The American Spectator

A. James van Hine| 12.1.09 @ 6:49AM

Make room on the floor for the up and coming Conservative Paparazzi, ordinary Americans with video cameras. Should be great fun for everyone except for the occasional Kennedy who gets caught in the crossfire. Some targets are just too easy.

Appleby| 12.1.09 @ 7:00AM

Since everyone over the age of 5 has a camera phone nowadays, virtually everyone is a Papparazzi. It makes me laugh to hear the predictable shrieks about Loss of Privacy when security cameras are posted downtown, while the whole thing is recorded by mobs of wireheads taking photos of each other taking photos of the installation of the hated cameras -- to be posted on Facebook, Twitter and other BlabberSites, right next to the photos of the camera brigades nekkid boobies and backsides and of their friends vomiting outside high end night clubs and urinating on war memorials....

The New Media apparently consists of people trying to catch other people doing something wrong, bad mannered or simply disgusting, and transmit the evidence world wide.

Yes, the Virtual Newsroom covers actual bad guys doing bad things. Around here the current craze is catching cops parking in bike lanes, handicapped parking spaces and other illegal places. However, the sheer volume of noise that surrounds this craze considerably overpowers a lot of the good that is done by the Well Armed Militia armed with camera phones and no discipline at all about what it shoots.

JimH| 12.1.09 @ 8:30AM

Just to be pickey, I believe the singular is papparazzo.

Kelly| 12.1.09 @ 11:04AM

Yes, but unfortunately you got 'picky' wrong.

DD| 12.1.09 @ 11:53AM

A perfect illustration of "spontaneous order" at work. Thank you JimH & Kelly.

Granny Jan| 12.1.09 @ 7:47AM

10 years ago there was only Free Republic. We ruled the web then and we do now. Even Ol' granny has a You Tube channel with some of the best videos around parodying the Obamas. Click my name to see. A year ago if searched for Obama on You Tube you got 75% positive, today 75% negative.

Qwilly| 12.1.09 @ 7:48AM

Growing up 60 years in and through inner city AMERICA...I always knew there was a problem
and a pretty good idea of who was causing it. I never lost faith in the dream. I am proud to stand
with AMERICANS OF CONCERN such as these

Pecos Pete| 12.1.09 @ 8:14AM

Mr. Lord: Compliments on an interesting article. I had never considered the flow of history that you describe. The danger is, as mentioned above by Appleby, is the potential for chaos. On the other hand, chaos is also the beauty of the human condition. I'll vote for chaos every time over cental planning. Proof: The Soviet Union and its many recorded failures.

Deborah D| 12.1.09 @ 8:32AM

I love it. Don't forget all the "share" buttons...I've shared a lot of articles on Facebook. Some have made my liberal friends' heads explode, but one seems to be teetering a bit. It's good to expose them to things they'd rather not see. I may have made some enemies, but that's a small price to pay! Keep up the good work, Mr. Lord and all the players in the Virtual Newsroom. I'll do my part by e-mailing and posting to those who might not otherwise see or hear. My duty as an American citizen is how I see it. Thanks!!

JBnID| 12.1.09 @ 9:02AM

I guess that makes us the virtual newsboys and girls flinging papers to (at) the Libs.

Deborah D| 12.1.09 @ 9:49AM

Yay!! We are now named!! Thanks, JBnID...loved the (at)! :)

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 1:51PM

Agreed, DebD. While I'm not a Face-booker, there is always trusty "old" email! I too have liberal acquaintances (some just think they are Liberal, you know how that goes, right? They listen to the Lame Stream Media). When you send things to them it's great, because you don't have to be face to face and this way they can read till their heart's content! :^)

Barbara U| 12.2.09 @ 12:57AM

Let's hear it for us Virtual Newsgirls (and boys). I read many articles daily and then, like choosing just the right pastry from the bakery, I select the one I feel is the best written, most timely and share it on Facebook with my 200 friends, adding my own succinct evaluation. Some friends are offended and take swipes at me (just two days ago I was accused of being a AGW denier and conspiracy theorist). Others, however, have told me that they are glad for my sharing. I figure at least some of these folks will have been at least minimally exposed to the truth and maybe... just maybe... one or two will see the light.

Becky Jo| 12.2.09 @ 1:47AM

I do the same thing.... I think I need more friends!

Deborah D| 12.2.09 @ 10:49AM

Woo Hoo! I am not alone (sometimes it feels that way!) Hats off to all of you Virtual Newies!!

Margie| 12.2.09 @ 12:56PM

Barbara U,
Now THAT would be a reason to "do" Facebook!
I'm thinking about it in a whole new light now. :^)

Northern Rebel| 12.1.09 @ 8:36AM

I imagine Breitbart is quaking in his boots, Now that RoseAnne has come flying to ACORN'S rescue on her broomstick!

bluecollarbytes| 12.1.09 @ 8:42AM

Jeffery Lord: "The problem for American progressives today -- be they the activists of ACORN, Van Jones, the So We Might See group or others -- is that they are unaccustomed to finding themselves on the receiving end of this kind of attention from the journalists, commentators, investigators, talk radio hosts, television stars and authors of the Virtual Newsroom."

Yes and they are outraged over it. They've been used to simply issuing marching orders after cherry picking various "crises" to scare or shame us into submission. Ask them to explain themselves and they are offended. Automatically assigning them 'good intentions' has been as consistent as them ascribing every evil selfish motive under the sun to Republicans.

chaynes| 12.1.09 @ 9:58AM

The reversal in power involved here is staggering. In these situations, the liberlas have not only lost their dominance, theyve lost their voice.

Just in the the last month, we have the climategate scandal. The old media still thinks that an event didnt happen unless they report it. But with that attitude, they lose the chance to make heroes of their friends and demons of their enemies. Instead of being a courageous defender of wildlife against the oil companies, our picture of Prof Jones is a of nasty sneak.

And there is Archbishop Dolan's article. When the New York Times wouldnt print to his satisfaction, he told them to forget it. Instead he put it on the internet, and thanks to Free Republic and others, millions have read it without ever seeing the New York Times, newver mind the columns he complained about or the Times' rebuttal. An amazing reversal of power.

