Jobs Bill passes Senate: Relax Conservatives, this was expected

The game is called politics, but it seems many have forgotten that with the passing of Senator Harry Reid’s Jobs Bill in the Senate, 70-28. With all the talk about how jobs are being lost thanks to President Barack Obama’s mishandling of the economy since he took office, there was very little that could be done to prevent this from happening. Hot Air’s Allahpundit is covering this, and I do agree that many Republicans are using this “fig leaf” of a senate bill to boost their bipartisan reputation, but it is more than that.

The name alone should explain why thirteen “Republicans In Name Only” (RINO) supported this. With public opinion swinging away from the Democrats, Republicans are in good position to pick up votes if they even appear to be working with their political rivals to fix economic problems. Senator Scott Brown’s statement following the vote pretty much proves this point,

We need to put partisanship aside to put people back to work. This jobs bill is far from perfect, and ideally would include deeper and broader tax cuts. I supported this measure because it does contain some tax relief that will help Massachusetts businesses put people back to work. Right now, this is a tax-cutting bill. But if it comes back to the Senate full of pork, waste, fraud and abuse, I reserve the right to vote against it.

While those like Brown have received criticism for their vote, let’s try not to forget that this is how politics works. It is a game of give and take, where perception seems more important than tangible progress. You can’t put an outright stop to all this reckless spending, especially when the narrative lately has been that Republicans are uncooperative and are the ones to blame for so little getting done in Washington. Sure it isn’t the least bit true, especially with the super majorities the Democrats held in both the House and the Senate up until recently, but that isn’t the way most in the media have reported it.

The battle for this bill is over, but that doesn’t mean the war is lost. Let the Democrats have this small victory, because when the next bill is proposed, containing all the wasteful spending this administration and its supporters are known for, Brown and the rest of these Republicans can and will (hopefully) vote against it, leaving their critics with nothing to say about how they are “the party of no” seeing as how they voted for this empty piece of legislation… Simply politics as usual…

The Regressive Progressives: Liberal Racism at its Ugliest

If it isn’t Seth MacFarlane and the Family Guy, it is television personalities like Donny Deutsch who show the rest of us just how hypocritical these “progressives” really are. Mark Levin has come to refer to them as “regressives” because of their very backwards of views on society, and I couldn’t agree more. When it comes to issues like race, not just the disabled (in Seth’s case), they have a very low opinion of those with colour, especially when they disagree with them. For those with a clouded view on liberal politics, or a lack of understand of the concept of hypocrisy, this post isn’t for you.

Hot Air’s Allahpundit, as well as Michelle Malkin and NewsBusters.org’s Scott Whitlock have reported on CNBC Contributer Donny Deutsch’s racial slur, calling Republican Marco Rubio a “coconut”. Appearing on the Joy Behar Show, Deutsch let his true colurs show during a conversation with the show’s host about the nature of politicians and how for someone to be successful, they should be a “blank sheet of paper”. Behar didn’t question, nor even flinch at the use of the racial slur (but Black Friday is racist Joy?), begging the question of whether or not such language is common place when the cameras are off. What does one say about this kind of behaviour? There is a lot someone can say about Marco Rubio, that he is a young up and commer within the Republican Party, that he is an unknown and very much untested, but I can tell you that the first thing going through my head isn’t “he’s a Republican coconut”. Is he a “race traitor” too Deutsch?

Lachlan Markay at NewsBusters.org, as well as Philip Klein at The American Spectator are covering a story about a post at TheRoots by Michael Arceneaux titled “Black Folks We’d Like To Remove From Black History”. Aside from killers and convicts, Arceneaux has put black conservatives like Micheal Steele and Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas for the simple reason that they are black conservatives. Joe Hicks from PJTV’s Hick’s File has spoken about this kind of racism previously, saying that those who don’t fit the narrative are ignored and/or demonized. Not only this though as Arceneaux seems to wish harm on Judge Thomas by saying “I’m not sure if the late Thurgood Marshall would want to pop Clarence ‘side his head with his gavel, but there are plenty of blacks who would volunteer to do it for him.” So you aren’t “black” unless you are willing to physically assault “race traitors”?

