Massacre in Colorado Springs

Last Friday a lunatic opened fire in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, leaving three dead and nine wounded. I won't mention the scumbag by name, except that he has a criminal record for having attacked his ex-wife and harassed other women. A moron like that should not even be out in public, much less have access to guns and ammunition.

It is sickening that anti-abortion, anti-birth control fanatics call themselves "Pro-life." Totalitarian political movements often twist and distort language to hide their true agenda. While the "respectable" anti-abortion movement is distancing itself from the Colorado Springs massacre, the fact is that these people have been conduction a campaign of lies and falsehoods, as well as some covert incitements to violence. Anti-abortion fanatics are terrorists and they should be treated as such.

Trump's "True Colors" Showing Through

This past weekend an African American man was attacked at a Donald Trump rally in Birmingham Alabama. His assailants were all white and used racial slurs leaving no doubt this was a racially motivated attack. Trump himself has praised the attack leaving no doubt where he stands on the issue. There can be no doubt that Trump represents violent racism. Trump and his followers represent the real threat to democracy and freedom.

Why We Need Borders

This weekend's terrorist attacks in Paris point out the lack of security in Europe. The European Union has eliminated most border controls in Europe which makes it easy for terrorists to move around the country. This shows that the economic orthodoxy that wants to eliminate "barriers to trade" actually spreads insecurity and terror. Who benefits is only a small affluent elite. Everybody else has to suffer the consequences.

A Restraction Is In Order

Some time ago I made a post in which I was considering supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton for President. After much research and thought, I have decided that I cannot. The deciding issue of Foreign Policy. During her time in the Senate, HRC voted for the War in Iraq and the so-called Patriot Act, and while everybody makes mistakes, she does not seem to have learned from hers. Clinton continues support an interventionist foreign policy, except that she call this "humanitarian intervention." Clinton does not seem to recognize that interventionism has not only failed, but that it has also done immense harm to this country. We need a new direction in foreign policy, not persistence in the errors of the past. It's not that I don't "want" to support HRC for President, but that I cannot support someone whose positions on such a crucial matter are so utterly wrong.

The Death of the Conservative Brain

The current behavior of the current Congressional GOP majority is causing a split within the Conservative movement. Watching the histrionics of Congressional GOPers reminds one of petulant adolescents throwing tantrums whenever they don't get what they want when they want it. As a result many "respectable conservatives are now trying to distance themselves from the lunatic fringe. David Brooks, for instance, now marks the distinction between Conservatives(presumably himself) and "right wing radicals." The right-wing fringe seems to be getting the upper hand.

Conservatism is now dominated by obnoxious blowhards of the Coulter-Limbaugh variety. The extreme right now speaks in its own jargon: "libtard." Now the extremists, mostly Trump supporters, are using the term "cuckservatives" to Conservatives whom they deem to be insufficiently hardcore. This gutter term, "cuck" is derived from "cuckold," a porn genre about white men who like to see their wives having sex with black men. I don't have enough time go into the twisted, internalized racial and sexual pathologies of people who throw around that word. I'll only point out that Conservatives are finally seeing the results of their policy to pander to the lowest common denominator.