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Reality 101

We need a college level class called "Reality 101" taught at every university in America and Europe.  The course summary would be, "Here's the real world.  Try not to choke on it as we force it down your throat.  If you believe you can change any of these fundamental truths, you'll need to sign up for Theology 101."  Basically, the following truths would be taught...

Truth #1:  The Common Man is Lazy and Uninformed

Sadly, a lot of what goes on at Townhall.com is a lot of wheel-spinning that doesn't really take us anywhere.  We are energetic and informed, talking to other energetic and informed people.  We actually know who Duncan Hunter is!  I shudder to think what percentage of Republicans are going to mosey up to the ballot box and throw in a vote for Rudy Giuliani based on his performance in "Anger Management."  You want to take the money out of politics?  Get online and learn about the candidates!  Actually pay attention to your local elections!  The problem is not the money, the problem is that 90% of the electorate only knows what they see in 30 second commercials during "Deal or No Deal" (aka Proof Against Intelligent Life on Earth).

Truth #2:  The Common Man Will Destroy Anything You Give Him

I go to a gym with paid memberships.  This means that everybody there is paying to be there.  They are not suffering through hard-scrabble poverty and ignorance, barely able to survive.  They have disposable income, and hours of free time to spend at the gym.  In spite of this, gum gets stuck everywhere (especially in people's locks), wads of paper towel and garbage get thrown into the urinals, the walls are graffiti-covered, and the lockers are apparently attacked with hammers on a regular basis.

Now, imagine if this gym were FREE...

You know why we have homeless people in America?  Because you may have a better shot at survival sleeping in an alley than living in a public housing complex.  "Hello, Housing Authority?  Can you send somebody to take care of the rats in my apartment?  Oh, you did send someone...  They were raped, killed, and eaten you say?  Oh...  Maybe I can train the rats to guard me in my sleep."

Truth #3:  You Are Wealthy, You Are Privileged, And You Are Hated

Get used to it, pal.  You know all those times you've complained about how Paris Hilton doesn't deserve her money?  There's someone behind you, looking at your back with knife in hand.  They think you don't deserve what you have, either.  Keep talking about how we need to "get rid of the rich" and "achieve social justice."  You're inflaming the people who just might kill you.

"Oh, but I'm barely surviving!"

No, you're not.  Quality of life in the United States is better now than it ever has been.  Why?  Because big, evil corporations have created technologies that make our lives more comfortable (if not better), and they made them affordable to the common man.  If you live in the U.S.A. and you think you have it bad, try living in Calcutta, Rwanda, or North Korea.  Come back and see if you still want to complain about your awful studio apartment in the city.  We live better than kings two centuries back (well, maybe with less sex) and we have the gall to complain about our lot in life and call for the destruction of the very institutions that got us to this point.

Truth #4:  Pacifists Are Idiots

Do you want there to be peace on Earth for the rest of your life?  Here's how to make it happen.  Wake up tomorrow morning, don't watch the news, and throw yourself in front of a train.  You didn't SEE any war that day, so it didn't happen.  Just ask an atheist.

The average American pacifist always has to point out that the U.S.A. "loves to kill brown people."  The American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War I, and World War II were all fought against brown people, you see.  Shhh...  nobody tell Hitler he was the only white guy.  Oh, and don't forget our long conflict with the terribly brown Soviet Union.  This is the sort of argument that only appeals to morons (like liberals and pacifists), since an intelligent person might find it kinda racist to suggest that the number one thing that makes you stupid enough to adopt a hostile stance towards the most powerful nation in the world is not being white.  And have you noticed that "diplomacy," initiated by white people, is supposed to solve everything?  You see, Ahmadinejad, not being white, needs a white guy to explain to him that a massive nuclear war would be bad.

What a pacifist says:  "We wouldn't have these problems if we'd just open a dialogue and resolve our differences by showing respect for their culture."

What a pacifist apparently means:  "We need to stop being mean to these poor, animal-like savages.  If we lure them out of the trees with some bananas and gently explain to them that they shouldn't throw poo at people, they will be happy and do little dances for us."

Respect your enemies enough to assume they have a reason for wanting to kill you.

Truth #5:  You Are Not God

You are a human being with opinions.  Not everyone agrees with those opinions.  The people who disagree are not necessarily stupid or misinformed.  They might have a different idea on how life should be lived based on their opinions.  If your opinions are completely irreconcilable, you should probably get away from each other.  If you can't do that, you might have to kill each other.  The other person is not going to magically come over to your point of view.

"But, you call liberals morons!"

Yes, I do.  Liberals ARE morons.  Are they morons for desiring "social justice" or wanting to help the poor?  No.  They're morons because they repeatedly turn to policies that are proven failures and create societies that do exactly the opposite of their stated intentions.  Wanting a utopia doesn't make you a moron.  Creating a hell in the attempt to do so, does.  Here's a transcript of a conversation I had with a moron...  liberal:

Liberal:  "Everyone should have health insurance and a living wage."

Me:  "Yeah yeah...  I know.  Everyone has a right to health care, and food, and a place to live..."

Liberal:  "I'm not saying that.  I'm just saying that, if you're working, you should get a living wage."

Me:  "And if you're not working?"

Liberal:  "Well, we need some kind of welfare system for people who can't work for some reason..."

Me:  "Because everyone has a right to health care, and food, and a place to live..."

Liberal:  "You're over simplifying it.  That's not what I'm saying."

Me:  "Then what are you saying?"

Liberal:  "I'm saying that can't pay people so little that they can't get by and afford health care and..."

Me:  "So you're saying that everyone has a right to health care, and food, and a place to live?"

Liberal:  "No."

Me:  "From each according to their ability.  To each according to their needs.  Right?"

Liberal:  "You're oversimplifying it!"

It didn't get much better from there.

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