The problem when dreams come true
Bookworm on Dec 26 2008 at 12:47 pm | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
As the Watcher points out, both of this week’s winners (and, incidentally, I voted for both) examine what happens when an ideology gets elevated to the realm of the pragmatic. The Razor examines the “peace” movement, which was powerful enough to result in the deaths of millions; while John Stossel’s article looks at Obama’s promised (and scary) changes to the US economy. As always, I heartily recommend each of the articles, not just the winners:
Winning Council Submissions
- First place with 2 2/3 points! – The Razor - The Symbol of Oppression
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Cheney Slaps Biden Upside The Head
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Smug Liberal Sophistication Undisturbed By Decades Of Disastrously Wrong Domestic And International Predictions
- Third place with 1 points – Bookworm Room - Destruction of Property
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Soccer Dad - Don’t get too chummy with that flaming dummy
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Rhymes With Right - Impeach Jerry Brown
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Glittering Eye - How to Give a Bonus
- Fifth place with 1/3 point – Cheat-Seeking Missiles - Gay Anger At Warren Unwarranted
Winning Non-Council Submissions
- First place with 2 1/3 points! – John Stossel - Arrogance and Conceit Won’t Fix the Economy
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Larrey Anderson/American Thinker - Climate Crisis = Logic Crisis
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Dhimmi Watch - Fitzgerald: If we cut off the jizya, could things become even worse?
- Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Pajamas Media - The Op-Ed the New York Times Wouldn’t Run
- Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Counterterrorism blog - Jihad by the Shoe: Who Was Behind it and why?
- Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Simon Deng – Hudson New York - Bishop Tutu and “Israeli Apartheid”
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – The American Spectator - Coffee and Closure
- Fifth place with 1/3 point – Jewcy - Madoff the Jew: The Media’s Hypocritical Obsession With the Fraudster’s Faith
T* – Denotes Tie
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>> … John Stossel’s article looks at Obama’s promised (and scary) changes to the US economy. >>
There was a point where I was mentioning that Obama was raised from the very cradle to be a far-left liberal, because his mother, his father and his childhood mentor were all far-left radicals.
At that time, I mentioned that the one fly in my ointment was his beloved grandmother, whose politicals I’d been unable to determine.
Well, consider that ointment fly dead. Here’s a detailed article about the politics of Obama’s grandmother and grandfather, who had a significant impact in raising the child Barack. Turns out… via their church, they too were far-far left radicals.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/obama_from_unitarian_to_libera_1.html
EVERY single influence on Barack Obama, from the time he was birthed, until the time he announced his candidacy for President of the United States, has been a far-left radical activist. Every single influence.
You can flip a coin twenty times, and it can come up heads all twenty times. But the odds are vastly remote that it will happen. When push comes to shove – and it will, most fiercely! – in which direction is Barack Obama going to head, to recover his own political comfort level?