UHC (Universal Health Care) program. He’s realistic enough to realize that it doesn’t work – especially in the US. It doesn’t really work just right all the time in Canada either. What may work for us is a private-public system that is in Europe. France is rated for having the best health care in the world. And they have the closest system to ours, believe it or not. The only difference is that for those who have pre-existing conditions that can’t afford health care, it is available as Medicare is available right now for the elderly.
The majority of Americans have health care (over 250 million). Those people wouldn’t be effected. They will be able to get the best quality care because they can afford it. However, those who don’t have insurance, will be able to receive it at a lower cost and without having to worry about pre-existing conditions as a road block.
I am open to the possibility that I may be wrong as to whether the French health care system would be fitting for the US, but just to pick your brains, what do you think about this information?
Are you worried about “slavery” aka Socialism? We are already somewhat socialized if you look at the police, the fire department, public schools, school buses, the ER for those with no health care, the military, the president, the senate, the house, the department of state, the local government, the mayors, the city council, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Disability, the VA, Welfare, Public Library, The Judicial System, Roads, highways, traffic lights, jails, and prisons.
All that’s coming out of my taxes too!
I used to live in Japan where they had nationalized medicine and I was very pleased with the service. Quality service – that is. People in Europe claim to find that nurses and doctors are nicer and helpful. It’s easy for me to believe, and here’s why.
I have multiple medical problems. And the meanest, most absent-minded, ignorant and bitter people I’ve ever met were those in the medical community. Not to place all medical professionals under the same umbrella, but I’m certainly not the only one to notice that only half of the time can I find someone who knows their stuff and won’t treat you disrespectfully. I am talking from 40 years of experience. Now, with common everyday issues like having a cold – that’s a different story. But if you’ve got a complex problem, things are difficult here. You win top notch care if you have a PPO and some money in savings. You lose if you have an HMO with barely any money to spare regardless of how hard you’re working. HMO = Help Me Obtainqualitycare, in case you didn’t know.
I pay taxes for other people’s care. But I want to pay taxes for other people’s care. Why? Because if I run into trouble, I want them to care for me. I find that system more civilized – civilized being the operative word here.
Naturally, too much of anything is bad. But don’t you agree something needs to be done about our system?
I believe that you would find (and this theory is quite borne out throughout history) that if people are free, they WILL take care of one another. And the care will be much better than you can ever dream of getting from forced labor from the impersonal government.
According to Orge and many other conservatives, the above is their philosophy.
I replied…
Aaah… I see what you mean, but I just don’t trust my fellow man to come through for me if I can’t afford a surgery that will save my life or if I’m dependent on dialysis. I think we are a cut-throat dog-eat-dog society of jaded people who, for the most part, only think of themselves. Kind of a pessimistic way of thinking, isn’t it? But that’s how I see too many people. It’s taking a risk to wait for someone to come through for you or to even ask for help – which is very humiliating!!
The Fear of the Unknown: Will private charities really come through for me when my family won’t?
I mean, even as our society exists today, there are many genuinely helpless people out there dying and rotting away from our current system. Private charities are great, but they are either usually donated overseas or to those who attend church regularly.
I fear that if all socialist programs were to die out, the quality of life for those making low wages will get even worse. How do you expect people to be productive at work if their health is running ragged? You don’t have to be dying of cancer to call out a low quality of life. Sometimes it could just be someone who cannot afford their insulin that will get lost in the shuffle. And once again, I’m talking about people who work for a living!
While I was living in Japan, I had root canal done. I got excellent care and service (the Japanese are updated with America). The cost for all three visits were about 40-50-ish dollars total. My aunt had root canal done in NY for 950.00 out-of-pocket! But even if her root canal had cost 400 dollars, that’s nothing like what I paid for excellent service in Japan. I went to college with the Japanese and every time one had a problem with their teeth, it was more cost-effective for them to fly back to Japan to get their dental work done!
We only think that we have the best quality health care in the world because
Someone else said so, and
Because people from other foreign countries come here for care
Fair enough. People fly to M.D. Anderson in Houston, TX from different parts of the world to receive treatment for cancer, brain surgery, and heart problems because it’s the best. We’ve got the Mayo Clinic, John Hopkins, and all sorts of medical facilities that top the charts with the best quality doctors in the world. And that’s true. People come here from all over the planet to our universities to get degrees and get trained in the medical field. We are allowed to boast about this. But! What many don’t realize is that most Americans cannot afford care at these top notch facilities. Their HMO’s require them to only see doctors on their respective lists. So, naturally, they’ve got dolts taking care of them. Oh yeah. Every once in a while, an HMO doctor will know his stuff and actually send you off for tests despite how taboo it is. (They actually get bonuses if they don’t often send patients to specialists or for tests if necessary.)
Yes, in the “Greatest Country on God’s Green Earth”!
France may be in economic hard times, but the US economy is worse as at least with us, it’s trickled down to the people. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer doesn’t say too much about our economy, does it? The extinction of the middle class mirrors that of developing countries. Even “socialist” Canada is doing better than the US economically.
If “slavery” was truly what other countries were experiencing under a private-public health care system, wouldn’t you think they’d be unhappy people? If you think they are all miserable people, the statistics beg to differ.
I have something to compare America to: Japan. I even got better treatment over there for just having a fever. In Japan, they gave me a shot. The fever went away instantly, and I was able to return to work. In the US, you take aspirin and pray that it goes away fast. Sometimes you’re in bed for a few days. Even those “flu pills” take forever to kick in. Not in Japan. Like all other countries, Japan’s system wasn’t perfect. You realistically have to expect something wrong with every system out there. But if you ask me, to say America’s system is flawed would be an understatement. Why do you think others all over the world mock our system? Becaues they’re jealous? I hear testimony after testimony from those living abroad (in other 1st world countries) that they are happy with their care. Could they be lying?
Canadians sometimes visit us. So, instead of waiting for 3 months to get an MRI, they come to the US to get it done within a week. If you have Cushings Disease, America’s the place to be, but our HMO’s don’t pay for those specialists who give the best treatment here. I am in remission from Cushings disease right now, so I know many people who have it. My friend cannot get her brain surgery to cure the disease because she has to pay out of network for the specialists and the best neurosurgeons as they are few are far between here. She doesn’t have the money. And she’s getting sicker and sicker.
Some people from the US go to Germany, Japan, Mexico and other countries to get dental work and surgeries done.
I really think our government’s wanting to take away socialized services is not because they care about our freedom but because they want the money for themselves to “nationalize” with. Look how our elite classes are catered to hand and foot, but the little people must mind “personal responsibility”. Why can’t everyone be personally responsible? Or. Why can’t everyone be socialized?
I honestly don’t think our government cares about the welfare of its citizens.
I just ask myself – why are Americans complaining about health care, and those in other countries aren’t? You have to look at the complaint rate in all other developed countries.
Something needs to be done here, and McCain’s health plan depresses me in more ways than one.
…or is he just simply not giving a tax break to those who make over $250.000 a year?
Here’s the Republican answer:
Tax cuts for the rich = patriotism, social responsibility, freedom, pro-Americanism, money trickling down to little man, USA USA USA,
No tax cuts for the rich = socialism, communism, fascism, slavery, anti-Americanism, Adolf Hiter,
Do any of you know what socialism IS?
Sometimes, when a political campaign has run out of ideas and senses that the prize is slipping through its fingers, it rolls up a sleeve and plunges an arm, shoulder deep, right down to the bottom of the barrel. The problem for John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the Republican Party is that the bottom was scraped clean long before it dropped out. Back when the polls were nip and tuck and the leaves had not yet begun to turn, Barack Obama had already been accused of betraying the troops, wanting to teach kindergartners all about sex, favoring infanticide, and being a friend of terrorists and terrorism. What was left? The anticlimactic answer came as the long Presidential march of 2008 staggered toward its final week: Senator Obama is a socialist.
Read the rest about what is really inside the Republican Kool-aid here.
How is this stuff the taxpayers responsibility? Surely enough, Democrats make unnecessary purchases and make us taxpayers fork over the dough too. But seriously, if we’re going to disparage Obama for being a Russian-flag-waving Socialist, I am sure there are plenty of GOP members that are no less Socialist than Obama.
Hurricane Katrina, when hundreds of thousands needed help, Republican bloggers were saying that they should be on their own and how selfish it was for the victims to expect local, state, and federal governments to bail them out. But…! Nationalizing American banks to bail bankers out for their mistakes is perfectly fine?
Hurricane Katrina and The Wall Street Market Crashes are synonymous because they both made mistakes, right? Well, at least that is what the neocons say….
See, it’s okay to nationalize (socialism) our elite, political officials, and Wall Street bankers, but for those working class people who REALLY need help? Then, it’s all about how we should be “personally responsible”.
Redistributing the wealth is taboo in the US with the exception of special interests groups.
Sarah Palin keeps saying ad nausem that she wants to put the government back on the side of THE PEOPLE. How exactly does she plan to do this if she’s going to be forcing the working class people to continue bailing out Uncle Sam, the BIG CORPORATE GIANTS and other special interests groups of the ELITE?
(Yes, Neo-Conservatives can be ELITE too.)
You are naive to believe that she really has the Joe Six-Packs in mind.
One can certainly argue that if all the Joe Plumbers fund the BIG HAIRY FAT CATS that run America, that the wealth will trickle down to the Joe Six-Packs. But has it? Has it under GWB? Where is it? How can we ensure that all of these elite CEOs are using their tax cutswisely and making their profits trickle down to the people? How can we ensure that they’re just not spending their profits on buying more homes, more cars, more yachts, more plasma TVs, more clothes from Neiman Marcus, more private jets, and more weekend trips to Paris?
