Correcting Some Errors

St Augustine published his Retraciones, so I will put right some improper opinion.

1. I have roundly criticized the Bush Admin for creating the TSA. These are the people who run the airport screenings. My criticism had to do with the frisking and strip searching of the elderly. Logic would say that these people were not terrorists and should not sap valuable resources away from the search for real people seeking to do harm. Was I ever wrong! After this last August, we have not discovered that these old people are domestic terrorists. The left has exposed the great underbelly of the USA, just look at the guy in the picture...terrorist thug.

2. Ted Kennedy is an upstanding fellow. He is always concerned for the other person. Whether its Mary Jo Koepechne, or his constituents, there has never be a self serving bone in the Senior Senator from Massachusetts. Why, just last week he wrote a letter to Gov Deval Patrick asking for a speedy transition to find his replacement as Kennedy is quickly dying from his cancer. The current law of Mass call for a special election which could take as long as 5 months...time that this Senate cannot afford to be without a senator. Never you mind that Kennedy had the law changed 4 years ago to a special election so that Republican Gov Romney could not appoint Sen Kerry's replacement had he won the 2004 Presidential Election. Nothing to see here...for the children, justice!

3. I have been wrong to question the propriety of the health reform legislation being discussed by the current Congress (and lobbied for by the current President). There will be no bureaucracy which determines how to administer care. There will be no health-care-based limitations placed upon people due to weight, smoking habits, and diet. The President and members of Congress have never said they are pushing towards a single payer government system. Individuals will not be fined $2500 for refusing the government mandates. The IRS will not be used to garnish bank accounts. Why can I say this...because there is no final bill being debated, so I should just shut up with my opinions and stop being an un-American dissenter (I am still waiting for my check from the insurance industry, they promised to pay me and bus me to townhall meetings).

4. Dissent is not just un-American, it is racist. Just this last week, pundits have declared political debate and activism to be racist. From Paul Krugman and Joel Klein in the media to NY Gov Paterson, the only reason one opposes the government is due to racism. Two reasons: The Pres is black so any opposition is race based, and minorities will benefit under health reform so opposition is race based (never mind that poor whites far outnumber poor minorities in real numbers).

5. Only right wingers can be compared to jack-boots. This was fully acceptable during Bush's term as protest after protest compared the Bush cabinet to Nazis and called for his assassination (scroll down a bit to see the placards, if you really want to be disgusted continue to peruse the linked site, but I warn you, the pics are not safe for people with easily upset stomachs). Now that the Repubs are out of power, rhetorical extremism is passe and too vile?