We Need A Quick Reference Card…

posted at 2:38 pm on May 20, 2009 by Doctor Zero
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According to Joe Klein, a duly credentialed member of the media elite, Charles Krauthammer can’t write about any aspect of modern life with “nuance” because he’s confined to a wheelchair. Of course it’s an outrage, but it’s also confusing. I wonder if the Left would be so kind as to prepare a Quick Reference card, to help us understand the proper meaning of experience, and the value of majority opinion.

How come Charles Krauthammer can’t appreciate the nuances of American life because he’s in a wheelchair, but a guy who never had a job in the private sector is fully qualified to seize control of enormous corporations?

If the “chickenhawk” argument made so passionately by the Left over the past eight years is to be taken seriously, and only people who have served in the military have the experience and moral standing to support military actions, shouldn’t the Commander-in-Chief be required to have served on active duty? And if we aren’t supposed to take such a constantly repeated meme seriously, why should the Left be taken seriously about anything?

If good poll numbers for Obama’s security policy indicate those policies are a success, as maintained by the same Joe Klein, then why did liberals spend years criticizing the even more popular invasion of Iraq in 2002?

If the majority opposition to gay marriage is irrelevant, because allowing the feelings of the majority to influence laws is immoral, then why is winning 51% of the vote supposed to give Barack Obama an unlimited mandate to reshape society in any way he pleases, and hoping for the failure of his policies is unpatriotic?

If equal protection under the law requires us to extend all the benefits of marriage to a same-sex couple, because it’s wrong to deny those benefits on the basis of their sexual orientation, why is it OK for us to tax that same couple at a higher rate because they’re rich?

Why are Barack Obama’s approval ratings supposed to silence all criticism of him, when majority support for the pro-life position on abortion is meaningless?

If government is now permitted to take over private companies that fail and require rescue, can private industry start taking over failed government programs? Quite a few of them are in need of rescuing.

Why is it proper to remove vehicles desired by the majority of consumers from the market, because a tiny minority of elites has decided safety and comfort are less important than fuel efficiency?

If all traditions are automatically bad and have no value to a progressive society, does that include the tradition of paying deference and respect to a President you didn’t vote for?

Why are Americans supposed to feel guilty about being a minority of the global population, but consuming “an unfair share” of the world’s resources, while simultaneously being expected to provide the vast majority of the funding for the United Nations and various relief efforts?

How can credit card companies be evil for assessing unpopular penalties against people who pay their balances late, when the Internal Revenue Service is allowed to level huge fines against everyone who pays their taxes late, other than powerful Democrat politicians?

It’s only reasonable for companies to be run by their stockholders – we don’t allow random strangers to wander into board meetings and vote to hire or fire company officers. Since the American government is now part or full owner of several corporations, would it not be logical to restrict the vote for President and Congress to only people who pay taxes?

If government officials have unlimited authority to control the private sector, because they won popular elections and speak “for the people,” isn’t it tyrannical to give uneven amounts of power to senators and representatives from individual states? Why should Barney Frank have vast power over the national economy, when only a few hundred thousand people have ever had an opportunity to vote for, or against, him? The new role of government in the economy suggests that all House and Senate elections should be held nationally from now on. If we all own the financial sector now, we should all have a say in selecting the politicians who administer it for us.

If the government can implement programs because a majority of Americans want them, shouldn’t it immediately terminate programs that a majority of Americans don’t want any more?

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