In the wake of Whistleblower Susan Brita’s testimony, Rep John Mica discusses the White House’s role in keeping the scandal quiet. “Journalist” Soledad O’Brien reacts with barely concealed contempt that this Republican would accuse the Greatest and Most Transparent Administration in the History of Ever of engaging in some sort of cover up.
— That being something completely beyond the realm of possibility, evidently.
Anyone who believes we live in a free country any longer is delusional. We are living in the midst of a coup. The philosophy behind it is tyrannical and relies on materialism and anti-foundationalism for its philosophical justification — but that, too, is a dodge: this is about a will to power, and a progressive assumption that the political and policy beliefs of leftist activists provide the moral imperative allow ends to justify means.
That some putative GOP boosters fail to see it — or would rather decry the overreaction of Visigoths to what they maintain is merely traditional Democrat political maneuvering — is potentially dangerous, but it should also be largely irrelevant.
Unless, that is, you are one of those people who can be shamed easily.
Unfortunately, the GOP seems to be crawling with tightly woven groups of such types, who do an admirable job of convincing one another than their cowardice and blinkered worldview is really just hard-boiled realism coupled with a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Which, you must admit, has certainly served Presidents Dole and McCain well.
PS: RANK SEXISM!
We are living in the midst of a coup. The philosophy behind it is tyrannical and relies on materialism and anti-foundationalism for its philosophical justification — but that, too, is a dodge: this is about a will to power,
What I Learned From Glenn Beck Today™: Alinsky got many of his tactics from hanging out with Al Capone’s goons. When asked if that weren’t a problem, he pointed out that he didn’t actually go out with them when they iced someone, he just partied with them after they came back.
Which, that explains quite a bit. RfR is about taking over the joint without actually killing someone, at least not explicitly. I’m sure if it came to corpses, Alinsky would just shrug it off as One Of Those Things.
It’s not for nothing the great appeaser was a conservative then? Leading the way to “peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now I recommend you go home, and sleep quietly in your beds.”
Amen.
…to what they maintain is merely traditional Democrat political maneuvering…
Here’s my offer to the GOP boosters: I will grant that what we’re seeing is just traditional Democrat politics, if they admit that they are the spineless weasels who allowed the Left to get away with this bullshit for so long that it became a tradition.
Fair?
dicentra, excellent interview with Glenn Beck on gun rights here.
Full interview here.
“All is proceeding as I have foreseen.” — Barack Obama
Obama’s goal, from the beginning, has been to transform America into a Socialist kleptocracy, which has as its it greatest side benefit (in his view), the castration of America as a world power. Drive up deficits. Check. Use government funds to pay off cronies and buy support. Check. Use huge deficits as a reason to de-fund the military. Check. Empower America’s enemies to reduce our ability hold sway around the world. Check.
Those we know as the “establishment Republicans” are okay with all of this because they know they will be getting their beak wet all along the way. They only pretend to resist because they worry that moving to fast will give away the game. Democrats don’t worry about that because they figure the game will be over so it won’t matter that people catch on.
INGSOC, baby. Get ready because
here it comesit’s here.Which, you must admit, has certainly served Presidents Dole and McCain well.
Funny how all the pragmatic Republicans who, correctly, observe that you don’t win the White House without the precious “independent” vote, never seem to explain how pillars of moderation and centrism like Dole and Ford and McCain and G. H. W. Bush failed to win their electoral bids. Don’t even mention Reagan. It gives them headaches, trying to explain how centrist and moderate he was in his campaign.
Just like with the Tea Parties. Let’s howl about loopy O’Donnell and weird Sharron Angle, and they were weird. Yet, they never stop to consider the many Tea Party victories in the historic 2010 capture of the House. Only those two failures.
“All is proceeding as I have foreseen.” — Barack Obama
The freaking mook thinks he’s Hari Seldon,
So Obama gets on the teevee (again) this morning to chastize us about our piggish energy using ways and to repeat for the upteenth time his lies about how much better off we are than we were before thanks to his far-sighted energy policies.
Sacha? Really?
In the immortal words of Vince Lombardi;
“WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON OUT THERE?”
Then why are he and his ilk philosophically anti-Foundationalist?
Then why are he and his ilk philosophically anti-Foundationalist?
Very punny.
Just google “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism“. Everything you need to know is in there. Maybe “George Orwell” can loan you his copy.
According to Hayek, the failure of central planning always results in more central planning. In completely unrelated news:
Obama Seeks to Expand Fed’s Grasp on Oil Markets
No. He thinks he’s Daneel Olivaw, orchestrating the whole deal from his Super-Secret Moon Base.
Hari Seldon didn’t get to live to rule his Utopia, after all. Olivaw? 20,000 more years, baby. Screw this “four more years” carp!
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If I had more time I would work the South Park movie title into the cheerleader tryout.
Didn’t work out too well for Hari Seldon’s predictions after awhile, did it? I think we have a Mule in the White House.
When I read fiction I find it’s easier to keep track of characters if I give each one a recognizable voice.
If I ever read that book again I’m afraid the Mule’s voice will indeed be that of #Occupant Obama.
#Occupant Obama accompanied by the shrieking harpies of The New York Times, McG. If you think about it, the MSM is really the ones who elected O. How could 52% of the voting public be so ill-informed without some heavy-duty salesmanship by the media? The very fact that he was elected without vetting says volumes about the civic health of the Republic.