I just love these right-wing bloggers...

www.thewideawakes.org

Wow! What a great website. It is like this guy is reading my very thoughts. NOT! I just love the way right-wingers just regurgitate the party line. The more they put Liberals down, the better they feel about themselves. I am also always amazed by the black-white way they look at the world.

Of course, I must admit that I agree with some of what the blogger writes about Hezbollah and terrorism. Hezbollah has been much more of a threat to the U.S. for many years than, oh say, IRAQ! The ties between Hezbollah (Shiite) and Iran should also be an indication of what the U.S. still has to face in Iraq with the existing and growing Shiite militias (the best example of this is the Sadr militia outside of Baghdad).

The other thing that strikes me is the way the right cites liberal and progressive thinkers to support their positions. Take, for example, the blogger's citation of JFK's position on reduced taxes. What the right forgets is that JFK followed a Keynesian model of government economics -- when the economy is strong, the government should tax heavily to increase revenue; when the economy is weak, the government should cut taxes and spend the saved revenue to help invigorate the economy. The right chooses to cut taxes, which cuts revenues, and continue to spend at the same levels. The right forgets that CLINTON is also a Keynesian! Bush, et al, is NOT.

The other example I would note is the "Eternal Vigilance Society." They quote Jefferson, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance," but they fail to understand that Jefferson was referring to the importance of being vigilant in the preservation of civil liberties. Jefferson believed that above all else, the government's responsibility was in protecting and defending the Bill of Rights. Obviously something that this administration has trampled all over!