Retro Post: How About More Hate Control Before More Gun Control: In Light Of The San Bernardino Shootings

The post listed below was originally posted back in January, 2013 in response to the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. I reprint it here today two days after the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California because the message back in 2013 is just as relevant today.

Yes, guns were used to kill a lot of Innocent people. Both cases were terrible incidents of violent human behavior that should not happen in a civilized society. 

But going off hysterically about the need for undefined, nebulous, and likely ineffective gun control measures, like many Democrats and liberals did before the body count was even finalized in both situations, does nothing to address the underlying root causes of this violence. 

What those root causes are needs to be investigated and addressed in a logical, rational, and effective means. Going off half cocked without knowing those root causes and just shrieking "gun control" is nonsense. The San Bernardino shooters would not have obeyed any new gun laws. The Sandy Hook shooter would not have obeyed any new gun laws. They had other motives driving their insane behavior and following the law was not likely a big motivator for them.

IF the San Bernardino shootings were terrorist driven, then no new gun law is going to stop those kinds of attacks. The two shooters, husband and wife, from two days ago had body armor on, assault rifles, pipe bombs, were Muslim and at least the husband had recently visited Saudi Arabia, a hot bed of Sunni terrorism. 

If Hillary Clinton and Bernie and Sanders and others think that passing a new gun control law or two is going to stop people like this, they certainly should not be elected President. All their actions will do is further disarm law abiding American citizens and deny them the right  to defend themselves. Keep in mind that California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country and those laws did nothing to prevent the latest mass shootings.

 But the post below does not touch on terrorism. It hypothesizes that maybe hate, as it emanates from the American political class, is a root cause of the mass shootings in this country. When politicians call their political opponents Neanderthals, racists, ass-holes, and say many of them deserve to die and go to hell, well, that degradation of human life, even though they are just political opponents, could be interpreted as a wink and nod to the less stable in this country to do the acts of violence that are incited by politicians' words and slander. 

Something to think about, maybe we need more hate control vs. more gun control in this country.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

How About More Hate Control Before More Gun Control, Part 1 - Maybe Hatred Is The Real Root Cause Of Mass Shootings

Be forewarned: there is some bad language and implied bad language in the following so please pass if this might offend you. These are not my words but actually the words of our politiciains and their supporters.

Today is the first of a four part series regarding the Newtown, Connecticut shooting where innocent kids and teachers were needlessly slaughtered be a deranged young man. Let me state a few facts up front:

• I was tremendously saddened by this senseless act of violence.
• I do not know how a young man can become so separated from compassion and reality and have so little respect for life that he would kill innocent children and teachers.
• I am not a psychologist and have no understanding from a psychology/scientific perspective of the root causes which trigger a young man to execute this type of terror, and neither do 99.9% of the people with an opinion on this matter and 100% of those in the Washington political class.
• I am not a member of the NRA and have never fired a gun, never mind owning one.
• I am a fervent defender of the U.S. Constitution including the Second Amendment.

Today I want to consider a concept that I have not seen discussed in the media and certainly not by those in politics that want to strip law abiding, common sense citizens of their right to bear arms. The concept involves the idea that maybe we should do a little hate control BEFORE we recklessly and senselessly go off on a gun control tangent, a tangent that will likely increase crime and gun play, not reduce it (more on this latter concept tomorrow).

Let’s be honest, there is a lot of hate and venom circulating in the country today. Much of it is fomented by the political class as they foolishly try to incite their supporters and degrade their opponents in the most dehumanizing and disrespective ways possible.

The more you dehumanize others, the easier it is to see them as less worthy of their opinion and their life. Maybe if we started respecting each other a little more, taking some of the hate and venom out of our politics, thought processes, and speech, incidents like the shootings in Newtown, in south Chicago, in the ghettos of Detroit, etc. might be become a little less frequent if we respected each other a little more.

This increase in respect and humanizing of other human beings should start with our so-called leaders, However, as we have pointed out many times in this blog, these so-called leaders are a big cause of the problem, not the solution. They have had a busy, and disgraceful past couple of years degrading and abusing the opinions, lives, rights, and very existence of the citizens they are supposed to be serving:

• Democrat Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi called citizen opponents to Obama Care unpatriotic for simply having a difference of opinion with many politicians in Washington.
• Democrat Charles Rangel slandered millions of Americans who opposed Obama Care by calling them racists for simply having an honest difference of opinion with many politicians in Washington.
• Democrat Shelia Jordan Lee slandered millions of Americans who opposed Obama Care by associating them with the Ku Klux Klan.
• Union boss and Democratic supporter Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. stated that his union was at war with the Republicans and Tea Party citizens and that these people "need to be taken out."
• Democratic Congressmen Mike Doyle and Henry Waxman and Vice President Joe Biden slandered American citizens opposed to unfettered and destructive government spending and debt by calling them terrorists (those people that bomb and kill innocent civilians).
• When ordinary Americans objected to the building of a Islamic mosque near the World Trade Center property because of the sad memories of 9-11, Democrat Nancy Pelosi said THEY should be investigated for simply having a passionate opinion on the mosque.
• Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Walters said all Tea Party American citizens can go to hell simply for having a difference of opinion with her.

When you viciously and unfoundedly associate ordinary citizens with racism, call them terrorists, question their patriotism, when you wish they would go to hell, and then threaten to take them out/exterminate them, you have dehumanized them in the eyes of your political supporters, making it easy to imagine them actually going away permanently.

Maybe, this type of hate and venom and dehumanizing goes through the head of a young man when he decides to go off and actually follows the advice that those people “need to be taken out.” When your so-called leaders call for this type of behavior and language, it can’t be wrong, can it?

