Oct

30

Faux News Questions Obama’s Clearance

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Fox News continues to attempt to stir up fear and unneccessary in the conservatives who continue to watch their so called news network. The most recent incident is their questioning whether Barack Obama would be given a security clearance if he wasn’t running for president:

I can’t dispute the regulations of getting security clearances at any of these places but the simple fact of the matter seems to be that a majority of Americans wouldn’t be able to get a clearance. I’m also left wondering… would any of these people get a clearance?

Oct

27

Hypocrisy in the Race

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This election is going to be a historic election no matter who wins. If Obama wins it we will see the first African American elected President of the United States, and if McCain wins we will see the first woman elected Vice President. Given Obama’s race and Palin’s gender, the election has been riddled with allegations of Sexism and Racism. We have seen effigies of Obama hung in a front yard in Ohio and on the campus of George Fox University in Oregon, we have seen people attack the 150,000 dollars used to clothe Mrs. Palin. Yet the one issue not covered is the issue of hypocrisy.

There is currently a simulacrum of Sarah Palin hanging from a house in West Hollywood under the guise that its all in the spirit of Halloween and its suppose to be spooky and it should be taken as art. The couple that did the display also say that they understand that if it had depicted Obama it would be a totally different story, because of the history of African Americans in this country.

Lets set something straight, no matter what the race, gender or sexuality of the person being depicted is, the image is pure hatred. If they wanted this display to be spooky or scary or in the spirit of Halloween it should have goblins, ghosts and demons. This isn’t a Halloween decoration its a politically motivated message masquerading as decoration.

People attacked the people who hung Obama effigies and the people who laughed or joked about them. Many conservative talk radio hosts where attacked when they joked about Obama images on their shows, yet now when one of Palin shows up, the same people who attacked the Obama representations see nothing wrong with the Palin represenation. If you endorse or find this image of Mrs. Palin funny you are endorsing hatred toward another American, and you lampooned the Obama representations and laugh at this one you are nothing more than a hypocrite.

The line of common decency and respect isn’t a one way street. It isn’t a line simply defined by race, or party alliance. This line applies to everyone and every situation, and effigies of any candidate no matter what party they are in, or what the current month is, has no place in politics. Continuing to do actions like this on both sides of the fence will only provoke anger and hatred. Follow the actions of Barack Obama who when sponsors booed Senator McCain told them “We don’t need any of that”.

**Update Keith Olbermann on Countdown sums it up nicely with his worst persons in the world: