The day is almost here. If you haven’t voted early, do it now. Get out the vote.
Now you may say Ohio isn’t racist not just Ohio but Florida, Pennsylvania and all other red states. Voter suppression is racist. They know if they can keep democrats from the polls they will win the election. Over these many months we have been “informed” by the press and media about the “horse race” with no real discussion of policy and racism. Like television, they are only interested in entertainment and not knowledge. Selling newspapers is so much more important.
Hatred and racism is the hallmark of the republican party. It is what they do best. They have told so many lies that that believe them to be fact. So many lies that it has shown itself for what it truly is……….Racist. It is not new and we should already know this. It is only now more obvious. A black man is President, living in the Whitehorse. Billboards in poor and black neighborhoods, lies about voter ID and then there is Trick the Vote [ True the Vote]. True the Vote is an oxymoron for republicans. For them there is no truth in the voting process. They promised to follow the Constitution and then pervert it. They say they are Christians, but speak hatred and racism. Hypocrites and contradictory positions. New Left Media said it best:
The republicans are not meant to think. Just follow. So, it is time to get out the vote. We can stand in line for hours to get into a football game, so we can stand and wait to vote. Your vote is so much important. Don’t get tricked. Stand up for all of us, women, the poor, the middle-class!!!!! We need to make American proud of herself.
Well, Mom, to answer your question… some people get the warm and fuzzies thinking about what wonderful, compassionate progressives they are. It just feels so damn good to be so open-minded and CONCERNED about all of these poor VICTIMS in our society. Unfortunately for “progressives”, socialistic ideas have been proven failures throughout history, time and again. Europe is a mess at the verge of utter collapse. Libs love to cite European countries where the lifestyle is supposedly better than ours. These countries are about the size of Vermont, so whoopee whoo for them. Maybe socialism works for a country with a population of 200. Meanwhile, the U.S. props up the world economically and militarily and pays for it by borrowing from China. If people think the “progressive” way is so wonderful, I’m sure Cuba would happily accept them…it’s only a short boat ride away after all.
The above was taken from a Facebook message sent in response to her stating that some people thing that if you are not in favor of every social program thought up you must not be compassionate. Several people commented. They were of both parties. But this girl went after the “progressives” and liberals. She needs to shut the flock up.
She made an unwarranted attack. It is obvious that she does not know very much about the affordable healthcare act, Europe, North America, and socialism. This is reminiscent of the Vietnam War days in reverse…..if you were against the war you were a communist. Does anybody remember “Love it or leave it”? So we have come to that now. But even in her rant above she lies. Libs do not site European countries where the lifestyle is better than ours. What we do cite is that the healthcare in all these countries is so much better than ours. Germany, France, Greece, Spain, Italy and let’s not forget Canada, are not the size of Vermont, and their populations exceed her 200 standard. And we should self-deport….to Cuba. This is the mentality in the state of Ohio. This is my front and backyard. Their only recourse is to degrade and denounce democrats, progressives and liberals.
If you don’t like the truth, then make up your own. Lie about the lies you told. Live in a parallel universe if you can’t accept the truth. For this girl real facts are not acceptable. It is what they do. They have no argument, no logical argument, so they go off the reservation and declare that we are all socialists and love Stalin. She even uses the word Romney made famous VICTIMS. They just buy into the we are leeches theory. She like so many others has seen and heard the Devil, and she believes.
What did you think the Devil is going to look like if he’s around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red pointy tail. No. I’m serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing…..he will just bit by bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance…..just a tiny bit. Broadcast News
They have forgotten how to persuade people who don’t agree with them. They have created their own environment and remain entrenched inside it. They only listen to themselves and of course the Devil. They just lie about everything Deniers about everything. They lie about their lies. The biggest error of the Conservatives the Republican Party was naming Paul Ryan as Romney’s running mate They did it simply because Ryan had a “policy” a budget, a plan. Romney obviously has none. Unless you count trying to take President Obama’s. But remember, if you are a liberal, a Democrat, a progressive you are scum…..a socialist that needs to be put a ship and sent to Cuba. A modern-day voyage of the damned.
