purity

• Purity, is the absence of impurity or containments in a substance or abstinence from vices and/or abundance of virtue, a measure of correlation between a system and its environment, a measure of correlation between a system and its environment

In Nazi Germany, there was a test to keep things pure. Anything Jewish was a sure fire way to fail the test, and anyone wanting to think on their own, creatively, be outspoken against the Fuehrer, did not muster up to being pure.

In the hay days of “are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party”, Senator McCarthy had a whole slew of purity tests. He prodded politicians, threatened writers, directors, actors, intimidated average Americans and if you failed his test you made his list and suddenly you were blackballed from EVERYTHING.

Purity Tests for girls have been invented. It started with girls because we all know it was Eve who ate that damn apple and had she been more like a man none of the devilish original sin would have ever happened. Purity rings were invented so girls could demonstrate publicly that they were not sleeping around and it was a whole lot easier than finding the keys for their chastity belt. Purity of woman is of the absolute concern for American’s preaching values, in 2011. And it seems women never ever seem to know how to maintain purity, remain pure, or even understand why others insist they are pure.

The GOP has yet one more purity test to appease those who hate difference, seem to know God better than anyone else, and love to wallow in do as I say not as I do. They started with Grover Norquist’s no taxes purity pledge, say no to the Socialist Obama Care, Paul Ryan’s boon for America and now have added the Susan B. Anthony Purity test for anyone considering a run in politics and especially the attempt to be President.

Like the Nazi’s and like Senator McCarthy’s party line, party dogma, fear and foible, ask no questions, follow like a lemming, no gray areas ever, the GOP self appointed Christian Conservative, Values Are Us militia wants to set the rules based on bias, bigotry and bogus. And the people we would hope to elect into office because, say, they have their own intelligence, can reason and ration, find the facts to find truth, need not apply. The GOP wants us to elect a person for President, who kowtows to threats, and is treated like a dog on a short leash.

The Susan B. Anthony List is a political action group whose main objective is to end ALL abortions no matter the health of the woman, the cause, be rape, incest, or the determination by the woman. It is a group founded by women who seem to think other women should have little to no say on their reproductive rights. And the Susan B. Anthony List is insistent that anyone running for President, male or female must give up their right to think, assess but to acquiesce to one and only one belief that ALL abortions no matter what or why are illegal.

And with this purity test those unable to think clearly, be presidential set the lead instead of following it like Bachman, Santorum, Pawlenty, have agreed to sign this pledge. All three, if President, must first meet with Grover Norquist, Paul Ryan, Pat Robertson, the Koch Brothers, and now the folks at the Susan B. Anthony List before they enact their elected duties as Commander-In-Chief. All three and any other of the gang of GOP/Baggers wanting to be President must realize the higher power they turn to is not God, but those who play God.

Purity is never pure when you seek to dilute anything human from its form. Purity is an excuse for not admitting that the beauty of being human is to learn, understand, try, experiment and think. Purity lulls you into feeling safe, but then like a hidden trap it grabs you and suddenly you look, act and become a puppet. And there is always someone pulling your strings. When or where will it stop?