That Awkward Moment When Your Political Agenda Conflicts With Your Moral Duties

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “AnarchoChristian,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“When you’re supposed to love your neighbor as yourself and they show up at the border”

My Commentary: Well… that’s awkward…

The State is Permit Patty

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Today’s Government Screwup,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“(Violation) [#1] 32:197 – Bicycle – Improper Lane (Fine) $302.50
(Violation) [#2] 32:194 – Traffic laws apply to person riding bicycles (Fine) $302.50
(Violation) [#3] 154:1422 – Bicycle equipment (Fine) $157.50
(Violation) [#4] 154:1403 – Bicycle registration required (Fine) $157.50
(Sub Total) $920.00
(Paid) $0.00
(Amount Remaining) $920.00″

My Commentary: Make no mistake. The State is Permit Patty.

Virtue-Signaling Isn’t About Moral Consistency

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Laura and George Bush with Michelle and Barack Obama

Ralph Nader Asks Former First Ladies: Why No “Heartfelt Concern for Tens of Thousands of Children Killed or Seriously Maimed” by Their Husbands’ Wars?:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/22/ralph-nader-asks-former-first-ladies-why-no-heartfelt-concern-tens-thousands

(Andrea Germanos) Noted consumer advocate and author Ralph Nader on Friday offered a sharp retort to Laura Bush and Michelle Obama in response to the former first ladies levied criticism at the Trump administration’s cruel immigration policy that separated immigrant children from their families.

“Would be nice if Laura Bush and Michelle Obama had expressed similar heartfelt concern for the tens of thousands of children killed or seriously maimed by the wars of their husbands in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere,” he tweeted.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Because virtue signaling isn’t about moral consistency, or justice… It’s about public displays of manufactured outrage.

Without the Violent Backing of State, Permit Patty Has No Power

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “New Jersey Libertarian Party,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

“Murphy takes aim at N.J. firearm fees:
Handgun purchase permit: current fee $2, proposed fee $50
Firearms ID card: current fee $2, proposed fee $100
Handgun carry permit: current fee $50, proposed fee $400
Retail gun dealer license: current fee $50, proposed fee $500″

My Commentary: Without the violent backing of the State, Permit Patty is just another cowardly, impotent control freak…

When Voting for War-Criminals…

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Trump’s Military Drops a Bomb Every 12 Minutes, and No One Is Talking About It:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trumps-military-drops-a-bomb-every-12-minutes-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it/

(Lee Camp) We live in a state of perpetual war, and we never feel it. While you get your gelato at the hip place where they put those cute little mint leaves on the side, someone is being bombed in your name. While you argue with the 17-year-old at the movie theater who gave you a small popcorn when you paid for a large, someone is being obliterated in your name. While we sleep and eat and make love and shield our eyes on a sunny day, someone’s home, family, life and body are being blown into a thousand pieces in our names.

Once every 12 minutes.

The United States military drops an explosive with a strength you can hardly comprehend once every 12 minutes. And that’s odd, because we’re technically at war with—let me think—zero countries. So that should mean zero bombs are being dropped, right?

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Bush, Obama, Trump… All straight-up war criminals, and front men for the military industrial complex. Most Americans have allowed the faulty dilemma of team red versus team blue to completely separate them from any semblance of moral consistency… But, just keep voting harder! Everything will be okay…