Warmongers Anonymous A 12 Step Program for Supporters of the Iraq War (kitty litter)

The Prometheus Institute ^ | 3/19/2008 | Matt Fay

[tang0r]

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The Bush Administration, its neoconservative allies, its congressional supporters, and the acquiescent mainstream media need to take this week as an opportunity for critical self-examination. It is time for them to face the fact that they have a problem, an addiction to this war. Here are just a few of the signs and examples:

Defensiveness, temper tantrums, resentful behavior – i.e. the labeling of those who oppose the war as defeatists, unpatriotic, “blame America first” types, or saying that they don’t “support the troops” Unexplained moodiness or irritability – i.e. Dick Cheney Violent temper or bizarre behavior – i.e. John McCain, John Bolton, or most all neoconservatives

Excessive need for privacy; secretive or suspicious behavior – i.e. the perversion of the States Secrets Act, the misuse of Executive Privilege, or the secrecy surrounding Dick Cheney’s 2001 Energy Task Force Paranoia or suspicious behavior – i.e. the neoconservative contention that the intelligence community purposely misled the county about the threat Iraq posed to embarrass the Bush administration...

[mnehring]

The author of this is the perfect sign of a Bircher-Libertarian- narcissism fed off overinflated vision of moral superiority. I believe Ayn Rand put it perfectly when she stated Libertarians (capital L- Bircher Party versus Objectivist libertarian (lowercase l)) were all theory with no teeth. To quote Mrs Rand:
Above all, do not join the wrong ideological groups or movements, in order to 'do something.' By 'ideological' (in this context), I mean groups or movements proclaiming some vaguely generalized, undefined (and, usually, contradictory) political goals. (E.g., the Conservative Party, which subordinates reason to faith, and substitutes theocracy for capitalism; or the 'libertarian' hippies, who subordinate reason to whims, and substitute anarchism for capitalism.) To join such groups means to reverse the philosophical hierarchy and to sell out fundamental principles for the sake of some superficial political action which is bound to fail. It means that you help the defeat of your ideas and (hand) the victory to your enemies.

For the record, I shall repeat what I have said many times before: I do not join or endorse any political group or movement. More specifically, I disapprove of, disagree with and have no connection with, the latest aberration of some conservatives, the so-called 'hippies of the right,' who attempt to snare the younger or more careless ones of my readers by claiming simultaneously to be followers of my philosophy and advocates of anarchism. Anyone offering such a combination confesses his inability to understand either. Anarchism is the most irrational, anti-intellectual notion ever spun by the concrete-bound, context-dropping, whim-worshiping fringe of the collectivist movement, where it properly belongs.

I do enjoy when you pimp this blog, it gives everyone a chance to laugh at the arm chair politicians.

[Admin Moderator]

Wrong site for this crap.

[mnehring]

Viking Kitty Ping

[Anti-Bubba182]

Matt Harrison - Founder / Executive Director

Prometheus Institute? Do you like playing grownup? Do you guys have your own treehouse?

[misterrob]

He’s trolling for traffic for his website.

Look at the post history and he keep throwing up his site’s stuff

[darkwing104]

Well Kitties...What is your verdict?

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.

[Lost Dutchman]

[Allegra]

Gosh...I just don't know how to respond.

I mean I'm kind of out of the loop and all.

I've been away from home for a while, you see.

Hey...I hear meowing and hissing. It's getting closer...

[dynachrome]

So far libertarian he meets the marxists in the middle. Needs to hang around and comment on other articles like regular freepers.

[50mm]

Looks like PWI!

[50mm]

[SmithL]

My verdict is guilty of being a Blog Pimp for the Prometheus Institute.

[vox_freedom]

Wrong site for this crap.

I like that viewpoint.

[Billthedrill]

Thanks for the input, Matt. It’s nice to see what sort of psychoanalysis you get for a nickel.

[MarineBrat]

[SE Mom]

Why are you posting this crap?

There are families on this site who have family and friends who have served in this war, who continue to serve.

Shame on you.

[skimask]

How you have managed to be here this long and not get ZOTTED is beyond me.

[Squidpup]

Verdict...