Aaron Maloy's Blog

That Pink Gay Pride Flyer

It is very necessary for me to clarify some innaccurate information that has been published by some news outlets. Recently an article in the Huffington Post claimed that I was responsible for making the gay pride flyers that were distributed by Romney campaign staff, volunteers, and interns. This is not true.

I did NOT make the pink flyer . The flyer was made by Romney's staff. Who? I don't know.  My involvement was in suggesting that the campaign demonstrate goodwill to the gay community during gay pride. It was my idea, but I did not design or produce the flyers. I really believed, and still do, that Mitt Romney is not a bigoted person (A person can hold traditional views about marriage while showing respect toward fellow human beings, right?). I felt it was necessary to convey this to the gay community.

I think that Romney is a very fair person, and definitely the most competent candidate in the race. There is no question about that. Unlike the other candidates, he holds traditional views about marriage without demonizing a minority. The flyer was not an endorsement of gay rights. I interpreted it as more of a sign of goodwill toward fellow people (whether they are gay or straight), which is in stark contrast to Rick Perry and Rick Santorum's hateful targeting of minorities.

Mitt Romney is very deserving of our vote for President. All of the "flip-flop" propoganda is nonsense. Mitt Romney has always believed in traditional marriage while respecting the dignity of minorities. That is NOT a flip-flop.

 

REPUBLICAN Child Abuse and Neglect

As many of you know, the United States is the only industrialized country that that does not make health care accessible for ALL of its children. Even the most socially AND fiscally conservative of these countries believe that health care is a human right for children (South Korea for example). But here in the United States, REPUBLICAN's in Congress think it's ok to let children go without antibiotics, preventive care, and unfortunately in many cases, emergency treatment.

I happen to be dating one of Boston's most prodigious medical doctor's, who is WAY more accomplished, and WAY more qualified than any Republican in the United States Congress. This past weekend as we walked down Newbury St. he told me his reason for leaving the Republican party. As one of the most accomplished Doctor's in Boston, this guy is no slouch. His strong worked ethic and personal responsibility values brought him great success at places like Princeton University and one of the top Medical Schools in the world, all before he reached the age of 30. So, it would make sense for someone so productive and hard-working to be a Republican. But as a doctor he knows that it is immoral to deprive innocent children of health care. So, for that issue alone, he has shunned the Republican party. What a shame.

Prior to embarking on a medical school trajectory, I worked was a social worker for some of the Commonwealth's most deprived children. Many of them didn't receive adequate health care during various stages in their development, and unfortunately, permanent consequences resulted from this. I don't know about the REPUBLICANS in Congress, but I certainly have a heart for children......for ALL children. I can't bear the thought of a child suffering in pain, not to mention the possibility of he/she developing a serious medical condition that is preventable.

My work with medically neglected children spans back to my first few years of college, when I worked as a youth outreach worker for a community health center, and also at a facility for young girls who had been abused and neglected. After graduating from college I worked for a Department of Youth Services program and also as  a child protective social worker. Believe me when I say that there is NO difference between parents neglecting the health of their own children, and Republican's neglecting the health of our country's children! Get it?

Look, I am not liberal at all. But as a licensed social worker who is qualified to determine what is and isn't child abuse/neglect, I can tell you that the Republican party is venturing into dangerous waters by not supporting  health care access for ALL children (actually, they are FIGHTING it). In the past, the GOP and the Democrats played politics with issues like gay marriage, foreign policy, labor, education, etc. But this time its different. This time they are using an issue that directly affects the health, well-being, and safety of innocent children.

Now BOTH parties are sanctioning and promoting child abuse. The Democrats believe it's ok to shred a 9 month old fetus' head and dismember the rest of its body in what they refer to as "late term abortion." While not as physically violent, the Republicans are fighting to stop the poorest children from receiving health care coverage. Is this supposed to be some form of induced natural selection? I still haven't found any logic their reasoning. Oh right, they don't have any real cogent arguments. Its all a big convoluted mess. For these politicians, it's not about crafting the best health care plan. It's about using health care as a wedge issue to advance their own self-interest. You can't tell me that these highly under qualified career politicians know more about health care than doctors. But they think that they are above doctors since they are pompous politicians with power.