This video was in response to the racist accusations by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and others concerning racial diversity within the Tea Party protests. If it isn’t Marvel Comics using Captain America to demonize them, it is people like Jon Stewart who seem to perpetuate the notion that criticism of Obama in any form, including the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), is done by whites and only whites because of our deeply held racial beliefs. These people just can’t stand the idea that minorities don’t behave like they are somehow supposed to as dictated by their skin colour. This defies the narrative and they can’t comprehend why these people wouldn’t act according to their given stereotype. It isn’t that I have any ideas about how society should be prejudice free, I understand that everyone has their own beliefs, politically correct or not, but these individuals are always accusing those who won’t support radicalism of being racist, when they themselves are so blatantly bigoted. How “progressive” is it to have these kind of beliefs? Explain to me how such backwards thinking should be tolerated in our tolerant society?

Those who believe as these people do should be exposed as the hypocrites they are. Every time one of these racists dares accuse us of racism, remind their audience just how regressive these progressives are… Pathetic…

UPDATE: Let me spend a little more time explaining what I meant as it might not have been clear previously when I discussed “the narrative”. As I stated, liberal thinkers like Seth MacFarlane, Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart, Donny Deutsch, etc have this nonsensical notion that minorities, whether they are of a particular ethnic group or, in Andrea Friedman’s case, a special needs group, owe something to the Democratic Party. They point to social programs like welfare, which has done little more than perpetuate a lifestyle of dependency on the state by people of these groups, as cause for them to swear absolute loyalty. This is why they lash out at those who don’t fit the mold. To these “regressives”, people who don’t fit the mold are essentially traitor for turning on those who have “done so much for them”. Let’s not forget that in its early history, the Democratic Party was doing its best to deny rights to minorities. If the Republican Party was as white as these people would want us to believe, why did prominent black community leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. vote for them? Definitely historical revisionism on the part of these political radicals…

Why rewrite the history book though? What purpose does it serve to create this kind of fiction? It is all about recruiting the ignorant, especially the youth. While they usually don’t vote, influencing enough of them may be enough to swing crucial elections. That is why it is important to remind these ignorant would-be voters that the very people accusing others of racism are the racists themselves. In all my time listening to conservative talk radio and reading conservative writings, whether it be Larry Elders, Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin or Charles Krauthammer, I have never heard anything racist nor inflammatory, especially nothing that could compare to this kind of garbage. You read post after post, comment after comment, about how these “peace loving”/”violence hating” individuals would love nothing better than to poison a conservative commentator’s coffee or rape them violently (what do you think that Playboy article was about?), aside from a variety of other twisted desires that they have swirling around in their heads.

This is why I write these posts, why I spend all this time sitting at my computer dealing with this bullshit. They want to pretend that this isn’t the case, but do your research, these “progressives” are among the vilest people you will meet. Walking, talking hypocritical political radicals who refuse to play by the rules they set out for the rest of us, especially those of colour who are demonized for not fulfilling their “proper” stereotypical role in society… Pathetic…

UPDATE: What did I say about these people not being able to comprehend that people of colour don’t all follow the narrative? Keith Olbermann replies to the Dallas Texas Tea Party by saying those that bought into this story about racial diversity at the Tea Party protests are gullible. Colby Hall from Mediaite has more.

We’re gullible? Well then, we are in fine company with the many other media websites that also covered the very same story, including Politico and TVNewser. And truth be told, we were the only site that first highlighted Olbermann’s point-of-view. But, judge not, lest ye be judged — so let’s look at the diversity of guests championed by Olbermann.

According to Olbermannwatch, the admittedly anti-Olbermann website claims to have looked at the guests on Countdown for the last two weeks and found just two African-American guests compared to 46 white guests. Oops.

Olbermann Watch counted the amount of racial diversity (or lack thereof) in Olbermann’s own show, finding that Eugene Robinson was the only minority guest during the last ten episodes.

Matter of fact, Robinson is the “token” minority commentator for not only Olbermann’s show, but other MSNBC shows like Rachel Maddow’s and Chris Matthew’s (MSNBC racial diversity at its finest). Hot Air has more, along with a video from Keith’s show, but there isn’t much to look at, much to Allahpundit’s disappointment (he was hoping for this to turn into a full scale feud I imagine). It does seem that he did his best to ignore the Dallas Texas Tea Party, knowing full well that he has been caught lying and that addressing their video would expose this to his already shrinking audience… Pathetic…

UPDATE: While not solely addressing liberal racism, Andrew Klavan from PJTV has a new video concerning how these hypocrites think. Enjoy!

