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May each of you have the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute works that will leave the world a little better for your having been here. -- Ronald Reagan
Good grief. This is what passes for Leftist punditry and
commentary? Her little rap on the crown of motherhood and Hitler/Stalin, well
for those guys it was the cross of The Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter (in
English: Cross of Honour of the German Mother), and even more reduced to
Mothers’ Cross. Ann Romney is insufferable because she's supportive of Mother's Day?
Here's the Stalinist quote from Ann Romney's article: "Cherish your mothers. The ones who wiped your tears, who
were at every ball game or ballet recital. The ones who believed in you, even
when nobody else did, even when maybe you didn't believe in yourself.
Women wear many hats in their lives. Daughter, sister,
student, breadwinner. But no matter where we are or what we're doing, one hat
that moms never take off is the crown of motherhood.
There is no crown more glorious." [italics mine]
This follows a
blog on the Daily Kos, "The Fetus is a Parasite". "Anyways, back to the whole fetus= parasite
thing. That is how I see them. I don't see them as cute and cuddly. I see them
as terrifying and scary. I see pregnancy the same way. The fetus you see, sucks the nutrients from the mother.
The
"relationship" only benefits the fetus.
The mother's
organs and body parts become damaged.
The fetus controls
the mother.
The fetus doesn't
give anything 'back'."
Full article
here just in case you think I'm making this up.
Ahhhhh the
Left. Praising motherhood is Stalinist
and Nazi, and fetuses are parasites. And they want to be taken seriously. Jeeeeez…..
This is a rant from a character calling himself\herself "Blue Moon", totally rejecting the Constitution, tolerance, wisdom and good sense. Most atheists I know or read, reinterpret the Establishment Clause as meaning freedom from religion, not that the State can't impose religion. This Daily Kos writer wants to see established religion abolished. Statists must abolish religion because it's the only thing standing between liberty and totalitarianism. Examples are Soviet Union and Red China; atheist nations for a reason.
"The church of pedophiles that brought you Cardnal Law and the current head, Ratzinger dares open its filthy mouth again? To preach about morality?" The Apostle Paul, when writing about homosexuality, was actually talking about grown men sodomizing little boys. That was predominate in the pagan world of the time. He wanted this to stop because it was inhumane. This atrocity existed well before the modern Catholic Church, and Catholics are just as furious as anyone else that it happened, and that the Church turned a blind eye to it. The Church is not a "church of pedophiles"...that's just a stupid statement on the face of it. Let's turn an open eye to the judges in this country that let pedophiles and rapists go free to do their despicable acts over and over and get released over and over. Should we abolish the Judiciary?
"The Reverend Phelps dares picket servicemen's funerals? And tell us all that "Heath [is] in Hell?" And call Lady Gaga a 'proud whore'?" Phelps is the evil stupid man that leads the Westboro Baptist Church. His is an independent anti-Christian church, is not affiliated at all with anything other than their own hatred and stupidity. This is the hate group that stands outside of cemeteries protesting the military dead being buried. They've been fully shunned by the Christian community. This whole article is the standard deceptive practice of Secularists. Select out one bad actor, and paint the whole community with that brush.
"A variety of crazy wackos calling themselves the "Tea party" peddle vicious racism masquerading as christian faith." There is no connection, not one, between Churches and the TEA Party Movement. The is no evidence of racism in the TEA Party other than the claims of the racist Democrat Party, racist Obama Administration, racist NAACP, racist Black Congressional Caucus, and racist New Black Panther Party, (supported by the racist Attorney General Eric Holder). Of course the Left is losing the arguments about everything, so as a distraction lay in the claim all their opponents are racist. Of course, this statement paints all members of organized religion as racists.
"It is time to begin working actively to bring about the end of organized religion. At the beginning of the 21st century, it is a wonder that a group of ignorant, bigoted and hateful men (yes, mostly men) can preach against scientific progress and try to take this country and the world a few centuries back. It is time to face the truth -- THERE IS NO GOD." Actually, there's scientific progress because of organized religion, and European civilization was saved during the "Middle Ages" by organized religion. This writer is ignorant or willfully lying. The "New Atheists" religion is attacking organized religion. It's not enough to just say they don't believe in a higher power and move on. I'm interested to find out that the church is mostly men. With all the women ministers and church leaders, I found this "fact" astounding. Especially since the national president of my congregation is a woman. How'd that happen?