But I dont think 2009 was the seminal year. I would point 2004, and Buckhead's run-in with Dan Rather. See Free republic "47 posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:59:43 PM by Buckhead"

President Abraham Lincoln| 12.1.09 @ 10:28AM

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

=)

L. Ross| 12.1.09 @ 11:52AM

Huh?

Great speech, but what is the relationship to the topic?

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 12:39PM

Chalk that victory up for the progressive movement.

I am the New Media| 12.1.09 @ 3:29PM

It starts here =)

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L. Ross| 12.1.09 @ 11:52AM

Huh?

Great speech, but what is the relationship to the topic?

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 1:46PM

Abraham Lincoln. My favorite President. When I was 12 yrs. old I cut out a picture of him from a book (it may have been a history book :^().. and I put it on my nightstand. I've always loved him, and if anyone can't understand how that speech isn't relevant to today, then I feel sorry for you.

L. Ross| 12.1.09 @ 2:37PM

The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself. While he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect towards others, especially his subordinates, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.

Great quote by Major General John Schofield, but it also has nothing to do with the topic.

Deborah D| 12.1.09 @ 3:13PM

I agree with you Margie. And, Mr. Lincoln, thanks for posting your inspiring words. That's what we're in this for...government of the people, by the people and for the people and the fight to keep it from perishing in this country.

William F Buckley| 12.1.09 @ 10:46AM

October 27, 2007
Impeach Bush?
By William F. Buckley

The bill of particulars drawn up by Ramsey Clark et al. against Bush accuses the president of everything this side of ignoring his parking tickets. The articles of impeachment have him down for bombing civilians, lying to Congress, lying to the people, giving unconstitutional orders, etc. If he were indeed guilty of one-half the charges laid against him, he'd belong not in the White House but in jail.

What stands out this time around is that there are no serious people urging impeachment. By "serious" is here intended, men and women of sobriety who weigh conscientiously what constitutes impeachable presidential behavior.

Mr. Bush is swimming in very low political tides. Although he beat down with ease the outrageous and insulting charges of Rep. Pete Stark of California, it is striking that a member of Congress felt free to indulge in that level of public obloquy. There was enough of that for Bush in the election of 2006, which was interpreted, reasonably, as a repudiation of his leadership.

If ours were a form of government patterned after that of the Europeans, Bush would probably have been replaced as leader of his party. But the majority of the American people still think of him as a man of good will and very stout heart who is pursuing his duties as he sees them, a man, moreover, of conspicuous incorruptibility. Let the people pronounce on his stewardship in November 2008.

Anthony| 12.1.09 @ 10:47AM

Gee, for some reason I have the silly notion in my head that the biggest story of 2009 and perhaps the entire 21st century, is the colossal world wide fraud known as Anthropogenic Global Warming.
This corruption has its deep roots in all segments of the leftist's domain; the political establishment, the educational establishment, the media establishment and the scientific establishment.
The left have been exposed for the sinister, diabolical totalitarians that they are. Question is, what are the rest of us going to do about it?

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 11:24AM

The "progressive disease" was slowly and not so slowly infecting everything it touched -- the culture, education, religion, commerce and so on. It was "mainstreamed" -- and nowhere else were its believers more prominent than in the American media. As fate would have it, the media itself was undergoing a transformation -- technology relentlessly pushing it along in a fashion that in fact had nothing to do with the politics of the participants. The power of newspapers, magazines and books was growing as printing and distribution technology blossomed. Radio, coming on the scene in the 1920s, was reaching what would be thought of as a peak, quickly giving way not just to television but to network television.

The 1900s seems to be a century where our society & government progressed from being a nation that served a few… basically, rich white men, to a country that marketed to more Americans, & different cultures, including the old narcissistic cultures that bought them to that error.

The progressive movement forced the country to rectify many of its past & present ills.

It seems like the conservatives hate the progressive movement because it spoke a different language that tended to lean towards the people that our constitution was conceived to protect; the few from the many & the most powerful.

The Bill of Rights is supposed to represent all U.S. citizens, & not just the special interest of Conservatives. That’s how they end up with segregated water fountains & etc.

uncle curmudgeon| 12.1.09 @ 1:07PM

Sorry, Marcell; that dog won't hunt. Some of us have read our history. We've all lived a little of it. The Democratic Party (read: Progressives) is the party of slavery, seccesion, segregation, and socialism, and no friend to this country or its people.

1). The Democrats' position on chattel slavery was argued eloquently and passionately in the Lincoln/Douglas Debates.

2). Most of the Congressional and Senate seats that remained empty during the Civil War had been held by Democrats.

3). During the Jim Crow years there simply wasn't any Republican presence inthe South that mattered. Democratic bosses and the Klan saw to that. Those fat morons grinning out at us from the pages of Life Magazine, the Deputies and Troopers who beat people and protected the murderers of civil rights workers were all Democrats; every one of them. So were the Governors of their respective States. The House and the Senate were ruled by segregationist Democrats. Along with corrupt machine Democrats from the north they squandered vast sums on the modern welfare state. Through "blue penciling" and collusion with labor and trade unions, Democratic bosses kept Blacks "in their place" up North.

4). The Democrats' possition on statist slavery (socialism) is argued eloquently and passionately every day by everyone from Obama on down to the lowliest ACORN-style charlatan in your town or county. Hate-speech legislation, AGW, Universal Health Care (and all of the rest of it); these aren't good for anyone but the thieves who promote them.

Please take all of that "Progressives saved the Country" twaddle and tell it to the Marines.

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 1:43PM

Bravo! Many thanks for making your voice be heard, Uncle Curmudgeon.
Did you hear Rush a few minutes ago, and still speaking now?
There are no Socialists and Marxists in the Republican Party, and this wave of Third Partiers is crazy.
Unless we unite and vote for the Republican candidate we will have a second term of the Marxist-in-Chief.

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 4:13PM

You are right. The Democratic party use to be the place where you repugs use to dwell. They were the confederate flag loving Democrats who, today blindly vote Republican.

The Conservatives still spew their confederate flag loving states rights propaganda; not in todays Democratic Party, but... yes, withen todays Republican Party.

The old progressive ideas of Lincoln's Republican Party doesn't have a real voice in todays Republican Party, with their Dixiecratic litmus tests.