With all that said, I must add that I am vehemently opposed to socialized medicine. If I were running this country, I would do it the right way. Government wouldn't be managing the entire countries health care. We would actually study what works and what doesn't work in other countries, and use the Massachusetts system as a "political lab." Doctors wouldn't be able to go hogwire running up expenses to line their pockets, over-prescribing medications, and writing needless referrals just for the sake of giving business to their doctor friends. And most importantly, both Democrats and Republican would NOT be allowed to manifest their innate unconscious desires to cause harm to children by promoting the abortion industry and allowing children to be in physical pain due to lack of medical treatment.

Call your Representatives and tell them that endangering a child's safety and putting him/her at risk is not ok. What if it was your child? During these poor economic times  a lot of people are realizing that almost anyone can be in danger of not being able to afford health care. If you are one of the people who is duped into believing that all children shouldn't be covered, you may be very surprised one day if you lose your job, can't afford to insure your children, and find Child Protective Services knocking at your door. But really, if anyone deserves to be prosecuted for child abuse, it's these whackjobs in Congress who are deceiving the populace, and indirectly abusing children.

 

Part 1: It's Looking Bleak for Sarah Peake.

In 2004 the elitist liberal lesbian from PTown sold her soul to the lobbyists on Beacon Hill in an attempt to become State Rep on the lower and outer Cape. She failed. Simply put, the average voter in the district was turned off by the fact that she used divisive smear tactics in an attempt to attain power. Her wedge issue that year was gay marriage, and she was all over the media hugging, rubbing, and kissing her new wife for everyone to see. She thought that raising boat loads of money from the child sex offender-led gay lobbyist groups would help her ignite hatred from the gay community against the Republican incumbent. It worked, but she must not have realized that she was pandering to a minority that was concentrated mainly in Provincetown, which comprises less than 1/10 of the district.

In 2006 Sarah Peake, armed with experience from the previous election, took a more crafty approach. She reached outside of her inner circle of pretentious liberal gays from Provincetown and altered her message to appear as though she was really cared about blue collar workers and struggling families. Her issue this year was affordable housing, as a result of the thousands of Cape residents becoming unable to keep up with the rising rents and property values. Of all the towns on the Cape, Provincetown's housing crisis was the worst. As the chair of the Provincetown Business guild, "Womyn" Innkeepers Association, and as a Selectwoman during this time, Sarah played a critical role in the gentrification of Provincetown. But she needed to get a least a few people of modest means to vote for her, so she spoke endlessly about how she was "the affordable housing candidate." This was coming from someone who grew up and vacationed in luxury homes. Never did she have to ever worry about paying the rent or losing her home. However, she was able to use her tens of thousands of dollars from out-of-state and special interest money to ride the Democratic wave and conned her way into office that year.

Ms. Peake is now in her 4th year in office and still hasn't undone the affordable housing crisis on the Cape that she helped create. This is unacceptable. The hard-working and hard-up tax payers are lining her pockets with over $100,000.00 per year (counting her salary, health insurance, "per diems," and other perks) as well as her staff. And, they continue to get none of the things she promised in return. That's what happens when unqualified candidates are able to get into office. She may smile and pretend that she doesn't hate men when campaigning, but that doesn't make up for the fact that she didn't have a real job for decades before becoming elected. That's right, she went from a woman who rented out rooms in her house to being elected State Rep.

I expect that this year will be different. This time the voters are angry at the Democrats, and Sarah is facing someone whose resume actually has real work and accomplishments on it. He is also normal and down-to-earth, unlike the current Rep. As we continue on this economic declivity we don't need vote for someone who is bringing us down. We need someone like David Dunford, an economic superstar who has built financial empires. And let me tell you, this guy is FOR REAL.

I was recently having coffee with Dave. He told me that he was very passionate about serving each and every gay and lesbian resident in the district. This is quite different from Sarah's approach. She sees the gay community as an ATM machine. It is very obvious from her past campaigns that she blatantly filled gay people with fear, and then told them that she needed their money to protect them from homophobia. Dave doesn't see the gay community as a bank, he has actually run these financial institutions, and even helped start a successful branch of banks here on Cape Cod. Yes, he may have made a lot of money as an economic genius, but I have more respect for people who earn money, rather than just inherit it (Sarah, are you listening?). And with his amazing superstar economic talents, imagine what he can do to fix the economic mess that Sarah has neglected on the lower Cape due to her lack of economic skills. So, gay people beware. Sarah will take your money, Dave will make you money.

