A daily blog in defense of liberalism and the President.
I know she may not want to be part of the political dialog in America, but Bristol Palin’s cover of this week’s People Magazine keeps her in the discussion. I was shopping yesterday and saw her on the cover holding her baby while wearing her cap and gown and all I could think was, great message, you can have a baby and go to school, not exactly the "abstinence" message she was out stumping for just a few weeks ago. I guess the true sad commentary about the whole things is why anyone in the country gives a crap about Bristol or any of her inbreed family? It sadly is a commentary about all the people who can’t get enough Palin in their lives, which means they must not have one of their own if they care about hers, but alas 40% of the voting populous thought she was qualified to be Vice President, enough said.
I will say it again, PEOPLE NEED TO GET OFF PELOSI’S ASS! How is it she is taking more heat than the people who ordered, implemented, and carried out the torture in question? I’ll tell you what, I would support Nancy Pelosi stepping down, when we put the entire Bush Administration on trial for all of their war crimes and war profiteering! I though will not support, and nor should any fair minded American, that the only person who actually suffers for the evil perpetrated by the Bushies is the Democratic Speaker of the House! Dick Cheney gave a damn speech yesterday gloating about how he ordered people to be tortured and then I turn on the news today and see the press grilling Pelosi. If you want to do some real journalism, stop reading the Republican press releases like it was actually news and investigate all the crimes committed by Bush and his gang! When John Boehner asks for a war crime commission then he can begin challenging the Speaker, but I am sick to death of that worthless blowhard spewing hot air full of nothing into microphones and people in the media listening to it like it was actually news. Christ, you don’t need to talk to Boehner or any of the rest of the Republican assholes in Congress to know what kind of dumb shit they are going to go on about, they are a broken record, Pelosi is a liar, Obama is a big government socialist, and don’t worry about global warming everything will be fine. So please I don’t want to hear any more about Pelosi until Bush and Cheney are in handcuffs on their way to The Hague!
Gas prices on the rise! Is anyone surprised? If you are then you must have never bought gas before at the beginning of a summer. How can the oil companies say they don’t price gouge when we see this every summer. Prices have gone up 30% or more over the past few weeks, yet their has been no significant change in demand or supply, but they know people will soon be driving more so they raise the price smiling all the way to the bank. I don’t expect anything done about it, and I guess if we really want to protest we would do everything we can to reduce our consumption of gasoline, but it does feel better to vent about it sometimes.
Finally I come to the Philosopher of the Week, and today is our last day with the genius mind of John Stuart Mill who wrote, "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant." This is a fundamental point of a liberal free society and proof as to why we in America are not actually free, for we do not have the rights that Mill is speaking about; just ask all the Americans who sit behind bars for non-violent drug possession. Mill also said, "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men." We all see this truth daily, in the stifling restrictions on thought and freedom in religion and elsewhere, but we can do better and we will do better, and until next week goodbye...