Still, for all their talk I feel this all comes down to race. They wont shout it out, but it is truly white against white. Rich against poor, middle-class, women, veterans Latinos and working families. Just consider the extreme effort republicans have taken to eliminate voters, violate women, starve families, deprive veterans, the elderly and all hard-working Americans. We are progressives and we should disappear. That is their vision.
I must admit that last night when I heard the news that the Rat had chosen the Roach to be his VP, I was screaming and dancing. I was just as happy as I could be. Democrats were handed a gift and we won. A party that is cutting its own throat, even if it taking them a long time, they picked a man, I use that loosely, who wants to end Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security as their VP. The author of the most draconian budget in our history wants to be second in charge. The Roach has the gall to call it The Path to Prosperity, Restoring Americas Promise, so it was called for Budget year 2012; changed it to: The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal for Budget year 2012. Naturally, it asks questions that be the obvious questions: Restoring Americas Promise? Promise for the rich; Blueprint for American Renewal? Renewal of tax cuts and destruction of everyone else.
They may have a problem: the most prominent and partisan supporters of the Republican party have been senior citizens who both speak with their money and their vote. they have been loud and clear “to keep your hands off my Medicare.” The promise is that those seniors,those Republicans will now reconsider their support, read the so-called budget and see it for what it really is, destruction and death of the poor and middle class. That they will see lie in the statement that his Catholic faith guided him in forming this travesty. Jesus taught us to take care of the poor. That Jesus told the rich man to give up everything he owns, give it all away and follow him. Must not have been part of his catechism. His truth faith is Ayn Rand.
Then I saw this ad. It should run on television and full length.
We cannot go back. We can only move
We must rise up and vote. Ride share and take a friend. Ohioans get with it. They want to stop early voting, well the we will just storm the polls. Take a friend, family, anyone and go vote. Tell them that we want our rights back. Throw the elephants out. Send the message that we know what we want, and what is good for us. We decide what we can do with our bodies and our minds. Tell them that all their money in elections is irrelevant. Make it clear the BatSh#tCrazy doesn’t get it anymore.
VOTE!! DON’T BE LAZY!! TAKE A FRIEND!! THROW THE RATS TO THE DOGS!!!!!
I was attending church a week ago and a “friend” called me over and said “I need for you to vote for Romney and save America.” Now mind you this man knows I am a Democrat, usually vote that way, and think for myself regardless of who I vote for. Still, I was surprised. First, I thought it was a joke, but I could see by the look on his face he was quite serious. Still, believing this was still a joke, my response was: “Vote for Romney……..George Romney. No wait, he’s dead. Oh what is it I don’t know.” He did not see the humor in it.
Like four years ago, Republicans in Ohio are becoming desperate. I mean desperate. They have sold their souls to the republican party and RNC. They are whores for whores. Like lemmings they recite the loyalty oath to the party and sing the praises of Willard the Rat. Mittens is the rat. He has been trained by the republican party to kill the party. I know it was on its last leg after McCain, but now it is barely breathing. It is stunning. The more I see, the more my heart is filled with happiness.
Think of it as road to salvation. It is how it was presented to me after all in church, God etc. What better place to plead and pray for Rat votes. They were telling me that if I donate just $5.00 to “The Rat” I could begin to pay my way to salvation. The Rat’s own website states it: Learn The Truth: Sign up to receive emails with the truth. Imagine it, straight from God himself….the truth. Donate $5.00 and you get more. Only the more is a surprise. Even the baby rats the run big Rats’ show don’t know. Since the Rats all lie it can only be true that this is a lie too.
To prove his faith and hope of salvation, the Rat put out this campaign :
It was never meant to be used as a political platform, but here he is touting how he saved the 2002 Olympics and Salt Lake City, the bastion of Mormonism. The Rat tells lies, lies and more lies. What is past comprehending is why people believe him. It must be the thought of salvation that is too great to resist. Get your ticket to ride everybody.