This race comes down to one thing. David Dunford is much, much more competent than the current Rep. Both are around the same age, and both have had decades to demonstrate their abilities. His strong record of accomplishments, and her lack thereof, clearly defines him as a leader, and her a flunky. To win over the hearts of voters, it is imperative for Mr. Dunford to untangle her web of deceit, shudder her corrupt political machine, and shatter the glass walls that she has built around working families and businesses here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This district needs leadership from a leader, not continued failure from a flunky.

Megalomania on Cape Cod

Mr. Madden: do the honorable thing and give that money to the suffering poor in your district!

Timothy Madden's primary defeat to Dan Larkosh in the race for State Representative of Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket district not only took Madden by surprise, it must have bothered soon to retire Representative Eric Turkington who was running for Barnstable County Register of Probate. Turkington wanted to choose his successor, not the voters. Perhaps he figured that he would win the Probate position since it was a bad year for Republicans, position his friend and colleague in the Islands' legislative seat, double his pension, and expand his sphere of governmental influence.

Turkington suffered a major smackdown from Republican Anastasia Welsh-Perrino in the general election, making him the only Democratic candidate in the Commonwealth to be defeated by a Republican.

Turkington made no public endorsement in the race but apparently campaigned behind the scenes along with a ring of influential hacks for Madden, the candidate REJECTED by voters in the Democratic Primary. His efforts paid off, at least partially. While Madden ended up winning the seat as an Independent, Turkington suffered a major smackdown from Republican Anastasia Welsh-Perrino in the general election, making him the only Democratic candidate in the Commonwealth to be defeated by a Republican.
Speaking of Republicans.

During the campaign Madden tried to compete for the Republican vote by pledging to lower legislators' salaries and cut the pork in State government. Obviously such a promise was beyond realistic for a freshman legislator to propose. But he got the ear of fiscal conservatives .

Now less than one month after the election the Martha's Vineyard Times is reporting that Representative-elect Tim Madden is touting the importance of keeping a Martha's Vineyard "liason" position in addition to his legislative aide at the State House. Not only is this inconsistent with his campaign promises, it's also reprehensible given the current economic downturn.

The Cape Cod Times recently reported on the number of homeless people on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. This doesn't even include people who aren't homeless who will go without food, heat, and health care this winter. If Tim Madden was a man of integrity he would take the public dollars for the creation of this position and redistribute the money directly to those who have emergent need. The Vineyard liason position is part-time and only active approximately 6 months during the year, if that, yet it pays a $33,400 salary. There is definitely something wrong with this picture. Needy families in the district will not have enough food and will shiver at night so that a friend of the Representative elect can be "hooked up."

But unfortunately the gentry-Democrats here on the Cape got their way again ( Madden only won the vote on Nantucket and in the one small town on the Vineyard - Chilmark). Insofar as this kind of elitistism pervades Cape politics, the young and the poor will continue to leave the Cape. Sadly,they are almost gone.

Mr. Madden, if you are listening, do the honorable thing and give that money to the suffering poor in your district!

Abyss to Hell

 

As the economy continues to tank, Americans and other allied countries are coming to the realization that they are in serious danger. What makes the situation more serious is the uncertainty factor; we don't know just how bad things will get, or if we can realistically bail ourselves out of this mess. The scariest part is that even the best and the brightest economists and social scientists don't have the answers, nor can they offer legitimate hope.

Now, frustrated and apprehensive about the current economic crisis and an inability to divine what will happen next, I find myself  more attentive than ever to the biblical dogma of the "last days." Even I think that it's rather quixotic for people to assume that each and every crisis that happens is indicative of the wrath of a divine power, and believe me, there are many whacky radical religious fanatics that do exactly that. But we are at a juncture in time in which each and every augury from the bible warning of the last days is more lucid and credible than ever.

