Ah, how bittersweet to hear a self-labeled independent bemoan his selection of Barack Hussein Obama to the highest office in the land. Short of temper, long on incredulity, the blank look in their eyes like the thousand yard stare of someone in complete shock as circumstances around them spiral out of control. They have learned powerful lessons – that voting sans objectivity lacks intelligence and foresight, that dangerous consequences exist for decisions made on baseless emotional grounds, and the man they helped elect is destroying the very fabric of this country.

Should you find yourself faced with a similar tortured soul, remember to practice tough love. To ensure the lesson is driven home, remind them of the opportunity this country once provided and how their vote mortgaged the dreams of generations to come, their children and grandchildren now held hostage to a system whose only mass produced commodity is mediocrity and economic slavery. Don’t flinch as their eyes widen in horror, but stare them down, for it is this lesson that must stay with them for years to come, when opportunities to fix today’s mess present themselves in voting booths across this country.

Liberalism is an affliction, its adherents suffering from delusions of adequacy, their sense of purpose derived not by encouraging independence, but by chipping away at the very dignity of what it means to be a human being. Self-reliance gives way to reliance on the state, the very foundation of liberal thinking a child of nihilism’s will-to-power. Myopic in their lack of capacity to realize the foundation of their beliefs rest on the assumption that the very ground of reality is emptiness, that only an ephemeral conception called humanity possesses the capacity to bootstrap itself and change its very nature.

Wait, you may say, Christians are liberals. To these people I point out the bipolar nature of liberal thought – that one can be a Christian, even act outwardly like a Christian, but inwardly and often unconsciously and implicitly act the nihilist. What nihilism as a movement fails to realize is its own absurdity and contradiction. If reality is meaningless at its deepest and most fundamental level, then so are our thoughts about it. Nihilism negates everything…except itself. It is not radical enough to be objective. If it were, it would be practical to the point of utility, lending itself to a sort of pragmatism that does not ignore the nature of the world and attempt to mold it into something palatable.

As such it is as much a religion as Christianity. I can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God any more than a nihilist can provide objective evidence for their belief. Adherents to the tenants of nihilism seem incapable of recognizing the self-contradiction of attempting to create meaning where none exists. Why attempt a philosophy at all if your belief is that the ground of being is meaningless? It is like one is attempting to create a meaningful meaninglessness. If the original assumption is true, then any subsequent philosophy lacks a foundation. Perhaps that is why liberals love to tear down the founding principles of society – if you lack a foundation, then by extension, so should society. The core beliefs that made a country great now become fodder for destruction, their very existence distasteful to the warped liberal mind.

The fact of this self-contradiction now spreads itself into everyday actions and beliefs. It is now possible to believe we can change human nature, such as our propensity for conflict by appealing to a despotic leader’s logic while simultaneously allowing rampant sexual behavior to go unchecked. Why one instinct and not the other? PETA protects the animals, the ACLU protects the National Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), and if we could all just gather together and talk about our grievances then everything would be okay. Go ahead, Iranian diplomats, come on over to the White House for some hot dogs and a few beers.

Liberals are like cattle heading towards a cliff, and those who value freedom and independence are currently tethered to this self-destructive herd. Their subjugation of their will to government power and insistence that an entire society self-enslave themselves to the state calls into question the ability of liberals to think about any subject critically. This is not surprising as thinking is just one of many items in a liberal’s shopping bag of things the government should do for you.

This is particularly apparent in the global warming debate, something I will touch on tomorrow. In the meantime, here are a few posts today from fellow bloggers I found particularly interesting:

Michelle Malkin on more liberal madness. It appears the EPA is hiding climate change emails not helpful to the global warming narrative. Now I wonder why that is?

Karl on why an Obamacare public plan should be an easy target.

Gateway Pundit has the latest news on Iran. Where is Obama? I can’t help but feel horrible whenever I see pictures of injured and dead students. The Neda image is seared into my mind.

High levels of testosterone and testicular fortitude abound at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. Emperor Misha I on our Pathetic leader.