DEFINE THE LUNATIC LEFT

I think I can be criticized for imprecision...for lack of definition of a term I've used frequently and with joy, and verve..."The Lunatic Left."

Just in case you don't really, really understand who these people are....well, remember that they think that THEY are the Democrat Party, and read this:


Lest anyone have any doubts about exactly where the lunatic left stands, I urge you to read this incredible column up at Daily Kos, touting the wonderfulness of Iran (in comparison to the U.S., of course). You guessed it! Iran is a veritable "progressive" paradise!

Iran has invested its oil wealth in universal education, healthcare, infrastructure bringing clean water and electricity to more than 98 percent of its people, and economic progress. Military spending is a paltry $91 per capita compared to more than $1,500 per capita in the United States and Israel. The social and economic achievements of the revolutionary regime in Iran in the past 25 years look quite progressive in reducing poverty and social inequalities, and as the society liberalises toward a more secular democratic regime, even better progress can be expected in the future. Compared to rising inequality in the United States and Israel, ranked numbers one and two for social inequality among developed nations, the Iranians look pretty damn good.

Read the whole thing. Dr. Santy is an academic Psychiatrist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her blog is worth reading regularly, though perhaps a bit too much mental healthwize for my taste...she's spot on most of the time, particularly here.


BEFORE YOU GO!

I've been critical of Europe....in the past...complaining of fecklessness, ignorance, self-delusion, jealousy, you know, the usual suspects. However, I'm a fair man, and it's only fair to point out that there are millions of decent people "over there," and that some good ideas must be generated by somebody.

Among my favorite targets has been the Danes. They have a teeny-weeny country that can't defend itself, and barely survived a Muslim assault for the crime of cartooning. However, here's a really great idea that should be high on the Supreme Court's agenda for importation into U.S. law, consistent with "a decent respect for the opinion of mankind." Click Here.