Assault weapons ban does not violate the Second Amendment. There is no prior claim that laws preventing citizens from buying weapons that fire 30 or more bullets without reloading violates the Second Amendment. Even the most conservative judges hold that the Second Amendment was meant to protect state militias and not individual gun owners. Banning any possession of handguns by citizens , even in the home, is the only law so far the Supreme Court has held that violates the Second Amendment.
The Right will tell you that “hunting rifles” those assault weapons, are for their personal protection. That it is about defending themselves against the government. They consider the government more and more a threat each and everyday. Would the Supreme Court uphold that the Second Amendments protects citizens owning plutonium, to defend themselves against nuclear attack? Weapons are weapons. Defending ourselves from tyranny is the justification. Protecting ourselves, the great American value, but so was slavery. Their argument is ludicrous.
American public has been conditioned to belief that their communities and country are more dangerous than they really are by their local news, television and other media. Hate, violence and intolerance do well on television. We are all watching television and being pumped full of fear. Mostly against blacks and Latinos. It is always the lead part of the story, ” a black man with a gun” or “a black or Latino man with a gun”. Never, a white man with a gun. Conditioned to fear blacks and Latinos. The Black and Latino communities have become entertainment for the rest of society. Their response is guns and more guns. Guns that can fire more bullets than can be imagined. I must protect myself. If more guns make you safer, then American would be the safest place in the world.
The simple truth is that no one wants to ban all guns. But is it really so unreasonable to ask that it be made more difficult for individuals to buy assault weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition? They even call themselves Christians. The Sixth Commandment says “Thou shalt not kill” period. It does not say thou shalt not kill unless I am “protecting” myself. Just thou shalt not kill. They call it personal protection. The argument is stupid. They want you to believe that Stalin lives in American if gun control was enacted. Their fear is purposeful. It gives them the right to kill at will. They call it “ patriotism“. They need to do better.
We all need to do better. We must come together and find a way to actually protect our country, our citizens and ourselves without resorting to Constitutional murder.
I don’t pretend to know the answer. I only know that to stop good citizens and mad men from killing innocents we must do something. American can no longer continue on the path that if you don’t agree with me I will shot you dead with a hundred bullets.
I had hoped that this Christianity crap would not go this far, but now these men of “God” have made me mad. Most of these people Slicktorum, Newt, Mittens and now Franklin Graham have all been found out for what they are………racists, bigots, sexists and absolutely not christian.
First, I don’t think this bunch of old white, white-haired men [bishops] knew what they were doing when they screamed against contraception. I don’t think they realized that this went beyond contraception, and played right into the hands of those God-fearing pretenders, and began in earnest the repeal of “Obamacare.” The bishops didn’t understand then, but they do now.
But what has made me mad is Slicktorum saying that Freedom of Religion has become Freedom to Worship and they are not the same thing. Is he really that stupid. It is a rhetorical question don’t answer. Did he not know to google religion and discover the definition? Or simply look the word up in the dictionary. Religion: service and worshipof God or a divine being. Slicktorum has it all wrong. His definition of religious freedom means Catholicism. Follow the dictates of the church. As we have seen his church is lacking. I guess now that includes Protestantism too. I don’t usually watch “morning joe”, but I did this morning and I was dumbfounded. This pretender to the throne of a really good man, in one brief interview offended every real christian in the world. Maybe it was too early for him or what he drank, smoked and a new fangled drug the night before which led him to some drug induced glass eyed definition of a christian. The man has lost his mind like all good christian republicans. But I have gone off point and I am on a deadline to get this post done sometime tonight. Maybe I need a new drug as the old song says.
Now back to what I was going to say before my 65-year-old brain had a momentary lapse…….Slicktorum is telling me/us that his religion or no religion. He is telling us to ignore God, the God we know, and accept his “religion”. Not God mind you, his “religion.” Now don’t get me wrong he has every right to belong to his “religion”, but so do I. But it is God I/you account to, not the religion. I may belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, but I pray and answer to God. God is God.
