Well, West got elected mostly by being willing to engage in “enhanced interrogation tactics” with Iraqis and getting caught at it. Doesn’t say much for the majority of the voters in his district.
Creationism discussions are now OK in Tennesse schools
Probably mentioned earlier but now it’s law. Some highlights:
"The measure will allow classroom debates over evolution, permitting discussions of creationism alongside evolutionary teachings about the origins of life. Critics say the law, disparagingly called “The Monkey Bill,” will plunge Tennessee back to the divisive days of the notorious Scopes “Monkey Trial’’ in Dayton, Tenn., in 1925.”
“The state’s teachers are not allowed to raise alternatives to evolution but, under the new law, would be required to permit discussion of creationism and other beliefs if they are raised in class. The law would also permit discussion of challenges to such scientific conclusions as the man-made effects of climate change.”
Some credit, the Republican Gov. Haslem refused to sign it. He didn’t veto it because it passed by a** 3-to-1** margin.
The race to 50th in the nation in education is on!
Representative West is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
Back in the '50’s there was a silly little poem that began:
Sometimes I fancy as a spy
that I excel the FBI.
Right now I’m making little lists
of folks I think are Communists.
Wish I could remember the rest of it.
Will West’s next move will be to start “releasing” names of people he doesn’t like to “trusted” reporters?
The first time was tragedy. Will the second be comedy?
Allen, why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?
At long last has he no…wait, why am I even asking this question?
This poem was read by Tom L. Popejoy 15 July 1962 at an American Legion meeting in Carlsbad, New Mexico, though it may have been around for years then. It is shown as first appearing in The Catholic News, Archdiocese of New York.
Song of a Modern Vigilante
I sometimes fancy as I spy
That I excel the F. B. I.
Right now I’m making little lists
Of folks I think are Communists.
I have no proof on anyone,
And yet the lists are loads of fun.
All friends of foreign aid, I think,
Must be set down as rather pink.
A little pinker, not far off.
I list, perforce, the college prof,
And pinker yet the college crowd
That lauds the Bill of Rights out loud.
U. N. supporters, as I’ve said,
Are also ipso facto red;
And redder still, on my red lists,
Are all the integrationists.
Just for good measure in my labors,
I add a few of my good neighbors.
Thus I rejoice that loyalty
Resides alone in you and me –
Although, before my work is through,
You may, good friend, be listed too.
That is outstanding!
Truly awesome! Thanks for hunting that down and posting it for us all!
After you posted this, did they at least remove the electrodes from your 'nads ?
Something that astounded me about this poem from 50+ years ago is where it appeared: In a Catholic periodical and at an American Legion meeting. Can anyone imagine such “left-wing sarcasm” allowed at either place in today’s climate? (Popejoy may not have been a Legion best friend, but he was invited to speak.)
So, how do we interpret these accusations of communism? You’re either an anti-intellectual evangeliprole or… a communist!? There is no middle at all? Let me guess- the phrase ‘We the people’ is communistic too. After all, it encourages people to stick together and implies some kind of ‘we’, rather than the American truth of nothing but stalwart individualists. Families? Communist! Me paying more than 50% of the rent in this apartment shared with my gf? Communist! Any taxes for any government services whatsoever (other than the military and police of course)- COMMUNIST!
I am amazed that there can be still stupider things for them to say. Who are they talking to anyway?
Heh. I was in a stage production of The Manchurian Candidate a few years back. I highly approve both these posts.
And over in Michigan, an attempt to repeal the emergency manager law, that has led to entire cities being disenfranchised, is being challenged by a group called Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility over the font size used in the headings.
Even better, one of the members of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, which will rule on the petition’s legality, is a partner in the company that runs Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility. The company is a Republican political consulting firm that lists its contacts with influential lawmakers as one of its selling points.
West’s comment is so nonsensical and so detached from reality that it took a while to register with me. And this man is being touted as a V.P. candidate. :smack:
Like smithsb, I’ve wept. But I’ve passed beyond tears, to vomiting and hysterical laughter, not necessarily in that order. I no longer know how to react.
I’m an expat living in Thailand where politics are very bizarre. A few decades ago, I felt a sense of superiority: “Politicians are at least half-way rational in my country, ha ha!” But I’m at the point now where I think it is countries like Thailand that need to teach the U.S.A. :smack:
FYFY:
And this man [del]is[/del]was being touted as a V.P. candidate.
Well, clearly he’s running for it. I fear this helps, rather than hinders, his chances…
Fear? I will contibute to Mitt Romney’s campaign right now if he chose West as his running mate. You cannot buy the type of entertainment that would provide right up to November.
I figure all he’s really doing is softening the meaning of the word “communist” the way Republicans have managed to dilute the horror of the word “socialist” with repeated accusations against the same Democrats. Keep trying to tar popular people and policies with boogeyman epithets, and people will start wondering what’s so bad about that particular boogeyman. Then you have to move on to stronger epithets. If all these shining examples are really Communists, then hey, I guess I like Communism, eh?
Somewhere, in passing, I heard the explanation, which was that the Communist Party identified some Democrats as “allies”.