If I agreed with every single word and deed articulated, proposed, or implemented by Mike Bloomberg, he still wouldn’t be fit to lead. He thumbed his nose at the democratic process because he has the money and the arrogance to do so. He has hoodwinked parents and the media regarding his “saving the schools”. It is good to know that even with his moneybags overflowing and the disgusting expenditures of his campaign, his victory was not the coronation polls — paid for by him, no doubt — suggested it would be.
Then, there’s Maine. Cold, little Maine. Ayuh. If you want to keep warm in Maine with your love, don’t plan on marrying him or her if you’re gay. No, that threatens the lobster-rolling, ice-fishing, shit-shoveling — oops, snow-shoveling — citizenry. Lord knows it’s bad enough they allow former prisoners, drug addicts, chain smokers, and nasty people from all over to marry there. You could be the nastiest, skankiest sonofabitch this side of the Canadian border, but if you’re straight, you can marry in Maine. Why, you ask? Well, because just like in many other spots in our fine country, someone else’s sexuality is threatening to all they hold dear. When will people grow the fuck up?
While we’re on the subject of hateful hypocrisy, let me just say that I am delighted that Bill Owens beat out the Teabagger pick in upstate New York. These Teabaggers really amuse me. They’re all into their holier-than-thou, die-hard Jeffersonian democracy: they believe in states’ rights — until the state wants to provide its gay constituents with the right to marry. They’re against government interference or intervention of any kind, until it “protects” them from other people’s religions, cultures, or desires for freedom. They’re against regulation unless it helps them, and they’re against welfare unless it bails out big corporations or helps them personally. It never occurs to any of them that Thomas Jefferson is probably rolling over in his grave at the way they demand freedoms and the right to be left alone while essentially telling anyone who doesn’t agree with them that they are unpatriotic, immoral, or just plain wrong — and in many instances, undeserving of the same rights they demand. They seem to think every real American who ever lived could not possibly disagree with anything they support, assert, or believe to be “the truth”.
They and their “leaders” love to write about history through a narrow lens, and pick and choose those quotations, occurrences, and historical figures that bolster their mind-set. Fair enough, as the bleeding hearts do the same shit, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that each is thoroughly ignoring the fact that there will always be, and should always be, vigorous dialogue in a free country.That means that legislators should not be chased by crazed mobs, shouted down at town meetings, or threatned with death. Ah, but only “true Americans” deserve to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The “true American” is defined by the group using the term at the time, and generally requires that s/he has the right religious values, the right attitude towards government, and a healthy fear of anything or anyone which provokes thought or consideration outside their proscribed little boxes. This is for both sides of the lunatic fringe, including the rad pinkos who think everyone who has ever been wronged, or who has had to deal with prejudice, discrimination, or hardship deserves reparations, entitlements, and societal and governmental coddling.
Tags: Bill Owens, election, Maine, marriage equality, Mike Bloomberg, pinkos, reparations, Teabaggers, the left, the right