Yes. They deserve a profit for their own personal lifestyles, but the neocons keep saying that tax cuts ensure job creation, worker benefits, better salaries, and to keep the middle-class from extinction. They can’t do that if they are spending too much of their profits on minutiae.
Back to Socialism.
If you wanna use the dirty sacrilegious “S” word, we are already SOCIALISTS. Here are some examples of American Socialism:
The police
The fire department
Public schools
School buses
Emergency Care in hospitals for those without insurance
The Military
The president, the senate, the house, the department of state
The local government, the mayors, the city council,
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Disability, the Veterans Administration, Welfare
The Public Library
The Judicial System
Roads, highways, traffic lights, etc
Jails, prisons, half-way houses, homeless shelters, shelters for abused women
Do you want to get rid of all that too?
Dear Neo-Capitalist Conservatives, do you really want to resort to a caveman-survival of the fittest-primitive society in a planet where even 3rd world countries would have it better if we resorted that THAT?
What about Charity? Can we really trust charity organizations when most of them send money overseas and to only those within their own churches? Must I trust my fellow man to come through for me when I’m working two jobs, holding down a family and need to live on dialysis?
My fellow prisoners, this is why the hyper-patriotic celebrity craze over Joe the Plumber is foolish. And the hype is bought by only fools. It’s nothing but a well-planned ploy by the McPalin administration to somehow “prove” Obama is a “Socialist”.
SACRAMENTO — The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud.
State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.
“I am not a Republican,” insisted Karen Ashcraft, 47, a pet clinic manager from Ventura who said she was duped by a signature gatherer into joining the GOP. “I certainly . . . won’t sign anything in front of a grocery store ever again.”
YPM, a group hired by the GOP, allegedly deceived Californians who thought they were signing a petition. YPM denies any wrongdoing. Similar accusations have been leveled against the company elsewhere.
Voters using touch-screen voting machines for early voting in two West Virginia counties have complained that when they tried to vote for Democratic candidates, the machine registered their vote for other Republican candidates instead.
At least three voters in Jackson County, West Virginia, complained that when they tried to cast a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the machine recorded a check in the box for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
One of the voters reported the same problem in the governor and state senate races. In each case, the voter tried to cast a vote for a Democratic candidate, but the machine marked his vote for the Republican challenger instead. Another voter who tried to cast votes for two state Supreme Court candidates said the machine cancelled one of her choices twice before it finally accepted her selection.
Hmmm….. “Isolated cases”…”human error”…, eh?
More Republican Voter Fraud (just when you think it couldn’t get any worse!)
John McCain’s campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states.
According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of “registering voters.” The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket.
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The Web site of the Ohio state agency that handles voter registration and other election information was shut down briefly after it was hacked, an official said on Tuesday, vowing to guard against fraud in the key battleground state in the November 4 presidential contest.
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said the agency temporarily took the Secretary of State Web site at www.sos.state.oh.us down on Monday after “one or more” security breaches were detected.
About 56% of the U.S. population uses optical-scan machines, which are less error prone than older types like lever machines. Newer electronic touchscreens, giving many states their green color, are the least prone to voter mistakes.
The voting machine you’ll encounter on Nov. 4 takes the most important right in a democracy — your right to vote — and makes it real. And just like the people who make and use them, machines aren’t perfect. DVICE has researched all of the nation’s voting machines to tell you what technology you’ll be using on Election Day and what potential problems and vulnerabilities it might have. Click here for a detailed explanation of how we rated every state’s machines.
And don’t think for one moment that just because a fraudulent action was discovered at the voting booths in the US that it will change the results. Remember Election 2000? It was proven that Al Gore won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Nothing changed. They let Bush stay. Who is “they”. They are the richest and the most powerful. They are the GOP.
At its birth, the title of my blog was “Trials and Turbulations”(that’s not a typo). Having an interest in forensic science, true crime stories, criminal trials, all things Japan, and eye-brow-raising headlines, I initially began this blog back in Feburary of 2005. Going into full-throttle mode after about a month or so, headlines in politics moved me enough to share my thoughts and opinions on our leaders and their actions. So, I took the political ball and ran with that too. Some of my readers just wanted me to focus on one subject, but I wanted to discuss many. If you look back deeply into my archives, you will see the variety of subjects that I’ve entertained.
From June of 2005, I began to slow my pace down. I picked up my pace once again in September of 2005, and then I posted roughly once a month until April of 2008.
Why did I pick up my pace in April of 2008? Had something inspired me to write again? I had been a Facebook member for over a year by that time and was amazed and confused (not at the criticism of our government) but at the blatant and unashamedly bigoted attacks against the American people as a whole. I was also puzzled to find that what people thought about the United States were mostly rumors or the truth frighteningly exaggerated. I ate out of their hands (not just at Facebook) for a year before I got to the point where I wanted to shift my blog’s focus to challenge both the hurtful rumors about the American people and the US. So, I set out to do this in April of 2008.
At that time, I changed the title of my blog from, “Trials and Turbulations” to “Waging a War on Anti-Americanism”. (It’s my blog, I can change the title of it everyday if I wanted to. Life is complex. Things change. People change.)“Waging a War on Anti-Americanism” was to mirror my latests rants, myth-busting, and my challenging of the Americanophobes on their perception of the “average American”. I was, am, and will always be firmly against xenophobic behavior.
During that time, naturally like all other Americans that care about their country, I was watching and reading the news for updates on Election 2008. It was very hard for me to talk solely about Americanophobia without commenting on the election. But I did it. I bit my tongue for a month. I know that’s such a short period, but it was tough. MY aim was to be more organized then. I was trying to keep my blog to one topic: Americanophobia.
I was a bad girl. On May 23rd of 2008, I just couldn’t keep silent any more. With this post about Hillary Clinton, my silence was broken. Little by little, the American presidential election was grabbing me in a chokehold. And to the disappointment of some of my conservative readers, I opined about the election. And it’s not like my readers weren’t warned that I was a Liberal beforehand!! Some just turned a blind eye to it because they were so happy to see me aggressively myth-busting the Americanophobes! My over-the-top strident, sarcastic, and hammy writing style never bothered them, then.
I am 40 years old. I have been a Liberal since my young adult years. This was no secret. I am proud of myself and my beliefs, and for nobody or no reason, am I going to apologize for what I believe in. I like my opinions and my writing. Ain’t nothin’ gonna change, my fellow prisoners.
When one of my readers noticed me barking about the election a lot, I realized that it was time for me to change the title of my blog again – not just for myself but for my readers. People need to be clear of my focus. Even though since my blogs inception, I had always been mercilessly bashing the radicals on both the left and the right, I realized that “Waging a War on the Radical Right and the Radical Left” was the PERFECT name for my blog.
Why?
I am bashing the American Left for crap like this.
I am bashing the foreign Americanophobic Left for crap like this.
I am bashing the radical Right for crap like this.
And I tried to differentiate extremists from the majority with a post like this.
Lastly, I tried to summarize my thoughts of the radicals on both sides in a humorous wayhere.
The only people who “get me” seem to be those people not meticulously aligned 100% with any party, like myself. I only call myself a Liberal because I lean that way.
I have been accused of so many preposterous things since my “shift” – an Anti-American Liberal incognito conspiracy theorist that thinks all conservatives are racist – to be the most amusing.
Anywhoooooo……
I rail against the extreme Right and the extreme Left. What makes me write about one more than another at any given time?
It is simple.
If I am currently being annoyed by leftist inanity, I will lean my posts toward that nature. The opposite is true. If I am currently being provoked by GOPtards, I will focus on them.
If you’re from the Right or the Left and you say something outlandish to me, someone else, or to a TV camera, just know that you’re only encouraging me. My blog is about YOU.
Where do I stand politically? You hear me often say, “I’m a moderate with a liberal tilt”, and some people are probably thinking, “What the heck does that mean?”. So, I created this profile for myself and for you all to better understand where I’m at. By the way, this is in NO particular order. Have at me!
My Liberal Side
I believe in decriminalizing marijuana. (Just tax the heck out of it.)
I believe in decriminalizing prostitution. (Just tax the heck out of it.)
I’m against capitalist greed regarding the following issues and the following issues ONLY:
I do not support tax cuts for the rich.
I believe that our jobs should be protected. I don’t like them being sent overseas.
I don’t believe in free trade. There should be restrictions set.
Our government should allow for competition and prohibit the monopolizing of goods and services.
I do not support American Globalization. Let other countries make their own stuff in order to preserve their culture. We shouldn’t insult their intelligence like this as they are just as capable to create their own computer operating systems, all other technologies, their own blue jeans, their own music, their own TV programs, their own websites, their own advancements in medical science (including medicines and cures), their own literary pieces, their own military, their own arms, their own aid in case of natural disasters, and their own food and beverages. Americans realize that their stuff sucks anyway, and that it’s not making any sales abroad. America also realizes that she cannot survive as a country without YOUR exports. So, please continue sending us what you’ve got! This would benefit all parties involved.
I do not support Bush or Dick Cheney.
I do not support the war in Iraq.
I am against French-bashing.
I believe in multilateralism over unilateralism.
I do not support a Universal Health Care System, rather I believe that we should keep what we have right now, and have a UHC system (Medicare) accessible to those who cannot afford to purchase mainstream insurance. With that said, a private-public health care system would be the best fit for America. Or… wait a minute! I prefer the way the French do things!
