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Provocative? LOL. Ok, well, first of all, the "us" in that statement refers to all of us on the right. Richard Poe's book is not just about FR. It may focus on the Internet, but it's really talking about all of the dissenting organizations on the Internet, print and electronic media combined that have risen up to fight the left. And there are more of us every day, especially on the radio and Internet. New shows and new web sites are springing up everywhere you look. Our combined organizations are giving voice and strength to the grassroots that we've never enjoyed before.

The real power we're gaining is evidenced by the impeachment of Bill Clinton which never would've happened without the grassroots, not just FR, but all of the right-wing organizations that pulled together to make it happen. And then again in 2000 by upsetting Al Gore's effort to steal the White House. Together, all of us, Drudge, Rush, WorldNetDaily, Newsmax, Frontpagemag, Insightmag, FOX News, Lucianne, Hannity, Laura, way too many organizations and talk shows to list, even our friends over at LibertyPost, and countless other organizations new and old are attracting hundreds of thousands and even millions of liberty loving individuals of every stripe and we're building a conservative powerhouse that I feel is on the verge of finally overtaking the left.

The leftists have hogged the power way too long and have just about eroded away all of our freedoms. I don't think America is going to tolerate the Clintons, Kennedys and Kerrys much longer. It's true that we're not all on the exact same wavelength, but we've proved again and again that we can hang it together when the chips are down. And I believe that this election is for high stakes. I believe that the balance of power for the entire world hangs on this election and the next. The right either comes together again to defeat the left or we're stuck with Kerry and the Marxist United Nations controlling every facet of our lives.

And then again in 2008. Hillary will come out swinging in that one. And the left doesn't like losing. They're also exploiting the organizational power of the Internet and also trying to break into talk radio. And they're not exactly slouches when it comes to organizing, so we cannot afford to let up.

Gotta keep pulling in more readers, more listeners, more viewers, more campaigners, more protesters and more voters. The power is in numbers and there's no other way to go about it. We've got to defeat them at the ballot box. The alternative is too unthinkable.

They're also exploiting the organizational power of the Internet and also trying to break into talk radio.

That one I don't think we need to sweat over. The left's power is focused in three areas: The elite, the stupid, and the coerced. The elite see themselves as above "the little people". They vote RAT to maintain their power. The stupid muddle through life, voting RAT because they're trained to do so, it's like milking a cow for them, except they're not even bright enough to milk into a bucket and save -- and sell -- the fruit of their efforts. They squeeze it right into their mouths, and then whine for more. And the elite promise more, if the stupid will keep voting RAT. And so they do.

The coerced, on the other hand, come from "the big middle". They have union dues taken from their paychecks, they pay taxes that support huge regulatory edifices that institutionally maintain the power of the left -- whether they like it or not. They don't vote RAT in any great numbers, but there are sufficient stupid and elite votes -- combined with the money extracted from the coerced -- to keep the ball rolling.

Now, the stupid don't listen to talk radio. It's "boooriiing". They listen to pop music, rap "music", watch crap television, and live miserable lives of quiet desperation.

The elite on the other hand listen to NPR. Talk radio is beneath their contempt. They're just not culturally attuned to the concept, no matter who's behind the microphone. It's just not their thing.

The coerced, on the other hand, do listen to talk radio, and they've voted with their dials. They listen to the conservatives because they want to listen to the conservatives. Conservatives don't dominate the dial because of any conspiracy to lock the left out of the studio. If the market was there, the stations would run leftie talk radio. You can see the principle with Gibson's movie. The distributors refused to handle it because they thought it would be a loser, a stinker. They thought they'd lose money on it. Now, they're kicking themselves, and the studios are racing to turn out knockoff films (which probably will lose money).

The reason Hillary loathes the Internet and talk radio is because the left doesn't control it. The reason it doesn't control it is because -- short of legislation -- it can't control it. The voices that are heard are the voices that people want to hear.

The left's big problem -- the problem that will haunt their efforts to "break into" the Internet and talk radio -- is that no one cant make people want to listen to them.

They can make the stupid want to vote for them, but they can't make even the stupidest want to listen to them.

And the left doesn't like losing.

Tell me about it. When control begins to slip through the fingers of control freaks, they can become, well, emotional ;^) "Power Trip" is not a hobby for them; it's a way of life. It's comical watching their heads explode when their lives begin to come unraveled. God save us from these "sick" people.

I believe that the balance of power for the entire world hangs on this election and the next.

At first reading, I regarded that statement as hyperbole. After some additional thought, I think it's likely very close to the truth. As the U.S. goes; so goes the world?

And they're not exactly slouches when it comes to organizing...

The nature of the beast? Their "constituents" seem more agreeable to being herded?

FGS