Pegs

Here is Peggy Noonan's latest column. Here is Peg Kaplan's next-to-latest post. I agree with Noonan that being out of power is liberating. Conservatives are going to enjoy the next four years. Progressives, meanwhile, are going to discover that governing is serious business. It involves taking responsibility for decisions and actions. It requires maturity. Progressive pundits such as Paul Krugman have acted like children for the past eight years. They have engaged in name-calling; they have questioned the motives of President Bush and his cabinet members; they have made scurrilous accusations; they have attacked the character of Republicans; and they have hoped for bad things to happen in the economy so as to usher Republicans out of power. The tables now turn.

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[John Sullivan]

As I was coming out of the subway on Wednesday morning, soome moonbats were handing out "free" copies of the NY Times, which turned out to be a mock issue from July 4, 2009, representing a left-wing wish list. The box at top left said: "All the News We Hope to Print". Some of the headlines:

"IRAQ WAR ENDS: Troops to Return Immediately";
"Ex-Secretary [Rice] Apologizes for W.M.D. Scare";
"Maximum Wage Law Succeeds";
"Nationalized Oil to Fund Climate Efforts";
"National Health Insurance Act Passes";
"Court Indicts Bsh on High Treason Charge";
"United Nations Unamimously Passes Weapons Ban";
"USA Patriot Act Repealed":
"Senate Gets Tough on `Limited Liability' to Rein in, Humanize Corporations".

The mock editorial page is actually devoted to attacking the Times itself for being too trusting of the Bush Administration, and consists of several apologies, including the announcemnt of the firing of Thomas Friedman and Bill Kristol.

The moonbats believe in true socialism, and no one should be fooled as to what they want. I am afraid that either we are in for a the biggest change this country has ever seen, or reality will kick in with Obama and the moonbats will be sorely disappointed.

As an aside, I don't know how the publishers of the mock paper can hope to avoid being sued for copyright and trademark infringement. I know there are exceptions for satire, but they simply plagiarized the Times' logos and layout.