Saturday, May 22, 2010

Rand Paul and the self perceived intellectual superiority of libertarianism

I have a lot of Libertarian beliefs I subscribe to many of the tenants
of Libertarianism. It's Libertarians and their insufferable smugness
that I have a problem with.

While their political ideology is polar opposite, much like Liberals
the Libertarians have a certain unshakable belief in their own
intellectual superiority

Rand Paul is the most recent example of this smugness. Let me begin by saying I don't for a moment believe Rand Paul is a racist or harbors any racist ideas or tendencies. I don't think MSNBC commentator Rachael Maddow who interviewed Paul the other night thinks he is a racist either. However Paul couldn't have painted himself as more of a backwards jackass than he did the other night in an MSNBC interview when Paul suggested Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights act violated the rights of private business owners to descriminate on the basis of race.

As a philosophical exercise Paul's questioning the 1964 Civil Rights
Act Title II impact on the right of free association is compelling.
Paul, however, is not arguing with friends in a smoke filled coffee
house, he is in a political campaign for nthe US senate seat in Kentucky and living in a nation where racism and it's effects are very real. Paul is also living in an imperfect world where we can't make perfect laws that completely respect philosophical absolutes like freedom.

Presumably someone as intelligent as Paul who
had the temerity to assume he needed to educate the rest of us on
freedom and the constitutionality of title II. would be able to
recognise that a post primary election victory TV interview was
neither the time nor the appropriate venue to for said philosophical
discussion.

Perhaps it's just my cynicism but I saw the MSNBC interview as a setup
and of no political benefit and I was amazed Paul fell for this
obvious ruse. The fact that someone who is as intelligent as Rand assumes he
is,couldn't see this and couldn't extract himself from this obvious
pitfall is amazing.

Paul has stated repeatedly that He supports the 1964 Civil Rights Act,
Is not interested in any way changing or repealing title II so why
does he allow himself to be drawn into a philosophical debate on
something he doesn't seek to change?

This was such an easy subject to defuse and give the media nowhere to
go yet Paul chose to argue a philosophical absolute that in the real
world he could in no way possibly win.

Here's a sample statement Paul could have made and put an end to the
controversy.

"While philosophically I am troubled by the government intrusion into
the civil right of free association caused by Title II of the civil
rights act, I also recognise that while title II is an imperfect
solution it is the best possible solution and the minimal incursion
into civil rights is outweighed by the the effort to De-institutionalize
racism."

This is a television interview and in such Once you start arguing about the minute details it becomes a defensive battle and there is no way to win a defensive battle. The only way to win is to not allow the other party to draw you into a debate of details.

The questions I am left with are, How can losing a debate possibly help Paul's campaign for a Kentucky senate seat? To answer my own question, It can't. How can arguing the soundness of a law you have no interest in changing possibly help your goal of becoming the senator from Kentucky? Again to answer my own question, It cant.

I'm a college dropout and I can see this, Rand Paul
is an eye Doctor why can't he see that? I think it comes back to the self
perceived intellectual superiority of Libertarianism. In essence it's
the concept of the holy man on a mountain top. It is much easier to be
pure in the abstract than in the real world. Rand Paul demonstrates Libertarians have been on the the mountain top too long.

What ultimately really bothers me about the other days events is not
Rand Paul's stupid behavior but the fact that he doesn't see how this
behavior reflects poorly on his supporters. On the night of his win
Paul stood before the cameras and said;
"I have a message, a message from the tea party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words: We've come to take our government back."

As a self proclaimed spokesman for the movement Paul has a duty to not
sully the reputation of the members of that movement. This is a
movement that has been painted as racist by the MSM since it's
inception. Paul does these people no favors by getting into a debate
about Title II infringing on the rights of business owners to racially
discriminate .

Saturday, January 23, 2010

For Democrats Obama has become like a really bad first date

The Obama experience so far has played out kind of like a really bad first date. You meet this woman in the grocery store snack dept. one evening, She is attractive, she dresses nice she speaks well She's pretty, Much prettier than you're used to dating, She can't seem to find the microwave popcorn she likes, You see it, hand it to her making a poor joke, She laughs at it, She smiles in a way that tells you she's interested. You take a chance, Introduce yourself and ask her out. She accepts! You exchange phone numbers to call later in the week to make plans.

You voted for Obama, he looked like a good candidate, You feel like you made a good decission.

Saturday Night, date night is here. You arrive at her place to pick her up, she comes to the door she greets you with a smile and a kiss on the cheek. Then you notice something, She smells a little funny, You put it out of your mind. In the car, On the way to the restaurant you smell it again, Stronger, The smell is kinda like cheese. A funky cheese.

You notice something is not right, you found out Obama has a bunch of tax cheats in his administration.

