Don Quixokie

The following was written in response to a question that my friend The Mouzer had asked on Maddowblog regarding the Right To Life position. Mouzer is an expert debater, but her mind was unsettled on why Pro-Lifers are mostly sanguine on the acceptability of Capital Punishment but viewed the unborn as something they were willing to kill for in its defense. She had written off not having come to any conclusions she found acceptable silly. In truth, she had nailed the incredible hypocrisy and illogic of a political party that wants to prohibit abortion [yes, this is a new addition. 4/19/2014] while giving lip service to the concept of "small government" and "personal liberty." To which I had written the following:  This kind of "silliness" is what led Einstein to make his discoveries. Socrates knew he knew nothing and would canvas people for their opinions, discuss the implications and lead them to contradict themselves. More concisely, Joseph Hel...

I've discovered a reasonable historical parallel to the Occupy Movement. Ann Coulter compares it to the French Revolution...which IS fair given the "let them eat cake" attitude of the 1%. But it is far more like the 1524 German Peasant Rebellion in the wake of Martin Luther's nailing of his thesis to the church door - which had also happened right around the time of that era's invention of the Internet: the printing press. The inchoate amorphous nature of the protests is actually a strategic advantage. Ratfucking opposition research by lobbyists in support of the 1% will be unable to discredit the leadership, though they may find victims, because there isn't much in the way of leadership or spokespeople. You can't decapitate what has no head.

Birthed on Maddowblog, #10.4 - Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:28 PM CST  midwifed by my friends Mouzer and John http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/17/8862572-when-alabamans-said-they-wanted-immigration-enforcement-they-didnt-mean-for-alabamans?last=1321596820&threadId=3274727&commentId=60059299#last_5 "Folks in Alabama sound like they sorely regret passing the nation's most oppressive immigration law. Local businesses have lost their customers, farmers have lost their workers, schools have lost their students. Now that every interaction with a government agency requires proving your citizenship, Alabama's got lines out the courthouse door ( see pic ). You can't get a dog tag without showing you belong. On top of that, national labor groups are coming in , taking notes and promising to help get the Alabama law overturned. Also, a new generation of Freedom Riders is getting arrested in Alabamans' streets and demanding answers in their lawmaker' o...

Please please please. In the words of Milo Minderbinder after he revealed how much he was paid to bomb his own squandron by the Nazis in Catch-22. It might look bad but it is truly a victory for capitalism how much arms dealers in Arizona are making selling weapons to fuel the drug war in Mexico. If the occassional Congresswoman, 9 yr old girl or border patrol agent gets their brains blown out, well that's just omlet and eggs isn't it? Tightening up gun regulations in Arizona just means that the commies win!