I am an atheist. (I don’t know why this gets connected with politics, but it does, doesn’t it?) And here’s MY version of the “Ten Commandments”.
I believe that Church and State should be separate. (Psst… nobody’s saying that you can’t pray. You can do it at home, in church, or out in public!)
I believe in pro-choice.
I support stem cell research.
I believe in welfare, but I just think it needs to be reformed into stricter measures to prevent people from cheating the system.
I’m anti-fur, but if someone wants to buy a fur-coat, I WON’T taunt them. (I eat meat and wear leather, so feel free to call me a hypocrite!)
I support the Geneva Convention, and believe the Islamic prisoners (or any prisoners for that matter) should be accorded its protection.
I support Gay Rights meaning that I support gay marriage, gay adoptions, and support homosexuals who want to join the military.
I support DILDOS in Alabama. (I mean… c’mon – religion, STAY OUT OF OUR BEDROOMS!) (Is it any wonder why it’s hard to find cucumbers at a grocery store in Alabama???)
I’m STRONGLY against circumcision. Here’s why. More here.
I believe we should break the barriers with Cuba and start trade (with restrictions) with them again. I also want to be able to travel to Cuba if I want to!
I’m against the Patriot Act.
My Conservative Side
I believe in TIGHT border security and am against illegal immigration.
I support our presence in Afghanistan. (And *NO*, 9-11 was *NOT* an “inside job”.)
I support our troops whether or not I agree or disagree with the war. Click here to find out why.
I am FOR offshore drilling and am VEHEMENTLY AGAINST dependency on other nations for oil when we have our own areas to drill right here at home (Alaska, California, Florida etc).
I don’t have a problem with the Death Penalty, but don’t mind if criminals get LWOP (Life Without Parole). All I’m concerned about is that our criminals remain **PERMANENTLY** off the streets. And I don’t believe in any such nonsense that they can be “rehabilitated”.
Although, I don’t think that this should have anything to do with one’s political leaning, I’m proud to be an American, and consider myself a true patriot. If you want to know how I define patriotism, please see my glossary.
I’m against Americanophobia. Please see how I define it here.
I don’t believe that FULL multiculturalism works. Watch this to see what I mean. And read this for even more information.
I’m against the ACLU. (They are excessive and extreme. They need to be moderated and reformed.)
I’m against PETA. (I like their fundamental purpose, but they are way too extreme, and their own greed clouds their primary purpose.)
I’m AGAINST political correctness!
I can’t stand liberal elitist pseudo-intellectuals! What the hell is wrong with watching, “The Simpsons”??? You elitists are no better than the bible-thumpers who won’t let women in Alabama purchase a DILDO! Idiots! Stop complaining about religious fanatics and how “TV makes people dumb”. I think you tin-foil-hat self-righteous code-pinkos have a “religion” of your own that’s just as scary!!
Being that many countries are on the side of the terrorists and feel that they can fend for themselves without our help, can we get out of NATO?
I believe the laws here are way too lenient with drunk drivers and sexual offenders. WAY too lenient. What ever happened to victim’s rights?
Al Gore exaggerated and twisted the facts in his movie about Global Warming (Shame on him!)
Michael Moore exaggerated and twisted the facts in his books and movies, and right now other countries are giving him a virtual blow job. (Shame on him too!)
…asks hurt and offended Sarah Palin regarding the questions that Katie Couric asked her. The reason why Ms. Palin dodged and danced around every question asked was (according to “Pro-American” Sarah Palin herself) because they were questions that “didn’t matter” and because she felt threatened by the “liberal media”. Regarding the question, “What newspapers do you read?“: She then goes on saying that if she named a certain newspaper that she read, that she’d be mocked for that. The “straight talker” also blamed her inability to answer any questions based on the fact that she is not a part of the “Washington Elite”.
Sarah Palin is very sensitive to criticism.
Sarah Palin says her faith has been mocked by the media. Awww….. Won’t anyone give that poor woman a break?
But hey. Hold it right there, Ms. Palin, while you tell the whole world that the “gotcha journalism” just gotcha: Aren’t you the same person who told Hillary Clinton to get a grip and stop whining about the criticism that revolved around her?
If you want to talk about “flip-flopping” on the issues, one must try this for size:
How about this quote from 2007?
Nor is it snobbish, let alone sexist, to express doubts about someone who, as late as March 2007, could tell Alaska Business Monthly, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place.” This statement deserves to be called mindless, because, first, it is made up of stale and received and overheard bits and bobs from everyday media babble and, second, because you cannot really coherently say that you support both the administration and an “exit plan.”
Ya gotta love her.
Read more Scarahpalinisms here. Oh wait. It’s from the “liberal media”, so it’s all a lie.
And ya gotta love the GOP. Every time something doesn’t go just their way, they blame it on the “liberal media”. Hey, it’s a great scapegoat!
By the way, aren’t the Neo-conservatives supposed to be the party of “personal responsibility”? Hmm…
On a lighter note, this is the funniest damn piece of comedy that I’ve seen in a long time: (See it in full screen here.)
Note to readers:By my mere mentioning of the horrible GOPtarded ways, I am also secretly implying that all-things-liberal are the best ever, have a shiny clean record, never lie, never twist, and are the most righteous on the planet.
This sure says a lot, doesn’t it? It says that people would rather see the world as either black or white. It shows that people are too afraid to see the grays.
People only see what they want to see. Those with an agenda will filter what they read as a self-serving pursuit to satisfy their egos.
Naturally, the Left don’t see how I stand against Right-Wing politics.
Naturally, the Right don’t see how I defend my people and debunk rumors about my country.
The more powerful your agenda, the more extreme you are, the less you will see what is in front of you – and more you will see what suits your needs.
I’ve been writing in my blog since 2005. Go look in my archives yourself – the ones all the way at the bottom that show post count. I have been bashing extremism mercilessly in my blog for four years. Ask the Gun Toting Liberal(who has been following me for that length of time) and he’ll tell you himself (he’s also into moderate politics – oh the horrors!!). Even with that said, people still label me either a typical, nationalistic, paranoid, arrogant, fat, lazy, vulgar, greedy, racist, spoiled-rich, slutty, ignorant, stupid, humorless, loud, obnoxious, gum-chewing, carbon-emitting, baby-killing, gun-toting, bible-thumping, flag-waving, and self-centered Neanderthal American….
OR
a Godless, hairy, smelly, tie-dye, tree-hugging, weed-smoking, acid-tripping, baby-killing, kool-aid-drinking, broccoli-granola-soy-tofu-eating vegan, treasonous, bra-burning, flag-burning, draftcard-burning, bleeding-heart, Jane-Fonda-loving and Charles Manson-admiring Anti-American pinko commie terrorist-sympathizer who has a hidden agenda to overthrow the American government and its people.
And people knee-jerkingly give me all of these wild labels without even caring FIRSTwhat I believe in.
Let me just tell you straight up. I do not have patience with you folk.
However, some people get me, my sense of humor, and most importantly, my sarcasm. You know who you are. And I thank you.
For those that don’t get me. Please tell me what don’t you understand, and I’ll be happy to debate you or point you in the right direction. Bring it on!! BUT.. If I have to keep repeating myself over and over again, I will eventually give up and stop reading your responses. I have A LOT of patience. I have a thick-skin and can take a lot of weirdness before I call it quitz. But I do have my limits. Please don’t press them. I just have a weakness when it comes to repeating myself. I’m NOT a Special Education teacher!
Finally, for the 2897410025269th time (my last repeat), let me just leave you all with my already posted in my glossary definition (or how I define it) of PATRIOTISM:
Q: What is Patriotism?
A: Most Anti-Americans will tell you that Patriotism is defined as unconditionally accepting its leader and every crooked thing that a government may do. But I beg to differ. Patriotism for me is being able to say that you’re proud of where you were born and have the willingness to defend your country from verbal slander or violent attacks. True Patriotism also believes in free speech in that if we disagree with what our government is doing, wewillquestionit. Patriots don’t always approve blindly of every decision made by our administration. Patriotism also believes that you can be a progressive-minded liberal and still be a patriot. Patriotism is ALWAYS optimistic, believes in change, and sees room for improvement when needed. If Patriotism doesn’t speak up and try to make changes, then our ancestors that died for this freedom, died fornothing.
Just like they accuse the liberals for, they are buying the snake oil too – and more of it. Yes, the neocons are buying the snake oil. They are living in a la-la-land-o-denial. Some of these people are racists and some of them aren’t. But all of them are dumb and ignorant. And as soon as they lose their insurance under McCain’s plan (that they refuse to see the reality of), they’ll be the first to whine. The red states will move further into poverty reaping what they sew.
The Americanophobes say we’re not all too different from the Fundamentalist Muslims. They have a point with the exception of the level of violence and the oppression of women. Other than that, our right wing fundaMENTAL Christianophiles are no different from “The Wild-Eyed-Arabs” they’re trying to “protect us from”.
We are repeating exactly what we fought against: The British Empire.
My fellow prisoners, these are the people that make Americans look like wackos. Here are some videos of the Lunatic Red State Fringe that’ll make you cringe:
The Ugly Americans Part I
The Ugly Americans Part II
The Ugly Americans Part III
The Ugly Americans Part IV
The Ugly Americans Part V
The Ugly Americans Part VI
The Ugly Americans Part VII
[Al Jazeera video removed. I am curious if the red state radicals finally get my point now?]
