Post-modern Liberalism

An interesting post at Q & O this morning.

David Warren, writing in the Ottawa Ciitzen, takes a look at some of the “Gorbachev/Obama” comparisons that some are doing and finds them wanting.  But, he does find one

From the Associated Press:

WASHINGTON – In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats twice failed on Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate, despite bipartisan agreement that private insurers must

Great piece yesterday, at The American Thinker by Black conservative Lloyd Marcus:

I am so sick of the Left being allowed to make the rules. Imagine the absurdity of a competition in which one side is allowed to set the

Steven Benen,  Washington Monthly, has his knickers in a twist because he believes free citizens should forced by the federal government to cover the costs of a woman’s pregnancy.   Benen blasts  Arizona Senator Jon Kyl for having the audacity

Is it just me, or do you find it creepy that school children are taught to chant the name  Barack Hussein Obama to tune of John Brown’s body?

Video:

Hat tip: Michelle

Points to ponder:

• Prior to the one’s election,

Hank Johnson,congresscritter from Georgia, thinks that there be racists:

I’ve taken a lot of flak for saying that [Congressman’s Joe] Wilson’s comments winked at a racist element within the ranks of those who most bitterly condemn the Obama administration.

Surber this morning:

Democrat Nancy Pelosi cried like a little girl that those mean, un-American people on the other side frighten her.

Pelosi sobbed: “This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate

Megan McArdle, Atlantic, moans:

I have a dilemma. The other day, I boldly stated that I could not possibly like Rush Limbaugh less. Then he went and described bullying attacks as what happens in “Obama’s America”. As Rod Dreher

It has been said by more than one cynic, that no good deed goes unpunished.    In that spirit of punishment, Barack Obama intends to punish those most responsible for hie election victory. Shailagh Murray, Washington Post, admits the ugly

Katherine Jean Lopez, National Review:

Being a parent is terrifying, with or without Greta’s show

Thomas Sowell:

There are no solutions, only trade-offs that leave many desires unfulfilled and much unhappiness in the world

Annapolis Center For Science-Based

Eric quotes Dan Collins notes on the passing of Charles Johnson from the realm of the sane:

Charles Johnson’s gone completely off his rocker.

Alas poor Charles.   He did some great work exposing Dan Rather.    For which we owe Charles

Curious, from Fox News:

A well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed Friday morning in front of a Michigan high school, and another man was shot and killed just miles away in what police are investigating as

Nine Eleven was a day which made me feel humble but proud to be an American.   It was a day when off-duty firefighters went into the burning towers knowing full well they would never come out.   It was day when

Van Jones insanity  not seen as  a problem, Mary Mitchell, Sun-Times (Chicago):

Jones’ biggest sin was calling Republicans the “a” word. He also signed a petition that questioned whether the Bush administration officials might have deliberately allowed 9/11 to

I like to say the following is Bit in drag, but it reminds me more of Chuck Heston in a ponytail, video:

Allah Pundit, Hot Air. seem to getting the same vibes:

I don’t think she means this in