Says Obama "Hates America"
Tom Pauken's Dallas Blog republishes a vicious, sleazy, speculative hit piece from Asia Times Online by someone who writes under the pseudonym "Spengler". Spengler insults readers with quack psychoanalysis of Barack Obama's mother and wife to reveal Barack's supposed own secret: he "hates America." His mother was an anthropologist, a profession Spengler stereotypes as filled with "resentment against America." In the case of Barack Obama's mother specifically, "The probable next president of the United States is a mother's revenge against the America she despised." Barack Obama "imbibed hatred of America with his mother's milk." As a result, "he is the political equivalent of a sociopath."
Barack Obama's wife Michelle is equally slandered. Early in the campaign, Michelle Obama good-naturedly described her husband as someone who lets the bread go stale and doesn't make the bed. Or, as Spengler relates this interview, Michelle "bitch-slaps her husband in public."
Enough with this scurrilous attack, this page from Karl Rove's playbook, this politics of personal destruction that conservatives so adeptly use to poison political discourse in this country. It's ironic that Tom Pauken has proven himself to be a loyal foot soldier in the Rove conservatives' practice of gutter politics. Psychoanalyze that.
Put Down That Cell Phone in School Zones
Today's rant by Frontburner's Trey Garrison is triggered by the loss of another one of his fundamental, God-given rights. In this case, it's the City of Dallas' decision to ban the use of cell phones by drivers in school zones. Garrison is certain the motivation is not safety, but revenue.
In the reader comments, the best response came from Gwyon, who says, "At least five kids should be killed by cell-distracted drivers before they even consider something like this." Five? Gwyon's being satirical, right? Who knows. It sounds like something Garrison himself would write.
Another reader, Danno, sets Garrison straight by noting that there are all sorts of laws on the books concerning kids and safety: speed limits, parking bans, seat belt requirements, pickup bed bans, etc. None of these laws is raising money from enforcement because people generally obey safety laws, provided they are first made aware of the issue. And passing this law will do a lot to make people aware of this safety issue. Even Trey Garrison is doing his part by publicizing the problem and its solution. Thanks, Frontburner.
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