California Appellate Court has all but declared it illegal for parents to educate their own children in the home. If this isn't an example of Liberal Fascism, then I don't know what is.

"Parents do not have a constitutional right to home school their children," wrote Justice H. Walter Croskey in a Feb. 28 opinion signed by the two other members of the district court. "Parents who fail to [comply with school enrollment laws] may be subject to a criminal complaint against them, found guilty of an infraction, and subject to imposition of fines or an order to complete a parent education and counseling program."

In California your children belong to the State. Resistance is futile.

A series of billboards have appeared throughout the city of Seattle. They make some very serious points and pose some good food for thought. There is a quote from P. J. O'Rourke on one, and Winston Churchill on another.

Seattle area liberals are none to happy about this. Keep feeding the populace the anti-War, anti-American (or should that be 'Amerikan'?) world-view. Express a bit of conservative thought and you get anonymous comments like, "someone is scared that we might stop spending billions of dollars on war / scared of an administration that does not lie to its people"

Here are the 'offending' billboards, against which the Seattle Post-Intelligencer launches its investigative reporters:




Ooooh ... Scary ... we must find out who is posting these offending messages.

Browsing Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism blog, at NRO, I found a small entry about Star Trek's fascist tendencies.

Philosophy professor Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D., is rather persuasive in arguing that Star Trek not only anti-capitalist and anti-religion, but, when push comes to shove, is downright fascist.

"If daily life is not concerned with familiar economic activities and the whole of life is not informed with religious purposes, then what is life all about in Star Trek? Well, the story is about a military establishment, Star Fleet, and one ship in particular in the fleet, the Enterprise. ... So what one is left with in Star Trek is military life. ... In the 20th Century there has been a conspicuous political ideology that combines militarism, the subordination of private economic activity to collective social purposes, and often the disparagement of traditional religious beliefs and scruples: Fascism, and not the conservative Fascism of Mussolini and Franco, who made their peace with the Church and drew some limits about some things (Franco even helped Jews escape from occupied France), but the unlimited "revolutionary," Nihilistic Fascism of Hitler, which recoiled from no crime and recognized no demands of conscience or God above the gods of the Führer and the Volk."

Firefly, Dr. Ross argues is the "anti-Star Trek".

"All of the disturbing characteristics of the Star Trek shows, the militarism, collectivism, anti-capitalism, and atheism, are notably missing from the excellent but shortlived series Firefly. ... Unlike the starship Enterprise, a powerful warship of the United Federation of Planets, the ship Serenity is a small, private "Firefly" class transport with no weapons -- except the hand weapons of the crew. The captain and first officer... are veterans of the attempt to prevent the vast Alliance of planets from taking over their own worlds. ... [Joss] Whedon wants to make it clear, however, that he doesn't think of the Alliance as evil ... but rather as something perhaps too big for its own good, or the good of its citizens. ... In the pilot, Serenity takes on, not only Simon and River [fugitives from the law], but the Shepherd, i.e. Minister, Book ... Although the Shepherd expresses his religious views in, usually, a low key way, and the details given of his beliefs are spare, he does have an actual Bible, and once he even seems to make a reference to Jesus, as a carpenter. In the movie, the word "Christian" is even uttered -- though most viewers may not have noticed that the words "Jesus" () and "Buddha" (, literally "Buddha Founder") have both been spoken in Chinese during the shows.
... "The very best thing about Firefly, in comparison to Star Trek, is probably that it doesn't try for the slightest bit of Utopianism. It does not assume that a single galactic government would be best, as it does not assume that present religion and capitalist economics are undesirable. This is refreshing, to say the least ..."

Give the whole thing a read. I found it very interesting. In part, because the idea that Star Trek presents a future chock full of Utopian Liberal Fascism, which will make Trekkies liberal heads just explode in frustration.

A moment that will probably go down as one of the greatest "What were they thinking" moments: American soldiers serving in Iraq are used to present the Best Documentary Oscar.

