Tag Archives: “Tea Party” movement
It’s Come to This: The Schoolboard Shooter Spin Competition
The frightening incident in which a man held a Panama City, Florida school board at gun point (he was ultimately shot and killed by a security officer) is somehow being used…or is being perceived as being used…to discredit both the Right and the Left in ultra-polarized America. Yet it has absolutely nothing to do with either. Continue reading
The Internet Censorship Bill and Escalating Abuse of Government Power: Why Do We Continue to Trust These People?
Day by day we are watching our core rights be marginalized by the very people who are sworn to protect it. They are neither honest, nor especially bright, nor courageous, and their loyalty and integrity are for sale, yet we not only accept their abuses, but prepare to trust them with even more power over our lives. Continue reading
Ethics Advice to Joe Miller: At Least Lose With Integrity
If Tea Party enthusiasts like Sarah Palin, who promoted Miller’s misbegotten candidacy, believe in core American values as much as they claim to, they need to shut down Miller’s disgraceful law suit. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership
Joe Miller’s Fallacy
It is both stunning and annoying to hear candidates for high office make statements that indicate that anyone off the street could do the critical job they are running for. Continue reading
Palin, Ifill, Contempt and Respect: A Cautionary Tale
At a recent speech, Palin warned Tea Partiers to avoid getting cocky, and not to “party like it’s 1773.” This provoked great hilarity among liberal partisans and pundits who, as you know, long ago told us that Palin was a moron. Continue reading
Christine O’Donnell’s Insult to Democracy
There is no need for Ethics Alarms to retell the whole, nauseating story: you can read plenty about O’Donnell’s foolishness here and here. I will just enumerate and summarize the ethical principles O’Donnell trashed (not counting her various misrepresentations about her credentials and misuse of campaign funds, that is). Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, Professions
The Democrats’ Fake Tea Party Candidate
If Congressman Adler keeps his seat because of this tactic, the Democrats will have stolen it, as clearly as if they had stuffed the ballot box with the votes of the dead, as certainly as if they had thugs stopping Republicans from voting at polling places. The only difference is that there is no law that prohibits what DeStefano is doing. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society
Unethical Quote of the Month: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
As the certainty of a Red Tide washing over Congress, the Senate and the state houses becomes more inevitable with each passing day, frustrated partisans in the blogosphere and news media are lashing out in frustration, allowing their commentary to become even more shrill and their respect for essentials like facts and fairness to shrink to the vanishing point. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is an especially depressing case in point. Continue reading
How Partisanship Corrupts Us All At Election Time
The upcoming election, among other horrible things, will stand as a landmark of ethical corruption, as parties, news sources and voters will have thoroughly abandoned integrity and weakened their core values by excusing damning behavior from their favored candidates, behavior that, if honestly and objectively evaluated, should disqualify them from any office of trust. Continue reading