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 4:34PM

Have you ever heard the expression "That was then. This is now?"
Well this is now. The Democrat Party is Socialist. It is against everything good. It is against the freedom of the individual. It is about to cause us to become a Socialist country with the passing of Health Welfare.
These facts are clear to anyone with their eyes even one fourth open. Anyone with half a brain.
What to do? You know it: Vote Republican. Help conservatives get nominated in the party that has at its base freedom, low taxes, free enterprise, pro-life, a strong Military Defense. We need to take back our Party.
Of course the Leftist trolls are not listening. They will be voting for the Marxist-in Cheif once again because they want to be utterly enslaved.

a wyatt man| 12.1.09 @ 5:55PM

I hope you are being sarcastic about a third party as not viable. IMO what we need is many MORE parties or at least a third party in the executive and congressional branches.

The practice of reciprocity has choked any real debate or change in national politics (i.e. Republicans = Democrats from a practical standpoint). Anytime you hear a republican speak of his "esteemed friend and colleague" on the other side of the aisle you are witnessing a total lack of debate and new viewpoints.

The main block to a third party movement is the media.....they refuse to allow any but the "chosen" to have a voice. The media actually chooses our president by ignoring all but the two anointed to be heard.....all others are marginalized or ignored.

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 6:12PM

Nope. No sarcasm here. Not one iota of it. We have a 2 party system. A third party vote will re elect Obama. It's just reality.
have you ever read the platform of the Republican Party? Individual freedom, low taxes, limited government, pro life. We just need to take it back. Look at NJ and VA. The conservative movement is fighting to take it back.
It's our best bet.

G. Patten| 12.1.09 @ 11:45AM

that would be alumnus Buckley;singular mascular form

Yosemeti Sam| 12.1.09 @ 12:01PM

" ... And gaining in something else that simply terrifies progressive activists everywhere: the power to seriously influence events...."

As El Rushbo declares often about the arena of
ideological ideas - the gladiatorial 'combat' for truths/truisms proceeds apace.

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 12:19PM

There was a time back in the early 90s, when I brought all into the conservative media's rhetoric; they helped me purge the radical black progressives from my conscious in a way that gave me new self made power.

I thought about joining the Republican Party for years. Then I said to myself, “Do some research before you make that move.”

…I started watching Senate & House hearings on CSPAN. I researched the info that I read at sites like this. I started looking deep into the conservative's data, & I noticed that it was mostly skewed propaganda.

I even brought into studying the constitution. Conservatism rejuvenated me in ways that help me see past my angers towards America for slavery & segregation, because the people were genuine & their love for freedom was similar to what I believed in. I wanted to be in unity with those I perceived to be the defenders of our civil liberties.

I also wanted other minorities to join the cause, because I felt that the logic surrounding Conservatism were more patriotic, even though the Republican Party seemed like a Christian conservative / white supremacist movement to me. I wanted to co-opt the conservative agenda & make it my own. I wanted my presence to force the racist to flee that movement.

With that said, the skewed propaganda that I was receiving from all of the conservative media outlets helped me realize that the black nationalist are just as bad as the white nationalist who were masquerading scheme in the love of our flag, constitution & anything that looks American.

I now see your agenda as one that will undermine the original intent of our founding fathers. I use to value your love for our counstition. But, now I don't; thanks to your blind faith support for The Bu$h Crime Family.

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Here is the biggest news story:

Here's to liz

Cheney, not liked by the GOP?

Nov. 30: Big Number: A Washington Post poll asked 804 Republicans which person they think best reflects the party's principles. Only one person answered former Vice President Dick Cheney.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22.....3#34212153

JP| 12.1.09 @ 12:41PM

With the traditional MSM so deep inside the pockets of the Left, it is only natural that an alternative news gathering system would emerge. Unlike the Left MSM, this new form of news gathering is less centralized, more quirky, and very fluid.

By fluid I mean ever changing. An example of this is Charles Johnson and his Little Green Football site. Just 5 years ago he was the toast of the town, as he and a few bloggers broke the Rathergate story. He did similar work concerning Reuters and thier use of photoshop to doctor photos. But, he has since flown the coop and is just another Moonbat.

This new form of news gathering is dangerous in that no one has control -just the way our founders wanted it.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 1:15PM

Mr Lord,
I thank every one of you guys for your work. Also, thank you for allowing us to contribute to the conversation.
Further, I thank God for your work.

One fascinating facet of the whole thing is the pop-up of the communist trolls on your sites.
They throw out their silly distractions...and must be totally frustrated that nobody buys in to their silliness.
Are they paid...or are they just stupid?

Thank you guys again.

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 2:03PM

Hi Old Texican

I love your posts more than most. Now, if you to preform at my next party, I would be very happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A9tDfvsZC0

=)

GOP platform 1760| 12.1.09 @ 1:54PM

The history of the Progressive movement within the Republican Party.

"Resolved, That we, the delegated representatives of the Republican electors of the United States, in convention assembled, in discharge of the duty we owe to our constituent and our country, unite in the following declarations:

1. That the history of the nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the republican party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now more than ever before demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution, "That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the states, and the Union of the states, must and shall be preserved.

3. That to the Union of the States this nation owes its unprecedented increase in population; its surprising development of material resources; its rapid augmentation of wealth; its happiness at home and its honor abroad; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may; and we congratulate the country that no republican member of congress has uttered or countenanced the threats of disunion so often made by democratic members, without rebuke and with applause from their political associates; and we denounce those threats of disunion, in case of a popular overthrow of their ascendancy, as denying the vital principles of a free government, and as an avowal of contemplated treason, which it is the imperative duty of an indignant people sternly to rebuke and forever silence.

4. That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the states, and especially the right of each state, to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.

5. That the present Democratic Administration has far exceeded our worst apprehension in its measureless subserviency to the exactions of a sectional interest, as is especially evident in its desperate exertions to force the infamous Lecompton constitution upon the protesting people of Kansas - in construing the personal relation between master and servant to involve an unqualified property in persons - in its attempted enforcement everywhere, on land and sea, through the intervention of congress and of the federal courts, of the extreme pretensions of a purely local interest, and in its general and unvarying abuse of the power entrusted to it by a confiding people.

6. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance which pervades every department of the Federal Government; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the public treasury by favored partisans; while the recent startling developments of frauds and corruptions at the federal metropolis, show that an entire change of Administration is imperatively demanded.
7. That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with cotemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent, is revolutionary in its tendency and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.

8. That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; that as our republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no "person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.

