Liberals...or misguided conservatives?

As you know I have been trying to ignore the stupidity in Washington but it is so compelling that it is very hard to turn away...the train wreck that is our President keeps showing us that he has no clue. The Democratic leadership keeps lying to us and stupid stuff keeps being repeated ad nauseum in the media. The Republicans are under pressure to make a deal....that pressure being applied by....the train-wreck President and the lying democrats.

Give me a break! Enough already!

When I listened to the utter garbage that Pelosi spewed yesterday in a speech to union members in Washington, I have to simply cringe.

Gems like this.

"They don’t just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education."


Really? Really?


how about this one....

“They do not like the government. They’re riding an engine of popular support for, ok we have to reduce the deficit. And they’re using that to destroy.”

It got me thinking about a number of things.

Firstly, I find it hard to believe that the progressives today actually believe this stuff. I find it hard to believe that they actually think the motivation behind conservatives is to destroy our air, destroy our water, reign death and destruction over all the lands....crazy stuff. And if they do believe it? Then they have all climbed aboard the crazy train with their chief engineers Pelosi and Reid.

I will come back to this point later in this post...as that is what I am really wanting to examine today.

Before that, I want to spend a few minutes looking at how such blatant stupidity and lies get to be applauded by the followers.

It is clear to me that for lies to work, they must have some degree of believability. They must have a base truth that is either perceived by the listener to be true (even though it is not) or an actual truth.

If we look at Pelosi's statements above, there is the use of an ACTUAL truth to give validity to her claims.

That actual truth is: 

“They do not like the government. They’re riding an engine of popular support for, ok we have to reduce the deficit."


Damn right Pelosi! We DO NOT like Government. We want the government to get the hell out of our lives. We do have an engine of popular support for reducing the deficit...every poll taken shows that. You, ma'am are about to find yourself on the wrong side of history at the next election...and you know it. You have already stated the truth!


And then she goes and spoils it all by saying something stupid like:
"They don’t just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. They want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education."


Oh well...I guess I have to ask this question....if it looks like a clown, and talks like a clown, and acts like a clown , what is it? It is a member of Obama's sycophant clown posse. You don't have to be scared of clowns to be alarmed at this group....led by the Deceiver-in-Chief, they are nothing but a joke in their big shoes and sloppy pants. They are sure not big enough to fill those britches!!


Enough of Pelosi and her stupidity....


Although I have to thank her because she got me thinking in a different direction...and that is always an interesting experience.


When I think of the stupidity that sprouts from her mouth, and the mouth of her co-clown captain, Harry Reid, I have to wonder....


When you all were sitting in the mud and rain, enjoying Woodstock (and now regretful that you left early and missed one of the greatest renditions of the National Anthem EVER, played before a mere couple of thousand hangers-on on the Monday morning...by the late great Jimmi Hendrix)..do you really think your idea of the great progressive movement, destined to solve the world's problems, was in fact Pelosi and Reid? Is that what you envisaged? Are they the picture of liberalism that you would have embraced so fully had they been around then? Is that really what you aspired to?


I can't quite reconcile my knowledge of the Woodstock, summer of love, so-called hippy freedom movement, with the likes of Pelosi and Reid. If I am right, why are they there? Can someone tell me that?


So, it got me to thinking.


Are liberals today really liberals or are they simply misguided, uneducated conservatives?


I could throw in intellectually lazy as well...but I don't want to offend anybody here....lol.


So, to make it easy, I have designed a short quiz to test whether you are a liberal/progressive or a misguided conservative.


1. Do you regularly, or occasionally, give gifts to charitable organisations such as faith based institutions (churches) or organisations such as Save the Children?


If you said yes, you are likely to be a conservative, as liberals rely on government to provide charitable giving.


2. Do you believe that natural resources should be protected, managed and utilized carefully so that they will be available to future generations? Do you believe you have a responsibility to ensure that?


If you said yes, you could be conservative, because that is what they believe. Liberals believe it is the government who must control and protect natural resources by passing legislation to prevent people enjoying them!


3. Do you believe somebody should be able to walk into your home, sit down, eat your food and stay as long as they like, without your approval?


If you said no, you are likely a conservative. Liberals believe that anyone should be able to live wherever they want.


4. Do you believe you should be able to choose what car you drive, what food you eat, what you read, what you do and what you believe?


If you said yes, you are likely a conservative. Liberals believe that the government should determine what is best for you to drive, eat read and believe. Liberals believe the individual is incapable of making the best decisions for their own lives.


5. Do you try to balance your home budget, trying to spend no more than you receive? Do you try to pay your bills on time out of the money you earn from your own blood, sweat and tears?