The bible mentions that Israel will become a powerful nation and that there will be vicious wars in the Middle East. True. It also says that destruction will result from iniquities among nations. True. It also states that the world will become more globalized and will eventually be united under the aegis of an international authoritative body.  Bush's shocking assimilation with other nations as a result of this historic financial crisis makes this very plausible. Also mentioned is that there would be famines, pestilence, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Global warming, tsunamis in Southeast Asia, the rise in the cost of food, earthquakes in China, and tornadoes and wild fires in the USA make this very convincing.

The notion that these doctrines contain some truth seems more likely than ever before, and many religious leaders from various faiths have delivered statements corroborating their validity.  These are definitely uncanny times, and it makes me wonder what is going to happen. I don't know for sure if this is a deific ramification of some kind, but I do worry how people will be affected in the aftermath of this disaster, and what kind of relief will be available.

Hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs by the week, the number of foreclosures continues to rise, the stock market has hit an historic low, and even the most liberal leaders are acknowledging an inability to pay many important public services. Unfortunately, a lack of adequate resources will mean that people's basic needs won't be met, resulting in increased stress for millions of families around the country. History has shown that when people don't have access to things like food, heat, healthcare, and other basic necessities, they resort to crime, and many become so deprived and desperate that they become violent due to mental illness that is induced by stress.

In the latter paragraph I mentioned that liberals are now calling for budget cuts and layoffs, a government action that has up until recently been exclusively championed by conservatives (how many times can you remember liberals complaining about Republicans "slashing this," and "cutting that"?).  So, this means we are in really bad shape. The fate of our society is now in the hands of our leaders. Where and how they decide to invest public money is critical.

I am a bit skeptical of squandering copious amounts of money into a failing financial system. I hate to sound like a Democrat or a liberal, but I do think that now is an appropriate time to start from the ground up. We should focus our resources on cultivating a healthy working class and protecting those who are vulnerable. This calls for better hiring standards for teachers. Aren't you sick of the dummy teachers who are responsible for record numbers of children, youth, and young adults who are academically deficient? It also calls for more tangible aid, not ineffective programs that exist only to create fat cat jobs, to the poor. Most importantly, it calls for investing heavily in the Department of Children and Families. While it is inevitable that many other parts of state government will get cuts, this is one agency that actually needs fortification during times of crisis.

Poverty causes stress. Stress is almost always the underlying reason why people physically abuse children. When children are abused they are less likely to thrive, and more likely to lead delinquent and impoverished lives as adults. Delinquency and poverty put a huge economic burden on the government and are pathogenic to society.  During times of economic crisis it is vital to have a smart and healthy populous to revive an economy and circumvent a depression.

So, in my opinion, if we want to make it through these challenging times we as a country need to re-evaluate ourselves and our values. Let's not allow ourselves to become spiritually dead (a message for Democrats), and let's try to understand why people are poor and weak, rather than demonize them, so that we can help them become healthy productive citizens (a message for Republicans). Otherwise, our demise may soon become a reality.

Should we vote for Sarah Peake or Don Howell?

Maybe we won't have to put up with another two years of "her"
The "Queen of Corruption" gets a Progressive GOP challenger

For her fellows gays, Sarah is a Goddess.  Don Howell is not a lesbian. He is a heterosexual married man.The "Queen of Corruption" will have a challenger after all.  It didn't come as a  surprise when former Harwich Selectman Don Howell announced that he is challenging Sarah Peake for the House seat in the fourth Barnstable  distric. 

Don Howell and Sarah Peake have a lot in common. They are both old;  a little too old to be running for such a position that should be held by someone with high  energy.  Both of them were selectmen for several years. Both of them are liberals.  Both of them have a special bond with Cynthia Stead (the ultra-liberal State Committee woman).  Both of them are staunchly in favor of abortion, gay marriage, and sometimes higher taxes.

No GOP lesbian patronage ring

But there are also a few  important differences.  Sarah Peake on several occasions has been exposed for rewarding her campaign donors and campaign workers with high-paying government jobs. Coincidentally, all of Peake's patronage recipients were old butch lesbians, just like her.  Unlike Peake, Don Howell hasn't formed a lesbian patronage ring.

