Free Speech vs Hate Speech

I'd like to talk about the psycho Glen Beck for a minute. He, like a lot of Republicans lately, have been spewing raw hatred toward the elected President. He has a right and a forum to say what he wants but I wonder, especially after calling President Obama a racist, if a line wasn't crossed.

There was a great documentary on HBO about free speech called "Shouting Fire" and that got me thinking what line would have to be crossed for people to be dealt with on their jobs. Beck and Rush are the most logical examples for the hatred they preach from their listeners and viewers. To me they should have been fired years ago but I don't make that call I choose not to listen or watch them because in my view they, like many Republicans (mind you I'm not saying all), are showing who they really are.

But really the line crossed is when you make threats. It's illegal to threaten the President whether you mean it or not. Michelle Bachman of Mn. threatened the President on the floor of the House when she said "a revolution is a good thing" Rush said "maybe we can bring the people of Hondorus here to get our Government back" those are threats and they really should be treated as such and those people should be dealt with. That is why there has been an increase in violence and I have a few examples which you can look in my archives of the words directed murders. That's a line that needs to be monitored and as I said dealt with.

Just Wondering

I am wondering about those in Congress and the Senate who are against healthcare, or as they call it "Government healthcare" realize a couple of things:

A) They get it. We as taxpayers pay for their healthcare. I know the President gets that
B) Soldiers get it as well


I just wonder why they are so against a better healthcare system?

Palin

So with more fanfare then it deserved Sarah Palin is no longer in office. How she thinks she can run for anything more then dog catcher in Wasilla is beyond me. How would anyone vote for someone who quit in the middle of her first term? She is nothing but a quitter, loser and if she gets the nomination in 2012 will say so much about Republicans.

He was right again

So I heard the 911 call regarding the Professor Harris situation in Cambridge. The caller even told the police it looked like they lived there. You see President Obama was right again when he said the cop acted stupidly. Once it was established that Professor Harris lived there the cop should have apologized and left and not arrested him for disorderly conduct. I'm sorry the cop overreacted and the right wing, as always, overreacted in their attempts to hurt the President. Keep in mind I'm not calling the cop racist by all information given he is not but he was stupid and overreacted to the situation.

Shut up already

One of the things I wish Republicans would finally shut up on are questions that President Obama was not born in the United States. He was born in Hawaii there is birth certificate there are birth announcements in the Hawaii newspaper. SHUT THE HELL UP WITH THIS ALREADY YOU STUPID NUTJOBS! There are more important issues to deal with and you don't want to!

Myths from Republicans

So every time I hear Republicans speak they talk about competition. They want businesses to compete, which in term will reduce costs or so they claim. They claim how regulation doesn't work (which has been proven wrong time and time again) and the free market should set itself.

I bring this up cause there is an opportunity to test the theory with healthcare. Of course Republicans are against it claiming they would rather break the President instead of taking care of a major issue from the United States. What this would do if passed is CREATE COMPETITION instead of having a few companies control everything which, in term should do exactly what Republicans claim competition does and lower prices.

Republicans only goal is do embarass the President. I have not seen them offer, as always, any alternatives and I hope this is noted next election and they sink further into the hole they are already in.

I'll do it

http://www.topix.com/us-house/mike-mcintyre/2009/05/congressmen-to-introduce-bill-recognizing-nations-judeo-christian-heritage

So instead of fixing healthcare apparently more important to these religious nutjob Republicans it's more important to introduce legislation to "recognize the nations judeo christian heritage". In fact saying they would "debate anyone to that fact". I say name the time and place and I'll be there. If you actually studied history our founding fathers were quakers escaping religious persecution from the church. But again Republicans don't know history and are too stupid I guess to understand it.

Assisted Suicide

I'd like to talk about something I don't recall talking about before and that's assisted suicide. I support that for those who are terminally ill but there is something that happened I heard about that I think is wrong. There is a person named Sir Edward Downs who was a composer. He flew his terminally ill wife to Switzerland and his wife and himself killed themselves with assisted suicide. Now as I said his wife, who was ill is one thing but he was healthy and while to grieve over his wife is one thing, he also killed himself with the same cocktail that killed his wife and I think that is wrong and the people who sponsored that should be prosecuted for murder.

Now We Know

Now we know about the healthcare bill and how the plan is to pay for it. The plan in part is to put a tax on those who make more then $250,000 per year. You know the same people who benefited from the Bush tax cuts which in part led us to the recession we are currently in. I like the idea from what I've seen but am still looking at the details. Stay tuned.

Didn't know this is a problem

Not reported on the news was a bill proposed by Sam Brownback that would ban human cloning for three years. I know what they are referring to and that is stem cell research. This will not work.

Shadow of a doubt

I would like to close my case on the racism from the right. If anyone saw the hearings for Sotomayor, specifically Jeff Sessions and Lindsey Graham saw the hatred toward latino's clearly come out. One comment was "don't all dark skinned people think the same". Colin Powell was right Republicans still have a major problem with race. I'm sorry for those who don't like hearing this but these are facts. I will also keep in mind that Samuel Alieto (not a typo) said the same thing that Sotomayor said and got NO grief.

What's Wrong with these people?

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/gay-couple-detained-near-mormon-plaza-after-kiss/

Just wondering why this isn't being reported? Story shows how two people were detained in Utah for kissing. Of course these were two homosexuals but really why should it matter? Can't wait for the lawsuit on this one.

