Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Gentle Speech and those SOB's

I've been laughing at the reponses I've been getting on that Jewish email list I am on. I accused a Jewish politician who waved his penis in public of being of poor character and a Brown Shirt fascist. Clearly Rep. Anthony Weiner was foolish, but I could have forgiven him if he had sadly admitted his failure. But he didn't admit anything. In fact he accused others. He lied until he could lie no more and then he refused to go until he could refuse no more.

I called Rep. Anthony Weiner wicked and the voices of protest brayed. How very sad but I've seen it before from Democrats. Oh... not about Anthony Weiner. I've seen many such politicans of both parties go bad. That's not unsusal. I mean the reaction of his supporters. I would have abandoned Weiner if he was a Republican. Most Republicans would. I could feel the Democrats inching away from Weiner, but nothing like what Republicans would do. Yet, Weiner's supporters on the list are comical in their support of him... blaming the messenger (me) for being too sarcastic or not nice enough. They call me names. How very silly. I thought these were grown men yet they act as children.

I'd like to dwell on the issue of kinder rhetoric. I don't see it from Democrats very often but perhaps I am wrong. Should I take a lesson? What was it that President Obama said at the campaign rally that was supposed to be a memorial for the dead in Arizona and a prayer for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she lay in the hospital hanging on for life? What was it that President Obama said? Oh yes...

 "It's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds..." -- President Barack Hussein Obama, delivered in a speech at the Together We Thrive: Tucson and America memorial on January 12, 2011, held in the McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus.

So... let's figure out what that means. I want to learn. Perhaps calling me an "A-hole" is shorthand for something "healing". Perhaps I am being too "thin-skined". Let's look for some small example of these "healing words".

"Let's take these sons of bitches out!" -- Jimmy Hoffa calling on the "Obama Army" to take out the Tea Party. (See Slate's reaction/excuse.)

President Obama mounted the podium right after Hoffa praising him. Apparently I can call my opponent a "sons of a bitch" since Obama praised Hoffa. If Obama was going to repudiate Hoffa's violent rhetoric he should have done it there. At least he could have joked a little such as "Wow... take a valium there Jimmy," or the like. But he didn't. Obama said he was proud of Jimmy Hoffa... the thug.

So now I know.

"A-hole" is a word of healing.

"Sons-of-bitches" are words of healing.

"We are your army" are words of healing.

But I'm still confused. Wouldn't that make "Brown Shirt thugs" also words of healing? It seems so to me.

Here is a video of Purple Shirt thugs "healing" a black man so much they put him in the hospital all because he sold American flags.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr_4ZWEFOjQ

Alex Shrugged

Bastrop County on Fire

Copyright 2011 Deanna Roy, http://diannaroy.com

You can see here Austin the the foreground and the Bastrop fire in the background. My son studies climetology in college and he tells me that the weather sats can see the fire. That's how bad it is. This picture is from Deanna Roy's site.

At this point (2:46 PM, Tuesday, 2011-Sep-06) the Steiner Ranch fire is 45 percent contained. It is the closest large fire to us and it is a little scary. There is no chance it will come closer to us, but all around us in dry brush and prarie land. It can easily catch fire. A couple of miles away someone set a fire. They caught the guy and put out the fire but it was scary for awhile. it wouldn't take much for a wildfire to catch around here. It is so dry.

Alex Shrugged.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Testing ScribeFire

I'm testing the ScribeFire publisher to see if I can post remotely.

Alex Shrugged

 

Sunday, September 4, 2011

The Risks of Responding


08 May 2001 --- Exploding head --- Image by © John Lund/CORBIS
I am the Moderator of a Jewish email list that sometimes gets into political discussions for which most of the members are not prepared to handle objectively. In a sense, their heads explode before they can evaluate whether what I am saying it true or not. They are simply too emotional. Political discussions are also beyond the mission of the Jewish list so I'm going to use this blog to respond here and then give them a link to this blog. That seems like the best way to handle this issue.

Alex Shrugged