If you said yes, you are likely to be a conservative. Liberals believe that what you earn should be spread around so that other people can pay their bills using YOUR blood, sweat and tears to provide the money.


6. Do you believe that two people doing the same job should get the same pay, the same opportunities for advancement and the same recognition, regardless of sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity or religion?

If you said yes, you are likely a conservative.Liberals believe that members of a minority group should have extra opportunities and have legislated exactly that. It is called affirmative action and bestows more rights on certain classes of people than others. This is the equality you believe in, right?

7. Do you believe that everybody should pay a fair share of the costs of government?

If you said yes, you are likely a conservative. Liberals believe that some people should pay more and others none of the costs of Government. This is their idea of equality.

8. Do you believe that the money you earn is your money, not your neighbors?

If you said yes, you are likely a conservative. Liberals believe the money you earn is community property to be used by whoever needs it.

9. Do you believe that when you buy a car, you can put whatever you want on it to make it work better. You can chose who can drive it and who will wash it. Do you believe your mechanic should be paid more for keeping it safe than the car washer who keeps it clean?

If you said yes, you are likely a conservative. Liberals believe they must control what you do with your own property in order to keep others safe. They tell you who you MUST employ (affirmative action) and how much you must pay them (minimum wage).

And finally...
10) Do you believe in certain God given rights that the Government is required to protect as demanded by the Constitution?

If so, you are a conservative. Liberals rarely believe in God, cannot distinguish between God given rights and man-made rules, and have no concern for the Constitution.

So...are you really a liberal, or simply just a misguided and confused conservative?

The liberal/progressive movement has been so good at creating new meanings for words, that many democrats of old do not realize that their party has abandoned them. They do not yet realize that they are really conservatives but follow the likes of Pelosi and Reid simply because they are democrats.

If we all practice intellectual honesty, question and understand not only what we believe but WHY we believe it, the conservative groundswell will be so powerful that all the left-wing marxists, the socialists, the communists, the liars in office and the clowns that support them will be forced to retreat in the face of insurmountable odds. They will be finished!

So, I implore you to challenge the thinking of your liberal friends and families. Do not try to win the battle of ideology. That is NOT where your weapons are strongest. Fight the battle of belief, the battle of what they truly deep down know is right. From there, you can guide them to the understanding that MOST Americans are conservative, and that the liberal/progressive movement has hijacked the democrat party and made a mockery of the Constitution we all love.

.....devereaux





















 

A "Christian beat-down" comes my way!

A few days ago, maybe a week, I had an interesting experience that was akin to being in a bad rendition of Alice in Wonderland. It was actually bizarre, but reminiscent of my school days when I learned to never bow down before bullies.

Since then, I have been the recipient of a few beat downs from bullies, have won a few, have been the target of kidnapping attempts by Nigerian rebels, been held for ransom by said rebels, been the target of failed muggers in Boston and Tangiers, and numerous other events. I won't even start with my battles with legal thugs (state police) in East Germany and Russia in the days of the Soviet Union!

For a slightly overweight 200 pound 5'11" white accountant, I have had more than a few worldly experiences that have toughened me beyond what my 55 year old middle class looks imply.

Anyway, I tell you this as it has a direct bearing on how I responded to the situation I found myself deeply embroiled in.

The story starts when I drop my car off at my mechanic for some much needed repairs. My mechanic is one of the good guys and he always arranges to have a loaner vehicle for me so that I can go about my business when he is working on my car. These loaners are usually vehicles that he has bought and reconditioned for sale, and are usually older but in great mechanical condition.

The downside of this arrangement is that often there is not much gas in the tanks of the loaner, and that was the case on this day. Now, my mechanic is located pretty much in the center of my town. To the West is the better part of town while the East is sometimes described as the wrong side of the tracks, or more accurately, ghetto.

I needed to pass through the East side of town to get to my destination. And the car was low on gas. And as I drove, looking for a gas station, it did not take long for the dash lights to start blinking at me and the annoying verbal cues to start "binging" with increasing urgency.

Being in a strange car and not knowing when I was going to run out of fumes, I was relieved when I saw a gas station just in front of me. In the worst part of town. The sort of place that had bars on the windows. And broken signs displaying the prices...broken from rocks...or gunfire? Impossible to tell.

Anyway, I had no choice than to pull in. As I turned off the busy main road, a flashy new Chrysler 300 driven by a 40's black lady in a peacock blue dress was coming across the car park on my left. She stopped, smiled and waved me through.

I waved a thank you back and drove into the gas station and pulled up at the pump...one of at least 3 that were available.

