<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Is the Left Finally Wising Up?</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-the-left-finally-wising-up</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:37:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	
	<item>
		<title>By: Abort Leftists</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5243173</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abort Leftists]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5243173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Insane parties that &lt;i&gt;aren&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; asserting the power to drone strike American citizens without a trial....riiiiight.

You&#039;re one of those &lt;i&gt;traitorous&lt;/i&gt; voters if you voted for Barack Obama twice. You want to see me go insane? Start violating every single amendment Americans got, like Obama, and I go pretty crazy about preserving my god-given rights.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insane parties that <i>aren&#8217;t</i> asserting the power to drone strike American citizens without a trial&#8230;.riiiiight.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re one of those <i>traitorous</i> voters if you voted for Barack Obama twice. You want to see me go insane? Start violating every single amendment Americans got, like Obama, and I go pretty crazy about preserving my god-given rights.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Abort Leftists</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5243172</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abort Leftists]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5243172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&quot;It is a conglomeration of angry, reactionary, nativist identity politics, not a vibrant place of ideas.&quot;

It&#039;s always hilarious to me how those who criticize something as &quot;not vibrant enough&quot; tend to live in gated communities with people who are racially,culturally,religiously and economically similar to themselves. 

Do they have armed security guards in your 95% white affluent liberal neighborhood,EarlyBird?

You know what&#039;s funniest about your statement?  Angry,reactionary, nativist,identity politics are the reason our country was the most prosperous in the world for 200 years.  Angry nativist reactionaries rebelled against the British Empire and turned a group of hardscrabble farmers into the most powerful military in the world.

If you feel that trading these things for &quot;vibrancy&quot; is a reasonable trade, then you should be forced to see what vibrancy really looks like 24/7/365 until you understand that it isn&#039;t. Trading economic and military independence for &quot;vibrancy&quot; is like trading your rent money for a handful of magic beans from a Somali crackhead. I mean, you are really getting bent over on that one,bub.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It is a conglomeration of angry, reactionary, nativist identity politics, not a vibrant place of ideas.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s always hilarious to me how those who criticize something as &#8220;not vibrant enough&#8221; tend to live in gated communities with people who are racially,culturally,religiously and economically similar to themselves. </p>
<p>Do they have armed security guards in your 95% white affluent liberal neighborhood,EarlyBird?</p>
<p>You know what&#8217;s funniest about your statement?  Angry,reactionary, nativist,identity politics are the reason our country was the most prosperous in the world for 200 years.  Angry nativist reactionaries rebelled against the British Empire and turned a group of hardscrabble farmers into the most powerful military in the world.</p>
<p>If you feel that trading these things for &#8220;vibrancy&#8221; is a reasonable trade, then you should be forced to see what vibrancy really looks like 24/7/365 until you understand that it isn&#8217;t. Trading economic and military independence for &#8220;vibrancy&#8221; is like trading your rent money for a handful of magic beans from a Somali crackhead. I mean, you are really getting bent over on that one,bub.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Abort Leftists</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5243170</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abort Leftists]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5243170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides that, when he talks about &quot;the Right&quot; he&#039;s only talking about Pat Buchanan and Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and the Pauls,the right is a little bigger than just the guys you see on tv.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Besides that, when he talks about &#8220;the Right&#8221; he&#8217;s only talking about Pat Buchanan and Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell and the Pauls,the right is a little bigger than just the guys you see on tv.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238768</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NAHALKIDES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2013 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The problem with Republicans is not, as you seem to believe, that their answer to our problems is to cut taxes and regulations, but that they rarely actually say or do cut taxes and regulations (of course spending must be cut too, down to a reasonable level of taxation).


