Strangely Familiar But Worth Repeating

I have read articles that have said this. I have echoed similar ideas here and in private conversations.

But the gist of this editorial is well worth repeating.

But it is progressives’ total rejection of the norm of reason that is the real problem. It’s actually a wholesale rejection of the Enlightenment by those who babble loudest about being enlightened. Facts, evidence, logic – they have determined that these are horrendous obstacles to the imposition of their progressive dictatorship, and they are trying their best to stamp them out. In the place of offering Fact A and Fact B as the reasons to accept Conclusion C, they instead offer Hack Cliché A to lead to Pre-determined Conclusion B – as in “Be Silent and Obey Us.”

A conservative might argue, “Studies and experience show that the government giving free money to people tends to make them less likely to work and causes disintegrating family structures, leading to more poverty.” To which a progressive would respond, “You racist!”

Or a conservative might argue, “History has shown that military weakness and strategic indecision emboldens dictators.” To which a progressive would respond, “You racist!”

 Time to stop pretending that leftists are participating in good faith in what was the old paradigm of American politics. They aren’t, and we can’t go on as if they are. 

Kurt Schlichter

The Fakest News Of All? The Vast Alt-Right Conspiracy

When an habitual liar named Hillary Clinton launched a witch hunt that focused on the "alt-right" this blogger immediately registered suspicion. I immerse myself in this sort of thing and I was entirely unfamiliar with anything called alt-right two decades after the newsgroup faded from the Internet.

Hillary's typical unfounded attacks on "Breitbart News" seemed like something to easily shrug off. Andrew Breitbart was himself Jewish and Jewish writers contribute to Breitbart but these stubborn facts did not prevent charges of anti-Semitism spewing from that evil woman and her sleazy minions. Of course, the MSM parroted the ridiculous Clinton narrative. Recently "The Washington Post" kicked of a "fake news" meme and all the Pravda types followed their lead. The ironacity is that it has been the MSM all along who have been peddling fake news.

I am not familiar with Bruce Bialosky but he contributes to "Town Hall" so he would probably know his way around the parts of the Internet frequented by Conservatives and self-labeled Right Wingers. Bialosky too, was unfamiliar with this fake news sensation.

During the last election campaign all of a sudden I kept hearing about the Alt-Right. Since I thought I was pretty well read and had never heard of them, I considered them to have the same social relevance as a Miley Cyrus song. I decided to investigate this supposed social phenomenon as soon as the election was over and I was done writing about real issues important to the campaign.

I started by sending emails to mainstream Republicans asking them if they knew anyone who considered themselves members of the Alt-Right. The answer was a universal no. Then I sent emails to my friends who consider themselves conservative Republicans. These are people I respect, but I consider a little more hardcore. The answer was again we don’t know any of these people.

I did get one positive response suggesting I contact Jon Fleischman, someone I have known for 20 years, who in the past five years or so has been the California editor for Breitbart. I have also written for Jon’s publication Flashreport.org.

Jon is Jewish and works for Breitbart which has been accused of being anti-Semitic. Jon is a pretty knowledgeable guy -- doing his own publication and working for Breitbart -- but was totally ignorant about the Alt-Right.

Seek and you shall find but you might not find a lot of them. Bialosky's quest in its entirety at "Town Hall."

Fake news is real. Ask the MSM about all the phony polls that had Hillary running the table, including Texas and Utah. The alt-right is also real and both of its members will verify that assertion.

Michael Barone: Placid Democrats Versus Unruly Republicans

This isn't another "Donkeys are from Venus..." kind of essay.

One sign is the changing mood of the two parties' constituencies, their primary electorates. Traditionally, Republicans have been regarded as docile, "easily led," as a political reporter once characterized evangelical Christians. Traditionally, Democrats have congratulated themselves for their critical, skeptical nature and refusal to take orders.

