Happy Thanksgiving weekend

sorry this is a day late but I hosted Thanksgiving and did a mojority of the cooking so I haven't really touched a computer in a few days. Anyway, hope everyone had a great day and are having a great weekend. I thought it very proper to submit this link and recommend you all read it and realize why we celebrate this day.

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My pic of the day

Potentially great political move

I thought this to be a very keen insight and agree it could be a great political move:

http://redstate.org/print/2004/11/15/12911/733

I would say however that I am still wary of Sen. Lieberman in ligh of the critical juncture being reached in the Middle East and whether he could bring credibility to each side of the issue as an Orthodox Jew. I have always stood by that as the issue that keeps him from being President, but the more I think about it, maybe as we near (not necesarily soon, but I think it is heading that way) a compromise of some sort with Arafat gone, he could provide good guidance and an interesting perspective. Though what Arab states will honor his religion?

Damn, what do you guys think?

National Review Cover

Another nail...

in the coffin of CNN. Not only were they incredibly swayed by the Kerry campaign in the wee hours of Nov. 3rd into believing that there were 250,000 uncounted votes instead of the reported 135,000 (as said by the secretary of the state on FoxNews THAT night), but while channel surfing last night I stopped on CNN to see what this "Anderson Cooper 360" was all about. He was interviewing some crack pot about how it was a commuter plane and not a 757 that hit the Pentagon on Sept. 11, as evidenced by eyewitness accounts. The government is obviously in full cover up mode for this one (eyes rolling). I mean is that a serious news topic?

Oh, and on Fox News at the same time? A picture tribute to our soldiers in Fallujah (sp?) to honor them on Veterans Day. Fair and balanced or not, at least they are patriotic and real.

A thought on Liberalism

I first want to say that I am sorry that I have allowed myself to get too busy to post even if only once a week. I think this is a great forum and even if it is a little preaching to the choir, makes for engaging dialogue. So, come on everybody, offer your two cents.

Anyway, I have a thought. I know, I know. But seriously, have the Democrats, and actually more to the point the Liberals/Progressives, actually become the status quo?

Over the course of the past 15 years we have seen an amazing ground swell of political correctness by the media, educational institutions, and other elite bodies in this country, to a point that it is genuinely accepted in the work place and mocked by late night comedians. I offer the theory that the Left have backed themselves into the status quo corner, where the Right spent decades trying to fight their way out of until the Reagan years. And even at that point could not find the majority voice they find now. It's as if the Left has begun to buy into its own propaganda and marketing without any regard for overall people's beliefs. Now, the Left is so caught up in these agendas, ranging from the welfare state to the PC movement, that they can't get out of their own way to think "outside the box." If you don't adapt and change, you will die.

Additionally, the Republicans, representing many conservatives in this country though not to be confused as one in the same, have adopted a philosophy of change and aggressive policy. Thus they become the provocateurs of change, not the "Progressives".

Yet another thought and observation on what has occurred politically in this country.

LIBERALISM IS DEAD

Today is a great day for America. Today is a great day for global security. Today is a great day for freedom.

George W. Bush just received more votes than any other politician in history.

George W. Bush just received a higher percentage of the popular vote than any democrat since 1964.

George W. Bush just received the first popular vote majority in 16 years.

George W. Bush just overcame an attempted coup d’ etat from the democratic-media complex that refused to report on Kerry’s abysmally weak senate record, forged documents in an attempt to sway the election, did everything in their power to reduce the democratic choices voters could make regarding the president by keeping Nader of the ballot, gave crack cocaine to people for registering voters, registered Mary Poppins and Michael Jordan in swing states, scared voters by saying Bush would reinstitute the draft and take old people’s social security away, refused to report on kerry’s treasonous meetings with the viet cong while being an officer in the military, refused to report on the evidence showing that kerry initially received an other than honorable discharge from the navy, refused to report on the current economic boom, attempted to sway the election by “leaking” exit polls that were almost certainly fraudulent, painted Bush as a bible-thumper even though he only discusses his religious beliefs when asked, smeared hundreds of decorated veterans that served with kerry and gave eye-witness accounts of kerry’s less than honorable service, analogized Bush to Hitler, reported on a single night shift of reservists that embarrassed some Iraqis that tried to kill us as if Bush were Saddam, second guessed tactical military decisions during a time of war, refused to report on Afghanistan’s first democratic election in 5,000 years, refused to report on the barbaric actions of Saddam, refused to report on the biggest scandal in world history (the u.n. oil-for-food scandal), reported on leaks from the anti-american al-baredei without questioning his motives, suggested that the al qaqaa weapons indicated gross negligence on behalf of the administration despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, repeating the mantra that America is divided until it became true, and gave America’s biggest enemy his talking points.

