Bob Lord Okay, I’ll acknowledge up front that this is not the most critical race on the ballot. But here’s the thing: You have to start somewhere, and Maricopa County Democrats have not fielded a candidate for County Treasurer in four election cycles. So, I’m supporting Joe Downs. He’s a good guy. If he wins, Russell Pearce … Read more
Taking a break from politics and policy here.
Many share the view that the arc of moral universe is long, but ultimately it bends to justice.
Perhaps, but does it bend towards morality?
I’ll return to this at the end of the post, but first some context.
I was nearly the victim of one of the most brazen scams I’ve encountered. My involvement, actually, was accidental. My 90 year-old father was the intended victim.
I just hopped off the treadmill, from which I was watching TV clips of Trump bragging about the incredible loyalty of his supporters. On this count, he’s not delusional. The polls back him up. His supporters indeed are off the charts loyal. Then the thought struck me: Trump is channeling Danny DeVito, when DeVito played … Read more
The situation in Flint, Michigan is beyond tragic. All children under the age of six, some 8,000 kids, have had their intellectual development impaired in some way. One politician bears all the blame, Rick Snyder. Saying he destroyed the futures of 8,000 kids would not be hyperbolic. Think about that. I said this in a Facebook post:
What does it say about Snyder that he’s showing little or no signs or remorse? That’s beyond psychopathic. Anyone with a functioning moral compass in Snyder’s position would have committed suicide by now, or at least contemplated it.
Snyder’s guilt of course not only falls short of suicide level, it’s not even at resignation level. Kind of stunning, isn’t it? The guy destroyed thousands of lives, and he hasn’t even resigned in shame. Could you, reader, fight to continue on in office after screwing up so badly? I couldn’t.
But I don’t consider this a right vs. left thing. If politicians differ on this front, it’s only by degree. At best they fall into two categories: those with no shame, and those with virtually no shame. And perhaps a few oddballs whose morality functions in the same manner as that of ordinary people.
Racism comes in many flavors and colors.
There’s of course the hateful, fear-mongering racism Donald Trump spews regularly. That’s what immediately comes to mind when we hear the word “racist.”
But that’s so crude, so unsophisticated. You’d never catch a “gentleman” like Jeb Bush uttering such vitriol, much less a left-leaning intellectual who believes in equality for all, right? Of course not. Yet racism is alive and well across the spectrum.
Check out Jeb Bush Supports Racist Book That Claims Blacks are Poor Because They’re Lazy and Inferior from Americans Against the Tea Party:
Jeb Bush revealed during an interview with National Review editor Rich Lowry that his views were “informed” by the racist literature known as The Bell Curve — gentle-beings of the internet, behold, your moderate GOP candidate!
The book, which was penned by Charles Murray, a “scholar” at a right-wing think tank known as the American Enterprise Institute, argues that intelligence differences among the “races” explains inequality in the United States. His book has widespread support among racists who want to push pseudoscience.
That’s what you might call compassionate, conservative, blue-blood racism. More on that, later.
Lest you think the political left is racism free…