The loud and incessant honking of a car horn behind me drew my eyes to the rear view mirror, where I saw a peacock blue blur pounding her steering wheel, filling the view in the mirror. She had driven so close to the rear of my vehicle that I could see nothing but her ample body and glaring face, as she punched her horn again.

I confess to being more confused than anything. What was this all about? She waved me through, there were several open pumps...what did I do wrong to cause such anger?

As I climbed out of the car, she exited hers and started yelling something about me not being nice, cutting her off, and whatever else she was yelling in her version of English.

I mouthed an apology, said she waved me through anyway, and then tried to use my card to pay for gas at the pump.

Of course, I had forgotten where I was. In this part of town you do not pay at the pump, presumably for the same reason that the bars were on the windows, so I walked inside to pay. The Chrysler had been repositioned to another free pump and I gave no further thought to it as I walked inside.

As I was paying for my gas I hear from behind me....

"He cut me off..."

"Who?"

"That white boy."

"What white boy?"

"That one standing there."

"Oh, that wasn't nice."

"No, it was not. But it is ok. I am a Christian and I will just let it go."

I hear the door open....presumably another customer has entered...

"He cut me off!"

The peacock was more stringent this time...louder, more aggressive. I refused to turn around, or show any concern.

"Who cut you off ?"

"That white boy standing there!"

"That wasn't nice."

"NO IT WAS NOT! And I bet he wouldn't be standing there smugg like that if a brother was around!!"

Forgive me for laughing here...I couldn't help thinking that this was a rather peculiar way of "letting it go because she was a Christian". And now she is coming out with the threats..."the brothers". Wow!

I finished paying and turned to go fill up my car.

The peacock stepped in front of me...worked up that head and neck wobble that they do so well and said in the loudest and shriekiest voice she could muster...

"You got no right cutting me off like that! Just wait till the brothers arrive. They will fix you up!"

That was it for me. I looked her in the eye and said..."Lady, I don't know what your problem is. You waved me through. I apologized for taking your spot (wishing I could add "but I don't see any sign saying reserved for the lady in the peacock dress"). Now, I am going to fill my tank and leave. If you are waiting for the "brothers"...bring it on. I am not scared of you or your threats. I am not scared of the brothers, they are no worse than the goons I have dealt with many times. Now, get out of my way."

She took a step back, clearly surprised that I would talk that way, and clearly very surprised that she did not scare me. I wonder what she thought of the smile that crossed my face as I laughed at the thought of the "Christian beat down" she must have been planning?

I filled my car, and got in, ready to drive out of the gas station. I was being careful to be aware of what was going on around me, as in these situations, surprise can be your worst enemy. I was not at all surprised when a Chrysler 300 suddenly appeared in front of my car, preventing me from driving forward.

I guess the peacock did not know, or, in the excitement of the moment forgot, that vehicles have a reverse gear. I just selected reverse and calmly drove backwards until I had room to drive past her. My last view of her was of a peacock blue dress and a mouth opening and closing like a clown fish. The image was so funny, I burst out laughing, and made a mental note to warn my mechanic that if he should ever happen to need gas at that station, "the brothers" may be waiting!

SO...a totally bizarre experience...but unfortunately one that is played out in many variations on a daily basis.

I told you about this true story because I believe we can all learn a number of things from this experience and I want to share some of them with you.

1. Things are not always as they appear.

In this case, the gas station was exactly as it appeared. A potentially dangerous place. By contrast the lady in the Chrysler was the exact opposite of what she appeared. Dressed nicely, if not uniquely, driving a nice car, pleasant enough looking....but with an anger management problem that rivals Michelle Obama and a mouth that matches. For all her middle class trappings, she was nothing but a ghetto queen who relied on threats and bullying to get her way. I am saddened to think that people like this exist. She must spend her days searching for opportunities to express her rage, and if those opportunities do not exist, she creates them.

I can't help help comparing her to the liberals of today. I recall Rahm Emmanuel saying "Never let a crisis go unrewarded". I recall Barack Obama telling the banks and car manufacturers what they will do, or else. I can recall many times in this administration where threats and bullying tactics have been used to further the left's agenda.

And it has all been done under the facade of peacock blue dresses.

2. Bullies are cowards.

This woman was a bully. There is no doubt about that. She uses her verbal skills and not insignificant physical presence to intimidate people. She uses the threat of violence to get what she wants when her verbal skills are insufficient. She uses her connections as the people who will mete out said violence (she couldn't risk discoloring her peacock dress in a physical confrontation). After all, she has the power to manipulate the fools she calls her "brothers" to do her dirty work for her.