George W. Bush not only overcame everything the left could possibly do to defeat him, his coattails were so long as to defeat the most powerful senator in the senate, increase his majorities in both houses (the first time an incumbent has done since FDR), completely shut out the democrats in the south and Midwest, and give him a mandate stronger than any since the New Deal.

Tom Daschle’s defeat is a statement to all Democratic senators in red states that are considering a strategy of obstructionism. The Conservative stranglehold on red states (31 in total) will serve as a launching pad for finally undoing the New Deal. America’s global economic and military advantage will certainly increase as it is clear we have rejected the passivist, secular, morally relativistic multilateralmania of Europe; but instead have accepted the conservative free-trade principles that have made us into the greatest civilization in world history.

Liberals did everything they could to unseat Bush because they had to in order to survive as a viable ideology. Liberals require a significant portion of the population to be dependant on the federal government and minorities to remain in the underclass of society to survive. With Bush’s decisive victory and the Republican stranglehold on the both houses, state legislatures and governorships, Bush will continue to decimate the very foundations of government that perpetuate liberalism. Conservative ideas such as welfare reform, strict educational standards, tax reform, lower taxes, health savings accounts, social security reform and the like have and will continue to replace the New Deal’s dependency with a true ownership society. Minority ownership is at an all-time high, the GDP is growing at nearly 4% despite an economic recession, a technology bubble burst, corporate scandals, two wars and the most massive terrorist attack in history. In the next four years, Americans will be further weaned off the governmental programs that take away individual choice and freedom alike.

The Left understood the stakes. That’s why they could not lose this election. They understood that American’s cannot trust them on matters of national security. They understood that their agenda cannot pass in the heartland. That is why they force their agenda through judicial fiat instead of the democratic process. That is why they ran a war-hero, which they thought would be enough to ensure the public that they could protect us. That is why they ran a politician who was skilled enough to say the right things on values issues while having the credibility with the left to wink and nod. That is why although kerry received the highest marks from pro-choice groups, he still “believes that life begins at conception.” That is why although kerry voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion, he kept repeating that he was an altar boy. That is why although kerry received the lowest possible marks from the NRA, he went goose-hunting a week before the election. That is why kerry claims to be a red sox fan while saying his favorite current player is Manny Ortez (cross between Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz) and his favorite player all-time is Ed Yost (never played for the Red Sox).

But when all was said and done, they could not avoid running a liberal billionaire senator from Massachusetts. They are so out of touch with mainstream America that they have ceased to be a true national party. What’s more, the next government will pick apart their very foundations as to make the current democratic platform unwinnable in future national elections.

The liberal spin that Bush won based on his personality and the genius of Karl Rove indicates their complete misunderstanding of 21st century America. If anything, Rove blundered by avoiding the cultural issues that proved to be decisive. By downplaying the cultural issues, Bush did not maximize his natural advantage on the most decisive issues of the day.

The democratic party is in absolute disarray. Resistance to the Conservative revolution is futile if they ever hope to compete nationally. From Goldwater to Reagan to Newt to Dubya, conservativism has emerged as the dominant ideology in America. The fissures in their platform runs deeper than personality. They are the party of tactics, instead of strategy. They are the party of reaction, not reform. They are the party of style over substance. They failed to understand that you can’t just say you’re an altar boy, go hunting and wear a red sox hat, you have share the values of average Americans if you want to lead them.

You know, the more I think of it the more I think that Clinton did more damage to their party than he did good. In an economic boom with no perceived national security threat, with the most skilled politician in our lifetime, the dems only managed 49% of the vote. In order to be successful, Clinton had to give in to conservative ideas such as welfare reform and balanced budgets. This continued the systematic destruction of the liberal establishment. Further, the democratic acceptance of Clinton’s morality (or lack thereof), only reinforced their adherence to moral relatavism, and further clouded their ability to define right from wrong. Clinton’s famous ability to parse words and make legal instead of moral arguments (depends on what the definition of what the word “is” is), further skewed an increasingly savvy populace’s trust of them to do what was right.

What a dramatic sea change over the course of the last 40 years. While America has shifted to the right, Europe has skirted to the left, and our economic, technological and military advantage over them has grown.
The day the democratic party ceased being the party of the working man, and instead became the party of special interests and minorities, is the day the Conservative Revolution was born. I leave you with this picture, which is the electoral map of the 1948 election between Truman and Dewey. The Red states are DEMOCRATIC states, the blues are republican , and the greens were Strom Thurmond’s state’s rights party. There has been a nearly complete reversal. We are the party of the working man. They are the party of elitism.