Yes, the answer to the financial meltdown WAS fewer regulations - but I didn&#039;t hear too many Republicans saying that.  The problem wasn&#039;t that the free market didn&#039;t work, the problem was that we didn&#039;t have anything like a free market in the financial sector.   Regulation is what caused all the problems.  And yes, it would have been better to let the banks fail, repeal regulations, and let better banks take their place.  It would have been painful but it would have been over with quickly.  Here we are 5 years later, and &quot;too big to fail&quot; is still with us and still predictably causing nothing but trouble.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem with Republicans is not, as you seem to believe, that their answer to our problems is to cut taxes and regulations, but that they rarely actually say or do cut taxes and regulations (of course spending must be cut too, down to a reasonable level of taxation).</p>
<p>Yes, the answer to the financial meltdown WAS fewer regulations &#8211; but I didn&#8217;t hear too many Republicans saying that.  The problem wasn&#8217;t that the free market didn&#8217;t work, the problem was that we didn&#8217;t have anything like a free market in the financial sector.   Regulation is what caused all the problems.  And yes, it would have been better to let the banks fail, repeal regulations, and let better banks take their place.  It would have been painful but it would have been over with quickly.  Here we are 5 years later, and &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; is still with us and still predictably causing nothing but trouble.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Laura Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5329760</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5329760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EarlyBird, I too am in healthcare as a neonatal nurse for 19 years so I know health care up close and personal.  I too have had experiences in my own life where health care procedures were done (46 surgeries) to try to save my left leg, so I know a little bit about health care insurance myself, and while I am quite aware that insurance companies are hell bent on not paying and find all kinds of reasons not to, and thank God I never had that particular problem. My father had end of life care and was never denied the next treatment available for his problem but chose himself not to take the last hope of chemo that would devastate the  quality of his life. There is no doubt that health care is in trouble but you are wrong in the the GOP did offer other plans but when Democrats had both parties and the executive branch, non were interested in what their program looked like. I would like to see a free economic insurance company like it used to be before managed care got into the picture, back in the day when insurance was for catastrophic care and you kept a savings for what medical expenses came along with life.  Health care before co-pays, being able to go to the hospital or doctor of your choice and insurance rarely played a role unless you were sent to the hospital. I just prefer a free market period with just about everything and those businesses that can&#039;t get their act together for whatever reason (and I&#039;ve been there too) simply fail and there are no bail outs and no cronyism pay offs, no subsidies, no grants, etc. In following this thread and comments others I remarked how the entire political system left and right are simply all moving to the left and that is what bothers me. I am a conservative and believe what the country was founded upon, IS the best plan ever offered up for the governance of mankind. The problem is that the culture has drifted into such moral decay that the free market system and less government can no longer work. The people who run things just do not have enough moral fortitude to let go of the power, the president has made congress irrelevant and fiat decisions by one man who has lost his moral conscience is a scary thing.  That is my stand, probably more libertarian than republican and I am sticking to it until I learn a better path for myself. I do read/research constantly to learn as much for myself and try to remain open to new ideas, but the older ones from the founding are so far better than anything I&#039;ve seen in modern times.  Long response, sorry.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EarlyBird, I too am in healthcare as a neonatal nurse for 19 years so I know health care up close and personal.  I too have had experiences in my own life where health care procedures were done (46 surgeries) to try to save my left leg, so I know a little bit about health care insurance myself, and while I am quite aware that insurance companies are hell bent on not paying and find all kinds of reasons not to, and thank God I never had that particular problem. My father had end of life care and was never denied the next treatment available for his problem but chose himself not to take the last hope of chemo that would devastate the  quality of his life. There is no doubt that health care is in trouble but you are wrong in the the GOP did offer other plans but when Democrats had both parties and the executive branch, non were interested in what their program looked like. I would like to see a free economic insurance company like it used to be before managed care got into the picture, back in the day when insurance was for catastrophic care and you kept a savings for what medical expenses came along with life.  Health care before co-pays, being able to go to the hospital or doctor of your choice and insurance rarely played a role unless you were sent to the hospital. I just prefer a free market period with just about everything and those businesses that can&#8217;t get their act together for whatever reason (and I&#8217;ve been there too) simply fail and there are no bail outs and no cronyism pay offs, no subsidies, no grants, etc. In following this thread and comments others I remarked how the entire political system left and right are simply all moving to the left and that is what bothers me. I am a conservative and believe what the country was founded upon, IS the best plan ever offered up for the governance of mankind. The problem is that the culture has drifted into such moral decay that the free market system and less government can no longer work. The people who run things just do not have enough moral fortitude to let go of the power, the president has made congress irrelevant and fiat decisions by one man who has lost his moral conscience is a scary thing.  That is my stand, probably more libertarian than republican and I am sticking to it until I learn a better path for myself. I do read/research constantly to learn as much for myself and try to remain open to new ideas, but the older ones from the founding are so far better than anything I&#8217;ve seen in modern times.  Long response, sorry.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238338</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s an example of what I mean by &quot;ossification.&quot;
  
Reagan was a man for his times.  We desperately needed to slash the scope of government, roll back taxes and regulations and set the markets free.  And that should be the general direction in which we should lean.  But not all times demand those policies.
    