But our political class, and their direct supporters, also direct their hate and venomous words towards other politicians:

• The campaign manager of Democrat’s Gerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign called his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, a whore.
• White House czar Van Jones publicly called all Republicans a**h****s.
• Democrat Alan Grayson called all Republicans knuckle dragging Neanderthals.
• TV host Montel Williams publicly hoped that Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachman would commit suicide by decapitating herself.
• Ed Schultz, an on air commentator for the Democratic leaning MSNBC news channel, called Laura Ingraham of Fox News a slut.
• HBO TV host Bill Maher, a major donor to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Super PAC (a $1 million donor), said on air that Republican Sarah Palin “would f*** Rick Perry if he was black.”
• Bill Maher called Republican Sarah Palin a disgusting and derogatory name that I will not repeat here.
• Playboy magazine’s online website offered a detailed analysis on why and how each of ten Republican women in politics should be hate raped.
• Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen likened Republican critics of Obamacare to the Nazis and their propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
• A rap artist gave a Minnesota concert that was billed as the “F*** Michelle Bachman” concert (spelling out the entire f-word), a Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota.
• A Democratic operative insulted Ann Romney, and millions of other American women, by slandering and demeaning her as a stay at home mother.
• Martin Bashier of MSNBC News showed a video of Mitt Romney’s campaign bus that was interspersed with video clips of buses blowing up in balls of fire, explicitly wishing that the Romney bus also blow up and those inside die a fiery death.

When you label others as sluts and whores and suggest they should be raped or be killed, either by themselves or a fiery bus explosion, you set another stage for dehumanization. If your political opponents are just sluts and whores, no big deal if they go away, right?

I maintain that this type of disgusting, hateful behavior is an influence in our society and not an influence for good. It infects the undertone of how we view others. It reduces the amount of respect we have for others, making it easier to abuse others, possibly violently.

It usually does not cause someone to go off and actually start killing others but it certainly cannot help. It also cuts short the ability to listen to each other and appreciate the diversity of opinion each brings to a potential solution of a problem.

If I have allowed the political class and their ardent supporters to frame you as a racist or a slut or a terrorist, I am unlikely to consider any good you can bring to my life or to a solution of a problem. If I think it is a good thing that you self decapitate or die in a bus explosion, you will probably not get my attention when it comes to working towards a better society.

As a result of this hateful divisiveness the political class has driven into our society, we despise others that have a different opinion from ours. Major issues, such a failing public schools, a lost war on drugs, skyrocketing national debt, high health care costs, illegal immigration, etc., never get resolved. The hate prevents us from listening to each other, from calibrating our view of the world with others’ views of the world.

And possibly in the case of Newtown, we go beyond not listening and we start shooting. Not because guns are legal but because we have allowed the political class to desensitize us to each other as human beings.

But it is not only politicians that spew the hate and venom, hate and venom that others take to heart, hate and venom that their children take and internalize. Consider just some recent examples that have appeared in the news:

- Consider the hateful speech and intentions of Professor Richard Parncutt of the University of Graz regarding other human beings that are global warming deniers, those daring to have a different opinion than his: “In this article I am going to suggest that the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for influential GW [global warming] deniers... They [global warming deniers] are already causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of future people. We could be speaking of billions, but I am making a conservative estimate… With high probability it will cause hundreds of millions of deaths. For this reason I propose that the death penalty is appropriate for influential GW deniers.”

Different opinion, therefore you should die. I wonder what he would do to people like me, given our opinions on global warming; should we die also or just suffer some horrible disease since we are not influential enough:

http://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2012/11/wishing-al-gore-would-shut-up-why-i-am.html

http://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2012/11/wishing-al-gore-would-shut-up-why-i-am_10.html

As an aside, in 2009, the CIA opened up a new division, The Center on Climate Change and National Security. The purpose of this group was to examine the impact of global warming from a national security perspective. A few months ago, with little fanfare, they disbanded the organization. Is the CIA also worthy of Professor Parncutt’s death penalty or was it just common sense that this global warming organization was not longer viable or needed?

- Pulitzer nominated newspaper columnist Donald Kaul recently wrote an article for the Des Moines Register where he called for the killing of gun owners and “dragging legislators who disagree with gun control behind pickup trucks until they get the message.” Don’t agree with my opinion? Thus, we should have more killing and more torture for those that dare to have a difference of opinion. How does this stop the cycle of hate that starts with the political class?

- Erik Loomis, PhD, assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island decided he needed to get into the hate and venom game also when he recently stated on Twitter that he wanted the death of National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre, branding the gun rights group he heads as a terrorist organization:"[I] want Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick." A little hateful, a little violent?

- Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers’ Union recently had some violent rhetoric of her own to share: “Do not think for a minute that the wealthy are ever going to allow you to legislate their riches away from them. Please understand that. However, we are in a moment where the wealth disparity in this country is very reminiscent of the robber baron ages. The labor leaders of that time, though, were ready to kill. They were. They were just – off with their heads. They were seriously talking about that.”

And this person is associated with educating young minds and kids. Don’t like someone or are jealous of their wealth, that in all probability was garnered via honest hard work and sweat, than just off with their heads.

I maintain that you cannot have such hate and disrespect and venomous speech floating around and it not have a negative impact on how we treat each other, how it dehumanizes others. I am not saying the Newtown shooting was directly caused because of this poisonous environment but it certainly did not help. Was the shooter seated around his dinner table through the years when slurs and demeaning things were said about others, how others that were different from him were worthy of being “taken out.“

And it certainly does not allow us to sit down and go face-to-face with others to leverage everyone’s knowledge and skills to confront all of our problems from school shootings to high debt, high illiteracy levels, failing public education, a failing health care system etc.

But if we solved all of our problems, on what issues would our politicians run on? And that, my friends, is the root cause of most of our problems, from school shootings to the lack of a national energy problem, our shameless politicians need the hate and venom to frame and finance their continual reelection effort.

So tonight, when you are sitting around the table with your family, how about a little more hate control and a lot more respect for others in front of our kids. Again, it couldn’t hurt.

And tomorrow if you should come across someone who thinks other human beings need to be taken out, killed, dragged behind a truck or hate raped simply for having a difference of opinion, may I suggest you walk away? Engaging in such a discussion with these types of people just spreads and intensifies the hate and gets yourself muddy, as the old saying goes: “Never mud wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.”Walk away, stay clean, and let the hate spewer stew in his own mud. Help break the cycle of hate.

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It is also available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Please pass our message of freedom onward. Let your friends and family know about our websites and blogs, ask your library to carry the book, and respect freedom for both yourselves and others everyday.

