Laughing at the Left: How liberalism has become a joke.

At the recommendation of local conservative radio talk show host Mark Belling, I read an article Belling had discovered,  entitled "Laughing at the Left."   Being a firm believer that many liberals, especially liberal politicians, are devoid of "common sense" and instead tend to approach life and it's challenges based on "feelings,"  I just had to check out "Laughing at the Left."  Wow!

"Laughing at the Left" was written by  Quin Hillyer. Mr. Hillyer is a senior editorial writer at the Washington Times and a senior editor of The American Spectator.  Hillyer's well-written column was chock-full of  observations and facts clearly demonstrating how illogical liberalism really is.  I found so many examples that were true and undeniable, that I just had to share them with my readers.  Hillyer's column is powerful stuff.  Rather than just provide a link to "Laughing at the Left,"  I contacted the author directly for permission to re-print the column in it's entirety.  Mr. Hillyer graciously agreed to allow me to do so.  (In addition to re-printing the entire column, Mr. Hillyer requested that I provide a link to his article at American Spectator.  Please click on the title below to access the column and learn more about Mr. Hillyer.) 

Laughing at the Left:  by Quin Hillyer

If the consequences for this great nation of ours weren't so serious and the policies preferred by the left weren't so dangerous, one would really laugh, almost uncontrollably, at the beliefs and (il)logic of American liberals. Based on things they have actually said or done, here are some of the things they really, truly seem to believe.

They believe we can spend our way out of debt. They believe taking money from one part of the economy to give to another part somehow makes the economy bigger. They believe people who have never run a business can run a business better than people who have spent their whole lives running businesses. They believe that what appears to be a 20-year spike in global temperatures (a spike itself that hundreds of scientists dispute) can mean doom for a planet whose temperatures have swung much more widely for 6 billion years -- but that an eight- or ten-year flattening or even drop in temperatures can be ignored because it doesn't comport with the "models" based largely on the previous 20 years. They believe that punishing "developed" nations for carbon consumption is a good idea even if it means that developing countries without the same environmental controls will take over the production/manufacturing forced away from the developed countries. So, somehow, in the name of saving the environment from carbon emissions, they would create even more carbon emissions (and other, real pollution) elsewhere -- and call it progress.

They believe that teenage girls who aren't allowed to get even minor cosmetic surgery without a parent's permission should nevertheless be able to procure an abortion without a parent's permission. They believe that would-be parents should have the "choice" to kill their babies, but not the choice of where to send their children to school. They believe that when it comes to advising about abortions, nobody should interfere with the doctor (abortionist)-patient relationship -- but when it comes to caring for the elderly, anonymous bureaucrats should dictate to doctors what sorts of treatment are cost-effective enough to be "approved."

They believe it is unconstitutional for a legislature to mention Jesus but perfectly okay to mention Allah. They think it is offensive for mass-market movies to exhibit Christian sensibilities, but that it is perfectly okay for primetime TV shows on the public airwaves to have eighth graders decide which is the sexiest from among of contestants on MILF (Mothers I'd Like to ****) Island. They believe it disqualifies an appellate judicial nominee to joke one time about praying "please God, no more Souters" on the Supreme Court, but that it doesn't disqualify a Supreme Court nominee to repeat in multiple prepared speeches that "inherent physiological or cultural differences… may and will make a difference in our judging." They believe it is disqualifying for a judicial nominee to have quoted Thomas Aquinas about a Catholic duty to be good and active citizens while speaking to a Catholic high school. They believe explicit words in the Constitution protecting contracts, and gun ownership rights, and property rights against government seizure, are to be ignored; but that wholly invented "rights" that cannot be found in any words of the Constitution, but that merely "extend" from "emanations" from "penumbras" of other judicially created "rights," are somehow sacrosanct and essential parts of the Constitution.

They believe that when a white skinhead threatens a black man, it is a sign of a vast racist conspiracy; but that when paramilitary-garbed New Black Panthers with a weapon, spouting racial epithets, stand right in front of a polling place, it is no violation of civil rights at all -- even after a judge has already moved to issue a default judgment against the Panthers. They believe that blacks are suffering racial discrimination when black voters themselves choose to hold non-partisan elections. They believe white firefighters can be denied promotions specifically because they are white, and that Asian students can be denied admission to college because they aren't black, but that black students who want to attend racially integrated private schools should be sent back to de facto segregated public schools in the name of "fairness."