Family Guy Hits A New Low: Degrading Down Syndrome Individuals

I don’t watch Family Guy anymore. Haven’t done so for a few years now, since about the time it returned to television. Seth MacFarlane thought the revival of his show meant that it was too good for cancellation to stop it and decided that he was going to pile on the toilet humour and ill-conceived political nonsense, as well as turning Meg into the family’s “punching bag” (don’t like young women much Seth?). I will admit that it was funny prior to it being shelved, but that doesn’t mean it was anywhere near a quality show. The truth about Family Guy’s return to television was explained in the comeback episodes’ introduction, that everything they tried to replace it with was garbage (I did enjoy Andy Richter Controls the Universe until Conan O’Brien became a regular guest which ruined the show because he isn’t that funny). It is a pity that Seth didn’t quite understand that…

As with the show’s last season, this season has turned out to be nothing but unfunny and downright offensive nonsense. The last episode, which has Chris Griffin dating a girl with Down Syndrome, has once again crossed the line of common decency. Former Governor Sarah Palin has responded, and I will admit that she let Seth and his staff of writers off easy. I agree with Allahpundit on this one, after watching the clip with the jab at Palin, not only is the joke not funny, it lacks any sort of punchline. Does he mean that Palin is the broodmother of Down Syndrome individuals (yes, I am playing Dragon Age: Origins), or is it that all of Sarah’s children are of “special needs”? Whatever it is, no one but the handicapped fans of Family Guy got it. Instead of apologizing for this, Seth and his staff continue this downward dissent and release a letter from Andrea Friedman, the voice actress of Ellen, Chris Griffin’s date.

Below is a copy of a letter to the editor that Andrea has written and sent. Please feel free to circulate it on the web or in any other manner that you choose.

All best wishes,

Hal Friedman

My name is Andrea Fay Friedman. I was born with Down syndrome. I played the role of Ellen on the “Extra Large Medium” episode of Family Guy that was broadcast on Valentine’s day. Although they gave me red hair on the show, I am really a blonde. I also wore a red wig for my role in ” Smudge” but I was a blonde in “Life Goes On”. I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line “I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska” was very funny. I think the word is “sarcasm”.

In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.

This statement, along with interview, was printed in The New York Times in the Arts Beat section. “Trig Truther” blogger Palingates put a post up on this and did his best impression of Andrew Sullivan by saying “One of the biggest ironies in this story is that Sarah Palin isn’t even the biological mother of Trig, her beloved Down-Syndrome prop, because she has faked the pregnancy! Bristol Palin is the biological mother of Trig.” Aside from the fact that Palin’s critics seem to be jumping all over this, no one seems to question the credibility of what Andrea Friedman said, or if she said it at all. No one has bothered to question whether or not this is simply more nonsense from Seth MacFarlane and his staff.

I am not saying that a Down Syndrome individual is capable of writing such a statement, but whether or not she understands what she is saying. Those with Down Syndrome suffer from serious cognitive problems, and many lack the ability to function normally without the assistance of care providers. As politically incorrect as it might be to say, I don’t think she has the mental capacity to have such a political opinion. To me, this reeks of parental persuasion by her father, Hal Friedman. In the interview Andrea clearly states that it was her father that talked with the Family Guy staff, and it wouldn’t surprise me if all this nonsense was planned in detail beforehand as some kind of twisted “chess move”. Dignity doesn’t matter when you have money, right Hal? I also have doubts that if Andrea was as understanding as this letter claims to be, she would have found this episodes treatment of Down Syndrome individuals, including the lyrics to this disturbing song, “sarcasm”.

You’ve got to look your best tonight, you tubby little parasite
‘Cause there’s a lovely lady and she’s waiting for you.
And though her pretty face may seem
A special person’s wettest dream
Before you get to see it there are things you must do.

We’ll try a tie, and boutonniere of yellow.
A rose that shows that you’re a classy fellow.
With a posh panache of Jefferson at Monticello,
Busting out a mile with style.

I know you just can’t wait to stare
At all that luscious orange hair
But boy before you touch a single curl
You must impress that ultra boomin’,
All-consumin’, poorly groomin’
Down syndrome girl.

On any normal day you reek
As if you’re on a farting streak,
Your fingers up your nose and you are dripping with drool.
But if you want a lady’s love,
You’re better off by smelling of
A gentleman’s cologne instead of sneakers and stool.

A squirt, a spurt of something just for Ellen
And you’ll see that she will find you so compellin’.
And she does because the only smell that she’ll be smellin’
Won’t be comin’ from your bum.

