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November 05, 2008

Remember. Remember.

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The Jawas: So this is how liberty dies.

Five Feet of Fury: The long march through the institutions.

... you go right ahead and "wish Obama well" and say all that "he's my president" stuff. The other side didn't act that way for eight years. The other side won. And I don't have to live there anyway. Alas, those of us looking to America as our last best hope now have to face the fact that there is now nowhere left to run to.

This really is how Rome fell, btw. The mob of Rome decided not to work for several hundred years and, being completely isolated from reality by the Legions and the slaves, demanded foreign and domestic policies that bought bread and circuses at the price of the stability and security of the empire. The Roman aristocracy and Equestrian lawyer class have their share of the blame, of course. Pandering to the mob for political advantage while posturing in the togas earned by illustrious ancestors was no barrier to reality for all the fine speeches. I expect the party went on even as the Forum went up in flames.

I am beginning to think the jihadis may be our only saviours. Think of it as a bitch slap to the face of civilization. If it was not Muslim religious fanatics now it would be mobilized Scientology or some equivalent, moronic fantasy fifty years from now. Such is the small comfort offered by a conservative disposition; human nature being what it is, this may very well be the best of all possible worlds. We were going to have to defeat the Frankfurt School eventually. Now is as good a time as any.

The Astute Bloggers: Now the United States has proven it is not "racist" it is time to end affirmative action.

Update: Thank God.

Also, as predicted, we cannot blame the youth vote. Hope and Change appears to have shifted it from 17% in 2004 to 18% in 2008. Of course, in 2008 they got to vote several times in several states...

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 5, 2008 05:00 AM

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For what it's worth, my county went 2:1 for McCain (well, Palin, really). We defeated two local tax increases. Kinda like being proud of the results of the Battle of Chalons, I guess.

As always, Mr. Den Beste (chizumatic.mee.nu) offers a sound & sober analysis of the situation; but I think he misses a point: sure The One alone might be no worse than Carter, but Carter didn't have a Pelosi and a Reid taking scissors to the Constitution behind him. And then, the Jihad was just getting started.

Off to the store for more canned goods and ammo. Cheers.

Posted by: Clayton Barnett [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 5, 2008 06:50 AM

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