9. That we brand the recent re-opening of the African Slave Trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a crime against humanity, and a burning shame to our country and age, and we call upon congress to take prompt and efficient measures for the total and final suppression of that execrable traffic.

10. That in the recent vetoes by the federal governors of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in those territories, we find a practical illustration of the boasted democratic principle of non- intervention and popular sovereignty, embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and a demonstration of the deception and fraud involved therein.

11. That Kansas should of right be immediately admitted as a state, under the constitution recently formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House of Representatives.

12. That while providing revenue for the support of the general government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country, and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence.

13. That we protest against any sale or alienation to others of the public lands held by actual settlers, and against any view of the free homestead policy which regards the settlers as paupers or suppliants for public bounty, and we demand the passage by congress of the complete and satisfactory homestead measure which has already passed the house.

14. That the Republican Party is opposed to any change in our naturalization laws, or any state legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded by emigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired; and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad.

15. That appropriation by Congress for river and Harbor improvements of a National character, required for the accommodation and security of an existing commerce, are authorized by the constitution and justified by the obligation of Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.

16. That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country; that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.

17. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive principles and views, we invite the coöperation of all citizens, however differing on other questions who substantially agree with us in their affirmance and support.

Supplementary Resolution. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with those men who have been driven, some from their native States and others from the States of their adoption, and are now exiled from their homes on account of their opinions; and we hold the Democratic Party responsible for this gross violation of that clause of the Constitution which declares that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States."
Courtesy Anonymous Donor.

Correction | 12.1.09 @ 1:55PM

1860

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 1:58PM

I say thank you, too. This site is one of the rare ones where you get to say what you want, and aren't censored. (For the most part.)
God bless.

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 2:07PM

Yeah

There is no call screener disallowing competition, by giving the false impression their perspective is the only one out there.

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 2:09PM

As is typical of 'respectable' CONservatism today, Lord offers nothing but the broad strokes which amounts to a blurring of the historical picture and a general white wash. William F. Buckley is mentioned, but not his break with men like Revilo Oliver, a man who towered over Buckley in terms of both erudition and intellect - in favor of the Podhoretzes. The rise of the modern media is mentioned, but those so instrumental to the arc of its development - Jews - are left for the memory hole. Likewise, the leading theoreticians and galvanizing activists of the Left's "long march through the institutions" were Jews, and acting as such for the advancement of what they perceived to be Jewish ethnic interests. It was not, and is not, some murky nebulosity, some "progressive" snowball per chance rolling down hill accumulating mass as it went - not an historical accident. The historical record is very clear.

Either Lord is ignorant of that, in which case he needs to read a few more books, or, he knows the truth and is lying to his readers by omission. Which is it Mr. Lord?

Oldefarte| 12.1.09 @ 2:11PM

Jeffrey, let me try and add to Ken (Old Texan) THANKS to you and to all other conservative journalists/writers/media commentators,etc. Whereas we Americans previously ONLY had the biased liberalism of all MSM's products to effectively brainwash us daily, we now have a conservative LIGHT-AT-THE-END-OF-THE-TUNNEL to truly inform and educate us from your 'virtual newsroom' sources. As to the typical liberalism of the MARCELL'S, I can only say for them to cease demonizing conservatives as the fault/reason for society's ills; and begin pointing your blame/finger at the root cause of same. Minority members are in their dire economic/socialistic hell mainly due to their won laziness and ignorance; since they fail to take full advantage of the free, government-provided, taxpayer-funded public school system to become thoroughly educated which would allow them to adequately [financially] support themseves and their families. Additionally, laws on the books adequately prevent all forms of discrimination that previously existed; and which are thoroughly enforced by our justice system and/or the millions of lawyers in existance today. There are NO MORE EXCUSES, and to attempt to blame Cheney, Bush or THE BUGGYMAN for this laziness/ignorance is ludicrous and STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 2:37PM

"I also wanted other minorities to join the cause, because I felt that the logic surrounding Conservatism were more patriotic, even though the Republican Party seemed like a Christian conservative / white supremacist movement to me. I wanted to co-opt the conservative agenda & make it my own. I wanted my presence to force the racist to flee that movement."

Marcell, I write advisedly when I write, 'Just who the hell do you think you are?' You write of your attraction to "conservatism," and then go on to describe its attraction to you as the fact that it is more or a less a capacious bag into which you can stuff what is of your choosing. Pardon me while I laugh. And what you wish to stuff into that bag is the silencing of any last semblance of European Man's articulation of his interests - the most fundamental of which is his interest in continuing to be at all. Are you a genocidalist, Marcell?

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 3:12PM

You can also convince me to see a better way, & I will gladly change my views.

I want my perspective be challenged that is why I put it out their in the arena of ideas.

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 3:19PM

I want my perspective be challenged. That is why I put it in the arena of ideas.

P.S. Please speak your mind, not Ru$h's.

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 4:11PM

For your info: Rush says what I'm already thinking. I've been in here for months saying what Rush said today.
"This 'there's no difference between the two parties' stuff is setting you up for a third party, and the guaranteed outcome of that is Democrat power in perpetuity. I know the Republican Party has let a lot of people down by not advocating conservatism or implementing it as they campaigned on, but there are clear differences. A third party is just building a room to scream in." -Rush
~Sarah Palin has been saying it as well. She believes in the planks of the platform of the Republican Party. Third parties don't work in America now.
Rush also said "Where are the Marxists, the Socialists, the Maoists, the Communists, in the Republican party? There are none!"
Do you abandon it, or fight for it? If you want Obama II you will abandon it.

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 2:47PM

"There are NO MORE EXCUSES, and to attempt to blame Cheney, Bush or THE BUGGYMAN for this laziness/ignorance is ludicrous and STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

There are very real biological differences in human populations, one of which is average group IQ. "Equality", sans eugenics, is simply not to be. The average IQ of American Blacks is about 85, the result of White admixture, better nutrition and positive environmental stimulation throughout childhood than can be found in Africa. The average IQ of Black Africans is around 70. We have all the relevant studies to confirm just that. The contention that all human populations have (anything near) equal potential is as chimerical as the "science" behind global warming has shown to be.

However much it may pain us to deal this that, it is a for the most part ineluctable fact in the world. Anyone who tells you different is unacquainted with the truth, or is lying to you.

