Sarah!!!

Sarah!!!

The 27% of the American public that still think Cheney and Bush were great leaders, think Sarah Palin is even better! I read this from Rolling Stone last week in order to answer an online friends assertion, "Sarah is my hero!" When David Brooks the columnist and author called her and the former President's willful ignorance "a cancer within the Republican Party", you know something is wrong with her.

Beyond Rolling Stone's nice little piece and Brooks' slap in the face, there are more serious flaws to this politician and her cult. She is a full on member of the Christian Right. They believe the Earth is 6000 years old, that the Bible is the exact word of God, that we are in the "End Times" which is a period of time that precedes "Armageddon" the battle that will destroy the world and end Satan's rule. They are a clear and present danger to the whole world. They and their philosophical ancestors have opposed every attempt at scientific and social progress. They have killed and enslaved more different kinds of people, in the name of God, than any other group in history.

The earth simply isn't 6000 years. Evolution through natural selection is a verifiable fact. The Bible is so contradictory, immoral, inconsistent, misogynistic, racist, violent, and toxic that even if there were a "supreme creator" she certainly wouldn't sanction this work. And to be a proponent of such a destructive ethos is to me an indictment, a "scarlet letter", a huge neon sign saying, "I defy logic, law and decency and you are supposed to respect me for it!" Guess what? All I can do is suggest therapy, lots of therapy!