The contest was a close one,
but when the master of the "Taking a Big Grumpy Face"
called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, he put himself
over the top. Welcome to the Asshat
Hall of Shame, Pat!
23 August 2005
Pat Robertson calls for Death of Chavez
On his religious program "the 700 Club",
Pat Robertson called for the death of (Twice Democratically
Elected) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him a "terrific
danger" to the United States.
"You know, I don't know about this doctrine
of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate
him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,"
Robertson said. "It's a whole lot cheaper than starting
a war...and I don't think any oil shipments will stop."
"We have the ability to take him out,
and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability,"
Robertson said. "We don't need another $200 billion war
to get ride of one, you know, strong-arm dicator," he
continued. "It's a whole lot easier to have some of the
covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."
Pat Robertson has demonstrated that the Culture
of Death is no stranger to his brand of Fundamentalist Christianity,
which appears willing to resort to murder and violence in
order to prevent populism and public will from threatening
a small cabal of religious zealots. While President Bush attempts
to assure us that the War on Iraq is not a "religious
war" against Islam, cohorts such as Pat Robertson betray
that lie.
Robertson said it was the United States' duty
to stop Chavez from making Venezuela a "launching pad
for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." Here
Robertson deftly blends the old school "Red Scare"
with the New Boogeyman "Muslim extremism." What
this is really about is a battle between the "Haves"
(Pat Robertson, the United States Elite, the former Venezuelan
Elite, and the white colonists of South America) vs. the "Have
Nots" (indiginous people, dark skinned people and the
poor of South America and to a degree North America). This
is not communism, this is not islam. This is about sharing
the wealth of a nation with the people of that nation instead
of treating 80% of the population as slaves. When that 80%
gets to speak up, even in the form of the ballot box, at least
in Venezuela their votes counted, and they got exactly what
they wanted.
South America is witnessing a populist revolution,
in Venezuela, in Brazil, in Argentina, in Bolivia, where the
people are beginning to demand a little tiny bit of all that
wealth that is being raped from their land and sent to "the
West". Chavez is criticized for giving to the poor! They
claim he is "pandering" to the poor for votes! Did
Jesus Christ "pander" to the poor?
Pat Robertson needs a little taste of Jesus,
I think.
22 August 2005
Ohio Election 2004
The 2004 election fiasco in Ohio, so aptly
described in the Conyers
Report, continues to be investigated. Green Party
candidate David Cobb and Libertarian Michael Badnarik in filed
a law suit in December of 2004 forcing a recount. Following
that, Toledo Lawyer Richard Kerger charged that the Cuyahoga
County Elections Board broke the law because:
It failed to randomly select the 36 precincts
used to represent at least 3 percent of the total vote for
the December recount.
It conducted "test-run" recounts
without witnesses.
It did not allow witnesses to observe irregularities
in the review of cases where the presiding judge transported
ballot assemblies, ballots and other items.
It repeatedly fed trays of ballots back
through the counting machines without keeping records of
the counts.
It failed to investigate discrepancies
between the certified recount vote totals and the certified
original totals.
Although it is very unlikely that the result
of the 2004 election in Ohio will change, the fall out from
the Republican electoral hyjinks in Ohio should continue,
and the truth should come out and justice should be done.
It is one thing to intentionally obstruct voter's rights to
vote, and another thing to intentionally obstruct justice
by hiding and/or destroying evidence. I hope that the people
pursuing the investigation into the Truth of what happened
in Ohio stay strong and take this to the very end. Our faith
in the electoral process has been weakened by the actions
of those in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. We must restore
our faith in the ballot box.
21 August 2005
Wisconsin Democrats vie for Green Votes
In a clear message that he fears his past
erosion of environmental protections in Wisconsin might hurt
him in next year's election, Democratic Governor Doyle rolls
out a new "Conservation Agenda" in an attempt to
appeal to those who elected him to office three years ago.
Meanwhile, Russ Feingold easily leaps over
the incredibly low bar that Democrats have set in regards
to the War on Iraq by calling for an actual deadline for troop
withdrawal.
The Wisconsin Green Party, stunned by the
sudden moves by Wisconsin Democrats, remained largely silent.
One Green was overheard saying: "Dude, maybe if they
keep saying it we'll belive them this time." Democratic
Senator Kohl, War Supporter who feels secure in his seat,
declined to pander to Greens until a Republican announces
a serious challenge.
"Personally, I feel that 'Dr.' James
Dobson should be voted the Asshat of the month. He is the
front man of the organization "Focus on the Family"
which, in addition to pandering to the conservative Christian
churches, also contributes to the hate and typification of
homosexual men. The organization has a webpage titled, "Helping
Boys Become Men, and Girls Become Women" which is subtitled;
"Is My Child Becoming Homosexual?" which lists different
stereotypes that a parent may notice in their young son to
clue them in that he's an eight year old queer. Some of these
signs include: crying easily, less athleticism than other
boys, thinking effeminately, and "A susceptibility to
be bullied by other boys, who may tease them unmercifully
and call them “queer,” “fag” and “gay.”
While these suggestions are horrible in and of themselves,
the website, which is http://www.focusonyourchild.com/develop/art1/A0000684.html
offers reparative therapy for these young children who show
signs of homosexuality. Not to worry if your child has already
reached puberty and has acted on this vile sin, the website
offers suggestions on what to do with a homosexual child after
he or she has reached puberty.
"On the Focus on the Family website,
Dr. James Dobson is quoted as saying, “There is also
the vigorous effort by gays to infiltrate the Boy Scouts in
the same way lesbians have done so successfully in the Girl
Scouts, where 33 percent of their staff is said to be lesbian.”
as proof that homosexuals are on a vigorous 'campaign' against
children. In addition to the campaign of homosexuals in the
Scout Organizations, homosexuals also tried working their
way into schools earlier this year with SpongeBob SquarePants.
However, Focus on the Family called the queers out on their
attempt to promote their agenda and admitted the truth on
SpongeBob. For more reading see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm
"For these reasons, I feel that James
Dobson should be voted Asshat of the month. For all the things
he has done in his lengthy career to continue hate and discrimination
in our country, he surely deserves this honor." - Micheal
Trotter
· Let's talk about health care: single
payer, birth to grave, every child, woman and man. Yes. Let's
stop rationing health care. Let's secure it for everyone.
· Let's talk about publicly funded
political and judiciary campaigns. If we have a constitutional
right to free speech then why can corporations buy so much
more speech than we ordinary citizens?
· Let's talk about strong election
and ethics oversight so our elections are fair and our politicians
are held to a high standard that inspires confidence and respect
for the office and the office holder.
· Let's talk about clean air, pure
water and beautiful landscapes. Let's delineate what these
things mean to us and to the future of our state.
· Let's talk about education and prisons
and living wages for workers and daycare for children and
eldercare for adults and…
In the ad, Cindy Sheehan pleads with Bush
for a meeting and accuses him of lying to the American people
about Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction and
about that country's connection to al-Qaida. SEE
THE AD HERE
Shaffer, her friends, and two other young
women were booted out of the store and threatened with imprisonment
even before they had a chance to say a word to Santorum, as
Al Mascitti first noted in the Delaware
News Journal.