Speaking of lesbians, Representative Peake is a lesbian, and she uses it for her advantage.  If you investigate where her vast political contributions comes from, you will find that she is very well liked and supported by three main constituencies: special interests, dopey  Ptown gay men, and old lesbians.  For her fellows gays, Sarah is a Goddess.  Don Howell is not a lesbian. He is  a heterosexual married man.  But, similar to Sarah's political strategy, he does use his heterosexuality to his political advantage (nothing wrong with that).  His major supporters are poor families from Harwich, unlike Peake's super wealthy gay business elite.

After old lesbians, hateful  middle aged gay men are definitely Sarah's next biggest constituency.  On her website you will see a picture of her singing the national anthem with Ptown selectman Austin Knight at a baseball game in Orleans.  They thought they could fool all the normal families by "appearing" normal and patriotic. Selectman Knight was one of Peake's biggest supporters and a top deputy on her campaign in 2004 and 2006.

Peake called Shirley Gomes as a "bitch"

While campaigning for her in 2004 he referred to Shirley Gomes as a "bitch," because she didn't support gay marriage. But why should he care about gay marriage? Knight was just busted for sexually harassing male town employees while using taxpayer-funded resources (town cars and more!).  He thought he could use his position as selectman to get young male town employees to entertain his unfulfilled sexual desires, just like his buddy Sarah Peake uses her political clout to reward the lesbians. But Selectman Knight took it a step too far. Unlike Peake,  Don Howell steers queer... I mean steers clear of wacky gays.

Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and Sarah

Based on my own inside knowledge, this is how the Alliance was able to indirectly funnel money to Sarah Peake and influence her position. Speaking of Austin Knight. His ex-boyfriend was a Director for the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. Based on my own inside knowledge, this is how the alliance was able to indirectly funnel money to Sarah Peake and influence her position.  Unlike Sarah Peake, Don Howell has a hard time raising special interest money because he isn't good at sleazy money laundering tactics like Sarah is.

Big money vs. big ideas

Sarah Peake comes from wealth, and I mean BIG MONEY. So does her lover. She has never had to struggle a day in her life.  Hence she is known in Ptown as being an A-Gay, a term that is used to describe Provincetown's gay ruling class.  The Ptown gentry LOVE her. And as she campaigns about how much she cares about the poor, her friends who own businesses in town pay their workers minimum wage and treat their workers worse than animals.  Several of Sarah's closest friends are known for humiliating their workers and sometimes not even paying them. 

She's a DINO* and he's a Liberal Republican

Unlike Sarah, Don Howell is a true "bleeding heart" liberal. While she gets ripped and parties with her rich elite friends, he is down in the trenches with the people that Sarah and her friends exploit. Sarah down deep is really an elitist Republican in Democrats' clothing. After all, she comes from a family of Republican elected officials. Lucky for her, they are far enough away in New York (where my family used to have clout in Democratic politics).  So the moonbat liberals will never find out.

I think that this race will definitely be an uphill battle for Howell. Sarah Peake is no dummy. She has spent years cultivating a very wealthy and powerful following. Howell, on the other hand thought that organizing and mobilizing the poor was the way to go. But this is Cape Cod, not a factory town in the midwest. The conservative working-class families who support Howell can be easily crushed by the financial muscle and influence of the Lower Cape's gentry liberals.

Two candidates and five months to decide

So who should we vote for? We have 2 candidates and 5 months to decide. One is a family man who took in and adopted foster children. The other is somebody who lied her way into office to promote her own personal interests and agenda. Howell works as a drivers education teacher and spends his free time  helping youth and families. Peake does the photo ops with regular people and children, then drives home to Ptown to resume her social life with bizarre and eccentric gay women. Somehow I think that voters attitudes could change. It's up to Howell to expose the incumbent Representative for who she really is.

*Democrat In Name Only.

Hate Mail From Anti-American Gay Marriage Lobby Rank-In-File

Below is an email that I received from Anti-American Gay Marriage militants from Canada. I think this speaks for itself.

Re: You From: Kieran & Margaret Earles Sent: Fri 2/15/08 11:40 AM To: Aaron Maloy (staterepmaloy@hotmail.com)

Thank you for noticing.  My e-mail to you was a protest against your conservative stance.  How can you as a gay man align yourself with right-wing bigots?  You truly are a traitor, because when you support conservatism and bigotry you are stabbing the rest of us in the gay community right in the back!   You are nothing more than an Uncle Tom, and you should hang your head in shame.  The people at MassEquality and other human rights organizations are fighting for our, and your, human rights and freedoms.  How dare you slander them with malicious lies.    There, I've made myself known, and got your attention.  Be loyal to the community you belong to, and stay out of the pay of bigots.  A conservative is worse than a Klansman, because he pretends to love democracy.   I am just glad I live in a free country like Canada.  America is a racist and homophobic country.  

