Right Side, Left Side
In Today's Political Fuel, we learn a few things.
One, Time has said that, for the second time in 4 years, George Bush was the Man of the Year. Wow, who knew he was just that damn important and interesting. Personally, I appreciate how he has become a puppet for right wing conservatives along with aiding the money grubbing corps (Haliburtan anyone?) and truly showed the rest of the world that you don't need bombs for us to invade your country. You just need a dictator. And, may I note, a dictator that we don't like. Because if we like him, he can have all the rape rooms he likes.
I heard a really great Fresh Air program last week. You can click on that link to hear it. It concerns a former right-wing writer and how he was ostracized from his colleagues after trying (and failing) to write a doom and gloom book on Hillary Clinton. The publisher and the fellows were dead set on throwing out a book full of lies and accusations, and this guy just couldn't let himself fall into the trap. He has since suffered the consequences.
Also, on a lighter side of things, Maureen Corrigan's Best Books of 2004 is good, as her sultry yet slightly snoody and rambling voice turns into some very interesting language. I love how she can't help but over-pronunciate her words to the point of transfiguration, her syllables clay to her potter's mouth. She loves to emphasize and follow the ebb and flow of language as strangely as possible. Plus, there are some good books to be found, so if you dig reading take a listen, eh?
For some more Right vs Left craziness, this Fresh Air piece (you might've noticed I'm a fan of the show) has the first Direct Mail political marketer, and how he has Come Into Power, so to speak, with the ideals and aspirations of the American Right (I love these heady phrases). It's a disturbing listen for the liberal, and an enlightening one for the conservative. The best quote of the show is "People are far more likely to vote against something than for something." True words.
And finally for something truly enlightening, enjoy this interview with the first ever openly gay minister. He has a choice quote as well (and I'm paraphrasing): "Hating the sin yet loving the sinner doesn't work. My sexual orientation and relationship is so much of who I am, you might as well just say you hate me." Would you not be horrified if someone asked you take off your wedding ring? To not hold hands with your spouse? To stop looking at each other like that?
It's a sharp contrast from the Direct Mail guy, and a real eye-opener in terms of where the Right wants us to go (BAN GAY MARRIAGE! IT'S EVIL!), what they want America to conform to (NO ABORTIONS! BUT NO WELFARE, EITHER!), and how they will accomplish it (GOD WOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH, SO WHY AREN'T YOU?).
And the political world turns, and I find it oh so amusing.
One, Time has said that, for the second time in 4 years, George Bush was the Man of the Year. Wow, who knew he was just that damn important and interesting. Personally, I appreciate how he has become a puppet for right wing conservatives along with aiding the money grubbing corps (Haliburtan anyone?) and truly showed the rest of the world that you don't need bombs for us to invade your country. You just need a dictator. And, may I note, a dictator that we don't like. Because if we like him, he can have all the rape rooms he likes.
I heard a really great Fresh Air program last week. You can click on that link to hear it. It concerns a former right-wing writer and how he was ostracized from his colleagues after trying (and failing) to write a doom and gloom book on Hillary Clinton. The publisher and the fellows were dead set on throwing out a book full of lies and accusations, and this guy just couldn't let himself fall into the trap. He has since suffered the consequences.
Also, on a lighter side of things, Maureen Corrigan's Best Books of 2004 is good, as her sultry yet slightly snoody and rambling voice turns into some very interesting language. I love how she can't help but over-pronunciate her words to the point of transfiguration, her syllables clay to her potter's mouth. She loves to emphasize and follow the ebb and flow of language as strangely as possible. Plus, there are some good books to be found, so if you dig reading take a listen, eh?
For some more Right vs Left craziness, this Fresh Air piece (you might've noticed I'm a fan of the show) has the first Direct Mail political marketer, and how he has Come Into Power, so to speak, with the ideals and aspirations of the American Right (I love these heady phrases). It's a disturbing listen for the liberal, and an enlightening one for the conservative. The best quote of the show is "People are far more likely to vote against something than for something." True words.
And finally for something truly enlightening, enjoy this interview with the first ever openly gay minister. He has a choice quote as well (and I'm paraphrasing): "Hating the sin yet loving the sinner doesn't work. My sexual orientation and relationship is so much of who I am, you might as well just say you hate me." Would you not be horrified if someone asked you take off your wedding ring? To not hold hands with your spouse? To stop looking at each other like that?
It's a sharp contrast from the Direct Mail guy, and a real eye-opener in terms of where the Right wants us to go (BAN GAY MARRIAGE! IT'S EVIL!), what they want America to conform to (NO ABORTIONS! BUT NO WELFARE, EITHER!), and how they will accomplish it (GOD WOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH, SO WHY AREN'T YOU?).
And the political world turns, and I find it oh so amusing.
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