Which of these is your favorite example of liberal lunacy?

Question

First, this piece appeared on the front page of Daily Kos. It is self-explanatory:
As U.S. casualties have continued to drop, many people on the anti-Bush side of the aisle have begun to quietly panic in recent days over this question: “Could George W. Bush and Frederick Kagan have possibly been right about the surge?”

The fact that Democrats and the left would "panic" over winning the war tells you all you need to know about the shockingly ******** priorities the left holds regarding America. They would rather see us lose in Iraq than shown to be wrong.

Second - George Monbiot - pens a piece for Alternet in which he dearly hopes that we go into a deep recession:

I recognise that recession causes hardship. Like everyone I am aware that it would cause some people to lose their jobs and homes. I do not dismiss these impacts or the harm they inflict, though I would argue that they are the avoidable results of an economy designed to maximise growth rather than welfare.

What I would like you to recognise is something much less discussed: that, beyond a certain point, hardship is also caused by economic growth.

Hardship caused by economic growth? Apparently, poor Mother Earth can't take all this economic success:

On Sunday I visited the only UN biosphere reserve in Wales: the Dyfi estuary. As is usual at weekends, several hundred people had come to enjoy its beauty and tranquillity and, as is usual, two or three people on jet skis were spoiling it for everyone else. Most economists will tell us that human welfare is best served by multiplying the number of jet skis. If there are two in the estuary today, there should be four there by this time next year and eight the year after. Because the estuary's beauty and tranquillity don't figure in the national accounts (no one pays to watch the sunset) and because the sale and use of jet skis does, this is deemed an improvement in human welfare.

Perhaps they could ban jet skis. So what's the solution?

The massive improvements in human welfare -- better housing, better nutrition, better sanitation and better medicine -- over the past 200 years are the result of economic growth and the learning, spending, innovation and political empowerment it has permitted. But at what point should it stop? In other words, at what point do governments decide that the marginal costs of further growth exceed the marginal benefits? Most of them have no answer to this question. Growth must continue, for good or ill. It seems to me that in the rich nations we have already reached the logical place to stop.

You read that last part correctly. Mr. Moonbat wants economic growth to "stop." Of course, the consequences would be predictable:

But because political discourse is controlled by people who put the accumulation of money above all other ends, this policy appears to be impossible. Unpleasant as it will be, it is hard to see what except an accidental recession could prevent economic growth from blowing us through Canaan and into the desert on the other side.

That's the ticket. Let's stop economic growth, dive into a ruinous depression, and have everyone live off the government dole as God intended.

Answer 1

And you wonder why they are referred to as the lunatic fringe?
They support a worldwide depression to help save the planet.Let hundreds of millions die,except the "enlightened" ones of course.

Answer 2

Those things are just some blogger's opinion. Don't put so much validity in them and don't get so worked up.

No liberal frets that Bush will be right about the surge for 2 reasons:

1) everyone wants peace and stability in Iraq.
2) Bush is wrong about the surge working.

The key is political stability and Petreus himself said that Iraq has not moved closer to that despite the surge.

There have actually been MORE troops killed during the surge than during the corresponding months of last year. So it certainly hasn't stopped violence.

I have no idea who Monbiet is, but that idea is no more kooky than what the conservatives have been trying to do. They have been intentionally running up government debt so that the government will become economically crippled and thus will be forced to eliminate most social programs, such as social security and medicare and welfare.

THAT is NUTS

Answer 3

Answer: The truth will only hurt you...the rodents rabid Underground/KOS kids are in full strength and the Y/A staff has them raring to "inventively interpret" the guidelines and TOS, to eliminate the likes of yourself...And advance the looney lefts, cereal state, anti-republic agenda.
I personally pray that America see's their America loses...They win...betrayal of our Constitutional Republic!

Answer 4

What? Your rant is ridiculous. Citing individual blog opinions, and without links, is not a convincing way to condemn an entire group.

Refine your liberal-bashing techniques or give up the effort.

Answer 5

"That's the ticket. Let's stop economic growth, dive into a ruinous depression, and have everyone live off the government dole as God intended."

I could SWEAR thats what was going on now. Good try dipstick.

Answer 6

you need to switch to decaf.............. what happened to the guy that used to be informative and somewhat fair. Haven't seen him in a very long time.

Answer 7

We are going to have a recession and it won't be accidental. It will be due to the conservatives shooting down the bill that would let us investigate and fine OPEC and big oil. And that is not Liberal lunacy. It is piss poor conservative economics.

Answer 8

what a waste of time

FYI - the Daily Kos is full of Horse-Sh*t

why don't you try using a real news source ?
:)
or are those to hard for you to read and understand ?

Answer 9

Sorry but there is no room for you to criticize the liberals for much of anything. Look to your own for all out lunacy. It should keep you busy enough. It will avoid the ugly word of hypocrite being tossed your way.

Answer 10

Your diatribe points to your lunacy, for certain...

Now, I couldn't wade through your lengthy ad nauseum rant, but, 2007 IS the deadliest year for US Military casualties in Iraq. Surge that.....