Margie| 12.1.09 @ 4:43PM

Are you a member of the "Aryan Nation?"
Or just a very mentally ill racist?

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 2:50PM

As to the typical liberalism of the MARCELL'S, I can only say for them to cease demonizing conservatives as the fault/reason for society's ills; and begin pointing your blame/finger at the root cause of same. Minority members are in their dire economic/socialistic hell mainly due to their won laziness and ignorance; since they fail to take full advantage of the free, government-provided, taxpayer-funded public school system to become thoroughly educated which would allow them to adequately [financially] support themseves and their families. Additionally, laws on the books adequately prevent all forms of discrimination that previously existed; and which are thoroughly enforced by our justice system and/or the millions of lawyers in existance today.

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I have been saying that to the black liberals for years now. We should be focusing on many of the values that you have mentioned, in your attempt to smear me. We should stop blaming the white man (The Man) for our ills, & step up to the plate like most Americans.

I have learned from studying the man for years that they are lost & have been trying to convince Republican officials to help them regain their iron fists on our society (culture) every since the dismantling of slavery & segregation laws have been enacted by liberals & progressives.

Now, you can see "the man" crying like biz-ictches at Tea party rallies all across the country, because they worn out their welcome with the b.s. that you Repugs have been spewing since the beginning of this great country.

The reality is that the more Amricans get involved, the weaker your *&^% rhetoric becomes.

Uncle Curmudgeon| 12.1.09 @ 6:18PM

Nonsense, Marcell; and I suspect that you know it too. Two things, and then I'm off to join Aunt Honeybunch and our toddies:

1). Among the many wonders on that roster of brilliance that is the U S Constitution, I think my favorite is the separation of powers: we the people, the various States, and the Federal Government with each getting some pieces (their with our concent; what you would call that states rights bs. Sure it's not very efficient. That's the point. When the game is played by the rules what is central to our national character, and is best for all will tend to be conserved.

2). Among the most dispicable of all of the horrific practices of the socialists (and yes they have borrowed honored historical titles such as Liberal and Progressive until, soiled by such use, those must be abandoned for yet new ways to hide the truth), I thing the worst is their habit of short-circuiting the political process. Legislation through litigation, speech codes, and (with any legislative majority) ramming through unconstitutional power-grabs: that is, the consolidation of power over its separation. This stuff is purely evil.

Mr. Lord has writen a wonderful piece. The infra-structure is in place. We must now keep the lines a-hummin'. The price of liberty, as they say, is eternal vigilance. Further: the time of the socialist (Democrat, liberal, progressive) cometh as a thief in the night.

Cheers

UC

My History Lesson| 12.1.09 @ 3:05PM

Our Constitution gives every one of the right & liberty of be all you can be, or fail.

Every one of use are blessed to have a document that allows use to do as we please, whiten the laws.

A person would be ignorant to NOT love this country.

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Many of ancient Egypt's contribution to society not only advanced them as a civilization but left an impressionable impact on the accomplishments of the modern day. Nestled within the fertile valley of the Nile, Egypt was protected on all sides from invasion and at the same time uninfluenced by many outside cultures. Although its overall isolation by the expanse of the surrounding desert to the west and the red sea to the east, this thriving culture's achievements went beyond the imagination of even the most seemingly advanced world. This allowed the Egyptians to not only live peacefully and without an active army but also provided them with the security and time to concentrate on what is known today as the foundation of an effective way of life. One of the gifts that the Egyptian empire had bestowed on the heathens of modern society was the beginning of an elaborate alphabetic system. It was from this system of writing that many other contributions such as an accurate calendar and mathematical equations that the Egyptians were able to move forward with architectural wonders, specialized doctors and the practices of justice and religious rituals.
The Egyptians established a form of writing k

Beyond the realm of reading, writing and arithmetic the Egyptians flourished in the field of medical science. They advanced with the existence of "specialized doctors", physicians for specific areas of medicine. The Egyptians had doctors for dental, optometry, proctology as well as many other medical purposes. Due to the effects of the desert on the Egyptian population it was necessary to establish specialized doctors to aid in decreasing the wear and tare of their bodies from day to day strain. The desert sand would grind down their teeth, sphincters, sphinxes, and eyes. The Egyptians had dental work lasting longer than that of today's modern dentistry. Since the average life span of an Egyptian was thirty years, funeral arrangements had to be made early and should you had money accompanied by status, you could be honored with the process of embalming.
Many civilizations and many cultures have contributed to the ways of the modern man. It is because of such great accomplishments as those of the Egyptian people that we are able to do and create beyond the boundaries of our minds today. We are and exist because of all the ideas and creative elements that the Egyptian people laid solid ground for. We live and dwell in security of our surroundings knowing that they were built with the exactness and precision of all the tools formulated by Egyptian advancements. Although from day to day we go without thinking of such seemingly minuscule issues it is in fact that they were once great mysterious wonders that the great people of the Egyptian empire took the time to invest and expand on.
Embalming became a large part of the Egyptian funeral process and to this day is still a practiced performance by a wacky doctor or two. All organs were removed from the deceased body except for the heart because of the belief that it was the center of all being. The organs were then placed in jars which represented the four sons of Osiris. The body was soon stuffed with herbs and flowers and finely wrapped in cloth soaked with frankincense and various botanical oils. The hot dry climate contributed immensel

I am the New Media | 12.1.09 @ 3:08PM

Source:

CONTRIBUTIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/13336.html

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 4:22PM

Marcell, do you even bother to read - or think about for that matter - the virtually incoherent drivel you post? A rhetorical question, of course the answer is "no". Get this dude, Michael "The Shizzle" Steele thinks the way to advance the fortunes of the Republikwan party is to give it a 'hip-hop makeover'. LOL! No, I didn't stutter. Truly a head scratcher, truly pathetic. Reminds me of the Brothas who get in gun fights with theyselves: spray and hope for the best, that's about it. Oh, and attack in packs. That, and terrorize and ruin formerly White neighborhoods and schools. Well now, just how long to you suppose theyselves would fare against disciplined Whites who formed up in paramilitary fashion to defend the existence of their people with their lives? That's right, just about two seconds.

Whitey is patient, but his patience is not limitless (if not for Whitey you would be living in a mud hut in Afreaka). Pass the word along.