Yet, can you imagine ANY economic circumstances whereby the Republicans&#039; answer would NOT be &quot;lower taxes and reduce regulations&quot;?  We were in the midst of two major wars during W&#039;s time, spending a billion dollars a day, at a time when we were already suffering a huge deficit, and his answer was &quot;lower taxes and fewer regulations.&quot;  No taxes to even subsidize a war?  (Instead we borrowed from the Chinese.)  
    
We had a crippling meltdown in the financial sector in &#039;08 because the banks&#039; regulatory apparatus was not working right, and the answer to THAT was &quot;fewer regulations&quot;!

In the name of &quot;free markets&quot; many Republicans (said they) were willing to let the &quot;too big to fail&quot; banks fail, which would have sent us into an utter abyss.  As absolutely painful as it was to bail out these banks, as terribly un-laissez faire as that was, it was necessary.  (I get the theory; but reality doesnt&#039; always work that way.)  
  
And on and on.  Applying conservative principles to reality is conservative.  Never budging from specific conservative policies regardless of reality is just ideological radicalism.  

Nor does the right realize how incredibly successful it&#039;s been, how far to the right economic policy has gone since Reaganism and its attendant starvation of government has been.  Clinton was only able to be elected after promising that he was a &quot;new Democrat.&quot;  

And yes, the vast majority of Americans have fallen behind due to Trickle Down Economics, as the tiny top wealthy minority has flourished.  Admitting this does not mean I endorse a vast welfare state.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an example of what I mean by &#8220;ossification.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reagan was a man for his times.  We desperately needed to slash the scope of government, roll back taxes and regulations and set the markets free.  And that should be the general direction in which we should lean.  But not all times demand those policies.</p>
<p>Yet, can you imagine ANY economic circumstances whereby the Republicans&#8217; answer would NOT be &#8220;lower taxes and reduce regulations&#8221;?  We were in the midst of two major wars during W&#8217;s time, spending a billion dollars a day, at a time when we were already suffering a huge deficit, and his answer was &#8220;lower taxes and fewer regulations.&#8221;  No taxes to even subsidize a war?  (Instead we borrowed from the Chinese.)  </p>
<p>We had a crippling meltdown in the financial sector in &#8217;08 because the banks&#8217; regulatory apparatus was not working right, and the answer to THAT was &#8220;fewer regulations&#8221;!</p>
<p>In the name of &#8220;free markets&#8221; many Republicans (said they) were willing to let the &#8220;too big to fail&#8221; banks fail, which would have sent us into an utter abyss.  As absolutely painful as it was to bail out these banks, as terribly un-laissez faire as that was, it was necessary.  (I get the theory; but reality doesnt&#8217; always work that way.)  </p>
<p>And on and on.  Applying conservative principles to reality is conservative.  Never budging from specific conservative policies regardless of reality is just ideological radicalism.  </p>
<p>Nor does the right realize how incredibly successful it&#8217;s been, how far to the right economic policy has gone since Reaganism and its attendant starvation of government has been.  Clinton was only able to be elected after promising that he was a &#8220;new Democrat.&#8221;  </p>
<p>And yes, the vast majority of Americans have fallen behind due to Trickle Down Economics, as the tiny top wealthy minority has flourished.  Admitting this does not mean I endorse a vast welfare state.  </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238323</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NAHALKIDES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would have to say each and every one of your conclusions is completely wrong.  The Reagan Revolution hardly &quot;ossified&quot;; instead, we&#039;re plagued with Establishment/RINO types like John McCain, the Bush Bros., Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, etc.  If you think the Republican Party has &quot;gone insane&quot; then you almost certainly share the basic assumptions of the Progressive Left:  you want a massive Welfare State even bigger than the one we have now but you want it a little better run than Democrats can manage or perhaps you&#039;re just a little more serious about defending the country than they are.


In that you resemble Colin Powell:  both of you are solipsists who think the Party should be more like you.  In fact, Conservatives are far more consistent than you are in support of freedom.  The Party didn&#039;t leave you as you seem to imagine; you left the Party.  



