This will be short, but I'll give my meta view here.

I like and value many of the posters who are caught up in trying to solve the issue of Dkos roil. It's a shame, but what is happening here?

Simple. It one of the most difficult things to handle in the world: success. Or rather, failure. Of the other side.

Conservatives of all eras share the characteristic of being phenomenally wrong--and are famous for projecting--so this definition is not helpful to understanding Liberals, but only the Conservative mind.

What then IS Liberalism?

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
- George Orwell

My understanding of Liberalism comes from growing up in an America formed of Liberty and Justice for All. Maybe a recap of the term "Liberal" is redundant and Americans are in sync as to the meaning and historical record of the great philosophy of freedom. But with all the social distortion caused by the right-wing media it may help to review.

"This nation is at war with Islamic fascists"  
- George Bush August 10, 2006

The day the enemy became 'Islamic fascists'
The president turns a new phrase to describe the 'war on terrorism'
MSNBC Aug 11, 2006

"Islamic fascist"--or "Islamofascist" as it's popularly spelled on the Internet--is the latest explosive in the right's semantic arsenal..."
Newsweek "Escalation of Terminology" August 12, 2006

House Bill H. CON. RES. 437
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States officials who leak sensitive classified national security secrets should be vigorously investigated and, if need be, brought to justice. (Introduced in House)

"...the United States is currently engaged in a worldwide war on terror against Islamofascism..."
Congresswoman Katherine Harris (R-FL), June 27, 2006.

Should Dems be alarmed? "Absolutely," says Hewitt. "Unless they don't mind political exile."

It would be too much to expect the Right Wing to conform to their rhetoric of "accountability" and to help Americans stop the Republican corruption now seen in high office. The Right Wing considers any who stand in the way of their agenda to be the enemy--regardless of whether that agenda is good for the nation or the world.

Progressive liberals were the first to see that war has been declared on the Middle Class, and we are to be targeted. The full force of the Right Wing is about to be focused on "overwhelming" DailyKos.

And a glib Newsweek cheers from the sidelines.

Go to and expect to be landed into the Conservative Zone:

http://www.vernonrobinson.com/...

Then in some comments about the ad from Free Republic, there is one telling post that highlights the motivation for the voting behavior of our conservative citizens:

"I'd vote for him, just to see the liberals freak out." - Richard Kimball

Yep ... and that's about it, folks. The whole substance of the "moral-majority"/heartland/values-voters thinking in a winged nutshell.

Banality of Evil and all that.

Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen the movie, want to, and don't like spoilers, please bookmark and come back after you have seen it.

Note: YES ANOTHER X-MEN REVIEW--BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE.
I am writing about the comic-series X-Men seriously here, considering it as a mythological tale: in essence it is modern myth.

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X-Men 3 is out, and like "V for Vendetta," "Lord of the Rings," and "Revenge of the Sith," it will be a disappointment for right-wingers. X-Men came out of the `60s and has a social and philosophical complexity that brings it into the realm of a moral fable. This comic book is art despite itself, in that it portrays and examines life through metaphor.