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http://www.reason.com
http://www.cato.org
http://www.bankruptingamerica.org
http://www.conventionofstates.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08j0sYUOb5w

Hate Week, Part 5: The Summary ... And A Solution

Alright, we have gone through five days of political hate so let's summarize the examples we have uncovered. At the end of the list I think it will be pretty clear that the hateful speech, the slander, the slurs, and condescension is rampant and probably the main reason why politicians never get anything done. They are still reacting to the previous insult that was flung their way by a political opponent. making them too busy to actually do any governing:

• Democrat Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi called citizens opponents to Obama Care unpatriotic for simply having a difference of opinion with many politicians in Washington.
• Democrat Charles Rangel slandered millions of Americans who opposed Obama Care by calling them racists for simply having an honest difference of opinion with many politicians in Washington.
• Democrat Shelia Jordan Lee slandered millions of Americans who opposed Obama Care by associating them with the Ku Klux Klan.
• Union boss and Democratic supporter Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. stated that his union was at war with the Republicans and Tea Party citizens and that these people "need to be taken out."
• Democratic Congressmen Mike Doyle and Henry Waxman and Democratic Vice President Joe Biden slandered American citizens opposed to unfettered and destructive government spending and debt by calling them terrorists (those people that bomb and kill innocent civilians).
• When ordinary Americans objected to the building of an Islamic mosque near the World Trade Center property because of the sad memories of 9-11, Democrat Nancy Pelosi said THEY should be investigated for simply having a passionate opinion on the mosque.
• Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Walters said all Tea Party American citizens can go to hell simply for having a difference of opinion with her.
• The campaign manager of Democrat’s Gerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign called his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, a whore.
• Democratic White House czar Van Jones publicly called all Republicans a**h****s.
• Democrat Alan Grayson called all Republicans knuckle dragging Neanderthals.
• Liberal TV host Montel Williams publicly hoped that Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachman would commit suicide by decapitating herself.
• Ed Schultz, an on air commentator for the Democratic enforcers at the MSNBC news channel, called Laura Ingraham of Fox News a slut.
• Liberal HBO TV host Bill Maher, a major donor to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Super PAC (a $1 million donor), said on air that Republican Sarah Palin “would f*** Rick Perry if he was black.”
• Liberal Bill Maher called Republican Sarah Palin disgusting and derogatory body part names that I will not repeat here
• Playboy magazine’s online website offered a detailed analysis on why and how each of ten Republican women in politics should be hate raped.
• Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen likened Republican critics of Obamacare to the Nazis and their propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
• A liberal rap artist gave a Minnesota concert that was billed as the “F*** Michelle Bachman” concert (spelling out the entire f-word), a Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota.
• A Democratic operative insulted Ann Romney, and millions of other American women, by slandering and demeaning her as a stay at home mother.
• Martin Bashier of MSNBC News showed a video of Mitt Romney’s campaign bus that was interspersed with video clips of buses blowing up in balls of fire, explicitly wishing that the Romney bus also blow up and those inside die a fiery death.
• Liberal Professor Richard Parncutt of the University of Graz wants to execute other human beings that are global warming deniers for simply having a different opinion than his.
• Liberal newspaper columnist Donald Kaul wrote an article for the Des Moines Register where he called for the killing of gun owners and “dragging legislators who disagree with gun control behind pickup trucks until they get the message.”
• Liberal Erik Loomis, PhD, assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island decided that he wanted the death of National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre, branding the gun rights group he heads as a terrorist organization: "[I] want Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick."
• Liberal Karen Lewis, head of the Chicago Teachers’ Union had some violent rhetoric of her own to share: “Do not think for a minute that the wealthy are ever going to allow you to legislate their riches away from them. Please understand that. However, we are in a moment where the wealth disparity in this country is very reminiscent of the robber baron ages. The labor leaders of that time, though, were ready to kill. They were. They were just – off with their heads. They were seriously talking about that.”
• Liberal Elizabeth Ashack, an economist at the Department of Labor, thinks that all Christians are Nazis.
• Democratic Indiana state representative Vanessa Summers publicly stated that a fellow legislator’s 18 month old son is a racist.
• Democratic Brooklyn City Councilwoman and African-American Laurie Cumbo is ticked off that so many Hispanic people have gotten into two housing projects, so ticked off that she wants to separate the races and cultures into their own ghettos, kind of sounds like segregation.
• If you believe the reality of the sad state of the Social Security Administration’s dire financial straits, you are a liar according to liberal leaning U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.
• Republican Senators are too stupid to understand the multi-syllable words I am using, according to Democratic White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
• All men should die or get f**ked, according to Democratic activist Sarah Noble.

Unpatriotic, racists, Klan members, Neanderthals, need to be taken out, terrorists, go to hell, whore, slut, a**h***s, self decapitation, f***, female body parts, hate rape, Nazis, Joseph Goebbels, being a housewife, blowing up a bus, execute those with a different opinion, head on a stick, drag behind a pickup, truck, Nazis (again), too stupid to understand my big words, die, and get f**ked. Not sure anything will ever get done when insults and slurs like this are flying about.

But wait you may say? How come you only picked on Democrats and liberals and their hateful speech and insults? Good question. I narrowed my hate week examples to Democrats and liberals for two reasons:

1. In my experience and readings, Democrats and liberals are far more likely to revert to childish name calling and insults vs. Republicans, especially when they do not get their way. Rather than discuss contrary points of view, they are much quicker to go the insult and hate route, in my opinion. As a person who detests both parties and who has almost always voted Libertarian for over forty years, I think I have a pretty independent and unique view of both parties and their behavior. 
2. Democrats are far more hypocritical in their actions and thoughts as they keep telling themselves and everyone else that they are the more sensitive, more forgiving, more open to new ideas than Republicans and conservatives.  But as you see from the summaries above and the discussions we have been having over the past five days, that self perception of kindness and welcoming diversity could not be any further from the truth. Or as William F.Buckley, Jr. said long ago: “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” To which they then call holders of these other views racist, Nazis, sluts, whores, etc.

Who is to blame for all of this hatred and divisiveness? I blame both the American political class and Americans voters like you and I that have allowed the political class to pervert our democracy processes, resulting in politicians that always get reelected without performing any worthwhile service to society. 