We don&#039;t need two parties devoted to Statism any more than we need two parties dedicated to abortion on demand.  If you want Statism or abortion on demand, then you belong with the Democrats.  Might as well admit it to yourself and stop suffering.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would have to say each and every one of your conclusions is completely wrong.  The Reagan Revolution hardly &#8220;ossified&#8221;; instead, we&#8217;re plagued with Establishment/RINO types like John McCain, the Bush Bros., Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, etc.  If you think the Republican Party has &#8220;gone insane&#8221; then you almost certainly share the basic assumptions of the Progressive Left:  you want a massive Welfare State even bigger than the one we have now but you want it a little better run than Democrats can manage or perhaps you&#8217;re just a little more serious about defending the country than they are.</p>
<p>In that you resemble Colin Powell:  both of you are solipsists who think the Party should be more like you.  In fact, Conservatives are far more consistent than you are in support of freedom.  The Party didn&#8217;t leave you as you seem to imagine; you left the Party.  </p>
<p>We don&#8217;t need two parties devoted to Statism any more than we need two parties dedicated to abortion on demand.  If you want Statism or abortion on demand, then you belong with the Democrats.  Might as well admit it to yourself and stop suffering.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238305</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238306</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#039;m one of those sane voters.  I don&#039;t vote for insane parties.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, I&#8217;m one of those sane voters.  I don&#8217;t vote for insane parties.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238303</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laura, I know Obamacare very well, and know medicine very well, having been in it for nearly 20 years as a researcher at a major academic health center (currently in radiation oncology). 
 
And guess what?  If you have insurance or doctors, you already have a &quot;death panel.&quot;  There have been &quot;death panels&quot; as long as there has been end of life care. 
 
If you have an 89 year old man with congestive heart failure, diabetes and prostate cancer, and there is a chemotherapy which might prolong his life by a number of years but which costs $30,000 per cycle, insurance will say &quot;no.&quot;  That&#039;s a &quot;death panel.&quot; 
 
When an ER doctor decides to stop defribrillating a patient because he believes the patient will have suffered brain death - though could continue biological life - that&#039;s a &quot;death panel.&quot; 
 
When an organ becomes available for transplantation, it&#039;s going to go to the younger person with a longer, healthier life expectancy, not the elderly person with multiple conditions. That&#039;s a &quot;death panel.&quot;
 
Palin&#039;s nonsense was wonderful demagoguery, but terrible analysis.  There is and always has been a rationing of healthcare.  
  
I have LOADS of problems with Obamacare.  It came to be because Republicans refused to offer any real solution to the cost of healthcare in America which is ruining individuals&#039; life savings, hurting companies&#039; ability to compete with foreign companies, and dramatically curtailing the establishment of new, small businesses. 

Why?  Because any real solution is going to require some government manipulation of free markets and sharing some of the cost collectively, and that is considered &quot;Marxism!  Socialism! The End of the Republic!&quot;  

The Democrats win when the Republicans opt out of governance in the name of purity. They simply become irrelevant. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, Jack Kemp would have found a much, much more market-friendly approach to the problem.  (But he&#039;d be denounced as a &quot;RINO&quot; by today&#039;s &quot;conservatives.&quot;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura, I know Obamacare very well, and know medicine very well, having been in it for nearly 20 years as a researcher at a major academic health center (currently in radiation oncology). </p>
<p>And guess what?  If you have insurance or doctors, you already have a &#8220;death panel.&#8221;  There have been &#8220;death panels&#8221; as long as there has been end of life care. </p>
<p>If you have an 89 year old man with congestive heart failure, diabetes and prostate cancer, and there is a chemotherapy which might prolong his life by a number of years but which costs $30,000 per cycle, insurance will say &#8220;no.&#8221;  That&#8217;s a &#8220;death panel.&#8221; </p>
<p>When an ER doctor decides to stop defribrillating a patient because he believes the patient will have suffered brain death &#8211; though could continue biological life &#8211; that&#8217;s a &#8220;death panel.&#8221; </p>
<p>When an organ becomes available for transplantation, it&#8217;s going to go to the younger person with a longer, healthier life expectancy, not the elderly person with multiple conditions. That&#8217;s a &#8220;death panel.&#8221;</p>
<p>Palin&#8217;s nonsense was wonderful demagoguery, but terrible analysis.  There is and always has been a rationing of healthcare.  </p>
<p>I have LOADS of problems with Obamacare.  It came to be because Republicans refused to offer any real solution to the cost of healthcare in America which is ruining individuals&#8217; life savings, hurting companies&#8217; ability to compete with foreign companies, and dramatically curtailing the establishment of new, small businesses. </p>
<p>Why?  Because any real solution is going to require some government manipulation of free markets and sharing some of the cost collectively, and that is considered &#8220;Marxism!  Socialism! The End of the Republic!&#8221;  </p>
<p>The Democrats win when the Republicans opt out of governance in the name of purity. They simply become irrelevant. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, Jack Kemp would have found a much, much more market-friendly approach to the problem.  (But he&#8217;d be denounced as a &#8220;RINO&#8221; by today&#8217;s &#8220;conservatives.&#8221;)</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Philo Vaihinger</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238270</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philo Vaihinger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maher was never with the left about Islam.