But at the end of the day, she is nothing more than a coward. When I showed no fear of her, her threats or her "brothers" she had no power left. She became nothing more than a peacock blue dress making fish faces.

The current administration uses the exact same tactics. At first, verbally abuse and try to get other people to support you. When that doesn't work, become louder, more strident, more frequent in that abuse. If your target does not wilt from this onslaught, it is time to get in their face (didn't Obama tell his sycophant followers to "get in their faces"?). When that doesn't work it is time to bring out the big guns. The threat of violence from the thugs...the unions will organize and destroy you if you don't tie the line.

Wow. The liberal playbook comes from the ghetto....no surprise there!

3. Racism is alive and well in the USA.

OK...I get it. The blacks are still angry over the slave trade. They want reparations from whitey. They blame every bad thing in their lives on the white robber barrons. I get it...I really do.

What I don't get is why a segment of the black population does everything in their power to destroy their own futures, rather doing what the white man does and securing it? Can somebody tell me why this is?

Being poor is tough. Believe it or not I understand that all too well. I have been there, where I could not afford to buy food, and did not know where my next meal would come from. But I didn't trash my home...I didn't go out and steal from my neighbor...I didn't do any of the things that go on in ghetto land.

Now, racism in ghetto land is stronger than ever. A white man can not get gas without being abused and threatened with the combined strength of the brothers. Pleeaaasee!!

You racist thugs out there, take heed. I am not, now ever will be scared of you. I will not bow to your demands, I will not hang my head before your physical intimidation. I will stand up to you. You are nothing but racist goons and thugs, bullies of the first order. I have received beat downs from bullies before and I am sure to receive them in the future. But you will not win. You will not make me cower, and you will not prevent me from speaking the truth.

Racism is alive and well in this administration. Eric Holder has plunged the Department of Justice into a darkness that has not been experienced since the second world war and the anti-semitism that was rife then. The DOJ is now one of the most racist organisations on this planet. I do not care what was done in the past. I care only about where this country is headed.

The DOJ is supported by the likes of Sharpton, Jackson et al. The unions are their bully boys...the "brothers" stalk the corridors of power looking to mete out a beat-down on anyone who disagrees.

We must make a stand and make it clear that we will not run away from racist bullies. That we will not cower under their thinly disguised threats. That we will stand up for what we believe and never bow before them.

Even if we take a few beat-downs along the way.

The only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them, never fear them,  and in so doing eventually show them to be the cowards they are.

4. Stupidity abounds

Remember that as I was readying to leave the gas station, the peacock drove her car in front of mine in an idiotic gesture to prevent me leaving the station (presumably so that the brothers could finish their crack pipe before coming to give the beat down I so much deserved)?

The message here is simple. Bullies know of only one way to get what they want. You have many ways of avoiding their stupid attempts. I was not for one minute concerned when she drove in front of me. There were so many ways  I could go, she could not block them all. She was useless, and stupidly attempting to block me. She was stupid because she knew it would do no good, but she did it anyway. She could not admit defeat.

The current administration knows only one way of doing things. Unfortunately, too often the opposition falls into their traps and does not look at other options. It is our responsibility to see that when the way forward is blocked, there are many other ways to get to where you are going. Calmly seeking those ways will allow us to get around the roadblocks, and taking the game out of the ghetto where their rules apply, and into the open where the rules of common sense and logic rule.

Never fall into the trap that the only way forward is through the roadblock set up by the bullies. That is what they want you to try to do, where they can rely on their strengths and the one thing they know well. Intimidation.

Find another way where their intimidation tactics have no more success than their cowardice.

Thus ends the lesson for today.

Should anyone want to correspond with me privately, please email me at devereauxdailydose@gmail.com

I will try to respond to all emails...but be warned, you could become the subject the next dose of reality.

oh...one last thing. I have no idea what political philosophies and beliefs are held by Ms. Peacock....but the Hope and Change sticker on her car may provide some indication.

Stupid is as stupid says.

........................devereaux

Liberalism...societal change, lifestyle...or mental disorder?

This past week or so I have been battling government bureaucratic stupidity and the inertia it produces. I have battling customer service focused enterprises in the free market, only to find that big government stupidity has reached deep into the collective activities of many corporations.

This gave me cause to stop and think. Why is the world moving in the direction it is heading? Why don't people do their jobs any more? Why is it that nothing happens smoothly, and customer service departments find themselves over-run with irate customers?

These are big questions, and as one of those irate customers, I need to try to find a logical answer. Only then can a solution be found.