In the process, they divide and conquer Americans, keeping us fighting amongst ourselves rather holding their feet to fire to lead the country in an adult and caring manner. Or as we described in "Love My Country, Loathe My Government:"

The two political parties within the same political class pick their friends (special interest groups) and pick their enemies in order to get their friends excited about reelecting the same tired politicians over and over. By pitting citizen against citizen, the political class is able to continue to get elected without making any serious or courageous decisions to help freedom or benefit the country. The endgame is to get elected regardless of who they make out the enemy to be: "Elect me or those people might take control!" Or, according to an Orwell quote: "The primary aim of modern warfare is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living." In other words, by working up our own special interest groups and pitting them against their special interest groups, we can divert attention and from the real problems and use the conflict to stay in power.

That is the reality going on in this country today., The real enemies are not overseas, the real enemies are the politicians who will do anything to get reelected and enrich themselves even if it pits one American against another. 

So the next time you root for a politician that calls any American a slut, a whore, a racist, etc. for simply having a different opinion, realize that you are now part of the problem. Until we truly value diversity and start listening to each other as adults and respectful human beings, the hate will continue and nothing will ever get accomplished by the worst, most childish and most useless set of politicians to ever serve in office. 

Our book, "Love My Country, Loathe My Government - Fifty First Steps To Restoring Our Freedom And Destroying The American Political Class" is now available at:

www.loathemygovernment.com

It is also available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Please pass our message of freedom onward. Let your friends and family know about our websites and blogs, ask your library to carry the book, and respect freedom for both yourselves and others everyday.

Please visit the following sites for freedom:

Term Limits Now: http://www.howmuchworsecoulditget.com
http://www.reason.com
http://www.cato.org
http://www.bankruptingamerica.org
http://www.conventionofstates.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08j0sYUOb5w

Part 4, Freedom and Liberty Guest Speaker Week, Maureen Scott: Who Is Obama?

This is a fourth in a series of guest speakers we are reviewing whose love for liberty and distress over what the political class is doing to our freedoms, liberty, and Constitution is the common theme. Past speakers have discussed their thoughts on the politicians in this country and their mostly dimwitted actions, the gross failure that is Obama Care, and the underwhelming accomplishments of the Obama administration.

Today’s words come from Maureen Scott, a writer out of Virginia. I do not believe Ms. Scott is a famous writer, author, or political commentator. Her words were brought to my attention by a friend of mine via email. However, her words ring true when discussing the Obama administration in general and the tactics, demeanor, and temperament of President Obama in particular.

The first of the three posts in this series can be read at the following location:

http://loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-1-freedom-and-liberty-guest.html

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Who Is Obama?

March 1, 2013
By Maureen Scott

"Obama comes from a community organizer background where it's us against them. But that's not who we are. And that's not the position the leader of our Nation should take." Dr. Benjamin Carson

Obama appears to be a tormented man who is filled with resentment, anger, and disdain for anyone of an opinion or view other than his. He acts in the most hateful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive ways in order to manipulate and maintain power and control over others. Perhaps, because, as a child, he grew up harboring an abiding bitterness toward the U.S. That was instilled in him by his family and mentors. It seems to have never left him.

It is not the color of his skin that is a problem for anyone in America. Rather it is the blackness that fills his soul and the hollowness in his heart where there should be abiding pride and love for this country.

Think: Have we ever heard Obama speak lovingly of the U.S.? Or its people, with deep appreciation and genuine respect for our history, our customs, our sufferings and our blessings? Has he ever revealed that, like most patriotic Americans, he gets "goose bumps" when a band plays "The Star Spangled Banner," or sheds a tear when he hears a beautiful rendition of "America the Beautiful?" Does his heart burst with pride when millions of American flags wave on a National holiday or someone plays "taps" on a trumpet? Has he ever shared the admiration of the military, as we as lovers of those who keep us free, feel when soldiers march by?

It is doubtful because Obama did not grow up sharing our experiences or our values. He did not sit at the knee of a Grandfather or Uncle who showed us his medals and told us about the bravery of his fellow troops as they tramped through foreign lands to keep us free. He didn't have grandparents who told stories of suffering and then coming to America, penniless, and the opportunities they had for building a business and life for their children.

Away from this country as a young child, Obama didn't delight in being part of America and its greatness. He wasn't singing our patriotic songs in kindergarten, or standing on the roadside for a holiday parade and eating a hot dog, or lighting sparklers around a campfire on July 4th as fireworks exploded over head, or placing flags on the gravesites of fallen and beloved American heroes.

Rather he was separated from all of these experiences and doesn't really understand us and what it means to be an American. He is void of the basic emotions that most feel regarding this country and insensitive to the instinctive pride we have in our national heritage. His opinions were formed by those who either envied us or wanted him to devalue the United States and the traditions and patriotism that unites us.

He has never given a speech that is filled with calm, reassuring, complimentary, heartfelt statements about all the people in the U.S. Or one that inspires us to be better and grateful and proud that in a short time our country became a leader, and a protector of many. Quite the contrary, his speeches always degenerate into mocking, ridiculing tirades as he faults our achievements as well as any critics or opposition for the sake of a laugh, or to bolster his ego.

He uses his Office to threaten and create fear while demeaning and degrading any American who oppose his policies and actions. A secure leader, who has noble self-esteem and not false confidence, refrains from showing such dread of critics and displaying a cocky, haughty attitude.

Mostly, his time seems to be spent causing dissension, unrest, and anxiety among the people of America, rather than uniting us (even though he was presented to us as the "Great Uniter"). He is anything but. He creates chaos for the sake of keeping people separated, envious, aggrieved and ready to argue. Under his leadership Americans have been kept on edge, rather than in a state of comfort and security. He incites people to be aggressive toward, and disrespectful of, those of differing opinions.

And through such behavior, Obama has lowered the standards for self-control and mature restraint to the level of street-fighting gangs, when he should be raising the bar for people to strive toward becoming more considerate, tolerant, self-disciplined, self-sustaining, and self-assured.

Not a day goes by that he is not attempting to defy our laws, remove our rights, over-ride established procedures, install controversial appointees, enact divisive mandates, and assert a dictatorial form of power. [my emphasis added]

* Never has there been a leader of this great land who used such tactics to harm and hurt the people and this country.
* Never have we had a President who spoke with a caustic, evil tongue against the citizenry rather than present himself as a soothing, calming and trustworthy force.
* Never, in this country, have we experienced how much stress one man can cause a nation of people on a daily basis!

