Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Obama said today, “I will change the world.” Cal Thomas reminds us that he means it: Is socialism too strong a word [for Obama’s end goal]? Consider one of its definitions from dictionary.com and tell me it is something other than Obama’s economic philosophy: “A theory or system of social
Continue readingI saw something rare today: a car that not only had a discrete McCain/Palin bumpersticker, but that also had a big bumper sticker saying “Freedom vs. Socialism – November 4, 2008.” As I was standing there admiring this sight, the car’s owner hove into view. I stopped her politely and
Continue readingYou’ve probably heard that Obama called anti-socialists “selfish.” For more on the significance of that comment,this link is a good one, because it makes the point that, in Obamaland, you’re selfish if you don’t let the government take and distribute your hard earned cash. It’s useful to compare this with
Continue readingDuring one of my endless circular drives transporting children today, I caught a minute of a phone call from one of Sean Hannity’s fans, who is nevertheless voting for Obama. She has concluded that the Founding Fathers were entirely in favor of wealth redistribution, because they opposed the concentration of
Continue readingTraditionally, Americans conceived of taxes as a way in which citizens paid for basic government services that benefited all (such as defense, infrastructure, etc.). With socialism, the notion arose that the government was to take from the rich (as defined by the government) and give to the poor (as defined
Continue readingI’m still developing the same theme I’ve been hammering at for a week, because I think it’s important. The ideas in this post should be familiar to you, but I’m trying to express them with more factual data and lucidity: My mother, bless her heart, said something very important the
Continue readingBecause the video’s creator cut in footage from Penn & Teller, there’s a fair amount of swearing, but it’s still a good video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=491_5WxfcgI[/youtube]
Continue readingIt’s gotten so that anything that is not pro-Obama is racist. The latest attack is that it’s racist to call his positions “socialist” (and this despite his affiliation with the socialist New Party). In the spirit of this attack, I hereby present a photo gallery of famous, black, self-admitted socialists:
Continue readingI carpooled to a soccer game today. The driver, who is someone I don’t know very well, is a very charming man who is quite obviously a potential Obama voter. He wasn’t quite sure about me and, since he was a very civil individual, he never came out and either
Continue readingJoe the Plumber matters because he had the misfortune to ask Obama a straightforward question and, amazingly, elicit from Obama an honest answer about his plan to socialize the American economy. (I say misfortune because the media is now bound and determined to destroy Joe for having the temerity to
Continue readingAt McCain-Palin 2008, Ferny spells out in very simple language exactly what will happen if Obama and a Democratic Congress come into power: pure socialism, with all the attendant negatives. He’s bewildered by the thought that people, with 80 years of history spread out behind them, not to mention current
Continue readingMore and more evidence is oozing out that shows that Obama is not simply a liberal among Liberals, but that he’s actually a socialist — or, at least, he once was a socialist, and has neither explained nor apologized. We in the conservative blogosphere find this problematic, the Kos crowd
Continue readingAnother Saturday, and another post at McCain-Palin 2008, a blog with which I’m involved and that I want to promote. Here’s the start of this week’s post and, as always, if you like it, here’s the link to read the rest: Joshua Muravchik, a self-admitted Red Diaper baby, is now
Continue readingAs you may recall, I was both impressed and dismayed by the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics. I’ll quote the point I made that comes back again in this post: They were gorgeous. They also reminded me very strongly of the public spectacles that socialist countries have always loved:
Continue readingOne of the common responses to my post urging hidden conservatives to come out into the open in this election, if not to their friends and neighbors, at least to their fellow Republicans was that the situation can’t really be that bad. The Left isn’t any more snarky and snarly
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