Excellent piece by Alicia Colon, fresh off her skewering by Pat Buchanan.

Read it. She´s right on.

Brutal and excellent. Don´t let the headline fool you -- the article is NOT about Rush Limbaugh.

FTA: Rush is just too polite to say is that he´s confounded by the stupidity of the American people who do fall for them.

We don´t live in a free society. At the very least our speech has been inhibited. But Rush has risen to the challenge. Half the fun of listening to his show (I´ve been a dittohead since ´92) is determining what he doesn´t say. Kinda like reading between the lines.

`Rush still loves this country and believes in it. But when you sit there and read demoralizing headlines everyday about another Obama thug tactic,even the strongest of heart gets discouraged.

This country could recover in less than a year with Obama out of the picture,even if Biden became President,because he´s not an american hater in his heart.

No. 1 - what skewering by Pat Buchanan??

She is on a roll today! --- Must Read

Speaking truth to power.........loud and clear. Thank you Ms. Colon.

Alicia takes the gloves off. Nobody does it better. And she is right. The American electorate has been dumbed down to a ruinous degree. Time to abolish the Education Department and get back to excellence in our public schools.

#8. Public schools (government run) is the monopoly that has undone us. Vouchers all around!

Wonderful article, as usual, by Ms. Colon expressing both dismay and wonderment at the thought processes (or lack of) of voters who keep voting for people who are blatantly against their (the voters´) supposed values and interests. Thank you, Ms. Colon - love every word that you write - always.

Ms. Colon never disappoints. She understand exactly what is going on and why. She lays it out clearly for anyone who has an open mind. I have a fantasy of individuals with her mindset and moxie in Obama´s next press conference asking some pointed questions. I can´t decide if he would run crying from the room or scream, "Off with their heads!" He does remind me of the Queen of Hearts, and yes, I said Queen, and you can make of that what you will.

Rush didn´t say it because people in high places listen to his every word hoping they can sue him (again.) Rush is being careful; if he loses his ability to broadcast, America suffers. The cobras in the wings are ready to strike him down at the slightest hint of hate speech, illegality, sedition or other imaginary offenses.

Alicia sounds righteously cheesed off. I´m sure she reflects millions of Americans with her sentiments. Count me among them.

Talk about telling it like it is. This is just about the best essay ever.

This country is so far gone that I doubt if anything anyone says will make a difference. The ONLY thing that will save America now is a Spiritual Revival. The chances of that are slim to none.

never underestimate the power of God. We are not done or gone. Lift up your torch and lead the way!

I´m old, none of this is really going to change what´s left of my life much. My children and grandchildren will have to live with it, but they will have grown-up in it and will adapt. As my wife and I watch the madness it is interesting to see the accuracy of ´Brave New World´, ´1984´, Animal Farm, ´Lord of the Flies´, and The Time Machine´ come true. Now you know why these books are no longer read in public schools.

Rush is teetering on the edge of using the word "treasonous" in the same sentence as Obama.

Those books are no longer being read but "The Hunger Games" trilogy is very popular with young people. Those books are a perfect illustration of where we´re headed. I saw it firsthand in Romania in the early 80´s and I saw Romania in the trilogy.

if there were ever to be a permanent must-read author on ldot - Alicia would be the one. When I open this site every morning I scroll backwards thru the overnight stories just to be certain I´ve not missed anything important, illuminating or entertaining. Many times I notice that some overnight repeat stories are closed due to a ´´previously posted´´ status, and that´s a shame since these stories often move fast once the sun rises.

This column is a keeper. Alicia is as peaced off as the rest of us but she has a mighty pen/keyboard and enviable talent for exposition and argumentation. I love her. I admire her. I envy her...

We should all send a copy to Rush. Maybe he can have her on his show. I still wonder what #1 said about Pat Buchanan skewering her. Does anybody know?

Excellent work Alicia, so much information and passion in this article. The examples of our world turned upside down unfortunately are just the tip of the iceberg. Somedays just thinking about it can be too overwhelming. If Obama could read that last statement I am sure he would be highly pleased.
You have indeed put into words what so many of us know to be truth.

