Beware the liberal fascists - the leaders who aim to 'save' us by controlling everything we do

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 1/4/09 | Jonah Goldberg

[Evil Slayer]

His controversial book Liberal Fascism has already divided his own country. Now, as American political columnist JONAH GOLDBERG's bestseller is published in Britain, he explains why he believes that - contrary to conventional wisdom - fascism and left-wing philosophy are inextricably linked ... Hallelujah! The Bush nightmare is over. The dark night of American fascism is giving way to the dawn of hope, the Age of Obama. The forces of truth will once again prevail and the crypto-Nazis will be banished to their caves. That pretty much captures a large segment of current liberal conventional wisdom

[Evil Slayer]

Dictating to us: Barack Obama loves telling us how to live....

[nonliberal]

Republicans do a good job of dictating how we live as well. The smoking ban in Iowa would not have passed without Republican support.

[Evil Slayer]

Mega trivial compared to what the obamahitler and his SS regime will do.

[TLI]

Ah, the finger signal. This means that despite their incomprehensible “logic” they know far better than we how we can best live our lives. I call it “the Pelosi maneuver.”

[Senator John Blutarski]

The alluring but utterly false belief that we can regulate our way to paradise....

[listenhillary]

It is inherent in politics today. They all seem to think they know what is best.

A libertarian put it well. Today’s Democrats want to be your mommy and Republicans want to be your daddy. Libertarians don’t want the government to play either role. That is not what governments are for.

[montanajoe]

MADD and their ilk on the right, PETA and their ilk on the left. Makes me sick how we have devolved into a society that neither has the intelligence to think for itself or the guts to take back our country

[Evil Slayer]

Wherever they may be, Hitler and Stalin are laughing right now.

[Grammy]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” CS Lewis

[GiovannaNicoletta]

bookmark

[Oztrich Boy]

How can you be so cynical?

[Keith in Iowa]

>>> liberal conventional wisdom <<<

Oxymoron.

[Grammy]

Lived long.

[CORedneck]

Forgot other organizations, Center for Auto Safety, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), American Assoc. of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). All of them have the same police state mentality. IIHS wants 55 mph speed limit, AAMVA wants the National ID and the punitive Driver License Agreement (DLA) where driver databases of a given member state is required to be accessible to other states, Canadian Provinces and Mexican States and dictates reciprocity for traffic violations. Center for Auto Safety also wants 55 mph but also want the type of cars that are not enjoyable to drive such as limiting or eliminating sports cars, cars with good acceleration.

On MADD, they outlived their usefulness. We have much harsher DUI/DWAI/DWI laws than 20 years ago. No more hand slaps. They are branching to other things like primary seatbelt enforcement laws, helmet laws for motorcycles, roadside checkpoints.

One thing forgotten in the "enlightened age" of socialism. The right to be left alone if you are not bothering anyone else. "Society" butts in in the most personal things these days and "Society's" whims are enforced at work, out in public on the road, and even in one's home such as HOA's.

MADD and their ilk on the right, PETA and their ilk on the left. Makes me sick how we have devolved into a society that neither has the intelligence to think for itself or the guts to take back our country

[Boston Tea Party]

Truly a blood-curdling picture.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“On MADD, they outlived their usefulness.”

It has morphed into a business. When the National President of an organization makes 80K, and has a COO and CEO it no longer has a reason for existence except as a professional lobbing/fund raising group. I haven’t checked into it but I suspect they try to undermine any grassroots organizations in the same area of interest, if they follow the usual pattern of this type organization.

[Madame Dufarge]

Agreed, it was a Maine RINO who was the driving force behind the smoking bans here.

And it is not a trivial issue. It's the first block in the foundation, upon which the other blocks are being stacked.

[little jeremiah]

Bookmark.

[AnalogReigns]

Not trusting well-meaning government is NOT cynical, it’s AMERICAN.

[little jeremiah]

Just pinging a few of you to an article that I find interesting. Here are a few snippets:

“...The Nazis mastered the spectacle of the crowd to project an aura of unity, equality and common purpose. Submitting yourself to the movement was sold as a cleansing, redemptive, fundamentally spiritual experience.

Such spectacles were made possible by the cult of personality, the faith that a great leader would rise from among ‘us’ and bring everyone together. Well, where have we recently seen enormous rallies of ecstatic followers?
According to The New York Times, Barack Obama’s own recruiters were trained not to talk about issues, but to ‘testify’ about how they ‘came to Obama’ the way one might normally talk about coming to Jesus.

‘We are the ones we’ve been waiting for,’ Obama told mesmerised crowds. ‘Unity is the great need of the hour,’ he insisted....”