Happiness is a Conservative Thing

Ronald the Great once noted: “It’s not that liberals are ignorant, it’s just that they know so much that isn’t true.” To make matters worse, it’s the attitude: liberals are “frequently in error, never in doubt,” as has been noted of a certain type of scientist.

Bill Clinton and Dianne Feinstein implore Californians to save the planet by passing CA Prop 87, the $4 Billion tax on oil that will prevent global warming in the Golden State. Phil Angirediculous pledges to demand the return of the CA National Guard troops from Iraq if he is elected governor. Fat chance on both counts. A local Palos Verdes politician opposes Prop 83 (Jessica’s Law) that mandates jail sentences without parole for sexual predators and prohibits them from living within 2000 feet of a school. His reasoning: because then the child sex felons are all going to move to Palos Verdes where there is more room between schools; at least all those with a couple of million for a house.

Economics is the liberal black hole. They just don’t get it. The stock market is soaring, GDP is growing at 3%+, unemployment is down to 4.6%, spendable income (after taxes) is rising fast, all while federal (and state) tax revenue is way up and the budget deficit is cut in half, beating that target by four years. Economists attribute all the good news to the effect of the Bush tax cuts. So the Libdem pledge: When they get into power they will raise taxes -- and dump the economy into the black hole where their brains reside.

But do you know what? Stupidity, even arrogant stupidity, is not the worst liberal trait. The absolute worst is their lack of a sense of humor. It’s like a congenital defect. And it’s deadly.

My dear blogette friend Fetching Jen asked (9/4/06): “Have you ever tried to joke with a liberal? They don't joke about anything because everything is just so dire to them... like global warming, gay rights, abortion rights, and my favorite liberal bumper sticker: The moral issues that matter: Respecting our neighbors, helping the poor, promoting peace, protecting our environment.

Well, that just about sums it up.”

It’s strange that the children of the beat generation with their “why worry, be happy” – smoke a joint philosophy are so angst ridden.

Take this great piece from our blogger friend Scott Ott at Scrappleface.

5 out of 4 U.S. Teachers Reject Math-Esteem Study

A new Brookings Institution study that shows an inverse relationship between math skills and student self-esteem is “just plain wrong,” according to an overnight poll of the nation’s largest teacher’s union.

The study found that Japanese and Korean students excel in math despite their lack of confidence in their own abilities, while American kids feel great about their abilities but have much lower skills according to tests.

But the survey of National Education Association (NEA) members shows that “five out of four teachers find fault with the data.”

“It just doesn’t add up,” said an unnamed NEA spokesman. “We’ve spent three decades of the last 20 years teaching kids that their self-esteem and happiness are unrelated to their academic competence. The overwhelming minority of them now feel really happy about math.”

The NEA spokesman said the comparatively-low standardized test scores of American children “simply prove that test designers don’t know how to measure what really counts.”

The teacher opinion poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 34 percent, “but that’s okay,” the spokesman said, “because the pollsters did their personal best.”


Now that’s funny, but be careful if you show it to a liberal teacher or union leader.

Yesterday the LA Mayor Anthony Vialaraza met with the incoming school superintendent who confessed he spoke no Spanish but promised to correct that deficiency toute de suite. I chuckled.

Conservative friends: As one of your charitable works this week, tickle a liberal, but be prepared to be arrested. And sued. And be sure to stay away from them on Nov. 7, 8 --- the libdem misery index will be through the roof.