How dare Slicktorum or Graham or Gingrich or Robertson, or Paul or any of them tell me that the God I worship is wrong. How dare he or them tell me that I am not a good christian. How dare they tell me that my “religion” is wrong. How dare they tell me that my worship of God is not freedom of “religion”. His God isn’t better than my God. Christianity isn’t bad but there just are some bad people. Islam isn’t bad, there just are some bad people, and it goes on and on. It is not freedom of religion, it is freedom from religion. They have no right to tell me./us theirs is better.
To hear Slicktorum, Graham or the rest of talk, you can just go out and buy your faith right off the shelf. Not happy with it move on to the next aisle or another department. No special discounts for God. A special on “religion” today. Can’t you just see it now, God’s Grocery Store. Bag it yourself and take home. My momma told me about people like this a long time ago. She told to beware of the “good christian.” They talk a good game, go to church each and every Sunday and pronounce out loud “I am a good christian”, but when they time comes for them to be what they say they are invisible. Missing. I just can’t sell my soul to be a “company christian”. I will not sell my soul.
These religions, be it Catholicism or Protestantism or whatever they call it is a means for them to justify their bigotry, racism, and sexism. Maybe the Catholic church is against contraception not because it is immoral, but because it means loss of income for the church. More parishioners, more money. It can’t be because they care about the health of the woman or her family. These good Christians seem to forget that God and Jesus were not racist, bigots, sexists. That Jesus loved all mankind without exception.
They don’t seem to know much about that. So I can do without the holy water induced rhetoric, the holier than I comedy routine. I will be pleased to be in hell. I’ll have good company and my dog. I don’t want to be a good christian. If they are examples of good Christians than damn I am happy to be bad.
Well I just can’t resist this. The Catholic Bishops have truly gone off the deep end or just simply thrown themselves off the cliff. They are not lemmings, but true leaders following the word of God. That is what they say. Trouble with that argument: nowhere in the Bible is there anything about contraception. Oh they will quote you Genesis 38:8-10; And Judah said unto Onan , go in unto they brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up see to they brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also. This is what they use to justify the ban on contraception. The death of the poor man.
The truth is, is that there is no passage in the Bible that supports a ban on contraception. It doesn’t exists. It is not a proclamation come from God to anyone that calls themselves Christian. Not even Catholics. It is a law laid out by the pope, a man who pretends to be God and speaks as one. He is not God. All this talk about the sanctity of life, but an ignoring of the living. It is a church doctrine created by man and not by God. The pope speaks and all are to follow. Contraception is immoral so what are they saying? All Catholics are immoral. How dare they tell me that I am immoral? Wait a minute, I am not Catholic, thank God. Shame on Catholics. The Bishops have taken a position that the only way to save their flock is to deny healthcare to Catholic women and by extension to all women. They are telling us that women prefer immorality and good healthcare to so-called damnation. We are evil.
The Bishops have joined that Republican party. They now work for them. They read letters against contraception from the pulpit. That is political speech, partisan political speech. They have tax-exempt status. How now can they claim to continue to want no tax. They should register an extreme Republican political action committee rather than remain a tax exempt religious institution outside the bounds of politics. They are working for the Republican party. Part of that dreaded 1% and they love it.
This is a fight for authority over U.S. flock. Catholics here are supposed to follow their moral authority. They want to speak for the Church once again. They have no authority and have lost their clout and standing. They have no real authority over “Catholic” colleges or university or hospitals. They are independently owned. They can have the word “Catholic” removed, but beyond that they have no power. The use of “Religious liberty” is excuse. No one is infringing on their right to worship. No one is taking that right away from them. Contraception is already included in health insurance as part of their plans. No one forces you to use it. Just as if your religious beliefs tell you abortion is wrong, no one forces you to have one.
