From time to time I read through the editorials and opinion pages online. The reason why I normally don’t read through that portion of the newspaper is because the bulk of the writers’ views are slanted so far to the left that to call their opinions those of the Democrats or even the far left would be an insult to both groups. However, hate-monger Maureen Dowd wrote such a hate-filled, racist piece of garbage yesterday that I felt compelled to post about it in this space.

The idea of Dowd’s hate-filled column is that she thinks Representative Joe Wilson yelled, “You lie!” to President Barack Obama during his speech the other night due to being a racist. She even pulls up some old information on the Representative that she believes proves her point. Frankly, reading her piece made me physically ill. Here are some of her hate-filled, racist rants:

But, fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy!

In this quote, Dowd admits that she hears and sees the world through the ears and eyes of racist. How someone can insert “boy” into what they hear is beyond me. It’s reprehensible and gives us a window into Dowd’s true hatred of white men. Why didn’t she hear, “You lie, honey!” and claim that Wilson was gay instead of racist? Oh, because she’s a racist and hate-monger.

Wilson clearly did not like being lectured and even rebuked by the brainy black president presiding over the majestic chamber.

No, you racist, sexist asshole. Wilson heard a man who has – by the President’s own words – been unclear about his position on healthcare and he reacted. Did Wilson react correctly? Not at all. He reacted like a child and he ought to be ashamed of himself. But what type of hate-mongering moron could have listened to that childish outburst and interpreted it as racist? How pathetic?

I’ve been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer — the frantic efforts to paint our first black president as the Other, a foreigner, socialist, fascist, Marxist, racist, Commie, Nazi; a cad who would snuff old people; a snake who would indoctrinate kids — had much to do with race.

What a complete scumbag Dowd is! She says that the protests over the summer were efforts to paint Obama as a socialist, fascist, etc? And that it is based in racial politics? What type of crack is this idiot on? Did some people at those rallies have inappropriate signs? Yes. Did MANY more people at the anti-Bush rallies have worse signs? Yes. Did this filthy hate-mongering fool Dowd chastise them? No…she joined them. Talk about being a racist and a sexist pig.

But Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president — no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq — convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it.

Here we have a two-fer! First, Dowd shows that she’s a liar by claiming that no Democrat ever shouted “liar” at President Bush. What a crock of shit. They may not have done it in the Capitol building, but anyone who has 1/4 of a brain knows that the Democrats had a field day calling President Bush a liar over Iraq! Need we forget the false, “Bush lied, people died,” crap? How does the New York Times employ this idiot?

And then she goes on that some people just can’t believe that a black man is the President. Are you fucking serious? How about the fact that some people can’t believe that President Bush was President? Or that a guy with the lack of morals like Bill Clinton was President? Or that a guy who was an actor like Ronald Reagan was President? Talk about making a mindless point…Dowd’s hate-filled column is flush with them!

You can read the rest of her racist, sexist tirade here, if you want. But the real kicker in all of this stuff is that the White House – President Obama’s White House! – completely disagrees with Dowd.

Now, what will it take for Maureen Dowd to be fired? She spouted off on a racist rant against Joe Wilson. Both Republican Joe Wilson and the Democratic White House have indicated that she was wrong. Her rants are clearly those of a demented person who views the world through a racist and sexist lens. And the New York Times is going to allow her to stay on their staff?

For shame.

The woman who wrote the article did a great job of getting some preliminary information out there about student loans and how they are affecting many college and graduate school graduates. And remember, this was before there was a scandal or before it became burgeoning chic to talk about gigantic student loans.

But in that transformation from a one-time front page article in USA Today to the social cause that student loan debt has become, a bad trend has emerged. Namely, this trend is to make those of us who have mega student loans look like we’re victims.

I’m no victim.

Let me make it very clear – I took out all of those student loans with my signature to advance my education to make myself a more well-informed person in a competitive work force and in a competitive world. Me – I did it. No one else did it for me. I wasn’t duped, I wasn’t fooled – I wasn’t taken advantage of by someone one day and found out I had a 6-figure debt the next.

I took out that money to pay for an education that I could not have afforded without it. Plain and simple. Now, if you want to get into my beliefs on how I feel the general education system took advantage of me, then that’s a story I can talk about. If you want to know how teachers who are brainwashed to repeat the mantra of “do good in school, be involved in extracurricular activities, be responsible, go to college,” took advantage of me and every other public school student out there, then we can talk about that.

My issue isn’t with my massive debt (though believe me, it’s a bitch – especially when you’re trying to buy a house). My issue is with those folks who told me since I was a child this ridiculous mantra of how to get ahead in school. They didn’t tell me that young, Caucasian, suburban, intelligent males aren’t the ones who get the free rides to college.

They didn’t tell me that if you’re young, then society believes that you can pay your own way through college. What about those of us who had to work to simply pay our bills and living expenses?

They didn’t tell me that if you’re white, then society says that you must have an advantage over the other students by virtue of your skin color. I had no advantages and I can tell you numerous minority students who went to my undergraduate college for free just because they were Latino or black. Being white didn’t help me (nor does it help anyone who goes to a regular, non-Ivy League college).

They didn’t tell me that if you live in the suburbans, then society believes that you must come from a family with money. Bullshit on that! My family works hard for everything that they have and we are not rich nor are we upper-middle class. We are a regular family in America that struggles to get by – just like 99% of the families in this country. Being from a suburb didn’t help me a damn bit.

They didn’t tell me that if you’re intelligent, then society automatically assumes you are going to get a free ride to college and thus puts their money with the less fortunate. I graduated high school with a 4.02 and more activities, leadership positions, and sports than you could imagine. I got a $4,000 per year “break” on my tuition from my undergraduate institution which was taken away when I moved off campus (now does that make sense?). Being smart didn’t help me get a break with paying for college.

And then there is the fact that I’m a guy. Think about that for a minute. When was the last time you heard of a scholarship for smart, young white guys who live in the suburbs? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

THAT is my issue that is ancillary to the student loan problem – this is what I told the woman who wrote that article about me. I’m not a victim of student loan companies or a corrupted student loan system. I’m an example of what happens when our society turns ultra-liberal and where saying, “Good job,” to a young, white, suburban male is seen as xenophobic and racist against the “less fortunate.”

But as far as these people who are out there saying that they are victims, I have a message for them: get a grip. You signed the paperwork, you took out the loan. Live with it like the rest of us and pay it off as soon as you can.