More then Meets the eye

I knew there was more to the Ensign (R, Nev) affair then meets the eye.

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525

The link talks about a Christian Prayer group that "people" like him, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, other Republicans and a few Democrats belong to. The praise psychopaths like Hitler and Osama Bin Laden and Genghis Khan.

This are the leaders of our country.

Treason

I would like to give a quote from drug addict Rush Limbaugh


" If we had any good luck, Honduras would send some people here and help us get our government back. "

I wanted to look up the definition of treason. This applies. Secret Service needs to arrest him.

http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=Treason&search=

–noun

1.	the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.

2.	a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.

3.	the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.

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Origin:
1175–1225; ME tre(i)so(u)n < class="ital-inline">traïson < class="ital-inline">trāditiōn- (s. of trāditiō) a handing over, betrayal. See tradition

Synonyms:
1. Treason, sedition mean disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government. Sedition is any act, writing, speech, etc., directed unlawfully against state authority, the government, or constitution, or calculated to bring it into contempt or to incite others to hostility, ill will or disaffection; it does not amount to treason and therefore is not a capital offense. 2. See disloyalty.

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trea·son (trē'zən) n. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies. A betrayal of trust or confidence. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōn-, a handing over; see tradition.]

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Treason

Trea"son\, n. [OE. tresun, treisun, traisoun, OF. tra["i]son, F. trahison, L. traditio a giving up, a delivering up, fr. tradere to give up, betray. See Traitor, and cf. Tradition.] 1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. The treason of the murthering in the bed. --Chaucer. Note: In monarchies, the killing of the sovereign, or an attempt to take his life, is treason. In England, to imagine or compass the death of the king, or of the queen consort, or of the heir apparent to the crown, is high treason, as are many other offenses created by statute. In the United States, treason is confined to the actual levying of war against the United States, or to an adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. 2. Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy. If he be false, she shall his treason see. --Chaucer. Petit treason. See under Petit.

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Language Translation for : Treason

Spanish: traición,

German: der Verrat,

Japanese: 反逆

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treason

c.1225, from Anglo-Fr. treson, from O.Fr. traison (11c.; Fr. trahison), from L. traditionem (nom. traditio) "a handing over, delivery, surrender" (see tradition). O.Fr. form influenced by the verb trair "betray." In old English law, high treason is violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or to the state; distinguished from petit treason, treason against a subject, such as murder of a master by his servant.

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Main Entry: trea·son
Pronunciation: 'trEz-^&noun
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French treison crime of violence against a person to whom allegiance is owed, literally, betrayal, from Old French traïson, from traïr to betray, from Latin tradere to hand over, surrender
: the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one's country or of assisting its enemies in war; specifically : the act of levying war against the United States or adhering to or giving aid and comfort to its enemies by one who owes it allegiance —trea·son·ous /-&s/

Anger Level

My anger level is high today. First we have to be bombarded with more insane Michael Jackson coverage today with his memorial second, as a taxpayer I have to pay for security. I'm sorry if the family, who Jackson made billions for, wants to create this circus they should have to pay for it and leave taxpayers out of it.

Strange

Just looking again at Sarah Palin's press conference I mean it's just strange. As I said on my previous post there is more to this but again let's review some of her reason's she said:

1) She wants to spend time with her family. That might be a legitimate reason but what if she runs for President? That is a long grueling two year affair nowadays. She can't take time off then

2) The media attacks her. Yet another Republican crybaby. Again what will happen in a national election? If she can't take it now what will happen in an increase

3) She is a lame duck. How? She still had a lot of time left on HER FIRST TERM. She cold easily run for her 2nd term probably win there.


As I said there is more to this coming out.

Palin

I was thinking the last couple of days about Mrs. Palin resigning from Gov. of Alaska. First like many it was a big surprise to me but let's take a look at a few things:

1) This is so she could write a book for the big advance she received and to raise her level on a national basis.

2) If she thinks this will help her nationally, the same lack of experience attacks she gave President Obama during the campaign will be used by her own party against her.

3) Something will come out on the real reason. There is more here then we know right now.

4) She is abandoning her state.

5) This would not be a story if she finished out her first term and decided not to run again.


There is more to this. I can't wait to find out what.

What Liberal Media??

I always laugh when I hear claim about the alleged "liberal media" since we know it's phony. We know the media is absolutely right-wing and for even more proof then the hundreds of examples I present this:

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicanisima/2009/06/minutemen-murder-and-hatred-against-latinos-grows.html

This shows how the vigilante group the minuteman, who the right branded heroes, murdered a latino father and daughter in Arizona. I haven't seen anything about this on any network what so ever and if the media was liberal they would be all over this. My case is closed.

Huh?

http://sf.carnalnation.com/content/9606/4/neb-catholic-group-pushes-rule-change-allowing-licensed-psychologists-refuse-treatmen

So on this independence day one of the rules of the declaration of independence says we have separation of church and state. So why is a catholic group in Nebraska trying to get a law passed saying Psychologists cannot see gay people? Talk about people who are out of control.

Use it or else

Now that the Democrats have complete power in Washington I suggest one thing: Use your power or you will lose it. Reed and Pelosi show some backbone and don't give in to Republicans as you have done time and time again. The PEOPLE voted you in to do the PEOPLE'S business. And if you don't show true leadership get out of the way for someone who will.