This weekend in Boulder is the 'naked bike ride' where a bunch of locals strip down and cruise around town on bikes to draw attention to our dependence on oil. 'More Ass, less gas' is one of their motto's. Unfortunately they have gotten more attention for their nakedness then their cause. There has been story after story about whether or not it is obscene or if they should be ticket as sex offenders for their actions. It is more than stupid. In my mind they have drawn attention away from their real cause by making an issue about whether or not they have the right to protest by riding bikes naked. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate their cause. We are dependant on oil and until everyone realizes this we cannot make any real progress in weening ourselves off of our drug. I guess riding naked is better than yelling at people in hummers, so at least their approach is passive.
What truly kills me is the right wing hate speech shows gets away with what I consider to be a worst crime than being naked in public. They spew hatred on the airwaves. As Frank Rich correctly points out the GOP is in desperate need of someone being moral integrity enough to halt the hate speech of Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly and the like. (This is a GREAT op-ed piece). Take this 'joke' as an example of what the Right wingers listen to: ....She cited a “joke” repeated by a Rush Limbaugh fill-in host, a talk-radio jock from Dallas of all places, about how “any U.S. soldier” who found himself with only two bullets in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden would use both shots to assassinate Pelosi and then strangle Reid and bin Laden.
Seriously police are following around half naked bikers because they are concerned about decency and we have talk show hosts joking about killing Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid? What is truly obscene is that the Rush heads don't even realize the hypocrisy of calling their enemies terrorists and then wanting to shoot people. Or shooting an abortion doctor.
Hopefully I was able to keep my hatred for Bush down to a civil dialogue. (I would hate to have been a hypocrite too). I thought (and still think) he should be tried as a murder, but I never suggested (like some of friends have) that he should be harmed in any way for his actions outside of a courtroom. He is a husband, a father and a son. Even putting him in prison for his actions is going to cause pain to the people that love him. Is it fair? Probably. But it is up to a jury and a judge to decide. Not me.
What truly kills me is the right wing hate speech shows gets away with what I consider to be a worst crime than being naked in public. They spew hatred on the airwaves. As Frank Rich correctly points out the GOP is in desperate need of someone being moral integrity enough to halt the hate speech of Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly and the like. (This is a GREAT op-ed piece). Take this 'joke' as an example of what the Right wingers listen to: ....She cited a “joke” repeated by a Rush Limbaugh fill-in host, a talk-radio jock from Dallas of all places, about how “any U.S. soldier” who found himself with only two bullets in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden would use both shots to assassinate Pelosi and then strangle Reid and bin Laden.
Seriously police are following around half naked bikers because they are concerned about decency and we have talk show hosts joking about killing Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid? What is truly obscene is that the Rush heads don't even realize the hypocrisy of calling their enemies terrorists and then wanting to shoot people. Or shooting an abortion doctor.
Hopefully I was able to keep my hatred for Bush down to a civil dialogue. (I would hate to have been a hypocrite too). I thought (and still think) he should be tried as a murder, but I never suggested (like some of friends have) that he should be harmed in any way for his actions outside of a courtroom. He is a husband, a father and a son. Even putting him in prison for his actions is going to cause pain to the people that love him. Is it fair? Probably. But it is up to a jury and a judge to decide. Not me.
2 comments:
Dude, I'm totally inspired...in honor of your post I'm going to walk around the house butt naked for an entire week.
Maybe I'll ride around the backyard that way on my unicycle...while juggling...in clown makeup to honor Limbaugh (the other clown).
Seriously...when ISN'T Limbaugh out of line? He's been so out of line on so many occasions that he sounds like a broken record...to the effect that he's losing his primary audience. His dialogue is insane. How can you take anything he says seriously?
You can't. He's a clown...he's a friggin comedian...a fly to be swatted at...who also happens to currently be the head of the GOP. (and on that, LMFAO!!!) Let's hope it stays that way.
I can't wait to see who emerges as the GOP candidate in 2012...we should know within the next 18 months...Sarah? Newt? Who?
Come on...this will be the comedy of the ages...I plan on picking up a case a beer and cracking a few to watch this show. Oh, and get the popcorn ready too.
Your right. The more these idiots talk the better the Democrats do. In fact Rush and his flock have been doing more for our cause than he has been doing for the GOP. Let the crack pots sing for the GOP. The more the merrier.
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