Katy Perry and the 'No Walls' hypocrisy

Entertainer Katy Perry has said, that, following the Manchester England terror bombing, 

"... I think that the greatest thing we can do is just unite and love on each other. No barriers, no borders, we all just need to co-exist."

Katy Perry bought some property in Beverly Hills earlier this year. It had lots of security.

Katy's comment about 'no barriers' while being protected by barriers is similar to comments made by former President Obama and Pope Francis but Katy is prettier. 

There is some hypocrisy here but also obliviousness since the 'no barrier comments' are merely vapid expressions of virtue or hoped for virtue.

Katy Perry's purchase of property in Beverly Hills from an article in Variety.

The Sun's report on extra security for the next concert is here.

US News and World Report article about Obama says we shouldn't hide behind walls is here.
TMZ report on the walls under construction in Jan 2017 at Obama's post presidency residence is here.

Reuters report on the Pope's objection to walls is here.
Trip Advisor image of massive Vatican City Wall is here.

Is Sulu (George Takei) a hypocrite

George Takai played Sulu on various Star Trek products.  He began as an Ensign and by the time of 'The Wrath of Khan', he was a full commander.  Takai is a frequent tweeter with an extensive audience who get his tweets aka, his tweet followers.

Takai sent out a tweet recently with an instagram photo of Pope Francis, President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and the President's daughter from an earlier marriage (and advisor) Ivanka Trump.  Takai apparently complains that the dark clothes of the ladies signal dark times for our government.

Back in 2009, at about the same stage of his Presidency, then President Obama and First Lady Michelle met with a different Pope. Michelle wore about the same thing in 2009 as Melania did in 2017 (see image 2).  Not a peep out of Takai back then.

Hypocrisy? Probably not. First of all Takai may not have an account back then as twitter was relatively new. Also, Takai is, as pointed out by many other blogs, a drama queen (even if he was hetero this would be the description) who, for example, has repeatedly escalated and the de-escalated his various disputes with William Shatner for no apparently reason.



George Takai's tweet is here

ABC news report on July 2009 meeting between the Obamas and the Pope is here.


Photo of Pope Benedict, then President Obama and then First Lady Michele Obama is from Zimbio taken in July 2009.

Senator Schumer and the James Comey Pivot

Back in June 2016, after recommending against prosecution of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Charles Schumer liked then FBI Director James Comey.

In early November 2016, just before the Presidential election but after Comey had reopened the Clinton email investigation based on newly discovered e-mails, Schumer declared that Comey was untrustworthy. In the cartoon, a cartoonist, makes the same point.

In May 2017, after President Trump fired Comey, Schumer declared the firing a major mistake because, in Schumer's opinion, Comey was investigating the Trump-Russia linkage. The 1st picture shows a 2003 visit by Putin to NYC where Putin appeared with a smiling Schumer; this was after a Russian oil company opened a gas station in Brooklyn, NY. 

Schumer is not the only one who has changed their mind on Comey. Democrats have done so and Republicans (including Trump) have done so but at opposite times. The Republican National Committee put together a video of Democrats who changed their mind about Comey. The Democrats could do something similar, but as best as I can tell have not done so.

I've picked on Schumer only because he is the Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate, because he claims to have gotten a perfect SAT score (there is no way to determine if this is true) and he loves TV attention but doesn't seem to realize how phony and sanctimonious he sounds.

Is it hypocrisy?

Apparently, there is a way to be both against Comey and against Comey's firing based on 'timing'. The theory being that Comey is investigating the Russia-Trump linkage (although Comey isn't doing the investigation himself, he was, among other things, in charge of supervising the allocation of FBI investigative resources to the various activities they have underway).  This is the position that the NYTimes takes in an editorial (although they don't seem to realize that Comey is not an investigator).  Personally, I consider this position absurd (and the acting director stated in a Congressional hearing that there was adequate resources for the Russia-Trump investigation) but I admit that if you are determined to do so, it is possible to convince yourself of it.

Washington Examiner article in Nov 2016 where Schumer has lost confidence in Comey is here.

Washington Examiner article in May 2017 where Schumer attacks Trump for firing Comey is here.

NYtimes  editorial stating that Comey is untrustworthy and simultaneously stating that firing Comey is not only wrong but puts the nation in peril is here.

Schumer's claim of a perfect SAT score is here.

Picture of Schumer and Putin from ChiTribune article here.