Revealing editorial from the NYTimes

Reading this editorial from the NYTimes, one realizes how far liberals have sunk into the world of make-believe, fantasy and the most virulently destructive philosophies of the 20th century.  It is inconceivable that anyone could take seriously the arguments in this editorial that claim Romney is flip flopping, changing his basic positions on issues and/or lying.  And yet the libs who run that paper make all these claims and only fault Obama for not taking Romney to task for all this dissembling.  In truth everything Romney said rebutting the Obama campaign's serial distortions of the Romney/Ryan campaign positions is consistent with the platform put forth at the Republican Convention in Tampa last month.  Smaller government, strong defense, lower taxes to stimulate economic growth, elimination of socialized healthcare and regulations that stymy business activity that creates jobs and opportunity for those willing to put forth the effort.  But since none of these prescriptions for success involves controlling other people's lives that the liberal elites prefer, they are forced to resort to these mindless attacks on conservatives' lack of specificity in matters of policies of their agenda.  Which is exactly the point.  Liberals want 3,000 page bills that control every conceivable contingency concerning the delivery of healthcare services.  They want regulations that control all aspects of businesses trying to serve consumer needs and wishes.  They want total control over citizens' lives in order that their vision of the correct society can be achieved.  In the end their proscriptions for society are the same as those of the National Socialism of the Germans,  the Fascism of Mussolini, and the Marxist utopia of the USSR, and we all know how well those isms turned out.  In short, Republicans want maximum freedom for the individual while Democrats want maximum control of each individual's life by the state.

Liberalism and totalitarianism

City Magazine's Bruce Thornton reviews Showdown with Evil,  by Front Page magazine's Jamie Glazov here.  The book, a series of interviews with 30 "astute" commentators, discusses the reason for the left media's inability to come to grips with the threat of Jihadism.  Based on these interviews it seems the Muslims are seen through the prism of the left's world view that if a people are not western, christian or white, then they are victims and need defending from those oppressive groups.  This attitude accounts for the refusal of the MSM to connect the dots on the Muslim Jihadist Major who killed 13 people at Ft. Hood in 2009 despite the evidence.  It's hard to conceive how a reporter could miss the fact that the Major was heard screaming "Allah Akbur" while he went on his shooting spree and yet not connect that act with that of a Jihadist.  And yet no MSM news story made that connection. But it did make a connection between  the murder attempt on Gabrielle Giffords and the climate of hate promoted by right wing extremists without  any confirming evidence.  The obvious point here is that if the presentation of the news is influenced by given assumptions it is bound to be distorted and usually wrong.  What we must be seeing is the influence of  liberal, left wing professors in colleges and graduate journalism schools who have dominated those institutions for well over 50 years now successfully brainwashing a generation or two of students.  Jonah Goldberg of National Review has written an extremely successful book on this subject: Liberal Fascism.  Here is Jonah writing about the book and subject in a post from NR.  Jonah is one of the major talents in the conservative movement.