Monday, July 11, 2005
Janeane Garafolo, liar or idiot?
What in the world is Janeane Garafolo doing posing as a political expert, or as a political commentator, or for that matter as an expert on anything. In my opinion, Ms. Garafolo is an idiot! Ms. Garafolo did not graduate from college, she did not study political science, economics, history or any of the other disciplines that would have made her qualified in any way to discuss geopolitical issues with anyone on any public airwave. Ms. Garafolo, does have a first amendment right to spout off any of the stupid comments that she is famous for, but why anyone would give her a microphone to discuss politics is beyond me. Following are a couple of quotes that Ms. Garafolo has been credited with.
"The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off."
"Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."
Since Ms. Garafolo hates this country so much and what America stands for, she should move to Canada or Afghanistan! I didn’t care much about anything she said until I heard her ranting and raving on her Air America radio program. During the few minutes that I happened to hear, she was providing commentary on a recent Supreme Court decision (Small v. United states - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/03-750.pdf). Ms. Garafolo stated that “thanks to the Bush administration” felons could now buy guns. Apparently Ms. Garafolo missed the day in high school where the children learned about the 3 branches of America government. You see, neither President Bush nor anyone in his administration had anything to do with allowing felons to purchase or own firearms.
The Supreme Court ruled that someone convicted of a felony in a foreign court was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. And the funniest thing about Ms. Garafolo’s comments wasn't her apparent lack of knowledge about how our government works, it was that the court’s decision was 5 to 3, the liberals voted to allow foreign convicted felons to buy/own firearm and the conservatives wrote the dissenting opinion. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O’Connor, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Kennedy, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J., took no part in the decision of the case.
Later in the same Air America program, Ms. Garafolo stated that Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing media folks, should not be allowed to speak on the public airwaves because they were liars! Well, I say that Ms. Garafolo should give up her seat at the microphone because she is either a liar or an idiot! When I emailed Air America to ask for an explanation or correction, I received no reply and no correction was made either. Ms. Garafolo should stick to something she’s good at like acting or comedy. Oops, maybe not acting or comedy since she’s neither a talented actress nor a funny comedienne (did anybody see “Nadine in Date Land”?). Maybe she should get a job at a sideshow as the “tattooed lady”.
"The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off."
"Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, 'We're here, we're queer!' -- that's what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."
Since Ms. Garafolo hates this country so much and what America stands for, she should move to Canada or Afghanistan! I didn’t care much about anything she said until I heard her ranting and raving on her Air America radio program. During the few minutes that I happened to hear, she was providing commentary on a recent Supreme Court decision (Small v. United states - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/03-750.pdf). Ms. Garafolo stated that “thanks to the Bush administration” felons could now buy guns. Apparently Ms. Garafolo missed the day in high school where the children learned about the 3 branches of America government. You see, neither President Bush nor anyone in his administration had anything to do with allowing felons to purchase or own firearms.
The Supreme Court ruled that someone convicted of a felony in a foreign court was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. And the funniest thing about Ms. Garafolo’s comments wasn't her apparent lack of knowledge about how our government works, it was that the court’s decision was 5 to 3, the liberals voted to allow foreign convicted felons to buy/own firearm and the conservatives wrote the dissenting opinion. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, O’Connor, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia and Kennedy, JJ., joined. Rehnquist, C. J., took no part in the decision of the case.
Later in the same Air America program, Ms. Garafolo stated that Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing media folks, should not be allowed to speak on the public airwaves because they were liars! Well, I say that Ms. Garafolo should give up her seat at the microphone because she is either a liar or an idiot! When I emailed Air America to ask for an explanation or correction, I received no reply and no correction was made either. Ms. Garafolo should stick to something she’s good at like acting or comedy. Oops, maybe not acting or comedy since she’s neither a talented actress nor a funny comedienne (did anybody see “Nadine in Date Land”?). Maybe she should get a job at a sideshow as the “tattooed lady”.
