JOHN CHUCKMAN

POSTED RESPONSES TO AN EDITORIAL IN TORONTO’S GLOBE AND MAIL

Honorable John McCain?

Honorable because for once in his life he spoke against the utter stupidity of Republican zombies like Michele Bachmann, a woman who has made lunatic accusation after accusation in her career, and never before did the nasty little fly-boy speak up.

I don’t know just why McCain chose that moment to open his mouth, but it was certainly not a matter of honor. Likely his instincts told him there was political gain to be made, and he does have remarkably good political instincts.

If you want to inform yourself of just how dishonorable a man John McCain has been for most of his life, read this:

http://chuckmanwords.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/john-mccain-a-matter-of-character/
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“The Muslim ideology is a threat to the whole western world, because its stated aim is to subjugate it, and rid the world of democracy and human rights law and impose Sharia etc. Any sane person who practices Islam is either very dumb, or they are devious subversives. Islam is a poison for the mind, which brings much violence to the earth.”

And what of the ultra-Orthodox?

They have bizarre laws too.

And their women are held in utter inferiority and subservience.

They can’t even ride on a bus with men.

They cannot divorce their husbands no matter how abusive.

If there is a divorce, the man will be awarded the woman’s children.

While there are not great numbers of them, they certainly do their share of nasty damage.

Shooting unarmed Palestinians frequently.

Chopping done olive groves and fruit trees belonging to others.

Defacing and sometimes destroying the dwellings of others.

Stealing the land of others frequently.

All done while using unacceptable language calling their Palestinian neighbors things like vermin.

And what about the spitting on people on the streets or kicking those who happen to be different, as Arabs or Africans?

I guess that’s all okay?

JOHN CHUCKMAN

 

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY HANNAH STRANGE IN THE TIMES

Well, the man who reports this ugly incident is an American senator, and he is a Republican.

Even if he doesn’t like McCain, it is hard to see any motive for making this up.

Besides, the incident is in keeping with McCain’s well-known temper, said by those who’ve seen it in full fury to be frightening.

McCain as a young man bucked authorities and acted the typical troubled brat, fond of ugly tricks, in school. His academic record is mediocre.

He is the son and grandson of admirals and clearly did not have the talents needed to rise in the Navy. He only got into pilot’s training by his father’s pulling strings.

I suspect McCain suffers from the syndrome common to so many sons of famous fathers, especially ones who just don’t have big talent.

It’s actually another way in which he resembles Bush, because Bush and his father just about came to blows on more than one occasion.

As retired General Clark accurately said, getting shot down in a fighter doesn’t qualify you to be president.