The Left thinks it is good diplomacy to insult our allies while kowtowing to our enemies and bowing to problematic rivals. They tried everything in their power to stop Ronald Reagan's Cold War policies and yet now claim to have been part of a decades-long, bipartisan consensus on Cold War efforts. They think Afghanistan is a "war of necessity" until they are in charge of it, after which it becomes a war that must be stopped, one that was inherited from bad Republicans. They oppose missile defense because they say it will never work, and then when it works they oppose it anyway. They think that American imperialists are worse than foreign Communists. They think American servicemen should be prosecuted for (allegedly) punching a jihadist-terrorist in the stomach while capturing him -- and in a military court, without civilian due process rights -- but that foreign terrorist suspects are too good for military justice and instead deserve Miranda rights and other domestic American civil rights.

They support jail sentences for mere paperwork violations of environmental laws, even of foreign environmental laws or regulations, but they think even violent criminals should be let free if police make unintentional mistakes in paperwork or procedure.

They also think it is dangerous to the point of being an existential threat for ordinary citizens to challenge office-holders at town hall meetings, but perfectly okay for those same powerful office-holders to call their critics "un-American." They believe in the secret ballot for Mexicans, but not for American workers who are considering unionization. They say, against all evidence, that far more ballots are kept from being cast due to utterly unspecified "intimidation" than are cast fraudulently in the names of people who actually go nowhere near the polls, of dead people, and even of pet dogs …and of dead pet fish!!!

And, finally for now (this could go on for page after page), get this: They actually think most Americans agree with them. Now that isn't just laugh-inducing; it's worthy of a roll-on-the-floor, guffaw-til-you're-blue-in-the-face, uncontrollable laughing fit.

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RIGHT ON, Mr. Hillyer!  And the proof will be in the upcoming elections in 2010, 2012 and beyond.  Why, even right now, in Massachusetts of all places - a Democratic stronghold for years - a Republican candidate has an excellent chance of winning that seat in a special election on January 19th!  Whodathunkit?  After 40-plus years of being dominated by Democratic Senator Teddy Kennedy (who should have spent a few of those years in prison, if there was any justice), Republican Scott Brown is neck-and-neck with Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley.   Dems in Washington D.C. are even scared that Brown will win.  They are threatening to stall certifying Brown, if Coakley loses,  in order to still have the votes to pass the health care bill!  Unbelievable.  

And don't forget that Senator Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) recently announced he wouldn't run again for re-election (hmmm...could the fact that he was 22 points behind Republican Governor John Hoeven in the polls have played into his decision?), as well as Senator Chris Dodd (whose own poll numbers are dismal.)  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid looks like he won't have a job after November of this year, either....  

The writing is on the wall.  Let Obama and the Democrats continue to "lead" as they are doing.  Let them pass that boondoggle mess called "health care reform."  Go ahead and pass another spend-crazy  "stimulus bill" that will go over like a lead balloon,  as did the first $787 billion dollar stimulus bill that just HAD to be passed quickly - so unemployment wouldn't rise above 8%!!!    Let Harry Reid continue to "lead" the Senate - even after making racist remarks about Obama.   (The same remarks, if uttered by a Republican, would have spelled the end of their political career.)  Let Nancy Pelosi and other Dems call Americans who are against socialism and the government take-over of health care "Astroturfers,"  "Nazi's, " and un-patriotic.  Let Obama and the Dems continue to aim America on a path towards bigger government and out-of-control spending.  We Americans know better.  And many who were initially fooled by Obama have wised up.  The majority of Americans don't like what is going on.  Not one bit.  We are angry.  We are motivated.  We are afraid for America.  Obama and the Democrats have awakened a sleeping giant - conservatives and others throughout the country who will not tolerate what our government is trying to do.  People who have never been interested in politics are paying attention.  People who have never attended a political rally or protest are turning up at such events in droves.    And we will speak loud and clear at the voting polls!  (Heck, even voter fraud won't be able to help salvage many Democratic politicians careers at this point... )