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November 2012

Defining conservatism down

I want you all to read this from self-styled “conservative” Bret Stephens.  Just so we can get our bearings when it comes to the political spectrum.  Because as I’ve been saying, with each losing “compassionate conservative” / moderate election cycle — wherein our centrist technocrat, pushed as the only “electable” or “serious” candidate by the RNC establishment, gets painted as an extremist right winger — the ranks of those who

“It’s time to embrace ‘the vision thing’ and proselytize for conservative principles” [Darleen Click]

Dennis Prager The most widely offered explanation for Mitt Romney’s defeat is that the Republican party is disproportionately composed of (usually “aging”) white males. That is, alas, true. But the real question is what Republicans should do with this truth. […] The Democratic party and the Left generally have done a magnificent job in identifying conservative values as white-male values. One reason for their success is that they dominate virtually

As seen today in El Cariso, California [Darleen Click]

Hubby and I decided to meander down to Ortega Highway, Route 74, and meander over the mountains down into San Juan Capistrano then to San Clemente to have dinner on the pier. Near the top of Ortega Highway sits the tiny village of El Cariso. We stopped at the one restaurant, Hell’s Kitchen to split a sandwich, enjoy the funky dive (hey, where else can you gather your condiments for

In a comment just moments ago…

…I wrote, “[the GOP brand has]  been damaged by years of moving leftward, and letting the left frame each new lurch that way as the benchmark for “extremism” — while they themselves can move even more left” as a way to keep the distance between the parties apparent (and because that’s where they wish to take us). And then, happily, I was greeted with this:  “Bill Kristol: ‘It Won’t Kill

Reprise

See if any of this sounds vaguely familiar to you, dear readers: Sadly, racial identity politics, originated as a divide-and-conquer propaganda campaign by the Soviets in the 1920s, and then picked up again in earnest in the 1960s by those like communist history professor Howard Zinn, determined the election. Today, Weatherman founder, terrorist, and former professor of education Bill Ayers continues the Soviet disinformation campaign of attributing racism to capitalism.

Tickled me, Elmo

I eagerly await the “million muppets for pederasty” march.

Everything old is new again

Or rather, it should be.  But then, that would mean the kind of puristy baggage that simply doesn’t sell in this changing electoral landscape.  Wherein we must adapt, finesse, massage, and adjust our principles to meet the new reality if we ever wish to regain power.  And we do, power being the ultimate goal.  Liberty, individual autonomy, a free market capitalist system built on a stable rule of law and

“Man arrested for posting image of burning poppy on Twitter”

Question:  is the fact that I’m offended by your having taken offense also cause for an arrest? Note, this happened in the UK. But it’s the very kind of thing Hillary and Obama have supported in an effort to tweak our First Amendment and end all the hatred that that odious amendment, as currently understood, unleashes into a world where hatred cannot be tolerated.  We must be intolerant of intolerance!

“No Meat on Mondays in Los Angeles”

I wonder what color the ribbons will be?  The Los Angeles City Council is urging all residents to observe “meatless Mondays” from now on. A resolution adopted on Oct. 24 reads: “Be it resolved, that the Council of the City of Los Angeles hereby declares all Mondays as ‘Meatless Mondays’ in support of comprehensive sustainability efforts as well as to further encourage residents to eat a more varied plant-based diet

My advice to “fiscal conservatives”

You guys are fine, I suppose, so long as you agree to support moderate Republican candidates who spend compassionately, and so long as you stop whining like bitchy little Hobbits about debt ceiling increases and compromises on principle that move the country leftward by institutionalizing a Marxist class dynamic of punitive taxation. Shed that puristy cloak of fail.  Join team electability.  Get on board for the big win!