Bass ackwards and other idle thoughts

Traditionally, when a totalitarian government takes over, the first thing it does is go after the press, and make the press a branch of the government.  The bizarre thing in America is that the press is making itself a branch of one party and actively seeking a government that, inevitably, will take it over.  And no, this isn’t just a snide/cute remark.  It’s a reminder of the fact that Obama has refused to talk to the press for the last month, and that his campaign has made it clear that its representatives other than Obama will talk only to a compliant media.

I’m trying a thought on for size:  If Obama is elected, is it possible that Israel, realizing that the US will become hostile to its interests, will stop ceding decision making power to America and simply act?  If it does, it will have to act quickly, because a hostile America will stop selling arms to it, and there is no doubt that Israel will need those arms in any conflict.  (Wnich is another reason why it may be driven to act and act quickly.)

I wonder if liberals ever stop to think that, if they build up their big, beautiful government, it will continue to be a big government even if, in four years, their guys get knocked out of power.  With that in mind, here’s another thought experiment:  We know from places such as England and Canada that socialized medicine invariably means rationing.  Current disfavored classes in these semi-socialized states are the elderly and the very sick (who are, when you think about it, kind of the ones who need medicine the most).

Assuming solely for the sake of argument that conservatives are indeed the slavering, blood-thirsty homophobes liberals like to imagine they are (kind of like the radical Islamists), ask your liberal friends if they’re not worried that, when the conservatives take back the government, they’ll stop giving health care to gays.

Or, assuming solely for the sake of argument that conservatives are indeed the Bible-thumping, heretic burning Christians liberals like to imagine they are (kind of like the radical Islamists, only with crosses), ask your liberal friends if they’re not worried that, when the conservatives take back the government, they’ll stop giving health care to atheists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc.

Or, assuming solely for the sake of argument that conservatives are indeed the hate-filled racists liberals like to imagine they are (kind of like the Sudanese Arab Muslims who are systematically murdering the black Muslims in their country), ask your liberal friends if they’re not worried that, when the conservatives take back the government, they’ll stop giving health care to blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and all other non-white races.

Once you vest power in government, it tends to be there for keeps, regardless of who holds those reins.  If you truly hate your political enemies, you better be very careful to limit government power, not to expand it.