George Carlin said the following:
Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren’t they? They’re all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you’re born, you’re on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus, from conception to nine months. After that, they don’t want to know about you. They don’t want to hear from you. No nothing. No neo-natal care, no day care, no Head Start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you’re pre-born, you’re fine. If you’re pre-school, you’re f$$$ed.
I have noticed that Catholic leaders will froth at the mouth and agitate over hot topics like access to condoms and family planning, but their fervor fails greatly when it comes to the plight of the poor. There has always been a total disconnect between the church’s concern for life at conception as opposed to life in process. They ignore and remain silent on their sexual abuse cases. What is that old line….”People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” The Church and the GOP are trying to turn the clock back. One can only wonder what witches brew Republicans the church are drinking from if they think this is an issue that will win them any major support.
Every woman in the country will see it for what it is, a naked attempt by powerful men to once again gain control over them and their bodies. Fighting the contraception issue makes the church look once again like it is targeting women. Presidential candidates in line step with the Bishops. Santorum came out firing against contraception of any kind. He might be over compensating for the fact that his wife once lived for many ears with an abortion doctor.
They have all lost their sense of reality. They long for the old days. They have forgotten what century they line in.
There is but once solution: GET THE FLOCK OUT!!!!!!!
Today in my local newspaper, the speak-up column was on contraception. You will find that in at least one comment, their ignorance shows. They think this is about abortion and not healthcare. I will reserve my comments for the end of this post:
At this link you can read these comments for yourself. I will post a few and comment at the end.
Present Obama’s attack on Christians on the healthcare issue is just another example of his disregard for the Constitution. It is not a doormat to be trampled on. It is to be respected and used properly. Eight years of this man would devastate our republic.
Please help stop the hysteria and propaganda. Someone needs to clarify to the public that allowing access to or providing coverage for birth-control products in the new healthcare bill does not force anyone to use the products. It only offers coverage and lets women have a choice. The word “force” is being used loosely to incite anger and fear. Let’s get the argument to the realities.
It’s a step backward for women’s rights. Why should these places be able to impose their religious on their employees? They don’t want women to use birth control to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, but they don’t want them to have an abortion to end it either.
I think employers should offer birth control coverage. Birth control is fairly expense and, without coverage, a lot women can’t afford it. The women affected by this decision are the ones who are being responsible by preventing “unwanted” pregnancies. These same religious organizations and emplyers are generally against abortions, but they don’t want to offer an acceptable solution, which would be birth control coverage……..
It is not the coverage for the “birth control” that is the issue It’s the wording within this that also allows it to cover abortion and abortion-related measures. They should not be forced by the government by any means whatsoever.
The way this has been conflated on the right to mean “Obama is forcing Catholic schools to give out condoms and provide abortions” has been pretty hilarious to watch….
I hope the U.S. Supreme Court does hear the case and puts an end to it, once and for all. Precedent is on the side of me being able to access healthcare and decide when and if I want to have more children. Sorry religious conservatives, but my body belongs to me. You may not like it, but I have the right to have sex and not conceive.
The Catholic Bishops and The Catholic Church consider contraception to be immoral. We do have to respect some matters of conscience. Their argument that Boenher has jumped on is that this is a violation of the First Amendment, Freedom of Religion. It is ludicrous. No one is saying you have lost your right to worship, lost your religion, or that the government has instituted one central religion. The Bishops mistake was to include all women and not just the Catholics is this objection. They have no right to speak for me. It doesn’t apply to churches themselves or their devotion arms. It applies to religious enterprises like hospitals and university that serve secular purposes, take taxpayer dollars, employ thousands of non-catholic women, and are already required to obey many and varied secular regulations. At these organizations, the money that pays for employee healthcare doesn’t come the
church, it comes out of the income stream they get from their customers and clients
. This is not about religious freedom, it is as David Boise stated on The Last Word, this is about labor laws.
The Bishops took on this fight on behalf of all women and they have lost. We should celebrate. These Bishops and their supporters, who probably use contraception, should be ashamed.
