Yup. When you sit down at the mainframe of the LIBTRON 2004 Black Box Liberal Policy Scheme Device, and type in '9/11' or 'religious sentiment in the rise' or 'ownership society' you hear grinding noises and smell smoke and a little slip pops out that says 'DOES NOT COMPUTE'.
So they are left making excuses for their lack of real thoughts while they decide what to do about their machine up on blocks.