Forgotten how filthy some of our fellow Americans are? First, ask yourself why this is even an issue. Seriously, why make political hay out of something like this. Then read some of the comments. Despicable creatures.
Then read some backstory on the painting itself. Just reminds me I need to read/re-read more Steinbeck. We need a modern version of him to tell the stories of folks being kicked by the powerful in this day and age.
Here’s a solution in search of a problem. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, head of the Democratic Party, Representative from Florida, wants to protect America’s children.
She wants to keep them safe from pedophile predators.
All this sounds good until you realize she wants to out-Tipper All Gore’s ex-wife in order to do so.
She’s sponsoring a bill that would, if passed, track EVERY American’s internet activity and store it in a government database for up to 18 months.
Your IP, your name, your credit card number, your address, every single site you visited. It would presumably be the most hacked database in the history of man.
All to potentially stop some child porn viewers. Yes, odious folks. Folks currently being caught by other means just fine, thank you. Indeed police and prosecutors are baffled as to why this law is even necessary. They’re doing great without it.
It is draconian, it violates the rights of all Americans. It could potentially drive millions off of the internet and kill online purchases in general.
More on how leaning on IP tracking may not work anyway.
Look, when the financial press is openly reporting that the wealthy and the corporations are sowing the seeds of destruction, it may already be too late.
Granted, I think Americans are able to put up with an intolerable amount of BS. We didn’t riot when the Supreme Court threw out our votes and the Electoral College and basically put Bush in office because they felt like it. Hell, they voted in droves to have a Panamanian and his secessionist coattail hanger run/ruin this nation. And they want either Bachmann or Traitor Rick Perry to finish the job of disuniting the union, if polls show any truth.
So, yeah, maybe we will collectively roll over and keep letting this happen to us.
Then again, if the Greeks and the Libyans can rise up against their governments, we might just have to reclaim our balls and show them how to really do it someday.
Don’t worry, I’m not part of the Paulist Love Revolution, but I *do* agree with Cafferty on this aspect: Ron Paul is the only rational thinking Republican running for president. Which is kind of like choosing between the best death-row inmate for an emergency babysitter.
A neat story about an Alpha family who has connections with the President.
A striking look at the wide variety of places where our world’s children place their heads at night.
We can do better.
A quick look at some of Latin Americans liberators, both successful and not so much.
I want to find a way to make sure my son knows about these people. I fear American education is about to become more useless the more we let Tea Baggers take power. Education kills their strength so, of course, it has to go.
Pray for thinking to make a comeback folks.
A great article, from a sports writer no less.