Wednesday, April 29, 2009

No explanation necessary

I'll address the topic of blog length in a future post. Right now though, here are some fun things that are happening right now. I'm not going to put any explanatory text in simply because common sense should tell you why these things are are really, really ridiculous.

1: Arguing/voting to ban abortion but NOT arguing/voting to increase funding for adoption, counseling, and family services.

2: Voting for spending increases but not voting to increase revenues (i.e. taxes), including for social programs ("liberal") and for military programs ("conservative").

3: Spending a career railing against drug abusers and demanding increased punishments but avoiding punishment and making excuses for your own drug abuse.

4: Claiming we need energy independence and reduced budget deficits due to oil while protecting and adding to the benefits derived by the oil/gas industries.

5: Demanding answers from Vietnam vets about their service (a la John Kerry) while not asking the same questions or requiring the same detailed answers from your own candidate (a la Bush II).

6: Arguing that global warming and climate science require more research to make the claims they are making and then not funding that research.