You want to take that little whore
And spin her on the dancing floor
But boy, before you do a single twirl –
You must impress that effervescing,
Self-possessing, no-BS-ing
Down syndrome girl.

Her eyes are emerald portals to a secret land of love
And her smile is like the sweetest summer flower.
Her kiss is so inviting, and her hugs are so delighting.
And what makes them really nice is that they’ve got a little spice
Because they’re tighter than a vice and they go on for an hour.

My boy, between the two of us we’ll get you on that shorty bus.
And then you’re going to take it for a whirl.
Now go impress that super-thrilling,
Wish-fulfilling, Yoo-Hoo-spilling,
Ultra-swinging, boner-bringing,
Daily singing, ding-a-linging
Stupefying, fortifying,
As-of-Monday-shoelace-tying,
Stimulating, titillating,
Kitty-cat impersonating,
Mega-rocking, pillow talking,
Just a little crooked walking,
Poorly pouting, boobies sprouting,
For some reason always shouting,
Fascinating, captivating,
Happiness and joy creating

Down syndrome girl!

Excuse me while I vomit. Not only was this episode downright offensive, but the follow-up fiasco has crossed and recrossed (and recrossed and recrossed…) the line of the most basic in common decency. This isn’t sarcasm Andrea, this is insulting. Tell me again how “enlightened” these people who support this nonsense are? Is this all some kind of joke that we just don’t understand, lacking the absence of a soul? There is nothing funny about this continued harassment of Sarah Palin and her family, especially when the target of these jokes happens to be a child with Down Syndrome…

Family Guy should have stayed canceled. Although not funny, Conan O’Brien’s performance on Andy Richter Controls the Universe at least wasn’t ill-conceived political nonsense like the kind pushed by Seth MacFarlane and his staff… Disturbing…

UPDATE: To think I beat Hot Air to this story (well, technically they had the headline up first, which this post is a response to), but no matter. Allahpundit has his take on Andrea Friedman’s letter, and yes, this is what is called playing the Absolute Moral Authority trump card (what happened to the accusations of racism?). I don’t agree that Palin should have played it lower key, matter of fact, aside from a Facebook response and answering questions about it on Fox News’ The Factor, I didn’t think she did much to respond to this downright disgusting insult. It isn’t that though that is bothering me. This whole incident is not only disgusting, but downright bizarre. Seeing how there are “Trig Truthers”, Seth MacFarlane and his staff, and a slew of Palin-bashers running around, this might just be the plot for the next twisted and disturbed episode of Family Guy… Pathetic…

UPDATE: What did I say about the letter being a twisted chess move? Seth MacFarlane himself made the next one, giving The New York Times and interview about this whole fiasco. I recommend giving Hot Air’s Allahpundit’s take on this new development a read, especially the last bit on his opinion of Seth’s treatment of people with Down Syndrome.

Allahpundit points to a point made by The Anchoress, that maybe Palin should have just laughed this off. I disagree, and here is why. This fiasco is unraveling as it was intended; The offensive episode airs, the Palins respond, Andrea Friedman responds, and the Sarah looks the fool. The problem is that as with any game of this nature, whether it be chess or poker, there comes a point when someone overplays their hand, they get a little cocky and a little sloppy. As Ms. Friedman put it in her latest interview with “The Gray Lady”, “I’m like, ‘I’m not Trig. This is my life. I was making fun of Sarah Palin, but not her son.” Last time I checked, insulting someone’s mother is still an insult to that person, intended or not. Let’s not forget it was these very people who went after Palin for not aborting Trig, and to me at least, this kind of attack is simply a continuation of that line of insults. Why go after Palin at all through such a offensive statement about how she gave birth to a child with Down Syndrome if you don’t mean to offend that same child? It doesn’t add up at all.

As for Seth MacFarlane’s claim about Andrea’s character, Ellen, I am not buying it. The entire emphasis of the episode was on Ellen’s disability, even the inclusion of a deeply disturbing song to highlight the point. He did this to lure Palin out, no matter how degrading he had to treat those with Down Syndrome to do it. Palin, being the unofficial spokeswoman for those with this disability had to make a response, whether she wanted to or not. Bill O’Reilly and everyone else played their part, forcing Palin to confront an issue she couldn’t distance herself from, and by doing so, sprung this trap. If I were in her shoes, I would have done the very same thing, and even The Anchoress admits that it is very much a parent’s duty to protect their child from such criticism.

