Ideology Matters

I know, I have not been writing much lately. Not about economics, parenting, or peace. I have been obsessed with World Politics, and rightly so, as we are living through historic times.

I have already discussed how the American Left is viewing events in the Middle East through our own very own brand of beer goggles.

You see, what people believe in actually matters. It affects their behavior.

I don't want to know what kind of regime the protesters in the Middle-East and Northern Africa want to overthrow..that is apparent. It is obvious, the Dictatorships in those regions are immoral, brutal, and unjust.

I want to know what kind of regime they want to be "free" to install. That would be good reporting.
Let's find out. What exactly are we facing?


Let's have it, please.
As usual, John Stewart nails it with "Aliens vs. Predators":

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Keep in mind, no matter what your view on the collective bargaining rights of public unions, the Republicans took control of Wisconsin in a Democratic election. Democracy at work!

American Denial Goggles

Americans, especially the Democrats, not all of them, have their version of beer goggles on when it comes to the events unfolding in the Middle East.

I will call them "denial goggles", because the truth is just too scary and too present, for them to contemplate.

This is an old article from the "Middle East Forum", but you should read it if you want to understand what is going on;

http://www.meforum.org/1870/mohamed-sifaoui-i-consider-islamism-to-be-fascism

You see, Islamists, both Sunni and Shia, are hell bent on creating chaos in the Middle East so that they can "unite" and install a global Islamic Caliphate.

I fear an attack on American soil is imminent. The extremists must pull it off if they are to achieve their goals.

Read about Chamberlain:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Pact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_for_our_time

We all know how that turned out.

Do I hope I am wrong? Hell yes. I hope you Facebook & Twitter Liberal Democrats have an optimism that is not misplaced.

But I fear you are projecting, naively hoping your values are shared across the Middle-East.

I think they are not.

They Have Lost Their Way...

What has to happened to the Republican party?

Old Clip... but the guy the rest of Republicans call crazy may just be their only hope: