monsters among us

Henry Frankenstein: Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE! 

Victor Moritz: Henry - In the name of God! 

Henry Frankenstein: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God! (‘Frankenstein’, Francis Edward Faragoh) 

We shirk, scream and hide our faces as a monster encroaches upon our lives. Run, we say, run before it is too late. But what happens when it is we who are the creators, the purveyors, the initiators of the evolution of monsters. What happens when what we create becomes to difficult to contain. What happens when what we deemed as sensible and wise in manipulating the life of these monsters becomes lost and instead all we have is chaos, incivility and commotion? No politician can become a monster unless we permit it. I am more frightened not by the idiot, insincere, moronic politician buy by those who give them permission to run rampant. 

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. (Friedrrich Nietzsche)

Democrats are hammering Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock over his statement that employers should not have to cover cancer in their insurance plans if they don't want to. 

Mourdock, the state treasurer, argued in a newspaper interview last week that not only should employers not have to cover health care services that they oppose, such as contraception, but they also should be exempt from paying for anything they do not want to include, based on costs. (Huff Post)

We create monsters and then we can't control them. (Joel Coen) 

That a candidate running for Senate from the state of Indiana feels the health of the bottom line of a business is more important than the health of it employees... is shocking enough. That a person who is asking to be one of the key political figures in a state, supposedly elected having the interest of his constituents as primary importance, has made the interests of corporations a priority... is disturbing enough. BUT the mere fact that Richard Mourdock won his primary battle with a majority of votes enabling him to be a Senator placing profit over people... is down right scary. 

Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde (R) says he is sick and tired of reading sad stories about people struggling in the recession. Instead, he wants to see the media focus more on the debt and the larger problems afflicting the country. (Huff Post)

That a candidate running for Senate from the state of Wisconsin is tired of hearing about sick people, families struggling to make it through the day and then says there are greater problems we should talk about is... sad enough. That a person who is running for one of the highest offices in his state thinks too much news about the poor, the homeless, the unemployed is undeserved... is sickening enough. BUT the mere fact that Eric Hovde full of arrogance and ignorance has received enough votes to be considered as a Senator elect in the Fall... is frightening.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. (Laurell K. Hamilton)

"It's precisely this kind of thinking that has bled our treasury of money that we need to pay for the demands that this country has. I also think it's a moral issue," Sessions said. "Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food? I just ask that. I think we should wrestle with that question." Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. (Huff Post)

That a current sitting Senator from Alabama thinks that hungry Americans should not depend on our Government to assist with their daily survival...is cold and callus enough. That a person holding one of the most esteemed political positions in this nation thinks people want to be receiving food stamps instead of a pay check...is demented enough. BUT the fact that Senator Sessions holds an important position in the Senate and has been an incumbent with the popular vote... is ridiculous.

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters. (Simon Wiesenthal)