Omar Sapayeen
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Omar Sapayeen commented on Noam Chomsky’s Trick for Avoiding Political Letdown: Low Expectations on September 3, 2009, 12:59 PM
Liberals expect their president to do the fighting for them. Conservatives fight on behalf of their leadership. Look at the discourse over health care reform. The Republican party has no clear leader, it has no clear voice - but its citizenry stands up and fights, its supporters in the media (ie Fox News) have used all tactics at their disposal to demonize the president and all his policies, and have done so with such effect that Obama's overall support has fallen below the 50% point in the polls. Liberals, like Chomsky, just sit in their living rooms and go "meh". I hold liberal ideas for the most part, but it disgusts me how liberals are all pansies when it comes to standing up for what they think is right.
Omar Sapayeen commented on The Half-a-Viagra Presidency on September 3, 2009, 12:50 PM
I disagree.Strongly. I feel Obama's doing the best he can. He's taken a huge risk attempting to address health care at this time, which I thought was bad strategy from the start. The president simply cannot afford to jeopardize his entire career on this one issue given the many responsibilities he has as president. But I'd lay blame on the liberals/democrats of America who can't be bothered to speak up for themselves the way the conservative base has spoken up against health care reform. Where are the people who came out and cheered his campaign in November? Why aren't they at these "town hall" meetings raising their voices? Why are liberal intellectuals coming out and condemning the farce that is Fox News and other talking heads spewing lies without any fear of being held accountable? Obama's been virtually friendless in this struggle. The Right is condemning him, the Left is pressuring him, few are helping by speaking on his behalf. Health Care reform will fail, because "the people" who care enough to speak (and stand and wave their fists and engage in discourse) want it to fail. The libs may want it, who knows - they're too busy sitting in their underwear watching from home. In a democracy, the people get what they deserve. Obama was a better president than this country deserved. Exceptional president, mediocre people, there's dissonance.
Omar Sapayeen commented on Who is the Muslim woman? on August 10, 2008, 12:51 AM
I mentioned Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are Sunni. I could mention Indonesia. I could mention Brunei. In the Mid East, religious fanaticism is mostly a reactionary response to the totalitarian 'pro-west' dictators. Syed Qutb's perspective on the need for Islamic radicalism grew while he was imprisoned and tortured in Egypt. The liberation movement of the Palestinians used to be entirely secular until they found that approach failed, and they turned to religion. If you consider the world of Muslims, it's Hrsi Ali who is promoting a false image of Islam, and profiteering from that hate mongering. Societies that are godless have their own flaws. Consider what was the Soviet Union, consider North Korea..Consider China. Nations and cultures with no moral underpinnings. That part of America that exploits teenagers as sexual toys for an audiences pleasures...The Paris Hiltons and Lindsay Lohans..How is exploiting women as sexual pleasures better than Islamic rules on Hijab? There's a moderate middle ground that is possible, but condemning religion, Islam particularly, isn't a solution.
Omar Sapayeen commented on Who is the Muslim woman? on August 9, 2008, 8:51 PM
I mentioned Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are Sunni. I could mention Indonesia. I could mention Brunei. In the Mid East, religious fanaticism is mostly a reactionary response to the totalitarian 'pro-west' dictators. Syed Qutb's perspective on the need for Islamic radicalism grew while he was imprisoned and tortured in Egypt. The liberation movement of the Palestinians used to be entirely secular until they found that approach failed, and they turned to religion. If you consider the world of Muslims, it's Hrsi Ali who is promoting a false image of Islam, and profiteering from that hate mongering. Societies that are godless have their own flaws. Consider what was the Soviet Union, consider North Korea..Consider China. Nations and cultures with no moral underpinnings. That part of America that exploits teenagers as sexual toys for an audiences pleasures...The Paris Hiltons and Lindsay Lohans..How is exploiting women as sexual pleasures better than Islamic rules on Hijab? There's a moderate middle ground that is possible, but condemning religion, Islam particularly, isn't a solution.
Omar Sapayeen commented on The Democrats May Lose Ground in the Midterm Elections on September 3, 2009, 1:10 PM
People need to be vocal. The Democratic Party has control of the House and the Senate, they have the White House. The Republicans have no clear leader, no clear message. And yet the mood of the entire nation has been shaped by the very vocal crowd of angry white people, guided by Fox News and talk radio. Power is with the people. Liberals are pussies - they were forced to come out and vote for Obama after 8 years of Bush disaster, but have once again resigned to seething in their living rooms. I don't know if it's Christianity or religion in general that's taught conservatives to stand up and rally for their cause when liberals have no such inclination, but to me right now the difference in attitude with the respective bases (ie passionate conservative base vs. nonexistent liberal base), but we can't just blame politicians for this fast decline of a Democratic administration. I admire Republicans for their tenacity, their willingness to fight and fight dirty when that's what's called for. Unfortunately everything they stand for is vile and repugnant. Democrats stand for things I believe in, but they're absolute pussies.