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We Have Met the Enemy: Look at BP, Then in the Mirror

We have met the enemy... and he is us...  -- Walt Kelly/Pogo, from a poster for the first Earth Day 1970

A lot of people won't like this but that's just too bad. The truth is hard. 

Okay, so yesterday, I’m listening to one of my favorite podcasts. It’s kind of a “guy talk” program, and they’re usually very funny. Yesterday, they decided to go off on Obama and his alleged inaction on the oil spill that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. This is not normally a political program, and when they start talking politics, I usually tune out, but this time, I didn’t skip past. The attacks on Obama were unfair, as if he could become Aquaman, swim down to the hole and plug it up himself.  But they weren't distributing BS on a Fox News level, so I resisted the urge to write them a scolding email and continued to listen. 

The political talk stopped pretty quickly, as it always does. But then they started talking about cars. You know, another guy topic. And my jaw dropped. The host lamented his choice of a Toyota, because it just “wasn’t him.” All them drooled over the concept of “muscle cars” and were desirous of a car that could go from 0-60 really fast. Now, to their credit, they did say they didn’t care how the car was powered; they would be just as happy with a hybrid or an electric car that did the same. They were just interested in a car could make them feel more like “men” because they could go really fast. But then the host began to practically drool over the feeling he got when he drove a car with a V-8 engine.

I just shook my head and laughed. Talk about clueless. THAT is why BP spilled oil in the first place. 

Look, folks; it’s easy to blame Obama, Bush, Cheney and BP for the oil spill that is destroying the Gulf of Mexico, but if you want to know the real culprit on this, look in the mirror. WE are the reason millions of barrels of oil have gushed into the ocean. Every time you see a pelican or dolphin covered with oil and dying miserably, blame yourself. Yeah, I said YOU. 

Traitor For Congress, Alabama Second District?

Rick Barber. Remember that name. (And no, this is not the longtime radio talk show host at KOA in Denver. He could never be this stupid.)

This asshole is running for Congress. In the United States of America. Yes, last I checked, Alabama was still a state, and had a significant number of sane people living there. 

Keep in mind as you watch this campaign video; this guy is running for a seat in the United States Congress, representing  just under a million people. No, a million AMERICANS. 

 I’m going to ask this question again; why do so many right wingers wish to turn this country into a clone of the old Soviet Union, and why the hell do we have to listen to them? If this guy is in fact running this ad on the public airwaves, why are we allowing this? Yes, I am for free speech, but this isn’t about free speech; it’s about treason, folks. This guy is advocating armed rebellion against the government because he doesn't like the "progressive tax code." This, despite the fact that he was apparently quiet as a church mouse while his fellow neocons basically trashed the progressive part of the tax code.