Obama has promoted the degeneration of peace, civility, and quality of cooperation between us. He thrives on tearing us down, rather than building us up. He is the Architect of the decline of America, and the epitome of a Demagogue. [my emphasis added]

Maureen Scott

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Think about the adjectives and descriptions Ms. Scott uses to accurately paint this Presidency:

• Demagogue
• Degeneration of peace, civility, and quality of cooperation between us.
• Dictatorial form of power.
• Defy our laws.
• Remove our rights.
• Lowered the standards for self-control and mature restraint to the level of street-fighting gangs.
• Creates chaos for the sake of keeping people separated, envious, aggrieved and ready to argue.
• Doesn't really understand us and what it means to be an American.

Damning, sad, but accurate portrayal of this Presidency. And for those of you that disagree with Ms. Scott’s position regarding how divisive this President has been, let us review his persistent “sounds of silence” over the past few years, where speaking up, as opposed to his silence, could have greatly helped heal and unite the country:

• When Democrat Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi called opponents to Obama Care unpatriotic for simply having a difference of opinion with some politicians in Washington, Obama was silent.
• When Democrat Charles Rangel slandered millions of Americans who opposed Obama Care by calling them racists for simply having an honest difference of opinion with some politicians in Washington, Obama was silent.
• When Democrat Shelia Jordan Lee slandered of Americans who opposed Obama Care by associating them with the Ku Klux Klan, Obama was silent.
• When White House czar Van Jones called all Republicans a**h****s, Obama was silent.
• When Democrat Alan Grayson called all Republicans knuckle dragging Neanderthals, Obama was silent.
• When union boss and Democratic supporter Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. stated that his union was at war with the Republicans and Tea Party and that those people "need to be taken out," Obama was silent.
• When Democratic Congressmen Mike Doyle and Henry Waxman and Vice President Joe Biden slandered Americans opposed to unfettered and destructive government spending and debt by calling them terrorists (those people that bomb and kill and innocent civilians), Obama was silent.
• When ordinary Americans objected to the building of a Islamic mosque near the World Trade Center property because of the memories of 9-11 and Democrat Nancy Pelosi said they should be investigated for simply having an opinion on the mosque, Obama was silent.
• When Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen likened Republican critics of Obamacare to the Nazis and their propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Obama was silent.
• When Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Walters said all Tea Party American citizens can go to hell simply for having a difference of opinion with her, Obama was silent.
• When the campaign manager of Democrat’s Gerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign called his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, a whore, Obama was silent.
• When TV host Montel Williams had publicly hoped that Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachman would commit suicide by decapitating herself, Obama was silent.
• When Ed Schultz, an on air commentator for the Democratic leaning MSNBC news channel, called Laura Ingraham of Fox News a slut, Obama was silent.
• When HBO TV host Bill Maher, a major donor to Obama’s 2012 Presidential Super PAC (a $1 million donor), said on air that Republican Sarah Palin “would f*** Rick Perry if he was black,” Obama was silent.
• When Bill Maher called Republican Sarah Palin a disgusting and derogatory name that I will not repeat here, Obama was silent.
• When Playboy magazine’s online website offered a detailed analysis on why and how each of ten Republican women in politics should be hate raped, Obama was silent.
• When a rap artist gave a Minnesota concert that was billed as the “F*** Michelle Bachman” concert (spelling out the entire f-word), a Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota, Obama was silent.
• When a Democratic operative insulted Ann Romney, and millions of other American women, by slandering and demeaning her as a stay at home mother, Obama was silent.

You cannot say you are the leader of the entire country when political allies attack fellow citizens, both men and women, for simply having a differing opinion and political opponents are called terrorists, a**h****s, racists, Nazis, or Neanderthals and you remain silent. That does not celebrate our freedom and celebrate diversity, it does the negative things Ms. Scott eloquently points out in her insightful writings above.

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July, 2013 Political Class Insanity, Part 2: Obama Officials Do Teir Best Sgt. Schultz Impressions and More

This is the second in our monthly series which covers and reports on political class insanity. It is amazing how every month we can come across new and novel ways that the political class in this country can come up with to waste our tax dollars and screw up our economy and democracy. The first in this month’s series on their lunacy can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.loathemygovernment.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-2013-political-class-insanity-part_2.html

Today’s insanity starts now:

1) Michael Snyder is a blogger who writes The Economic Collapse blog. He has researched and developed a list of “66 Crazy Ways That The U.S. Government Is Wasting Your Hard-Earned Money.” We highlight some of them below. We have already covered a few of these in previous posts but they are worth repeating here because they are such idiotic wastes of money:

• The IRS is about to pay out $70 million in bonuses to employees even though discretionary bonuses are supposed to be cancelled due to the sequester.
• According to the Washington Post, the U.S. government is going to leave $7 billion worth of military equipment behind in Afghanistan.
• It is being projected that the trip that the Obamas will be making to Africa will cost U.S. taxpayers $100,000,000, the equivalent of over 100 years of White House tours.
• U.S. taxpayers spend more than $1.4 billion a year on the Obamas. Meanwhile, British taxpayers only spend about $58 million on the entire royal family.
• During 2012, $25,000 of Federal money was spent on a promotional tour for the Alabama Watermelon Queen.
• The U.S. government spent $505,000 “to promote specialty hair and beauty products for cats and dogs” in 2012.
• According to InformationWeek, the Federal government is spending “millions of dollars” to train Asian call center workers.
• The Federal government has actually spent $750,000 on a new soccer field for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.
• The U.S. Agency for International Development spent $10 million to create a version of “Sesame Street” for Pakistani television.

The Federal government could have kept White House tours going for hundreds of years if this money had not been wasted on these stupid programs, programs, and trips.

2) The IRS has been in the news lately, mostly because of their shredding of First Amendment rights of Tea Party and other conservative political groups because they dared to have a difference of opinion with the Obama administration. Their harassment and tyranny had not been seen since the Nixon years, if even then.

But the bad news continues relative to this dysfunctional government entity, at least according to a recent Inspector General audit. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed in a recently released audit that in 2010 and 2011 more than 1,000 Internal Revenue Service employees misused government charge cards issued by Citibank.

The audit found that during the two years in question, IRS employees sent Citibank a total of 325 bad checks written on personal accounts that had insufficient funds to cover them, that agency officials with top-secret security clearances had their charge accounts suspended for failure to pay the balances, and that the IRS had a tendency of being “overly lenient” in disciplining those who abused the card privileges.

