[quote=pri_dk][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Pri: Words mean things. Ideas have weight. I don’t use the term “liberal/Liberal” as a pejorative, both because it is not (to me) and because it is one of the most beautiful words and concepts in the English language.[/quote]
Agree with that 100%.
The creation of our Liberal Democracy is perhaps the most significant development in human history.
[quote]I do use the term Leftist (capital L) as a pejorative because it represents an utterly amoral, intellectually bankrupt and thoroughly reprehensible worldview and it has ties to a vile political system that killed 100MM and which I personally took up arms against during my military service. Sadly, the sticky, foul remnants of this same debunked moral infantilism run through our academic circles and pool in certain areas of the urban intelligentsia. It manifests itself in the use of various memes, tropes and symbology/iconography and I take great pains to fire upon it when I see it.[/quote]
But that Che Guevara image is so cool![/quote]
Pri: Yeah, it is, but not nearly as cool as the grave that murderous Stalinist thug is rotting in.
Couple of things here to think about. First, you rail on about the Defense budget, but fail to mention that Obama just passed the largest Defense budget in US history. You also fail to mention that this same guy promised a “line by line” review of the entire US budget as well. As far as I can tell, he hasn’t even delivered a budget to this point.
Second, you assert that I was singling Obama out in my post, but fail to note that the topic itself was about green jobs during the Obama administration (and he’s inarguably a big fan of them, promising some 5 million green jobs over the next 10 years). Concurrent with that, I also took pains to post articles from decidedly non-right-wing sources, including WashPost and NYT. This isn’t an example of “hating” on Obama, its just pointing out facts.
Third, the Solyndra case absolutely reeks of crony capitalism, in that the 2008 campaign financial support of George Kaiser, a billionaire Obama supporter and Dem Party bundler, was rewarded and even protected (Kaiser is in line before the US taxpayer on this loss).
Lastly, for you to praise American liberal democracy whilst simultaneously supporting torture and targeted assassinations strikes me as hypocritical and wrong. Especially coming from a former US Army officer.