"**the church tells you that as long as you go to confession and pray to God, all the wrong-doing will be forgiven. Therefore, religion teaches us an inconsiderate, irresponsible behavior to our fellow humans. No, I do not want someone who wronged me to ask forgiveness from God. I want them to come to me, to face me and ask for forgiveness from me, not some abstract and supposedly all-forgiving god." Actually, to be forgiven, one must ask for it from the person offended, and there must be penance. Secularists project what they believe or want to be true, and state it as a truth.
"It is time to organize and take legal action against religious institutions. There are many avenues available to pursue lawsuits against churches and such. It is time to turn up the heat in the media and the blogsphere against this unnecessary and harmful atavism of the past." What is this character going to sue for? Specifically. $Billions given to those that suffer from AIDS in Africa? Homeless shelters and food kitchens that millions of volunteer hours and billions of dollars are offered? Hospitals (which were founded and developed by the Church)?
This character does not know the Constitution or wants to shred it. He's an intolerant bigot, who claims to have moral and ethical values. He doesn't, but the one's he does claim to have are all based in the values set forth by organised religion. The Pagan Society he wishes for instead of what we have now, advocated sodomizing little boys, women were used only for sex and breeding, two thirds of civilization were slaves, to name just a few things. Christianity lead the movement to abolish slavery, Jesus had many women as his confidants, and the early Church was lead by women. I'll take this culture that respects women, where slavery is abolished, and sodomizing little boys is absolutely rejected (except to Secularist judges).
There is too much in this uninformed, lying, intolerant, bigoted article to address in a short blog. Full article here.
So what's the beef? Are any Secularists or atheists forced to worship, go to church, or pray? Are churches forcing, or are able to force, anyone to do anything?
Helen Thomas' now infamous antisemitic remarks have gotten massive coverage.
The Left, while not entirely embracing antisemitism, is supportive of it. The Left were apologists for the horrors of the Soviet Union and Communism, were supportive of Italy's fascism, and has supported fascism since its inception. The support is nice, and friendly, the 'we just want to get along' kind of thing. In Nazi Germany, the fuel that led to genocide of Jews, is the same acceptance of antisemitism we see now on the Left. Nazism is not right wing as Leftists keep teaching, and repeating; it was a socialist party, Statist through and through. I responded recently on Facebook to someone that gave moral equivalence to Hamas, PLO, Palestinians, and that whole group, stating the US is just as bad if not worse. How horrible is it that American Citizens see no distinction between their country and terrorist states that slaughter people because they are Jews, or are supporters, or even sympathetic to Jews?
Below are some examples of the support given to antisemitism, that were in response to Thomas' antisemitic remarks.
The vile Keith Olbermann of MSNBC gave Thomas a pass in his 'Worst Person' segment for her remarks, and instead named Rabbi David Nessenoff, the man that exposed Thomas. Nessenoff received 25,000 hate emails for posting the vid. Leftists, not Conservatives, or Evangelical Christians, sent these. Not endorsing antisemitism, but being an apologist for it, and accepting it.
From the Leftist Daily Kos: "This diary is mostly about the smear campaign aimed at Helen Thomas and how right wing propaganda easily mixes with Israeli propaganda. It is a story that people would label me as crazy if I didn't have the facts to back it up. How could such a good natured woman have so many people denounce her without even knowing the effort that went into it? How could so many people turn their backs on her even though she served her country in a way that most civilians never could?" Not endorsing antisemitism, but making excuses for it. Accepting it.
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert: "Jesus Christ on a matzo cracker, Helen. What were you thinking?" "You don't just blurt out racially charged comments on camera." As he was accepting of her antisemitic comments, he also charged Conservative radio talk show hosts for saying the same kinds of things on their radio shows. A blatant lie. They wouldn't have shows if they did. Leftists have to say those things to distract from their own antisemitism.
Still not certain if the statement made by Thomas was sufficiently antisemitic? The statement has been praised by Hezbollah MP Hussein Moussawi: "Respected American journalist Helen Thomas's answer shows ... a courageous, bold, honest and free opinion which expresses what people across the globe believe: that Israel is a racist state of murderers and thugs."
This isn't the first time Thomas has made remarks reflecting her antisemitism, and has always been give a pass. In 2002, she asked White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer, "Does the president think that the Palestinians have a right to resist 35 years of brutal military occupation and suppression?" Mark Rabin, a freelance cameraman working for CNN at the time, said Thomas had said to him "thank God for Hezbollah" [for driving Israel out of Lebanon] and "Israel is the cause for 99 percent of all this terrorism."