In my way of thinking, I believe many of this county's woes (and indeed those of the world) have been a direct result of a fundamental change in the way people think.

This fundamental change has been labeled many things....liberalism, progressivism, semi-socialism....but it has never, to my knowledge, been named exactly what it is...STUPIDITY.

I have come to the conclusion that liberalism has to be one of three things:-
1) a societal system whereby everyone gets everything they want regardless of effort
2) a lifestyle where liberals can go around being all inclusive of everybody else, not judging anyone and  living in a world of peace because they want it so (of course, all-inclusive excludes all conservatives, whites, heterosexuals and Christians - if you fall into one or other of these categories, the all-inclusive rules do not apply)
3) a mental disorder

In an honest attempt to understand, I will look at each of the three things listed above individually.

A SOCIETAL  SYSTEM

A part-time and not very interested reader of history will soon discover one truth above all others. The human ability to always be searching for a societal system that represent greater freedom, greater flexibility, greater opportunities for success. In fact, mankind's ability to survive against the harshest of weather, and the dangers posed by animals that are faster, stronger and better equipped for the climate and hunting, is testament to his ability to evolve and adapt to the circumstances. This is seen in all cultures from the most primitive New Guinea tribes to the most sophisticated ancient Greeks...to modern man. The search for an improvement in life has never ceased and is unlikely to ever stop.

Along the way there have been many failed experiments. Systems of societal life have been hypothesized and tried. Mankind's numerical expansion required learning of different skills for hunting, feeding the tribe, nurturing the children and providing a structure that allows the next generation to thrive.

The transition from small independent tribes to nations was the direct result of a need to combine tribes for protection, to develop political structures for beneficial security from outsiders. Armies grew for defense and in some cases expansion. Borders were created to delineate the areas controlled by groups of tribes. Nations grew from disparate tribes all holding similar views of culture and lifestyle.

Mankind's history is filled with change, filled with experimentation, filled with successes and failures. And definitely full of progress.

Of great interest is the structures that have succeeded most. The monarch type society has been very successful and has created generally happy nations with successful development over long periods of time. Most of Europe developed under monarchical system, initially at the local level with local chiefs or warlords and then ultimately at a national level where one person found him/herself as having supreme power over a number of tribes. The industrial revolution was a major success under a monarchical system. Along the way and since there have always been the dictatorial systems, the mad men that want complete power, and the influence of the Church (Christian and Muslim) which try to obtain power through creating rules that effect the way you live your life.

Socialists watched the church and saw how power can be transferred by changing the way people think. The early socialists sought to remove the power of the church and replace it with the power of free thought. They changed the meanings of words, they created class warfare, they supported the people and taught their followers that equality was essential for the next step in human societal development.

Their heroes were seen as normal men who were fighting the rich in the name of the poor. That is, until the revolution...when almost overnight, the socialist leaders became the elite...the rich...and the people became the slaves, the poor, the abused.

This was one of mankind's greatest mistakes in the historical context of societal change.

The socialist/communist states collapsed under the weight of their own programs.And that experiment clearly failed, however many proponents remain who believe that ultimate success was "just around the corner".

Among all of this change was the American experiment. A group of people challenged the existing understanding of how the world works and created a new country. How successful was this experiment? Well, in less than 200 years this Nation became the most prosperous, the most powerful, the most creative and the most successful society ever known in the history of the world. Sure, mistakes were made, faults appear, and the Nation is not perfect....but there is no doubt that something was right in what she did.

So where does that leave the liberals of today? Their societal direction is more aligned with the socialist concepts of the European story than with the capitalist free market thoughts that drove America to where she is today. To me, this looks like a major step away from success and toward failure.

Why would you go backwards to a failed system when a successful system is already in place? Mankind's success has always been tied to moving forward. Moving backward is heading for failure. And yet this is what the liberal societal change is all about.

The reality is that not everyone is equal, not everyone has the same abilities, and not everyone will reap the same rewards for their labor. The fact that this is an ideal espoused by liberals is frightening. It undermines the very foundations of mankind, and will ultimately lead to destruction.

Nope. I don't see liberalism as being a means to societal systems that work, but rather as the highway to destruction.

A LIFESTYLE

This concept puzzled me for a while as I had never considered what I call a "political bent" to actually be appealing because of its lifestyle implications. It turns out that this was a serious error on my part and that lifestyle could easily be a major driver in the appeal of calling oneself a liberal.

The progressive agenda has been extremely successful in framing the political conversation and writing the agenda. They have been very good at defining the stereotypical liberal as the "freedom loving, accepting of differences, caring, protective of children and the elderly, gatekeepers of all that is good" people who have a moral authority to dictate to others how they should live.

