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Many years ago, when the first musings of something called “political correctness” starting popping up on campuses and the culture at large — an attempt, ostensibly, to use words not to offend people and to paper over the truth about anything in an attempt at hyper politeness, but whose real aim was to suppress opinion contrary to liberalism — it was paid little notice. When it was talked about, it was in the vein of the little oddity that would run its course into fad history. Nothing to be taken seriously. Except that it got to full march, permeating more than the academy, spreading to entertainment, journalism and media, art, sports, the workplace, anything and anywhere you could think, including (and especially) government at all levels, even to the point of possibly permanently altering the practice and course of our mostly-capitalist-economy that has created the greatest standard of living ever know to man. This really is the chickens coming home to roost. 

As “political correctness” morphed into a speech code that discredits anything opposite liberalism as “hate speech” or ignorance or hayseed stupidity, and arrogantly talks down to everyone else, its government proponents encoded it not just in employment practices or protections, but in regulations affecting how financial institutions conduct business by mandating loans to people (out of “fairness” no doubt) regardless of their means to make good on the payments. Even though the House of Representatives voted down the latest government takeover of an industry earlier today, one may still come. The price tag is in the range of $700 billion of our money, threatening our economic well being.

A more detailed look at this phenomena comes from Ann Coulter (click here). It is worth the read to understand the nexus of the culture war and how its political outcome affects everything else, including our economy’s capability to function. Coincidentally, a friend brought to my attention a YouTube video that is doubly worth the look (click here). Although a bit long, it documents, albeit in an entertaining way, the cold hard facts, with statements of those in Congress responsible and actual legislative language authored by said incompetents. Or, as this concise news report from Fox News Channel’s Brett Baier provides more background (click here), documents, one of the presidential candidates, at least figuratively, voted “present,” again.

But here is the best one of all . . . the politically correct (and powerful) crowd in House committee defending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac when they were being warned of their impending peril! This is a must see video, not long, and in their own words (click here). When will the left be held accountable for what they say and do?

Everyone has a fantasy job — a job for a day. This time of year, when certain politicians are talking tax increases — with too many, it’s year-round talk of tax increases — I want to ask them a simple question. I shouldn’t have to ask the simple question, because there are so many in the Mainstream Media it’s almost inconceivable that they don’t ask it themselves. (Wonder why?) It gets more infuriating when multi-millionaire politicians, who either have raised taxes on working families, or want to, or want to again — including a few high profile ones here in Virginia — start piously talking about how they themselves make so much money that they and others like them can afford to pay more taxes (not to mention how they demagogue the issue of “fairness” and “government needs”). To wit, my question to them simply is: 

If you think you are so under taxed, why don’t you stroke a check yourself, large enough foryour heart’s desire, right to the treasury and leave the rest of us alone?

The plain fact is, both state and federal treasuries willingly take contributions apart from tax collections. However, these super wealthy pols want to ”raise taxes on the rich” (who turn out to be hard-working families), while the truly rich — themselves and their huge financial supporters — easily slip through the loopholes and avoid the extra taxes, sticking the rest of us with their tax bill.

So, for those tax-increasers, as a public service, we present to you these two links:

To make a voluntary contribution to the federal treasury, click here.

To make a voluntary contribution to the Virginia treasury, click here.

Of course, the media never will ask that question. But if the tax-increasing pols practiced what they preached, there would be no need to ask that question. Which means, I’m going to fantasize about that job for a day for a long, long time.