Salon.com also gives a pass to antisemitism. It blames the firing (resignation) of Thomas, not on antisemitic remarks, but on ageism and sexism. They again repeated the lie that Conservative talk show hosts say worse things and get away with it. The obvious problem is that this is a diversion as well as a lie, and if it were true, and that talk show hosts were getting away with it, does pointing out the wrongs of another justify? Anna Clark: "Now, I'm afraid that this is the legacy Thomas will be left with: Because she wasn't perfect, she was terrible." "In fact, of course, Thomas is neither perfect nor terrible. What she represents is that uncomfortable reminder that our heroes are not infallible. They are not everything we want them to be, no matter how much we pretend otherwise. Our heroes will disappoint, sometimes egregiously." No Anna, Helen Thomas is a terrible person, and antisemitic, and you're supporting antisemitism by supporting her.
Andrea Mitchell and Savannah Guthrie of MSNBC are apologists for antisemitism. Mitchell said Thomas just had “passionate views”. Guthrie: “It doesn’t mitigate what she said, but she’s also 89-years-old." Antisemitism justified by ageism?
Jonathan Alter of Newsweek and MSNBC : "But she`s Lebanese. She`s a Lebanese American. And you do have to understand, you know, some of the history of the region and the feelings in the region, and not necessarily judge somebody who thinks of Israel as an occupying power as by definition an anti-Semite because they think Israel is occup-" (crosstalk cut off) He also used ageism to justify. So if you're old and of Lebanese descent, it's okay to be antisemitic?
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC host and commentator that has moved from being a RINO to a full blown Leftist, made excuses for her. Huffington Post made excuses for her.
What we have here is the Leftist Media supporting antisemitism by giving it a pass, by not speaking out against it. That, anyway, would be tough for them to do, because, they, like the Democrat Party, and our President, support Palestine and Hamas, and not Jews and Israel.
"This government is governing against its own citizens. This president and his party are governing against us. We are at war with our own President, we are at war with our own government. They’re the ones standing in the way of the private sector rebounding. They’re the ones standing in the way of job creation – purposely!" - Rush Limbaugh
This following is from Lauren Monica of the Daily Kos. The Daily Kos isn't officially named as part of the Jurassic Press like NBC or the NY Times, but alleged reporters from the MSM just reprint what's said there and in other Statist blogs and media outlets without any fact checking or second sourcing.
Lauren Monica wrote about Limbaugh's quote: "Today, on his radio show, The Head of the Republican Party is officially asking His Dittoheads to harm the President of the United States and other Dems Leaders in Congress. He said 'We are at war with our own President, we are at war with our own government'. Translation, Mr Limbaugh just had committed treason by calling for a "violent" revolt (with the use of the word "War") against the President Of The United States."
For the record, McCain (I shudder at the thought) is the head of the Republican Party. Limbagh is a private citizen and holds no office. Statists need to have real things in the real world pointed out to them on a regular basis.
There were many on the Left that cheered when Tony Snow, Journalist, Father and Husband was diagnosed with Cancer, and cheered again when he died.
There are many on the Left that cheer when Dick Cheny, Politician, Businessman, Diplomat, Father and Husband, has a heart attack.
Most of the Left are pleased when someone not a Statist suffers, yet justify taking other people's money (OPM) and other people's Liberty in the name of Love and Compassion.
It seems Love and Compassion are other people's too. Even after Limbaugh asked for forgiveness for his prescription drug addiction, and took himself off the air for a couple months for rehab, when I listen to Leftist talk shows, whenever his name comes up, it's universally "drug addict Rush Limbaugh". How many years have gone by? The Love and Compassion from the Left is where?
Tweets: @kenneth212 Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital in Honolulu. Maybe Santa did get my letter.
@MelechT Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the Hospital. Just when I thought Christmas was over…
@tontocorazon RT @Pumpy_Beanis DIE RUSH LIMBAUGH YOU F***ING PIG MAN JUST F***ING DIE
@phontigallo: I was scared of another death this year til I heard Rush Limbaugh was in the hospital. Come on 2009; don’t fail me now
Daily Kos (Major Leftist Site): [Trying to tamp down the glee of Rush's suffering; the result of the backlash for cheering Tony Snow's suffering and death.] UPDATE: I know it's tempting for folks to wish this man ill right now. God only knows he's earned the Karma. But before you do, I want you to remember this.
HE WANTS YOU TO.
He welcomes it because:
a) The controversy feeds into is ego and validates everything he stands for - division, hate and negativity.
b) He and his ilk are looking forward to holding this over our heads for many, many years to come.
So kids, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
UPDATE #2
There is a report that Chris Cuomo is reporting Limbaugh is dead. THIS IS A FALSE REPORT BEING CIRCULATED ON TWITTER. Please do not retweet. There is no confirmation.
Those of us that do have Love and Compassion pray for Rush and the Limbaugh family that he's okay. Get well soon Rush.