Starting on October 12th, the 33 miners trapped in the Copiapo mine in Chile were rescued. There are some astounding videos and images from the operation that make me highly envious of journalists... until I remember the state of modern day journalism and its role in current affairs - then I'm not so envious.
Nonetheless, the below video celebrates some amazing photography and an even more amazing rescue operation that should melt even the iciest of hearts.
If you are not aware of who Christine O'Donnell is then I suggest you backspace out of this page right now. Introduction to the puzzle that is O'Donnell is also introduction of mass stupidity into one's life - simply put, it's an introduction you could do without.
O'Donnell is the product of Tea Party campaigning and 'Birther movement' propaganda. There is no other reason a sane-minded population would allow this woman a majority in the primary US Senate special elections in Delaware this year. The fact that the Tea Party Express financed most of her campaign from February 2009 onwards pretty much removes any doubt that from the very inception of her candidacy; O'Donnell is nothing but a physical manifestation of the far right's propaganda.
Interestingly enough, George W. Bush's former advisor Mark McKinnon recently alleged that "Middle America is being ignored by Washington and the media. Centrists are desperate for a voice today; they feel entirely unrepresented." I appreciate McKinnon's words on the matter as it is important for the general public and media to not forget the fact that the minority do not represent the majority. However, this begs the question of why then are the minority succeeding politically and not the majority? The answer may lie in the fact that the more extreme political views garner more media coverage. Publicity is publicity.
O'Donnell, who lists her political inspiration as Sarah Palin won the primary in September 2010 which meant the GOP-backed candidated was ousted. What this means for those who don't speak 'American Acronyms' is that instead of a mainstream Republican being voted in; Delaware instead gets an extreme candidate extracted from the radical fringes of the Republican party. O'Donnell is the eighth Tea Party-backed candidate to oust the GOP establishment candidate in such elections. This means the radical wing of the Republican party is slowly but surely swallowing the more mainstream conservatives of the GOP. As I've iterated, the reasons for this pattern a mixture of media propaganda (fuck you very much, Fox News) and ignorance.... oh and the fact that there's a black man in the White house? Now there's a oxymoron that's lighting the firecracker in the South's backside...
Christine O'Donnell isn't a very difficult woman to profile. Actually, she can pretty much be summed up by the following videos and quotes:
On religion: "Separation of church and state is in spirit supported by our Constitution, but it is not in our Constitution. I also want to clarify that it's separation of church and state, not separate from church and state." A proud graduate of the Bush school of speech-making, no?
"We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools. Now we're having weekly shootings. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS."
On women: "By integrating women into particularly military institutes, it cripples the readiness of our defense. When you have women in that situation it just creates a whole new set of dynamics which are distracting to training these men to kill or be killed." This coming from someone who calls herself a 'feminist' - last I checked feminism wasn't about making distinctions between the sexes and drawing a ruled line between what they can or can't do: it was about equality.
On abortion and women's rights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=malOI7bUbFk
In the above video, O'Donnell discusses her views on being 'pro-life' or as I prefer to call it 'anti-choice' and states that if the mother's life is at risk due to the pregnancy it should be a 'family decision to choose one life or the other'...
On evolution:
Apparently it's a myth?
On Hitler and Jews:
So apparently, she wouldn't lie to Hitler about having those of a Jewish faith in her house because as we all know, 'thou shalt not lie' and Christine would very much like to get into Heaven, thank you very much. So, how badly do we all think she's going to burn for making fradulent claims against her former employer ISI?
Her claim is that whilst she was studying at university, she was also working for the ISI and that they 'violated' their promise to give her the time to focus on the Masters course she was taking at the time. She ended up with no Masters. This then means she is academically disadvantaged when applying for job positions in the future and could have been earning (according to her) $50k per year had she had a degree. Logically (and I use that word liberally here) she decided to sue the ISI.
Just one problem with her legal claim against her former employers: the fact that she was only enrolled for ONE undergraduate unit at that time - not a whole Masters course. O'Donnell couldn't possibly tell a lie to save a life but if it means more money in her pocket; she'll talk 'til her nose is longer than Pinnochio's. She sounds like a seasoned veteran of the politics game already; I'll give her that.
On masturbation:
Why are you in the picture at all, Christine?
Really now America, knock this crazy shit off. The people you choose to represent you are getting loonier by the minute (Don't you dare whine about Obama counteracting these crazies; we all know he's being drowned out by the mass stupidity that's being integrated into the Senate at the federal level). You're starting to make Glenn Beck look sane here. It's one thing to have a intolerant Bible-basher rally the amount of support O'Donnell has but it is a whole other level of gullibility and stupidity to raise a hypocritical intolerant Bible-basher onto the pedestal of state politics - especially when you know she'll drop the kind sentiments of religion the minute enough money is dangled in front of her face.
