Who Killed the Liberals' Common Sense?
by John Reit (May 31, 2006)

I love going to Apple's website and watch the trailers for upcoming films. The other day, I ran across one for a documentary that's opening June 30th called Who Killed the Electric Car? According to the trailer, GM came out with what would hopefully become a commercially viable electric car in 1996. But after a few years, it pretty much disappeared, never to be heard from again. No surprise, the trailer flat-out accuses the oil companies and George W. Bush (is there anything this man isn't guilty of in the minds of liberals?) of quashing the electric car in the interest of big oil profits. Bottom line: if not for oil companies and their powerful buddies like George W. Bush, we would all be driving electric cars today. If you go by the trailer, it's a pretty cut and dry case.

Of course, I wasn't content to simply go by the trailer. What I found was more evidence of the elitist, self-righteous hypocrisy possessed by environmentalist liberals. More...

Joe McCarthy Might Have Been Born 20 Years Too Early
by John Reit (May 16, 2006)

McCarthyism is considered one of the darkest chapters of American history. And with good reason. What Joseph McCarthy did was so far outside of the realm of what is Constitutionally acceptable. He played on the fears of many Americans at the time. And as a result, many innocent people lost their livelihoods and their reputations, sometimes over the most incidental associations. That was reprehensible. One should be judged by their actions, not their beliefs. That being said, how ironic it is that in these times communism is the least of America’s worries, yet one of our biggest problems. Perhaps if McCarthy had been a member of the senate in the 60s, he could have concentrated his efforts on the surge of communist policies that still continue to this day. More...

Vive la Canada!
by John Reit (May 10, 2006)

I can't remember when I've been so excited about this kind of political leadership. Since taking office, this party has introduced a federal budget that cuts income, sales, business, corporate and excise taxes. There's also a credit of $1075 per child per year so that families have more money to pay for childcare. Not only that, the new budget calls for an increase spending for military and border security - including $1.3 billion to add armed border patrol officers. It's invigorating! It's almost like the second coming of Ronald Reagan. I only wish it was all taking place in my country. More...

Breaking Down the Liberal Mind
by John Reit (May 4, 2006)

There was a time when I was a self-professed liberal. I believed in universal health care. I was against military action by the U.S. for any reason other than defense. I thought affirmative action was justified. I was even convinced that it was economically and morally just that rich people pay more taxes. Life experience and education have allowed me to step outside that world of Wonderland theory and "gee, wouldn't it be great if the world was like this" politics and be amazed that I could have ever been in that frame of mind - much like an alcoholic who's been sober for several years wonders what he thought was so great about drinking. And like the alcoholic, the practicing liberal doesn't recognize his own detrimental behavior. For instance, can you imagine the mind that believes government has no right to tell you what you can and can't do with your body, yet has every right to determine your health care coverage, retirement finances, what wages you will receive, etc.? Is that really a free country? A blind man can see that contradiction. More...

Becoming Desensitized to Pending Doom
by John Reit (May 2, 2006)

Sometimes, when I see someone well into his 40s who has a real weight problem (I mean obese or at least well on the way to obese), a little scenario runs through my mind. I think of a time – probably in his mid 30s – when this person went to the doctor for a checkup, after which he was told, “lose weight or you’re in for an early death.” The man was obviously scared and asked how long he would have if he doesn’t change his lifestyle. “Twenty. Maybe twenty-five years,” the doctor replied. So the question that comes to my mind is, “why is this person still fat?” Surely every time he goes to the doctor, he is given the same diagnosis – change your ways or die early. Then it hits me; that’s the problem. He hears it too often. So often that he’s become desensitized. It’s no longer scary. He feels fine so he puts it in the back of his mind and continues his life of gluttony and sloth. After all, it is twenty-five years. It’s not like the doctor told him he would die next week.

Like this fictitious dead-man-walking, America has become desensitized to its own fatal diagnosis. More...