Free Speech

BILLINGSGATE JOURNAL (Dateline San Diego)

BULLETIN: Here we go again with another absurdity to start your week off on the wrong foot. In a new position paper by the party that claims to represent the vanquished and the oppressed, the Democrats have come out against free speech. Yes, you read it correctly, against free speech. They are complaining that the Bush administration is using speeches by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, known to BILLINGSGATE readers as the Paradorx from Massachusetts, to make all Democrats look like idiots. Nothing unusual about that. Freedom of speech has always made it easier to spot idiots before they do something destructive, like get elected president.

Even the mystic powers of BILLINGSGATE can't explain why the citizens of Massachusetts keep electing these dunces. Pointing out their deficiencies every four years doesn't seem to help the liberals get it. Maybe having the Red Sox and Patriots to cheer has jellied the rest of their collective craniums.

Who knows why a state would tax itself into submission? Taking money from the rich to support the poor has always been a Bolshevik goal. As Marx said, "From each according to his ability to each according to his need." Those who follow this doctrine are more difficult to find as opposed to those who proclaim it. I have never met a rich Democrat who didn't itemize his expenses while filing his taxes. Another paradox? For sure.