Why do the polls look so good right now? It’s because these red state confederate flag-waving inbred zealots don’t have the BALLS to tell the pollsters on the phone that they’re voting for McSame!
Now, my contributors and I have spent a fair amount of time talking about what is good in America…
and more if you look at the rest of my topics on Americanophobia. I feel like I am the only American out there that kicks ass when it comes to fighting bigoted opinions about the American people. The Americanophobes, instead of referring to the extremists, lump all Americans under the same umbrella. I rail against that.
But this is an appropriate time for me, these days, to talk about what is REALLY wrong with America. But to be fair, I think that about half of us are good and half of us are bad regardless of political orientation. It’s just that the bad people here are so much nosier and easier to see. And it is very tempting, even for myself, to exaggerate how truly sickening they are because of my own inabilities to calm my annoyances with them.
See, this is why the neocons (generally) have a reputation for being “happier” and “more positive”. Do you ever stop to wonder why? It is because they, as a defence/survival mechanism, live in denial. The liberals, on the other hand, comparatively are more cynical and live in reality. Liberals are happy too. They live like everyone else. It’s just that when the shit hits the fan, they’d say, “I see shit!” whereas the neocons would say, “What shit?”. A liberal would rub their nose it in, and the neocon response would be, “Hey, whatever this is, smells good.” A liberal would roll their eyes and then clean it up. Why? Because liberals (not the extreme left) are always trying to clean up America with their priorities on education, reading, civil rights and liberties, equal rights – you know — everything FDR was all about (social security, Americans Disability Act ect). You know, those same things that our red states milk the hell out of that their future Palin administration will take away little by little by little……
If the Scarah Palin administration takes over (and it will), America will be what the movie, “Idiocracy” dictated.
CALEDONIA, Wis. — Police in Caledonia are investigating the assault of a campaign volunteer as she was canvassing for Senator Barack Obama Saturday afternoon.
In an exclusive interview with 12 News, 58 year-old Nancy Takehara of Chicago says she was going door-to-door when she came across a disgruntled homeowner.
“The next thing I know he’s telling us we’re not his people, we’re probably with ACORN, and he started screaming and raving,” Takehara said. “He grabbed me by the back of the neck. I thought he was going to rip my hair out of my head. He was pounding on my head and screaming. The man terrified me.”
Someone slashed the tires of at least 30 vehicles parked outside the Crown Coliseum on Sunday during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, authorities said.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating. The tires were cut while people were inside the Crown Coliseum listening to speeches, said Maj. E. Wright of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Many of the damaged vehicles were parked on Wilkes Road. Representatives from Obama and Sen. John McCain’s campaigns said they were unaware of the acts.
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“This is an embarrassment to this city and to me as a citizen,” Revis said. “I’ve seen women out here crying and men cussing. This is a crying shame.”
Lynne Steenstra said she thought that the slashings were scare tactics designed to keep her and others from supporting Obama.
Even though it cost her roughly $120 to get her Dodge Caravan towed and fixed, Steenstra said the act would not intimidate her from voting.
“It hasn’t deterred us one bit,” Steenstra said. “It has only encouraged us more. I just hope whoever did this pays the price.”
It amazes me how people think that this will make liberals convert to conservationism. If anything, it has the opposite effect!
CULLOWHEE – A dead bear was found dumped this morning on the Western Carolina University campus, draped with a pair of Obama campaign signs, university police said.
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Maintenance workers reported about 7:45 a.m. finding a 75-pound bear cub dumped at the roundabout near the Catamount statute at the entrance to campus, said Tom Johnson, chief of university police.
“It looked like it had been shot in the head as best we can tell. A couple of Obama campaign signs had been stapled together and stuck over its head,” Johnson said.
Once again. Why don’t I think Obama’s going to win? The Blue voice said it best.(Oh, how biased of meeee!)
We all know that as the desperate GOP contends with the very real possibility of losing this election and losing it big, the dirtier and sleazier they will play.
First off, the US has never been a Democracy (close, but no cigar), but for all that it’s worth (if you thought that our Electoral Voting System was corrupt, this is equally worse or even more so).
A survey of 10 swing states suggests Florida, Georgia and Virginia may have the most problems on Election Day.
As election officials brace for record-breaking voter turnout on Election Day, a close examination of voting preparedness in 10 swing states shows that significant problems in the basic functions of the American election administration system persist, and in a few cases have worsened over the last few years, a new report by Common Cause and The Century Foundation shows.
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“While some states have taken steps to improve their election procedures, several still have a number of structural and statutory weaknesses that put voting rights at risk once again this year,” said Tova Wang, Common Cause’s vice president, a Century Foundation fellow and the report’s author. “In an election that we hope and expect will see unprecedented turnout, we are hopeful that steps can still be taken to make the election process a fair one for all Americans.”
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As hundreds of thousands of new voters have been added to the registration rolls just in the last few months, one troubling finding is that problems with voter registration issues in many instances have gone unaddressed, or even worsened in the surveyed states. Many states have flawed procedures for matching the information voters give them when they register with other state databases, and some have no established protocols for doing so at all. Uniquely, Florida will continue to require that prospective voters prove eligibility by providing the exact information that appears on existing state databases. This policy often results in rejections of valid registered voters if the voter provides a variant of his or her name instead of a full name, a clerical error is made on the election administration side, or a voter makes another minor mistake.
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Another problem in 2006 was state laws made it too easy to challenge a voter on a slim basis. The most famous example of this was the challenge to 35,000 voters’ eligibility to vote in Ohio prior to Election Day. There are already indications that with all the new voters registering, challenges to eligibility will be a major issue again this year. None of the seven states reviewed in this report have changed their laws since 2006 to lessen the chances of this occurring, and of the three new states included, Colorado and New Mexico have acceptable, though not ideal provisions to handle challenges to voters, while Virginia’s is fairly troubling.
The neocons have no problem listening to phone sex of private citizens in the name of “The Patriot Act”. So, Big Brother is OK there. But god forbid we universalize our election system. That would be too Communist and too “Big Government” for our leaders to take charge. With that said, the neocons need to quit whining about ACORN and “voter fraud” since they don’t support a federalization of one of our most basic, fundamental and important processes!
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sometimes, it pays to be pokey. Going slow has paid the state of New York about $27 million and counting. New Hampshire and Oklahoma, too, are sitting on a pile of federal money.
How did it happen? After the contested 2000 presidential recount, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, giving about $3 billion to states to replace old punch-card and lever voting machines. A lot of states, including California, Ohio and Florida, plunked down vast sums of money to buy shiny new machines, many of which were quickly deemed unreliable and mothballed.
America is beginning to look more and more like a third world country in my eyes:
No democracy regarding the voting process
Becoming a third rate economy and depending on other nations to clean up after our messes
Our Health Scare
Our products and food are losing quality day by day
The diminishing of the middle class
No separation of church and state (can’t become a president here unless you are a Christian)
Freedoms being stripped away from the Left and Right Wing
If you examine the above, those are qualities of living in 3rd world countries.
Soon, we’ll be jumping the fence to find solace in Mexico, Cuba (by way of Mexico), and parts of South America. Sounds funny now, but just give it another few decades, and you’ll see.
We all know how GWB *DIDN’T* get elected in 2000 (or I’d at least like to hope). The below comment that I just found in the status updates that belonged to one of my friend’s friends on Facebook depressed the hell out of me.
If she had been paying attention, she would know that Florida is one of the critical borderline battleground states where the vote counts THE MOST. My face wound up in my hands when I read this. Normally, I laugh at such ridiculousness, but this time, I really wanted to cry. And her six year old is going to choose for her – eenie-meenie-miney-moo-catch-a-tiger……??? *sighs* This is the second person I found with such an attitude. It surprises me because this person is an upper-middle-class individual with a HIGHER education and is a lawyer to boot.
It is this very attitude that got the dumbest man on earth elected in 2004.
I think that it should be a requirement to watch the movie, “Idiocracy” before voting. Because it’s those that don’t pay attention to what’s going on and those who really don’t give a fuck that are running this country into the ground by its nose!
Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.
Excuse my French, but what the fuck is wrong with these people??? Out of 300 million Americans in the US, there’s got to be at least 200 million eligible voters. Please tell me these doorknobs who don’t care about who becomes PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES are the minority.
Tomorrow, go vote. If you stay home tomorrow and don’t vote, then shut the fuck up until the next election. Don’t you dare utter one whiney-ass bitch or moan about the way of the world. Make your voice heard. Cast your vote and express your conscience.
Know, if you’re a parent, that your kids and their kids will be paying for the Iraq war. The current administration could give a flying fuck about the cost in human life or to the next generation – they’ll be dead by the time this debacle is paid for.
Disclaimer: Dumb people = Bush voters = that’s not what I’m saying. Apathetic people = Dumb = voting for Bush ‘cuz he’d be more fun to have a beer with and he just had that “straight-talk-effect” that dumb people are seduced by.
DEAR AMERICANS,
GET OFF OF YOUR ASSES AND VOTE
FOR WHO REPRESENTS YOUR ISSUES THE MOST.
DON’T NOT VOTE BECAUSE YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO WIN, ANYWAY.
VOTE REGARDLESS!
IN CASE YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ON NOVEMBER 4TH,
LOOK UP “EARLY VOTING” IN YOUR AREA
AND VOTE ON A DIFFERENT DAY PRIOR! DON’T MAKE EXCUSES.
THIS IS THE WORST TIME IN YOUR LIFE TO PICK A DAY TO BE LAZY,
Call it a whine or a perceived whine or whatever. This is CLASSIC right wing whining!