Rush loves his country and WE the people understand that...

He had a moment of frustration and now it´s back to replacing the bamster...

LZK

OMG--Alicia has hit this one miles out of the ball park. If only we could force the lofos to read this one every day till it penetrates their concrete skulls. Way to go, Alicia, you have perfectly expressed the rage and fear for our country that all sane people who love this country are feeling. God bless you, and God help us.

This is one of the best articles I have read in a very long time. I´m keeping this one! She really blisters the Democrats who really deserve it. How I wish it got a much wider circulation because every point she made is just incredible. Most of us here are familiar with the disgusting Creamer but I´m sure very few outside of this circle even know who he is and the horrific impact he has made on our lives. The Democrats are spawns of the devil.

I bet Rush will know who Alicia is this time. He recently said he had never heard of her.

Thank you Ms. Lucianne for making this a Must Read! The headline with Rush´s name got people´s attention. Kudos to Alicia who has outdone any writer of recent years in explaining exactly what is taking place.

I do agree, Rush is just too polite to say... that he´s confounded by the stupidity of the American people...

Americans who rely on the MSM and public education to inform and to educate them are akin to someone who has fallen down a well. There is no ladder to get them out until someone either lowers a ladder or throws them a rope.

Luckily for them there are "resuers" such as Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, and Fox News to name a few in the media. Also there are schools such as Hillsdale College as well as organizations like The Heritage Foundation which can tell them how to get out of their "trapped" situation.

Years ago I thought I was pretty smart until I woke up to how uninformed and in a "well" of manipulated information I was in. May God forgive me for being so stupid.

Absolutely Excellent. Why is it that Conservative women "take no prisoners". Much more courageous and gumption filled than any man in politics.

Boomtown is destroying America and it never seems to be a blip on their elite permanent political ruling class radar.

When Bill Clinton told the world "Yes, I smoked pot but I didn´t inhale." I was insulted.

When decent intelligent people voted for him anyways, I was crestfallen.

Obama is, indeed, a symptom of a much larger problem.

I´m too old, too #16. Made my choice after this last election this was my last vote. I´m leaving it to the younger generations. I have wondered so many times..."how could they..." how could Catholics; how could Black Americans; women vote for these guys? I´ve seen the "low information voter" gaining in the elections. The mind-numbed robots, who´d rather watch Dancing with the Stars or reality shows than take an interest in what´s going on politically around them. Finished with that in Nov. 2013. I thank Alica for her work/words. She spoke EVERYTHING for me

Pat Buchanan skewered Jennifer Rubin in his recent column about infantile conservatives, but other than that, I don´t know what #1 is talking about.

She´s right as rain. Finally, the unvarnished truth.

Alicia nails it as usual, an excellent companion piece to J. Paul Masko´s brilliant American Thinker article posted last week (Three Reasons Conservatives Are Losing.) Personally, I´ve given up debating with these morons. It´s impossible. Talk about mind-numbed robots.

It´s irreversible.

Another superlative article by Alicia. Depressingly informative because we all see the great minds seeing and stating the obvious evidence of our national twilight.

I connected Alicia with Dr. Ben Carson in her highlighting Political Correctness as being one of the tools of our destruction:

FTA: "These media clowns are part and parcel of the leftwing cabal that grew out of the 1960s determined to destroy the independence and spirit of what made this country great by mainstreaming political correctness."

If they can mute us, they can neuter us. And they have.

#5: I think #1 was talking about Buchanan´s rant against Jennifer Rubin. [Is anybody really dumb enough to take on a brilliant Latina who writes for an Irish newspaper? I think not.]

#34 is correct. We dropped our support of the NRA because they supported Harry Reid and so many other America-hating Democrats. The NRA is run by fools, easily fooled.

Yes, but ... Colon isn´t getting it either.

We lost this war 40 years ago.

When the white shoe, golf and celebrity set donning the great ship Republican blasted Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan and any Conservative who spoke out forcefully to set America back on its Constitutional rails.


