and out came the wolves..

It looks as if Rush Limbaugh has come out of his oxycontin induced hibernation early this year. Probably stirred awake by Sean Hannity’s rah-rah-republican cheerleading and Michael Savage’s verbal chainsaw (which few may know is fueled by the blood of the Homo-Leninist Mafioso’s) leveling the forests of social equality.

Less than a week after the elections, the far right-dominated am radio waves were already sounding the alarms; “the first post-election stock market plunge in history!”, “cult of personality!”, “who is Barack Obama?” apparently the third-trimester abortion of the real estate market, general motors reporting record losses quarter after quarter, and the golden parachutes given to the banking and investment industry have very little to do with the recession. No, no, the economic system is collapsing - Rush tells us - because it anticipates the tax increases Mr. Obama pledges on capital gains and for the highest income earners. No mention of the 50% drop in the DJIA since last year during W’s last term. No mention of the simultaneous news release of 3rd quarter job-loss reaching a 14-year low. Sean Hannity, who is most likely NOT making references to Atlas Shrugged, is constantly repeating “Who is Barack Obama?” almost furiously, as if to suggest that there is a lack of available and credible information on him. Anyone who really does not know the answer to this question need look no farther than the internet, a wealth of information.

At first I was scared of what these screaming heads were saying, but then I thought about it a little harder, and actually listened to fear that was in their voice, the utter fear that their blanket of neo-conservatism over America had come apart at the seams and an overwhelming majority of Americans said: “No more!” The alarm! The confusion! Hearing them scramble for answers in their final moments I was suddenly reminded of Colonel Kurtz's dying words: "..the horror...the horror..." But still the went on, not accepting their fate, “How could this have happened?!” they ask. “Sarah Palin was chosen by God himself!” Then I realized that the alarm they were sounding reminded me of something:

Sweet, delicious victory.

The siren-song of the defeated right lured me off of my vessel and forced me to forget Troy, what we had been fighting for all along, and to indulge in - even if for a moment - the beauty of it all! And then the tug at my ankle; the tether I tied to the mast of ship to keep me grounded, brought me back so I could focus on the real issue at hand: exposing slanderous tabloid news hiding under the guise of information gathering.

So say goodnight to all the Rush Limbaugh’s, Sean Hannity’s and Bill O’Reilly’s out there: Light ‘em if you got ‘em boys, the sun is setting on american conservatism and a new era of political and social intellectuals are paving the way for a multi-lateral non-partisan government. Conservatism does exactly what it says, conserves. It conserves old ideas and old ways of looking at life and deems progressive thought as heresy and immoral. Good riddance.

Make way for American Progressivism. Make way for freedom of scientific research to help find cures for cancer and AIDS. Make way for lowered poverty and unemployment rates and a more proportionate distribution of wealth. Make way for – dare I say – a regulated market! Make way for new patriotism that isn’t sparked by a national tragedy, but out of respect for our leader. Make way America.