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Update on DHS Conspiracy BS; Rick Ellis Takes on Karoli, Fails BigTime

This is essentially an update to a column I posted 10 days ago, which can be found here.

As you can see at the link, I tried really hard to give Rick Ellis the benefit of the doubt, but I can't anymore. 

Saturday, Ellis posted an "update" of sorts, entitled "The dangers of relying on common sense (or why Crooks & Liars is wrong). Now, his original "story," such as it is, has been flying around the Internet and left leaning news, even though absolutely zero provable facts were contained in the original, and no additional facts have come to light. Yet, once again, Rick Ellis uses unverifiable fact and supposition to make the unprovable DECLARATION that "Crooks & Liars is wrong." 

He's referring to this story on the "Crooks & Liars" website, written by longtime blogger, Karoli. The essence of the story actually has little to do with Mr. Ellis; It's about the hysteria surrounding a story that has been bouncing around the Internet for 11 days, and which was absolutely refuted by my post 10 days ago. Mr. Ellis is only mentioned tangentially in this piece. The essence of his mention can be summed up by the following passage:

Politics 101 for the Far Left: Lessons #1 thru #9: Revised & Updated.

When all is said and done, if you want to know why the politics in what should be a liberal country such as the United States has been dominated for 32 years by people who should be relegated to the fringe, if you consider yourself to be on the far left, look in the mirror. If not, look at the far left.

A quick perusal of the leftist “blogosphere” shows people who obsess over everything that happens, as if they’re doing play-by-play for a baseball game. But they seem to neither know nor care about the average person, and they definitely lack understanding of basic politics.  It’s amazing how little they know, yet they act like experts, despite the fact that the only people who actually buy their bullshit are like-minded people who are gullible.

Yes, folks; a lot of left wingers, especially those on the "professional left" are JUST LIKE the far right in that way.

If You Think Both Parties are the Same, You're INSANE

Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know; that this blog is a bit different from other lefty blogs. Yes, I take on the Right Wing Fart Machine and will continue to do so. But frankly. a small but loud portion the progressive movement has a tendency to be just as bad as the right wingers when it comes to flinging rhetorical bullshit. These people are loud, obnoxious, and they like to portray themselves as the “only true progressives." This, despite the fact that they constitute a small minority within the progressive movement, and often, they;re rhetoric actually hurts our cause. 

These “progressives,” who tend to be referred to as "professional left" or "emo left" are usually white, they tend to have college degrees, and they tend to have above-average-sized bank accounts, and they seem to think they know more about what it’s like to be poor and working class than those who actually are poor and working class. I saw an exchange recently on a lefty blog, in which a white "emo lefty" actually attempted to imply that his sociology  degree had equipped him with the knowledge to understand what a black man in America faced. I wish I was kidding. 

Please Support Our Mini-Fundraiser With a Donation

This blog is not and never has been about money. It's about getting information out. But your help is needed, so I'm conducting a low-key "fundraiser" of sorts. Its goals are modest. I'd like to make back some of the money I've spent putting this blog together over the last five years, and I'd also like to do a podcast. That's all.

The next election will be extremely crucial for the country, and it could be make or break for progressives. Hopefully this blog will continue to grow as a repository for positive information designed to move the country in the proper direction. The lies will be coming faster and more furious, and we'll need the ammunition to fight them.  

If you like what you read here, please click on this link, or the "Tip Jar" located in either column, and donate a few bucks. It'll be very much appreciated. 

I have no intention of becoming "the Professional Left," but it's getting harder to lose money. 

Thank you for reading and passing the information in this blog on to others, and thanks to all of you who can help. 

Milt

"I Am Not Disappointed by President Obama"

A must-see video, especially by those folks who insist on putting down President Obama, because they don't think he's "done enough" of what they like. Listen to what this man says, and ask yourself WHY you're disappointed. Then, consider what you're rhetoric is doing to the debate, and how your rhetoric might actually be prolonging the neocon era. 

