Am I "Left Wing" enough to be The Grand Wazoo?
I was checking out our little yahoo forum the other day.
I admit that I don't really promote my site enough, and I don't get posts every day.
But- while in a shadow dimension, I noticed a new post.
"Sean" was pretty down on my Al Sharpton rant, and in response, I suppose I was too busy bashing the guy to see one of his points- that is: I'm not really that left wing.
Sorry to all those text-book liberals out there, and sorry to all those neocons who depend on a few stock answers, based on extreme liberal theory, to debunk all liberal thought.
Yes, Sean, I am almost mainstream, compared to Michael Parenti. Yes, I'm aware of Parenti and others, and like Sean pointed out- the arguements of guys like Parenti are compelling, and they can move the extremes, but they are so extreme that you can't really take them at face value.
I mean, is Parenti a liberal? or is he simply a capitalist hater? or is he really selling socialism as the answer? See, I rarely declare anyone in posession of the complete answer. So while Parenti has neat ideas, and can polarize people, he is an extremist in my view- and exremists on either side are a needed evil. So while I'l always check out the extremes in theory, I look for the pragmatic and practical in practice.
So why pick a name like "LeftWingWackos.Com" and not present the most extreme liberal views possible? Well, it's really a little joke of my own, but I just didn't want some neocon to grab the domain name and use it as a "hate site" with photos of guys like Frank Zappa displayed as whats wrong with America. I want photos of guys like Frank Zappa displayed as whats right with America. Besides, I live in an arch-conservative area, and around here I am an extreme liberal.
What is mainstream? I'm still trying to figure that out.
I won't pretend to know it all. I am simply the son of a coal miner. I am just one liberal. I want to know what everyone thinks, even though I don't think everyone can be right. I don't have the wealth of my middle class parents to fund me, so I can only post rants when I don't have to work. I'm not a parody of liberalism. I like seeing protests, but I prefer to see voters.
Gotta go for now, Sean, my soft white belly needs feeding, so I have to get to work!~
Friday, April 16, 2004
Thursday, April 15, 2004
(This is a carry-over from our previous site revision)
I used to like Jack Cafferty. He plays the "old guy who won the war, (that's WWII, the big one) " on the CNN morning show. I appreciate the fact that these guys did indeed win, and saved our world.
(Of course, they also moved back home and proceeded to back every corrupt republican president we've had since then, but that's another gripe.)
So- this morning when Jacko called some arab leader something like "..this little worm", I was striken with how little respect he seems to have for the guy. I think this is a real problem in America- we refuse to give our enemy any respect. I don't mean you have to like the guy. In martial arts, they train you to "respect" your enemy. Go ahead and knock 'em down and waste him, but if you don't respect your enemy, you'll likely be the one getting wasted. It's not my principle, but it works well here as an example.
So back to Jacko Cafferty. May I remind you Jacko, that you and your type SCREAMED at the top of your lungs that "all we gotta do is get Saddam, then they'll all love being invaded by us!". Don't try to deny it Jacko. You know you did. Now, SEVERAL FLIP FLOPS LATER in position, Jacks opinion is simply an immature, " ...this little worm should come out and fight" and when questioned about what will happen next, he simply said " I dunno, let's find out". I DUNNO, LET's FIND OUT???
Thank fucking GOD that FDR didn't send you into Europe to fight with "I DUNNO, LET'S FIND OUT" as a plan. Is that the kind of plan you have for our troops -" I DUNNO KNOW, LET'S FIND OUT!!"??
Listen Jacko, don't de-humanize ANYONE. It makes you look and sound like a child.
Also, maybe you could remember that
1) All we have to do is get Saddam, then everything will fall in line. Now that we've got him what's your excuse? well, I'm waiting...
2) You and your type love to call democrats, FLIP FLOPPERS, when we change our mind. What do we call it when republicans do it? I mean, Saddam is gone, and these people still don't welcome us. What's your answer NOW?
3) We seem to have given the Iraqis the same freedoms we have. We shut down their media for expressing view we find displeasing. We are completely free to agree with the men with guns or be de-humanized!
Never forget Jacko, you might have won the war, but you still can't call occupation freedom. I hate seeing people like you, that I should respect, continue to let me down. Don't be a little worm.
I used to like Jack Cafferty. He plays the "old guy who won the war, (that's WWII, the big one) " on the CNN morning show. I appreciate the fact that these guys did indeed win, and saved our world.
(Of course, they also moved back home and proceeded to back every corrupt republican president we've had since then, but that's another gripe.)
So- this morning when Jacko called some arab leader something like "..this little worm", I was striken with how little respect he seems to have for the guy. I think this is a real problem in America- we refuse to give our enemy any respect. I don't mean you have to like the guy. In martial arts, they train you to "respect" your enemy. Go ahead and knock 'em down and waste him, but if you don't respect your enemy, you'll likely be the one getting wasted. It's not my principle, but it works well here as an example.
So back to Jacko Cafferty. May I remind you Jacko, that you and your type SCREAMED at the top of your lungs that "all we gotta do is get Saddam, then they'll all love being invaded by us!". Don't try to deny it Jacko. You know you did. Now, SEVERAL FLIP FLOPS LATER in position, Jacks opinion is simply an immature, " ...this little worm should come out and fight" and when questioned about what will happen next, he simply said " I dunno, let's find out". I DUNNO, LET's FIND OUT???
Thank fucking GOD that FDR didn't send you into Europe to fight with "I DUNNO, LET'S FIND OUT" as a plan. Is that the kind of plan you have for our troops -" I DUNNO KNOW, LET'S FIND OUT!!"??
Listen Jacko, don't de-humanize ANYONE. It makes you look and sound like a child.
Also, maybe you could remember that
1) All we have to do is get Saddam, then everything will fall in line. Now that we've got him what's your excuse? well, I'm waiting...
2) You and your type love to call democrats, FLIP FLOPPERS, when we change our mind. What do we call it when republicans do it? I mean, Saddam is gone, and these people still don't welcome us. What's your answer NOW?
3) We seem to have given the Iraqis the same freedoms we have. We shut down their media for expressing view we find displeasing. We are completely free to agree with the men with guns or be de-humanized!
Never forget Jacko, you might have won the war, but you still can't call occupation freedom. I hate seeing people like you, that I should respect, continue to let me down. Don't be a little worm.
