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The Liberal Lessons

7.17.09 @ 6:01AM

"Us vs. Them" at schools. Beauty can be blinding. Welcome to Obamastan. Plus more.

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As for Obamacons like Peggy Noonan who are infatuated with the Kenyan who gives a damn what these arrogant snooty, self-important, liberal toadies and pseudo-intellectuals think (Peggy Noon, Bruce Bartlett, George Will, David Frum, Pat Buchanan etc.)? They have traded on their past value to conservatives like Reagan to make a living, but as media sellouts they bring nothing to the table when it comes to reinvigorating our movement or advancing a winning conservative agenda. Noonan like the late Bill Buckley made themselves irrelevant to the conservative movement long ago. It is time to move on and shake their dustfrom our feet.

As for Sarah Palin, her resignation as Governor of Alaska was uncalled-for. Can anyone imagine Reagan or Bush quitting, because the liberals or their conservative surrogates were not nice to them or questioned their ethics? As an early fan, long before McCain sullied her, I thought Palin had real potential as a national leader -- now I'm dubious. Can she recover from this political faux paux? Possibly. America was silly enough to elect an intellectual non-entity and narcissist with two biographies telling about his life of doing nothing so anything is possible. A good PR campaign can sell garbage. Obama proved that.

As the Democrats continue to destroy the economy and endanger the nation, the public might turn to Palin in an act of desperation, but it will be hard to get past the idea that she quit when the going gets tough. Still she's better than Noonan's favorite liberal -- Barack Hussein Obama -- but that's not saying much since any American born half-wit is better than Obama or a Democrat.
-- Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina

Orlet writes about Will, Noonan, and Frum's dislike of Palin. Aren't these the same "intellectuals" that have written about how great it is to have Obama President?

They and the "intellectual" Orlet have completely missed the appeal of Palin which is fiscal and social conservatism. She walks the talk, something that isn't done by our present group of politicians. They and our intellectuals discount the conservative movement towards freedom from bureaucrats. Sarah embraces it. If there is another national politician that reflects these values with real world results and not the rhetoric of failed promises, let me know....
-- Jason Stewart

WELCOME TO OBAMASTAN
Re: Herbert London's Loss and Remembrance:

We can either take the steps Herbert London lists in Part 4, (What Do We Do to Restore Our Precious Liberty), or we can wait for the ukase from The Obama's office in the Obamapalace, an edifice formerly known as "The White House," proclaiming the Northern Hemisphere landmass formerly known as "The United States of America," henceforth and forevermore will be known solely as Obamastan.
-- Gretchen L. Chellson
Alexandria, Virginia

IGNORING THE OBVIOUS
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Consequences of the Liberals' Death Wish:

National security was not enough of an issue last November, I would argue, because too many voters were in an emotional mode, and as usual under those conditions their judgment was less rational than it might have been. That human frailty is typically in evidence when voters' attention is focused unduly on matters that are obvious because they are visible and temporal, when it should also be on considerations less visible.

Sherlock Holmes solved the Hounds of the Baskervilles case by noticing what everyone else had missed: that the hounds hadn't barked when they should have been expected to. The insight that we hadn't been attacked when we might have been seems to have escaped a lot of voters on the left.
That, I believe, is a weakness of the left: they typically seem preoccupied by emotional concerns at the expense of considerations more rational.
-- William Best

NO HOLDS BARBED
Re: Barb Rogers' letter in Reader Mail's The Conservative Comeback:

I can only assume Ms. Barb Rogers has no children. I cannot fathom how someone with her mindset could look a child of theirs in the eye knowing how bleak that child's future will be, taxed out of any semblance of prosperity, over-regulated to the point of few liberties, only so she can "stick it to us" on the right and laugh. Talk about sick humor.

Ms. Rogers, you talk about us "trying to make the world a better place." Are you? With that kind of vitriolic attitude, are you?

How sad...
-- Carol Hellman

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A TRILLION?
Re: Robert P. Kirchhoefer's Granting Environmental Indulgences:

Obama promised change. And change is all the people will have after they finish paying for cap and trade.
-- I.M Kessel

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Letter to the Editor View all comments (13) | Leave a comment

British Rightie| 7.17.09 @ 9:56AM

Sorry, Mr Best, but you have your Sherlock Holmes stories mixed up. The quotation -"the mysterious incident of the dog in the night time "- came from the short story "Silver Blaze". The plot of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was completely different.

Old Texican| 7.17.09 @ 7:19PM

British Rightie..........

Shut the fuork up! We whipped your kingkiss-arse folks 230 years ago...then came back to bail your skinny arses OUT...THREE TIMES!

Please go mursterboute on your own time. (sic heh!)
...Either think like a free man...or just shut the hell up!

Dumbass| 7.17.09 @ 10:56PM

"Most of the staff was Caucasian, as am I."