The winner went to "Taxi to the Dark Side", a movie that provided "[a]n in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States [military] in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed [by the United States military] in 2002."

BTW, HBO went into a bidding war to buy the cable distribution rights to this anti-American, pro-Islamo-Nazi bit of propaganda "before the election", as the President of HBO stated, because the defeatocrat Dems don't get enough support from Hollywood as it is.

Kyle Smith puts the bit of chutzpah in its proper context. Shameful.

And does no one in the American military command that allowed this to happen, know nothing about what Hollywood is producing these days? 

That would have been the headline if the cartoon conservatives dancing in Liberal's brains ran Time Magazine. But in the real world we got:

"Officer Killed Escorting Clinton" when a brave Police Officer died in the line of duty, serving in Sen. Hillary Clinton's motorcade.

And just to show that there is no media bias, when a brave Police Officer died in the line of duty, serving in Pres. Bush's motorcade, the folks who all know better than us knuckle-dragging Neanderthal conservatives gave us: "Bush Motorcade Killed Cop".

As Mr. BH wrote, "So damn typical. ... Bias? "What media bias?"

This should not surprise anyone who is paying the least bit of attention to the situation in Serbia.

America, NATO and the UN threw their support behind forces that included radical Islamic terrorists. The result was attacks against the Christian minorities and the destruction of numerous Christian monastaries, churches and cemeteries. Now we are about to see the emergence of an Islamic nation within Europe.

If one had to make analogy as to why Serbians are angry about this one need look no further than the American Southwest. Imagine what the public's reaction would be if, after Mexican militias invaded Arizona, New Mexico, California and Texas, the area was then declared an independent Mexican state. Following which American and European governments, with NATO and UN support, declared support for the new independent Mexican nation. How do you think Americans living in those former states would react? Do you think they would just sit by and let it happen.

I don't think so. Wake up, Washington. You're about to help in the creation of an Islamic nation on Europe's doorstep.

When Michelle Obama told her husband's acolytes ... uh, I mean political supporters the following:

"He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."

I don't think she had the folks at Moveon.org, ACLU, Lefties for the Separation of Church and State, etc., etc., etc. in mind. Why do I have the sense that she thinks only Republicans are isolated cynics, deeply ensconced in safe comfort zones, and living lives that are uninvolved and uninformed?

Maybe it's just me.

Currently slated for a May 1st, 2009 release date is the next entry in the X-Men film series. Variety is reporting that three characters have been added to the film: Deadpool, Gambit and John Wraith. These three join the character cast of Sabertooth, Col. William Stryker and Silver Fox in this movie. As far as the character cast is concerned, this is starting to look a lot like the lousy ending to the Spider-Man film trilogy.

Add to this character bash the fact that the latest bow for the film's director, Gavin Hood, was the big time anti-American flop Rendition. The story Gavin seems to be telling focuses on Wolverine's involvement with the Weapon X, which was an American military and CIA program involving experimentation on ethnic minorities and mutants.

I wonder which side of the Good - Evil spectrum the American military and government will fall in this.

There is a saying in the construction industry:

"Arguing with a Building Inspector is like mud wrestling a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it."

After listening to Dennis Prager's interview with Fred Kaplan I learned that the same thing can be said about arguing with Leftists.

Example: Dennis referred to Leftist attacks against Pres. Bush. Mr. Kaplan immediately  questioned Dennis about "what's Left" and "what's Right". Instead of listening to the point Dennis was making, Kaplan interrupted and questioned the definition of such terms; Left and Right and noted that they are not useful.

Dennis noted, after the interview was over, that the Right almost never questions when described as being on the Right, but the Left almost always questions the classification. Why is this the case, Dennis asked. I think it is simply to shift the argument such that the original point the Right was making is lost, and the discussion moves into the muddy bog of pointless Left-wing theoretical definitions.

In a phrase: Arguing with the Left is like mud wrestling a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it.

The reports on Kosovo declaration of independence from Serbia have been overwhelmingly positive. President Bush may  be planning to board this bandwagon on Tuesday.

