7 Reasons Why Liberals are Incapable of Understanding the World

This article caught my attention because the author points out that liberals don't necessarily pay attention to the results of their programs or legislation, but to how these things make them feel or to their good intentions in passing the legislation. Banning DDT, for example - great for the environment, but millions of people have died as a result. Of course, I might say that many liberals think that we should reduce the population of the earth, and letting malaria have its way with millions is just one way of doing that....I might say that, but then I would be mean.

7 Reasons Why Liberals Are Incapable of Understanding The World

John Hawkins Townhall.com

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil. — Charles Krauthammer

Even liberals who've accomplished a lot in their lives and have high IQs often say things on a regular basis that are stunningly, profoundly stupid and at odds with the way the world works. Modern liberalism has become so bereft of common sense and instinctually suicidal that America can only survive over the long haul by thwarting the liberal agenda. In fact, liberalism has become such a toxic and poisonous philosophy that most liberals wouldn't behave differently if their goal were to deliberately destroy the country. So, how does liberalism cause well-meaning, intelligent liberals to get this way? Well, it starts with...

1) Liberalism creates a feedback loop. It is usually impossible for a non-liberal to change a liberal's mind about political issues because liberalism works like so: only liberals are credible sources of information. How do you know someone's liberal? He espouses liberal doctrine. So, no matter how plausible what you say may be, it will be ignored if you're not a liberal and if you are a liberal, of course, you probably agree with liberal views. This sort of close-mindedness makes liberals nearly impervious to any information that might undermine their beliefs.

2) Liberals sources of information are ever present. Conservatives are regularly exposed to the liberal viewpoint whether they want to be or not. That's not necessarily so for liberals. Imagine the average day for liberals. They get up and read their local newspaper. It has a liberal viewpoint. They take their kids to school, where the teachers are liberal. Then they go to work, listen to NPR which has a liberal viewpoint on the way home, and then turn on the nightly news which also skews leftward. From there, they turn on TV and watch shows created by liberals that lean to the left, if they have any political viewpoint at all. Unless liberals actively seek out conservative viewpoints, which is unlikely, the only conservative arguments they're probably going to hear are going to be through the heavily distorted, poorly translated, deeply skeptical lens of other liberals.

3) Liberals emphasize feeling superior, not superior results. Liberalism is all about appearances, not outcomes. What matters to liberals is how a program makes them FEEL about themselves, not whether it works or not. Thus a program like Headstart, which sounds good because it's designed to help children read, makes liberals feel good about themselves, even though the program doesn't work and wastes billions. A ban on DDT makes liberals feel good about themselves because they're "protecting the environment" even though millions of people have died as a result. For liberals, it's not what a program does in the real world; it's about whether they feel better about themselves for supporting it.

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So, click on the title for the rest!

---Katie

This Year Keep Your Kids Home from College

Mike Adams describes four ways he thinks today's colleges and universities harm our children - spiritually, morally, intellectually and financially. A poster at Free Republic added psychologically (many kids leave college with psychological problems) and physically (one in four college students has an STD.)

Wouldn't it send a message to the mis-educators in our colleges and universities if we said to them that we were no longer willing to pay obscene amounts of money for them to rob our children of their faith and teach them to despise their parents' values?

If you think your child needs the "experience" of college, have you thought about what exactly that experience is, especially at a secular school? Is it worth thousands of dollars for your child to have a four year party?

Click on the title for the entire article.

---Katie

Welcome to the Department of Innovation

From a new blog sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution:

Seems a long time ago, but it was only back in January when Barack Obama told us that America had reached a “Sputnik moment.” He was referring to the competition with China to be the Big Dog of the 21st century global economy, but the subtext was that the country needs an attitude adjustment, that we need to start channeling Silicon Valley, a place where people may pledge to “Do no evil” but the true religion is innovation.

It made for one fine sound bite. But it hasn’t exactly inspired a bunch of innovation rallies and bake sales. So in the spirit of banging the drum for new ideas and fresh thinking, this blog will track all things innovative, not just in science and technology, but also in how we live, how we learn, how we entertain ourselves.

The Department of Innovation is about people and ideas that likely will shape the way we will live one day. Don’t hesitate to send in suggestions of subjects we should cover.

You can learn more about me on our About page.

Now check out their logo...look very carefully at the image....




Is it any wonder we are in trouble in this country? I don't expect they will be exploring innovation in education that looks at methods outside government schooling.

---Katie

Or We Could Call Them Flash Crime Mobs....

Now a new threat to retailers and the public alike has emerged – flash crime mobs.

Check out this article about how flash mobs are morphing into "flash crime mobs." What will you do if you get caught in the middle of something like this?

Click on the title!

---Katie

Flash Mobs vs. Flash Robs

Last year, a new phenomenon appeared on the American landscape. Groups began gathering at malls and other places where people congregate to do something unusual, often uplifting. (Click on the title to see an example.) We called them flash mobs and enjoyed watching them on YouTube. This year, we have a new phenomenon that the media insists on calling flash mobs as well. Large groups of urban youth gather either at a retailer of some sort or at some location or event where people are trying to enjoy their leisure time. At a retailer they create a commotion and steal as much as they can before racing out of the establishment, while at other locations, they attack and abuse people of other races. I propose that we continue to call the positive, uplifting groups like the one linked in the title "flash mobs," while referring to the other, negative, racist occurrences "flash robs," since even if they are not gathering for the purpose of stealing, they are still robbing us of our sense of community, safety and well-being. If you would like to know more about "flash robs" check out this link:

---Katie