As political incorrect as this sounds, I don’t think Andrea Friedman has the cognitive ability to understand that she has participated in insulting those that share her disability, more so now that she is continuing her attacks with Seth MacFarlane watching from the sidelines. The Family Guy’s creator has gone far too far with this stunt, and while he is not be a man of faith, I am sure there is a place in the Eighth Circle of Hell for this deceiver… Disturbing…

UPDATE: Brent Baker from NewsBusters.org has more from Seth MacFarlane, this time his belief that Ronald Reagan would have prosecuted Dick Cheney for war crimes.

If Ronald Reagan were President, based on Ronald Reagan’s assertion that no matter who it is — if it’s the Japanese in World War II, if it’s Pol Pot, if it’s us and we’re just scared — torture is torture and you prosecute that. I have to believe if Ronald Reagan were President, he would try Dick Cheney for war crimes.

Based on Ronald Reagan’s assertion? What assertion? This is the first time I have heard of any such assertion. Since its founding in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has been using questionable methods to safeguard the United States, practices which surely continued under the Reagan administration. Why didn’t Reagan do something about that when he was President? What about the Iran-Contra affair Seth? If he was the idealistic man you would portray him as, why wouldn’t he have done more in “bringing to justice” those involved (not that I think it was a serious offense, or an offense at all)? You speak as if Ronald Reagan wasn’t the same man you and your ilk demonize for his aggressive approach with Soviet Russia and other socialist/terrorist nations, including the bombing of Libya in 1986. By your own logic, he should have arrested himself for that. Did you even think that through?

Reagan understood that tough decisions needed to be made to keep America safe, that’s why he was President. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney also understood what had to be done, especially after the September 11th attacks, something you cannot seem to understand. Your lack of historical knowledge is matched by your IQ, and the more you speak, the more nonsense you spout through interviews and your show, the more you confirm this a fact rather than a widely held belief… Truly Pathetic…

UPDATE: Newsweek’s Joshua Alston weighs in on this fiasco. While I do tend to stay away from Newsweek due to their left-leaning political bias, this article is well written and worth a read. Joshua is right, this isn’t satire, it isn’t funny and many people find it rather offensive. There is nothing funny about offensive humour for shock value alone, especially when the initial shock has worn off, which is why I can’t stand Sacha Baron Cohen (there nothing funny about being incredibly stupid in front of a group people). The final point of the article is that if Seth MacFarlane wants take on Sarah Palin, he will need much better material to do it, but it is more than that. As I said previously, Seth is an intellectual lightweight, this is why he is on shows like Real Time with Bill Maher, just another pseudo-intellectual talking with other pseudo-intellectuals in an attempt to hide his lack of intellectual depth. The problem is not that he needs better material, but that he needs to know his limitations when it comes to political humour. He isn’t up to playing in the “big leagues”, let alone the minor ones… Pathetic…

People Are Just CRAZY! Dr. Amy Bishop and Joseph Andrew Stack

Being a Canadian, I don’t have easy access to the Fox News Network. Matter of fact, my cable provider only offers CNN and BBC, aside from CTV News Channels, so I am forced to deal with less than stellar reporting. The National Post today had an article about today’s incident up on the front page in the early afternoon, and with it being my homepage, I bumped into it. I went downstairs, turned on CNN and prepared myself a late lunch while I tried figure out what had happened and who was to blame.

CNN’s Rick Sanchez must have had a very difficult time keeping himself from turning this story into a partisan attack on the Tea Party protesters (though some people obviously don’t have his level of self control). He strayed a bit at times, floating the idea that Joseph Andrew Stack did this because of decades old tax laws, but pretty much stuck to the story. The question was raise by a twitter commenter about why this wasn’t a terrorist attack, arguing that it was because of Stack’s skin colour that he wasn’t identified as such. Sanchez quickly stated that this was the actions of one deranged man against an organization, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), unlike the actions of terrorist working for a larger group to further a social/political agenda. Yes, Rick Sanchez was/is right, giving this deranged commenter a clear and easily understandable answer to his/her stupid question. Let me repeat, a crazy person doing crazy things doesn’t constitute an act of terrorism, no matter their skin colour.

