October 2009 - Political Certainty

Back at almost the same time I became old enough to vote, a candy manufacturer, Robert Welch looked at the world and saw interconnected conspiracies all with one goal: the destruction of the United States and its being replaced by something he called the “New World Order”, a force dominated by Communists, the threat of the day. Mr. Welch saws things in “black and white”; there was no room for nuance, no allowing any differing opinions. There were only four groups into which all Americans fell:

"Communists, communist dupes or sympathizers, the uninformed who have yet to be awakened to the communist danger, and the ignorant."

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Let's go and kill a RINO

October 16th 2009 18:07

Let me tell you about a Republican whose positions are diametrically opposed to those in which I believe. For example, my subject

has been a military prosecutor and has little sympathy for persons accused of a crime and, indeed, often considers accusation and conviction as a unit;

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Take a reactionary to lunch.

October 14th 2009 00:57

You really have to feel sorry for the Right fringe; perhaps we should each pick an acquaintance who believes that the President was born in Kenya, is a fascist, socialist, commie dupe of evil traitors and evil-doers and that any government operated health care option or program is a program that should be eliminated (but please don't touch my Medicare) and invite them for lunch. They have had a bad couple of weeks and warrant sympathy.

The heroes and spokesmen of the far Right have, in their desperation to find fault with Barack Obama, “jumped the shark”; they have demonstrated to the world that they are buffoons at best and racist at worst. All of their protestations that they are patriotic Americans and sincere advocates for the principles of freedom and liberty that are part and parcel of the American history and experience have been shown to be false

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Engaging in discussions with the far right fringe? Impossible.

October 11th 2009 23:52

But they cannot be allowed to be unchallenged!

If I have, finally, learned anything by writing political blogs it is that it is impossible to engage in rational discussions with those on the rabid right fringe. Fortunately, all the evidence seems to point to the impotency of their rants. Glenn and Rush and the stalwarts at Fox News spew irrational and inconsistent garbage, but garner only a miniscule proportion of voters and have no real influence in elections

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Please send this to your favorite nut-job

October 9th 2009 21:14

There are many loony fringe folks on this site, all devoted to faux News, paranoia and sheer hatred. None of them will read this post, upon fear of being exposed to a contrary thought -- or any thought at all.

There are a few readers who have a "foot in the door" of these other sites. Perhaps one of them will pass this on to the most rabid -- and then stand back

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I simply cannot resist this!

October 9th 2009 14:32

One of the limitations of the fringe right is that the members have no sense of humor and cannot stop the demagogue stuff even for a moment. I respectfully ask all liberals, progressives, independents and, even, S.L., to check this out

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Hoax? Reality? You decide!

October 3rd 2009 23:50

Hoax? Reality? Either way, children are being “Left Behind”

It has been noted, in this space and elsewhere, that Florida schools do not rank well by standard criteria. All during the past year, Governor Charlie Crist, who lives for the chance on being Senator Crist, has been telling every audience that will listen that Florida’s rank has gone from 31st in the nation to tenth. There has been much criticism on the former level, the organization that examines the data changed its methodology but, in any event, it is universally accepted that Florida schools are underfunded and understaffed. While there is an abundance of relatively high priced administrators, staff in the trenches, teachers, aides, special education specialists, and others who actually interact with students are underpaid and under appreciated

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