Why Do They Condone Unbridled Greed?

One of the sickening incongruities of the Radical Right is how they will go to any measure to protect the accumulation of vast wealth by such few people. They will scream bloody murder at even the hint that something is wrong here, that it is not inherently good to concentrate fortune in the fewest hands possible, that the greater good (a phrase that drives them wild with visions of bearded Marx and Lenins)qualifies as a real goal and should be the course we take together. (They also despise the word together).

Endanger corporate greed for only a second and straight out the window goes all that phoney talk about brotherhood, good christian fellowship, etc. etc. etc. And bring up the subject of how the christian bible clearly does not condone wealth concentration, and all those good christians suddenly turn into raving capitalists spewing arguments of how just because it says this, it really means something elelse all together and greedy fat bastards are just fine with the Baby Jesus, yada, yada, yada.

I conclude those of the Radical Right are the true hypocrites and the evidence is incontrovertible. Oh yes, they chortle over an expensive haircut for champion of the poor John Edwards, or the fact Al Gore has a big house, but it is they who are the liars here and their lies damage us all each and every day. Personally, I'm tired of it. ~L

A Great Paragraph From Peter Galbraith

The case for the war is no longer defined by the benefits of winning -- a stable Iraq, democracy on the march in the Middle East, the collapse of the evil Iranian and Syrian regimes -- but by the consequences of defeat. AsPresident Bush put it, "The consequences of failure in Iraq would be death and destruction in the Middle East and here in America."

Tomorow Is Hate Reagan Day

Most human beings feel sick just at his name. The ones who don't maynot actually be human, just because of that. But, anyway, tomorrow isHate Reagan Day because we still pay the price for eight years of hisawful presidency.Those eight years unfolded like a car crash in slow motion. Every yearsomething amazingly destructive would come along in a sort of chainreaction, compiling event after event. There is almost nothing Reagantouched that didn't fall apart shortly after. Reagan styled himselfthe end of big government. What the USA got was a free run ofcorporations gone wild, and a government ran by people whose ethos wasgovernment is wrong. And it did not end until Reagan became undeniablyfeeble and no longer in touch with the empire of corruption he hadinspired. In response to questions about his illegal efforts in Iran-Contra, Reagan was reduced to a bewildered mental care patient.But legends don't need facts, and they do well with embellishmentsover time. Reagan remains the stand-in for God in among the GOP whouse the Reagan name to shield themselves from being held to any actualstandards of conduct. Including those piles of crap Cheney and Bush.That is why tomorrow is Hate Reagan Day, and I hope you will join me.Whether you hack up a loogey with his name, or flip a bird in hisgeneral direction, I'll be there with you.

Everyone is equal except the very wealthy, they need our help. Cuttheir taxes. Trust corporations to do what is right and never sue them. Hate environmentalists. Test on animals first. Cigarettes are apersonal decision. Ban abortion. Oil is $78/bbl so buy a new Goliath.Duct tape your eyes and ears, then duct tape your doors and windows.Only watch FOX. Proclaim your Christian love those different from youpublicly, but do not ever trust them. Ever. Support Life, back theWar. End public education. Ban pornography, hire gay prostitutes.