It seems like we’ve heard this stuff before…
Jamie posted this at 4:42 PM HKT on Monday, October 17th, 2011 as Commie Recrudescence
October 17th, 2011
The OWS Manifesto
March 13th, 2011
For Reals?
Creepy thoughts from the White House.
How Mr. Obama manages to do that while also balancing American interests is a question that officials acknowledge will plague this historic president for months to come. Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”
I could say quite a bit about this, but I’d rather leave it on its own.
Apollo posted this at 4:23 PM HKT on Sunday, March 13th, 2011 as Barack Obama Couldn't Persuade a Bear to Crap in the Woods, CHANGE!, Commie Recrudescence
October 13th, 2010
Well Done, Tea Party
Really?
Jamie posted this at 11:11 PM HKT on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 as Buffoon Watch, Commie Recrudescence
July 16th, 2010
Scrubbing Uncle Joe
Heaven knows that if Stalin were completely erased from our history, it would serve no injustice to the man personally. But ignoring inconvenient historical figures is less a crime against those figures than against our understanding. While I take a backseat to no one in my desire to see Communism put on a par with National Socialism as the epitomes of pure evil in the 20th century, I’m not on board with the effort to remove Stalin from the D-Day memorial in Virginia.
It’s a worthwhile mental exercise to work out the moral calculus of the conflict between Nazi Germany and Communist Russia. Both had totalitarian regimes that committed attrocities on a scale that are impossible to fully comprehend. Both were aggressive and militant in exporting their totalitarianism, and both were willing to enforce their will on other nations through brute strength and horrid oppression. When one considers the comparable evils of the two regimes, it’s hard to fault Patton for believing that once we had defeated the one, we should have just kept rolling eastward. How many lives would it have been worth to spare hundreds of millions (or, if you presume Mao could not have triumphed in China without Soviet aid, billions) from decades of dark tyranny?
But the West came to an understandable belief that the Communists weren’t as much a threat as the Nazis. So we allied with evil to defeat what we believed was a greater evil. Indirectly, and certainly against his will, Stalin’s assistance helped the West end the war in a dominant position, which in turn resulted in the amazing explosion of democracy and freedom that has characterized the last 65 years.
War is not only hell, it is complicated. A good war memorial should not only serve to highlight our victory, but what did to achieve that victory. The great liberation of western Europe could begin in Normandy only because the vast bulk of the Nazi army was tied up in the east, where the two greatest evils of the last century fought over who would get to oppress eastern Europe. Not thinking of that reduces understanding of how serious Americans regarded the war – serious enough to ally with Communists – and it retards retroflection about how we handle the evils of our day.
Apollo posted this at 3:11 PM HKT on Friday, July 16th, 2010 as Commie Recrudescence, Evil, The Past Is Never Dead--It Isn't Even Past
January 11th, 2010
No Analogy Strong Enough?
I tried to think of an analogy for Oliver Stone complaining that Americans don’t understand history well enough, but considering that he’s the creator of the greatest disinformation film since Birth of a Nation, I’m not sure there’s an analogy that covers it. Perhaps it’s like the Marlboro Man complaining about the quality of high school PE classes? I’m drawing a blank here.
But shame on Showtime for agreeing to air Stone’s dribble.
Apollo posted this at 1:40 AM HKT on Monday, January 11th, 2010 as Commie Recrudescence, Pop Culture Is Filth
October 15th, 2009
Lotta Comrades Spinning In Their Graves Right Now
Jonah Goldberg links to the Belstaff® Che Guevara replica jacket from J. Crew, the must-have fashion piece for ironic idiots:
The epitome of rugged, authentic cool. Founded in 1924 in Staffordshire, England, Belstaff’s exceptionally designed, hard-working and waterproof outerwear is as famous amongst serious motorcyclists as it is with fashion aficionados. Their durable classics include this heavyweight waxed-cotton jacket, a perfect replica of the one so famously worn by Ernesto Che Guevara on his legendary motorcycle journey across Latin America in the 1950s. Standing collar with buckle closure. Zip front with snap closure. Belstaff logo on right chest and left sleeve. Chest pockets, flap pockets. Removable self-belt. A Collector’s Item. Made in Italy. Spot clean. Available in select stores.
