Aug 21st
Cal Thomas provides some nonsense for me to disparage today.
Good old Cal, whatever would I do without him? In his very first paragraph he
says, “America appears in decline under a disengaged President.” This
“disengaged President” has just negotiated an agreement between six nations,
including Russia and China, to limit Iraq’s development of nuclear capability.
Now he must fight against our “ally” Israel’s desperate attempts to sabotage
it. He has also managed to get the Affordable Care Act passed and declared
constitutional by SCOTUS. He has also managed to make same sex marriage
possible in this country. He has reestablished a diplomatic relationship with
Cuba in spite of screams from the right that the fifty year old boycott of Cuba
had “just begun to work.” The result of his constant appearances to lobby the
public for these and other programs, we have George Will claiming that he is
“overexposed.” Can you be disengaged and overexposed at the same time? This is
possible only for conservatives who are criticizing the President.
Moving right along to the next sentence Cal Thomas tells us
that “We can’t seem to win wars, or know why we are fighting them.” Who started
those wars Cal? Who claimed that Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction and then
destroyed the careers of Ambassador Wilson and his CIA wife, Valerie Plame,
when they didn’t find the required evidence? You might read “The war they wanted;
the lies they needed” in Vanity Fair.
Then he claims that “People are afraid of losing their jobs
or are unable to find one. While the treasury takes in record amounts of money
from working people, it outspends its income.” Cal Thomas should know that the
treasury can’t take in record amounts of money from people who aren’t employed.
So of course Cal isn’t stupid enough to claim employment is low but he can
claim people are “afraid of losing their jobs.” The evidence he gives for this
assertion is what? Then he claims that some are unable to find jobs. That’s
true and it has always been true even in Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Cal Thomas finally attacks liberal politicians whom he
claims are “providing ‘benefits’ in exchange for votes.” My goodness Cal, what
a cynic you’ve become. I’m sure your church has a pantry where indigent people
can get food. Most churches are not big on allowing people to go hungry because
they can’t find work that pays enough to pay the rent and to feed their
families. So, would you subscribe to the notion that your church just supports
their pantry to increase the church’s membership? Perhaps the pantry is there
to increase membership enough to qualify for another pastor? Perhaps your
cynicism about people wanting to help others only applies to those who don’t
share your political views.
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