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Cruz, Rubio and Other People’s Lives

On By Norbert HauptIn PoliticalLeave a comment
Republican U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Ted Cruz (L) looks over at rival candidate Senator Marco Rubio (2nd R) after Pope Francis' address before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in the House of Representatives Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington September 24, 2015. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan - RTX1SAE2
Republican U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Ted Cruz (L) looks over at rival candidate Senator Marco Rubio (2nd R) after Pope Francis’ address before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in the House of Representatives Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington September 24, 2015. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan – RTX1SAE2

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It is staggering when you think about the global challenges we are facing:

  1. Religious fundamentalism has gone nuts in the powder keg of the middle east, where ISIS is trying to stoke up World War III on purpose. I am actually glad that we have leaders in place that are somewhat rational, and I include Putin in that.
  2. We have the global warming disaster looming. Mind you, it may be not as bad as we think it is, as the fossil fuel lobby may want us to believe, but it also might be worse than we can even imagine. Refusing to STUDY it, consider it, taking it seriously, is outright irresponsible and possibly suicidal. The world needs to study this problem, not deny it. Only then can we take action with confidence.
  3. Our populace is pounded with soundbites of hate, fear, xenophobia, misinformation and lies. Our people are purposely kept stupid.

With all these challenges that our leaders should be concerned with, some of the frontrunners in the race for the presidency have nothing better to do than to muck with people’s personal lives, with what they do in their bedrooms, with the decisions women make about their own bodies, with the quiet enjoyment of people’s lives – like letting them decide who their marriage partners will be.

These are not leaders. These are puppets.