Rand Paul, Hypocrite

Many of us remember Senator Rand Paul's historic filibuster of Obama's choice to head the CIA due to the Obama administration's refusal to rule out the killing of Americans on U.S. soil with drones. But now Rand Paul seems to be changing his tune. In a recent interview on Fox news he said, "I've never been against the use of technology when it comes to dealing with an eminent threat. For instance, if somebody comes out of a liquor store with a gun I don't care if a drone kills him or  a policeman. The only issue I have is I don't want drones flying over me in my hot tub, or my family's farm." This seemed a far cry from the real life Mr. Smith Goes to Washington show that he gave on the Senate floor. Could this be because he is planning to run for president in 2016? More disturbing is that I haven't seen any of Paul's supporters condemn him for this obvious flip flop. To me it just proves something about the Pauls that I knew all along, just like when Ron Paul only got upset about the TSA when his son was detained and abused by TSA staff. This proves to me that they are nothing more than two career politicians posing as constitutional defenders of liberty. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if for the entire thirty years Ron Paul was in Congress he was merely posing as a Libertarian, when in actuality he was nothing more than a Republican career opportunist politician who took advantage of populist anger at the establishment.

Bildeberg Conspiracy Has Anti-Semitic Origins

When I was very interested in conspiracy theories, there was one that I could never avoid running into. That is the Bilderberg Group conspiracy. If you are not aware, let me break it down in simple terms. Like Sophia from the Golden Girls would say, picture it, Holland, 1954... a hundred or so wealthy businessmen, including Prince Bernhardt of The Netherlands meet in the Hotel de Bildeberg in Oosterbeek Netherlands. And basically they say, "Hey, instead of these stupid elections, why don't WE pick the guys. They get all the blame and we run things from behind the scenes." That is, if you believe this conspiracy theory. Surprisingly, it's even been picked up by some well known television networks, such as the BBC, Russia Today and CNN International. But here's the dark secret the TV networks or these conspiracy theorists won't tell you, and that's that the person who started this conspiracy theory is a man named Westbrook Pegler. In the 1940's Pegler was one of America's most respected journalists, even winning a Pulitzer Prize. But by 1956, he had become a bitter, increasingly hate-filled anti-Semite. The readership of his column had shrunk tremendously by this time, and he had been grasping at straws. Until he ran an article which he called "The Puppet Masters". On a recent trip to Italy, he had come across a source which told him that a group of wealthy Zionist Jews calling themselves the Bilderberg Group, were plotting to take over the world for Israel.

In recent years, this conspiracy still survives in a sanitized form. Instead of the Rothschilds and the Jews, it's Bernhardt, the Rockefellers and the Globalists. Why do the proponents of this theory not tell their viewers or readers the origin of this famous conspiracy? Is it because the cottage industry of books and DVD's would be threatened by such a toxic revelation? I'm not saying that they shouldn't talk about it, but I do think that responsible news organizations should at least tell their viewers the true story of the Bilderberg Group and who they truly are. They do actually exist, but they are nothing more than a boring business and banking club that seek to promote world unity.  

Droner In Chief

Remember when we all were outraged when George W. Bush was spying on Americans without warrants or judicial review? Well, now it seems Mr. Former Constitutional Law Professor thinks he can be judge, jury and executioner when it comes to assassinating American citizens with drones. Don't know what I'm talking about? Take the case of Anwar Al-Alwaki, a New Mexico born, radical Muslim cleric. Ever since he was killed by a drone strike in 2011, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the efficacy of targeted assassinations. What's even more disturbing is that now I see several so-called liberal Democrats acting like bloodthirsty neo-cons now that Obama's doing the killing.

My question is; why are we so willing to give Barack Obama a pass on his continuation and expansion of some of the Bush administration's worst War On Terror policies?

I think Barack Obama has gone too far this time. When are we going to reclaim the rule of the Constitution and not the rule of Presidential whim. I think it's worth considering impeachment.

