More Trivialities

In my 9/18/10 post, I listed phrases that disqualify a writer or commentator from being taken seriously.  Their use indicates that the commentator is too lazy to present an actual argument or position (or, more likely, that no such argument really exists) and is simply resorting to banality.  Here are a few more words and phrases to add to that list.

• "The market hates uncertainty" (the market is uncertainty)
• "Nanny state" (I'm 62 and no government nanny has ever forced me to do anything)
• "Elitist" (i.e., anyone with an idea you don't agree with?)
• "Values voter" (aren't we all?)
• "Pro-growth tax cuts" (as opposed to the other kind?)
• "Pro-family" (anyone you disagree with is obviously anti-family)

Christian Life Resources and Politics (Part 6)

Every now and then Christian Life Resurces (CLR) carries an article that accuses the Democrats and President Obama of promoting "death panels" and health care rationing (see Jan. 6 post).  CLR also claims not to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican party.  But isn't it interesting that they look for health care rationing where none exists, but are strangely silent when actual health care rationing in the Republican state of Arizona (where transplants have been denied for budgetary reasons) has apparently contributed to at least a couple of deaths.  I am eagerly waiting for the story to appear on their website.  Fat chance.

Christian Life Resources and Politics (Part 5)

Recent headline on the Christian Life Resources website: "Pro-Life Leaders Want Congress to Overturn Death Panel Regs".

As you can see by the politically charged vocabulary, every once in awhile CLR wants to remind us that they aren't really what they claim to be.  Rather, they are just one more right-wing blog advancing a fringe political agenda.