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Continuing on with the anti-anti-intellectualism from yesterday.

Anti-intellectualism is a standing beef I have with the Republican party. Thinking is a gift that God gave us to separate us from the other animals. Why not praise it? Pointy-headed nerds got us on the moon. What’s stupid fucktard president got us? Rhetoric for going to Mars. Talk is talk. Nerds rule. And smart is sexy. It’s great to know what you are talking about, and to be curious of things in the world. It sucks if your the political party against stuff like that.

Hopefully, this’ll change.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09kristof.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Is it “populist” or “popular?” I can’t believe that the Republicans would embrace populist stances. They know of populism, but being anti-intellectual they don’t know populism. Theirs is more an rhetoric of populism. They are rather focused on an oligarchy that would do well and the populace to do only as the oligarchs deem allowable. The oligarchs would know what’s best for you. Abortion rights? Christian nation? White people? No gays. No Catholics. No godless heathens. Only those who believe can be part of this cult.

I remember during the 2000 election season a muslim co-worker told me he was going to vote Republican. I wondered why? His skin was as dark as mine. He was doing it because of the conservative nature of his religion meshed well with the conservative nature of the Republican party. I often wonder how after eight years of W. he feels about his choice.

You cannot hew to the mindless without getting into trouble.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122610558004810243.html