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The Left's Lust for Revolutionary Transformation
American Thinker ^ | August 13, 2007 | James Lewis

Posted on 08/13/2007 1:55:09 AM PDT by neverdem

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To: Carbonado

I call it “the Nero complex”


21 posted on 08/13/2007 7:00:50 AM PDT by P.O.E. (School's Out. Drive Safely)
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To: Carbonado
They need to totally overthrow the existing order in order to rebuild the world in THEIR image.

That's because the ideas of the left CANNOT COMPETE with the proven existing ideas.

22 posted on 08/13/2007 7:05:46 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: sergeantdave

OK, but let’s remember that Reagan didn’t do it all by himself. If not for John Paul II and Solidarity bringing to life (on our TV screens) the yearning for freedom that Reagan was talking about, the Wall would not have come down.

Maybe there’s a key here? Its not enough for a US leader to propound democratic and spiritual values on his/her own, or for freedom fighters somewhere around the world to struggle in isolation. You have to have both at the same time.


23 posted on 08/13/2007 7:07:05 AM PDT by happyathome
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To: neverdem

keeper bump


24 posted on 08/13/2007 7:18:58 AM PDT by Edgerunner (If you won't let the military fight your battles, you will have to. Keep your powder dry...)
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To: neverdem

Democrats and the Radical Left have become the modern version of the Nazi Party.

The only thing that has been missing is the personality of a Strongman (StrongWOMAN??) to bring it all together...


25 posted on 08/13/2007 7:21:12 AM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: Carbonado

Yes, exactly. Leftists can’t win on the merits of their arguments. Therefore, their first goal is to first create chaos. They rely on better organization and fanatical dedication to ultmately survive and take control of governmental “organs”. This explains their attacks on christianity, the family and our political system. Their attempt to overthrow the perfectly legal 2002 George Bush election, precisely fits into their playbook. Also, the growing number of voter fraud incidents by Democrap operatives is indicative of their aim to put increasing pressure on our political system. They are really very predictable. It’s strange how people, even when groups tell them their goal is to kill the unbelievers, refuse to acknowledge the threat. Losing the ability to legislate from the judicial bench was a big setback for the left because, as we all know, they used the Supreme Court to circumvent the elected branches of the government.


26 posted on 08/13/2007 7:33:08 AM PDT by dooltotheend
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To: neverdem
The root of all revolutionary enthusiasms is envy and resentment, usually born from a damaged childhood. If one has a sane, loving set of parents, one is most likely immune from this form of psychopathology. In the US, if one is poor and from a damaged family/home, the typical manifestation is criminal behavior and an insensitivity to the hurts of others. If one is from the middle or upper class, then the path is usually intellectual and emotional leftism. However, in my experience, scratch any criminal, leftist (or Islamist) and you will find a child that is full of violent rage.
27 posted on 08/13/2007 7:41:17 AM PDT by ZeitgeistSurfer (Times are bad. Children no longer listen to their parents. Everyone is writing a book.)
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To: dooltotheend

There is a difference between Pubbie politicians and Democrap types. The Pubbies only care about enriching themselves in office. The Democraps want to enrich themselves and dictate to the proletariat.


28 posted on 08/13/2007 8:03:43 AM PDT by dooltotheend
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To: dooltotheend

There is a difference between Pubbie politicians and Democrap types. The Pubbies only care about enriching themselves in office. The Democraps want to enrich themselves and dictate to the proletariat.


29 posted on 08/13/2007 8:03:46 AM PDT by dooltotheend
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To: oneofmany

Yes, and it is alive and well. This strategy, utilized for the last 50 years or so, has its genesis in the Frankfurt School, now known in the U.S. as The New School for Social Research.


30 posted on 08/13/2007 8:16:57 AM PDT by JGT
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To: neverdem

BTTT


31 posted on 08/13/2007 9:02:38 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ( America: “...the most benign hegemon in history.” —Mark Steyn)
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To: dooltotheend

Everything you say is true (except the first Bush election of 2000, not 2002)

Think about all of the custom crafted “crisis” situations created in their pursuit of power:

1) Glo-Bull warming “crisis”
2) Health care “crisis”
3) Racial/racism “crisis”
4) Education “crisis”
5) Prescription drug “crisis”

Blah blah blah, Ad nauseum.

They will continue to get away with this because of the complicit media who shill for them. Either they (the media) ignore information contrary to their case or they feign suspended disbelief about the reality of the situation.


32 posted on 08/13/2007 11:02:57 AM PDT by Carbonado
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To: Carbonado

Thanks for the catch. A typo. You sound a lot like me.


33 posted on 08/13/2007 11:45:14 AM PDT by dooltotheend
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To: neverdem

THE ENEMY WITHIN!


34 posted on 08/13/2007 2:16:24 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
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To: neverdem

bttt


35 posted on 08/13/2007 2:30:56 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: neverdem

Hitler and his criminal gang hated the rich, the capitalists, the Jews, the Christian Churches, and “the System”.
Every time someone says, “Change”, I hear, “take a bite, you won’t die.”


36 posted on 08/13/2007 3:49:28 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: Carbonado
Just want to say that was a terrific blog/OP and the follow on comments had alot of insight to.

One of the best distillations I've read of the psychology of the Left.

The best point is one I often think of when I see Lefties in the streets, with their histrionic protests:

These are nothing more than children , with their over-wrought melodramatics. Consider the Left's obsession with railing against oil use and oil companies: It is from the immature's child point of view that they cry and whine for "something better".

Meanwhile, they never face the grown-up issues like;

1) modern civilization runs on oil and other fossil fuels, like it or not;

2) if we drastically reduced our oil/fossil fuel consumption, millions would die of famine, and we would lose everything powered by electricity;

3) it is not only appropriate but responsible for our leaders to secure our oil supplies, for the sake of having secured our oil supplies and no other reason, because our civilization depends on it. But the petulant chilren in the street can only have a temper-tantrum screaming "no blood for oil". Pfft!

37 posted on 08/13/2007 6:12:58 PM PDT by Joisey (Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a!)
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To: reformedliberal
for the Left EQUALITY is a substitute for morality

But...But...But...size does matter!

38 posted on 08/14/2007 3:31:22 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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bfl


39 posted on 08/14/2007 5:25:56 PM PDT by neverdem (Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
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To: neverdem
Outstanding article! Very interesting..
40 posted on 08/14/2007 7:49:41 PM PDT by Sprite518
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