Conversely, conservatives are defined as the"rich by illegal means, robber barons who want to let people die and will throw grandma off the cliff if they can make a buck doing it, gun toting religious nuts"

It is clear from these definitions that most people would prefer to be defined as a liberal than as a conservative. If I accepted these definitions, I would certainly not want to be called a conservative.

But labels are just labels, and while some labels have greater appeal than others, how do they effect one's lifestyle?

In my experience, there are two different lifestyles that are actually related to the labels conservative and liberal:-
1. the "liberal" label conjures up a few realities. Liberals are the foul mouthed thugs at rallies. They are the ones that propose class warfare. They physically intimidate those who disagree with them. (In fact virtually every act of political violence occurring in America since Lincoln was shot by a crazed liberal actor, have been perpetrated by a liberal.) Liberals tend to be angry. They tend to attack discussions and arguments with verbal assault and running away. And worst of all...they are hypocrites.

In what way are they hypocrites? They say they care for the poor...but want the rich to pay for it. Not them. They want everyone to have a certain standard of living but they do not invite the homeless to share their 5 bedroom house. They want the trappings of success...the house, the car, the toys, the restaurants etc....but they do not share it with the very people they want to help. Their words are empty noises.

And my contention is that this is the reason they are angry. They are conflicted in their personal lifestyle choices. They cannot match their lifestyle with their rhetoric. And they cannot justify what they want by talking about what they think should be. They are searching for validation but their lifestyle actually denies that relief.

Nope. Lifestyle is not the right reason to be a liberal...on the other hand...

2) the conservative label also conjures some harsh realities. God fearing, constitution loving people who care deeply for the unfortunate. People who give to faith based charities, give to their neighbors who are in need and generally support each other. People who want the government to take a back seat. People who believe i n their own ability to support their families and themselves. People who find NO conflict between their lifestyle and their political beliefs. They have no guilt about the trappings of success as they believe that all people should enjoy that...but they need to get it themselves, not on the back of someone else.

They do not blame the poor for being poor, and want them to succeed. They offer jobs, not handouts....they offer education , not food stamps. They value and enjoy family and friends as do the liberals...the main difference being that they do not try to convert their liberal friends to being conservative and get angry when they don't. Education is a slower process than a "Road to Damascus" type conversion that the liberals seek.

If true lifestyle was the reason for being a liberal, then liberals would not exist as their lifestyle does not compare. It is only the "idea" of the lifestyle that is appealing. The reality is something else entirely.

Which brings me to....

A MENTAL DISORDER

If societal change does not drive liberals, and lifestyle is not the reason, there can be only one other alternative. It is a mental disorder.

A logical person with no political agenda at all, could look at the positions of a liberal and a conservative and see the difference:-

- liberals philosophize about a real world where everyone is equal and the poor do not exist (of course they know that everyone is not equal in this world but they see themselves as being among the more equal "elite" class) - this is an illogical thought pattern indicating mental illness

- liberals want to take from someone else and give to the poor . As long as the someone else is not them, this feeds their need to be altruistic, and helps them feel better. It also hinges on being psychotic - a mental disorder

- liberals create Messiahs, someone to lead them out of the wilderness and into the promised lands...they bow down before mere men as though they were demi-Gods. They fawn over these creations of their own minds and wonder why everyone does not bow at the feet of their creations. This is a mental disorder.

- liberals live in a fantasy world where they want bears no resemblance to what is. The laws of economics do not apply in their fantasy world. Reality is irrelevant. They live in a world far divorced from the real world. - mental illness

I can go on, but will refrain from boring my readers any more than I already have.

I have come to the conclusion, through logic and example, that liberalism is indeed a mental disorder.

There is simply no other explanation.

I hope they all seek treatment.

.....................devereaux

Forward we go...straight to the stone age!

I write this column because not only do I have opinions on many things that happen in this world, but I am also totally astounded by the clear stupidity of some people.

Sometimes, the stupidity is so great that it takes my breath away. Sometimes it is so ludicrous, that I simply have to laugh...and sometimes it is totally innocuous but very funny.

I wish that was the case for todays stupidity. This one is not innocuous, certainly not funny, and far from being simply breathtakingly stupid.

Today's example is world changing. If allowed to go unchecked it has the capacity to drag the world, with liberal cheers, back into the golden days of the cave man!

You think I exaggerate?

I have a question.

What do you think would happen if all the scientists in this world stopped researching? What do you think would happen if the inventors stopped inventing? What do you think would happen if all repairmen stopped repairing?...or all builders stopped building, or all engineers topped engineering?

