Search
Home  |   About  |   Q & A  |   Archives  |   Credits  |   Contact  |  
« Why Isn’t the Left-o-Sphere Coming to Murtha’s Defense?
The One-billionth Democratic Debate »

Leftwing Whackos on Parade

Why I can’t take the Left-o-sphere seriously — they have a bunch of loons out there who write (and seriously believe) this shit:

We do not speak of the genocide we have caused in Iraq, nor do we speak in truthful, accurate terms of the criminal war of aggression the United States launched against that hapless nation.

The genocide that “we” caused? Are you fucking serious? I suppose you are in the “we deserved what happened to us on 9/11″ camp, too.

That gem is written by some fucktwit named Arthur Silber.

That kind of lunacy and BDS quickly turns into this kind of lunacy that’s common over at the Daily Kos if you’re not careful, Artie:

Bush has also damaged my mental health.

After I actually took the trouble to inform myself about politics a couple years ago, and learned the true extent of the damage Bush has done to this country, I have a constant boiling rage inside me. Absolutely constant. Never ceases, though sometimes I can get it down to a simmer so I can go out in public and hang out with friends without doing something stupid. On top of the anger is a generous dose of fear and anxiety, coming directly from the Bush administration’s march to fascism.

Frequently, I’m so intensely angry that I hit things. I just broke my bookshelf today because I hit it. My knuckles have decent callouses on them from hitting things, and various pieces of my property show signs of my rage. Thankfully, I’ve never turned violent against people since I was in high school, though I was sorely tempted to deviate the septum of a wingnut who called me a traitor and faggot to my face at the anti-war march last Saturday.

Of course, it’s unhealthy to harbor this much anger, especially if I’m stuffing it down all the time so people around me don’t see me acting borderline psychotic. These emotions leak out, turn into other emotions, like depression, which I’ve fought with since college. I’ve also developed a venomous hatred of Bush and his cronies and the 23-percenters that support him. Hatred’s never a good emotion to hold, but there it is. I literally hate those motherf*ckers who are destroying our country.

By all rights, I should be getting help, but I’m not going to. I was soured on the psychiatry business by my experience with anti-depressants - I ended up nearly emotionless, apathetic, and lost my motivation and creative drive, and as a result, I was unemployed for three years and had to move back in with my parents….

On top of that, if I told a counselor about my feelings, or that I’m so afraid of my government that I literally spent several hundred dollars on a shotgun, a deadly weapon, to defend myself against my government, I’m afraid I could get thrown into the psych ward. And I value my freedom enough that I will not allow that to happen under any circumstances. So, no shrinks.

Wow. If ever there was a case for tracing someone’s IP address and finding them before they hurt themselves or someone else…this is it.

If Bush was capable of genocide in Iraq, and if Bush is responsible for the above Kos Kid’s mental deterioration, then I guess it’s possible that Bush is also to blame for this lady’s weight gain and another’s failed marriage:

I wrote a diary a short time ago about how the Bush administration helped ruin my marriage. It wasn’t because my husband was a Bush supporter or anything…it was because of all the stresses from job loses, living without health insurance and getting sick, to my husband being forced to take a job where he wasn’t home much that helped ruin my marriage.

And…

Before my head began exploding a few years ago in response to Busharama, I’d exercise a lot… I mean, almost daily, joyous-type exericising. Now I come home with a slight frown on my face and come here to hear the news & be a mojo-mama even if too tired to comment, and hang for hours here and on other blogs, as if the light will shine again and I’ll be present to hear the BREAKING news about that.

Bush, I blame you for my new-ish extra 20 pounds….

Wow. I mean fucking wow! Can you say nucking futz?

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 | Trackback |

13 Responses to “Leftwing Whackos on Parade”

I guess it’s possible that Bush is also to blame for this lady’s weight gain and another’s failed marriage

Is it any more outlandish than civil unions ruining your marriage?

Left by Preston on October 31st, 2007 at 6:10 am

As to your more serious point: tens or maybe hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and millions are refugees in a slow motion ethnic cleansing.

Did George Bush personally put the bullet in the head of these people? Of course not.

Did George Bush begin the inevitable chain of events leading to these deaths?
Inarguably.

Left by Preston on October 31st, 2007 at 6:17 am

Preston, are you agreeing with the woman who said Bush ruined her marriage? And what do civil unions have to do with this (she was married to a man)?

Also, I think we can both agree that Iraq is not a genocide. To say that it is one is to corrupt and cheapen the very meaning of the word. I don’t think that what happened in Iraq was inevitable. With better planning and prosecution, a lot of mistakes wouldn’t have happened.

Left by Nazar on October 31st, 2007 at 8:21 am

Yeah…because Saddam wasn’t systematically (and often times randomly) killing thousands of people before we intervened (look away from those Kurds being gassed…there’s nothing to see here…)

And the Shia and the Sunni didn’t just start hating and killing each other when we showed up…

FYI — I’m not opposed to civil unions. And I’ve certainly never suggested that they have ruined (or even impacted) my marriage….

