{"id":8871,"date":"2002-11-11T22:40:35","date_gmt":"2002-11-12T03:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/11\/11\/fisking-we-will-go-a-fisking-we-will-go-hi-ho-the-dairy-oh-a-fisking-we-will-go\/"},"modified":"2002-11-11T22:40:35","modified_gmt":"2002-11-12T03:40:35","slug":"fisking-we-will-go-a-fisking-we-will-go-hi-ho-the-dairy-oh-a-fisking-we-will-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/11\/fisking-we-will-go-a-fisking-we-will-go-hi-ho-the-dairy-oh-a-fisking-we-will-go\/","title":{"rendered":"fisking we will go, a fisking we will go. Hi-ho the dairy-oh a fisking we will go."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article by
\nBill Moyers<\/a> got my dander up a little bit. I admit that fisking Bill Moyers
\nis a little bit like shooting fish in a barrel, but I couldn’t resist.<\/p>\n

Way back in the 1950’s when I first tasted politics and
\njournalism, Republicans briefly controlled the White House and Congress. With
\nthe exception of Joseph McCarthy and his vicious ilk, they were a reasonable
\nlot, presided over by that giant war hero, Dwight Eisenhower, who was
\nconservative by temperament and moderate in the use of power.<\/p>\n

McCarthy was only one man, but the Democrats have fielded person
\nafter person making accusations of Republicans wanting to starve children, take
\naway seniors Social Security, force families into the street, burning black
\nchurches, racism at every opportunity. How many judicial nominees have been
\nblacklisted and smeared and not even have their nomination come to a vote?
\nReverse McCarthyism has come into play, you are now condemned if you are not a
\ncommunist (in ideology).<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

That brand of Republican is gone. And for the first time
\nin the memory of anyone alive, the entire federal government \ufffd the Congress, the
\nExecutive, the Judiciary \ufffd is united behind a right-wing agenda for which George
\nW. Bush believes he now has a mandate.<\/p>\n

Is this the
\nsame right-wing Judiciary which approved of digital child pornography, sided
\nwith removal of Under God from the pledge, abortion clinic protection zones,
\nignored state law and allowed Lautenberg to run in New
\nJersey?<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

That mandate includes the power of the state to force
\npregnant women to give up control over their own lives.<\/p>\n

And that mandate would also prevent doctors from sticking forceps
\nin the a babies head and then vacuuming out their brains. Do women really have
\nmore control in their lives when they can erase a
\nresponsibility?<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

It includes using the taxing power to transfer wealth
\nfrom working people to the rich.<\/font><\/p>\n

Top 50% of Wage Earners Pay 96.09% of Income Taxes. I wonder what would
\nhappen if Mr. Moyers went to a store to buy an item and they charged him three
\ntimes the normal price based on his ability to pay? Can you imagine what would
\nhappen if ATM fees were based on how much money you had in the bank? I could
\nalmost wish on people with this mindset that they could leave in a country that
\nperfectly followed their ideas, but I really don’t wish famine and starvation on
\nanyone.<\/p>\n

It includes giving corporations a free hand to eviscerate
\nthe environment and control the regulatory agencies meant to hold them
\naccountable.<\/p>\n

Since when are you for holding someone
\naccountable? I don’t seem to remember your strong support of accountability
\nduring the Clinton years. Or is it only the so-called “evil corporations intent
\non destroying the environment at all costs” that you want to hold accountable. I
\nalso don’t seem to remember you getting livid when on the last day of the
\nClinton Presidency, Clinton removed a rule concerning regulators. This
\neffectively allowed people serving the government in regulatory agencies to be
\nable to immediately start working at the very same companies they were
\nregulating.<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

And it includes secrecy on a scale you cannot imagine.
\nAbove all, it means judges with a political agenda appointed for life. If you
\nliked the Supreme Court that put George W. Bush in the White House, you will
\nswoon over what’s coming. <\/p>\n

Secrecy? You mean like an
\nex-President who wouldn’t release his health record, thousands of e-mails
\ndisappearing, law firm records mysteriously showing up in a waiting room.
\nSelected not elected, yes maybe if you keep chanting that mantra over and over
\nmaybe somebody other than party hacks will believe it. The Florida supreme court
\ndecision was so horrendous that even the Supreme Court recognized the
\ntravesty.<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

And if you like God in government, get ready for the
\nRapture. These folks don’t even mind you referring to the GOP as the party of
\nGod. Why else would the new House Majority Leader say that the Almighty is using
\nhim to promote ‘a Biblical worldview’ in American politics?<\/p>\n

Oh no! A biblical world view, like not killing, lying, stealing,
\ncommitting adultery, charity toward you neighbor that is not forced. Is this
\nwhat scares you Mr. Moyers? The Democrats are the party of abortion and
\neuthanasia, it defines itself by who it kills. The GOP might not be the party of
\nGod but the current Democratic Party is the party of
\nMoloch.<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

So it is a heady time in Washington \ufffd a heady time for
\npiety, profits, and military power, all joined at the hip by ideology and money.<\/p>\n

So what is the argument against piety, profits, and
\nmilitary power? What is wrong with reverence for God? What is so horrible about
\na profit? Not everyone can suck from the teats of the government via PBS. Did
\nyou think about Veterans Day when you wrote this venomous article? Did you thank
\nthose people that died to keep the very freedoms you
\nenjoy?<\/font>
<\/font><\/p>\n

Don’t forget the money. It came pouring into this
\nelection, to both parties, from corporate America and others who expect the
\npayback. Republicans outraised democrats by $184 million dollars. And came up
\nwith the big prize \ufffd monopoly control of the American government, and the power
\nof the state to turn their ideology into the law of the land. Quite a bargain at
\nany price.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, make the political money smear.
\nThe Republicans only win because of the amount of money given to them. If you
\ncould just buy an election then Ross Perot, Donald Trump, and Steve Forbes would
\nhave all been President. Bill Simon could have paid his way into the Governor’s
\nMansion in California. Republicans have consistently raised more money than the
\nDemocrats, why have they seldom been in control?<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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