That's not how the two parties look today. Democrats look like girls in the second grade, who when they finish their workbook exercises fold their hands on their desks and wait for Teacher's next order. Republicans act like second-grade boys, wiggling in their chairs, jumping up and pulling classmates' hair, making flatulence jokes and dodging Teacher's reproof.

Republicans give scathingly negative ratings to their party leaders, while placid Democrats give unanimous favorable ratings to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. That's the main reason Obama's second-term job approval has remained unprecedentedly steady while George W. Bush's plunged after disorder in Baghdad and New Orleans.

Read all of it.

The Non-Existent Trickle Down Theory

In a brief one page article, Thomas Sowell demolishes the existence of any so-called "Trickle Down" theory. We have all heard charlatans and mountebanks rail against the theory but guess what? It never existed.


http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2014/01/07/the-trickledown-lie-n1772687/page/full

Income Equality (Marxism) Hurts The Poor

 If Al Gore really believes in fighting for income inequality, why doesn't he refuse to make more than the guy who spends 8 hours a day saying, "Welcome to Wal-Mart?"

On top of all that, liberals get so angry whenpeople point out that more than 80% of poor Americans have cell phones, televisions and refrigerators while "most Americans living below the official poverty line also own a motor vehicle and have more living space than the average European." Yet, they don't take into account the fact that almost half of the world's population still lives on less than $2.50 a day. In other words, if you are poor, you can live better and have more opportunity to advance in America than you will anywhere else. That's why immigrants all across the world still want to come to this country.

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2014/01/04/5-ways-the-liberal-obsession-with-income-inequality-hurts-the-poor-n1771728/page/full

Wild Card Wednesday: Paul Krugman Fan Gets Laughed Out Of The Room

This is pure gold. Who does not believe in the dummying down of America? Public education does little more than indoctrinate. Our higher education system, once the envy of the world, has become a vast network of propagation. Things like facts and truth and verifiability just don't matter anymore.

But then our faith in the average person is restored with this video. These are just run of the mill cheeseheads. Wisconsinites who are appallingly average in appearance.Is there anything distinctive about these people? Anything at all?

But then, a speaker from the floor drops the name of Paul Krugman and the house breaks out in a fit of spontaneous laughter. They know of Krugman and they instantly express their opinion of him. We don't see the speaker but his voice suggests that he is taken aback by the crowd's reaction.

If you brought up say, John Kenneth Galbraith, at a town hall meeting in 1968, you would draw a lot of blank stares. Times have changed. In some ways, they have changed for the better.


CUT TO 2:15 TO SEE THE AUDIENCE'S REACTION

All Town Hall All The Time

When I started this blog I was going to cover a multitude of topics. For better or for worse, I got sidetracked by the Town Hall phenomenon. Initially, I thought town hall meetings were a of tangental interest. There would be a few boisterous peasants shouting their concerns and then they would fade away. That's been the history of every political movement I have ever witnessed. People get fired up and blow off steam but ultimately they find themselves face to face with the god of futility and they return to their peasant ways.

But this is different. It is exciting. It is interesting, especially when the media elite recoil in horror. Check out the recent Niki Tsongas town hall meeting in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

IN THE BLUE, BLUE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS

I am not a Doctor But I Play One on Youtube

The Dems plant an Obama delegate in the audience pretending to be a doctor. You got to see this!
http://lonestartimes.com/2009/08/13/obama-camp-plants-fake-doc-che-fan-at-jackson-lee-forum/

Peasant With Video Camera Shut Out From Town Hall Meeting

I AM AMAZED THAT THIS WOMAN LIVES IN MICHIGAN AND HOLDS TWO JOBS

Peasants With Pitchforks Epilogue: The Birth Certificate

EXCUSE ME, MAAM, BUT ARE YOU LICENSED TO ASK THAT QUESTION?

Media Monday Has Been Preempted So That We Can Provide Coverage Of What Could Be A Regular Feature: Peasants With Pitchforks

Peasants With Pitchforks Address a Republican Traitor. Maybe Americans are not as stupid or as docile as some people thought. I would love to get Mike Castle's opinion on that subject.