This is, of course, yet another fine example of life imitating art, albeit after a gap of about ten years:
BTW, I hadn’t seen that commercial since it aired. God, I love the internet.
Tom posted this at 11:40 AM HKT on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 as Amer-I-Can!, Commie Recrudescence
September 24th, 2009
What is it with Leftists and Anti-Semitism?
After a lot of thought on the subject, I’ve brought myself to the point where I can at least understand where a lot of traditional anti-Semitism comes from, though I certainly don’t approve. In medieval Europe, the Jews kept to themselves, made a point of never fully assimilating, and had a lot in common with other Jewish communities in far-flung locations. So it’s fairly easy to see how they might become the bogeymen in unenlightened minds.
What’s somewhat harder to understand is anti-Semitism in the modern world. Specifically, Marxist anti-Semitism. Marx himself didn’t like the Jews. If you see the world split in two, between the workers and the capitalists, a people who insist on cultural continuity no matter where they live and no matter their class, and who would rather live in peace with their second-class status than start a revolution – well, it’s not too difficult to see how the Jews would become something of an ideological enemy to 19th and early 20th Century Marxists.
But, in the 21st Century, when the Marxist ex-president of Honduras – HONDURAS! – starts ranting that Israeli mercenaries are trying to kill him . . . surely it has all become farce. Except that the Leftist government of the United States, the most Jew-friendly country not named Israel, wants that ex-president reinstated. That is not a farce, and it is something I cannot bring myself to understand.
Apollo posted this at 9:14 PM HKT on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 as Commie Recrudescence, Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!, The Past Is Never Dead--It Isn't Even Past
September 9th, 2009
One more Quote
LyfLines nicely juxtaposes 3 quotations (H/T):
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.
One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages. That one party can just impose the politically difficult but critically important policies needed to move a society forward in the 21st century.
To this, let’s add Abraham Lincoln: “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” Thomas Friedman, get thee to a laogai.
Hubbard posted this at 4:39 PM HKT on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 as Commie Recrudescence, Politics and the English Language
July 21st, 2009
Never Again, This Time
Jonah Goldberg discusses North Korea:
In his recent visit to Buchenwald, the Nazi death camp, President Obama insisted that we must “bear witness” to the evil of the Holocaust. Such platitudes are the stuff of every president and potentate who visits such places. And that’s fine. It is, after all, what we are supposed to say. But we are also supposed to mean it. After all, it is easy to say we must bear witness to things that have already happened and to promise to “never forget” the sins of others and our own good deeds.
But what of things figuratively happening under our noses and literally transpiring a click away on our computer screens? You can see the slave camps in North Korea — not quite live via satellite, but close enough — where the machinery of suffering chugs along 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Ask yourself: What if Buchenwald were a mouse click away?
It’s a good question, but the column raises the uncomfortable question: what should we do about that psychotic state?
Hubbard posted this at 12:14 PM HKT on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 as Commie Recrudescence, The Past Is Never Dead--It Isn't Even Past, There Is Only One God And Jonah Goldberg Is His Prophet, We're all DOOMED
March 26th, 2009
Let’s Not Go There
The president of Brazil – a leftist, as one could have guessed from this story – blames the current economic mess on “white people with blue eyes.” “I do not know any black or indigenous* bankers so I can only say [it is wrong] that this part of mankind which is victimised more than any other should pay for the crisis.”**
A white person like myself – but I’m not blue-eyed, so I’m blameless in the present crisis! – might be called racist for saying that “I do not know any black or indigenous bankers.”*** A white person like myself would almost certainly be called racist for pointing out, “It’s those same white people who, uniquely in human history, created a widespread political and economic philosophy of freedom, which has produced the unprecedented prosperity of the last two hundred years.” But since I’m not a racist like Brazil’s Socialist president, I wouldn’t say such a thing. Perhaps it’s often best, in the name of racial harmony, to not point out certain facts that might be obvious to non-biased observers.