Thank you.  

Kieran Earles Newfoundland, Canada

Gotta love those liberal extremist Canadians who hate Americans.

Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys

Earlier this week the  business and lobbying director of the gay rights machine MassEquality, also a Deval Patrick Aide, was busted in Florida for Raping a 15 year old boy while vacationing in Florida. Then today it was revealed that Provincetown Human Rights activist John Perry Ryan was arrested for engaging in child pornagraphy, also while on vacation. Carl Stanley McGee, now also one of Deval Patricks highest paid staffers, played a key role in defeating supporters of traditional families in the legislature and replacing them with candidates financed by MassEquality donors. He also used MassEqualities powerful "machine" to help Patrick win the Democratic primary and general election. Governor Patrick really appreciated this and rewarded him with a $150,000.00 a year job as an executive manager in his office.  The residents of this State should be appauled. But then again this is Massachusetts, where this kind of behavior seems to be acceptable. If you speak out against the sleazy wing of the gay community, it not very politically correct for the liberals (and the quick to sell out Republicans).

When I ran for State Representative in 2006 I begged to media and voters to be very cautious when blindly throwing their support behind candidates who were backed by gay "human rights" groups and special interest homosexual lobbyists like MassEquality. I refused their support for a reason. I knew that they were run and financed by a lot of sleazy perverted gay men.  If that offends you, go visit these perps in jail, because you probably shouldn't be lurking in public areas either.

I can't even count the amount of time that I was yelled at and called a self-hating homophobe because I refused to be bossed by MassEquality and other gay power brokers from Beacon Hill. I couldn't in good conscience allow myself to be corrupted by people who were turning being gay into a business and recruiting high school and college students to be their soldiers. My opponent Sarah Peake, and all those other legislators who sold out did, and many of them were very aware of the sleazy nature of those running the organization.

The day before my election last year I got a call from a college age phone banker from MassEquality. He told me that he was calling on behalf of a "pro-family equality organization" and that the fate of thousands of families depended on me voting for Sarah Peake in the election the next day. "Oh yeah" I replied. "Why is that?" I asked him. He told me that Sarah Peake's Republican opponent (me) would strip away people's rights and enshrine discrimination into the constitution. Basically he was using deceptive language from a script that he was reading from. In reality he was saying "Vote for Sarah Peake.  She let our pedophile Business Director help her raise $150,000.00 from rich gay men and she will do what we say."

I asked him how old he was. He told me that he was 18 and a freshman in college. Stunned by this I outed myself to him and told him  that I was that "Republican opponent" of Peake's. I also mentioned that I too was gay and had no desire to strip away people rights or enshrine discrimination into the constitution. He was speechless. "Don't let those people at MassEquality use you like that," I urged of  him. I let him know that I was also young, gay and naive at one point in my life too and that he should focus more on studying for his finals than being an agent of the power and money-hungry agenda of MassEquality's sleazy businessman. At this point he could no longer use his script and almost uttered a sincere apology to me. I, unlike Sarah Peake or the cronies at MassEquality, wasn't trying to use him for my political benefit, and he realized this.

This should send a very important message to voters in Massachusetts. In the upcoming legislative election those legislators who allowed this pedophile business director at MassEquality who was caught raping a 12 year old boy to raise money for their campaigns and help them get elected should be defeated. The two gay powerhouses who were recently busted while engaging in sexual behavior with pre-adolescent boys during their out of State vacations had no business influencing Massachusetts legislative elections. Both of them were the leading homosexual marriage advocates, and both of them ran smear campaigns against people with sane views on marriage like myself. THEY ARE THE VERY REASON WHY I TOOK THE POSITION THAT I DID IN 2006. I saw who was running the gay marriage agenda and said, "NO THANK YOU." My opponent Sarah Peake is on record attending MassEquality parties, begging them for more support and sending them a letter urging them expand, broaden and fortify their agenda here in Massachusetts. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

Democrats Can't Fix This Republican Recession

We are in a recession. Thanks to Bush and an incompetent Congress the value of the American dollar is plunging, families are being toppled by shattering mortgages, people of all ages can't make ends meet, the cost of living is out of control, the stock market is crumbling and the list goes on. But don't look to the Democrats for our economic salvation.  This crisis is beyond partisan politics.

