Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it’s been
Truckin’ – The Grateful Dead
Recently the New York Times juxtaposed a picture of a Weathermen’s march in the late 60′s with a recent Tea Party Protest. Whether one is offended by the comparision or understands it as a warped compliment by the Times, what’s happened is that what was once the counterculture is now the establishment, and, as argued in a number of this week’s council and non-council posts, with it the absolute confidence of the rightness of its causes is now projected by the government. (One council member argues that this infects all of political discourse now.)
Of course, this may not be the strangest trip we’re witnessing these days, what with Jerry Garcia selling upscale ties in stores like Macy’s fifteen years after his death. It’s hard to imagine dead guys being more grateful than Garcia is these days!
Council Submissions
The Colossus of Rhodey – “You have to trust your gut”
Right Truth - Truths About the Democrat Health Care Bill
Mere Rhetoric – Anti-Israel WH Officials Targeting American Jews With “Leaked” Dual Loyalty Smears
Bookworm Room - Redefining the word racist so that it suits ME
Rhymes With Right - A Constitutional Convention?
Wolf Howling - The War On Religion
The Provocateur – The Politics of Self Esteem
The Razor – The Rot at the Heart of the Roman Catholic Church
The Glittering Eye – <i>Quis Custodiet…</i>
American Digest – Dust in the Wind and the Summer of 77
Joshuapundit – A Change Of The Guard Is Badly Needed In The GOP
Non Council Submissions
The Sundries Shack – Maybe the Surgeon General Could Issue a Warning for Presidential Q&As Submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
Judy’s World, Judy Mandelbaum - What motivates female suicide bombers? Submitted by Right Truth
Walker / Reason Hit & Run – The Center Cannot Hold It Together Submitted by Mere Rhetoric
Big Lizards – The drumbeat grows louder: Petraeus for President Submitted by Bookworm Room
Questions and Observations – “Everyone deserves health care” Submitted by Rhymes with Right
Big Lizards – “Repeal and Replace” – Filling In the Outline Submitted by Wolf Howling
Pharmalot - The Case of the Phantom Pharmacies Submitted by The Provocateur
The Truth According to Mark - The Obama Crash Submitted by The Razor
Cato Unbound – The Rise of the New Paternalism Submitted by The Glittering Eye
Rhymes with Cars and Girls - The Cult Of Superman’s Father Submitted by American Digest
Victor Davis Hanson - Next Battle: Immigration Submitted by JoshuaPundit
Legal Insurrection – What If Palestinians Were Settlers? Submitted by The Watcher
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