AZ Immigration Law

Jim Wallis rightly describes Arizona's new immigration law as a "social sin."

To read more, click HERE.

As always, Wallis' judgment is on target.

Whatever your faith-perspective might be, I invite you to dig deep into your soul and ponder this retrogressive action, and why in AZ?

What's going on there?

And what's to prove by these harsh measures?

Flexing someone's muscles? To be king of the hill? For what end?

Palin Is an Anarchist

I'm a Dem, and have been one since I cast my first vote many years ago.

Though I admit, with regret, that I voted for Reagan when he ran against Carter. Mr. Happy-Face Reagan beguiled me as he did this nation. I was a fool!

Oh well ...

During the Bush regime, I prayed for Bush often, and did what I could to support him. After all, he was the President of my country, the leader of my land.

I didn't march on the streets, I didn't write hateful letters, and when Gore lost the election to the Bush Supreme Court, I joined Gore in wishing Bush well and getting on with things. I didn't lash out; I didn't spew hatred. I tried to find ways and means that I could support the GOP agenda and move this country ahead.

I didn't plot the overthrow of the government, I didn't engage in "violent" words of rebellion, I didn't call down the wrath of God and pray for Bush's demise (although the thought occurred to me a time or two).

Am I patting myself on the back?

Not at all.

I'm simply an American, a real American, and I was doing what real Americans do - in sickness and in health, however we see it, I stood by my President and I supported the democratic process.

Which is to say, what we see with the GOP, Boehner and Cantor, Palin and Beck, is an abomination.

They are not Americans, whatever the hell they are. They are engaged in a program of de-construction, playing upon the fears of millions of naive Americans. Sadly, there would be no room for Palin if American citizens fully understood the glorious of our Democracy. But 50 years of Happy-Face Reaganism has deplete the national treasury of more than money - the GOP has looted our intelligence, along with its right-wing compatriots in American pulpits, led by the banality of a Robertson, the guilt-laden remorse of a Colson and the mean-spirted heart of a Dobson.

They are all terrorists determined to undermine our Democracy, sowing the seeds of discontent, malice, rage and craziness.

They are, by far, the greatest threat facing our nation, even as they pull the curtain and turn on the smoke and thunder machine, pointing us to mostly imaginary threats overseas, taking us to war, wasting billions and condemning thousands of our finest soldiers to death and tens of thousands more to a life-time of pain and medication.

They are behaving shamefully and without regard for the wellbeing of our nation.

They are prisoners of their own rage (Boehner) and ego (Palin and Beck) and a perverse religion (Colson and Dobson).

Their mutual hatred of Obama is painfully obvious, with shades of racism and everything evil.

They are not to be trusted; their words are misleading.

In reality, they're anarchists.

They have no vision for the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. They cannot work with anyone else, and they can't even work with one another.

They are anarchists.

They pose a real danger to America.

15th Anniversary of the OKC Bombing

April 19, 1995, 168 people died because Timothy McVeigh decided to exact vengeance on our Federal Government for the Waco Siege which ended in the death of 76 people two years earlier.

Filled with irrational ideas, McVeigh declared war on America.

As bizarre as this sounds, it's what the Confederate States were all about, and these days, the t-bags and all such related anti-government ideas. If Communism ever posed a threat to this nation, and it never did, being used only as a ploy by McCarthy to gain influence, the t-bags are a threat, especially as they are backed by the well-healed, none of whom love this nation, but all of whom love the almighty dollar.

America, a land of incredible freedom, has always had its share of nut cases. That we should have room for them is our glory as the "land of the free."

Yet what sadness they have wrought, especially when used and encouraged by fascist, if not anarchist, interests. Oonce again, their influence is being felt, fueled by a media fascinated with them and welcomed by an indiscriminate public often unable to tell the difference between fact and fiction. All of this cheered on by cheap politicians and cheaper-still pundits out for a quick buck on their latest ghost-written book. And in the background, the powerful who who expect to profit from a weakened Federal Government.

There is nothing proud about the t-bags, and nothing American about them.

They are a threat to our national security and a poison in our soul

The Associated Press: Poll: Majority lacks trust in government

The Associated Press: Poll: Majority lacks trust in government

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No wonder folks distrust government - after 50 years of GOP bull shit about "government is the problem," folks actually believe this nonsense.

And watching the GOP dunces foul up the waters even further, no wonder folks have lost their confidence in our Constitutional system, one of the finest in the world. Sadly, what rates as the GOP today is a twisted impostor of Lincoln's Party. I've had the pleasure of knowing many a fine GOP politician - they were gifted and collegial. They know how to stand their ground and how to reach across the aisle. But these days, the GOP has no ground to stand upon; they are a party without purpose. And without purpose, they lack the means for reaching across the aisle. They have no clue what to work for, so they're unable to work with anyone else. And as Palin and her sideshow grow increasingly influential, we'll see the GOP imploding. It won't be a pretty picture, and it surely won't help this nation out of the political morass into which we are sinking.

The Dems haven't helped either - they've been too afraid to stand up and be counted, to buck the insanity of Bush and to be what Dems should be - a party of The People. Only a few dared to raise the right questions about the Iraq adventure, and when our allies raised questions, we turned on them with a pathetic rage - trying to rename "French" Fries as "Freedom Fries." How silly; how immature; how shallow!

24-hour news services jump from one crisis to another, chasing ambulances, if you will, rather than engaging in real journalism - after watching the news, we're left breathless with exhaustion and not a shred of wisdom. Though I stand with MSNBC as a source of traditional values - compassion and the common good. This is the stuff of Real American and real greatness. Keith Olbermann and Rachel Madow and Chris Matthews are clearly prophets in the land, helping us embrace the best in ourselves. Though prophets are often without honor.

