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My son joined his Mom today to protest Governor Walker’s proposed removal of collective bargaining rights for state workers. Needless to say, I am very proud of him and, of course, my incredible wife.
Jack Cafferty is known as of late for his stream-of-consciousness rants that appear during Wolf Blitzer’s “The Situation Room” every evening on CNN. Today he decided to take on Sarah Palin’s “Blood Libel” speech yesterday and, well, he’s outdone himself. See for yourself:
In the wake of the horrible tragedy in Arizona this past weekend, Glenn Beck decided to put up a segment on his website in response to the massacre about how “we must stand together against all violence”. Apparently, in his twisted brain standing against violence involves holding a pistol. I can only hope the aftermath of this horrible event be that the hate mongers finally get run out of town.
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I don’t care whether or not you agree with my own political ideologies. Today is election day, so go vote! If you don’t vote, please be aware that you are officially forfeiting any and all rights you have to ever complain about any elected official.
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I’ve been saying this for a while now, but with election day coming up tomorrow I’ve finally gotten the motivation to actually post it. Basically, I cant seem to comprehend why national election days aren’t a national holiday where everyone is given a paid holiday day off work and given ample opportunity to get out and vote. In a country where voting is one of the most patriotic and democratic things you can do, it seems ridiculous to me that the first Tuesday in November every other year that truly defines the very core of our political system isn’t itself celebrated as a holiday. Not only would this truly honor the democratic principles that the country is found on, but it would almost certainly drastically increase voter turnout, thus electing politicians that better represent their constituents.
So, why isn’t this the case? It seems, at least to this blogger, like a reasonable and obvious decision. Yet, it is never mentioned by the politicians who would have to pass a bill approving it as a new holiday. Hopefully one of the freshmen congressman or senators who will be elected tomorrow will agree with this idea and author a bill to support it, but I’ll remain skeptical until I see it passed.
As you may be aware (or not, if you only watch Fox News), Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a joint “Rally To Restore Sanity / Rally To Keep Fear Alive” on the mall in Washington DC yesterday. It was a huge outpouring of support from Americans who aren’t completely irrational, brainwashed by the extreme right media, and ignorantly voting with a mob mentality.
Here are some of the best signs seen at the rally:
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If you’re an avid viewer of MSNBC or a regular reader here at Chai Life, you’re probably already aware that a month or so ago, Republican candidate for Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker’s spokesman made first place in Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Persons” list. Well, this time Walker earned that top spot for himself.
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It seems ridiculous that a legitimate candidate would release something in such a huge typeface and boast that it is 68 pages, but see for yourself. He’s so proud of it that he even mentioned its 68 page length in the file name, typed it in all-caps, and stuck an exclamation point at the end. Here’s the download link direct from Walker’s own website:
http://www.scottwalker.org/sites/default/files/SCOTT%20WALKER%27S%2068%20PAGE%20JOBS%20PLAN!.pdf
I should probably start out this post by say how much I hate the fact that the media has labeled an Islamic community center the “Ground Zero Mosque”. There are a few major things wrong with that. First and foremost, it isn’t at Ground Zero. It’s a few blocks away. You can’t even see ground zero from this location. Would the out-of-business Burlington Coat Factory that is currently at that location be referred to as the “Ground Zero Burlington Coat Factory”? I doubt it. Aside from that, it isn’t a Mosque. It’s a community center. It’s purpose is the same as any JCC (Jewish Community Center) or YMCA and just like a JCC or YMCA, it will also have an area for worship. So, lets call this what it really should be called: “The Lower Manhattan Islamic Community Center”.
I guess what pisses me off about this more than anything else is the fact that this is even a national controversy. In opposing a peaceful, moderate, and fully westernized Islamic center, it’s opponents are demonstrating the exact bigotry that led the September 11th attackers to attack the United States in the first place. The rise in anti-Islamic bigotry in this country is precisely what the extremist terrorist groups want. It allows them to more easily radicalize and recruit otherwise peaceful and moderate Muslims. This country was based on freedom of religion and it scares me that we are going in a direction that condones the losses of those rights for certain ethnic or religious groups. A similar type of hatred, bigotry, and scapegoating is what has led to virtually every genocide in history.
If someone can post a legitimate argument as to why this shouldn’t be built and explain its opposition as anything other than bigotry, please by all means inform me. But until then, I will continue to see the opponents of the Lower Manhattan Islamic Community Center as racist.
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