The best bit, though, is Gordon Brown, who responds to this racist shtick with, “I’m not going to attribute blame to any individuals.” Well neither, evidently, is Mr. Silva, who attributed it to a race (or, at least, the blue-eyed subset of a race) phenotype. Pretty nifty that when two socialists stand next to other and one says something blatantly racist, the other doesn’t have to criticize. No enemies on the left, eh Gordo?
*Aren’t white, blue-eyed people indigenous?
**Really, he thinks “black and indigenous” people, whatever that means, are paying for this crisis? That’s ignorant leftist demagoguery. But I’m redundant.
***I might also be called ignorant, and told, “Go to New York and actually meet some bankers.”
Apollo posted this at 10:10 PM HKT on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 as Commie Recrudescence, Race
January 11th, 2009
If You’re Suprised By This, I’ve Got A Bridge to Sell You
Barry’s appointing a bona fide Socialist to be “climate czar.” What does he have to say about this fact?
Mr. Obama’s transition team said Mrs. Browner’s membership in the organization is not a problem and that it brings experience in U.S. policymaking to her new role.
“The Commission for a Sustainable World Society includes world leaders from a variety of political parties, including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who succeeded Tony Blair, in serving as vice president of the convening organization,” Obama transition spokesman Nick Shapiro said.
Fantastic. So the socialist party in Britain supports an international organization of Socialists, and the incoming Obama administration considers this a defense to charges of socialism? Indeed, the fact that she’s a Socialist is a positive! She has experience! Yay!
Of course, when people called Barry a socialist during the campaign, they were ridiculed. Now that he’s creating a new position and appointing a Socialist, we’re supposed to be thankful that she’s got such great experience.
P.S. It should be noted that Barry can’t even find his own Socialist “czar”; she was EPA administrator for the entire Clinton administration.
Apollo posted this at 11:53 PM HKT on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 as Commie Recrudescence, Convenient Truth, That's Not Change!
December 20th, 2008
Commie Christmas
Jamie, have you been making music videos?
Hubbard posted this at 11:28 PM HKT on Saturday, December 20th, 2008 as Commie Recrudescence, Humor
December 8th, 2008
The Revrun Sees Impending Workers’ Paradise?
In this midst of this story about workers staging a sit-in after being fired, I unexpectedly came Jesse Jackson saying “This may be the beginning of [sic] long struggle of worker resistance finally.”
Finally? That whole thing in St. Petersburg was just a dry run?
Apollo posted this at 5:26 PM HKT on Monday, December 8th, 2008 as Commie Recrudescence
August 12th, 2008
I know Chinese often look young to foreigners…
…but if He Kexin is 16, I’m 50. Reading this story in light of what was broadcast to the entire world tonight, I’m uncertain who can deny that the ChiComs fielded a “women’s” gymnastic team with several girls who were not old enough to compete.
Store it away; this will all come out one day when American historians are rooting around the Beijing archives.
Apollo posted this at 11:50 PM HKT on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 as Commie Recrudescence
July 29th, 2008
So many cliches, so little space
Gideon Rachman deliberately works a cliche into every sentence of his column today. It takes a very good writer to write so badly. A sample:
In the matter of clichés, we are all sinners. And with that appropriately hackneyed thought, let me begin:
The Beijing Olympics is one of those iconic moments that tell us we have reached a tipping point. Our kids are going to inherit a very different world.
As a confident China strides on to the Olympic stage, the US is mired in a credit crunch and a war on terror – it is the perfect storm.
It was Napoleon who said: “Let China sleep, for when China wakes she will shake the world.” The turbo-charged Chinese dragon woke up in the go-go 1980s. Whisper it softly, but there will be no respite. This is not even the beginning of the end, although it may be the end of the beginning.
Read, enjoy, ponder. I might need to re-examine everything I type before writing again.
Hubbard posted this at 1:55 PM HKT on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 as Commie Recrudescence, Politics and the English Language, The Right Words