ROTFLMAO| 12.1.09 @ 4:36PM

Old shay whitie, spewing their hate =)

Yea, we want to sex your gurls & dumb down your culture with our American made values system.

STFU!! dough dough head.

Ps. That was funny =)

Marcell| 12.1.09 @ 4:29PM

Margie Said:

For your info: Rush says what I'm already thinking.
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Rush Limbaugh on the black family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiLVTzljOjA

albert constantine, jr| 12.1.09 @ 4:30PM

Captainchaos, you need to inform Marcell, the given name of the man is "ZOG".

Define ZOG ???| 12.1.09 @ 4:42PM

ZOG 113 up, 14 down
buy zog mugs, tshirts and magnets
The "Zionist Occupation Government" or "Zionist Occupied Government."

Offensive term used by anti-Semites and neo-Nazis referring to the government of the United States (and occasionally to Britain), implying that Jews and their supporters control the mechanisms of government.

Conservative bloggers will on occasion mockingly use the term "ZOG" to poke fun at extreme-right racists.

(Infrequently, "ZOG" will be used to describe the state of Israel, generally by hardcore Palestine supporters and Pan-Arabists who seek the elimination of Israel.)

According to Wikipedia, the term was coined in 1976 by neo-Nazi Eric Thomson.
News Brief: "Saudi Arabian unemployment figures reached 30% today fueling fears of a larger than normal recruitment pool for Wahabbi terrorists. Analysts speculate that the hoarding of crude oil proceeds by the dysfunctional, 5000 member royal family has impeded business development and job opportunities in the Magic Kingdom."

Neo-nazi punk: "Man, I know that the A-rabs have a closed off, backwards society, but the ZOG must be behind this somehow. I just know it."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ZOG

albert constatntine, jr| 12.1.09 @ 4:34PM

Another day on the yard at the gladiator academy watching the AB spar with the BGF. As the great philosopher of human relations, Rodney King once said, "Can't we all just get along?".

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 4:34PM

Marcell, please quit whining...and go to your room... over at huffington post. heh!

Dumbbunny, until now we in the vast majority chose to "afford" you children.
No longer.

Translation| 12.1.09 @ 4:37PM

Marcell, please quit winning.

=)

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 5:11PM

"Captainchaos, you need to inform Marcell, the given name of the man is "ZOG"."

That's damn right. However, that appellation connotes conspiracy mongering kookdom to your average Amerikwan. What are we really talking about here? The vastly disproportionate influence and power organized Jewry wields over the workings of our society (merely to say government is not encompassing enough). How do they do it? Through above average group intelligence and ethnic nepotism/networking which allows them to gain a foothold in and use to their desired ends the real choke points of power in a modern society: media and finance.

It is not really 'hidden', it is not a 'conspiracy', it is kept from sight, because, well, most 'Kwans are too damn dumb to sift through the contradictions in the BS they are fed as even a beginning of looking for the truth.

The continue:

Around 60% of monetary contributions to the Democrapic party, and around 25% to the Republikwan party, come from Jewish sources - with the expectation that the former and the latter will act consistent with Jewish interests, which they do. You can verify the above for yourself in mainstream sources (such as the Washington Post and the Jersulem Post). Also, Jews make up around 50% of billionaires in Amerikwa. That is real power.

That is why the CONservatives who call themselves "men" grovel like curs before Jews and Israel.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 6:29PM

Hey back private skinhead.
Still at it are you?
You silly little NAZI. Still afraid of Jews?
tee hee hee. .....bang! you are over it.

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 7:20PM

Kenny, I think you're probably a nice guy, so I'll go easy on you. Look, either I can demonstrate my claims (with evidence) or I can't. It is incumbent upon me to do so. But, it is your responsibility to think about and consider my offerings if you have any pretension whatever to being a thinking man (I don't automatically assume you do, or in fact are capable of doing so even if you tried). That is, if you are not to be consigned to the ranks of the lumpen idiotariate. Examine your own emotional state as you read my comments and type your words. Is it not so, that it was done in a state of glee at the prospect of encountering 'a live one', one for whom which you have been given the Pavlovian urge to feel your own status elevated above by comparison? Of course. The brain stem was sufficient, nothing more.

Consider: Just because that box has acme stamped on it, might it not contain offal?

So you are told, so you believe, is for lightweights.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 7:42PM

Hey skinhead
Do you even understand your last comment? I certainly do not.
Please, Skinhead, do not go EASY on me. give it your best shot, ignoramus.
I will enjoy the heck out of embarrasing you back to mommies' basement.

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 8:11PM

Jesus Kenny, it seems you are lacking a particular organ which normally occupies the cranial cavity colloquially known as 'grey matter'. In reference to my comment above: go back, read slowly, move your lips as you proceed if need be.

Btw, I'm curious, are you a race-mixer Kenny? Are your grandchildren mixed? Do you have relatives that have betrayed their people and contributed to the genocide of their race (through their miscegenation)? Is that why you are so sensitive? Enquiring minds would like to know.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 8:50PM

Well hello Nazi skinhead.
Hey guy, you don't even know your daddy's name.
How can you be a race baiter, knothead?
I personally am 1/4th Sioux...the rest anglo/saxon.

You sir are a liar... and a borrower of lies. You are a mixed breed too....part human and part stupidus oleangus.
heh!
I, sir, am also a Christian. That means I am an "adopted Jew" via Jesus Christ, (who was a Jew in this world).
...so I suppose that makes you and I "to the death enemies".
My email address:
kbjudgeroybean06@gmail.com

I will pay for your airplane ticket to a green where you can have a shot. I will even give you first shot.
But you won't come, you cowardly little twit.

Captainchaos| 12.1.09 @ 9:15PM

Kenny, I'm certainly not going to come to Texas under the ludicrous pretence of shooting it out with an old man. I wish to harm no-one, and only wish my people to live on, as themselves, and not to see them be changed into another.

It is quite arrogant of you to imply that entire, ancient people should cease to exist just because it suites you. A little perspective is called for.

P.S. Mystical babble does not an argument make.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.09 @ 9:29PM

Cluck clukclukckukckuk! (chicken)
Captain skinhead you are like all NAZIS...you are a coward.
Sir, you DO wish harm! Who (stupid case) "is" your people? (singular/plural? ignoramus.)