You sound so fucking proud. Does anyone fucking care, except you? Congrats on being white.

Old Texican| 7.17.09 @ 10:58PM

Please excuse all my odious spelling errors. I never went to school!

IMKessel| 7.17.09 @ 11:58PM

Dumbass,

While your rudeness does not deserve and answer, you inadvertently raise a good point, which demonstrates a rose can sometimes grow from manure.

A person of reasonable intelligence who reads the context of the statement would see no indication of pride in any race status. That I am a Caucasian was presented as fact; it would have been no different than pointing out the sky is blue, though the color oft he sky would be an irrelevant factor. Race was a pertinent factor because many expected a racial/culture/socioeconomic bifurcation, as evidenced from the TFA perspective. In our school, no culture gap occurred because the staff did not set up a system where cultural heritage was the focal point; we did not establish an “us” vs. “them” system or mentality. We showed the students respect and they behaved accordingly. The point, succinctly put, is race matters only if the system is set up to make it matter.

As to the use of profanity, I could meet your language on a guttural level, cursing like a sailor (which I am proud to claim myself among the ranks), but I will address you directly and with civility, if for no other reason than I understand the arena in which we are exchanging thoughts in populated with ladies and gentlemen. If you care to respond, I hope you can meet the expectation of civility. If you cannot, I will not respond.

Patriot| 7.18.09 @ 2:09AM

I feel proud of my whiteness, as anyone should when it comes to their ethnicity.

So many scary liberal haters--it's their blind liberal hatred that truly frightens me. They have no conscience.

We can not let their hatred prevail.

British Rightie| 7.18.09 @ 9:47AM

Old Texican : Odious is right - and not just your spelling! If that's how you treat a gentle correction from someone who is basically an American supporter from across the pond then no wonder you are losing friends hand over fist. Never went to school? Certainly never went to charm school! (Incidently, no reference to the actual substance of my comment - so much for the famed Southern charm.)

Tootsie| 7.18.09 @ 2:57PM

British Rightie, please accept my apologies for any intemperance; we're usually congenial here.

We're a bit on edge. Sorry.

dsammis| 7.18.09 @ 7:09PM

It was my understanding that A cannot apologise for something that B did, or said. This point made ad nausium regarding slavery, Gitmo, capitalism, and other acts which happened way before our time.

Tootsie| 7.19.09 @ 3:15AM

Who died and made you the Understanding King, Bozo? You should apologize for your stupid pettiness.

By the way, that's 'Ad nauseam' dumbo--and I ain't gonna apologize for that!

carol| 7.19.09 @ 7:54AM

Ira kessell, as usual, shows incredible naivete.

The cure to what ails the school system is NOT return to the local school boards. Gee whiz, ira, where have you been? School boards are overwhelmingly liberal. (This is like telling the fox he can no longer watch the hen house; we'll let the wolf do it instead.)

The key, ira, is to decertify the teachers' union. Then, implement term limits on school board members. Those two steps will destroy the entrenched power system. Then--and only then---can you institute real change.

IMKessel| 7.19.09 @ 10:44AM

Carol,

Your statement implies that past is prologue; that what has been must continue on. I believe people can be swayed to see the damage done by liberal doctrine and policy. I am advocating that parents get involved on a local level where their voices can have a greater impact. Some districts will remain liberal and some will be ruled by the Religious Right, neither of which is desirable by me, but the board will reflect local concerns, which is what I am advocating. Further, I continue to advocate for vouchers, alternative schools and school choice. With more choices, parents and students would have a choice to attend a school represented by a liberal board, conservative board or private school. The past has taught us that when power is concentrated in the hands of the few, the many suffer. Taking control out of Washington is a necessary cause, but it is not sufficient cause. Yes, other problems will crop up, but one move at a time – but like in chess, keep the end game in mind.

Decertify the union? I don’t understand your meaning. I can’t address it intelligently.

As for term limits, the people get the government they deserve. Given, incumbency has numerous advantages, but, ultimately, the people have the power. I am for increasing choices and trusting the people to make intelligent choices. Sadly, we, the people, have a long record of not making the efforts needed to cast informed votes, but I live in hope that the majority will wake up and do what is intelligent. Prince Obama and Congress’ approval ratings are slipping; maybe the people are waking up.

Naive? No. Overly optimistic? Possibly.

Thank you for your intelligent and reasoned response.

Richard Baker| 7.20.09 @ 3:10PM

Having been a math/science teacher in Florida, my solution is thus. 1. Close the public schools completely. 2. Give the money to the parents to seek the best education possible, to be used only for schooling. 3. Legally hand the parents the responsibility to ensure that their kids are educated at 18, with tough consequences for ignoring their duty. Just think, could this do worse than the disaster that is public education, presently? No school boards, NEA, or school administrators who are only concerned about their retirement packages.