 The real reason why our economy has soured stems from one origin. Most of the  people who manage our economy have little to no business or economic experience. "Oh, but that doesn't matter. What matters is where they stand on the issues like health care, gay marriage, education and labor," say the Democratic machine liberals. "What matters is how well they can inspire hope," say the looney tooney liberals. Both are wrong. In the private sector when businesses compete what truly matters is the competence of the chief executive, not his or her own personal "feelings."

Consider an analogy using two multi-national businesses. Lets say that they both produce the same commodity. In order to stay in business one of these corporations must dominate the market, operate efficiently, keep costs low and motivate, train and retain high quality employees. Most importantly, the chief executive must not allow profits to to drop. These are all basic principles of business and economics. Moving up the corporate ladder is also  a principle of business economics. So it follows that the chief executive of the world's largest economy should have the substantial business and economic experience. Which business would survive, the one whose CEO was some  Republican career politician or Bill Gates?

We have seen the negative effects of career politicians on our nations economy. Many, if not most of the Republicans in the Republican dominated congress had zero business experience. George Bush had business experience, but he went out of business, prompting him to run for Governor of Texas. So it was only inevitable that we would end up in this recession. What else do you expect from an unqualifed congress and a president who's experience in the private sector demonstrates that he is not a competent manager? Instead all we have heard is "we must fight the terrorist enemy, lower taxes is better, we must secure our borders, blah, blah, blah."

Can you imagine selecting a random Republican congressman or even George Bush and making them the CEO of a fortune 500 company? Of course not.  That's why both the former and latter are unfit to be controlling the fate the largest business conglomerate in the world. And that's why both are responsible for laying the framework for our current recession. Thanks to the Democrats taking control of congress, it couldn't have come any quicker.

Amid swelling economic disaster partisan politics is not working for our country. Our next manager can't be some hillbilly (Huckabee), or drag queen (Guiliani), or poet (Obama), or lawyer (Clinton) career politician. This is a very serious time for our country. Voters seriously need to wake up from the day dreams evoked by the rhetoric of Rhapsodizers like McCain, Clinton, Obama, Huckabee, Edwards and other do-nothing politicians. Yes, they speak beautifully. I admit to having felt sympathy for Clinton when she cried, despite the odds of it being staged. I agree that Obama's stories about hope are inspirational and make you "feel good." I admire McCain for being a prisoner of war. But that is not a prerequisite of managing an enitity that determines not only the state of our economic health, but the economic prosperity of developing nations in the third world.

None of the leading candidates have the business skills that it takes to rescue us from this recession. Up until last month we did in fact have hope. It wasn't from Obama's beautiful words, but from Mitt Romney's record of building some of the largest international businesses and turning around both the Olympics and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was the only CEO in the pack. Now with his campaign smashed to pieces by the "feel good"rhetoric of do-nothings like McCain and Huckabee, we are left with only career politicians to choose from. This brings us back to the fortune 500 analogy. Do you think that Hillary or McCain or Huckabee or Obama have the business skills to propel the USA into economic prosperity during a time when corporate genius Presidents of other countries are preparing for a super competitive economic smackdown with the United States? The answer is no.

Unless a more qualified candidate enters the race we are doomed. As Senator of NY Hillary Clinton did nothing for her state. Same for McCain, Obama and Huckabee. In fact, several of these candidates exacerbated the social and economic welfare of their respective states. Now with the only candidate with success in the private and public sector gone, we must be unorthodox in recruiting our next leader. Our only hope lies in Michael Bloomberg, who has hinted at running for president over the past few weeks as an Independent.

Even more impressive than Romney, Bloomberg is a billionaire who, unlike Romney, wasn't born with a diamond-laced golden spoon in his mouth. That's exactly what we need right now. If Michael Bloomberg can go from a poor post-holocaust Jew to the 34th most wealthy billionaire in the world, and clean up the mess made by Rudy Guiliani in New York, he, and only he, has what it takes to reverse what has happened and what is happening to our country.