He's only a "disappointment" if you expected perfection. It's never going to happen. Get over yourselves.

 

The Professional Left is NOT Your Friend -- Example: Glenn Greenwald

Sometimes, you have to wonder what side some of the Professional Lefties are on. There are two clear sides to the politics at the moment, and to deny that just defies simple logic. There is no doubt the Republican Party has been taken over by extremists, and we have to get rid of them. I don’t mean we just have to defeat them and get a majority; I mean we have to annihilate them in the voting booth. This is no longer a horserace between two political parties with different views of where the United States should go. This is a contest between one political party that is perhaps wrongheaded at times but means well, and one that truly wants to tear apart the fabric of this country and go against everything we supposedly stand for.

But take a look at this post from Salon this morning, written by the self-absorbed Glenn Greenwald. Greenwald is so incredibly anti-Obama and anti-Democrat that it’s simply not possible to think he’s actually a progressive. (Once more, the root word of progressive is “progress”. Keep that in mind as you read this tripe.) Though the article is entitled “Here’s what attempted co-opting of OWS looks like,” He starts off with his standard rip of Obama. But he doubles down this time, and ends up looking ridiculous. (Red emphasis added)

Crap Cutting: Michael Moore on DHS Conspiracy

I am a blogger. I am not a journalist. I don’t have the time or energy to be a journalist. Journalism requires a special set of skills that most bloggers don’t have. Being able to read and cull others’ news stories and opine on them does not make one a journalist. I know there’s a tendency to call bloggers “citizen journalists,” but they also call Fox News, well, “News,” and we all know it isn't. Bloggers are bloggers. I suppose you can call it a "form of journalism," but I prefer to think I have standards. I respect and value the diversity of opinion of bloggers, but trust them for "news"? No thank you. Anyone can post anything online; to believe anything posted online without some level of verification and corroboration makes you "gullible," not smart.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't believe anyone. There are hierarchies of bloggers and journalists and their believability. On the one end, there are Richard Engel and Christiane Amanpour, and on the other end, there are Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe. If something the first two say report turns out to be wrong, it was likely they made a mistake or got bad information. If the second two mutter it, it's probably just a lie. If they SCREAM it, you know it's a BIG Lie™. 

Flashback: A Wake-Up Call for "Progressive" Thinkers

I first posted this on May 12, 2004 on my original blog, The Daily Weasel. The original received over 30,000 hits, and most of the response I received was positive. Some elements are dated, such as the part where we have to elect John Kerry, but the idea is still valid. Do NOT call yourself a progressive if all you have is the right positions on specific issues, but you're not doing what needs to be done to get the best people elected. Not the PERFECT people, the BEST people. 

Politics in a democracy is about winning. If you're not winning, it doesn't matter how right you think you are. 

A Wake-Up Call for Progressive Thinkers

by Milt Shook

Occupy Common Sense

I’ve said it before. I think the Occupy movement is amazing. It has the potential to change things for a lot of people. I WANT it to succeed. I WANT the landscape in America to change. It’s no longer possible for just anyone to simply work hard at a decent job and make a good living. Economic opportunity, which used to be our hallmark, has largely dried up in many areas of the country, and the “rust belt” is getting rustier and spreading. We have become far too dependent on speculation and bubble economy, and we’ve eschewed real capitalism, in which people make something or provide a service and get paid for it, for some pseudo-capitalist claptrap that’s based on the concept of taking money from someone for doing absolutely nothing, and giving yourself a bonus for thinking of it. 

In other words, I get it. Hell; I wrote about it more than a month before Adbusters came up with the idea of “Occupy Wall Street.” (Serfin’ USA?) 

And for a while, the Occupy movement was good. It was gaining strength, and it was spreading worldwide. But as I suggested might happen when it first started, it’s turning into a something of a mess. And it’s turning into that because there's no focus, and there is no leadership. By focus, I don’t mean one single solitary message; it can be a theme.  And when I say leadership, that doesn’t mean one person who tells everyone what to think or do. I’m talking about a brain trust that oversees where the overall focus is and tries to keep that on track.