Whoopsie, the check bounced. I do not think the typical American taxpayer gets away with that excuse if they are late paying their taxes or that the IRS will be “overly lenient“ with common Americans. Pretty sad the nation’s accounting department, the IRS, cannot keep many of its employees and executives in line and fiscally responsible.

3) According to the center For Investigative Reporting, back in 2009, the number of veteran soldiers who had been waiting more than a year for their Veterans’ Administration care totaled 11,000. In three short years, By December 2012, this list had ballooned to 245,000 veterans:

After reviewing internal Veterans’ Administration documents, their analysis also determined that many veterans are waiting much longer than a year to receive their benefits:

• In New York City, the delay can be 642 days.
• In Los Angeles the delay can be 619 days.
• The largest number of year-long waits are in Oakland (19,077), Waco (18,442), Houston (14,480) and Los Angeles (13,901).

Disgraceful abuse of our brave servicemen and service women who made great sacrifices for this country. The Obamas are still going to take their $100 million African vacation, the Alabama watermelon queen got her touring money, Pakistan has a $10 million version of Sesame Street, dogs and cats got their Federal money for pet beauty products, etc. but our veterans wait years for what is rightly due to them for their service. Disgraceful beyond belief.

4) I am not an expert by any stretch of the Federal Reserve System but it seems to me that it has literally been out of control for a while now. Every month for a long time it has been buying tens of billions of dollars worth of different kinds of bonds in its various “quantitative easing” disasters. The problem is that the Fed does not have any “wealth” so to speak. It basically creates money out of thin air (“printing of money”) and introduces it into our economic system with no underlying wealth to support it.

If that does not scare you into believing that our economy and financial system is about to implode, take a look at the following video of a recent Congressional hearing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIM8x5wLtR4

The lady being grilled by Congressman Alan Grayson says at the beginning of the video that she is Federal Inspector General responsible for auditing the Federal Reserve. And that apparently is the extent of her knowledge on just about any topic under discussion.

In the span of about five minutes, Grayson asks her a series of straight forward questions regarding the trillions of dollars that the Fed is tossing around. Her lack of knowledge regarding the Fed’s operations, DESPITE being the head Inspector General, is horrifying, scary, and unbelievable. To quote Sergeant Schultz from the old TV show, “Hogan’s Heroes,”, “I know nothing” is basically her mantra through the entire line of questioning.

If the Inspector General knows nothing and cannot account for the Fed‘s trillion dollar financial activities, who can? Very, very distressing and depressing.

5) For Americans who love freedom and the First Amendment, the IRS harassing and hindering of Tea Party and conservative political groups in exercising their freedom of speech is a direct affront to the concept of liberty in this country. Finding why and who did these actions, who ordered the harassment, etc. should be a top priority of every American.

Which makes this piece of political class insanity all the more depressing. FBI Director Robert Mueller was recently questioned by Congressman Jim Jordan under oath at a Congressional hearing regarding the IRS targeting of conservative groups. Unfortunately, but typically, for a high ranking Obama administration official, Mueller appeared as uninformed as possible regarding of the details of the case , doing an even better impression of Sgt. Schultz’s “I know nothing” line than the above mentioned Fed Inspector General:

Congressman Jordon: “Can you tell me who is the lead investigator is?’

Director Mueller: “Not off the top of my head.”

Congressman Jordon: ”This is the most important case in the country for the past six weeks and you don’t know who the most important person is, leading the case?”

Director Mueller, same song different verse: “Not off the top of my head.”

Disgusting and disgraceful. The Director knew he was going to be asked questions like this, this was the primary purpose of the hearing and he did not care enough or was not smart enough to do at least some basic preparation. Since Congress represents people like oourselves and acts like our surrogates in these matters, Mueller’s lack of preparation is a direct insult to the voters and taxpayers of this country.

Furthermore, the exchange above was just a small example of Mueller’s ignorance and lack of preparation. The entire exchange cab be viewed at:

http://theblacksphere.net/2013/06/fbi-director-mueller-knows-nothing/

At this video you can see his apathy and arrogance goes on for minutes at a time, totally unprepared and unprofessional, a disgrace to the American taxpayer.

Having fun yet? Trust me, the bad news will keep on coming for a few more days along with the insults and contempt that the politicians in this country have for us, our wealth, and our freedom.

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It is also available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Please pass our message of freedom onward. Let your friends and family know about our websites and blogs, ask your library to carry the book, and respect freedom for both yourselves and others everyday.

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The Ignorance Of Rush Limbaugh, The Hypocrisy Of Liberals and Democrats, The Silence Of Obama

Disclaimers: 1) If you are squeamish about reading about vulgarities and personal insults to Americans, and the despicable words that accompany these insults, please to not proceed through this post.

2) If you do proceed, please note that up until the November, 2010 midterm elections I had never voted for a Republican for national office in my life (I am 59 years old). Thus, remember that I am not a life long, die hard Republican or conservative as you read through the following paragraphs.

Over the past two weeks, both sides in the political spectrum have been debating whether a secular government and political class in a democracy such as ours can trample on religious and speech freedoms to extend a political cause. In this case, it was whether the Obama administration could force religious organizations to ignore their sacred tenets and provide free birth control options to people under its influence.

We will save the debate and discussion on this trampling of rights for another day. Today we will focus on ignorance, hypocrisy, and silence.  The ignorance comes from conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and his insult of a female college student from Washington D.C. These two people, one famous, and one not, ended up on opposite sides of the free the birth control issue discussed above.

Unfortunately, this is where the ignorance of Limbaugh comes into play. If we are to believe in our democracy and its freedom of speech, each of these two people should be entitled to their personal opinion on this and any other issue without being degraded and slandered for having that opinion. This does not mean we cannot disagree vehemently, but respectfully, with each other's opinion, that is how democracy should work.

But this is where Limbaugh crossed a line, calling the young lady a slut on his national radio show for having an opinion contrary to his. This is not a mature, adult debate of issues, it is just playground name calling. And this name called is degrading and unnecessary.