And how un-woman-like of Winkmaster Sarah Palin, the Female Sancho Panza (the same person who railed against Hillary’s “whining”). Scarah Palin is so wrong on so many levels here:
She cannot tell the difference between supporters and protesters.
She clearly cannot take criticism.
She’s trying to stifle the “perceived protesters” in the name of Jesus“our men fought for your right to protest” bla bla bla.
By Powerhouse Palin’s own words…
I would hope at least that those protesters have the courage and the honor of thanking our veterans for giving them the right to protest.
Um Palin? Psst…
What does protesting have anything to do with not appreciating who gave us that right?
If they fought for us to have this freedom, why, then, can’t we use it?
My recent results of having taken a political questionnaire. So, here is my political compass.
To take the test and compare your results with me, click here.
The results of past leaders: Many people confuse Hitler with Stalin. Hitler tried to sell socialism only to get the vote and gain control over his people. While he did open up his socialist-bag-o-tricks and save the German economy during the depression, once he had the trust of the German people in the palm of his hands, his true right wing character let loose. Hitler then executed is well-planned mission. Hilter was a right-wing nut-job. People who deny this are only trying to make you think liberals are all blood-sucking tie-dye wearing, tree-hugging, bleeding-heart, communist Arab terrorists that like dictators and no freedom. And they also call Hitler a right-winger to color pink the Bush administration’s poo. Conservatives till this day, still think Hitler was a hardcore leftist when it was actually Stalin.
What’s going on in the rest of the world.
When we look at Election 2008 in the US, here’s what the candidates look like on the map on the larger scale.
Notice where the Palin Administration is compared to Obama. Look closely at who wants more government and who wants less.
For more information as to where I stand politically, you can find my political profile here. What sucks about being a moderate is that you will always be called one of two things: (well, at least by the extremists, anyway)
a left-wing nut job … OR
a right-wing nut job
Anyway, please post your political compass results right here in the comment section!
You know how I feel? I don’t care if Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama and his friends are terrorists! Terrorist Barack Mohammed Hussein Obamawill be better than Palin/Bush any day of the week, my fellow prisoners. Bring it on! Our country needs a counterbalance to the extremism from the Bush administration over the last eight years. I’m fed up.
Did Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama lie about Bill Ayers?
Voters may differ in how they see Ayers, or how they see Obama’s interactions with him. We’re making no judgment calls on those matters. What we object to are the McCain-Palin campaign’s attempts to sway voters – in ads and on the stump – with false and misleading statements about the relationship, which was never very close. Obama never “lied” about this, just as he never bragged about it. The foundation they both worked with was hardly “radical.” And Ayers is more than a former “terrorist,” he’s also a well-known figure in the field of education.
Are three former Fannie Mae executives “economic advisers” to Obama?
No, claims made in a chain e-mail are false. Jim Johnson advised on non-economic matters but quit after a week. Franklin Raines says he took a “couple of calls” but was never an adviser. We find no evidence Tim Howard ever had a connection to the Obama campaign.
What about Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama’s association with ACORN and voter fraud?
I still have yet to hear how Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is directly connected to voting fraud. Additionally, Republicans have no right to talk about cheating as they had blood on their hands in the 2000 election and in the 2008 election AGAIN where they are trying to keep those who have lost their homes from voting!
There’s another blogger’s opinion which I highly recommend. Please read “On Voter Fraud”. Especially if you think Voter Fraud is a Liberal phenomenon. Oh, and never mind the fact that McCain is ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH ACORN!
Speaking of Anti-Americanism, could Winkmaster SARAH PALIN, the Female Sancho Panza, be considered Anti-American based on this?
Ever wonder why the conservatives are so hush hush quiet about this?
It is this Pentecostal association that most concerns and confuses the McCain campaign. As Minnery makes clear, millions of Evangelicals have accepted Palin because of her membership in a Bible church. But there is no denying that mainstream Evangelicals and Pentecostals, while political allies on many social issues, have historically had significant tensions over theological differences. The Evangelicals’ swoon for Palin might fade if it turns out that she continues to hold fast to Pentecostal practices and beliefs.
So what exactly is Pentecostalism, and could it really pose a political problem for Palin? Here’s a brief TIME primer on the religious tradition that is such a touchy subject for the McCain campaign:
Rest the rest of this controversial story here. (2 pages)
Oh, that’s old news about McCain and his terms of endearment with The Keating Five… or is it? Yes, if you’re going to talk about Anti-American connections, this must be mentioned as well.
Looks like all these candidates have some “stuff”. It’s up to you to determine whether or not their “stuff” will effect how they will run the country or whether their “stuff” is valid or not. I would like to think that whether it be Palin, McCain, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama, or Biden — that we judge THEM and not their “friends”. For some people, that will be a lot harder to do as both sides are getting pretty desperate, aren’t they? What a concept. Judging the actions of an actual candidate? Can the people do it? Can people even reach beyond the surface and see what is there aside from hairdos, accessories, height, weight, gender, race, accents, hobbies, lipstick, rumor, chain-emails etc? Can people venture the conservative opinion and the liberal opinion and think for themselves?
P.S. Just when you think things couldn’t get any weirder, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is suddenly being charged for having connections with Charles Manson.
P.S.S. Things are STILL getting weirder. Now, Barack Mohammed Hussein Obama is being charged by a grassroots organization for being a Kenyan – not a natural born US citizen despite proof of his being born in the USA.
This is how a Frenchman (who goes by the name, “Borborygme”) feels about the US economic crisis:
What tangible unpleasant thing have you personally suffered from ‘this crisis’? Hearing bad news does not count. Has anything bad actually happened to you? A decline in the value of your house only counts if you have sold it or tried to sell it for the lower price. A notional change in value is meaningless if you are not in the market to buy or sell. The same can probably be said for your stock positions unless you hold stocks in the financial sector. Even then, I suspect most insurance companies will profit from this in the end, even though their stock is down temporarily, because they can buy things so cheaply now, which, eventually will show up as an elevation in their stock price.
Obviously this was written by someone who has never had to worry about money. Must be nice.
I won’t get into the domino effect this has on the middle class and lower income families because well, that’s just obvious if you are an American. You sorta have a clue. I am one of millions upon millions of families directly effected by this mess, and I don’t take too kindly to my personal situation being belittled and laughed at when I didn’t do anything to harm anybody else.
When I say that I am effected (or any American for that matter), that doesn’t mean I am sad because I cannot buy that 4747882002569 inch Plasma TV. Or buy my 352597889005th car for my 8 door garage. Like most people, I live a very modest life. Maybe the Americanophobes need to read this and then STFU!
An Australian basically thought that the economic crisis was funny and being overreacted to under the disguise of “satire”.
Another thing that confuses me is that people like Borborygme are usually whining about how the states effect their every day life. Every little thing that goes wrong is always “America’s fault”. We Americans have to hear constantly how we are ruining THEIR lives – all the time. I find it troubling that Borborygme and people that think like like him are constantly whining about Americans oppressing them. Borborygme expects Americans to sympathize with HIM. Because HE is thuffwerring… Puleeeeze…
This Frenchman is a frequent commenter on a blog that rails against Anti-Frenchism. You gotta love the irony and the double standards. Typical of your every day kook-aid drinking quack-in-the-box Americanophobe ankle-biter.
Non-Americans:They suffer. Americans:They never suffer; they only cause it against others.
The above is how the world see us, generally.
Most people in other countries are nothing but “The Yanks are out to get meeeeee“ paranoid school yard bullies that don’t give a rats ass about anybody but themselves despite their phony puritanism. They always whine that Americans are giving them the middle finger. Well, yanno what? We really should, actually.
Like I mentioned in this post, I find it fascinating that while the Americanophobes are belittling our situation here, they are crying about how American Wall Street has effected them so much. So, apparently, we Americans are supposed to “feel sowwy for them” when they are barely even touched by the crisis. They lie to Americans because they need every and any excuse in the book to find fault with the average American. Fuck that shit.
As Andrei Markovits from Romania said, most of the whiny brats in other western countries are rich elitist mother fuckers. And they lie like a seasoned politician.
This reminds me of the following quote:
“As someone who takes human rights seriously, I’m appalled by the lack of sympathy the left feels toward the victims of any regime other than the Bush administration. Let’s shout it to prisoners everywhere: If you’re not harmed by an American, your suffering doesn’t count.” –Erik Svane
But wait a minute. Millions of Americans have been harmed by the American government. I will update his quote for him. So long as you’re an American, no matter what you go through negatively, it
never happened
and even if it kinda did, it was deserved
I get as angry as I do because
I don’t take kindly to my personal situation being minimized especially when someone doesn’t even know me or my personal life, and
because I’ve (for the most part) been againstMY government and on the side of other countries.
Another thing that is ironic is that the Americanophobes living in Europe criticize Americans for being too positive about life. But when we mention the slightest inconvenience in our lives, we are maimed a bunch of lying attention seekers. So, which is it, really? We are damned either way, aren’t we?
I will say loudly and proudly that I have more fight in me than your average Americanophobic Euro-weenie. And I AM positive. But that doesn’t negate the fact that I am human either.
Any other Americanophobe want to downplay the effect that the financial crisis has on the average American? Come to the US. Trying living in an average to low income zone. Then you can judge. Think all Americans are spoiled rich, read this.
It is people like Borborygme why I dedicate a big FUCK YOU to the rest of the vile sonofabitches in the rest of the world.
UPDATE!!