The "Organisation of the Islamic Conference", made up of such bastions of liberty as Iran, Algeria, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, supports this declaration.  Predictably enough, the minority Serbian Orthodox Christians, who will end up living within the borders of the new Kosovo nation, have expressed concerns, to put it mildly, that this might not be the best thing for Europe.

Julia Goren documents some very disturbing facts that should give anyone, who supports an Islamic Kosovo, serious pause.

"The acquisition of Kosovo was the goal from the start, when the Kosovo Liberation Army first began killing Serbs, along with Albanians and gypsies (Roma) who worked even as postmen for the Yugoslav government or simply had inter-ethnic friendships or marriages with Serbs. ... [T]he destruction and desecration of Orthodox churches, monasteries and cemeteries that has continued apace since NATO gifted Kosovo to the Albanians, the Jewish cemetery that adjoins the Serbian one in the village of Velika Hoca has also been vandalized ..."

What will it take to teach the West that supporting the creation of yet another Islamic nations has never brought peace to anyone, anywhere?

If you haven’t heard about this it’s because the Main Scream Media is keeping it quiet. You don’t think it’s staged? Here’s the video for 2 separate incidents:

Hanover, NH on Jan. 8th Watch and listen carefully.

Hartford, CT on Feb. 4th

Coincidence? I DON’T THINK SO!

He’s done the same thing in Montecito, CA; Madison, WI, and Seattle, WA.

But does the media care? Absolutely not. The MSNBC report on the Seattle incident, the 5th such occurrence, makes no mention of previous acts, … uh, I mean, fainting spells. And the Seattle ‘Anti’-Intelligencer dismisses the idea that these are staged events; it was really “hot and stuffy at the Pier 30 warehouse” and relegates the report it its blog.

Gee, I wonder if the MSM would be so flippant about this crap if it was being done by a Republican. But let a (excuse me while I slip into my Liberal foul-language mode) Liberal fascist do it and “ho hum, who really cares”.

I smell a rat!

Another day, another Obama scandal ignored by the Mass Media. What should be campaign ending scandals are nothing more than a few pebbles in the road for the Obama sycophants in the Main Scream Media. They are doing everything they can to ignore or dismiss the phony fainting woman. Now they are ignoring the fact that Obama volunteers were prominently displaying a Cuban flag festooned with an image of the murderous thug Che Guevara. If you want to know about this you have to go to the blogosphere. A Google News search lists several locations for the story, but none from AP, Reuters, the Democrat Time of New York, MSNBC, CNN or any other main stream news source.

Jeff Jacoby reports the scandal in his latest column, but you will only see the actual image if you get Jeff's email update. The Boston Globe refuses to provide the image or link to the Houston news report wherein the Che image appears. Furthermore, the Fox News affiliate in Houston, which panned past the disgusting flag, does not even mention the image. You will have to look fast during the clip or you may miss it. I guess communist executioner Che Guevara's image is par for the course among Democrat supporters; so much so that seeing it is a "dog bites man" story to the press. Why shouldn't it be, given that, as Jacoby notes, it has become a "trendy bestseller", "cult favorite" and was once offered on a watch sold at the New York Public Library Gift Shop. ... An aside: It also is prominently displayed on the exterior of the Cuban Secret Police headquarters.

Imagine a news team going to a McCain or Huckabee volunteer office and seeing a Ku Klux Klan banner or Timothy McVeigh's or David Duke's face plastered on the wall. Do you think the reporter would ignore it? Do you think the story would stick with McCain vs. Huckabee storyline? Or would the story become "Will Republicans support a candidate that seems to condone the evil represented by KKK, McVeigh or Duke?" That kind of story would end any chances a Republican had for any office, let alone President of the United States. So why is it that the image of Che Guevara prominently displayed in an Obama for President office does not do the same for Obama? Especially when you pile it onto the phony fainting woman crap.