As this issue unfolded, however, the hypocrisy from the left came spewing forth. I came across a number of Facebook friends that wanted me to speak out against Limbaugh by "liking" those that were now in a full rant against his name calling or wanting me to sign a Facebook petition to have him removed from the air. I also received numerous petition emails urging me to sign in order to get Limbaugh canned.

Why hypocrisy? Where was the left, the Democrats, and the liberals when other women were being degraded, slandered, and called names that were at least as bad as "slut?" Why did this single incident encourage such outrage when there had been dozens of other assaults on individuals' rights, lives, respect, and female body parts over the past few years?

Oh wait, those assaults on individuals' rights, lives, respect, and female body parts had been on Republican and conservative Americans, the exact opposite of Democrats and liberal Americans. That is where the hypocrisy comes in. When Democrats and liberal people demean and slander non-Democrats and non-liberal types, there is no outcry to get someone kicked off the air, there is no outrage at the language used to belittle, there is no notice of childish behavior. That only happens when one of their own is insulted in some way.

Consider the following atrocities of behavior that have occurred over the past few years that is similar to the insult to the Washington college student that somehow went unnoticed by the left:

- HBO show host Bill Maher called Sarah Palin a "tw**"  (with Maher using the full degrading word, not the shielded version I am using) last year on television and there was no outrage from such degradation from the left, the Democrats, and the liberals. Various women-centric organizations and others, however, did call Maher to task:

• Yana Walton, Vice President of Communications at Women's Media Center: “Widespread sexism in the media is one of the top problems facing women, and seriously affects women in politics. A highly toxic media environment persists for women candidates, and discourages all women – irrespective of political persuasion - from running for public office. Despite the fact that women make up half of the population, we're only 17 percent of congress. Bill Maher's misogynistic comment about Sarah Palin hurts all women, not just Palin, and not just conservative women. By insulting her gender, rather than her platform or stance on issues, he insults women as a group.”
• Terry Dougherty, editor of Women magazine: “[Maher's] choice of words shows an enormous lack of respect for women. If his preceding joke had been about a man, I can't imagine him using an equally derogatory term to describe a male. That type of language shows a lack of consideration toward women."
• Matthew Vadum, Senior Editor at the Capital Research Center in Washington DC: "Bill Maher feels he can get away with such jaw-droppingly offensive verbal attacks on Sarah Palin because virtually the entire media-academia-entertainment complex agrees with him. Clinging to their political correctness and disdain for her quintessentially American values, the left-wing cocktail circuit regards Palin as a punch line."
• John Ziegler, creator of the documentary "Media Malpractice: “If a conservative used that language to describe Hillary Clinton, we wouldn't be hearing very much about Japan or Libya. If they said it about Michelle Obama, the media would be going 24/7 with the story.”

Seems many Americans were outraged by this insult to Sarah Palin but no one from the left, the Democrats, or the liberals saw the disgusting insult. Details of Maher's behavior and "tw**" insult can be found in any number of website locations but the following site is a good one to review for the hypocrisy:

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/22/maher-calls-sarah-palin-female-vulgarism-stays-mum/

- The above article also reminded me of an incident from the recent past where a high ranking staff member working on Governor Jerry Brown's California governorship campaign called his female opponent, Meg Whitman, a "whore." Rather than debate Whitman on issues, Democrats on Brown's campaign staff decided to revert to vulgarism and call a political opponent, another American, a whore. Totally insulting, totally, demeaning, and totally ignored by the left, the Democrats, and the liberals. Details of this incident are included in the above site.

- Back to Bill Maher, his insults of women and other Americans who do not line up with his political views continue in the situation posted in the following website. On his HBO show back in September, Bill Maher was degrading then Presidential candidate Rick Perry for his bad performance in one of the debates. No problem so far, identifying and discussing a perceived poor Presidential debate performance is fair game.

But then Maher degrades himself as he grossly degrades Sarah Palin again when he says on air, referring to Rick Perry: "Sarah Palin was watching and she said, 'If only he was black, I'd f**k him.'" How much more disgusting can you get on live television? Degrading not only another woman, another American but also another race?

Where was the rage on the left and their organized attempts to get Maher kicked off the air like they tried to do with Limbaugh? In my opinion, this comment is far worse than Limbaugh's slut comment, both in content, in context, and the fact that this is not Maher's first offensive remark. But the hypocrisy continues, the left, the Democrats, and the liberals somehow ignored this disgrace. Details and live video of Maher's remarks can be found at:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/09/24/bill-maher-sarah-palin-would-f-k-rick-perry-if-he-was-black

- One of the most outrageous and most ignored women-demeaning actions in recent history was an extensive Playboy online article entitled "So Right It's Wrong." The author of this article wrote extensively on why it was necessary to "hate rape" ten conservative women, columnists and politicians, and how to do it. Disgusting beyond belief.

One would have thought that the concept of "hate raping" ten different American women would have gotten the Limbaugh hating crowd in a dither. No, there was no reaction at all from the left, the Democrats, and the liberals in this case either. Details can be found at numerous non-mainstream media sites including the following:

http://www.whale.to/a/reisman56.html

- Michele Bachman is a Minnesota Congresswoman who unsuccessfully ran for President. What the mainstream press seemed to ignore, along with the left, the Democrats, and the liberals, is a concert that a rap artist gave a few years ago that was billed as "F**k Michele Bachman 2010." The rapper did not use the cleaned up version seen here, he used the full vulgarity.

There was no outrage against this performer from the left, the Democrats, or the liberals like they had against Limbaugh. How demeaning is this for Bachman's family and friends to see the extensive advertisements and promotions for this concert in full public view? What if the concert had been billed as "F**k Michele Obama 2010" or "F**k Hilary Clinton 2010?"

I would bet there would be the predictable outrage in these hypothetical cases from the left, the Democrats, and the liberals but not in the case of Bachman, a caring mother of not only her own kids but numerous foster kids. Details can be viewed at the following site:

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/06/fck_michele_bac.php


- Staying with Michele Bachman, consider another talk show host, Montel Williams, and his behavior. He came out publicly against Rush Limbaugh's comment, which is his right to do. But this is the same Montel Williams who previously had publicly hoped that Michele Bachman would commit suicide by decapitating herself.

