Sunday, February 26, 2012

Douchebag or theocrat?


Via twitter: 

Will Michigan R's go for Satan-hating Santorum or My-wife-has-two-Caddy's Mitt? The R race has descended into frivolous irrelevance. 

-- Robert Reich (@RBReich)

I suspect they'll ultimately go with the privileged rich douchebag over the vagina-domineering theocrat.

Frivolous? Irrelevant? Yes and yes.

Unfortunately, however, right-wing douchebaggery and theocracy go over extremely well with millions and millions (and millions) of Americans, and specifically with one of the two major parties of America's two-party political system.

President Obama certainly has the upper hand, but the very fact that one of these two loathsome men, or indeed any Republican, could win the presidency -- and it might not take all that much, just some bad economic news with blame unfairly heaped on the president -- should give us pause.

It's still possible for extremism, both personal and political, to prevail.

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posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at 1:30 AM

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  • These "faith-based institutions" are businesses NOT churches....BIG businesses. Their varied employees should not be made to involuntarily kneel at the altar of religion... a flat-out violation of the First Amendment. The government is trying to protect the freedom of these employees, not to limit it! Seriously: The bottom line is that absolutely NO ONE is coming into our Churches or places of worship and telling believers what to believe.....or forcing them to use contraception. BUT If the Bishops (and other denominations) want to continue running businesses outside of their places of worship...businesses that employ millions of people of varying faiths -or no "faith" at all- THEN they must play by the same rules and rights that other workers live by and enjoy (especially if their businesses use our tax dollars, and skip paying taxes, in the process). If the Jehovah's Witnesses church hires me, can they alter my health insurance to exclude blood transfusions? Even worse- what if they operated a hospital by their “rules”? This is not a “war on religion”. Never was. However, it IS a war BY some religions... on women and men who simply want to plan their families, to control their futures, to keep their jobs, and to have health insurance that allows them to do that.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:24 AM  

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