They lost the battle for Hollywood
They lost the battle for the schools
They lost the battle for public education
They lost the battle with the unions
They lost ever damn battle that matters ... because no real American could believe it would come to this, so the battle was fough Ho-Hum and so-so.

And here we are, reaping the whirlwind

Amen, #37. After this last election, I´ve become an "independent." the republican party keeps yapping about "reaching independents," so my mantra now is "what are you going to do to gain my vote???" I guess my message is getting through: the number of fund-raising calls from the GOP has dropped dramatically.
Final thought: vouchers for schools, term limits for congress. It may be too late for either, but if we don´t do something drastic like these two measures, we might as well kiss it good bye.

Poster #8 is right. When you analyze what is going on and unwind all of the liberal tactics it comes down to our educational system. Granting school vouchers is the only solution. The left knows this and so do many thinking American parents. So, the liberal judges keep the kids in the liberal/progressive/anti-American indoctrination program called our educational system. Break that and the system will correct itself - after about 10 to 20 years. Yes, 10 to 20 years if we started TODAY. Therefore, we need to implement something in the interim while we work to dismantle our public/government school system. A good starting point would be eliminating ALL teacher and administrative tenure in all schools, especially colleges and universities.

#37 - Absolutely BRILLIANT observation. Post of the year. So utterly and unhappily true. :bleaksigh:

Loved, loved, LOVED how she made reference to the Charlton Heston "It´s a madhouse. A MADHOUSE!!!" quote from the original Planet of the Apes.

I routinely use that soundclip here at work whenever we get an idiotic request from a supervisor, engineer, or external client!

This is a classic MUST READ as the devious agenda of the now apparently thoroughly radicalized statist dem party has come into crystal clear focus. The current micro-management goals, (-both regarding each individual American citizen as well as nationally!?!!), have been exposed by the dem pols´ own already implimented public policies emanating from THEIR beltway Boomtown! It has become glaringly obvious that the dem party´s radical statist agenda is in fact contrary to elected officials´ oaths of office. mmm mmm mmm

Tragically, the results of dem policies, aided & abetted by wobbly RINOS and the flunky lsm, produce neither, ´´domestic tranquillity,´´ nor national security, which are requirements of the elected´s OATHS OF OFFICE.

It is a madhouse, only in this day and age could a POTUS get away for demonizing a piece of legislation (sequester) that he proposed and insisted on being in there.

If Mr Limbaugh cannot state openly EVERYTHING that he feels, then he has been diminished. i see the comments that he is afraid of being taken off the air if he criticizes too strongly. that is pure nonsense. He is not reporting, he is expressing his opinion., All he has to do at the start of each show is to say he is expressing his opinion. That is FREE SPEECH. Furthermore, he can start his own station, like Mr Beck is doing. We know that the Obama Administration threatens anyone that does not agree with him and now they are starting to come out openly. Ms Colon is writing the truth. How about Mr Rush say exactly what he feels and not worry about
about repercussions, if that is in fact what is occurring. The President threatens in PUBLIC. It is no secret. All my opinion- free speech.

"How on earth could a bill drafted by a man in prison (Robert Creamer) have passed without anyone reading its over 2,000 pager?" Seriously? That Creamer is the husband of Obama buddy, and D.C. insider, Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, might have something to do with it. Merely beltway business as usual carried out by corrupt, greedy, amoral weasels.

Alicia Colon: pro-amnesty reconquistadora and inspiration to high school journalists everywhere. I doubt she even knows who Pat Buchanon is.

You have a long and glaring history of coming on website and making no contribution on article but to snipe. In this case, your facts are wrong. Do it again, and you will be blocked. We are a news forum. LCom Staff.

Sad to read the comments of some QUITTERS on this thread. If we could have learned anything from Ho Chi Minh, it´s that the only ´battle´ you have to win is the last one. Many of the Left´s ´victories´ have been tactical but not strategic. Progressives have managed to awaken tens of millions of sleeping giants and filled them with a terrible resolve to restore a free Constitutional republic.

I don´t know who Pat Buchanon is either but Pat Buchanan was skewering Alicia Cohn not Alicia Colon. Trolls are a real pain here.

