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Doom and Gloom for the Dumb and the Glum

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That’s how the system works.

That’s how it’s supposed to work, anyway. And that’s how it WOULD work if the activist left hadn’t been co-opted into thinking that civil disobedience meant getting arrested for blocking access, that effective protest meant nasty chants and wild accusations, and that wearing a monkey suit and accepting the occasional compromise or disappointment once in a while is totally bourgeois and sell-out, man.

But sadly, this is not to be. Self-brainwashed by countless years of marijuana and moping, the Left largely celebrates its own ineffectiveness, and then has the nerve to blame an ever-burgeoning conspiracy for the reason why it can’t stop another war, or get a new President to just say no to continued war crimes against an enemy.

No, none of that silliness. It’s so much easier for our stalwart Confabulation Of the Totally Over-it to say that the enemy is a smokescreen created by the real enemy, who also tells the President what to do, and then roll back over for some self-fulfillment... after verbally abusing nay-sayers on your angry little blog.

So much easier, so much less effective, and so much more hilarious -- however sadly so.

But hey, are you them? Do you have to be them? Do you have to look to them as your guiding light of how to stir up trouble, talk out of turn and make positive change happen? Do you have to be shackled to their nihilism and horror?

No, you don’t. So please don’t. Please consider giving common sense a chance. Please consider that conspiracy theories tend to be large clouds of smoke around a tiny fire. Please remember that the worst crimes are the ones that happen in plain sight, but no one really says “boo” about them because they’re too wrapped up wondering who killed Ron Brown, and why.

If we’re going to make the next four or eight years of America’s political landscape look like something we want to inhabit, we can’t be beholden to the smirking Duopoly Doom peddlers. They’re not right, they’re just saying the sky is falling until something actually DOES tumble down, and then declaring themselves to have had the moral superiority all along, and aren’t we just ashamed for having ever doubted them?

Doom and Gloom makes you Dumb and Glum. Trade up your eyewear, get off your butt and act like what you say and do actually has an effect on things. Because it CAN.

Because, contrary to the Contrarians On The Othersideofrealityfromus, it does.

