Labels and More Labels!

As everyone knows, I am predisposed to despise labels. I am becoming increasingly irate these days regarding so-called tolerant individuals being more intolerant than those they profess to dislike.

If I criticize the Messiah, it can be assured I am labeled either a racist or a republican. The lack of critical thinking and abuse of independent individuals is becoming a definite tragedy. The idiots have taken over.

Last evening, while posting something concerning Obama on Twitter, I was attacked by a black male who became very insulting and sexually harassing. It is not the first time this has happened to me, and I am certain it will not be the last. I found it very telling that this individual was screaming racial epitaphs, not myself.

We have become a society of the insane. If you oppose gay marriage, you are a Christian homophobe. If you attend a tea party, you are a racist republican. If you criticize tax dollars going to Israel, you are an anti-Semite. If you are a woman who likes to cook, you are being oppressed. The list goes on and on…

Use your intellect, folks. If you do not like what a person has to say, debate it honestly and do not start with the nonsensical labels and inevitable ad-hominem attacks. Better yet, how about not JUDGING based on a person’s opinion regarding one issue? Is this so difficult?

I hate to tell you this, but progress does not involve shutting people up. I am seeing the Obama apologists employ various tactics that they used to criticize…why is this? This is becoming a frightening trend. All in the name of tolerance and diversity. You WILL obey; you WILL be tolerant, as long as you adhere to OUR philosophies. Bravo, guys, you are embracing fascism! Roles are non-existent, because that would mean we are not all the same. And dammit, we are all the same! Nobody is better than anybody! Now, go to work at McDonald’s.

Intellectualism, philosophy, traditionalism have gone to the wayside. Common sense is dead, and you WILL embrace it.

Congratulations. Don’t start complaining when it all inevitably collapses.

HL

Independence of Texas? Ha!

*Agreed, George.*

Among the many ‘tea parties’ that were held on Tax Day, April 15th this year, the one here in Texas that had republicorp governor Rick Perry seems to be the one garnering the most attention.  Sporting headlines like “Perry fires up anti-tax crowd” the coverage seems to me to be a major distraction from the country’s immediate problems at hand which are largely economic and environmental in nature; not to mention the need to figure out how to build a sustainable economic not just from the balance sheet perspective, but also to live within limits of resources.

Fanned by headlines coming from outfits like Fox News ( “Governor Says Texans May Want to Secede From Union But Probably Won’t“) the reports would seem to suggest that Texas is really planning to demand accountability from the Obama administration, especially when it comes to federal spending.

But wait!  Something doesn’t quite feel right about such stories.  I think I might know why:  This has all the appearances of good ‘street theatre’.  Wonder why I think that?

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Johnny-coming-lately ‘patriotic fervor’ which has supposedly driven Texas government to threaten to send troops to the Mexican Border, and now this latest independence talk, seems to have arrived concurrently with president Obama’s election to the White House.  But where were Rick Perry and his cohorts during the Bush reign?  I didn’t hear about Rick Perry mobilizing state resources to build a border fence then….

I also seem to remember the Perry folks were supporting the Trans-Texas Corridor, which has WorldNetDaily headlined back in 2006 at “Trans-Texas Corridor paved with campaign contributions?“  This is a mirage project: When too much reporting and opposition pops up, it’s shelved, only to be reincarnated under different names within a month or two…quite amusing, actually.

For another, Texas has been busily selling off lucrative Texas tollway operations to private contractors under the guise of small government.  Yeah, I know, “How does that work?  Taxpayers foot the bill for highways to get built and then the state sells off operating rights to private outfits?” And when talk surfaces in Washington about legislation that would bar private operation of any highway built with federal dollars, state boyz seem to get all worked up…well of course!

Fine questions all…but here’s the simple point of this morning’s first item:  When I see folks out whipping up the ‘tea party’ sentiment, I ask myself “Is this part of a sincere, ongoing effort that was spawned before the Bushco republicorps lost first sitting at the teat of lobbyists?  Or, has it arisen more recently?

Pardon my pointing this out, but seems to me that it’s more bluster and braggadocio…Why weren’t Perry et all defending our border and not selling off roads when you-know-who was in DC?  Couldn’t be that this is just more hype and BS designed to keep folks from thinking about the real issues?  I mean like “Follow the money” or government by high bidders now, could it?

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Meantime, all this frenzy whipping has folks wondering if Rick Perry maybe doesn’t have higher aspirations politically.  Stories like “Rick Perry: Tea party darling” hint in that direction.

In the bigger scheme of things, this is all such a charade; the right versus left retooled with new issues all the while behind the scenes, the folks with the money are pulling the strings to make sure their have versus have-not’s games continue unobstructed.  Change?  My butt.

The hell of it is – it seems to be working.  I’ll just let ya’ll get sucked into the partisan game…have fun.

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