Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt

The Maddow Blog – Wyoming sends abortion bill to farm committee. ‘Men think we’re livestock?’

In order to expedite taking rights away from women, Wyoming Republicans have gone all out to take the very concept of humanity away from women moving an anti-abortion bill to the state Agriculture committee.

If you pay attention to what Republicans are really saying, you’ll understand their stance on things. Women are no better than cattle is the message in this case.

Republicans Hate….

The latest batch of Republican “leaders” are going full out to take rights away from women, minorities, state employees, even Elmo.

Here’s a look at just the latest headlines. Republicans are on record in the past week for hating:

Women. Republicans are out to make abortions illegal again. That’s no surprise. What *is* a bit more insidious is that they are moving to pass bills that kill funding for preventative testing and screening for women. You know, because paying for a breast cancer check is anti-American or something.

Teachers. Wisconsin’s new governor, Scott Walker, is ready to call out the National Guard to force teachers back into the classroom as he prepares to take away their collective bargaining rights. He’s also the fink who has killed a high speed rail system between Madison and Milwaukee that voters has already approved. So much for the will of the people too.

Elmo. Also, Muppets in general. And Miss Rosa.

I don’t know why either except that John Boehner is the right color to actually BE a Muppet so it is probably self-loathing. Seriously though, Republicans have hated public broadcasting for many, many years. I get it too. They say public broadcasting like NPR and PBS are liberal. I can see where they would get that. Sesame Street is full of people of all colors, creeds, and, well, species living together in harmony. Shows like NOVA show that science is a GOOD thing and that we should be responsible with what we know. Charlie Rose doesn’t browbeat his guests or call them Nazis.

This type of propaganda might show that reasonable people have the right to disagree and yet respect each other as long as they base their arguments on facts and sound thinking. This is COMPLETELY anathema to the conservative mantra.

Plus, they hate having a black President and First Lady:

Okay, I’m just going to let it go at that for now. I feel dirty just for passing on this much.

Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war | The Guardian

Here’s a variation on the bumper sticker: Iraqi lies to Bush, people die.

Turns out we based the whole “Iraq has WMDs” argument on one guy. Who apparently lied about the WMD program under Saddam’s rule that caused us to invade the country.

Personally, I had always believed they made the whole damn thing up because they were gonna invade anyways but got sidetracked by 9/11. It turns out there actually was a guy, and he was a liar. You know, just like Powell, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Yoo, Rice, and the rest of the Apocalyptic Scooby gang.

Ya know, if you are gonna take the word of one guy before taking this nation to war, couldn’t you at least pretend to investigate his claims?

I mean, I’ve got no use for Reagan, but if these folks are gonna treat him like Right Wing God, couldn’t they AT LEAST adhere to the “Trust but VERIFY” commandment?

South Dakota Moves To Legalize Killing Abortion Providers | Mother Jones

Apparently abandoning both the concepts of “Thou shalt not kill” and “Though shall have no other gods before me”, South Dakota is looking to legalize the killing of anyone working at an abortion clinic.

You know, because Republicans have a better handle on this judging other’s sins business than to wait for any possible atonement in the afterlife.

Um, assholes? This is EXACTLY the kind of crap people were referring to when saying some GOP members are endorsing violence. Guess you decided to double down on the bloodshed.

When Democracy Weakens – NYTimes.com

In the main I think most Americans are glad to see the people of Egypt (and Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, and Iran) stand up for their rights and demand greater freedoms.

The only folks I can imagine who do not are those who hate Muslims (though not everyone in those nations ARE, not that i should matter) and those who hate all brown people (the same folks presumably). Oh, and all those who get rich from the suffering of others.

As Bob Herbert reminds us, while we champion freedom in other nations, we are letting our democracy slip away.

We already have one political party – the Republicans – who actively advertise that the United States is NOT a democracy. Granted, they do this to childishly avoid anything tying our liberty to the Democratic Party (which gave you civil rights, Social Security, the weekend, etc.) but there is a much more evil lesson there. The party mostly known for bombing brown countries, bombing black churches, and torturing people they don’t agree with, not to mention taking their votes, health care, etc. away is actively working to kill democracy. Corporations are now people. You can’t run one over with a car, but they have “rights”, maybe more than you or me.

Yes, some of this is dogmatic. It smells of scare tactics. But it exists and this nation is growing less free because of it.