The Absurdities of Leftism

The title of this post is the best way to characterize this recent announcement by the head of NASA:

"When I became the NASA administrator, [Obama] charged me with three things," NASA head Charles Bolden said in a recent interview with the Middle Eastern news network al-Jazeera. "One, he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."

For the moment, let's ignore the massive stupidity of this agenda, especially coming from the National Aeronautic and SPACE Administration, whose primary mission has always been the exploration of space. Let's also ignore the fact that Obama has reduced NASA into a self-help advisor for Islamic nations, "Because you're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it, people like you." Nevermind how pandering and elitist this entire mindset is, it's remarkable that the Obama administration feels it needs a special cheerleader for the Arab world. I guess this also helps explain why Obama cut the budget for NASA and cancelled all its future space exploration programs - and the thousands of jobs that went with it.

So, the question that must be answered is why NASA, and why now? I think Jonah Goldberg at National Review gives a great answer:

"In my book, Liberal Fascism, I called this phenomenon the “liberal Gleichschaltung.” Gleichschaltung is a German word (in case you couldn’t have guessed) borrowed from electrical engineering. It means “coordination.” The German National Socialists (Nazis) used the concept to get every institution to sing from the same hymnal. If a fraternity or business embraced Nazism, it could stay “independent.” If it rejected Nazism, it was crushed or bent to the state’s ideology. Meanwhile, every branch of government was charged with not merely doing its job but advancing the official state ideology.

Now, contemporary liberalism is not an evil ideology. Its intentions aren’t evil or even fruitfully comparable to Hitlerism. But there is a liberal Gleichschaltung all the same. Every institution must be on the same page. Every agency must advance the liberal agenda.

And this is where the Catch-22 catches. The dream of a nimble, focused, problem-solving government is undone by the reality of hyper–mission creep. When every institution is yoked to an overarching philosophy or mission, its actual purpose can become an afterthought. In 2005, volunteer firefighters from all over the country offered to help with Katrina’s aftermath. But FEMA sent many of them to Atlanta first to undergo diversity and sexual-harassment training (which most already had)."

The leftist believes that all arms of the state must be in harmony, driven by the same ideological and political agenda, while using all available means to achieve this agenda. This would explain the ludicrousness of having the National Aeronautic and SPACE Administration partake in a role that has nothing to do with its intended purpose and very reason for existence.

Charles Krauthammer sums up the ridiculousness:

Imperial condescension and adolescent diplomacy indeed.

The Obama Agenda: Amnesty

After a few months of accusations, speculations, and threats, the Obama Justice Department has filed suit against the new Arizona immigration laws that are meant to enforce current federal immigration guidelines and regulations.

Perhaps the most revealing aspect of the federal lawsuit is the fact that it does not challenge the Arizona law on the basis of discrimination, in fact, discrimination is not mentioned once in the entire legal brief, but on the basis of a usurpation of federal authority by the states. In other words, for the last few months Obama and his cronies have been shouting "discrimination, discrimination!" at the top of their lungs for expressly political purposes, and now when the suit is actually filed, it is over the federal government's desire to exercise its authority, or lack thereof.

This is my summation of the motivations and desires of the Obama regime:

Obama is against the Arizona law for two main reasons. The first is that he sees Arizona's actions through his leftist prism of the inviolable right of large bureaucratic government to heal all the nation's problems. He also views the issue through his cultural Marxist, multi-cultic belief in the universal repression of minorities, and the notion that all actions are motivated by a desire to hurt "disadvantaged" groups. This helps him to comfortably oppose the law on ideological grounds in order to reap the political benefits.

The political benefit would be the enticement of Hispanics to vote Democrat in the fall elections. Let's face it, according to all the polls and public opinion, the Democrats are looking at historic electoral losses this fall. In order to possibly salvage Democratic victories, Obama and his cronies will do whatever is possible to secure votes this fall. If that means playing to an issue and a constituency, which is what the Democrats do best, then so be it. Does Obama really care about illegal immigrants? Perhaps he does, but you can rest assured that he cares about the Hispanic vote and turning them out by any means possible, including by creating a divisive issue and increasing his rhetoric towards it in order to foster anger and its subsequent actions.

The second reason why Obama and his regime are against the Arizona law is because if it is successful, it will lead to other states adopting similar legislation. As I previously noted, the Arizona law simply mirrors and enforces federal laws already on the books and which the federal government has refused to enforce properly. If the states enforce these laws using their resources, the border and illegal immigration problem will gradually subside. But this would be a huge defeat for the Democrats. Why? Because the Democrats and Obama want AMNESTY. Amnesty will provide Democrats with what they believe to be 10 million-plus votes. (They believe former illegal immigrants will all become Democrats if the Democrats push the legislation through congress.) The Democrats and Obama know that they will be unable to pass any kind of amnesty bill unless it has border security provisions attached to the legislation. This is why Obama actually told a Senator that he would not secure the borders before he attempts to push an amnesty bill through congress:

Sen. Kyl Claims Obama Told Him: “If We Secure the Border, Then You Won’t Have Any Reason to Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform” (Video)

And in Obama's own words:

If Arizona, and other states, successfully secure a majority of the border and cut down on illegal immigration, the political expediency of passing any kind of amnesty legislation disappears, therefore eliminating what Democrats believe to be a chance to add 10 million-plus voters to their rolls. You see, Obama and the Democrats are drunk with visions of power, and they desire this power in perpetuity. Their belief in the supremacy of the state to manage the affairs of its citizens, of leftist government to "correct" the "sins" of America, and their desire to redistribute wealth and resources to its "rightful" owners, has led them to embark on a crusade that is in its end result tyranny.

Everything I have just mentioned is perfectly shown in this exchange with Robert Gibbs:

You see, he can't answer because the truth is that opposition to sanctuary cities does not fit the political and ideological agenda of the Obama regime.