And you are actually quoting Ayers and Chomsky with approval as they attack Obama for continuing GOP measures to defend America against Muslim terrorism?


You guys are such unbelievable hypocrites you sicken me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maher was never with the left about Islam.</p>
<p>And you are actually quoting Ayers and Chomsky with approval as they attack Obama for continuing GOP measures to defend America against Muslim terrorism?</p>
<p>You guys are such unbelievable hypocrites you sicken me.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Steve Fair</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238257</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Fair]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This just more dumbass rightwing sophistry.  The leftists are not agreeing with conservatives.  They are upset that Obama is too moderate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just more dumbass rightwing sophistry.  The leftists are not agreeing with conservatives.  They are upset that Obama is too moderate.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Butseriously</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238171</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Butseriously]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Viva &quot;Talking Points Memos&quot;. America&#039;s only defense of that thing in the WH.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Viva &#8220;Talking Points Memos&#8221;. America&#8217;s only defense of that thing in the WH.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Laura Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238157</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She had a good reason to &quot;scream&quot; death panels because as it turns out, hmmm, there is a panel of non health care providers to determine who gets treatments for specific medical problems, AND, as it turns out, this panel will be using the &quot;Lives Cycle&quot; to determine if you are in a productive state in your cycle of life.  Now it is a long bill to read, but I strongly suggest you buff up on some of the atrocities that are considered part of The Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She had a good reason to &#8220;scream&#8221; death panels because as it turns out, hmmm, there is a panel of non health care providers to determine who gets treatments for specific medical problems, AND, as it turns out, this panel will be using the &#8220;Lives Cycle&#8221; to determine if you are in a productive state in your cycle of life.  Now it is a long bill to read, but I strongly suggest you buff up on some of the atrocities that are considered part of The Affordable Care Act.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238144</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it strange how your vitriol is reserved for FPM, while the ongoing ethnic cleansing, persecution, rape, forcible conversion and mass murder being carried out by your fellow islamon-azis all over the world, on practically a daily basis, doesn&#039;t cause you the slightest consternation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it strange how your vitriol is reserved for FPM, while the ongoing ethnic cleansing, persecution, rape, forcible conversion and mass murder being carried out by your fellow islamon-azis all over the world, on practically a daily basis, doesn&#8217;t cause you the slightest consternation.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Andy_Lewis</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238135</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy_Lewis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m on the left, and I never had any goddamn use for him.  I voted McCain without hesitation or regret.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m on the left, and I never had any goddamn use for him.  I voted McCain without hesitation or regret.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: OfficialPro</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238096</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[OfficialPro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[oh so you&#039;re one of those White Guilt Voters?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh so you&#8217;re one of those White Guilt Voters?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: OfficialPro</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238095</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[OfficialPro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chomsky, Ayers, and Cornel West are all right for the wrong reasons.  Madonna, gee, I never thought she&#039;d smarten up.  I guess miracles are possible.  Maher&#039;s a sort of &quot;equal opportunity religion basher&quot; so it&#039;s really not a surprise with him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chomsky, Ayers, and Cornel West are all right for the wrong reasons.  Madonna, gee, I never thought she&#8217;d smarten up.  I guess miracles are possible.  Maher&#8217;s a sort of &#8220;equal opportunity religion basher&#8221; so it&#8217;s really not a surprise with him.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: bluffcreek1967</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238047</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bluffcreek1967]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate that, thank you. I don&#039;t have the time or space to reply in depth to some of the broader issues that you raised since none of those were the original matter at hand. Contrary to what you&#039;ve posted, the &#039;relevant ideas&#039; have indeed come from the Right - particularly in the way of tax reform (which liberals aren&#039;t even attempting to change) and the deficit. Conservatives have proposed serious, well-developed measures to turn our economy around.   


