> > Reviewed > > by Ken Von Kohorn > > > Liberal Zealots and their plan for America > > >> > The liberal elite - despite the obvious and pervasive > >> > failures of their philosophy - have consolidated influential > >> > positions in America. Ensconced in schools and universities, > >> > in the American Bar Association, throughout state and > >> > federal government bureaucracies and in the Mainstream > >> > Media, these self anointed arbiters of social rectitude > >> > blithely ignore mounds of evidence that prove their ideas > >> > bankrupt - and yet they retain credibility and professional > >> > esteem despite consistently errant forecasts, deficient > >> > reasoning and often insufferable arrogance. > >> > > >> > Tom Sowell's latest book, a nine chapter bill of indictment, > >> > catalogues the liberal elites' long list of dubious > >> > achievements - from wasted welfare money to environmental > >> > fraud to regulatory mischief to reckless constitutional > >> > revisionism. > >> > > >> > The influence of the "Anointed," Sowell claims, derives from > >> > their lack of accountability, made possible by a pervasive > >> > gullibility in the public and in the mainstream media. > >> > > >> > According to Sowell, here's how the Anointed work their > >> > destructive "magic": > >> > > >> > * The Anointed identify a "Crisis" - i.e., some aspect of > >> > American life that is imperfect. > >> > > >> > * They then offer a "Solution" to the "Crisis" which > >> > requires some form of social engineering. But as Sowell > >> > points out, in the real world there are no perfect > >> > "solutions" but only trade-offs among different approaches - > >> > with each trade-off possessing pluses and minuses. > >> > > >> > * Skeptics examine the proffered "Solution" and predict that > >> > an array of new problems will be created. Their analysis is > >> > immediately dismissed by the Anointed. > >> > > >> > * Over time the results of the new policy manifest > >> > themselves. Inevitably, the poor outcomes anticipated by the > >> > skeptics do in fact take place. > >> > > >> > * The Anointed won't admit to the failure of their > >> > "Solution," claiming that the critics' complaints are > >> > "simplistic" and "insensitive," or that yet more time and/or > >> > more expenditures are needed. > >> > > >> > Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" program provides a vivid > >> > example of how this process takes place. Even though > >> > Sowell's research shows that poverty rates were declining > >> > into the 1960's, the Anointed identified poverty as a > >> > "Crisis" in 1964 and designed a "Solution" - government > >> > "investment" in the poor. By giving the poor money, it was > >> > argued, the less well off would be able to get a better > >> > education and permanently lift themselves out of poverty. > >> > At the time, skeptics said that government handouts would > >> > create dependency instead of independence, but the Anointed > >> > proceeded with their plans anyway. > >> > > >> > Today, after trillions of dollars of social spending > >> > poverty, illegitimacy and inner city turmoil abound as never > >> > before. Yet typically, the Anointed refuse to acknowledge > >> > their failures. Accountability has never been the strong > >> > point of the Anointed, because in reality their social > >> > "conscience" represents a religion - a religion which admits > >> > of no error, which the rest of us must honor with our tithes > >> > in the form of ever rising taxes, and to which the Anointed > >> > have conveniently appointed themselves the High Priests. > >> > > >> > Sowell sees today's Anointed as representing a grave threat > >> > to America. As universities and schools indoctrinate a > >> > new generation of zealous liberals - the future Anointed - a > >> > critical mass might be achieved which could administer their > >> > destructive elixir on American society ad infinitum. > >> > > >> > What about the election of 1994 and the rise of the New > >> > Media - talk radio, the Internet, C-Span and the like? Is > >> > it too late to stop the Anointed? Ever the optimist, I > >> > believe that it is not; but thus far, as Sowell points out > >> > (paraphrasing Winston Churchill): "Seldom have so few cost > >> > so much to so many." > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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