RATIONAL RESISTANCE
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What’s The Deal With Trump Followers?
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Five years ago when Donald Trump road that escalator and announced his candidacy, everyone including most people who are now Trump-for-lifers, believed it was a stunt, and he was clearly unqualifie...August 17, 2014
The people of Ferguson, Missouri want justice, and the hostility towards law enforcement is understandable given what we know (so far) about the police shooting of Michael Brown. And with the Ferguson and St. Louis County police escalating the situation earlier in the week, using indiscriminate overwhelming force against the community, it’s also understandable that this angst has only grown in the week since the shooting.
August 17, 2014
On Saturday’s MHP show on MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry asked, “Why do police officers in the suburbs wear camouflage?” I will add a few more questions. Why do police officers in the suburbs need an MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle? Why do police officers in the suburbs point their loaded weapons at a crowd of peaceful demonstrators? Why do police officers in the suburbs treat the citizenry as a war zone threat that must be neutralized? Why do police officers in the suburbs closely resemble American forces in Iraq or Afghanistan? And last, why are so many Americans indifferent to these questions?
August 17, 2014
Yes, you heard me, liberals are lame. The problem with many fellow liberals is that they are not motivated enough to pay attention to what’s going on, and more importantly, vote. And you know what, I’ll even include myself in this critique, because I can be lame too. Sometimes you just have to disengage. But that’s still no excuse for not voting. And now we are hearing talk of the possibility of Republicans taking control of the Senate and that is all the evidence I need to posit once again that liberals are lame. If we actually went to the polls in mid-term elections, maybe we might get election outcomes that better represent the will of the people. Instead, liberals don’t show up, allowing a low voter turnout comprised of circus clowns, civil war reenactors, and loony bin escape artists, to set the agenda for years to come. And then when we do engage, because we’ve allowed this to happen, we feel the need to punch the lamp off our desk in frustration, which then causes us to disengage once again, and then sit out the next election. Somehow conservatives don’t seem to suffer from this affliction. They dutifully turn out to vote in each election. We could match them, and then raise them, but we don’t, because liberals are lame.
August 15, 2014
With today’s news that Texas governor Rick Perry has been indicted on abuse of power charges, a thought crossed my mind. It seems we can expect Republicans to set aside their usual big government rhetoric and come to the defense of Perry, but of course if this was a Democratic governor, Republicans would hold this up as yet the latest example of big government corruption. And that usual rhetorical refrain from Republicans implies that government is somehow more corruptible than some other entity like private enterprise. Is that really true? Is the public sector inherently more corruptible than the private sector? Or, is it that the public sector is held to a higher standard? And if it’s the latter that is true, it seems to me the ideological radar of many conservatives is candidate for a long overdue calibration. After all, if conservatives praise the private sector as the shining example of how to accomplish things efficiently and cheaply, why is it the public sector is held to a higher standard? And could it be true that the private sector is equally as corruptible, only, since it’s the private sector, we don’t know about it?
August 15, 2014
Because the police in Ferguson, Missouri have obstructed the free flow of information, asking and then forcing people to stop recording events, I felt it was necessary to make it clear that photography or videography are not criminal activities. Yeah, that should be obvious, but in 2014 America, unfortunately it is not.
August 15, 2014
After several nights of violence in Ferguson, Missouri, largely precipitated by an overzealous use of force by the Ferguson Police, last night was a night of peace. And we all hope that continues tonight and going forward. But it seems police chief Thomas Jackson and the Ferguson PD are not done agitating the community.
August 14, 2014
When a St. Louis County police officer can be heard on camera calling protestors “animals,” that is a police officer who has stepped outside his professional training. He has now ventured into the dangerous territory of dehumanizing members of the community. And regardless of what those protestors were saying or doing, if they weren’t breaking the law (or even if they were), the police can never do their job correctly if they are equating human beings to animals. You cannot possibly see the point-of-view of another human being if you have extracted their humanity from your mental assessment of the situation.
August 14, 2014
If you value your freedom, you should care about what’s happening in Ferguson, Missouri.
August 14, 2014
On Saturday an unarmed teenager was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. This is a story that is becoming all too common lately — aggressive police force, usually against racial minorities, resulting in the death of an innocent person.
August 14, 2014
If you have something negative to say about the death of Robin Williams, if you feel the need to turn it into a political battle, if you have an overwhelming urge to call him a coward, well, my friend, you are the definition of an asshole.