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Where were YOU... by waldopaper on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 3:07:04 PM
Bright eyes... by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 7:17:24 PM
Interesting by Tom Murphy on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:47:49 PM
Interesting in that your post... by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:00:31 AM
A COTO failing by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:46:41 AM
Enjoying the Kool-Aid they feed you J Edward Tremlett? by Stanimal on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:44:44 PM
Stanimal by Sister Begonia on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12:41:03 PM
oh no by J. Edward Tremlett on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 8:02:57 PM
Finally! A voice of reason from within the storm by Tom Murphy on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:46:10 PM
Mr Murphy by jersey girl on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 7:25:34 PM
A compliment and tease by Tom Murphy on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 8:02:12 PM
Your Beret Must Be Too Tight by PeterJ on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:32:02 PM
Your Beret Must Be Too Tight by PeterJ on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:48:13 PM
Really! by PeterJ on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 4:48:22 PM
*chuckles* by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:59:12 AM
really? by J. Edward Tremlett on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:19:31 AM
captain by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:24:50 PM
Ignorance by Tom Murphy on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:50:40 PM
Ignorance indeed... by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:04:25 AM
*headache* by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:49:40 AM
The Center. by Allan Wayne on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:06:37 PM
There's Something Happening... by Jennifer Hathaway on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:26:54 PM
PS by Jennifer Hathaway on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:27:44 PM
thanks for the heads up by jersey girl on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:56:50 AM
dubai by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:10:42 AM
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actually - by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:17:38 PM
If your a slave laborer or a prostitute by Patrick Lafferty on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:30:56 PM
if by J. Edward Tremlett on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 8:04:54 AM
This article is essentially by richard on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 10:04:31 PM
one long, tedious, ad hominem...YES by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:17:34 PM
me i disconnect from you by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:23:06 PM
Edward........ by Sharlene Z. on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:58:32 PM
One long, tedious, ad hominem? by Sister Begonia on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12:50:02 PM
Tremlett is ridiculing those who have noticed the following: by Richard Mynick on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:13:15 AM
Epistemology by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 4:28:25 PM
Richard, The Big Lie, Dubai by Patrick Lafferty on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:40:39 AM
How Very Telling by Michael Cavlan on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:50:27 AM
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Ya Want Proof? Here Ya Go by Michael Cavlan on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:22:06 PM
that's it? by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:25:41 PM
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I agree by J. Edward Tremlett on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 6:16:57 PM
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Paranoid Much? by Darty on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:23:02 AM
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yea one long ad hominem by jersey girl on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:03:33 AM
Talkin ad hominem blues by Perry Logan on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:08:34 AM
conspiracy? by jersey girl on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:49:48 AM
all in the eyes by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 7:59:15 AM
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Will, Holly! by Tom Murphy on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 11:02:25 PM
Obama wrote books too by jersey girl on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 5:30:05 AM
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Mr Murhphy by jersey girl on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:06:01 AM
jersey girl by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:57:45 AM
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I was raised catholic by jersey girl on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:19:58 PM
Fallacious reasoning by Tom Murphy on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 10:14:31 PM
faith is just that ...faith by jersey girl on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 8:44:12 AM
Faith is truth through divine revelation... by Tom Murphy on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:44:29 PM
If the "Cold War"... by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 3:00:39 PM
Grossly negligent statement by Patrick Lafferty on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:51:46 AM
I'm sorry, but I think I missed the message by Nick van Nes on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:09:34 AM
It's "Coalition." by waldopaper on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:55:44 AM
A fn' MEN Waldo !!! by jersey girl on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:18:11 AM
Ah-Fricken- Amen from me too by Michael Cavlan on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:13:50 PM
the cluephone, it rings and rings by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:38:08 PM
What's this... by waldopaper on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 9:46:23 AM
"Let us never tolerate conspiracy theories" by Rick VanZandt on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 1:49:54 PM
OoooOOOoo by jersey girl on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 3:11:40 PM
I read the comments... by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 2:09:56 PM
too bad by J. Edward Tremlett on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:41:29 PM
intellectual slapstick by William Whitten on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:28:08 PM
Coalition Of Tangential Obfuscators by Tom Murphy on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:40:52 PM
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asleep at the wheel; by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:09:10 AM
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Jersey by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:41:14 AM
COTO knows... by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:09:54 PM
You slave to Science but missed History by Patrick Lafferty on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:15:03 PM
COTO nose only knows no's by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:34:19 PM
Yes I can link them by Patrick Lafferty on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 9:35:43 AM
okay - exemplify this... by Tom Murphy on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:04:53 PM
Fit this one in... by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:21:43 AM
Wrongheaded by Nfamous on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:49:49 AM
Who knew that COTO could? by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:51:31 AM
What a bore.... by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:53:16 AM
bla blah! by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:01:42 PM
Oh, Contraire Pierre! by Patrick Lafferty on Monday, May 25, 2009 at 9:55:01 AM
Who knew that COTO could? by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:55:04 AM
#1 by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:43:13 PM
It sure is, huh? by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:34:23 PM
Life is too short to drink bad wine. by Mr M on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 5:59:22 PM
"One Crazy Summer" by Tom Murphy on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 6:38:43 PM
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Life "IS" Too Short......... by Sharlene Z. on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:11:14 PM
Welcome Back Mr. M by William Whitten on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 10:38:11 PM
Just an FYI by J. Edward Tremlett on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 8:13:10 AM
So... by Jennifer Hathaway on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:48:22 PM
Where author tries to prove "Ignorance is Bliss" by Richard Lee on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 7:25:48 PM
or proof is preferred by J. Edward Tremlett on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:55:25 PM
police state by William Whitten on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12:18:03 AM
Panoptic Police State by William Whitten on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 1:18:17 AM
And now.... by richard on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:28:45 AM
rumbling sound... by William Whitten on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12:32:28 PM
Another Obama apologist by Sister Begonia on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 12:35:00 PM
even better ranting by J. Edward Tremlett on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:53:27 PM
Please God/dess by Jennifer Hathaway on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 12:04:45 AM
You're A Very Funny Guy! by PeterJ on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:21:07 PM
Ad hominem by Sharlene Z. on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 11:54:17 PM
What a myopic view you have of OEN by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:08:24 AM
Tom by Nikko Gold on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:57:54 PM
Not really by J. Edward Tremlett on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:09:31 AM
Ad Hominem by Nikko Gold on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:18:41 PM
Edward by Sharlene Z. on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:51:30 PM
okay... by J. Edward Tremlett on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:04:59 AM
Edward by Sharlene Z. on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 9:20:36 AM
Edward..........To add that by Sharlene Z. on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 10:25:26 AM
that's too bad by J. Edward Tremlett on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 6:43:33 PM
J. Edward Tremlett by Munich on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:45:41 AM
that's me by J. Edward Tremlett on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:08:55 AM