How To Create the Progressive Utopia

From The American Thinker and Andrew Thomas:

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12 Most Amazing Pools in the World

If you have to ask, YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT!

clipped from www.bootsnall.com 1 – Crown Towers Hotel in Taipa Island Macau 2 – Burj Al Arab in Dubai 3 – Golden Nugget Las Vegas 4 – Blue Lagoon Geothermal Resort in Grindavík, Iceland 5 – Begawan Giri Hotel in Ubud, Bali 6 – Mandarin Oriental in New York 7 – San Alfonso del Mar in Chile 8 – Four Seasons in Costa Rica 9 – Six Senses Hideaway in Zighy Bay, Oman 10 – Perivolas Luxury Hotel in Santorini 11 – Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas 12 – Hotel Villa Mahal in Turkey

Vet Visit

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An Idea for Liberals

The only way Ahmadinejad could better epitomize everything you hate is if he were fervently pro-America and a woman. Instead of imagining Bush doing every evil thing you can think of, you can try imagining Ahmadinejad doing the same — except he might actually be doing them. Of course, I’m not saying you should hate him as much as you hated Bush — I don’t think that’s possible — but you could maybe spare a little anger for him.

clipped from pajamasmedia.com Okay, liberals, I have a radical idea I want to run by you: the Iranian government is bad and worthy of some of your outrage. Yeah, I know, it sounds crazy. Iran is not a beauty queen speaking out against gay marriage, or Sarah Palin. Why in the world would you want to direct any scorn towards a brutal theocracy seeking nuclear weapons? It’s not obvious, but let me explain. clipped from pajamasmedia.com Also, now that millions of Iranians are protesting, they are being beaten and shot. Remember how Bush was suppressing all dissent, and we knew about that because people were constantly on TV talking about how Bush was suppressing their dissent? Now, I don’t know the details of what people imagined Bush was doing, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that people being beaten and shot has to be at least nearly as bad as the stuff you convinced yourself Bush did. Maybe that’s a suppression of speech, and you could go on TV and denounce it.

Climate of hatred: Prominent scientist refused service due to skepticism

Prof. Lindzen is a recipient of the American Meteorological Service’s Meisinger, and Charney Awards, the American Geophysical Union’s Macelwane Medal, and the Leo Huss Walin Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. He is a corresponding member of the NAS Committee on Human Rights, and has been a member of the NRC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and the Council of the AMS.

And if he doesn’t think in approved ways – he will be shunned.

clipped from greenhellblog.wordpress.com A prominent MIT physicist and global warming skeptic was recently refused the services of a Boston-area art appraiser because of global warming. As Richard Lindzen described in an e-mail: In our recent house fire, an 18th century oriental rug was burnt, and we needed an appraisal of its value for our insurance. We were referred to a dealer, [name withheld], who agreed to do the appraisal. However, when my wife, Nadine, brought him the burnt rug, he rudely turned her away saying that he had sent me an email explaining his position… Here’s the text of the art appraiser’s e-mail to Lindzen: I am sorry to inform you that after some consideration, I’ve decided not to perform the appraisal service that you’ve requested. Your writing on the subject of global warming is offensive to me personally, and I feel that I would have difficulty being an impartial appraiser of value given my view on the subject. So maybe the art appraiser should stick to appraising art?

Dance of the Straw-men

Consider the rhetorical straw-men that he marshals in speech after speech. Always divisive, always Alinsky-like, always agitating, the masterful community organizer can’t help himself.

On Health Care (03-05-2009): “…today, there are those who say

On Taxes (09-26-2008): “…we all would love to lower taxes on everybody. But here’s the problem: If we are giving them to oil companies, then that means that there are those who are not going to be getting them…”

On Abortion: (09-01-2008) “…Choice is about how we lead our lives. It’s about our families and about our communities. It’s about our daughters and whether they’re going to have the same opportunities as our sons. There are those who want us to believe otherwise…”

I’ll be frank. I’m sick of his use of Alinsky’s tactics. Always dividing, always creating straw-men, always creating scapegoats. Never once appreciating the wonder of individualism, of liberty, of our founders.

clipped from directorblue.blogspot.com He needs scapegoats. And Barack Obama never fails to manufacture them. On Middle East Peace (06-04-2009): “…There are those who would continue and intensify this failed status quo On Intolerance (06-03-2009): “…to this day, there are those who perpetuate every form of intolerance On Terrorism (05-21-2009): “On one side of the spectrum, there are those who make little allowance On Notre Dame’s Graduates (05-17-2009) there are those who will stop at nothing to do us harm…” On Science (04-27-2009): “…there are those who say On Cap-and-Trade Taxes (04-14-2009) There are those who’ve argued that we shouldn’t attempt On Turkey (04-06-2009): “…I know there are those who like to debate On the G8 and Financial Regulation (04-01-2009): “…this notion that somehow there are those who are pushing On the Iranian People (03-20-2009): “…There are those who insist On the Stimulus Package (03-06-2009): “…There are those who believe that all we can do On Taxes (3-18-2009) there are those who say

The Red *Cross* insults Islam

Oh my, how awful. We must change it at once!

clipped from atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com The Cross Insults Islam! Red Cross Urged to Drop the Cross as it’s Symbol, it’s so …..”Crusades” You can’t make this stuff up. In the UK, their Labour minister is urging the Red Cross to drop one of the most recognizable icons the world. It insult Islam. If the cross is “undermining the work of the humanitarian organisation” why provide “humanitarian” aid to anti-humans? Why nourish people that kill, persecute, force conversion on non-believers. Islamic supremacism is not just territorial. It’s ………. everything. Labour minister has sparked controversy by claiming that an alternative symbol is needed for the Red Cross because of the logo’s supposed links to the Crusades. Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant said that the historic emblem risked undermining the work of the humanitarian organisation.

Was von Brunn a Daily Kos Diarist?

American leftists, still giddy after the murder of George Tiller, are at this moment attempting to chalk von Brunn’s actions up to “right-wing extremism”

clipped from www.redstate.com Yesterday, a deranged man named James W. von Brunn shot and fatally wounded a security guard at the American Holocaust Museum. Let’s review the bidding, shall we? What we know about von Brunn is that he: Hated Christians. Despised Bush and McCain. Posted lengthy rants about “Neocons” involved in Jewish conspiracies to alter U.S. foreign policy in favor of Israel. He placed credence in 9/11 “truther” theories. Wonder how it goes when people peddle anti-Jewish conspiracy theories, truther conspiracy theories, anti-Christian rants, anti-”neocon” rants, and other such fare at DailyKos? I imagine it goes something like this. Or this. Or this. Or this. Or this. Or this. Or this. In other words, a smattering of disapproving comments, a roughly equal smattering of people agreeing with the tripe you are peddling, and no evidence whatsoever that the purveyors of the site disapprove in any way of you posting such material on their site. And folks, the hit parade goes on and on and on.