Hate (and stupidty) is Still Out there

For many people out there is not a huge realization that racism still exists in our society. I will admit it is nowhere near as bad as it has been in our nation’s sordid past, and the new brand of racism is not as overt as it once was. You can still see it as store clerks pay just a little more attention to a customer who looks even slightest bit ethnic and if you pay attention at your local bar I am sure you will still hear some of those “harmless” jokes. But you would certainly expect more of our nations leaders.

Well if you were expecting more from your elected officials, or in this case from hopeful elected officals you will be sorely disappointed. While checking one of my new favorite sites (gawker) when I cam across this article http://gawker.com/5515426/youre-not-a-tea-partier-if-you-dont-forward-hilarious-racist-e+mails-to-your-friends?skyline=true&s=i. Not only is this is this brand of humor shockingly racist (although Paladino’s representative’s swear they are just in poor taste) it amazes me to think someone with political aspirations is stupid enough to believe that they will not be caught. In the age of technology you have to know sending and email to a secure email address is about as safe as leaving your wallet on the subway. What is almost as shocking is that his lawyers want you to believe that is news is only a smear tactic by Democrates that are afraid of Paladino. They only thing anyone should be scared of his being on this guy’s contacts list. I hope the people of NY are smart enough to see through this and his political career ends here. I know I expect more out of the people I want to lead, and so should you.

Never settle for second rate leaders

Che

Back on the front lines…

So let’s face it. I fucked up. I have been gone for far far too long. While I was silent a lot happened. The country basically went to shit. Thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and many lost their lives in two wars (One of which we have supposedly won).

We even had an entire regime change. Then all the finger pointed started. Obama supporters blamed  Bush for every problem that the country had. In truth a lot of what was messed up was the fault of Bush and his regime, but at the same time there were Democrats serving in the federal government throughout the eights years that Bush was the failure-in-chief, so as fun at it is we can’t blame Bush for everything. At the same time from the moment that Obama took office Republicans have claimed that he is trying to destroy the fabric of our country, and leading us directly to socialism (or communism for those who don’t know the difference and communism sounds scarier). While I am overwhelmingly for universal health care, I am not foolish enough to think this will solve all our problems, just as the tea partiers should not be foolish enough to think that it will destroy the “American way of life”

In short I am back because I am sick of everyone bitching about how bad things are without sending any positive messages out there, or attempting to look at matters with some neutrality. Obama is not the savior of the USA and Bush is not the only reason we are in the situation we are in. Strip away all the excuses and you will realize that in large part we are to blame for these issues, we might not run the government but we have elected the people who do. So while the Republicans try to stop any form of progress just because Obama wants it we all suffer, and we only have ourselves to blame. While I can’t do much to stop any of that I can do one thing. I can let me voice be heard, hopefully a couple people will listen, and maybe together we can make a small amount of change.

Until then fight the good fight.