Another great posting from Pat Condell on the NYC mosque near the 9/11 site.

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The Daily Telegraph reports that there is now a “Burka Barbie.”  No doubt it will sell well in the Netherlands, the UK, and other Western countries with large Muslim populations.

Today marks the 4th anniversary of the publication of the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. It is a poignant occasion for those who love liberty, free speech and a free press (even if it often fails us).

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has an interview with Flemming Rose, the publisher of the cartoons.  It should be read by all, particularly his remarks on Yale University Press’ decision to censor Jytte Klausen’s book about the cartoon controversy.

As Rose understands, our liberties are not a gift, each generation must fight for them.  Today, perhaps the most important struggle is with the agents of militant Islamic fundamentalism in conjunction with the multiculturalists in Western societies.

They seek to suppress liberty.  We need to advance it in the face of their attack.  Always.

No doubt, this smug opinion is welcome by Left and touted in the salons of Manhattan.  There is no recognition or acknowledgement of what it took to make America great and what it continues to take.  A burden overwhelming carried by white men.  All that can be said is that she and her ideological allies will rue the day if white men begin divesting from America.

Old Media coverage of the shooting has been extensive. The gunman was the Left’s favorite villain: a white supremacist.  It is no surprise that the Old Media’s coverage is pushing the Left’s agenda on gun control, the need to watch “right wing extremists,” the dangers of Rush Limbaugh and talk radio, Fox News, any media outlet not controlled by the Left, etc.

 On June 1, Muslim convert Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad was arrested for killing U.S. Army Private William Long and wounding U.S. Army Private Quinton Ezeagwula at a Little Rock recruiting center.  According to reports, authorities believe Muhammad acted with political and religious motives.  Indeed, Muhammad later admitted that he was targeting the U.S. military intentionally and the vile act was done for the sake of Allah.

For the Old Media, Muhammad presents a huge problem:  he is not the type of villain they like:  He is a jihadist and black.  This murder does not fit their script.  It will not help them advance their agenda.  

So coverage has faded quickly.  The event is going down Orwell’s memory hole as rapidly as possible.  No investigation of his beliefs, no reporting on his influences or how he came to betray those who protect him.  

Two horrific shootings in June.  One will be touted by the Old Media and used to push their agenda.  They will labor to forget the other.  It will not become a symbol or used for future instruction concerning the dangers America faces.  

Seldom do you have two events so closely coincide that so clearly illuminate the culture war and the power of the Left to control events.  One event is woven into national consciousness through extensive coverage.  The other is forgotten through very little coverage.  The Left’s politics chooses.  Their power over the Old Media makes it happen.  That is the lesson of the tale of two shootings.

Was it a way socialists (Reds) could celebrate the birth of their great leader under the guise of environmentalism (Green).  Earth Day as a product of a Red-Green coalition should be studied and publicized.  There are smoking guns there.

I have always thought that environmentalism is largely a cover for socialism.  Watermelons:  green on the outside, red inside.  Given the state of politics in the United States and the triumph of socialism, as Newsweek informs us, why doesn’t Obama just drop the pretense and replace Earth Day with Lenin’s birthday.  That may have been necessary in 1970, but it isn’t anymore.

At least Earth Day gives the free thinkers and contrarians among us an excuse to pollute the environment more than we usually do.

A Rasmussen poll from April 9, 2009, revealed that only 53% of Americans believed that capitalism was better than socialism. 33% of adults under 30 prefer socialism to capitalism, only 37% prefer capitalism.

I never thought I would see such a poll in America.

There was a time in American history–say, 1992–when this would have been unthinkable. But because the Left owns the public sphere they are able to demonize American political principles while touting socialism. Socialism is portrayed as a kinder, gentler form of capitalism rather than the murderous, freedom crushing political ideology it is.

The under-30 numbers are telling. The evils are socialism are not taught in American public schools so children become adults not knowing why socialism is evil. The Democrats own the public sphere. They control what is taught in public schools, and they want American kids to embrace socialism.

We need a mechanism so that older Americans can teach younger Americans the truth. We need some tool to de-indoctrinate American public school children and teach them the truth about why socialism is an evil ideology and why the freedoms they enjoy as Americans (at least for the time being) are precious , and worth fighting for and preserving.

But because the Right is such a small part of the public sphere, this has little chance of success. Such a knowledge transfer is only done on a one-to-one or familial basis.

The tea parties of April 15th are an excellent idea and one place to start. But they have to be sustained, regular events. Not one-offs or even annual events. Translating that frustration into political action is necessary. And the Right does not yet have a solution to accomplish this.

Meanwhile, creeping socialism ensures that each year the Left grows stronger and the Right weaker.

It speaks volumes about politics in America today that no one cares if the President’s aunt breaks U.S. laws or that the President must have known this.  Yet, he permitted this to occur.  Why did Obama not pay for her to return to Kenya when he knew she was illegal?  Why did Obama not call the immigration authorities when knew is aunt was illegal and insist that she be deported?

Where is the outrage?  Why do Americans tolerate this?  This was a nation of laws.  The arrogance of Obama demonstrates once again that the laws do not apply to the elite.  The United States is eroding at ever greater speed.

The real views of many in Obama administration were laid bare by a State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, who reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key.

The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: “There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.” The apparent lack of attention to detail by the Obama administration is indicative of what many believe to be MrObama’s determination to do too much too quickly.

That is it! Britain is no longer a special country, not for the multiculturalists. They must demote Britain and end any talk about a “special relationship” because it reminds Americans of another, better time in the United States, and one not that long ago, where the Anglo-American relationship was the bedrock of West’s security.

Together, the English-speaking peoples stood united and defeated the Soviets, Germans, Italians, and Japanese, among others. An impressive list of foes. They were defeated because of unity in a shared culture and traditions.

For the Left, that has got to go to be replaced by the privileging of Kenya, Peru, or you pick the country, so long as it is not a Western one.

Too bad the English-speaking peoples were not able to unite against their greatest, and indeed mortal, foe: the Left’s agenda.