Mystical my hiney, coward! You do not have the courage to take an airplane ticket....and take first shot.
Either take the ticket...or show your yellow streak for everyone here to laugh at.
Hundreds of thousands of folks are watching for you to reply. Got guts?

Of course not.

Hide behind your computer in mommie's basement and squawk! heh.

JamesF from Sydney| 12.1.09 @ 10:09PM

Oddly enough, this article suffers from the Old Newsroom effect itself. To write about the Virtual Newsroom and distributed accountability and NOT mention Climategate - when it is probably the biggest story since 9/11, and in 100 years will be of more historical importance - reeks of the same disconnected insularity the author sees in the MSM.

Bill| 12.1.09 @ 10:18PM

"It makes me laugh to hear the predictable shrieks about Loss of Privacy when security cameras are posted downtown, while the whole thing is recorded by mobs of wireheads ..."

Seminar poster. Cameras posted by people with guns who can lock you up, vs. Citizens who can't. Whose side are you on? I love my country and fear my Government.

JoeCollins| 12.1.09 @ 10:58PM

Excellent. Well done, and true. I hung on the releases of Hannah and James' stinging videos this year and applaud Andrew for the way he strung them out. In the local paper - oh He!! No. All on the internet, the radio, and on Fox. God bless them all.

The old school media is so, um, done.

Carolyn| 12.1.09 @ 11:48PM

I think you left out one important milestone: "Rathergate" - the first time progressive activists and their enablers, Old Media, were out maneuvered by Internet bloggers.
Thanks for a striking article. I think you nailed it, and I can't wait to see where the virtual newsroom goes from here.

clsez| 12.1.09 @ 11:53PM

Jeffrey makes some valid points but none that have not been made before or are not perpetually exhibited in political gamesmanship. Everyone is looking for their macaca moment on the left and their ACORN moment on the right. What is more startling is the importance, a little posthumously in this cycle of abject defeat of the conservatives, that poor Jeffrey gives it. Story of 2009? Not Obama? I think his well described virtual newsroom is full of some acrid smoke and he is breathing it in heaps. Jeff should put his pipe and lighter down and stay in the small fish fry.

Mondo Frazier| 12.2.09 @ 12:27AM

Jeffrey's right and the impact of the Virtual Newsroom is only getting stronger. He aptly illustrates why the MSM, while not totally irrelevant, is nearly so. Just ask John Edwards, who the MSM tried their best to protect for 10 months.

At some point, some smart billionaire is going to buy some MSM organizations and turn them into real news reporting enterprises and tap into the same market the Virtual Newsroom is serving. Then, there will be a change in the bottom line and THAT will then be the story.

Good job!

clsez| 12.2.09 @ 12:41AM

Koolaid drinker. If the bottom line didn't hit you at 20% then may the good lord hit ya where he split ya. Limbaugh new? Blogging new? Tv talking heads new? What is wrong with people? How about a little independent thought! Before Breitbart, there was DailyKos, Loooong before. AM radio is the new, new radio, but wait. Clinton knew of it then or maybe it's because of his 'feeling out' skills that drove you batty for years. Jeff needs to put his happy pipe down.

victor| 12.2.09 @ 2:41AM

Before Markos Moussaka and DailyKossacks, there was RUSH LIMBAUGH for TWENTY FIVE YEARS!
Chew on that and choke!
When you say "Talk Radio"
You really mean "RUSH"!

Marcell| 12.2.09 @ 12:37AM

Little Green Footballs' Charles Johnson Breaks With The Right

First Posted: 12- 1-09 11:45 AM | Updated: 12- 1-09 12:12 PM

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?

Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs, a conservative-leaning political blog, officially announced his break with the right in a post on Monday evening. Johnson is co-founder of Pajamas Media, and Little Green Footballs has been named one of the top 100 most popular blogs.

Succinctly titled "Why I Parted Ways With The Right," Johnson's post argues against the fanaticism of politicians like Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan as well as the conservative blogosphere ("Hatred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies, into racism, hate speech, and bizarre conspiracy theories (see: witch doctor pictures, tea parties, Birthers, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, World Net Daily, Newsmax, and every other right wing source)"). He also cites the "anti-Islamic bigotry that goes far beyond simply criticizing radical Islam, into support for fascism, violence, and genocide." He concludes:

The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff.

I won't be going over the cliff with them.

This isn't the first time that Johnson has expressed discontent with the right. Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent has been tracking Johnson's political transition over the past year. "Way back in April," Weigel writes, "I talked to Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs about his very public arguments with fellow "warbloggers" whom, he believed, had gone off the rails. Johnson told me that he'd never considered himself a 'conservative.'"

victor| 12.2.09 @ 2:37AM

That's because you, Marcelle, are a liberalterrier who hates conservatives.
I've heard rumors about conservatives being vaporized by Chuckie for some time. I guess it's true that he plans on calling his site "Lace, Lavender and Lily's".
It's a pity, but we won't miss him.

Steve| 12.2.09 @ 8:53AM

I could not agree more with this article. It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease, and conservatives are typically a quiet bunch. In this past year I have witnessed a revolution. Conservatives from all walks are standing up to be heard. We can take our country back if we speak boldly and without fear. God bless America

maryann | 12.2.09 @ 9:14AM

I'm a Canadian and have enjoyed the ride this past year. Started following U.S. politics since Obama came on the stage. I yearned daily for articles exposing him and found them in the blogoshere. Breitbart put the icing on the cake though, he exposed the leftist MSM with a huge massive spot light, and the light is starting to blind there eyes. Truly it's like a Star Wars battle of good over evil. We will prevail and I am so happy to be part of the mvement.

Deborah D| 12.2.09 @ 10:59AM

Welcome, Maryann. It's the Second American Revolution. We love having you here, and we can use all the encouragemen we can get. Thanks for your post.

Deborah D| 12.2.09 @ 11:00AM

Oops.. encouragemenT -- we love men and women! :)

E. Gutierrez| 12.2.09 @ 3:02PM

This is all very good, but the fact is that the old media still has the lion's share of the influence. For example, climategate has no doubt damaged the AGW movement, but it would be completely dead if the old media covered it with the way it did, say, Cheney's hunting accident.

Also, if the AGW train is derailed, as now appears plausible, at least delayed, those pushing it will be seriously ticked off, and will resolve to do whatever is necessary to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again. And don't think they won't try, and don't underestimate the power of the left.

