Posted by
Arik on Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:18:53 PM
Warning: Some of the pictures here may be a bit graphic, but I think they are very helpful in illustrating the point i am trying to make.
"Sometimes a Fantasy is all you need." -
Billy Joel
The liberal mindset is not based in solid reality. What I mean by this is that they can look at a clear blue sky, and see a hurricane. Likewise, they can look at a hurricane and see a clear blue sky. It really has very little to do with what they are looking at, what's important is that they see what they want to perceive, and what they want to perceive is only that which reinforces their own worldview, and their belief that they can't possibly be incorrect. Liberals live in a world of never-ending unicorns and rainbows, unless, of course, there actually ARE unicorns and rainbows, in which case they don't believe in them.
Don't believe me? Take a look at some of the comments from the Congressional Black Caucus (
CBC) from their recent "fact-finding" trip to
Cuba. The meaning of the term Useful Idiots really becomes clear when these people are around to provide an example. They were meeting with one of the most brutal dictators of the past half-century, and I have to believe that every one of them neded to change their panties when they were done. Here are a few:
"He's one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met!" -Emanuel Cleaver(D-Mo)
The execution of Col.Cornelio Rojas, a commander in the Cuban National Police on the day Castro took over.
"He looked directly into my eyes, and then he asked: how can we help President Obama? Fidel Castro really wants President Obama to succeed." -Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Ca.)
Help him to do what exactly? Stifle dissent and create a nation of slaves?
"It was quite a moment to behold! Fidel Castro was very engaging and very energetic." -Rep. Barbara Lee. (D-CA)
Castro questioning a farmer, moments before executing him.
"Raul Castro was a very engaging, down-to-earth and kind man, someone who I would favor as a neighbor. It was almost like visiting an old friend." -Bobby Rush (D-Ill.)
Maybe Bobby and Raul can buddy up in this beautiful Cuban neighborhood.
"I'm convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States, [they] do want dialogue. They do want talks. They do want normal relations." -Rep. Barbara Lee. (D-CA)
This is what CBC member Charley Rangel (D-NY) had to say in 1986 about Africa, a nation in the grip of apartheid, who were seeking "normal relations" with the U.S. at that time:
"The U.S. has held ideals of freedom for more than 200 years and we should not tolerate their abrogation by any other country!"
Along with CBC co-founder Ron Dellums (D-CA):
"In any business dealings with (South Africa) we become tainted by association. We urge a policy of comprehensive sanctions. Of total disinvestment, a complete ban on imports and exports. In other words I urge adoption of a policy that demonstrates our total abhorrence of apartheid!"
And here is where "Hero" of the Cuban Revolution (and the radical American Left) Ernesto "Che" Guevara had to say about Blacks:
The Negro is indolent and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent... We're going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the Cuban revolution. By which I mean: NOTHING!"
Certainly looks to ME like Cuba is a model of prosperity and equality. Paragons of human decency, those Castro brothers!
Next, let's take a peek at the horrible conditions that abounded in Cuba's most famous prison: . I know, this is actually a US run military prison camp, but we know how squalid the place really is, don't we? Especially as compared to the country clubs run by the left's best buddies the Castros, and Stalin in Russia. Let's look at some
pictures, shall we?
Here's a desk in a classroom, and yes, those are leg restraints on the floor beneath the chair:
Here's a display of items issued to the detainees on their arrival:
Here are some pictures of a replica of a Gitmo detainee's
cell that went on tour around the U.S.
Here's a cell in one of Castro's country clubs:
How much better is that than the American hellhole? How about these:
How about this one from the old Soviet Union:
I'm sure any self-respecting prisoner would much rather be in a Cuban or a Russian cell than that horrid American cell.
Let's leave Cuba now, and go to the Middle East, where we have nothing but friends. Just ask Obama, who gave an
address to the Turkish Parliament recently:
"The United States is not and will never be at war with Islam."
Maybe not, but they certainly appear to be at war with us:
and our allies:
More Obama: "And we will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country."
Such as:
Indeed, we certainly have been shaped, but not, perhaps in the way that Obama meant.
I often wonder how the left can carry on so about the dignity and rights and humanity of these murderers, rapists and worse, and about how wonderful life is under brutal dictators, and yet deny the utter humanity of
this:
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Liberals seem to live in a world where left is right, up is down, in is out and right is wrong. Sometimes it seems that liberals would be happiest living in the sci-fi concept of a "hive-mind," where all thinking is done by a single entity, and all individuals exist for no purpose but to serve that individual. Of course, they always assume that it will be THEM controlling the hive. Is there any one of us who hasn't had someone say to them something like, "Gee, I sure wished I had lived in Medieval Times?" which just begs you to ask, "Why?" The answer that follows is always something like, "Because I would have loved to have been a princess!" Maybe that's the key to the whole thing: Liberals can't see themselves as a part of the Big Picture, they have to see themselves as the Painter of the Big Picture.
Or maybe there are some things I will never understand.