Jared Fogle: The Emblem of the Age?

Jared Fogle, the former Subway Sandwiches pitchman, has recently pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography and having sex with a minor. Fogle, who became a millionaire shilling for Subway, also started a foundation to fight childhood obesity. But in reality the foundation was bogus and the money was skimmed off by Fogle and Russell Taylor, an associate of Fogle who was also his accomplice in pedophilia.

There are only two things that this culture still condemns: murder and pedophilia. That Fogle was a pedophile is bad enough but establishing a phony charity to enrich himself indicates he must be a monster without a moral center. It is beneath hypocrisy, it is cynicism. The emblem of an age that worships greed and smarm.

A Lie Scarecely Worth Repeating

Anti-immigration bigots have now taken to attacking the Fourteenth Amendment which grants citizenship to anybody born on American soil. Donald Trump, the "champion" of the racists, has raised the issue, and the most of the GOP pack have adopted it too. The irony is that many of these GOPers-Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, and Ted Cruz- wouldn't be citizens were it not for the 14th amendment. It's fair to say that the GOP represents not only bigotry, but dishonesty. They have refined the "art" of lying to such a degree that in trying to respond to their lies, you end up repeating them.

Donald Trump Is Not An American

It is really grotesque that Donald Trump has declared himself the champion of the "real americans." He himself is the embodiment of what has gone wrong with America over the past half century: the triumph of speculators, the born millionaires who became billionaires by cheating the public. Totalitarian movements often characterized by men without principle appealing to people without judgment. Trump followers are the degraded ignorant bigots who constitute the scum of humanity. When Trump goes around insulting people just "because he can," his followers admire him because he can get away with it.

Trump is a racist, a misogynist, and a liar but worse of all is when he speaks of what he would do if elected President, he would not recognize any legal or constitutional restraints upon himself. That he has the makings of a dictator is clear to see. But he's also part of a wider sickness. The GOP and the Conservative movement have abandoned all morality and principles and have become the sycophants of wealth and power.

GOPers Racing to the Bottom

Watching the GOP primaries resembles a poorly organized dance party degenerate into a drunken brawl. Nevertheless, some trends appear to emerge. Rand Paul, whom the media dubbed "The Most Interesting Man in the Senate," is imploding. Apparently, he didn't raise enough cash, and today's politics are all about money. Rick Perry, is also fading, in spite of his efforts to appear "smart" by wearing glasses. Chris Christie is also tanking. It looks good for Jeb.

Think of Racism as a Long Term Problem

Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP race, even though his behavior becomes more obnoxious by the day. We are supposed to think that Trump's presence will divide the GOP base and make it easier for a Democrat to win on 2016. I would like to think so too. Except that, when you look at the long term trend, the real problem is the growing prevalence of racism in politics. Pat Buchanan's presidential campaigns in the 90's may have failed, but his racist anti-immigrant bilge became part of the political discourse. Whatever happens to Trump in the next year and a half, may not matter as much as to whether there is an upsurge of anti-immigrant and anti-Mexican hysteria.

During the past 3 decades that GOP has moved further and further to the right. Jeb Bush is now considered a "moderate," even though he advocates abolishing Medicare, the Minimum wage and thinks that Americans should "work harder." Jeb makes Ronald Reagan appear just 2 degrees to the right of John F. Kennedy. The question for the long-term is whether the GOP will become more like Trump. Given that the GOP can no longer claim to represent prosperity, decency, or law and order the GOP may resort to "white supremacism" as its default position.

The Sham and Shame of Anti-Abortion Fanatics

Anti-abortion fanatics have launched an attack campaign against Planned Parenthood. They are alleging that Planned Parenthood is selling fetal tissue for cash. As reported by Laura Bassett in the Huffington Post:

David Daleiden, the founder of Center for Medical Progress, used a fake ID displaying the name "Robert Daoud Sarkis" to circumvent their security precautions and gain access to the groups' annual meetings and facilities.

Democrats in Congress asked California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) to look into whether the Center for Medical Progress violated any laws in its deceptive investigation."

This shows the dirty and dishonest mindset of the anti-abortion fanatics. The smarmy hypocrites who call themselves "pro-life" and yet kill doctors and bomb clinics. They are terrorists just like Al Qaeda and ISIS. The anti-abortion anti-birth control creeps by their actions that they have no values or principles.