You get to the restaurant and the two of you are seated, The bus boy brings a basket of hot bread sticks and fills the water glasses. She reaches for a bread stick and knocks over your water glass right in your lap.

Now something really bad happens, The trillion dollar stimulus bill is passed, and unemployment goes up.

You come back from the men's room after trying to dry your crotch with the hot air hand blower, She apologises profusely, The waiter arrives takes your drink orders. You ignore your damp crotch while the two of you chat, She is now eating a bread stick and you notice something, she talks with her mouth full of food. So in addition to your chilled junk you are now being pelted with a hailstorm of bread crumbs. You dread saying something funny for fear of being on the receiving end of a half chewed ball of saliva moistened bread.

North Korea and Iran are going nuclear and all the talk in the world isn't going to deter those crazy bastards.

The two of you talk all through dinner, and aside from the the occasional stray chunk of veal picatta flying your way it's going well. You were off to a rocky start but things are going smoothly. In the back of your mind you know the worst is yet to come.

Cash for clunkers looks like it may do some good but in your heart you know eventually the truth about it will come out and it won't be good.


After dinner, the two of you go to a club to have drinks and listen to some live music. Now the evening starts to go south, This woman drinks like a fish, Worse yet when she really opens up and gives her opinion she sounds like a moron. As she drinks more she gets worse, When she falls off her chair You decide you have had enough. You help her up and make your way to the car.

The House and Senate pass their respective 2000+ page Health care reform bills The nation goes berserk there are tea party rallies, town hall meetings become hate fests for Democrat legislators. and despite a filibuster proof majority in the senate and a huge majority in the house they can't get a Bill on the president's desk. The bigger problem, Every time Obama opens his mouth on health care reform support for the bills drop.

On the drive home she is ranting and raving blaming you for the disastrous evening. She is calling you names, and generally being an ass when the look on her face changes to one of discomfort, She turns away and caps the evening off by puking in your car.

Obama Stumps for Democrat Governors in Virginia and New Jersey and they lose bad and to frost the cake Obama stumps for Caokley to win Teddy Kennedy's senate seat and a Republican wins a senate seat in the most democrat of democrat run states Massachusetts!

Friday, January 1, 2010

I'm Shocked, Shocked to find that gambling is going on here.

The other day we got the news, Rush Limbaugh was hospitalized in Hawaii with chest pains and Quelle Surprise! Liberal hate was slammed into overdrive. Within literally minutes of the first report on cable news TMZ had a dozen responses to the story wishing Limbaugh dead. I know, I know, Liberals are compassionate. They just want poor people to have health care,

Mind you Limbaugh, regardless of what you think of him, has never actually harmed anyone. He never drove his mistress into a river and left her to drown, He never tried to destroy someones life because they exposed his infidelity. He never cheated on his wife while she was being treated for cancer. As far as I can tell he never even wished someone dead. What did Limbaugh do that seemingly compassionate people would wish him dead? He said things they don't like to hear. That is the threshold for liberals, All you need to do to inspire the supreme expression of hate, Is say something they don't want to hear.

Look at some of the vile shit posted on the DU website, None of these posts are from members who have less than 1000 posts on the DU website.

From the pedestrian; "I hope he fucking dies" , "America and the planet would be far better off without him", "I just prayed he assume room temperature" To the esoteric; "Is he dead yet? Wake me when he's dead so I can start the parade proceedings" , "LOL! My laughing out loud woke the dog and the boyfriend",

These were just a few examples of a nearly 500 reply post where easily 7 of 10 expressed similar sentiments.

Let's look at it from My perspective Keith Olberman with the help of Howlin Howie Dean Spent a whole segment of Countdown decrying how republicans calling Obama's policies Fascist was harmful and poisoning the well of debate. Dean was horrified that someone would call the president a fascist. All the while Olbie nodding obediently in agreement. Never mind Olbie in speaking if G.W.Bush had on February 8 2008 did an editorial on countdown where he stated; There is a dictionary definition, one word that describes that toxic blend, You're a fascist! Get them to print you a t-shirt with "Fascist" on it! What else is this but fascism?" Howie and Olbies straight faced hypocrisy makes me want to retch but the idea of wishing either of them ill sickens me more than their words. And I'm a sarcastic prick.

Does anyone remember this ditty? "Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me" How shallow is your belief system that you would wish death on someone who disagreed with you? How thin is your skin? How can you tell me Liberalism is anything other than an intellectually vacant ideology when it's proponents espouse bile like prayers for someones death? Limbaugh has no ability to in anyway harm you, If you feel harmed by Limbaughs words that is a deficiency in you. By wishing him dead aren't doing nothing more than alerting others to the massive void in your soul?

Ultimately the left wishes Limbaugh dead because they don't like debate. It's not fair that you question their dogma and for that you should die.