Don't Say Gay, Unless You're a School Counselor

As a person who has gone through counseling, I was confident that whatever I told my counselor would stay between us. But this will no longer be true if Tennessee Republicans have their way. They're trying to pass a law that requires all school counselors to report students to their parents if they even suspect they might be LGBT. As a person who has struggled with feeling gay in the past, I can't tell you how comforting it was to know it would all be said in confidence. Not only does this bill destroy the counseling profession's rule of therapist-patient confidentiality, it puts young people in danger. I hate to say this, but I'm beginning to think Republicans are basically trying to make a political and/or religious point at the expense of potentially putting our youth in harm's way.

To any counselors who might read this blog: could you live with yourself if you comply with this law, knowing that a child could be kicked out of his or her home, ostracised, or in the most extreme case killed? Any school counselor who complies with this law can no longer call themselves a counselor.

Don't be afraid to stand up for the safety of your students and the integrity of your profession. Peacefully disobey this law.

Consideration or Separation

When some think about political correctness, they think of certain oppressed and marginalized people trying to get more respect. Others think of Big Brother and the p.c. police trying to stifle their free speech. Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle. I do think those trying to promote political correctness do so out of genuinely good intentions, but I think trying to shield a group of people from jokes, criticism or hurtful words too much separates them and puts them into another class entirely: the untouchables: those people who you must constantly worry about offending for fear of hurting them or breaking them into little pieces. Where did this fear of offending come from? I personally think it began in the late 80's and early 90's with people like Tipper Gore and Janet Reno. Their wars against violent and offensive content on television created such a backlash that now it's considered the "in thing" to constantly flip off the p.c. police in an attempt to say, "Screw you. I can do what I want." As the old expression goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Morgan 1, Jones 0

Recently, I watched an interview between Piers Morgan and right wing conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones. Morgan had Jones on his show because Jones had started a petition calling for Morgan's deportation simply because of his views on gun control. A synopsis of the interview went like this: Morgan tried to have a civilized debate and Jones ranted like an idiotic madman. I don't know about you, but if I were a pro-gun enthusiast, I would not want Jones speaking for me. He only enforces for many Americans the stereotype of the right-wing gun nut.

However, I think Piers is also somewhat in the wrong here. I think he only had Jones on because Jones made him angry, and he knew he could make Jones look foolish (although Jones didn't exactly need help with that one. This is, after all, a man who said that the government was behind 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing, and was putting chemicals in juice boxes to make children gay and control the population...). Though I am not pro-gun myself, I know many gun owners who would never talk about 1776 rising again if the government "tried to take their guns." But, I have to say, I believe Piers Morgan is one of the bravest men I have ever seen, because, to put it simply, there are gun owners and supporters out there who would burn you at the stake for talking about gun control in any form, if they could legally do it.

Finally, I think it exposed Jones as the fraud that he is: Jones claims to be a pro-Constitutionalist, but he wants to deport a law abiding citizen simply because he does not like his views. Frankly, that sounds more like a tactic of Soviet Russia than the United States of America.

Christian Self-Righteousness is Not a Virtue

I suppose in all groups you have extremists, but there's one group of extremists that I find to be self-righteous and annoying as hell: Christian Conspiracy Theorists, in particular a man named Mark Dice. These are the kinds of people who believe that Hollywood, and the rest of the ungodly secular world is controlled by a devil-worshipping cult called the Illuminati. I wouldn't be so hard on Mr. Dice if he weren't so damn self righteous.

For example, in 2007 he posted a Youtube video dumping various forms of garbage on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This was supposed to represent the ungodly filth that is Hollywood. Note to Mark: Your childhood antics have to be cleaned up by some poor attendants, who may not actually agree with you.

Also, he has accused Jay-Z of being a child rapist, and has referred to Rihanna, Kesha, and Lady Gaga as satanic skanks from Satan's sewer. I know by evidence of this he probably has a few screws loose, but he still annoys me. Mark, get off your Christian high horse and get raptured already, we don't want you.