Monday, August 27, 2012

The American Taliban

My previous post was all about not liking my current circumstances in this country. I continue to stand by those feelings. I thought it was noteworthy to mention that the Season finale of "The Newsroom" last night made reference to the members of the Republican party who support the tea party caucus. Jeff Daniels refers to them as "The American Taliban." I believe this to be an accurate representation of who and what these people represent. The things they represent are as follows...

Ideological purity

compromise as weakness

a fundamentalist belief in scriptural literalism

denying science

unmoved by facts

undeterred by new information

a hostile fear of progress

a demonization of education

a need to control women’s bodies

severe xenophobia

tribal mentality

intolerance of dissent

a pathological (unknown to themselves) hatred of the U.S. government


God I love this show and I hope that the Tea Party continues to make themselves look like assholes. All it does is puts their inevitable downfall on an express train to its destination.

I did recently find full time work, and will be moving there soon. But I stand by my statement that if Romney is elected, I will leave.



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