Joementum!

The Democrats had an early victory in not being a bunch of whiny babies when they overwhelmingly voted 43-12 to keep Lieberman in their caucus. Not good for us, because if the vote had gone the other way that would be an early indication that the new Democrat majority is going to be an epic failure.

Anyway, this small act of basic political sanity has got the howler monkey left shaking their cages and screeching. The Kos Kids are losers, and no matter what happens politically, they will always be losers. Bitter hyperventilating ones. An Obama win doesn’t finally give them meaning to their useless lives or move them out of their parents’ basement, and that fact is already dawning on them.

Anyway, learn from them. Don’t make politics more important than it really is or you’ll just end up as angry, crazy losers. Surveys show that conservatives are happier than liberals both in years their party is in power and years it isn’t, and the Kos Kids make that easy to see why.

Drink the Kool-Aid

I’ve always had a vague idea of what Jonestown was and know that’s where the phrase “drink the kool-aid” comes from, but I had never really looked into it before (it happened the year before I was born). Jonah Goldberg linked this yesterday, and I finally looked into it (well, checked Wikipedia) and found out it was all about Communism and Socialism (and also, it was Flavor-Aid they drank). Apparently, they tried to set up their own Communist state (and many liberal politicians were supporters of Jim Jones) and when the state was total crap they decided to commit suicide. I just assumed it was some guy saying he was Jesus, not Marx.

So why didn’t I know about this? You’d think it would be a bigger talking point for Conservatives when Socialism rears its ugly head.

Anyway, I guess the lesson of Jonestown is if someone wants to create a Communist or Socialist state, say no. And if they do anyway and it’s a total failure and they want mass suicide to teach everyone a lesson, also say no. Finally, never trust anything that comes from San Francisco.