Who Has What?

A local talk radio guy that I'm usually in much agreement with made a statement regarding those freaks with Westboro Baptist Ministries who preach the whole "God Hates Fags" thing and go and disrupt funerals of anybody they don't feel was worthy of life. In regards to the nine year old girl that was shot down and murdered in Tucson this past weekend, the holy rollers planned to attend her funeral and create a scene as the girl's family tried to lay her to rest. There was talk that the group was going to be banned. It was then said by the talk radio guy that while he despises the actions of the Jesus freaks that he was concerned about banning their free speech, which I'm sure many flag waving Americans would agree with. But let me pose this question... Does a family not have a right to bury their loved one(s) in peace? I have a very sneaking suspicion that when our forefathers developed our "rights" that they figured society wouldn't be chiseled down so far that nutjobs like these would exist, nor would the rights they developed be designed to defend such idiocy.

The concept of "rights" is abused and twisted every day in our courtrooms and life in general. I hear smokers who are slowly being corralled away from the public complain by screaming out, "I have the right to smoke wherever I want!" But I counter that with, "What about my right to breathe clean air?" People want their rights regardless of how it impacts others. I don't know if this is an isolated issue in America or not, but I think it is one of the things that really makes us unpopular amongst our international peers. People are so full of entitlements because of "their rights".

"I have a right to raise my family however I want." No you don't. You have a responsibility to raise them safely and to provide them with the best life you can.

"I have a right to say whatever I want to whoever I want!" My only response is that I should then have the right to hit you in the face as hard as I want if you are screaming at me, insulting me, or disrupting my life with your words.

With rights comes responsibility. I think that thought has somehow been left behind and it's a shame is wasn't worded that way when we were handed down our "rights" written in a world 200 years ago when people had no clue how ridiculous American society would become.

A Response To Palin

I just read Sarah Palin's "don't blame me" speech. I have a pretty big issue with this. With her own words, along with quoting Ronald Reagan, she states-

"President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle, not with law-abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their First Amendment rights at campaign rallies, not with those who proudly voted in the last election."

Really?

Charles Manson never actually killed anybody himself yet sits in prison for conspiracy to commit murder. I can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure Adolf Hitler carried out his attempt to eliminate an entire race of people by telling others to kill them, yet he is thought of as the most evil being in the history of the world. So if old Chuck and Adolf would have just said, "Hey, I didn't kill anybody myself," all will be fine? Hell no! (And no, I'm not comparing Sarah Palin to Manson and Hitler. I'm comparing her stupid ass reasoning.)

There is an ethical/moral responsibility when you suggest to others to take action against someone and somebody does just that, especially when you are a person of influence. As sad as it is for me to say this, there are Americans who actually are influenced by Sarah Palin.

My question to Sarah Palin is this... if your actions, words, suggestions, or directives to your followers had nothing to do with influencing the violence that took place in Tucson, why did you take down the website with the map containing the targets? If you were not in the wrong, why are you hiding it?

And... How dare she abuse the memory of 9/11 in an attempt to defend herself with a 9/11 reference. That is nothing but pathetic as she utilizes overly abused political heart string tugs.

To think that she believes she is worthy of leading this country repulses me.

Mind Breaking