As Hot Air’s Allahpundit reported today, Stack had left a manifesto denouncing “Bush and his cronies are puppets of plutocrats and “the American medical system … (that is) murdering tens of thousands of people a year” (sounds more like a Democratic Underground/Daily Kos commenter than a Tea Party protestor). Anyone can see that he was a man pushed too far by numerous events in his own personal life. We don’t know as of now what happened between him and his ex-wife, nor do we know what his situation was with the IRS, but we do know that whatever it was, it was too much for him to handle. He set his house on fire, headed down to the airport, got in his airplane and flew it into an office building to end it all. There is no link to al-Qaeda, nor is this the beginning of an ex-wife/IRS hating terrorist group.

To further this kind of comparison, let’s look at the shootings at University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Amy Bishop, the accused shooter, as Michelle Malkin reported, is a crazy person. She isn’t simply “off her rocker,” she has no rocker to be off of. This crazy person not only punched out Michelle Gjika, a woman who refused to give up a last booster seat at an International House of Pancakes (IHOP), but shot and killed her teenage brother in 1987. Sure there are parallels between this incident and the Fort Hood shooting, but this wasn’t a terrorist attack either. Bishop is a deeply disturbed individual, one motivated by her own twisted desires not some social/political agenda. Contrary to True/Slant’s Jonathan Curiel’s assertion, this is also not connected to the Tea Party protesters (I agree Michelle, that is migraine-inducing). Those like Curiel would use such incidents to push politics, but let’s remember that this is simply a crazy person being crazy. There is nothing political, nor racist about her actions, so let’s forget all that nonsense. There is little to understand about the incomprehensible, and the more we learn about Bishop, it seems the less understandable her actions become.

Terrorism, on the other hand, isn’t craziness, it is well thought out and very much sane. These people do have a perverted view of the world, they do lack the basic morality that most of us possess, but don’t think for one second that their actions are due to a mental illness. The behaviour displayed by Stack and Bishop, on the other hand, is sloppy, ill-conceived, and misdirected. They would have benefited greatly from psychological treatment, and society would have been better off for it.

These people are just crazy, and being crazy doesn’t mean you are a terrorist, no matter your skin colour… Mind-boggling…

UPDATE: One has to wonder sometimes who is crazier, the ones who do these things or the people who exploit them for political reasons? Of course the former are the ones with the serious psychological problems, but one does have to wonder about the sanity of those who would ignore the facts, ignore common sense, and let pure partisanship get in the way of the real story. Michelle Malkin has an article about all this up on her page, and I suggest my readers give it a look. If Stack’s ex-wife comes out and blames any of this on the Tea Party protesters, I am going to be sick.

UPDATE: Allahpundit at Hot Air is reporting on Jonathan Capehart’s reply to the response to his inflammatory post about how Joseph Andrew Stack was a Tea Party protester or something to that effect. Anti-capitalist strain within the far-right? Excuse me, but I thought they were hated because of their pro-capitalist, free market beliefs? Obviously Capehart doesn’t know his partisan rhetoric, or that he as conveniently forgotten it. One wonders if he shouldn’t have his mind examined. Pathetic…

UPDATE: Robert Wright is wrong in his assessment that Joseph Andrew Stack is the first Tea Party terrorist. The New York Times’ opinion columnist is simply playing partisan politics, ignoring the fact that Stack’s anger was directed all over the place, from former President George W. Bush to the Catholic Church. The hatred for the former president still screams leftist, as well as his hatred for the Catholic Church, which is a common target of far-left radical attacks. The hatred for his ex-wife, as well as the IRS doesn’t say anything about his political stance as it is a politically neutral.

Seeing how he has gotten many comments criticizing this nonsense, it is good to see that his readers aren’t as stupid as he would think they are. Once again, Wright is wrong, and Stack is just a crazy person acting crazy… Mind-boggling…

UPDATE: Allahpundit is blogging on the response to the Pentagon shootings by John Patrick Bedell. I don’t know why anyone would figure that this Bush-hating, anti-government, “9/11 Truther” was a “right-wing extremist.” Here we have a man with a history of psychological disturbance, and yet, even with this information, political partisan hacks like Peter Grier at the Christian Science Monitor want to somehow blame his craziness on the Tea Party protesters and their supporters. Michelle Malkin has done some digging, and for those curious, Bedell was actually a registered Democrat. Not right-wing, but a left-wing extremist it would seem eh?