Oh dear…. it figures. The guy that I had thought was a Frenchman, I just found out today wasn’t. He’s an American yuppy living in California obviously not effected at all by the financial crisis, the bailout, or anything crooked that government has done in its blind movement to become a 3rd world country.
To the Americanophobic moonbat knee-jerk reactionaries abroad, you now have a friend.
The Americanophobic Leftards in Canada, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand, and Australia will absolutely LOVE this video. Get out your pom poms and chant with your friend, Winkmaster Sarahcuda, the Female Sancho Panza.
Oct. 7, 2008 | “My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.”
This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers back in his old Weather Underground days, right? Imagine what Sarah Palin is going to do with this incendiary quote as she tears into Barack Obama this week.
Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that’s the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. (“Keep up the good work,” Palin told AIP members. “And God bless you.”)
The AIP actually reminds me of the Americanophobic Canadian Action Party that is calling (unsuccessfully, mind you) for an independent Canada so that they don’t have to depend on the US any longer. I think the Canadian Action Party and the Alaskan Independence Party should merge. How convenient since they are so close to each other in proximity too. Not Russia-close, but you know what I mean. Their messages are similar:
The Canadian Action Party is, above all, a pro-Canadian party dedicated to the principle that Canada can best serve its citizens and the world by re-claiming and maintaining its political and economic sovereignty as an independent country.
It is opposed to the ascendancy of “corporate rule” and those aspects of unrestricted global investment that promote colonization of the world’s smaller powers and in Canada’s case its absorption by the United States of America.
Minus the heart-clenching, tear-jerking, human dignity bit (if you continue reading further), notice the similarities.
“I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.”
–Joe Vogler
Yep. You betcha.
Naturally, Sarah Palin and Joe Vogler aren’t your only friends in America.
I’d like to say that Bill Ayers is one of your friends as well, but I won’t. He’s not an Anti-American. He used to be, but he has cleaned himself up and has been doing good for America by way of charity projects and becoming a professor. He wants to fix what’s broken in America and I admire that. Better than the incessant whiners any day. (RE: ACORN: I want to know that Obama/Ayers are directly involved with encouraging voter fraud before I say anything, but that’s besides the point.) Ayers stayed in this country, after all, and did what he could to help after he rehabilitated. Americanophobes abroad would never think of helping a fallen American (obviously). Rather, they would step on them and mush them into the cement. But they like to call themselves, “tolerant”, “peace-loving”, and “considerate” all the time while patting their backs. I love the irony.
Now, I’d introduce you to Pastor Jeremiah Wright, but scratch that. Why? He believes in God, and Americanophobes loathe people who are religious. So, forget that.
Anyway…
There are more Americans that hate America than all those that hate America abroad combined. But see, you wouldn’t know that you have so many friends over here in the US because you know as much about the US as Americans know about the rest of the world. Because after all, Americanophobia IS based on ignorance and underdeveloped brains. You know, brains like this and this. Don’t matter how you sugar-coat it, bigotry IS bigotry. And bigotry stems from, once again, ignorance. DISCLAIMER:Before you people start foaming at the mouth, let’s not confuse being disgusted with America with Anti-Americanism because they are two different things.
Now, go on. Show Governer Sarah Palin your unwavering support, hold hands, and join together as you do whatever it is you do best i.e bullying innocent people and hating those that aren’t like you.
What’s wrong with anti-Americanism? I live in Australia and think it’s perfectly normal to be anti-American seeming as America is responsible for the global financial crisis.
I see anything involving anti-, as a means of freedom of speech. There’s no such thing as anti, only free speech. Well that’s what I think.
What is America? Is it a person? Is she faceless? A faceless group, perhaps? Is it those responsible for financial fraud on Wall Street? Is it our political figures? Is it all 300 million Americans? Or am I personally guilty by association because I happen to have been born in America – you know the kind of guilt-by-association like Obama is to ACORN/Voting Fraud as McCain is to Keating or as Sarahcuda is to AIP? Does it depend on who voted for who? Is it all Bush’s fault? Is it solely the fault of the Republicans? Is it solely the fault of the Democrats? Or were both parties equally at fault?
Some collective guilt here, much? Whiny mindless Americanophobia at its finest!
Most Americans (who sorta actually live in America) have a clue (probably because they live in America) as to what caused the financial meltdown. Most people with half a brain know that it was a BIPARTISAN DISASTER, but leave it to the neo-cons and the Americanophobic acne-puberty-stricken leftists door knobs to put the blame in the wrong ass direction.
Some recommended reading for those that are clueless and genuinely want to learn:
While the Americanophobes are squealing in their little shiny castles afar barely touched by the tragedy, Americans are pointing, blaming, and complaining. And rightfully so.We are the true victims. Furthermore, we did not choose our fate. Why would someone choose to become broke or purposefully want to loose what they’ve worked hard for, not being able to take care of their families, their health, becoming homeless etc. Sure, these unfortunate happenings have been going on despite the crisis, but it is worse now.
I worked hard to complete college with a professional degree. Despite being in academia for most of my career, I tried to save money regularly, and had built up a nice sum towards my retirement. I wasn’t rich, but at least I had saved some money and invested it. Now, because people who never should have been loaned money in the first place were given credit to the extent that it undermined our financial security – I find the markets in free-fall, and the investments that I had to be in a similar state. Meanwhile, the same people who caused the crisis are now getting bailed out with MORE of my money in the form of taxes.
Read the rest of this story from Expat Texan here.
Are Americans really trying to purposely destroy the rest of the world?
No. It’s your ignorance about the world around you. You’re so stupid that you don’t know you affect anyone else. You make one stupid mistake after the next.
How about you’re so stupid to be ignorant of the fact that there are more Americans being affected by the financial crisis than there are Australians, New Zealanders, Europeans, Canadians, Latin Americans, and the rest of the world put together? Yes, more Americans are effected. Now, get that through your fat thick xenophobic constipated heads!
The average American is *NOT* responsible for making your economy fall down with ours. We, Americans are actually the victims of this crisis. YOU Americanophobes are responsible for yourselves since you come from a free speaking democracy that you feel is superior to America, you’d think that you’d change things so that when the big fat elephant that is America rolls over or twitches, you don’t have to get squashed. What kind of country are YOU , how fragile a country are YOU, that you cannot fight to be independent enough to be immune from America’s failings, that you cannot fight to be independent enough to wipe the drool off of your own chins instead of waiting on Americans to make it better? Or how about becoming more resilient? Or making it so that fat elephants don’t affect you at all. You claim to live in a free-speaking democracy, don’t you? If so, campaign to become a sovereign nation INDEPENDENT from America and get off our lawns!
How about you’re so stupid to not being able to make an intellectual distinction between the American people and her government?
Yeah, but you voted for Bush twice, so you caused this mess.
When life sucks for you, you cry like a baby at the drop of a hat and point to America. That’s a crutch. Weak and cowardly people use crutches. Grow a pair, look in the mirror for a change, and turn the finger back at yourselves.
Being a young guy (20 years old), I don’t have any serious investments. I tend to stay away from investing stock or anything like that. I don’t own a house yet, but will one day. The financial crisis doesn’t affect me whatsoever, it’s over-dramatised and I say it’s time to shut the fuck up about it.
That’s funny. It’s that same lackadaisical attitude that Americans are accused of typically. And the only reason your media goes on and on about the crisis is because your own stock market crashed and some people in your country WILL be effected, ya dingbat. And your media is also aware that most people who hang on to every word at face value are tools like YOU. You fell for it. You adore your tabloids. Keep following the herd having others do your thinking for you.
Until people start jumping out of 25 story buildings, it’s not really an issue yet is it? I mean when people start to jump out of buildings onto the side walk it’s obviously an issue, because someone has to clean up that mess, luckily not me.
Little kid, I actually think it’s time you take a jump. In any event, it absolutely amazes me how one who claims to be unaffected by the crisis feels effected enough to moan about it in their own blog and on mine and give that as a reason to hate all Americans.
The spoiled brat continues…
If you were stupid enough to vote for George Bush once or even twice, you caused your own demise and I’ll happily watch you burn away. We all know the crisis was caused by government deregulation in regards to giving poor black people loans who could never have paid it back.
I guess the main reason the crisis doesn’t affect me is because I don’t make foolish long-term decisions when it comes to money. I make foolish short term ones, which usually still leaves me with money until my next pay day.
Well, of course, a foolish long-term decision can only be made by a yank, anyway, right? As the saying goes, “to err is to human American”. It can be pretty amusing to watch these moonbats play that “victim card” like nobody’s business.
And finally, the blame-gamer prepubescent 20 year old acne-face leaves some solid advice for America:
Lesson learnt: Don’t give poor black people home loans when they obviously can’t pay them back, lose their houses and the bank loses money because property values in that area went down when they try selling the house to get the money back.
Uh. Um. Mmm’kay? So, when Americans sign a loan, they don’t have to read the terms of their agreement? Wow. Is this the way things are run in Australia? No personal responsibility in your neck of the woods? You have the freedom to live carelessly and when your panties get soiled, you blame someone else like you blame the yanks for all of your woes that you claim are no big deal anyway unless you are jumping off of a tall building? Oh wait, but just a paragraph ago, you were blaming the problem on the buyers. Hey, you wanna make up your mind sometime in the near future? Anyway, I hate to break the news to you, but it wasn’t just black people that needed loans. More typical whiny Americanophobic elitist rhetoric.
