Who Says They Lack Ideas?

Denied chicken McNuggets,
she punches two employees,
throws bottle through window.

Remember the United States of America, where freedom of religion is a constitutional right? Some people obviously don’t think so, consider the outrage over the building of a mosque near Ground Zero. Apparently this discrimination is spreading all over the country and mosques are everywhere becoming subject to suspicion and animosity. I guess we have freedom of religion as long as it doesn’t involve Muslims. What would you expect in a country of loony right-wing bible thumpers?

Some people seem outraged because the First Lady, Michelle Obama, took a trip to Spain. I guess this is just another example of the Obamas being criticized no matter what they do. Like, why should it make any difference to anyone if the First Lady takes a trip to Europe? I hope she enjoyed every moment of it and will take many more trips. President Obama is also criticized for playing golf, like no President before him played the game or had any recreation at all? What about the fact that Bush spent almost half his time in office on vacation? I can understand why Republicans or others might criticize Obama’s Foreign Policy or economics or support of the auto industry, but criticizing him and his wife for having a bit of recreation or travel is just too pathetic for words. The criticism that she should not have taken such a trip because these are hard times rings a bit hollow when you compare it to the “royal” wedding the Clintons just put on for Chelsea. What’s in a name? Not much unless your name is Obama.

The latest bit of Republican stupidity has to do with the son of the notorious Phyllis Schlafly who has now decided that Einstein’s theory of relativity is a liberal plot of some kind. The Republican Party is full of these types nowadays: Angle of Nevada who claims the constitution does not mention the separation of church and state, Bachmann who has 6 utterly ridiculous ideas every day before breakfast, Palin who actually knows less than nothing but gets paid big bucks to prove it over and over again, Huckabee and many others who don’t believe in evolution, some idiot whose name I can’t recall, who thinks community bicycles is a plot to turn us all into communists, Jindal who thinks guns in church is a fine idea, Brewer of Arizona who passed the immigration bill to stop (nonexistent) beheadings in her state, Barton who thinks we should apologize to BP, Gingrich who has 6 utterly stupid ideas every day after dinner, Inhofe who insists global warming is a myth, another guy I can’t remember who suggest Islam (with more than a billion members worldwide) is a cult, and on and on. I think perhaps the worst are those who claim evolution is only a theory and don’t believe it because that is more than it seems. It not only denies evolution but also indicates quite clearly they have no idea what they are talking about. Those who think Obama is a socialist are not far behind in not knowing what they are talking about. These idiotic ideas could be fun if it were not for the fact they are held by people in position of power and influence. Anyway, who says Republicans have no ideas?

Of course when it comes to really stupid ideas it’s hard to beat continuing the “war” in Afghanistan, continuing the totally failed “war on drugs,” allowing more offshore drilling, supporting more nuclear energy plants, continuing tax cuts for the rich, abolishing social security, trying to work with Republicans when they have already announced they are going to say “no” to everything, and the related failure to stop the horribly abused filibuster. An attack on Iran would no doubt top everything in terms of stupidity but it appears that (hopefully) that will not happen, at least not in the near future.

LKBIQ:
Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.
Theodore Parker

TILT:
Timbuktu actually exists as a place, a city in Mali.