The problem has been that the Obama administration has only feigned an interest and openness to such things. The MSM, additionally, has tended to ridicule and downplay important policy insights and alternative plans from those on the Right. The Left, more so than conservatives, has done its best to maintain the status-quo - and this explains why our economy is genuinely NOT improving with them in leadership. 


As far as Obamacare is concerned, it will prove to be a complete disaster (and it already has). But perhaps the deeper question should be: Is this really the role of our government? Has not history and human experience shown that wide-scale government intrusion in almost every sphere never works out for our good? 


Finally, conservatives should not be fearful in addressing the broader cultural issues that any public policy brings. As Americans, I would hope, we should indeed protect and defend those aspects of our culture that promote life and liberty (abortion) and which preserve our American way of life. It&#039;s simplistic to imply that the Right&#039;s only response to Obamacare is to shout, &#039;Death Panels!&#039; as if we&#039;ve had nothing more substantive to say. By the way, Sarah Palin was right. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate that, thank you. I don&#8217;t have the time or space to reply in depth to some of the broader issues that you raised since none of those were the original matter at hand. Contrary to what you&#8217;ve posted, the &#8216;relevant ideas&#8217; have indeed come from the Right &#8211; particularly in the way of tax reform (which liberals aren&#8217;t even attempting to change) and the deficit. Conservatives have proposed serious, well-developed measures to turn our economy around.   </p>
<p>The problem has been that the Obama administration has only feigned an interest and openness to such things. The MSM, additionally, has tended to ridicule and downplay important policy insights and alternative plans from those on the Right. The Left, more so than conservatives, has done its best to maintain the status-quo &#8211; and this explains why our economy is genuinely NOT improving with them in leadership. </p>
<p>As far as Obamacare is concerned, it will prove to be a complete disaster (and it already has). But perhaps the deeper question should be: Is this really the role of our government? Has not history and human experience shown that wide-scale government intrusion in almost every sphere never works out for our good? </p>
<p>Finally, conservatives should not be fearful in addressing the broader cultural issues that any public policy brings. As Americans, I would hope, we should indeed protect and defend those aspects of our culture that promote life and liberty (abortion) and which preserve our American way of life. It&#8217;s simplistic to imply that the Right&#8217;s only response to Obamacare is to shout, &#8216;Death Panels!&#8217; as if we&#8217;ve had nothing more substantive to say. By the way, Sarah Palin was right. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: EarlyBird</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/mark-tapson/is-the-left-finally-wising-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5238024</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EarlyBird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frontpagemag.com/?p=194328#comment-5238024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t disagree with the specifics of your post, especially about the partisan hypocrisy.  But I think in the big picture, if you&#039;re honestly looking at where the relevant ideas and energy are coming from right now, it&#039;s not from the right. It&#039;s too busy fighting the culture war (and losing), and adhering to dogma (no raise in taxes, ever, not even to fund two foreign wars and when we have $trillion + deficits).  

Do you know why Obamacare exists today?  Because for Republicans to even consider out loud that there is a national problem with the costs of healthcare as delivered by untouched free markets, is to commit heresy.  Someone like Kemp (RIP) would have come up with a real market-based solution.  In 2013 we have Palin screaming &quot;Death panels!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t disagree with the specifics of your post, especially about the partisan hypocrisy.  But I think in the big picture, if you&#8217;re honestly looking at where the relevant ideas and energy are coming from right now, it&#8217;s not from the right. It&#8217;s too busy fighting the culture war (and losing), and adhering to dogma (no raise in taxes, ever, not even to fund two foreign wars and when we have $trillion + deficits).  </p>
<p>Do you know why Obamacare exists today?  Because for Republicans to even consider out loud that there is a national problem with the costs of healthcare as delivered by untouched free markets, is to commit heresy.  Someone like Kemp (RIP) would have come up with a real market-based solution.  In 2013 we have Palin screaming &#8220;Death panels!&#8221;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Object Caching 734/769 objects using disk
Content Delivery Network via cdn.frontpagemag.com

 Served from: www.frontpagemag.com @ 2014-12-30 20:38:35 by W3 Total Cache -->