Amazing, the loose coalition formally known as the Republican Party is slowing corroding and falling into disrepair.  Formed of social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and security conservatives the party previously owned and controlled by the social conservatives has been hijacked by the so called neo-conservatives.

The religious fringe of the Republican Party started out being tolerated by the rest of the party, then courted by them and now it seems they are demanding the affections of a party that has simply lost interest in them.

Dick Cheney, in 1994, made it clear that he was completely against going into Iraq for exactly all the reasons we are now stuck in the middle of the worst mistake this country has ever made.

The Republicans thought they knew Dick, but as it turns out … not so much.

If Republicans think so little of our children maybe they’d be in favor of converting them into bio-fuel instead of providing them with health care.  Rather than caring about S-CHIP and making sure that this nation’s next generation gets health care.  Maybe we could look at our younger folks as a solution for our nations dependence on  foreign oil.

Consider for a moment that meat contains about 1,300 calories per pound.  Given that the average child might weigh between 50 to 100 pounds, that is up to 13,000 calories per child if we can figure out a way to convert children into bio-fuel!  Who knew children were so valuable in the Republican view of the world?

Now, please do not misunderstand here, in no way shape or form is this a proposal to violate the sanctity of an unborn fetus’s right to life.  No sir indeed, until they are born it is well understood that George Bush is 110% in favor of protecting children – it’s the already born for which he has no compassion.

So, why not kill two birds with one stone?  We could even bring our troops home from Iraq because we wouldn’t need to worry about he flow of middle eastern oil if we had a steady supply of bio-fuel converted from the children to whom the Republican’s don’t want to give health coverage.

How would the plan work?  Easy, actually – all children have parents according to Republican think.  So, therefore their parents should be responsible for paying all their medical bills.   If the parents are so irresponsible as to not be able to afford the medical costs of childhood cancer, an automobile accident, or some horrible life threatening disease then - again according to Republican Think - the parents are to blame for having had the children in the first place.

So, if Senate Republican staffers e-mails are to be believed our society has no obligation to help children with such idiotic parents.  Taking this logic one step further shouldn’t we as a nation even be able to benefit from the situation?

If we take these children and turn them into bio-fuel the S-CHIP issue is resolved, our dependence on  oil is over and Republicans can even claim this is the ultimate extension of being “Pro-Life”.

The real shame behind the entire Senator Craig issue is how acceptable it still is to gay bash.  The Moral Majority, the Christian Coalition and other conservative pundits are all over the talking heads shows calling Senator Craig’s actions, “a moral failing”.

Mind you they aren’t talking about having sex in public, nope.  They are talking about being gay.  As the newest graduating class of Liberty University takes to the streets looking for jobs specifically designed to strips gays and lesbians of the civil rights (oddly enough in the name of upholding the civil rights of Christians), let’s all take a moment to reflect upon the coverage of the Craig scandal.  

The left is attacking him for being 99.44% pure hypocrite – and they are correct.  Craig is fighting what he considers moral demons to play at a pretend straight marriage.  And that would be fine in and of itself; but, he took it too far, he actually attempted to screw other gay people over with laws designed to strip them of the very rights afforded to every citizen in the US Constitution.

Being a hypocrite is harding BREAKING NEWS these days and the more concerning issue is the way the right is attacking Craig.  They are pure and simply gay bashing.  Questioning his morality not because he was a naughty boy in a public place, but because he is gay. 

The question as to if the Conservative Right Wing of American politics has any scruples has long ago been answered in the negative.  This for them is, however, a new low.

Weren’t the Republicans the ones who wanted a government that taxed its people fairly, and weren’t the Democrats the one in favor of gay rights – what happened to that?

Gay couples are expected to pay the exact same income and property taxes that everyone else pays.  However, there is no box on the tax form that says, ” Check here for a 20% discount if you can’t use all the services provided by your government”.

Gay couples still pay school taxes in states where they are not allowed to adopt children.  Gay Couples still pay social security taxes to a system that allows non-working married couples to extend benefits to their spouses while gay couples pay exactly (if not more) and are denied that benefit.

Gay couples pay state taxes to support a civil court system that would protect a relatives right to sue for wrongful death or injury of a spouse.  Gay couples still get to pay state taxes, but are in most cases denied access to the courthouse.