Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator and current Republican Presidential hopeful has come out openly in favor of teaching creationism, saying "It's very interesting that you have a situation where science will only allow things in the classroom that are consistent with a non-Creator idea of how we got here, as if somehow or another that's scientific. Well maybe the science points to the fact that maybe science doesn't explain all these things. And if it does point to that, then why don't you pursue that? But you can't, because it's not science, but if science is pointing you there how can you say it's not science? It's worth the debate."
It's hard to figure out what to even make of this. Santorum does not seem to understand what the definition of science even is. God may exist, but God is NOT a scientific question. God is not verifiable, falsifiable, nor does it offer any predictive value. His ignorance of the scientific method is quite stunning actually, and it just goes to show he cannot be trusted to make rational decisions for the entire United States. Intellectual competency does matter!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Newt Gingrich's Freudian Slip
The secret is out. For those who believe that Fox News has any intellectual honesty left, Newt Gingrich has a few words of wisdom on the matter. And what are these words you may ask? That when he was on Fox he didn't have to know what he was talking about!!! The revelation came in the context of a question asked by an audience member in South Carolina about Obama's AIDS policy. To Gingrich's credit, he answered honestly that he was not familiar enough with the information to give an answer at the time, but that his staff would get back to the woman in question. And this is when he tried to use humor to deflect attention away from the fact he couldn't answer by using Fox News as an example of a time when he did not have to know what he was talking about. Thank you Mr. Gingrich for speaking truth to power!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Mitt Romney Furthers Attempts to Blend In
Mitt Romney is now joining almost all the rest of the groupthink GOP Presidential candidates by saying he does NOT favor a path to U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already in the United States and have been living here for an extended period of time. For these people, Romney says the process "consists of going to their home country, applying for citizenship or permanent residency just like everybody else, and getting back in the line." However, in 2005, Romney said "These people contribute in many cases to our economy and to our society. In some cases, they do not. But that's a whole group we're going to have to determine how to deal with." Furthermore, he agreed with Bush and McCain plan at the time, defending it by stating "It's saying you could work your way into becoming a legal resident of the country by working here without taking benefits and then applying and then paying a fine,"
It's sad Romney has flip-flopped AGAIN. Along with flip-flopping on global warming, gay rights, abortion rights, and the individual health care mandate, he has now done it with immigration. It's sad that the man actually held many respectable positions in the past, and that the current mood of the GOP is so anti-intellectual anytime someone even comes close to sounding reasonable they either have to flip-flop or backtrack. There should legitimate competition when it comes to choosing parties, but in the present climate, the GOP cannot intellectually compete with the Democrats. The Tea Party talks about revolution. The GOP should take note and revolutionize themselves so they can be a respectable voice in the 21st century.
It's sad Romney has flip-flopped AGAIN. Along with flip-flopping on global warming, gay rights, abortion rights, and the individual health care mandate, he has now done it with immigration. It's sad that the man actually held many respectable positions in the past, and that the current mood of the GOP is so anti-intellectual anytime someone even comes close to sounding reasonable they either have to flip-flop or backtrack. There should legitimate competition when it comes to choosing parties, but in the present climate, the GOP cannot intellectually compete with the Democrats. The Tea Party talks about revolution. The GOP should take note and revolutionize themselves so they can be a respectable voice in the 21st century.
Conservatives Outraged Obama's Failure to Mention God
During Obama's annual Thanksgiving address to the nation, he left out one important detail. And that is he did not mention God in the address. This has enraged some conservatives who see this as clearly a blasphemous sin, with Ben Shapiro commenting that Obama was a "militant atheist." Aside from the downright idiocy that Obama is a "militant atheist," there is something else seriously wrong with the conservative movement when it sees a lack of moral character in a man who does not mention God in a Presidential address, but sees a morally upright citizen in the previous President.
George W. Bush admitted openly that he approved torturing select detainees. And he has claimed he would do it again. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE??????? On something that is a clear violation of human rights, the conservatives have either said it's not "really" torture, calling water boarding "enhanced interrogation" (one thinks of Orwellian euphemisms here) or saying that the torture led to valuable intelligence. Both claims are false. Americans prosecuted Japanese who water boarded Americans for war crimes, but then we ourselves did it and the people responsible have not been brought to justice. It's also false that torture led to valuable intelligence. Torture makes people talk to make the procedure stop, but it does not guarantee reliable information, which is obvious to anyone who has not deluded themselves into believing it is somehow morally justifiable to torture another human being.
And recently all but two of the Republican Presidential candidates (Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul) said they believed torture should be continued in select circumstances. The hypocrisy of the American right never ceases to stun me.
George W. Bush admitted openly that he approved torturing select detainees. And he has claimed he would do it again. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE??????? On something that is a clear violation of human rights, the conservatives have either said it's not "really" torture, calling water boarding "enhanced interrogation" (one thinks of Orwellian euphemisms here) or saying that the torture led to valuable intelligence. Both claims are false. Americans prosecuted Japanese who water boarded Americans for war crimes, but then we ourselves did it and the people responsible have not been brought to justice. It's also false that torture led to valuable intelligence. Torture makes people talk to make the procedure stop, but it does not guarantee reliable information, which is obvious to anyone who has not deluded themselves into believing it is somehow morally justifiable to torture another human being.
And recently all but two of the Republican Presidential candidates (Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul) said they believed torture should be continued in select circumstances. The hypocrisy of the American right never ceases to stun me.
Police Misplaced Priorities
Why, as Americans, do we allow our drug policy to be ridiculously out of date? Police continue to crack down on citizens who smoke marijuana, while bankers are allowed to get off free, and in some cases with massive bonuses, after they nearly brought our economy to the brink of collapse. There is something fundamentally unfair about this. Perhaps it is because marijuana smokers who get caught tend to be lower income, and bankers have money to contribute to political campaigns or to hire lawyers that will protect them from their due justice.
Or another possibility is that Americans are just stupid, and support right-wing moronic politicians that seem to lack the ability to think critically, with their denial of global warming, evolution, and also still believing being gay is a choice and therefore it is somehow immoral. In order to fix the drug laws, Americans MUST come out openly and support legalizing marijuana. It can be regulated and taxed. This will take the criminality out of the process, and it will also bring in MUCH needed revenue to the United States government.
Or another possibility is that Americans are just stupid, and support right-wing moronic politicians that seem to lack the ability to think critically, with their denial of global warming, evolution, and also still believing being gay is a choice and therefore it is somehow immoral. In order to fix the drug laws, Americans MUST come out openly and support legalizing marijuana. It can be regulated and taxed. This will take the criminality out of the process, and it will also bring in MUCH needed revenue to the United States government.
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