The disgust is only the beginning

[elfs]

Once upon a time, I read National Review. Writers like John Derbyshire and Victor Davis Hanson were, a few years ago, interesting, fresh with new ideas, and startlingly intellectual. Hanson has since devolved into a cheerleader for the President because he can't imagine an alternative, and Derbyshire recently shot himself in the foot by referring to the victims of Virginia Tech as "cowards" for refusing to take on an armed assailant all by themselves.

And then I am reminded that the senior editor at National Review once said that the goverment should mandate that every positive HIV diagnosis in this country should come with a tattoo warning for potential sex partners, preferably on the buttocks. I wondered what should be written there. "Abandon every hope, ye who enter?"

But an entry today by Thomas Sowell reveals the vicious mindlessness to which they have descended:

When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup.

That's all you need to read. Really. Go ahead and "enjoy" the rest of the article, but really, that encompasses the whole of his thought.

Comments

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

The only thing I find surprising about this--and I really shouldn't--is that Sowell obviously hasn't been paying attention to what General after General (or perhaps I should say, newly retired General after newly retired General) have been saying--the administration is doing all the wrong things and it needs to stop NOW. And perhaps "hasn't been paying attention" isn't the right way to put it--"sticking his fingers in his ears and humming loudly so he can't hear" might be more accurate.

I don't expect a military coup ... but if there was one, I very strongly suspect that those on the right would be surprised at the outcome.

Oh, and did you see this? Bush's administration (with the embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales taking point) want the power to strip second amendment rights from "suspected terrorists" whomever they please. (And yes, I'm embarrassed to have to admit they're partnering with a Democrat to try to get this through Congress. Lautenberg should bloody well know better than to try to give the administration ANY more power, let alone the power to remove the right of an individual to keep and bear arms! This one scares me more than just about anything else they've tried to do.)