While looking for a good topic to write today's blog on I came across a couple of documentaries by Alexanrda Pelosi. One that caught my interest,
especially in the current times was a film called "Right America". It followed the McCain/Palin campaign across the U.S. during the 2008 election campaigns
and showed a glimpse into the lives of "real" rural Americans. Much to my amazement, not too much has changed in the South over the last 50 years. If anything it's only gotten even more bitter as the rest of the country seems to, for the most part, be progressing.
    
  During this documentary Pelosi visited a NASCAR tail-gating party in a southern state and interviewed a group of middle aged white men to get some insight into their feelings toward Barrack Obama and the idea of him becoming president. I watched a grown man cry (not Glenn Beck either) when asked if he was happy with his country. He began to explain that he felt persecuted as a man who enjoyed going hunting, drinking at the bar, and visiting "titty bars". Another man said he would never vote for Barrack Obama because, well, he wasn't too partial to blacks. Is it just me or did we get over this about 25 years ago for the most part? It seems almost as though while the majority of the country is moving forward, there's a growing population that's going backwards. Over 50 years backwards. Pelosi told him jokingly "you can't say that". He responded "why not? I'm in the south". As if that were justification for that type of reich-winged, fascist, anti-semitic, incest hate mongering.  He went on to say that America might be ready for a black president but the south wasn't. His daughter told him he's behind the times and he responded that no honey, everyone else is just ahead. I guess I can't really expect too much more then that from an admitted "racist red-neck". He then told Pelosi that if he had his way that she wouldn't be allowed to vote either. That's right. She's ONLY a woman and that's not her place to decide how her life is affected I guess.
   
  I could go on and on with the rederick that was spewed simultaneously from the mouths of registered voters in a large portion of the electoral percentage. Which brings me to another video I came across on YouTube today in which a masked man gives a hate diatribe through a distorted voice altering device while holding an AR-15 and telling the viewer that the time has come to take up arms. He go's on to explain that buying a gun is not only extremely simple but it's also your right as an American and they're not only easy to buy but they're also seemingly cheap. He went on to tell you to put one on layaway if you have to and explained that he'd done it before himself. Don't forget to buy lots and lots of ammo as well. I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm left to wonder how far it is from the "mob mentality" at the town hall meetings or the protester who stood holding a sign with a pistol strapped to his leg at the presidents Town Hall meeting? The scariest thing about it is that all it takes is one spark to ignite this revolutionist neo-conservative christian millitia's war and with the state that the country is in now, how many of these so called "angry citizens" will be more then willing to take up arms with the Tim McVeigh's of our society, the Trechcoat Mafia's, or yes, even the christian reich-wing. When is enough finally enough? When 168 more people die at the hands of domestic terrorists? I sleep comfortably every night and even did so when the Bush administration tried to tell me that the boogie man was going to try to kill me on my home soil. I find myself profiling middle aged white men now. Who would have ever thought. Unfortunately the nonsense dealt out by the talking heads like Beck or Hannity or O'Rielly in where they go just far enough to convince a listener that someone would be better off dead without saying enough to be charged with conspiring to kill them. In other it's like every other issue the Conservatives want pushed through. They lobby for it and let the "lessers" do the dirty work. So in essence they're Death lobbyists. People will do anything to impress those they look up to and these individuals feed on that power. Boycott Faux News. Boycott any Conservative talking heads that endorse the exterminating of anybody with opposing views, or anyone who questions their logic. Whether it's Beck pretending to play out a scenario where he poisons Senate Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, or wonders aloud what it would be like to kill Micheal Moore. This hate filled bigotry has to stop. WE must stop it. Speak out against the insanity. Thank You.

                                                               -LeftOfCenter-
                                                                Aaron Norcia