Now, I await to hear how I’ve ruined the lives of the Canadians, Europeans, Latin Americans and the New Zealanders. I had no idea that I was so powerful. Thank you for rubbing my ego. One crossed off and four more countries to go.
But wait a second!! Isn’t she supposed to be one of us – yanno, the relateable REAL type of folksy-folk? You betcha. *wink* I mean, don’t we just adore her because she’s so real? *wink* She’s so in touch with the average “Joe 6-pack”. *wink* At least the way I see it, being real doesn’t equate with Photoshop.
And whining is a Liberal phenomenon, isn’t it?
Are you listening to me, you NATION OF WHINERS?!?!
(Psst… If this makes you depressed, well…. there’s always a Palin cookie you can eat.)
McCain didn’t even shake hands at the end of the debate with “that one” despite Obama’s putting his hand out to do so.
And people think Obama is arrogant and condescending?
And why didn’t McCain talk about all of Obama’s connections to his “terrorist friends”? That would have been a good one, no? C’mon! We’re talking about the “Straight Talk Express”, here! McCain missed a perfect opportunity to warn the American people that their lives are in danger under Obomba.
If the campaign is “Country First”, then McCain should do whatever he can to stop Obomba from destroying America.
I think Tom Brokaw and McCain forgot to take their Geritol this morning.
Of first priority, I would most humbly like to thank Ms. Monkey for allowing me this exalted venue to make a very important announcement.
Zontar the Magnificent (this is where my blog is), your ever faithful scribe has in the past been merely an observer of the machinations and follies of the events on your fair planet Earth. Zontar, however, feels he must now take bold action. Upon observing the very negative campaigning occurring in the “United” States for the current election, Zontar wishes to declare his intention to run for president!
I know all of my faithful minions from my own blog will be delighted to hear this news and will vote for me with no questions asked. It is incumbent upon me, in order to achieve victory, to give you Zontar’s campaign platform in this very fine blog of Ms. Monkey.
For those who don’t know me, I hail from Xenon which is a galaxy 12,000,000,000,000,002 light years from Earth. Zontar is eligible constitutionally to be president as Xenon was made a protectorate of the “United” States during the incumbency of Gerald Ford.
Don’t write me any letters! I know what you are thinking. “Zontar”, I hear you say, “This is absurd! You are an alien! How can you understand the problems of a (mostly) human country?”
Fear not, future faithful minion. I can assure you there is ample precedent. Simply look at history.
That is correct, oh ye of little faith. Abraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest president was actually a cyborg hailing from Uranus. During the 19th century, this tidbit was swept under the rug. But all Xenonians are very knowledgeable about this. The fable of his assassination at the hands of the mad actor Booth is a complete fabrication. What happened was his unstable wife through a glass of Big Red at him after a particularly heated argument. This caused him to short circuit. There was no cabal involved at all. It was just a marital spat.
Even in our own time there is proof that Aliens have been deeply involved in politics. It is well known that the neocon aliens endorsed George W. Bush:
Perhaps the most astonishing revelation of all is the fact that the current vice-president, Mr Richard Cheney, is an interloper from beyond the Milky Way.
This is certainly not hard to believe given the evil which he hath wrought upon the world. He was born on the Planet Fellatio and it is well known who malevolent and bad-tempered Fellatians are. Thank Allah he will soon be on the street in January.
But Zontar is not about finger pointing about others wrong doings. Nay! Zontar is benevolent and wise and is all about Change! Change we can believe in!
But what are Zontar’s stands on the issues? Why should I vote for him, I hear you thinking.
The reasons are sundry and overwhelming.
The most important reason is that Zontar is a good family man who has old fashioned family values. As an example I give you a picture of the most recent child which was given birth by his beloved daughter wife Placenta.
Don’t ya think Krok is adorable?
Among Zontar’s other accomplishments, are that he was co-chairman of the PTA (Parent Teacher Alien) association in Xenonia and later mayor of that fair city. While mayor Zontar made many fine executive decisions such as which books to ban and how much of a bounty to place of wolves legs.
The greatest reason to vote for Zontar is of his sacrifice for his planet of Xenon. During the Third interplanetary war between Xenon and Fellatio, Zontar was taken prisoner. He was tortured twice daily upon the electric chair
and inhumane toilet practices
Zontar would not give in to his captors. He would not divulge any military secrets until the second day of captivity.
Zontar is an intergalactic hero. Zontar is a maverick.
To make sure you can trust this ticket, Zontar is nominating himself as vice-president. Xenonians have a unique self cloning feature which comes in very handy.
So on election day, I want ya to ask yourself this question. Do you want four more years of Bush as represented by Mr. McCain?
Or do you really want a president who is a tax and spend liberal who will enslave you to his communist belief system and send you to a gulag prison camp if you disagree with him?
I think you know the answer my friends. On November 4th, as you enter the voting booth, make your choice for Change, Truth and the American Way!
This makes me sick as I hear that men all over the country are pleasuring themselves every time Palin comes on the screen. I keep hearing that American lesbians are voting for her after they lost the other vagina Hillary. Wal-mart stretch pants, soccer, and hockey moms will now have someone to relate to and will vote for Palin.
In the last election, some voted for Bush because they wanted to have a beer with him. Now, they either want to pork Sarah Palin, or just feel that she’s so reeeeeeeeeeeeal and relateable because she’s so reeeeeeeeeeeeeal.
Are we looking for friends or cheap dates in the sack or a president/vp that will run the country RESPONSIBLY with your well-being in THEIR hands?
There’s E-Harmony.com, Match.com, the Christian Virgin Singles Network, and others out there designed for finding “relataebles”, reeeeeeeeeal people, beer buddies, friends with benefits, marriage partners both heterosexual and homosexual and trannies.
Dearest America, this is a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – *NOT* E-Harmony.Com or American Idol.
And he’s got it right. If you don’t want your children being made fun of for having two babies out of wedlock, don’t display them on to our TV screens!!!! Decent Americans want to see the candidates and hear about their issues both past and present. There is nothing more manipulative and irrelevant to see the candidates children flood the stage after a political event. And what’s even worse is when I hear some of my neo-con compatriots speak of how “perfect” Palin’s family is and how they all “get along so well” and the “most perfect relationship everrrrr”. Yes, I have heard this all too many times. How the hell do we define one’s intimate relationships based on a few appearances in Hollywood after political campaigns?
Americans, please vote. But for for the ISSUES not the personality!
Sarah Palin wants to run the United States, and possibly use McCain to help her out at times. She doesn’t even like McCain because a year ago, he really was a Maverick. He has liberal principles that even if he denies them now, it is too late for Sarah Palin. And it will be easy for Palin to run the states sitting on John’s face as he’ll do anything for her with the right wink or her signature cutsey mommy-dearest-smile.
If any of you had your eyes open the last 8 years, you know that it was Cheney who ran the US (especially in the orchestration of the Iraqi War) – not Bush. Bush was his puppet. Palin will be – not another Bush – but another Cheney. And that is worse. I’ve always thought Cheney was worse than Bush. Cheney is the most criminal-minded sinister man ever to be in the White House, in my opinion.
On November 4th, when people line up to vote, you are naive to think that people are actually voting for McCain for the Republican ticket. No. They are all voting for Palin. People still know deep down inside that McCain is too Liberal for the Republican Party.
In all actuality, the Neo-Conservatives do *NOT* like Mavericks. They like those who represent all of their values. Not a few, but ALL of them. All of these “…but we’re the mavericks!!!!” are really intended to sway the Independents and the middle-of-the-roaders. If people truly think that Palin is a maverick, they are not paying attention.
If people are buying that words such as
you betcha
*wink*
yah
darn right
comin’
*wink*
We’re gonna shake it up
*wink*
yanno
doncha
we’re gonna put the government back on the side of the people
*wink*
boring hockey mom stories (intelligent people don’t give a fuck how many ankle biters you have!)
*wink*
darn right
*wink*
……cha
is her really “relating” to middle class America, please kill yourself now!
While I don’t agree with First Lady Laura Bush’s politics, I do find her to be a REAL lady. See, she has children too. She is the ultimate balance of a woman who is feminine and can work as hard and efficiently as a man. Hell, even Ann Coulter is more feminine than Palin. Did I just say that?
To me, Sarah Palin has a penis. I don’t see a woman. I see a bitter and pushy broad trying to take over while using softy young-people-talk to buy her way into the Oval scene.
Is it any wonder why the reporters are chasing Palin? Is it any wonder why there is obsession about this woman? If you are paying close attention to both sides of every story in the media, you will know that Palin has “stuff” out there that NEEDS to be laid on the table for the American people as done with Obama before Palin arrived on the scene.
I have heard over and over about
Obama’s so called “connections” with Muslim terrorists
Obama is a Muslim – therefore he must be a terrorist
Obama doesn’t have any experience
Obama’s pastor is an Anti-American white-hater, so Obama must be one too
Obama’s friends are all terrorists
Obama’s wife is an American hater
Obama didn’t put his hand on his heart during the pledge of allegiance
Obama said there were 57 states (that was a joke, by the way)
………….all this courtesy of the American media by way of FOX NEWS!! And the reporters NEVER let it go.
OK?
Now, it’s Palin’s turn. We want to see what trees she’s been rubbing her nose against all these years too!
And the fact still remains that in every single one of her interviews, she has struggled, stumbled, and only rarely answered the questions asked. Blaming her ineptitude on the Liberal Media is a cop out. Blaming her is harder to do.
