THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume V, Issue # 36, February 21, 2003
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ACTORS WITHOUT SCRIPTS -- A SATIRE:
MAKING FUN OF LIBERAL LEFTIST ACTORS
Paul Walfield
Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, North Korea has nukes, Iran is mining ura- nium, and the Libyans are heading the UN's Human Rights Commission. The Syrians and Saudis seem closer than ever to being terrorist states and the UN is impotent. What's a sole superpower to do?
Some Hollywood types, among others, have decided to try speaking using their own thoughts for a change, rather than reading a script. Taking on self-chosen roles, the elite of the Left display their ideas on what it takes to have a peaceful world:
Spokespersons for the "peace movement" headed by foreign policy specialist Sheryl Crow believes we need to stop having enemies. While the head of the Democratic Par- ty's peace wing, Ben Cohen (famous for his Ben and Jerry's ice cream) has determined that fighting the bad guys is not the solution.
Brigadier General Norman Solomon, President of the Institute for Public Accuracy, and back from his recent fact-finding mission in Iraq with fellow geopolitical strategist Sean Penn, has determined that the best way to confront the evil that the world now faces is to understand that, when the United States defends itself militarily, it is no better than the terrorists or evil regimes we attack.
After all, dead is dead. You can't separate a dead innocent from collateral damage done by an American bomb from the dead as a result of 9-11. For the Left, thinking deeper makes them woozy. When asked about the obvious differences between accidental deaths as a result of defending yourself to and the intended deaths by terrorists, Norman simply shouted louder, "dead is dead." We certainly can't argue with that now, can we?
Speaking from the Democratic Party nerve center at her home in Beverly Hills, political activist and international affairs minister Barbra Streisand calls on all Americans to fol- low her lead and resist any effort by America to defend itself from annihilation. Speak- ing about "Iranian" President Saddam Hussein, and a possible attack on Iraq, Barbra says, "We can't let this issue become a distraction from the country's domestic prob- lems." Of course, we should not let a madman with weapons of mass destruction distract us from our goal of saving musk oxen breeding grounds in northern Alaska. However, Barbra could be heard buying up some more shares in Halliburton, just in case we win. Ah, the priorities of the Left.
Undaunted, and while claiming that their voices are being stifled by the warmongers, the Left voices their opposition to America's plans to seek out and destroy the evil doers. When confronted with the "plan" to kill terrorists, Democratic Ambassador to the third world, Phil Donahue (Marlo Thomas' husband) responded, "Kill the terrorists?" That was it. Actually, he went on to say something, but seemed to get lightheaded, and just drifted off during the interview on MSNBC.
Again pronouncing their voices were being stifled; Democratic spokesperson and American patriot Susan Sarandon demanded to know, "what did Iraq ever do to us?" After a number of pictures were drawn and shown to Susan, she too became woozy but could be heard saying, I am not un-American, I just don't like the place is all. Please don't hate me.
The Left, realizing that their voices have been squished into meaningless drivel by forces beyond their control, let loose their big guns, namely, Europeans. If American's who hate America can't get their message across to Americans who love their country, Europeans surely can.
John Le Carre, whose real name is David John Moore Cornwell, and a British novelist, claims that America has gone "mad" in its war against people who have declared war on America, and against a country that wants us destroyed. Saying those things in an Eng- lish accent certainly bowled over the Democrats, but didn't seem to have the same effect on others.
Martin Sheen, political consultant, make believe President, and guest lecturer at uni- versities across the country, said before a huge audience and covered by the major net- works and news organizations, "Would there not be countless innocent civilians killed in Iraq by a preventive strike?" Shouts could be heard saying, "We demand that our voices be not stifled." Moreover, "The debate about American imperialism must be al- lowed." Strangely, there were no shouts asking, "Would there not be countless Ameri- cans killed if we don't strike the evil doers?"
In other "peace" rallies around the country, antiwar demonstrators shouted down and refused to allow speeches by Conservative speakers, protested the presence of military recruiters on their campuses and in San Francisco, demanded that parents refuse to allow any information be given about their students to the Feds.
What is the whole point of the foregoing satire? The point is the absolute absurdity of using Hollywood types to pontificate on the very serious matters of war and pease in the complex and troubled world in which we live. The satire is intended to highlight the fact that (1) the persons comprising the Hollywood Liberal Leftist "antiwar" crown are com- pletely lacking in the qualifications and credentials essential to speaking with the voice of knowledge, authority, and reason on the problems, issues, and events relating to U.S. foreign policy, military defense, national security, and geopolitics and (2) their gross inadequacies and abysmal ignorance in this general area of public concern cause them to be insecure, paranoid, intellectually dishonest, and determined to prevent those who disagree with them from having the opportunity to effectively question and refute their preposterous notions.
All in America have a right to speak their mind, all have the right to criticize as they see fit, and Americans even have the right to be political satirists. Sadly, the Left has so forgotten how and by whom that right was achieved, they can't even fathom the notion that it still needs to be fought for.
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Paul Walfield is a freelance writer and member of the State Bar of California, with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and post-graduate study in behavioral and analyt- ical psychology. He resided for a number of years in the small town of Houlton, Maine, and is now a California attorney. Paul can be contacted at the following email address: paul.walfield@cox.net
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