I have put this off for some time, but now I can’t stand it anymore. They have written in a post that they know that they will be persecuted? Persecuted? Do they compare themselves with Jesus? Jesus did not teach people to hate and vilify. He preached love, understanding, compassion, peace and tolerance. What really bothers me is that they believe that they can do my thinking for me. I don’t have a mind, cannot think rationally, and decide and choose for myself. Jesus was persecuted and murdered for his beliefs and promise of hope and salvation. Are they willing to do the same thing?
We should thank them though. They have made us stronger. It has made us show them what true Christian values are. These mothers obviously were taught from a very early age to hate. Hatred is not born in you, it is acquired. They learned their lessons well, to hate all the people their parents hated. Now they have passed them to their children in the guise of protection. Their children should be protected from their parents. Haters inspire us. They make us stronger. It brings out the best in true Christians. Jesus never condemned anyone. Have they asked themselves the questions, “What would Jesus do?” They can’t. They can’t because Jesus was no hater, bigot or racists. He loved all people.
One Million Moms is doing what other organization from our past have done. Promote hatred, racism and bigotry in the name of God. This is their war for God.
They say they are One Million Moms, that is if you count likes as members. For all we know this is 4 fat women in a garage trying to start-up an exercise regimen or routine to teach their “values.” It should be an interesting comedy routine. They are funny now, so it should be hysterical and hilarious. I might actually look at that just for the laughs.
These Christian One Million Moms are giving true Christians and their values a bad name. Fight back.
I wrote a post not to long ago saying that Republicans and The Religious Right have lost their minds. I was wrong. They have no minds. As long as the Republicans and the so-called Religious, Evangelical Right confine themselves to social issues in the next election they will lose. Go down in flames.
John Boehner wants a fight in the House over contraception. I say let him. This fight will be the end of the GOP, the next Komen for the Cure. They have under estimated the pure outrage on the further and continuing attacks on women’s health. This is not about religion, Catholic or otherwise. This is about healthcare, women’s healthcare.
Republican presidential candidates have all turned to Jesus. They all found God to run for office. And now they say that God, or the Catholic hierarchy will dictate U. S. healthcare policy. The republicans, the Christian Right claim that President Obama is out of touch. The truth is that the Vatican that is out of touch with Americans, including their own parishioners. There has always been a difference between American Catholics and European Catholics. The Vatican dictates and if you do not follow you can be damned. No offense to my Catholic friends. It simply is true that the old european, Roman Catholics are out of touch with their newer members, the Americans.
A 2011 Guttmmacher Institute survey finds that 98% of sexually active Catholic women have used contraceptives. A February 2012 Public Religion Research Institute poll finds Catholics, by a 58% to 37% margin, agreed with the statement, “All employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception at no cost.”
This is not the only issue on which the Catholic hierarchy is out of touch. Catholics disagree with their hierarchy’s handling of sex abuse cases. They think the practice of not reporting cases to police and transferring, rather than dismissing, offenders is wrong. Not to mention a crime. I guess the Vatican is against contraception, so that women can have more children that Catholic priests can sexually abuse.
The 2010 General Social Survey finds Americans nearly evenly split on allowing abortions for any reason. But all religions, including Catholics, overwhelmingly agree women should be given that right if raped, the pregnancy threatens their health, or if the fetus has a serious genetic defect. A majority of strong Republicans agree women should be allowed to abort under those conditions.
President Kennedy vowed not to let the Vatican dictate his presidency. Neither should President Obama kowtow to the Catholic hierarchy, a hierarchy who doesn’t even listen to it own parishioners.
But all this nonsense over contraception begs the question: Where is the provision in the healthcare bill for condoms, male enhancement? If it were included would these pious men be outraged? Why are they so against anything that is for better healthcare for women?
Bonehead want a fight – any fight – that allows him to sidestep the jobs issue, for which he has no solutions, no easily demagogued line, and a fastly vanishing constituency for the hings he’s said in the past [“Rich people are job creators”].
The Republican party is dead and The Religious Right will hold the funeral.
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