Ron Paul Disses Minorities, Kerry Healey Hisses at the Gays

Just as I was about to solidify my support for a Republican Presidential candidate, I was hit again with another bomb. After reading  the piles of dirt that was dug up on all the Republican frontrunners, I decided that this primary is not one to take serious, and hence resorted to voting for the candidate who has the most integrity, rather than chances of winning. Ron Paul, I thought, was a progressive Republican. Among many other progressive issues he is staunchly opposed to how the Iraq war is being managed, he supports real social services for women as opposed to just abortion and he is Physician. He even says that he supports equality for gays, just like all the other big tent liberal Republicans who think that the way to be elected to higher office is by pandering to liberals. Turns out Ron Paul should be branded with a swastika instead of a Republican label.

Before announcing his candidacy for President, Mr. Paul. as a US Rep,  maliciously joked about gay men being "limp wristed." I don't find these kinds of comments particulary offensive. There are plenty of annoying and overly floamboyant people in the gay community. But there is more. In a newsletter to his consituents he pleaded for Republicans to rally to gether to "bring back the closet....because homosexuals and the rest of society were better off with social pressure that forced them to hide their identity." In another newsletter he stated that "Homosexuals, if admitted, should be put in a special category and not allowed in close physical contact with heterosexuals." I thought that concentration camps went out of style 50+ years ago. And while Bush the 1st was in office he referred to the white house as "The Pink House" because Bush signed anti-hate crime legislation and "invited homosexual lobbyists to the white house for the ceremony."

So you can imagine how even more confused I was to read about Congressman Paul being one of only two Republican Presidential candidates to show up at brunch co-sponsored by, who else, but the biggest gay GOP lobbyist group, the Log Cabin Republicans. And guess who was there representing Mitt Romney? If you guessed Kerry Healey, you guessed right. Healey, apparently incensed by the millions of dollars that the gay GOP group spent on ads attacking Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire, gave one of their members "the hand." After meeting Healey a man attending the event told her that he was there with the Log Cabin Republicans. When he asked her if she knew of the group she said "I sure do," and immediately exited the room. I'm not taking sides on this one, but I think it's really funny. I wonder who would win in a fight, Kerry Healey or a "limp wristed" member of the gay Log Cabin Club.

Back to Ron Paul. Apparently the Congressman from Texas also in on record villifying Israel, often evoking anti-semetic rhetoric. Great, this digs the knife in even further for me. And of course what is a biggot without the race factor. In 1989 he predicted that "Racial Violence Will Fill Our Cities" because "mostly black welfare recipients will feel justified in stealing from mostly white 'haves.'" Then he talked about "The Coming Race War," in which he stated that "If you live in a major city, and can leave, do so. If not, but you can have a rural retreat, for investment and refuge, buy it." Then later in the 1990's he released wnother newsletter, "Animals Take Over the D.C. Zoo. This is only the first skirmish in the race war of the 1990s," and told readers to combat it by saying "I've urged everyone in my family to know how to use a gun in self defense. For the animals are coming." Several years later when referring to the aftermath of a baseball game he again tried to evoke racial division by stating that "blacks poured into the streets of Chicago in celebration. How to celebrate? How else? They broke the windows of stores to loot." Then he claimed that liberals "want to keep white America from taking action against black crime and welfare," and concluded that "Jury verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off black rage, it seems."

There is a lesson to be learned here. Don't trust many of these liberal "big tent" Republicans. They may appear to be liberal, progressive, "gay friendly," racially sensitive, smart and so on. But underneath their liberal veils are biggoted hate mongers looking to advanced their political careers. So, for now, I am leaning towards Mike Huckabee. He may be a  slovenly gormandizer who has achieved abdolutely nothing politically, or even privately for that matter, but I think that's the best we can do. Mitt's finished. The conservative base doesn't want a drag queen for President (Guiliani). We don't want a President who will die in office (McCain). And we definitely don't want a racist and anti-semetic liberal who wants to send gays to concentation camps (Paul). So I think we are going to have to settle on Huckabee. That is unless we find him toe-tapping in some highway or airport restroom. Cross your fingers!