What would happen if all judges stopped judging? Teachers stopped teaching....ooops...that one is already happening! Strike that!

Would you want to live in this marvel of the 21st century world when these happened? Or do you think that we would be thrust backwards in time, in short order, to a time where man had to forage for food and throw rocks at his neighbor to protect what scarce belongings he owned?

So....liberals are boldly stepping forward, with each step we get closer to the "event" that will drag us backwards thousands of years in the blink of an eye. We must be watchful, as each individual step taken by these so-called progressive thinkers is usually so small that nobody takes any notice....until now.

Now they have taken a step that is so outrageous that most clear thinking adults will say "No, that must be wrong. They can't be doing that, can they? That is just STUPID!"

Unfortunately, the population of clear thinking adults is dwindling and the uproar over stupidity has turned into little more than a childish whimper.

So...here is todays stupid act that will shake the world to it's core if allowed to continue.

Italian lawmakers have charged six seismologists with manslaughter, because they failed to predict a 2009 earthquake that killed several hundred people. I kid you not!

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/27/italian-scientist-charged-manslaughter-failing-predict-earthquake/

Do you see the insanity in this? Do you see the threat to world life as we know it?

When liberal law makers can ignore two basic tenets of life (shit happens and personal responsibility) and not only blame but charge with manslaughter those people who have devoted their lives to science in the hopes of one day being able to predict when shit will happen...when blame for a natural disaster is placed on people with no ability to change it ...then we have progressed a long way down the slippery slope of oblivion.

What is next? We have already had civil cases of people suing gas stations for allowing a drunk person to fill up...maybe we should charge him with manslaughter if the drunk kills someone? Maybe we should charge the manufacturer of the car? Or the guy who does the regular maintenance? What about charging the pedestrian who jumps out of the way of the wildly driven car? Maybe he should have stopped the drunk?

Nope...it makes much more sense to charge the seismologists for death resulting from an earthquake. After all, they knew what was going to happen and didn't stop it!

Yes, my foolish liberal friends...you are displaying your stupidity for all to see.

This world has truly turned upside down...and in the clarity of an upside down world, it is easy to see that liberalism is definitely a mental disorder.

We need to stop this nonsense before it spreads. Mass lobotomies may work....but then you and I would be charged with cruelty to animals for suggesting such a thing.

There goes liberty...there goes free speech...there goes freedom.

Stupid is as stupid says. No finer example can be found today.

......................................devereaux

Code Red...Code Pink...fools!!

Just when I thought I had seen it all...the loony left finds a new way to astound me.

The latest stupidity is the demonstrations by Code Pink at the Netanyahu speeches.

Ok, I get it. They don't like Israel. They think that the occupied territories belong to the Palestinians. They want Israel destroyed.

What I don't get is how uneducated these buffoons are.

Palestine? Palestinians? Where did these people come from?  There has NEVER been a nation called Palestine, and no peoples called Palestinians. This is a pure figment of their imagination. If I recall correctly, the whole Palestinian thing was an invention of the British when they did not want to see an Israeli settlement in '47/'48! When the Jews were trying to gain independence, the Brits were very misguided and encouraged Arabs of all nations to go live in the territories and call themselves Palestinians. The Brits thought they would outnumber the Jews and prevent the nation from rising up.

So, they were wrong. The worst part is that the Arabs calling themselves Palestinians, and millions of otherwise well-educated persons around the world have come to believe the crap that there really WAS a Palestinian nation and that Israel stole their land!! Thank you, Yassar Arafat...the PLO was a figment of your imagination and yet you convinced the world that the Palestinians had a Nation that needed liberation. What fools we are!

Good grief. Liberal educators will surely have something to answer for when they stand before God on judgement day!

So..the loony left has once again taken up the cause of the Islamic peoples, and turned their back on the Jews. Who would have believed it?

Ummm...wait. While it is true that the democrats were in power in 1948 when Israel gained its Nationhood (or at least became recognized as a nation - it's nationhood was never in question), it is not true that the democrats of the time were fully supportive of the Jewish nation.

And today they are even less supportive.

Code Pink is nothing more than a bunch of stupid liberals whose ignorance has driven them to do foolish things in the mistaken belief that they can make a difference. They can make a difference all right.

Normal people will look at these fools and choose not be associated with them...unless of course you are a liberal, in which case you will think they are doing God's own work...wait...you don't believe in God , do you? I guess they are doing man's work, and you better go along like a nice little lib and join them.

Stupid is as stupid says!

...........devereaux

The trolls attack...well, limply anyway!

Well, well, well. It sure did not take long for a liberal troll to attack me.

