Metaphysic Storm

For my friend woozie.Seattle

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I don’t like the fat ass elephant’s or the jackass’s POV. The U.S. Godless and Independents, also known as Humans, reject group identities, focus on the issues and realize the uselessness of stereotypes outside of comedy. But Palin has pushed my distaste of the GOP to a new level, scaring the bejesus out of me with her Bushyish stance on war.

GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task (aka plan) that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war?

PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote.

GIBSON: Exact words.

PALIN: But the reference there is a repeat of Abraham Lincoln’s words when he said -(ahhh mmmm)- first, he suggested never presume to know what God’s will is, and I would never presume to know God’s will or to speak God’s words. (although I have read the Bible out loud) But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that’s a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God’s side. That’s what that comment was all about, Charlie.

GIBSON: I take your point about Lincoln’s words, but you went on and said, “There is a plan and it is God’s plan.”

Obamba - You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Palin - I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don’t quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren’t listening. We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.

My first thought when Palin capitalized on Obama’s slip-up was what the Liberal counter version of Bible toting, gun carrying, redneck Conservatives would be. I came up with, Disco ball worshiping, Dildo toting, city slicking Liberals. My beliefs fall much more in line with Liberalism via the “truth by consensus” of Wikipedia, rather than the description of Rightwingers from Conservapedia. Although, I don’t like disco, dildos or murdering babies.

I believe that the ideology of Conservationism is inherently oppressive. “Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour tradition, where tradition refers to various religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs.” Culture is dynamic, constantly changing in a sea of memes. Liberalism on the other hand is defined by “a broad array of related ideas and theories of government that consider individual liberty to be the most important political goal.” That with the Human rights of health care, basic education, minimal shelter and sustenance to support the principle of equality, sounds to me like the only humane option for a civilized society.

And I’m well aware that not all “right wingers” fit the redneck stereotype.

Stereotypes are silly. Where on earth do they come from? Instead of stereotypes, I prefer raw data and the means they produce. For example, the median income for a family in Newport Beach is $147,697. Many Christian churches there worship with rock-n-roll. And Jesus undoubtedly is the unofficial king of Orange County. That’s my fair and balanced POV. For an unbalanced OmnipresentPOV from the absolute truth generator, please visit his blog.