Opps, Is It Me? :-)



You are David Brooks! You're exceedingly smart, but
your writing is as compelling as wallpaper. You
are a thoughtful though hard-line conservative,
but lack any of Safire's verbal pyrotechnics.
In addition, you dress like you're colorblind.
Fall down, juvenile.


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Communism is held in respect by Western liberals

This is a review of the book "In Denial: Historians, Communism & Espionage", which tells the story how American communists clinged and defended Stalinism. I grew up in the USSR and to me and most of the people of my age it is self-evident that communism is a failed ideology that led to the deaths of thousands.
Not so in the West. A standard answer you receive from a Canadian left-of-the-centre person is that "yes, communism has failed but at least it had a noble purpose".
Lots has to be done to change that.

a Liberal gets spookied about Stephen Harper

Linda McQuaig's article in the Ottawa Citizen reprinted in the

Edmonton Journal

Less than 24 hours after Harper got elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, liberal pundits in Ottawa have launched their righteous crusade against those "bloodthirsty" Conservatives. The usual stuff, you know.
But I find her ramblings quite funny for another reason
I've been wondering for a while what is the ideology behind Red Toryism. She provides a hilarous description of it when she writes:
In a red Tory scenario, the rich still run things and enjoy the lion's share of the spoils, but they're expected to look out for the well-being of the whole community -- to ensure that those beneath them in the social order get some education, medical attention and even something to eat.



Right on, Linda! Everybody, Look out for those evil conservatives! Didn't you forget to mention that they also eat newborns for breakfast??