(Minor) Liberal Evils

Posted By on July 26, 2004 at 5:51 pm

As the Democrat convention begins, I think the thing we can most expect to hear is a litany of the eeeeeeeeeevils the Republicans (themselves eeeeeeeevil) are allegedly responsible for.
Puh-leeze.
We know some of the bad things the Democrats and leftists in general have inflicted on us all, some big (political correctness), some really big (multi-generational families dependent on Welfare), and some too humungous to believe (Michael Moore‘s ass).
I’ve decided to collect a list of some of the minor evils — the little everyday things that we could all do without — perpetrated on us by leftists and Democrats.
Your help in collecting these (in the comment, of course) will be much appreciated. I’ll start:

  • Crabgrasspure evil, but minor. I’m pretty sure it was brought into the country by John Kerry on his return from Vietnam, as a way to irritate all those rich Republicans who can afford to own houses with lawns. (And I’ll bet you never even knew Kerry served in Vietnam….)
  • Andy Rooney – He used to be funny and clever, now he’s just a bitter old has-been who has managed to retain his five minutes on TV every week because he hates conservatives.
  • The United Nations – brought to us by the FDR and Truman administrations, as well as assorted one-worlders. Whose idea was it to give Liechtenstein a vote equal to ours? (No offense to Liechtenstein, I’m sure it’s a pleasant place and all, but really….) If the UN had their own armed forces, maybe they’d be dangerous. As it is, it’s merely a Kaffeeklatsch for tyrants and their diplomats, who complain about Israel and annoy New Yorkers by parking illegally.
  • Spampure evil, but minor. Not the tasty pork product, which was developed by Good Capitalists, but the unsolicited e-mail variety. A California law firm started the whole thing to drum up business, and we all know whose side those nasty trial lawyers are on.

What are your liberal-generated peeves?

Quote of the Day

Posted By on July 24, 2004 at 5:39 pm

James Lileks:

Unless you’ve spent some time in [Washington] DC you can’t imagine the tremendous self-importance that possesses the people who feed off the government. They’re like people who live in the same town where NASA has a tracking station, and think that it makes them all astronauts.

(via the VodkaPundit.)