The example of the Lisbon Treaty is instructive. Defeated by voters in France and the Netherlands in 2005 with national referenda rejecting the European Constitution, and with a national referendum promised by Labor before any further concessions of national sovereignty were made, one might have paused to celebrate, and to think that perhaps the eurofascists could be defeated after all. Not so. The EU elite simply bypassed democratic methods, and consolidated their power through the Lisbon Treaty, which was ratified by the governments of member states without (with few exceptions) any opportunity for the voters to weigh in. Thus, yesterday the UK (and all other EU member states) ceased to be sovereign states as the Lisbon Treaty came into effect. The extremely undemocratic EU government may now seize as much authority as it wishes, without permission from regional governments. I'm guessing they will wish for quite a lot of authority. The birth of the European superstate far eclipses the emergence of "the virtual newsroom" in importance this year, I'm afraid.

"Progressivism" is a huge and powerful evil, and while I am quite grateful for the existance of the "virtual newsroom" you speak of, the tone of your article is triumphant, and fails to convey the tenuousness of our grasp on what freedoms we retain, and the power of those who wish to take them away.

LarryH| 12.2.09 @ 5:06PM

From before the Civil War up until now, the Democrats have been consistent, in this way: They have been vehemently determined to treat people differently ..... on the basis of skin color.

The Democrats demonstrated a consistent plan to institutionally keep down negroes, from the antebellum days of the nineteenth century, up until they could no longer oppose the civil rights successes of the 1950's and 60's.

Within one decade of that "loss" by the Democrats, they had recovered from that seeming knockout punch and were once again finding a rationale for treating people differently based upon skin color. They once again had a scheme for limiting citizens' options, by institutionally implementing nonuniform treatment of American citizens. Their scheme was Affirmative Action, busing, and other programs.

Negroes would now be shown institutional FAVORITISM to make up for the dis-favoritism in the past. This was the "Lyle Menendes Argument."

You may be unfamiliar with the "Lyle Menendes Argument." Eric and Lyle Menendes were found guilty of premeditated firearms murder of their parents. After their murder trial, a juror mentioned her personal anguish that Lyle Menendes did not have a mother who could visit him in prison, for comfort at Christmas, birthdays and so forth. Yes, that poor Lyle, will get no comforting visits from mom - - because HE KILLED his mom! Poor Lyle, boo hoo hoooooo! Folks, there you see the "Lyle Menendes Argument."

Well, in a similar fashion, the Democrats now work like hell to treat people differently on the basis of skin color, because in the past THEY the Democrats worked like hell to treat people differently on the basis of skin color!

Now this is not to claim that people other than Democrats did not commit discrimination. But the Democrats spearheaded the institutional policies(i.e., laws and other governmental policies) that ingrained BY LAW the necessity of treated people differently(by the most superficial of homo sapiens sapiens' anatomical qualities: skin color.)

So we see that for nearly two centuries the Democrats have been consistent. For Democrats, skin color is a matter of legal consequence. "Skin color matters."

Captainchaos| 12.2.09 @ 6:04PM

"Well, in a similar fashion, the Democrats now work like hell to treat people differently on the basis of skin color, because in the past THEY the Democrats worked like hell to treat people differently on the basis of skin color!"

You seem to be implying a reaction formation on a group scale rooted in a historical consciousness of what everyone "knows" "deep down" is "wrong" - namely "racism". You are a confused man.

"But the Democrats spearheaded the institutional policies(i.e., laws and other governmental policies) that ingrained BY LAW the necessity of treated people differently(by the most superficial of homo sapiens sapiens' anatomical qualities: skin color.)"

You make two untrue propositions here, both of which render your conclusions, likewise, untrue:

1.) "Racism" was in fact "socially constructed" by means of formalization in law. Wrong, the affinity for one's more closely genetically related fellows is an evolved trait - a universal trait. Why? Because it was and is adaptive for furthering life.

2.) Race is "only skin deep". And, therefore, even if granting "birds of a feather flock together" it is of no real civilizational consequence. Again, wrong. The sub-Saharan African group IQ is around 70. And his propensity for disorder and violence is greater on average than that of Europeans even controlling for IQ.

"So we see that for nearly two centuries the Democrats have been consistent. For Democrats, skin color is a matter of legal consequence. "Skin color matters.""

Two centuries? Man was tribal before he was Man (I refer to his evolutionary antecedents). What you are doing here, and it is not hard to see, is projecting your own guilt-feelings for ray-cism onto what is truly a social construct (the Democratic party) that you do not identify with, thereby leveraging a sense of moral superiority to yourself via your identification with a social construction (you got it, the Republican party). Rather a silly little bit of mental gymnastics for what is in the end a paltry emotional payoff, don't you think?

Just what the hell kind of blame do you, do I, do any of us, rightly bear for affirming what is best in life, our peoplehood?

bunky| 12.2.09 @ 5:07PM

I used to visit LGF frequently back in the day.
I was absent for a while and went back in early 09. It was not recognizable. I haven't gone back.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.2.09 @ 8:33PM

Hey Captain skinhead
I still have not gotten your e-mail as to where to leave your airplane ticket at the counter.
NAZI coward, show us your stuff.

Conversely...your own turf. I will fly my own plane to your green.
Send the e-mail, you cowardly little twit.

Captaichaos| 12.2.09 @ 11:08PM

"I will fly my own plane to your green."

Get this, now Kenny hints he's got his own plane. You are bat shit insane, Kenny. I can't take anything you say seriously. Besides, isn't this about the time y'all at the old folks home gather around the tube to watch game shows anyway?

Captainchaos| 12.2.09 @ 11:46PM

Oh yeah, I just couldn't resist filling you in on the fact that the publisher of this very magazine, one Alfred Regnery, is also a racialist. I'm afraid it is all to true.

Consider the mission statement of the National Policy Institute, an organization his deep pockets bankroll:

"The National Policy Institute is an Augusta, Georgia-based research foundation that educates the public on trends and policies that affect the interests of the United States’ founding people and historic majority population. NPI is guided in its work by the wisdom and vision of the Founders, whose purpose was to establish “a more perfect Union” for “Ourselves and our Posterity.”"

http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/mission/

How's that egg on your face taste, Kenny? Good? Spending your golden years in the reconquered territory of Aztlan should feel even better.

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