The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

As ardent readers of mine should know by now, I am in no way, shape, or form a supporter of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. He comes across as arrogant, angry, greedy, delusional, ill-informed, racist, sexist, xenophobic, and dangerous. If this man gets elected president, I think it would place the United States in a bad spot, both domestically and internationally. He'd further divide this country, which is saying something considering how divided we are already. We'd likely suffer economically, environmentally, educationally, and militarily. I will do anything and everything (within reason) to make certain this man doesn't get elected president. In saying all of that, however, Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler as some have suggested. Over the past week, Mexican presidents (past and present), comedians, conservative and liberal columnists, not to mention Democratic and Republican politicians have compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, noting his tone and gestures amon...

Think I'm overreaching a bit with the title of this post? Sure, I've handed out awards for the Douche of the Day and the Douche of the Week, even the Douche of the Year, but not until today have I had an opportunity to award a person as Douche of the Century. After explaining to you what this person said, however, I'd like to believe your eyes will widen, jaw will drop, and you'll think, "Holy sh*t! He really is the douche of the century!" Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has always been a ardent opponent of gay marriage rights, but for as ridiculous as he's sounded in the past when it comes to LGBT issues, he really outdid even himself with what he said in a recent interview with AL.com . When Chief Justice Moore was asked if he'd enforce the Supreme Court's decision in legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples nationwide, here's how Moore responded: "Could I do this if I were in Nuremberg [at the war crimes trial...

Billionaire Thomas Perkins recently wrote a letter-to-the-editor in the Wall Street Journal which made me realize it is possible be both a billionaire and stupid. In this letter-to-the-editor, the venture capitalist wrote the following: "I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazy Germany to its war on its 'one percent,' namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the 'rich.' ... From the Occupy movement to the demonization of the rich embedded in virtually every word of our local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, I perceive a rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent. There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. We have outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these 'techno geeks' can pay. ... This is a very dangerous drift in our American thinking. Kristallnacht was unthinkable in ...

Just last night, I read the following meme posted on Facebook and felt the need to comment on it: "Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents. your past relationships. your job. the economy. the weather. an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period" First off, I found it kind of funny that the meme closes its mini-rant with "Period," without adding a period after that very word, yet the author seemed content to place in periods throughout the piece where they would result in fragments. Secondly, I can understand how some people may get sick and tired of hearing individuals blaming their current situations on others (such as their parents), however, when one makes a claim using absolutes, he or she is almost always wrong. According to the author of this meme, does this mean that: Jews could blame themselves for being killed during the Holocaust? ...

Conservative Eliana Johnson of the National Review made some headlines recently with her "piece" entitled, "President Obama Commemorates the 'Senseless' Holocaust." On Holocaust Rememberance Day, the president said the following - "[Survivors who bore witness to] the horrors of the cattle cars, ghettos, and concentration camps have witnessed humanity at its very worst and know too well the pain of losing loved ones to senseless violence." Ms. Johnson took great issue with the president's words "senseless violence" when describing the Holocaust. Johnson went on to say the following in her "piece" - "Nazism may have been an ideology to which the United States was - and to which the president is - implacably opposed, but it is hardly 'senseless.' By the early 1930s, the Nazi party had hundreds of thousands of devoted members and repeatedly attracted a third of the votes in German elections; its political lea...