Our Man in Vienna

FOX and Morality

For some having moral values
seems to mean playing dirty
so you can impose the moral values
you don’t happen to have
on others.

Questions:

If you really believe in the Deity,
why would you play dirty?

If you have access to the truth
why do you have to lie?

If you accept the Divine message,
why do you spew hate?

FOX and the Religious Right

Evangelicals and their cohorts,
including assaulters, abusers,
rapists and pedophiles,
want to bring about
a renaissance of the back- street abortion
and a revival of the knitting needle.

Laura Ingraham (who wears the symbol)
recites a “poem” she “authored”

“First They Came”

“I am proud to stand with you,
and I am saying with great respect
First they came for the rich,
And I did not speak out because I was not rich.
Then they confiscated the property owners,
and I did not speak out because I did not own property.
Then they took away our right to bear arms,
and I did not speak out because I was not armed.
Then they came for me and denied me my medical care,
and there was no one left to speak for me,
and I couldn’t because my Medicare provider
wouldn’t’ treat my tonsillitis”[1]

Poor Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham, of Fox News, etc., is not rich.
Laura Ingraham does not own property.
Laura Ingraham does not bear arms
(But some of her Tea Party colleagues do)
Laura Ingraham does not have medical insurance.
She has nothing to lose, except her tonsils.

Down with the Pen!

Steve Lonegan of Americans for Property
and Former Mayor of Bogota, New Jersey,
at the same event:

“We cannot allow the pen
to be mightier than the sword!”

Yes, Steve, that’s the rub.
Let’s do away with the pen!
It certainly would prick your silly bubble!

Civilized Discourse

This is all far beyond the realm of civilized discourse.
The new breed of “conservatives” are crude demagogues,
primitive rabble-rousers and born-again jingoists.
Unfortunately there is an army of boorish clods
to lap up all the balderdash.

This is the original poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller,
who put his life on the line during the Third Reich:

First They Came

First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

– Herbert Kuhner

[1] Tea Party Rally Dec. 15th Capitol Hill, CBS News (blog) and The Daily Show, Dec. 16, 2009‎.