Al Franken laughs...

When the big corporate scandals came down and we found out that some companies had behaved criminally, conservatives were outraged along with everyone else. The liberals blamed us, but we were hurt and saddened at the crime and its damage as much as anyone. Now, when we have proof that scumminess is not limited to the conservative side of things, the liberals (choose one):

1. Choke on their outrage.
2. Call for immediate investigation and prosecution of those involved.
3. Laugh
4. Call it 'boring'
5. Both 1 and 2
6. Both 3 and 4

Ladies and gentlemen, the answer is 6!

There was an organization set up to help kids named 'Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club', and it got screwed by a man named Evan Cohen to the tune of almost $900,000. Al Franken thinks it's funny. Evan Cohen is the former Development Director for 'Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club' and the former chairman of...you guessed it...Air America.

Al Franken was interviewed about the scandal - the theft. During this interview, after he rightly calls Cohen a crook, he laughs when describing the theft. Why in the hell is he laughing about it? Is he nuts? No matter how I look at this, I do not see a subject for laughter.

I wonder what would have been said had a conservative that was involved with the companies in question laughed about Tyco, Enron, or WorldCom. I am not implying that Franken was involved with the crime - as far as I can see there is no evidence whatsoever that he was; I am saying straight out that he was involved with Air America (which is at the core of the scandal) and that it is HIGHLY inappropriate for him to laugh about this.

Now - taking this a step further...

Liberals consistently prove themselves to be vulnerable to the crimes they continually accuse us of.

In his book, 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" he distorts the truth (and does so in a way that to me has to be deliberate), which to me is...a lie! When you deliberately seek to obfuscate by telling the truth in such a manner as to make others believe that something that is untrue is true, you've lied. Also, does Franken include BILL CLINTON in his book? If he's discussing liars, he might as well get the world champion liar on the table! Somehow, I doubt Clinton figures prominently in Franken's writings.

Liberals accuse conservatives of being opportunists. I think the scandal above proves that liberals are opportunists. I think that Clinton selling us out to the Chinese show that they're opportunists. I think that their electoral crimes prove them to be opportunists. I think their class warfare strategies prove them to be opportunists.

Liberals accuse conservatives of close-mindedness. Try and get a liberal to accept that bilingual education doesn't work (despite the evidence). Try and get a liberal to accept that there is no evidence that gun control has any effect on crime rates. Try and get a liberal to accept that the welfare state has hurt and not helped poor people (Remember the gloom and doom predictions when Clinton moved toward correcting welfare? Funny how none of the predictions proved to be accurate, isn't it?). Heck, try and get a liberal to admit that global warming and evolution are only theories! They won't do it!

Liberals accuse conservatives of being uncaring of the plight of the suffering. I'm sorry, but was that a baby you murdered? I know you call it aborted, but to me that word is window dressing; it's kind of like calling rape a violation of one's reproductive rights. So I'm uncaring when I refuse to subsidize an alcoholic welfare burger and you're the most caring person in the world when you murder a baby? Is that how it works?

Liberals accuse conservatives of not standing up for the little guy. The size of the average donation to the Republican party is right around $50. The Democrats refuse to release that information and call it 'proprietary'. Anyone care to wager whether or not they'd release that information if it was helpful to their cause (i.e. less than the Republican amount)?

Sorry liberals, but you lose.

Bartleby