How despicable to want the death of someone whose political views do not line up with yours, an action that was somehow ignored by the left, the Democrats, and the liberals. Where was the outcry to get Montel thrown off the airwaves? Details can be found at many online sites including the following:

 http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2012/03/10/montel-williams-defends-suicide-wish-bachmann-after-decrying-limbaugh

 - Okay, one last example, an example where the Limbaugh's word "slut" is the subject. Ed Schultz, an on air personality for MSNBC, last year was suspended for the following slur directed at Laura Ingraham, an employee at a different TV network:


“President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on Sunday, but you know what they’re talking about, like this right-wing slut, what’s her name?, Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she’s a talk slut. You see, she was, back in the day, praising President Reagan when he was drinking a beer overseas. But now that Obama’s doing it, they’re working him over.”

Ms. Ingraham is a woman trying to do her job, there is no reason for her to be demeaned and slandered like Rush Limbaugh did to the college student, by being called a slut. Now, Schultz was suspended for the remark but not because the the left, the Democrats, or the liberals were outraged, they were again silent when another American woman, not one of their own, was being degraded. Just another hypocrisy day in their world. Details can be read at:

http://www.salon.com/2011/05/25/ed_schultz/

The hypocrisy also extends to President Obama. While he called and talked to the college student who was called a slut, he was silent when Republican, conservative, and other American woman were called "tw**s", sluts, targets of hate rape, and other slurs. But this should be expected from this President, given his track record of silence:

• When Democrat Nancy Pelosi questioned the patriotism of many Americans when she said those opposed to Obama Care were un-American, Obama was silent. Americans should be able to have an honest  difference of opinion with their leaders without being designated as unpatriotic.
• When Democrat Charles Rangel said those opposed to Obama Care were no better than the racists from decades ago, Obama was silent. Americans should be able to have an honest difference of opinion with their leaders without being  designated as racists.
• When Obama czar Van Jones called all Republicans a**h****s, Obama was silent. Americans should be able to hold contrary political stances from their leaders without publicly being called a**h****s.
• When Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson called Republicans knuckle dragging Neanderthals, Obama was silent.
• When Democratic Congresswoman Shelia Lee Jackson said that all Tea Party members were racists, Obama was silent.
• When Democratic politicians Henry Waxman, Michael Doyle, and Joe Biden called all Republicans terrorists, Obama was silent. Americans should be able to hold contrary political opinions in this country without being grouped with fanatical people that blow up innocent civilians.
• When Democratic Vice President Joe Biden called Republicans barbarians, Obama was silent.
• When Democrat Howard Dean called Tea Party Americans racists for their honest desire to reign in government power and  out-of-control government spending, Obama was silent.

But also silent was the left, the Democrats, and the liberals. There was no Facebook or email petition push to have any of these people punished for their demeaning, degrading slander and their un-American slurs towards fellow citizens.

The list goes one and one. Americans, both men and women, being degraded for having contrary opinions to those in power. No American should ever have their patriotism questioned for having a contrary view, no American should ever be called a racist, an a**h***, a slut, a terrorist, a Neanderthal, a barbarian, a Klan member, a hate rape target, etc. just for having a difference of opinion.

But this is exactly what the political class wants. As we attack each other and slander each other, the political class goes about their business, staying in office, enriching themselves while not solving any problem facing the country. Consider some words from a previous post we did which focused on how Big Brother used the same type of divide and conquer tactics in George Orwell's novel, "1984:"

"This is not to say that either the conduct of war, or the prevailing attitude towards it, has become less bloodthirsty or more chivalrous. On the contrary, war hysteria is continuous and universal in all countries, and such acts as raping, looting, the slaughter of children, the reduction of whole populations to slavery, and reprisals against prisoners which extend even to boiling and burying alive, are looked upon as normal, and, when they are committed by one's own side and not by the enemy, meritorious."


This was the original quote from the novel. Now consider the same quote with a few words changed to describe the political horror we are currently enduring:


"This is not to say that either the conduct of politics, or the prevailing attitude towards it, has become less bloodthirsty or more chivalrous. On the contrary, politics is continuous and universal in all parts of the country, and such acts as name calling, personal degradation, accusations of unpatriotism, sexual degradation, verbal assaults, the reduction of whole groups of fellow citizens with opposing views to idiocy and reprisals against common Americans with opposing views, are looked upon as normal, and, when they are committed by one's own side and not by the enemy, meritorious."


Orwell's Big Brother used the tactic of attacking one's enemy in whatever way possible as part of an overall strategy of diverting attention way from the government's oppression and incompetence. That is the Orwellian horror we are living through our political system today: it is okay to call the "other side" degrading names and insults, it is not okay for them to do the same to us. In our outrage we fail to notice how poorly our politicians serve our country, our democracy, and ourselves.


Until we start respecting the diversity of each other and each other's right to have contrary opinions, we will never solve the problems facing this country. We will continue to be the gladiators that destroy each other while the political class goes on their current track unabated up in the Coliseum stands.


Three thoughts in closing:


1) Dante once said: "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality." If you are outraged when those of your political ilk are insulted and degraded but remain silent when those of a different political ilk are insulted and degraded, then Dante was talking about you.


If you are outraged when someone who agrees with you is called a slut but remain silent when someone who disagrees with you is called a slut, a whore, a target for hate rape, etc., then Dante was talking about you.


If you are silent when another American is called an a**h***, a racist, a barbarian, a terrorist, or un-American for simply and honestly having a difference of opinion, then Dante was talking about you.


2) Actor Michael Douglas, in his depiction of the American President in the movie of the same name, provides a similar conclusion on freedom of expression to the Dante comparison in the following film clip at the 1:30 to the 2:10 time:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxGqU6LwVI


America, and its freedom and democracy, is not easy, as Douglas's character points out. It cannot only be an outrage when a person of your political conviction is insulted or has their freedom of expression questioned and ridiculed. That outrage must extend to all Americans of all political viewpoints. Otherwise, the politicians win and we lose.

3) How is Limbaugh different from all of the other people listed above? He apologized for his transgressions. Until Obama, Maher, Biden, Grayson, Lee, Williams, Playboy, Rangel, Pelosi, and the others above apologize for their transgressions, their slurs, they will be worse than Limbaugh, lower than low.

Until these people, the left, the Democrats, and the liberals, apologize, please keep your Rush Limbaugh  Facebook posts and your email petitions to yourself. Your selective silence is deafening.

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