Bull Shiavo!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51402-2005Mar20.html

Are the Republicans Serious??? They claim to be the party of conservativism, the party of freedom, yet they attempt to usurp the rights of the people to determine the manner of their care and their death!! Any true conservative should be outraged at this abuse of power

When a government micro-legislates in order to advance a social agenda, it is a clear warning of THIEVES IN THE GUARD HOUSE!!! Who are these people, where did they come from? How do they think that it is in the interests of freedom to wrest away a mans legal right to cary out his spouses wishes because THEY think they know what's best for us?

I am so angry about all of this. At first I was indifferent, i don;t know the woman, and I don't really care what happens to her. But when the Republicans start creating law, without regard to the liberties of the rest of us, in order to advance some hypocritical "right to Life" BS, it angers me. Why is it that right-to-lifers issue death-threats? (If you haven't heard, Micheal Shiavo is receiving death threats).

If they were all so interested in saving lives, why the hell don;t they put as much effort into saving the people of Darfur?? Why is Terri Shiavo so damned important? Is Genocide less important than a families euthanasia dilemma?

WAKE UP PEOPLE - they don't care about Terri Shiavo, they want to use this event as a wedge in the next election!!! They want to use it as a spring board to tighten their grip on you, and keep the zealots foaming at the mouth.

End rant. Sorry I lost it for a minute.

Ordained hero.

I am amazed that the fascist actions of the Republican Party and the Bush Administartion in general, are being overlooked or ignored by the vast wasteland of the media and the grazing cattle of Americans.

It just sickens me that so many people are unable or unwilling to see through the Bush facade. Why oh why is it so hard to learn from history. Actually I just thought of a reason as I was typing this. It is our portrayal of history inaccurately that lessens it's impact. The things that the Nazi's did are considered terrible, but the actions have been too closely linked to the Nazi's, i.e. they were bad because the Nazi's did them. Unless the Republican party renames itself the Nazi party, their followers won't see the parallels. They can do whatever they like. Bush could even give Hitler's famous speeches word for word, and his supporters would spin it and move on. He has said things that Hitler has said, and no one has blinked.

Have you seen that commercial where some soldiers come into an airport and everyone just starts clapping, The first thing that I thought of was the return of the legions to ancient Rome.
The parade to celebrate the defeat of Pompey.

When the soldier is a hero, merely for being a slodier, his role as 1st citizen is all but assured. I am no enemy of our troops, on the contrary, I repsect the decision to give ones life over to the service of ones country. It is my reverence for the true heros of our nation, those who have earned the Medal of Honor, who struggled and suffered and died, so that their fellow citizens could live in pursuit of happiness - my reverance for these people and their deeds holds me to a higher standard for the term hero. Soldiers are not heroes, those who save lives at great personal risk are heroes. Some heroes are soldiers, but not all soldiers are heroes.

When a leader is cloaked in the glory of the deeds of the soldiers who fight in our stead, that leader becomes benefactor of that glory. When young people die horribly, it is not in the best interest of that leader to have the masses know, at what price our freedom is maintained. And worse, if that ultimate sacrifice is given to a cause that is in no way linked to the freedom of those for whom the sacrifice was meant, the soldier becomes a tool. Even a napkin to wipe away the dirt of the foul business of tyrants.

I recall being taught that a leader is responsible for the actions of his subordinates. Why then were the low ranking enlisted punished for torture, and none of the leaders held responsible?
How can there be torture in so many places under the watch of the US Army, that is isolated and not policy?

Turn around and face what is being told to you. -
The tyrant is infallable. To have freedom, you must sacrifice liberty. To be American you must not question the leadership in time of war. To be a hero is to obey and die when commanded. No one is dieing, these are merely numbers, no photos allowed.

The Tyrant is ordained and annointed in the blood of the hero. And we look the other way.

The Pledge

I thought I'd initiate my blog with my thoughts on the pledge of alleigence and the whole 'god' thing. No real reason, just had an opinion all ready to be snipited.

The problem is not that "god" is in the Pledge but that children who don't believe in ANY god should have to utter it. It is an implicit support of Deistic or Monotheistic religion. It is not in keeping with the professed values of freedom of religion. Any idea that is presented in school or in the context of state controlled, funded or sponsored activities is an implicit acknowledgement that the state supports that idea and, by exclusion, does not support the opposite idea.
If the Pledge said ". . .one nation, godless" Then those who believe in a god would be unhappy or outraged. Or replace it with devil. Same effect.The reason so many religious people(an indeed some non-religious as well) find it so silly for the non-religious people to object to this phrase is because to them the phrase is benign. To live in a place that is hostile to you is difficult enough without being forced to acknowledge that your opinions have no weight.
No, the word "god" in the pledge does not hurt anyone explicitly. But it fortifies an idea of a US pseudo-theocracy. That Americans are those "under god."
What about those who do not see themselves as under god, any god? They are also Americans. And the pledge, as it stands, does not apply to them.