Month: October 2012
Blind Obedience and Mitt Romney
Mormon blind obedience
Since the days of the founding “prophet” of Mormonism, Joseph Smith Jr., presiding officers of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) have mandated obedience to Church officials. The LDS Church is a patriarchal religion rooted in the traditions of the Old Testament. Unquestioning loyalty to LDS leaders is an immutable demand placed on Church members — and a fundamental characteristic of Mormonism.
LDS authorities believe they have a divine right to impose their will upon others.
Mormon culture emphasizes the need for members to be obedient to the authoritarian control of Church leadership. LDS authorities believe they have a divine right to impose their will upon others. A member cannot be considered a good Mormon unless he or she is subservient to LDS leaders and demonstrates compliance with Mormon teachings. Mormons may insist they sustain Church officials on a voluntary basis, but if they do not conform to the directives of their leaders, they may be judged to be in a state of apostasy.
Blind obedience compels the subordination of individual LDS Church members to the hierarchical superstructure. It is the invisible glue that binds the LDS Church and the principal ingredient that fuels the wealthy and powerful Mormon machine. Questioning the edicts of LDS authorities is viewed as subversive behavior that undermines religious faith. Blind obedience keeps Church members in check, via an uncomplicated, orderly world, where dissent is largely prohibited and Mormons obediently do as they are told — a psychological pattern generally valued above critical thinking by faithful Mormons.
Gravy with That?
When it comes to endorsements one hopes
Not to receive one from a loud-mouth oaf.
But Mitt Romney’s endorsers
Just seem to get worser and worser.
He just was endorsed by Meat Loaf.
Obama Is the First President to Vote Early
Now ignore the fact that there’s no gray hair on that picture. I’m just glad I renewed my driver’s license.
— President Obama, showing his driver’s license when he voted yesterday — becoming the first president to vote before Election Day — in his hometown of Chicago, the Washington Post reports.
Romney Spent $100k of Massachusetts’ Money to Cover His Tracks
$100,000
The amount in state funds Mitt Romney spent to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, according to Reuters: “The move during the final weeks of Romney’s administration was legal but unusual for a departing governor, Massachusetts officials say.”
Obama: Ryan’s Rand Obsession Is Juvenile
Well, you’d have to ask Paul Ryan what that means to him. Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up. Then, as we get older, we realize that a world in which we’re only thinking about ourselves and not thinking about anybody else … that’s a pretty narrow vision. It’s not one that, I think, describes what’s best in America. Unfortunately, it does seem as if sometimes that vision of a “you’re on your own” society has consumed a big chunk of the Republican Party.
— President Obama,in an interview in Rolling Stone, responding to question about what Paul Ryan’s obsession with Ayn Rand’s work would mean if he were vice president.
Mormons Etch-A-Sketched Away Their Longstanding Ban on Allowing African Americans to Join Their Cult – We’re Seeing a Similar Abrupt Rewriting of History from the Romney Campaign
A line in the song “I Believe” from the inexplicably wildly popular musical “Book of Mormon” says, ”And I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people!!” The line is a reference to the fact that in 1978, the Salt Lake City-based cult lifted a 126-year-old ban on allowing people of African descent from joining the church in any meaningful way — they could join and tithe, but they were forbidden from taking part in the secret rituals or enjoying the fruits of a righteous life in the afterlife, so why bother.
Cult dogma offered various reasons for banning black people over the years. One of the most popular of these was that Africans were descendants of Cain, whom God had punished by giving them dark skin and, presumably, curly hair.
So what happened in 1978 to change the cult’s mythology about black people? Nothing really. Cult leaders just shook their holy Etch-A-Sketch and voilà:
Racist Romney Surrogate: Colin Powell Endorsed Obama Because of Allegiance to His Race
On CNN last night, John Sununu, George H.W. Bush’s disgraced former chief of staff, interjected another racist insult into the presidential campaign yesterday by asserting that George W. Bush’s secretary of state, Colin Powell, put allegiance to his race ahead of his professional and political judgment when he endorsed Pres. Obama:
Sununu:And frankly, when you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to wonder whether that’s an endorsement based on issues or whether he’s got a slightly different reason for preferring President Obama.
Morgan: What reason would that be?
Sununu: Well, I think when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him.
Earlier this month, Sununu described the president as lazy and unintelligent.
Joke’s On Donald
Should a sitting president go on the “Tonight Show?”
The answer, for many, is a resounding No.
But by making that Trump bloke
The butt of his own joke,
Obama proved again that he’s funnier than Jay Leno!