I take that as a sign that I have somehow gotten under his or her skin...and that my truth in yesterday's post struck a nerve.

This tells me I am on the right track.

Anyway, back to my leftist friend.

I have always said you can know a lot about your enemy by watching what they do and listening carefully to what they say. As I have said previously, words have meanings. Sometimes the meanings change depending on the context but the "whole" meaning usually is loud and clear.

As you will recall, yesterday I wrote about political correctness, and the lies that it generates. Based on the sole response I got, it appears that I angered the left more than even I expected. Of course, I have no idea why this happened. After all, all I did was expose the truth.

Here is the comment I received (edited for content but if you want to see the whole post, you will find it in the comments.)

"You don't like being treated like a little irrelevant piece of s*** by us leftists? Well it's time for you to get your f*****g guns and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. We are waiting for you....

BRING IT

DO SOMETHING."

Now, let me dissect this for you. It is amazing what we can discover just by carefully looking at the words.

First: This was posted "anonymously". Yep...the brave leftist who posted this was too scared to even put a name to his post. That is a sure sign that he is probably peeing his pants right now in case I respond.

Now, lets look at some of the content.

I was ready for a well articulated argument that showed the error in my logic and thinking. A well educated person would certainly have been able to mount a critical defense for political correctness, right? Ok...so where is it? The fact that I find not one single rebuttal is intriguing to me. This suggests to me that the author of this comment is either uneducated and therefor does not know how to phrase an argument, or is the beneficiary of a public school education and could possibly even have a higher education, but has never learned to think for himself because the public education system long ago decided that free thought was a bad thing.

So...I am going to go with ....a college dropout. I suspect from his spelling and sentence structure that he has at least a high school education and maybe some college.

So, if his content did not argue or rebut my post, what did it contain?

Well, it is nothing more than a few lines stolen from the liberal/progressive playbook. The playbook reads "if you cannot argue the facts, the first thing to do is to belittle your opponent. This will make him feel bad...and we all know that when people feel bad, they cry and run away!"

How is that tactic working for you? I have some news for you dude...I don't care what you call me. Firstly, I don't know you from Adam so why should I care what you say or do? You could argue that the fact that I am responding by posting about you indicates that I care. That argument is wrong. I am posting this to show people that they don't HAVE to care what is said about them. You and your pathetic little playbook are totally irrelevant to me.

What is relevant is your choice of language. This also predictably indicates your education level, and knowledge. Language is a means of expressing ideas, desires, needs etc. Your language expresses your need for a laxative and the fact you haven't been laid for a while. You really must get out of your mom's basement more often! When those specific words are on the tip of your tongue all the time, one can only surmise what your needs are!

All good posts should include a call to action - or at least so say the marketers. The comment has a great call to action. It incites violence. It is declaring war on conservatives. It says, the only thing you can do about it is get your guns and come shoot us. Hmm...sounds like we are talking about a person who has spent more time watching Rambo reruns than reading history.

A quick thought....if the liberals were winning, why the sudden call to arms? Why not just ignore the conservatives if they are truly worthless....or is there something with a deeper meaning here?

What could that meaning be, I wonder? Could it be that the conservatives are gaining strength and threatening the numerical strength of the progressives? Could it be that the truth is setting free more people every day and the intellectual hold that the liberals had is now crumbling? Could it be that they are scared of the intellectual honesty that people are now discovering?

I would like to think all the above is true but that would be projecting onto liberals something that I do not believe they have. I do not believe they have the capacity to think in logical honest ways. Liberalism is clearly a mental disorder that has forever damaged intellectual capacity.

Nope. It is far simpler than that. His call to arms is there simply because he knows no other way. When he can't win on the intellectual battlefield, he will try to apply violence and aggression, trying to make conservatives cower before his physical might. Or...to goad conservatives into taking the exact action they themselves would take.

Projection is a powerful aspect of the human psyche. A person who is basically moral expects those he deals with to be basically moral until proven otherwise, and treats them accordingly. A person who is a habitual liar expects everyone else to also be a liar and distrusts everything they say. It is perfectly natural for people to project aspects of themselves onto others. And liberals do it all the time.

When this guys calls conservatives out like this, he is projecting his expectation of the left's response. That is all he is doing.

And finally....Bring it? Isn't that the title of some sort of teenage cheerleader flick? This guy must really need to get laid if he has that on his mind!!

Dude, if you read this...a little advice.

Don't try to mess with the big guys. They are smarter than you. They are more honest than you. They have more integrity than you. And most importantly...they do not care what you think!

LMAO

Stupid is as stupid says!

.............................devereaux