Our Palin was given another chance last night in the debates, and all I heard was her pre-packaged talking points:
We’re gonna put the government back on the side of the people
*wink*
We are mavericks
*wink*
Alaska’s the biggest producer of energy
doncha
I cut taxes in Alaska
betcha
Lemme tell you what I did in Alaska……. (even though the answer had nothing to do with the question!)
*wink*
Ya
*wink*
cha
*wink*
betcha
darn right
I’m so cute
All of you die-hard Republicans know just as well as I do that Katie Couric was asking not trick questions, but very basic ones looking for clarification on statements that Palin has been making for the last 5 weeks. There were no camera tricks in ANY of her interviews, her words were not photoshopped , everything was raw. Sorry. Palin looked like a fool. The Liberal media did *NOT* tweak or twist ANY of her interviews. And even the time it was said that the camera “messed up”, that too was proven to be a big fat lie and the result of restless, sweaty-palmed neo-cons grasping at lipsticks straws. You don’t even need to watch the interviews. You can get access to all of these scrips online. And you will see what many of us have. Palin does not answer questions. And when Palin stood up from her chair, she left a puddle of sweat behind her.
I don’t think we Liberals would be as harsh if she weren’t touting her “STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS” balogna. One thing I have learned the most about Palin is that she is *NOT* a “straight-talker” by ANY stretch of the term. She has butchered what it means to be direct.
“…she got out alive, though there were white-knuckle moments along the way: questions that were answered with painfully obvious talking points that betrayed scant knowledge of the issue at hand and sometimes little relevance to the question that had been asked.”
[Snip!]
On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine (and a follow-up), the nuclear trigger, interventionism, Cheney’s vice presidency and her own greatest weakness.
Additionally, the very fact that she felt the need to repeat her lines over and over and over again during the debate was weak. It spoke volumes for me, at least. Repeating lines to compensate for lack of substance, indeed. And she admitted it herself in saying the following in the beginning of the debate:
“…And I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also…”
If we hadn’t just lived through a week in which news channels played some of Palin’s most embarrassing interview moments over and over again, I really think the story tonight would have been how badly she did in the debate. But because expectation levels were so low, she necessarily exceeded them. She did better than an average hockey mom plucked off the street would have, and therefore, we’re supposed to believe that she “held her own.”
But think about this. If a member of Congress had been selected at random and put on stage with no prep time at all, would that person have done better than Sarah Palin did last night? The answer is almost surely yes. Palin’s understanding of the issues was clearly confined to a handful of (poorly) memorized talking points. She often had to change the subject because she couldn’t answer a question. She almost never responded directly to the points Biden was making, and showed no ability whatsoever to engage in actual spontaneous thought or argument.
Even her emotional instincts were suspect. She blindly opened the door to Biden’s response about his own personal tragedy, and when he choked up, she responded in a weirdly disconnected way by smiling and saying something about how mavericky John McCain is. It was an odd moment, to say the least.
One example (out of numerous) from the debate last night is when she was asked to talk about her weak points, and all she did was tout her imagined “strong” points. Do you guys remember that?
I’d like to think that the American people would like to see what is behind all that incessant winking.
Anyway, for a laugh or a tear, I leave you with the following:
McCain “said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn’t sure whether they were aligned with us.”
Sarah Palin is going to do well. Why? Because she has rehearsed beforehand. It is as simple as that. When non-rehearsed and caught with questions off-guard, she’s an epic failure. Not that this phenomenon is specific to Sarah Palin, but I fear that too many people are not expecting much from her tonight — and you shouldn’t do that. Raise the bar. She is WELL-REHEARSED!
Mark my words.
And watch the polls that follow.
(By the way, while you’re tapping your fingers waiting for the debate to come on, let’s play Palin Bingo!)
Is it not interesting that on Youtube, (a website monitored by American-big-brother) bigoted hate speech (not criticism of US policies) against Americans is perfectly acceptable? Think about it. However, dare you say anything badly about Islam, your video will be banned or close to it. This is not, actually, the first time this has happened either. (Cartoons also making fun of Mohammed are also not very nice….)
But, wait a minute! Aren’t the Bush-loving-warmongering-red-white-and-blue-McD-Walmart-Americans in charge of monitoring and taking names on Youtube supposed to be banning hate speech against Americans along with Islamic hate speech?
Just some food for thought.
Feel free to see the video on Pat Condell’s homepage.
Pat, hold on a second, I thought the biggest problem facing Britain right now was McDonalds and denim jeans. Are you actually trying to say you find that Sharia Law and Muslim Extremism could actually be worse than walking past a Coca-Cola sign? Please tell me it isn’t so……
I don’t actually think anything will be done about Sharia Law in Britain. The Americanophobic Radical Left are too busy trying to persuade Americans that Bush is bad. (Psst… we’re still waiting for you to tell us something we don’t know…) But by the hair of their chins with any residual fight left in them at all, the Americanophobic zealots are trying to hold up Sharia law because anything other than that would be “racist”. I love the irony! Never mind that all these British “activists” are defending Muslim extremism at the expense of women’s rights(the very movement that they have historically stood behind, to make things even more ironic…) It is always fascinating how so many Americanophobes defend, protect, and even condone Islamic Fundamentalism, but should a flight attendant wear a cross, it is considered highly offensive. <—(Psst… that’s cuz God waz invented in AmeriKKKa, so……)
Nadia Eweida, who worked for British Airways, came to work wearing a necklace with a little cross on it.
Nadia Eweida (55), a Coptic Christian whose father is Egyptian and mother English, working for seven years at British Airways as a luggage inspector, was suspended from work for two weeks without pay because of wearing a cross.
The airline’s uniform code states that staff must not wear visible jewellery or other ‘adornments’ while on duty without permission from management. It makes exceptions for Muslim and Sikh minorities by allowing them to wear hijabs and turbans.
Congratulations to the Elitist Left. You have hit a home run.
UPDATE:
It turns out that Pat Condell’s video, “Saudi Britain” was taken down as Pat said that the country was mentally ill. There are over 1000 videos of that similarity to the US and its citizens. They are never taken down by Youtube. Americans are overseeing the site and agree with the Americanophobic attitudes. Like I mention often in my blog, nobody hates America more than Americans, themselves. If you’re interested in this topic, feel free to read how Americans are the most self-critical people in the world and condone all forms of Anti-Americanism. Yep. That is something you’ll never hear on the BBC, CBC, Al Jazeera, and all of your other favorite tabloids.
This is a video where we see Palin just a wee bit nervous. As they say in Texas, she’s all hat and no cattle. Just like W.
Where is that “STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS”, hockey mom lipstick on pigs, moose, cows, wolves, pitbulls and all that “confidence” that should be emanating from Mizz Pro-Life fist-swinging, power-house, bravado tell-it-like-it-is Palin? Perhaps she needs another session with her witch doctor, witch hunter, witch healer or whatever you call him? Sarah Palin’s obvious restlessness during her last 3 interviews kinda reminds me of the way GWB furrows his brow and extends it 5 inches away from his face when he talks. Except, he doesn’t wear lipstick.
Granted making a fool out of yourself in public is bipartisan. But watching dirty-dealing Republicans getting caught red-handed and screaming mercy is much more entertaining.
If I have heard, “….but you voted for Bush twice!!!!!!1111″ once, I’ve heard it at least 989920033697 times. In fact, this is the most predictable Americanophobic cliché and misunderstanding of Americans, their political system, their history, and government as all the other rumors that I have challenged in my blog.
It was one of the country’s greatest political myths:Americans went to the polls every four years to directly elect the country’s president. Then, courtesy of the 2000 election — with its hanging chads, star turn by the Florida Secretary of State and intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court — we received a crash course in the intricacies of living in a constitutional republic.
It turned out that all those years when many thought we were directly selecting a presidential ticket, Americans’ votes were in fact being filtered by the Electoral College, the body of 538 electors that actually chooses the country’s president and vice president. Once the popular vote has been tallied, these electors — often culled from the ranks of state elected officials, party leaders and politically active private citizens — cast their ballots for the candidate who received the most votes in the popular election. The system is winner-take-all in most states, meaning that whichever ticket receives a simple majority of the popular vote wins all of that state’s electoral votes; the minority candidate, by contrast, receives no votes at all. And it is this electoral vote, not the popular vote, that ultimately determines an election’s outcome.
It wouldn’t be so frustrating if Americans weren’t called “dumb”, “stupid”, and “ignorant” on a routine basis. But the “ignorant Americans” are beginning to realize that the pots are only calling the kettles black. The Americanophobes are hypocrites because their “what they call truth” are merely rumors, knee-jerk reactions, fabrications, hyperbole, propaganda, and pure ignorance. But how surprised can I get as it is becoming common knowledge that Americanophobia IS based on Ignorance.
As I have mentioned at least 84 times on my blog, George Dumya Bush was *NOT* – I repeat *NOT* elected twice (aka 2 times). In election 2000, Al Gore WON by the people – for the people – yes, that would be the popular vote.
EH?!
And stupid. 
And like I’ve mentioned many times in my blog, 
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The “straight talker” also blamed her inability to answer any questions based on the fact that she is not a part of the “Washington Elite”. 
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More Proof that Obama is a Republican
In Election 2008, Strange News, War and Politics, Wordpress Political Blogs on November 30, 2008 at 9:52 AMI still cannot understand why the Right continues to moan, whine, and groan. Obama is Bush’s 3rd term like I said here. And here is more proof!!!!
Hey, isn’t this the kind of political INcorrectness that make the far Right go goo goo?
By the way, have you seen Obama’s latest panel of economic advisors compared to McCains???