As with Joseph Andrew Stack and Amy Bishop, John Patrick Bedell was simply a crazy person being crazy. Could his left-wing politics have influenced his actions? Of course, especially with his perverse political beliefs, but let’s call this what this is and not what it isn’t… Mind-boggling…

UPDATE: Reports are coming out that John Patrick Bedell had previously spent time in a mental institution. Matter of fact, by the sounds of these reports, he was in and out of the “nut house” quite a few times. I guess those like Peter Grier should have wait for more information to come out before writing columns on how Bedell was a “right-wing extremist.” It says a lot about the state news media today doesn’t it? Here’s the report from Fox News’ Shepard Smith.

Self-medicating with marijuana? “Pot paranoia,” fueled by his conspiracy theorist beliefs, on top of his history of mental illness, clearly indicates that this was a crazy person acting crazy. Upsetting…

Captain Amerikkka: Marvel’s Democrat bias and leftwing lunacy

To be honest, I am far more of a DC Comics fan than I am Marvel. For one, the characters are well rounded and far more iconic than their Marvel counterparts. As Frank Miller put it, there are many comic heroes, but only three comic gods (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), all of which are DC Comics characters. Not only are these three characters timeless, but great lengths are taken to preserve them and what they stand for from one interpretation to the next. You don’t see this done in Marvel comics. The reason for this, in my opinion, stems from the lack in originality in Marvel’s character design, as well the inability to create characters with any serious depth. For the former point, most of the comic company’s cast of characters are derived from various characters in DC Comics. Stan Lee’s X-Men, which debuted in September 1963 borrows heavily from Arnold Drake’s Doom Patrol, which debuted in June of that year, even copying Dr. Niles Caulder for the character of Professor Charles Xavier. Anyone willing to spend the time looking through the various superheroes and superhero teams can see that originality is not Marvel’s strong suit. As for the latter point, one just has to look to characters like Wolverine, who’s depth matches the two dimensional comic book pages he appears in. I could go on about why DC Comics is a more quality product, I could discuss the failure of the Marvel movie merchandise lines, the success of the last few DC Comic movies and games, including Batman: Arkham Asylum, but that isn’t the point of this blog post.

If any Marvel character is worthy of praise, it is Captain America. Sure Archie Comic’s Shield predated him by fourteen months (Marvel originality at its finest), but Captain America is the corner stone of Marvel comics. While not the most dynamic character, his patriotism and firmly held conservative beliefs make him a hero others look up to. Anytime Steve Rogers appears on the scene, he instantly inspires confidence and unity among his allies. He is the superhero in Marvel comics that other want to emulate, and even veterans like Spider-Man can’t help but be awestruck in his presence. He isn’t simply a hero, he is symbol other rally behind, Marvel’s Superman, he is what is great about America… Or he at least was until recently…

Captain America used to be Marvel’s answer to Superman, but lately he has become something else. Marvel comics, under the direction of Joe Quesada, Marvel’s newest editor-in-chief, has taken a sharp politically left turn in recent years and Captain America has become one of his victims. Explaining why Captain America was killed at the end of Civil War, Quesada told CNN that “He hasn’t been living in the modern world and the world does move”. Joe continued, hinting that since Steve Rogers doesn’t stand for what America is anymore, it was only fitting to have him killed off. Excuse me, but since when did the United States stop being the United States? The problem was that the Rogers’ Captain America was too conservative for Quesada, and he had to be replaced with someone who fit more with Joe’s reality (or lack thereof) of what America was to him. Enter James “Bucky” Barnes, the former partner of Captain America turned Soviet agent Winter Soldier. Having lived in the Soviet Union following his apparent death in World War II, Barnes had been indoctrinated in Soviet politics and trained to be an assassin, a twisted reflection of Captain America. Upon Roger’s death, Barnes took up the mantle at the request of Tony Stark, Iron Man, but he was no Captain America. This new Cap carried a combat knife and a gun, and was far darker than his predecessor. Barnes was also teamed up with Natalia Romanova, the Black Widow, former Soviet agent and former lover. To me, this Soviet Captain America and his ex-Soviet partner seems to be a serious political statement about Quesada’s view of what America stands for now, seeing as how Rogers was supposedly outdated. Problem is that Captain America’s fans, including myself, weren’t too happy with this new direction for the character.