Jeff Jacoby notes that "when word broke last week that Obama's supporters in Houston work under a banner glorifying Che, the campaign's reaction was to brush it off as an issue involving volunteers, not the official campaign. After two days of controversy, the campaign issued a statement calling the flag 'inappropriate' ..." Two days?!? Inappropriate?!? Gee, you think? How about immediately cutting all relations with those volunteers once the story broke; tell them never to darken your door again, and clearly state that your campaign does not in any way want to be associated with a man who was "a sociopath who relished killing and acclaimed 'the pedagogy of the firing squad' ..." Nope. None of that. Instead all we get is a mild statement that the image is inappropriate.

Obama's campaign has been attacked as not having any substance. I disagree it has substance; the substance of a Liberal Fascist.

Kenneth Timmerman's FrontpageMag.com interview leads me to ask this question (despite the fact that it might make me sound like the Seattle Lefties I'm surrounded by). If you really have an open mind you might be led to the same question after reading this:

"First, there is the evidence discovered very late in the day by the 9/11 Commission, which I describe in detail in Countdown to Crisis. What is astonishing is that this information has not been widely publicized. I spoke again just yesterday with one of the top investigators involved in reviewing the highly-classified U.S. intelligence reports on Mugniyeh’s involvement in convoying 9/11 hijackers in and out of Iran prior to 9/11. He was astonished when I told him that few people were yet aware of this. “That’s like saying you didn’t know that Jesse James was a crook,” he said.

"The Iranians were TERRIFIED on the day of 9/11 and for the next month that the United States would “connect the dots” and discover their involvement to the 9/11 plot, as I reported in Countdown to Crisis.

"Senior Iranian government officials were making desperate phone calls to relatives in the United States, asking them to rent apartments for family members so they could get out of Tehran before what they assumed would be a massive retaliatory U.S. military strike."

So explain to me why we are in Iraq and not Iran.

When I get into some serious day-dreaming, I sometimes slip into a world where I'm a famous horror-fantasy author who happens to be a conservative. In that day-dream world Jonah Goldberg's great new book - Liberal Fascism - should be planting all kinds of idea seeds: A loner, wanders a world overrun by smiley-face festooned, feel good fascists forcing group hugs on the masses; said loner demolishes the liberty crushing facade of smoking bans, mandatory physical exams, and electric cars. ... OK, it needs some work.

Maybe I should go a Richard Hugo House & Northwest MediaArts "Writing Fantastic Fiction" workshop. I think I found just the one taught by Elizabeth Hand:

This is the Way the World Ends

Let's see what the course description is to see if it fits what I'm thinking about for my LF post-apocalyptic future stories.


That must be why we're seeing all these books, movies and television shows about the threat of Islamo-Nazism and the death of the West. ... Oh, wait. I better keep reading.


Well at least she gave a brief nod toward terrorism. I wonder how receptive Ms. Hand will be to my ideas about the threat of Fundamentalist Secular Liberal Fascists, forcing Christians, Marines and Smokers out of America's public squares.


Wait, what happened to the threat of political extremism and terrorism? Now it's all environment all the time. If this workshop isn't the one that will give my storytelling that big push I need, what are Ms. Hand's suggestion as to what else I might to with my free time?


Great idea. I'm the center of the universe, at least that what the Barak Obama tells me ("we are the ones we've been waiting for"). And I will surely live forever (or at least some 70, 80, 90 years or more). I better rush up to Alaska or the Antarctic before those glaciers which have been around only since I started paying attention to them (thousands of years? tens of thousands of years?!? So you say!) melt away because Al Gore won't stop flying in his private jets.

Something tells me that Ms. Hand is not going to like my ideas about a world in which a handful of God-fearing Americans struggle for individual liberty in the smiley-face world of Liberal Fascism.

We all know about Berkeley's protest of America's brave Marines, and how the City Council for that armpit of America described the Marines as "unwanted intruders".

But watching the video of cops standing by doing nothing, while one group of anti-American fascists are breaking the law, blocking access to a building, while others are attempting to engage in legal activity really makes me angry.

This kind of behavior by Berkeley's cops makes them worthy of the epithet - "Pigs".