w00t for me!

In all seriousness, though, I think this reveals the increasing desperation of the ideological Left. Think about it. The traditional bastions of Leftist power in the modern era — the University, the Legislature, and the Media — are all crumbling, slowly but surely. The youngest generation, while somewhat liberal on certain social issues, and certainly on sexual mores, is largely conservative politically. The federal legislature, and in particular the U.S. House, has shifted to Republican and, while still left of where I would prefer them to be, is simply not as liberal as in the past. Now, the media, a trusted friend of the Left for years, has been revealed to be the sham conservatives have always said it was.

Difficult times for liberals, indeed.

Regarding keeping my ìindecent conservative (?) opinionsî to myself: if it was not for community such as I met on this blog, I would go insane long time ago. If fact, being in touch with all you fine ladies and gentlemen gave me hope that reason and decency are not dead, that reasonable people can discuss all sorts of issues without hurting one another, that my husband and I are not the only people sharing the unfashionable, politically incorrect classical liberal values.

I believe that at one time M. Simon suggested that after the terrorist threat is past the more traditionally conservative and more traditionally liberal people on this blog would go their separate ways. I donít think so. Once we build respect for one another we will be able to discuss ñ in a civilized, no matter how heated, manner ñ such explosive issues as abortion, gay marriage, healthcare reform or affirmative action. And this things need to be discussed. Only by being open to wide variety of alternative views we can find solutions that work and that are acceptable to most people. I realize that we will not be able to solve everything; some solutions may be simply unacceptable to certain points of view. But we all realize that reasonable people can disagree. And I believe that most decent people ñ yes, we are all decent people, Dan Rather – want only life, liberty and happiness, for all of us.

PS. It is a good thing that Al Gore invented that Internet!

Which is it: sinister manipulative evil forces or no-nothings howling at the moon while scratching their nether regions?

Just so we know who the enemy is.

“I have to quietly endure, giving nothing away, the most ridiculous and offensive statements daily.”

I think we need a new term for you guys. I’ve been silent at work when someone trash talks, too.

I used to think of myself as a “silent W”. But it happens less and less as I find more and more silent W’s.

OldManRick

[network]

DOORMAN: Good afternoon, Mr. Rather.

DAN RATHER: I must make my witness.

DOORMAN: Sure thing, Mr. Rather.

[/network]

Heh.

Statement by the President of CBS News, Andrew Heyward:

“We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television. There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know. Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that’s what we are doing.”

“One Size Fits All” – Zappa 1975

This is the album you can play with your Mother in the room. Not a naughty word in it – and genius.