A Good Imagination and a Pile of Junk

This is insanity.

They Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid worked all through the night - in secret - on a deal while freezing the Republicans out completely.

The Democrats assisted by three RINOs are passing the largest bill in American history against the will of the American people. Even though the American people are calling the Capitol demanding that their representatives in the House and Senate vote no, they are voting yes and saddling the American people with a debt that they will pay back for generations.

I simply don’t believe that members of congress are even pretending to act in the best interests of the people. This has gone beyond the bounds of ideological differences and has become a naked power grab. Handily controlling two of three arms of the federal government is seducing them to grab more.

Their phones are ringing off the hook. They just don’t care.

It’s just Alinski.

UPDATE: Hat Tip to Chicago Boyz

A long time ago I had a brief email discussion with the then host of USS Clueless, Steven Den Beste. His writing on the subject of politics has been superlative and my question to him was essentially: Given that we have you, Bill Whittle, Victor Davis Hanson, et al… who is there on the other side? Who is your opposite number?

A couple rounds of email of head shaking and shrugging left me frustrated. There must be a simple voice of reason who doesn’t get all frothy with ‘chimpy mcbushitler’ and evil genius and puppetmaster Karl Rove talk, someone who can talk about the liberal perspective while seeing it’s proponents for what they are. Someone with whom I DISAGREE, but can still enjoy reading.

Well readers, that conversation is now six (or perhaps seven) years old and I’d all but given up the search. Until I realized that right under my nose is someone I’ve been reading for some time, who sometimes makes me wince but at least I can get through it. And while I disagree with her on something close to everything, it’s not because she’s an idiot ;)

A rocky first few weeks

Speaking of talk radio (which I listen to constantly), I remain incredulous that any Democrat who professes liberal values would give a moment’s thought to supporting a return of the Fairness Doctrine to muzzle conservative shows. (My latest manifesto on this subject appeared in my last column.) The failure of liberals to master the vibrant medium of talk radio remains puzzling. To reach the radio audience (whether the topic is sports, politics or car repair), a host must have populist instincts and use the robust common voice. Too many Democrats have become arrogant elitists, speaking down in snide, condescending tones toward tradition-minded middle Americans whom they stereotype as rubes and buffoons. But the bottom line is that government surveillance of the ideological content of talk radio is a shocking first step toward totalitarianism.