I must agree with your comments. These people are a tiny percentage of the population and the more press the get the larger the problem appears. They are affiliated with fringe organizations that are full of other likeminded simpletons. To be indoctinated into one of these groups I believe requires a labotomy. We have had and always will have persons who have a propensity to commit evil acts of aggression. Thes two are jus the latest to grab the headlines. Every news event now has to be politicized with some talking head's opinion. Just give us the facts and we can sort it out. We americans have no problem forming an opinion or voicing it.
Divide and conquer. They really are treating this like a war. They divide us up into population segments pit us against each other while they ransack the treasury and steal us all blind. Maybe I am giving them too much credit. Perhaps they are just simpletons and fools concerned only about the moment or at least as far ahead as re-election time.
I do not see conservatism as being discriminatory. You can be for smaller government, less taxes, personal responsibility, preserving the constitution, freedom, and against abortion and be from any walk of life. Color is not an issue, religion is not an issue either nor is sexual orientation. I just beleive that you have to have a moral code and some integrity and that is the discriminatory practice. We conservatives believe in telling the truth, keeping our word, minding our own business, fairness, and personal freedom. If you can get behind those things your are in. I personally have traditional values. I do not support same sex marriage but civil unions would be acceptable to me. I feel that natures God intended things to work out biologically in a certain way for the purposes of procreation. There are other factors as well but that is the jist of it. While we may disagree on some points We will always respect the other persons point of view if they can articulate it. I have met very few people in life that I could not find something no matter how small that we could agree on at some level.
The big thing is this fool and the other white supremisist fool formulated their ideas among the same types of people criminals. The MSM does not want to disappoint his highness so they will focus on the Right-wing extremist skin head and ignore the other because it goes against his agenda and theirs. These people must have been dropped on their heads as infants or they must have hellacious drug habits to be this messed up. To try to hang the acts of any individual on any one else is crazy. Everyone is accountable for what they do as individuals no one else can carry that burden for you. If you are stupid enough to fall for the garbage that the leaders of these groups are spewing forth you are a weakminded fool. We are all God's children and he loves us all equally. We should always remember that. I thought that was what our nation was founded on but what do I know I just read on some old document that no one uses anymore.
Of course it is Rush's fault, and Hannity, and Beck and Savage. They certainly cannot blame this one on Bush anymore. They have to blame it on someone and take no credit for their own complicity. If the media was doing their job we would have seen the truth behind the sham in obam. There are very few true journalists out there at least ones with integrity....The truth will come out I just hope it comes out soon.
We are promised certain things under that old dusty piece of paper that many in Washington wish we would forget, the Constitution of the United States of America. No longer can we stand idly by while they trample our rights assunder. We must act and hold them accountable for their actions at the polls. Vote them out. We need serious reform to remove the special interest money from the process. We have now a government of the money, by the money and for the money. NO MORE!!! Vote these people out. Challenge them in letters and phone calls on their record. They are accountable to us no matter how much they try to deny it. The arrogance of it all to assume that they know better than we. I would suggest Animal Farm by George Orwell as a good read......The pigs are in power....No more. " If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately. " Thomas Paine
The number one thing is we need accountability. The Government officials have been getting a pass from us the voters. We need to stay informed check these people out. The largest reason that I did not vote for Barrack Obama was not the party that he is a member of but his voting record. His record did not match his rhetoric. As Glenn says on his show "are you tired of politicians saying one thing and doing another?" Check them out online house.gov and senate.gov you can look at the votiing record. Thomas is the service from the Library of Congress that has the text for most of the bills. This is were we need to demand transparency. The President promised it on the campaign remember though earlier I stated the record did not match the rhetoric. He is behaving just as he always has just check the record. It is time for us to hold them accountable for what they do in our name. We the people are the government it is up to us. Do not let the right or left of it blind you. Compromise is were we went wrong. We compromised on so many issues we have now compromised our principles. We cannot afford to do that any longer.
I have to agree with you. I left the working world to enter the world of academia and WOW!!! I could not get over how little people are willing to work for an education. They want it all handed to them. They whine and complain when it is difficult. By the way I am not refering to kids.....I teach at a career college that caters to adult learners. The problem does not reside with the teens it began with their parents. Too many of us are self-absorbed and so focused on what we want that we lose sight of what is important. This is a multi-generational thing. We took our eyes off the prize. We were seeking the good life not realizing that we had it all along and have now forsaken it for the almighty dollar. We are reaping what we as a nation and a society have sown. The time now is for replanting. We need to make sure that we are sowing the right seeds and planting trees that will bear good fruit.
The e-verify system would be a darn good start and by the way employers are required by law to verify that individuals are eligible to work in the US. The form is called an I-9. We could keep them from getting the jobs in the first place and then they have no reason to be here illegally. Statistics are beginning to show that the law-abiding illegal (oxymoron) aliens are actually going back to Mexico because there is no work for them here. PBS had a big ole lefty pity party for them about two months ago on Frontline.
The whole thing goes deeper than that. Follow the money....AIG, Citi, Morgan Stanley, etc... all gave huge sums to both parties hedging their bets. We needed to have an open and honest election and instead we got the death of campaign finance reform. opensecrets.org tracks all of the reported sources of campaign contributors. Check it out. It’s just like cops when they go after the street corner dealer. When they want the big fish they follow the money.