Posted on 07/17/2009 2:45:34 PM PDT by mojito
[....]The outrage expressed, today, at the very existence of Sarah Palin, not only by progressive Democrats but by urbane "establishment" Republicans, is in many ways the product of this shift. Increasingly, I find, people on the left simply cannot accept any right-wing view as legitimate. The mere fact it can be so labelled puts it beyond the pale.
We often read that the old categories of "left" and "right" have become irrelevant. It is an argument almost invariably propounded by the left. They have been freed, for more than a generation, from anything resembling serious public debate, and have thus got in the habit of proceeding with an infinitely extendible agenda (through the courts if there are legislative delays). The right has meanwhile got in the habit of feeling disenfranchised.
The right is still there, however: mostly invisible to media editors, beyond their goldfish world. (The immense success of Fox News came from recognizing this "niche market," consisting of about half the population.)
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We are going to have a war, next door in the U.S.A. -- a war between two world views that have become very nearly mutually incomprehensible. One might almost say that it was quietly declared on the op-ed of the Washington Post Tuesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
That’s the one. See my post 80 to noumenon.
Not rhetorical.
At this point, I’m pretty much set for the dance. I’ve got as good and as many fighting knives, pistols, shotguns and long arms as I can use. Now it’s a matter of improving my skills and fitness. Although I could probably use a couple more tomahawks.
Work that AQT...
“What kind of war is left?”
Yes - you are one of a growing number who realize that there is only one way this can end.
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
What could be more clear?
What we have seen demonstrated in the past half year go far beyond anything that can be adequately explained by incompetence, stupidity, or neglect.
I'm voting for "malice".
LOL...I like that!
It’s a scary weapon - even moreso when your surviving opponents have had a chance to see it in action. Tomahawks are actually pretty easy to adopt into your existing martial arts training.
Yeah - malice fits all too well. The Left is seething with it, so it’s no surprise.
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