[grey_whiskers]

Fresh birdcage liner (paper not included).

Cheers!

[texas booster]

The quote from Solzhenitsyn is quite revealing, and can easily be applied to our current situations regarding global warming and the current political situation.

To the left, conservatives are already non-entities. and our opinion means nothing. But let a leftie stray off message (Horowitz comes first to mind) and the long knives are out to completely ostracize him.

[LucyT]

"...is it not clear, that, given the rash of de facto regulations on speech, that silencing of political enemies is the real aim? How many times have you yourself -- with co-workers, or friends -- wanted to voice a thought which wasn't "PC" but had to hold it in, or pretend outrage you didn't feel, or been forced to pretend applause for something you didn't approve of? All for the fear of being the next target.

However, this fear of being the next target has another useful feature. Not only are people afraid to voice their very thoughts (the essence of a participatory government, a Free Republic), but the very concept of "hate speech" or "intolerance" acts as a protective buffer around the members of the annointed: for if you express disagreement with them..."

[G8 Diplomat]

Nice article! The reign of the Communist Organizer is like a loooong, 4-year nightmare....puts my ten-page paper on Saudi Arabia that’s due in a week in perspective!