Left by Robbie on October 31st, 2007 at 8:34 am

Nazar-
I was just being snarky: if you haven’t noticed it is perfectly acceptable in the course of American political debate to make the claim that gay marriage or civil unions is ‘anti-family’. Hell, if that’s true why can’t George Bush be ‘anti-family’?!?

I don’t believe I’ve used the word genocide but ‘ethnic cleansing’ seems entirely appropriate. Areas that were formerly mixed are now largely one sect as millions of Iraqis have relocated within and outside the country. My point is only that George Bush set this in motion. To address Robbie’s point: yes there have been sectarian tensions for a thousand years but the Iraqi civil war began in 2003- not in 1973 or 1803. I guess you could argue that it was inevitable but the prior existence of stability makes that a tough sell.

Robbie:
As you know, Saddam Hussein was not gassing the Kurds in March of 2003. I think the American invasion to save the Kurds was about 15 years too late. I guess Reagan had other priorities.

Left by Preston on October 31st, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Hey Preston, I’ve got a couple of points I’d like to address.

I know you didn’t say “genocide.” I was talking about the original article. Ethnic cleansing would seem like an appropriate term, and that’s what you said. Interestingly enough, I don’t believe Saddam let people leave the country when he was running it…maybe that’s why we didn’t have millions fleeing?

Left by Nazar on October 31st, 2007 at 2:36 pm

To be clear- none of my comments should be construed to defend the linked article. Despite my opinion that this administration has been terrible for our country I have managed to refrain from hitting walls. I agree with Robbie that the author is either exaggerating for dramatic effect or else might need some help.

I don’t believe Saddam let people leave the country when he was running it…maybe that’s why we didn’t have millions fleeing?

True enough. But just because Saddam didn’t allow it, it doesn’t make it a good thing.

Left by Preston on November 1st, 2007 at 6:04 am

“Is it any more outlandish than civil unions ruining your marriage?”
yes; much more outlandish!

“Did George Bush begin the inevitable chain of events leading to these deaths? Inarguably.”
hardly…isn’t it plausible that saddam/his gov. set those events in motion? how about al quaeda and 9/11? “Inarguably!”

Left by adam on November 1st, 2007 at 10:50 am

Yes, Adam, An Uncivil Union. I mean how can you expect someone to stay in an uncivil union. … sheesh

Left by Dianne on November 1st, 2007 at 11:02 am

Adam:

yes; much more outlandish!
You’ll have to explain how the possibility of gay marriage is threatening your relationships. I’m all ears.

isn’t it plausible that saddam/his gov. set those events in motion?
When? When he took power in 1979? When he gassed the Kurds in 1988? When he invaded Kuwait in 1990? If it was such an inevitible invasion why did no American Presidential candidate mention the possibility in 25 years? Not even George Bush in 2000.

how about al quaeda and 9/11?
Good one. Didn’t President Bush finally tell us all that Iraq indeed had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

Dianne-
What do you mean?

Left by Preston on November 1st, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Just joking Preston…

Civil vs Uncivil unions … well sometimes I have lame jokes

Left by Dianne on November 1st, 2007 at 2:30 pm

:)

Left by Preston on November 1st, 2007 at 2:51 pm

“You’ll have to explain how the possibility of gay marriage is threatening your relationships. I’m all ears.”
all ears and a lot of mouth maybe…as for your pro-homo tangent, perhaps i’ll enlighten you in a more appropriate forum.

isn’t it plausible that saddam/his gov. set those events in motion? this is a yes or no type of question. only a one word response is required. as for “when”: i assume your requesting my opinion so… how about all of the above+(79, 88,90, & beyond)? could it have been on 9/11 when the official response coming from saddams dictatorship was “the American cowboys are reaping the fruit of their crimes against humanity”? hell, even the taliban were smart enough to publicly condemn the attacks.
“If it was such an inevitible invasion why did no American Presidential candidate mention the possibility in 25 years?” perhaps because none of the “candidates” you refer to had to consider 9/11/01.

“Didn’t President Bush finally tell us all that Iraq indeed had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks on 9/11.”
i believe he did say something to that effect but isn’t it also widely known that:
-approximately 3000 americans (almost entirely civilians) were killed on 9/11 by al qaeda operatives, prompting a declaration of a “WAR on terrorism”.
-the iraq regime had aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda.
-saddam was given crystal clear options on how to avoid military action and acted like a dipshit…

maybe post invasion folks like you and saddam realize that “a war on terror” is just that. it’s a declaration that the administration will not stand for terrorism against its people nor its interests.

Left by adam on November 1st, 2007 at 6:10 pm

Got something you want to say?

Quicktags:


Notes:

You have 10 minutes after you submit your comment to edit it. Simply click the E(dit) link above the countdown-counter at the bottom of your comment. You can only edit a comment from the same IP address from where the original comment was submitted.

If your comment does not appear immediately, it has been sent to the moderation queue for approval.

Your comment either contained more than 2 hyperlinks, or it used a word(s) that are on my Spam blacklist. Comments awaiting moderation will usually be approved within a day.

And, being that it's my blog and all...I reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time.