FTA: "The media has become treasonous because it no longer cares about truth and what´s good for the country if it harms the image of their lord and savior, President Obama."

This is one of our greatest EVILS of this time, the completely sold-out LSM to all things dRATS [as a whole]. This is like freedom of religion in Egypt currently, as long as you follow the Sharia Law controlled constitution and Muslim Brotherhood government.

We gave newspapers so long ago, "rights" akin to a doctor [keep sources a "secret," especially the unnamed high government official], except in their case, writers today don´t care if they "do no harm," but rather, do people see it´s MY byline.

"Freedom of the Press" comes with a sacred trust and promise to those who report and those of US who form our necessary opinions on living within our communities and beyond. We need their unBIASed take on issues that we vote on. In all this, even the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin lynching they manufactured at 0bama´s request, they fail US each time a tree falls in the forest, whether we hear it or not.

When more serious journos write more artciles like this and they begin to appear in wider circulation, this nation will begin the painful process of healing. Until then, we are still on the down slide.

How long will it be until principled democrats (oxymoron) stand up against Obama and his thuggish regime? In any group of men there are usually some within the ranks with the courage to put self-interest and safety aside to speak out. It was a handful of these type of men who signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. Even within the British House of Commons there were brave men who passionately opposed King George III in prosecution of the war against the rebellious American colonists. Where are such men today among the democrats? Where are they? Patrick, Saint George, Utah

Regarding post #46, I was responding to poster #1. Yes, I have misspelled Pat Buchanan´s name. Deeply sorry for that. As far as not making a contribution, that is a matter of opinion I suppose. I certainly don´t parrot the Talk Show Host Party line on every issue. People have taken to bullying me and calling me a troll, so I adopted the name. This site benefits from unorthodox opinions. It is a real shame that the Pol Pot mentality regarding thought purity is so alive and well here and among the "conservative" movement.

This article was just as good as all of you said. Every word was well chosen.

We have to push back against the education establishment. Georgia has authorized public charter schools. Woo! Woo! I watched and saved John Stossel´s show on public education. He says that New Orleans is making huge strides in education because the old sytem was washed away and charter schools have sprung up. I´m excited.

Kids have to learn to read. Block BET, MTV, VH, and Nickelodeon. Limit the video games. Grandparents arise!

#52, I would be very sad to see you removed from this forum, so I urge you to take a few deep breaths. Yes, provocative posts are what keep things interesting, but each of us needs to be careful. Certainly I do. Maybe I can explain why the staff considers your post incorrect. Alicia Colon is of Puerto Rican descent. Reconquista is a Mexican cause and I believe she would be as insulted to be lumped in with it as she would be to be considered no better than high-school journalists. I´m a fan of Colon´s,but I join you in not feeling affection for the "Talk Show Host Party line". However, she´s not really writing about Limbaugh in this piece. I have corresponded with Alicia Colon and she´s most certainly a person worth knowing and reading. Don´t get yourself booted, my friend.

I wish members of our Congress had as much clank as does Alicia Colon. Maybe there would be at least a little push back against what this Marxist in the WH is doing to the country.

FTA "He was raised by leftwing whites as a child of privilege and had the best education possible."

IMO evidence of a even a passable education is not being shown by Obama. Of course evidence of the president´s performance (grades, etc.) are not available to the people who I think deserve to know.

I suppose he did get the best education that was possible for a layabout blowing weed.

Thanks for all the recommendations to read the article. It was well worth it and mirrors what most of us here think about what Obama and his regime are doing to this country and the lofo voters who support him no matter what he does. He should be run out of DC on rails. After a good tar and feathering that is.

Great post #37, and you...ding, ding, ding, are absolutely right!!!

Food for thought -
Our duly elected legislators should -
1. Do what they think best for our Country?
2. Do what their constituents feel is best?
Therein lies the dilemma!
Do we constituents understand this paradox?
Do our legislators completely and fully explain their votes and actions in their pursuit of "doing the best they can for our country?"
Requires some thought, and some positive action! RINOS have a point -- just that their ´point´ has more or less, led America to Hell! Sorry, folks!

Great. Wish I had seen this yesterday