Thothblog

First, let me start out by writing that I am a huge Dollhouse fan, I think the show is very good and like Firefly, I am sorry to see it end.

That being stated…STOP BEING POLITICAL IN YOUR TWEETS!  If people wonder why average citizens don’t want to hear celebrities be political I offer the following tweet posted by Eliza:

Aw, WOman: I want Martha Coakley for US Senator! She’s smart, honest, & on the good side of important issues! This is BIGtime

On the good side of important issues….I get not agreeing with someone’s political philosophy.  I get that.  But this whole tweet is sophomoric.  It would make sense if perhaps she were running against Stalin.  Maybe a former KGB officer looking to get back into the game.  However, she is running against Scott Brown, a Massachusetts National guard member (Lt. Col), and holds the Army Commendation Medal.  He also has a pesky Public Servant of the YEAR award.  I am not saying Scott Brown is a saint, but I am saying that maybe he is smart and honest and possibly cares about important issues just as I am sure Martha Coakley does

I don’t feel like I am asking much, I am simply asking that people who have loud voices for whatever reasons at least attempt to fire those silly brain neurons when they weigh in on important issues.  Eliza is rooting for Coakley, not because she has taken the time to learn the issues, nor because she actually knows what this woman stands for but she is rooting for Martha Coakley because she has a D after her name and because she will vote for the Health Care package.  A written package that is longer and more complex than anything ever imagined by this country’s founding fathers.  A package which right or wrong, 65% of the country wants nothing to do with it.  There’s no informed decision here.  Eliza, like many others, has a feel good mentality.  “YAY! we get to give healthcare to millions of uninsured!”  A mentality that is easy to come by when you don’t have to struggle between paying your electric bill and paying your mortgage because taxes went up again.

I plead with Eliza and others like her; before you rally your troops, of which you have many I am sure, can we treat our process and the people participating in the process with a little more dignity than that of a 5 grade recess “who started it” match.  Since Eliza was so fond of MLK day today, here is another quote of his that holds some meaning.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. - Martin Luther King

Sorry Eliza, but consider your chops busted!