Don't have much time to write today, I've got a lot of things to take care of before bed time. I just thought I'd share some interesting links with all my readers (hi mom, dad).
Currently, worries about overreaching government and anxiety over our national deficit are quite in widespread in American politics. These worries transcend party lines and can be seen in the most liberal corners of New York to the most conservative reaches of Oklahoma. I always thought that being anti-establishment was often just immaturity and misplaced angst, while being a cheerleader and shill for government expansion is just lame. So understand that I really am reluctant to defend the "Tea Party" because, well, it's kinda dorky (in the high school sense of the word). On the other hand, the claim that these "monochromatic" "middle-aged man" gatherings are in any way racist or violent kinda boggles my mind. Remember, incendiary rhetoric ONLY comes from the right-wing militia forming sister-banging Americans. Here are two good articles that dissects these claims. As always, mind the slant and the source and think for yourself.
Remembering REAL Violent Protests
Damned if you do and damned if you don't
It's not that I really care about the tea party or feel like I should have to defend them, I just let the blatant hypocrisy go by without mention. For example, President Obama has already played more golf than Bush did in his entire 8 years. I don't think Obama is wrong for playing golf a lot, he's a person and he needs to relax sometimes too. It's that, as the article even mentions, people ridiculed President Bush (who I don't particularly like as a leader for other reasons) for something that President Obama would never be ridiculed for. There seems to be a double-standard in the media when a republican politician does something versus when a democrat politician does it. I personally feel the need to call them out, so that's what I'm at.
People worried about government expansion and the nanny state are not paranoid, we didn't elect these fools to congress to tell us what we can and can't eat. From the comments yesterday, Fellatio J. McGee said:
"Charles Sumner was re-elected to the senate several times after his caning despite having been literally beaten retarded. Theres a fun precedent that paved the way for the ubiquitous brain dead incumbents you see today."
Brain dead incumbents indeed; It's shit like this that makes people worry about the imminent arrival of the nanny-state
To end the post on a happy note, time for some thrilling heroics. (H/T: Hotair)
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