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Remembering 9/11 Without Limit

Moshe Phillips — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:03:57 +0000

Harper's, the nation's second oldest magazine, tells Americans that its alright to begin to forget about 9/11.

I knew instinctively that it would happen. I just did not know when.

For me it happened on 8/8/2011.

That’s when I saw the first significant tirade in the U.S. mainstream media declaring that Americans [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Postscript #2

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:52:18 +0000

Another liberal competes in the arena of ideas by opting out of the debate once his ideas are challenged.

About every other week or so I get an email from someone identifying him/herself with the Liberal or “Progressive” Left that reads something like this: “You REALLY believe this shit?” Or, “You’re an Idiot.” Or, “Why [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Postscript

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:19:12 +0000

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any loonier, along comes an email from Vermont.

Okay. So here I am, sitting at my desk minding my own business, and I get the following email from someone at a university in Vermont entitled “Get a life, stop blaming others for your lack of intelligence.” Intrigued, [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 13

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:01:40 +0000

It’s time now to end this discussion where it began, with a return to my friend Harry.

Chapter 13: Art Imitates Life Imitates Harry

I was worn down by years of endless communications with a man who, though quite intelligent and accomplished in his personal life, seemed incapable of expressing a coherent, non-partisan, non-contradictory [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 12

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:26:58 +0000

The danger of carrying liberal utopian thought to its illogical conclusion is a world less safe than before, and a society less free to advance scientifically than it otherwise might be.

Chapter 12: Nuclear War, And Other Words Bush Can’t Pronounce

What would a discussion on pacifism, pre-emptive military action, the search for weapons [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 11

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:53:35 +0000

Those willing to die for the cause of pacifism, rather than “force” their beliefs on anyone else in the face of outside aggression, will always be successful in achieving at least half of their goal.

Chapter 11: Preemptive Military Action — or — “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?”

Following the attack on [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 10

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:32:04 +0000

Divided loyalties make for strange bedfellows, politically speaking.

Chapter 10: What Shape is the Star on Your Country’s flag?

Harry, my Jewish liberal friend, faced a real dilemma in the months following the September 11 attack on the United States.

Circumstances had conspired to force him to say supportive things about George Bush [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 9

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:24:40 +0000

Harry and his fellow liberals support the president by opposing his policies.

Chapter 9: September 11, 2001 — The Day the World Changed Forever (well, at least for some of us)

As George Bush was sworn into office as the 43rd president of the United States, I tried to get Harry off the subject [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 8

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:14:23 +0000

Fairness is as fairness does — rewriting the rules after an election is held, and other great moments in the Liberal thought process.

Chapter 8: Election Day Arrives, and Arrives, and Arrives

I don’t need to go through the roller-coaster history of the days following the November 7, 2000 presidential election. Most of those [...]

The Looney Liberal Chronicles: Chapter 7

Phillip Ellis Jackson — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:45:22 +0000

One can only peer so far into the inner workings of the Liberal mind before reaching the black hole of logic and reasoning, where all input from the outside world is swallowed up into a bottomless void from which there is no escape.

Chapter 7: Predictions, Pundits and Political Pabulum: Election Day Draws Closer

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