While dead was supposed to mean DEAD this time around (Marvel superheroes have a nasty habit of not staying in the ground), it wasn’t long till Marvel was forced to bring Steve Rogers back. Joe Quesada and his staff discussed how they had always meant to bring him back, contrary to what they tried to do to convince readers otherwise (shooting him dead, having his body shrivel up and buried, having Thor communicate with his soul on the way to the afterlife, etc), and that the new storyline, Reborn, would set things right. Problem is, when killing the American icon, they created a mess which made as much sense as their attempt to bring him back from the dead. To add insult to injury, the one-shot following the Reborn story arch, Who Will Wield the Shield?, has President Barack Obama pardoning Rogers for his actions during Civil War, stating that he was “risking his reputation” by doing so. Excuse me, but since when has Barack Obama ever had a reputation worth tarnishing? So pardoning a true American hero for standing up for other heroes’ privacy rights is somehow worse than befriending various terrorists and brutal dictators? Pathetic, but it gets worse…

As reported by Allahpundit at Hot Air, the Bucky Captain America is now targeting Tea Party protesters. Marvel comics has decided to depict the Tea Partiers as racist for protesting President Obama, just another political statement by Quesada and his team (remember Spider-Man meets Barack Obama?). Seeing how they opposed what America is “supposed to be”, it is up to the former Soviet to put a stop to their free speech and right to protest, protecting the “New America” from Americans. It is downright disturbing that the former symbol of liberty is being used to crush it, but this is what Marvel has been about for a while hasn’t it? Even before Joe Quesada took up the helm of editor-in-chief, the comic giant has jumped from one social/political topic to the other. Whether it was their take on the HIV/AIDS crisis more than a decade ago with the Legacy Virus, their over promotion of homosexuality, described by George E. Haggerty as being “less prolific but more deliberate”, their promotion of the election of Barack Obama, etc Marvel has always been trying to remake its image by moving from one fad to another, mostly those with leftwing leanings. The recent move to San Francisco by the X-Men, along with their declaration and support of the policies of “Sanctuary City”, policies that have already cost lives in the real world, furthers this point. While it isn’t a surprise to see comics being political, as per the controversial Superman: Red Son, Marvel comics has become far more blatantly so in the last few years, to the point where it is parroting Democratic Party policy. This attack on the Tea Party protesters by Captain America is disgustingly political, far worse than Quesada’s killing of the American icon two and a half years ago.

Once again, this is why I prefer DC Comics. Characters like Superman are timeless and represent far more than any fad-hopping Marvel equivalent could. While Captain America is now doing the bidding of a corrupt President, one that doesn’t appreciate freedom of speech and the right of protest, Superman was standing aside during the election of Lex Luthor to the Oval Office. This was a statement about his place within politics, and how the American people were the ones who elected their leaders, no matter how misguided their choice in president might be, and that he didn’t have the right to push his own beliefs onto them. Batman’s liberal use of coercive force and the formation of the Outsiders is a continuing statement of the harsh realities of the world we live in, that what they do, no matter how “unheroic” it is, must be done for the greater good. The formation of Checkmate by the United Nations Security Council (pretend they are a sensible and realistic group instead of the paper tiger they are in real life) and the use of the Suicide Squad also furthers this point, something that you wouldn’t find in Marvel comics without being depicted as entirely negative. Unless it is “hip” and politically popular, those like Joe Quesada would never allow it…

They might as well have buried Captain America’s Shield with him, because his name and legacy is not only being misused, it is being abused by Marvel comics. Bucky couldn’t replace Steve Rogers, Bucky couldn’t even preserve what the American icon stood for. It is as if they had killed him again… This time someone should put a bullet in him and he should stay dead, at least until Joe Quesada leaves Marvel comics and someone who actually understands what America is and what it means to be American takes his place… Pathetic…

P.S. Been mulling over whether or not to pick up Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 for a while now, but seeing how politically backwards the comic giant has become, I might as well spend my money on another game, something I know won’t be funding this kind of nonsense… Disgusting…

UPDATE: Fox News is reporting that Marvel will be removing the “Tea Bag” reference from the latest issue of Captain America, but that is about it. Ed Brubaker, the writer of the controversial story, is nothing less than a far-left radical using this story to push his own political beliefs. It is reported that he has tweeted quiet a few political charged statements on Twitter about Sarah Palin, Michele Bachman and former President George W. Bush. Joe Quesada is trying to spin this story, saying that there is no connection to the Tea Party demonstrations, but anyone who reads the opening pages where Bucky and Sam “Snap” Wilson, The Falcon, are talking about an anti-tax rally and the “hate the government vibe” clearly indicates otherwise.

Tell you what Joe, either get rid of writers like Ed or expect DC Comics to pick up the patriotic Americans your brand of bullshit politics is alienating… Pathetic…