Voters Have Two Choices: Dems or Disaster. Stop Helping Disaster Win!

As those who follow this blog can tell, I don’t mind being called an “Obamabot.” Not because I’m a “bot” of any kind, but because it means the person calling me that has run out of arguments, and is more gullible than intelligent. You see, the theme of this post is “voters have TWO CHOICES.” That’s because, in almost all cases, voters have, well, two choices.

If you call yourself a progressive, and you don’t stand 100% behind this president and the Democratic Party at this time in our history, then you’re either a right wing plant who’s lying about being a progressive, or you don’t really know what the word “progressive” means. I’ll give you a hint; the root word is “progress.”

I don’t do much hyperbole; it’s not my style. But right now, this country is in the biggest fight of its relatively short life, and the wrong people keep winning the battle. And the number one reason the wrong people keep winning is due to an inability on the part of a small-but-obnoxious portion of the left side of the political spectrum to comprehend that elections are the most important element in a democratic republic. Marching and occupying is not, in itself, an expression of democracy. If such activism is not followed by effective campaign strategy that puts the best available people in office every single time, then it’s pretty much worthless.

Key words there; BEST AVAILABLE. In a democracy as diverse as ours, the best available candidate will rarely be a full-on left winger. Sorry. 

Why Joe Paterno Had to Go. Now.

There was no other choice. He had to go.

Joe Paterno was ousted last night. After 46 years as the head coach for one of the most illustrious college football teams in the country, after 15 years as an assistant, his record as a football coach was almost without peer. He helped mold the lives of thousands of Penn State students, both on and off the football field. After 61 years of service, he earned admiration as something of an icon by the school.

Even now, I am tempted to say, “No one can erase his record of achievement,” but I can’t bring myself to do that. No matter what good he did over the course of 61 years, he failed miserably at the one job, above all others, that we all have as members of society. He failed to protect our most precious and vulnerable asset when they needed him most; our children.

A few days ago, the Pennsylvania Attorney General released its grand jury report on the investigation into former Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s raping of children. Any of you who think I’m going overboard by saying Paterno squandered his legacy has to read this. We’re not talking about molestation here, which would be inexcusable enough; we’re talking about several cases in which Sandusky allegedly raped young boys, and ruined their lives. If you can read this report and not cry with rage, then you’re just plain cold hearted.  I’m all for letting the process work, and referring to Sandusky as an “alleged” pedophilic sick monster at this point. But unlike Joe Paterno, I insist he stay locked up until trial, just in case everyone telling their story under oath is actually telling the truth.

Why We Have to Stop Arguing With Right Wingers; They're Insane!

I saw this posted elsewhere earlier today, and found it interesting. It was posted by a hard core right winger; someone who thinks the Tea Party is just swell, that Obama is a Marxist Kenyan Muslim and that Bill Clinton and his wife are pretty much Satanic.  This list is representative of just how ideological most right wingers are, and how they think of those of us on the left. Not only are they wrong about what makes a “good liberal,” they also cannot think beyond the prism of their own ideology. They are completely enslaved by it.

I’m posting it in its entirety, and responding to each one, because this can be a learning tool. Ultimately, what you should learn is, there is no point in trying to convince these people you’re right. There is no point in arguing incessantly with people like this. Instead, speak to reasonable people; people who can learn that not everything they’re told is true. 

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In order to be a Liberal .... 

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand. 

First of all, not all liberals are against capital punishment. I obviously can't speak for all liberals, but the reason why I think  capital punishment is wrong has to do with a simple, basic problem; it’s not just.  The justice system is incapable of determining guilt or innocence with an absolute certainty, so an absolute penalty is just inappropriate. In our system, there are just too many mistakes; an irreversible penalty is just plain wrong. On the other hand, our prisons are mostly impenetrable, and it is possible to keep people in prison for life without a problem. What purpose is served by killing them?