LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Thursday, March 25, 2010

My Goodness - Our Nice Lady National Public Rhetoric Is Alarmed!

Today, officially, National Public Radio is alarmed by the levels of violence by the teabaggers, the rightwing, the extreme xtians, the anti-choicers, the anti-gay, anti-women, anti-immigrant factions of the rethuggers.

Finally. TODAY. As if this just began this last weekend as they wilded their way over Capitol Hill. Death threats, killings of doctors who perform reproductive health surgeries for women, killing gay people, women, people of color, chasing down Indian women and raping them as sport,  lynchings, threats of worse, breaking windows, shooting at offices, flying planes into public buildings, running truck bombs into public buildings -- My goodness, today they noticed these things have been going on in this nation by these people, and have been going on, and increasing in numbers for many, many years. Today they notice and mention it. Today they noticed that the violent rhetoric is everywhere and has been amping up for many, many, many years. TODAY. Today, they mention it. Today they noticed the enormous numbers of private militias possessed by these people. TODAY, and they mentioned it. Today. Shame on them.

Do you think any of them received death threats themselves today?

I wonder because today is the first time since Reagan was elected that I've hear NPR talk across the board about this vicious, violent, high-volume factions of extremists. Everyone, from the pundits on the local station here (the largest NPR affiliate in the nation, bigger than D.C.'s headquarters), on their prime time talk shows, to every other program too, including Fresh Air. Just the way the rightwingers in the rest of media talk every day to their talking points memo, howling the same lies and meanesses and threats to anyone who isn't with them. (Today Frum got booted from his cushy neocon think tank position because his "Waterloo" opinion.) That no one has been arrested for these domestic terrorist acts of vandalism and threats and attacks probably means that everyone else is too afraid of them too, to do anything.

Doncha just love it too, that the so-called respectable rethugz speak with one tongue that these actions and language are not appropriate, and then with the other tongue word vague threats to the dems 'if they try to politicize this." WTF? Refuse to reap what ya sowed much?

3 comments:

K. said...

Not only do they do all that stuff, they invoke a divine blessing in the bargain.

I gave up on NPR when they let Bob Edwards go and elevated Cokie Roberts to a political commentator. I've often scratched my head over how someone who was a good reporter can be such a puerile commentator.

Foxessa said...

She's a reaganite nepotist legacy.

Love, C.

Foxessa said...

Btw -- Bob Edwards has had V. on his satellite radio program several times.

Love, C.