That was a righteous post. I like your new masthead, probably because I wasn't smart enough to "get" the old one.

I have never understood the odd authoritarian streak that many lefties exhibit, especially when the pressure is on. Keep up the good work, and I'm not just saying that because I now know you can track me down, either.....

The entire left and a large swath of the Democratic party is affected with Bush Derangement Syndrome. No matter what occurs, there will be a negative interpretation put on it. Kind of reminds me of North Korea's Kim Jong Il. They are masters of negative rhetoric.

The left has had a fairly successful and unopposed path to predominance since the early 70's. Its always upsetting to lose long held power. Tantums, name calling, and subverting opposition is par for the course. Its too bad the MSM is following along this path as well. They will never regain their lost viewers with alternatives like the internet available.

I just can't wait until Nov 3rd. Unfortunately, if GWB wins, the current status may only be a prelude to much more targeted violence.

The old masthead "forget it jake, its chinatown" is a saying we have around the office. In the movie "Chinatown" Jack Nicolson is faced with an abomination of justice. He begins to try to get in the people in the scene to notice the obvious horror of the crime, then one of his coworkers stops him with the phase "forget it jake, its chinatown", reminding Jake that although hes correct to be outraged that no matter how much he shouts about it, nothing will change because of the politics of the situation.

Often at work, we are faced with situations that are obviously embarrasing little engineering disasters, but due to the politics involved, no matter how much we rail about it, nothing will change.

It's at times like that that one of us will lean across the table and say "Chinatown", and we all know what they mean.

And now, so do you.

i like it. in fact i have added you to my favorites list and plan to check in almost daily. don't let me down...

A brilliant defense of free speech. I won't go into another tirade about how the left wants free speech for itself - while the right got the argument 30 years ago and allows it - and the left now want to exclude "right" voices...

But it's true.

I don't get it. WTF could possibly be the "down side" to free elections in Afghanistan and Iraq? Except, possibly, to throw a harsh light on the bad ideas and unworkable beliefs of the person spinning the downside?

I appreciate the values and sentiments of you new mashead, but I miss the worn, almost comfortable cynicism of "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown..."

But it's been that kind of day.

Cheers!

I liked it too. It just didnt fit the new motif.

Good post.
It is a curious situation. Difficult to understand. They exhibit dangerous behavior. Ugly.

I explained the recent actions of the AFL-CIO thugs (in regards to Republican Campaign Headquarters) to a staunch Democrat. His response was "The Republicans probably hired them to do that."

I was dumb-founded.
Still am.

I couldn't find (I guess for obvious resons) any references here to the nation's economic status. That is- beyond broke, a negative turn over the past nearly four years to the tune of $7+ trillion. I need the Right to stop calling the actions taken by the Republican Congress with the cheerleading of the Republican President "Tax Cuts". You see -I thought this was basic Fiscal Conservatism- without spending restraint (totally absent over this term)the actions were very simply "Tax Deferments" to the next generation(s).
Somebody tell me I am wrong.
The self-delusion [consistent with atempted justification of the diversion of the War on Terror(ists) to the War in Iraq and its subsequent prolonged, required occupation] is more than troubling for me as a father and grandfather.

A great post. I had already added you to "my favorites", so this merely vindicated that move. "Free speech to all who agree with me!" (the Liberal creedo). It's funny that in fighting for conservative free speech we're helping the hapless liberal keep his free speech, too. It's a shame they can't see that!

Hi Varifrank,

I like your idea of the catch phrase "Freedom, Liberty, Victory" -- there are, indeed, truths to be dealt with.

Speaking of Victory, Jose Maria Aznar's introductory lecture at Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he is spending a semester or so, makes a major point of VICTORY is possible in our war against terrorists, and Islamists in particular. (He is the Spanish Prime Minister who lost the vote in the election a few days after the Madrid bombing last March.)

Link is http://data.georgetown.edu/president/aznar/inauguraladdress.html

If you haven't read it, you should do so. And you might then want to blog about it.

Cheers.

You won't see any ridiculous hate mail from this reader. I like your work so much I linked your page to mime. Thanks.

well, you people have it partly right. Voting, by anybody, is certainly good - and in a place like Afghansitan, so much the better. So, those who would discount its significance without consideration obviously have motives that are disingenous at best . (that being said, i wouldn't overstate the significance of what is, to some degree, a US sanctioned leadership until it's had time to gel).

however, i find it amazing that you've all developed this persecution complex -- poor liberty-loving republicans strong-armed by the mean ole' communists and suppressed by the liberal media elite.

you all sound the same -- left and right - preaching the same nonsense, making the same accusations, crying the same fouls. You sit here rah-rah'ing each other, reveling in your own accolades, but never realizing how predicatble your views are, and how pathetically you sound like those you revile.

Sadly, unlike the media, you're not getting paid for this, and most of you don't seem completely stupid, so what's the excuse for your bias?

If you're just trying to be cheerleaders (which is entirely plausible), then you're doing a great job, and i'm sure 'solidifying the base.' But if you're trying to stimulate substantive conversation regarding politics and the direction of America, you're adding no value by spewing your sad, tired biases...

If you spent 1/2 as much time trying to evaluate these idiots in an even-handed manner, rather than simply trying to ensure your team wins, maybe you'd add something substantive to this discourse.

of course, it wouldn't sell as well...(that's what the media's figured out, no?)

Frank - good post, although I thought the Chinatown post was more a propos the world these days. I agree with BoDiddley somewhat, in that I really try to figure out the deranged Left (the more normal left I understand - although I seldom agree with them). I think Bo is wrong about equal violence on both sides, but I do agree that both are about equally agrieved by the MSM. The interesting conclusion to be reached from this last is how far from the norm in this country the Left is becoming, when a left-leaning media (in historical terms) is viewed as too right-leaning.

I am slowly coming to the conclusion that the internationalist progessives really are part of the Wilsonian side of America, as WR Mead has suggested, if only because they seem just as wildly religious as the members of the early mission movement who could be said to have founded the Wilsonian strain. I see less difference between Pat Robertson and the modern left than I would like.