With the demise of our great newspapers, either going under for want of revenue or simply becoming tawdry mouthpieces for ideologically-driven owners, we have a dearth of real information and an abundance of opinion.

Without our knowing it, without our awareness, Washington has been bought by the highest bidders, and it was put up for sale by the GOP.

What we have witnessed under the Reagan umbrella is nothing less than the rape of America and the degradation of our democracy, even as the GOP and its right-wing religionists have brainwashed huge numbers of every-day Americans who will believe even they're hanging from the highest tree and told to go to hell by the privileged.

It's a real mess we have on our hands, and we have only Mr. Happy-Face Reagan to thank for the gutting of the Republic and the gutless-wonder Dems who went along for the ride, pocketing lobbyist monies along with all the rest.

I believe President Obama understands our system better than any President since FDR, and better than most, Obama is a President of the people, by the people and for the people, even if the people haven't a clue, even when believing the lies and illusions perpetrated by insidious economic forces intent only on blinding us with the bright lights of empty promises while looting the national treasury. We had a chance some years ago with Mr. Carter, but we choose illusion instead and elected Reagan. I voted for Reagan in some mad effort to be an independent voter. It was the first time I voted for a Republican, and it has the been the last, and given the current state of affairs in our land, I can't imagine a GOP candidate for whom I'd vote.

We've wasted ourselves on war, we have welcomed the violent rhetoric of Joe the Plumber, we have ignored The People, we have allowed lobbyists to become our government, we have filled our benches with small-minded ideologues who are blind to the Constitution and its greatness.

Where are we headed?

Let's be honest.

We could be headed for disaster.

Thank you Mr. Reagan, Mr. Bush and Bush, and all those who have turned their back on American greatness and settled for the husks of bigotry and rage.

Go t-bags. You are well on your way to destroying your nation, and you haven't a clue.

You are a pitiful group, deluded by the matrix. You think you're eating steak, when you're only eating gruel.

Wake up America before it's too late.

Where Are the Republicans?

Throughout the last 100 years of American Progress, whenever the President has signed a major piece of legislation, both parties were likely to show up and pass around the grins.

But not today.

Nary a GOP face to be seen.

As far as I'm concerned, the GOP has lost it. They have sunk into some very deep dark hole, and for reasons known only to hell itself, they're tapping into America's latent evil - our racism, sexism, our love of war, our disdain for the poor and our worship of wealth.

Writing as a Christian, all of this bitter raging is diametrically opposed to everything I understand the gospel to represent, everything for which Jesus died - his every hope and every dream for the kingdom of God - for the blind and the lame and the deaf; for the poor and the oppressed; for the lonely and fallen.

The recent cursing and the spitting, the racial slurs and sexist jokes are a dark stain on our national character - these folks have neither passion nor vision, intellect or faith - they're low-level human beings crawling around in the dumpsters of the soul.

In this day and age, if America wants to be great, as it could be, as it should be, The People will have rise up and speak to these low-lifers and show them the way - a better way to do our politics and a better way to care for one another.

Boehner is a crippled human being, and so is Cantor, and the pitiful politician from Texas who shouted out "Baby Killer" should resign in shame and go back to his cattle ranch and oil wells, or his used car lot, or the back-room pawn shop, or wherever he came from.

That anyone should see value in their bitter and self-righteous behavior is beyond the grasp of my mind.

Perhaps I'm the stupid one. Perhaps I'm missing something vital, something I've overlooked.

But as it now stands, these men are far from the ideal of our greatest leaders. Their rhetoric is inflammatory for weak souls, their perspective is selfish and overbearing, there vision for this nation is nil. I hope their voters turn them out of office quickly - they are a blight on this land. In reality, they are no longer Republicans. I don't know what they are, but the Grand Old Party has devolved into something petty and vicious - not even a shadow of its former greatness as one of the two great parties in our amazing system of democracy.

America, wake up and smell the coffee - we can do better. We must do better. We will do better!

Free Market

Yup, let's have a free-market. Let's do away with baby-food regulations and folks who raise the alarm about toxic chemicals in the toys with which our children play; let's do away with all food inspection, and let's trust the slaughter houses (only a few left, by the way) to keep our food supply safe. Our water supply? Air quality? Building codes? Yup, I say, turn it all over to Wall Street!


Actually, let's just forget government.


Heck - roads, parks, airports - turn it all over to the CEOs and bankers.


Education - there's another for ya' - let's privatize it and make education another profit-making source - oops, that's right; we have Charter Schools now, don't we? Let's just forget public education. Privatize.


And Social Security? Privatize it. Oh yeah, that was proposed when the stock market was hitting the roof ... but now, why isn't anyone talking about privatizing Social Security right now?


And forget elections - what we need are boards of directors who elect the CEO. Yup, think of it - our cities, our states, our entire nation - run by private boards tied into Wall Street and the stock market. 


Wow, we'd all be rich over night.


Sorrow would vanish and everyone would be happy - the whole dang country could become a golf-course gated community. And our WMDs would keep the rest of the world in check!


We'd be rich beyond our dreams.


Wouldn't even need the church anymore to preach sin.


After all, the free market would set us all up on easy street, and how we would love one another for it.


Yup, I sure wish I would have thought this sooner!

Ashcroft? One of our finest fascists

Remember Ashcroft?

Court case proceeds against him - click HERE to read more!

In the last 50 years, our right-wing friends have managed to produce a rash (yup, let's call it that - sort of like jock-itch) of first-class fascists who would gladly put most of us in jail and turn the reigns of government over to the barons of industry.

He and his henchmen are exceedingly dangerous.

They'd sell us out in a heartbeat to some strange religious, apocalyptic vision driven by the lunatic ravings of Colson, Dobson and Robertson and the maniacal dreams of Wolfowitz and Cheney.