Laughing at liberals
My first reaction upon seeing this was probably not unlike yours: shock, disgust and anger. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that that was exactly the response these children were seeking. And the more I studied it, the mock seriousness, the mise en scene, the faux courage (note that they have their faces covered just in case a real soldier walks by and decides to vent his anger) the more I found the whole thing to be hysterically funny.

And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the entirely loony left simply should not be taken seriously.

How about Al Gore. Imagine a seminar like the following:

"You should trust me on global warming because I invented the Internet!" (Sniggers from the audience).

"You should cut your carbon consumption like I do." (Outright laughter).

"If you prefer, you can always send me a check to buy carbon offsets which I will invest in the largest bank in Switzerland." (People literally rolling on the floor in the aisles, clutching their sides.)

Sure Mr. Bore. Right after I send my bank account information to that nice gentleman in Nigeria who is trying to get his dead uncle's money out of the country.

But seriously. Here's a man who uses more energy than the entire country of Lesotho, a man whose carbon footprint is bigger than Godzilla's. And he wants us to cut back? Stop it. You're killing me!

It's like Larry, Curly and Moe all rolled into one and poking himself in the eyes!

Or how about Mother Moonbat herself: Cindy Sheehan. "I felt so bad about the death of my son Casey that I had to hug Hugo Chavez." OK, my sides are hurting now.

Or John "Unfit for Command" Kerry telling the Democrat National Convention that he was "reporting for duty!" Can't.take.any.more!

It takes a village idiot
Back in the day, each village had its idiot who was the subject of scorn, ridicule, derision and laughter. Our standards of decency have evolved to the point where we no longer laugh at someone who, through an accident of birth and no fault of his own, displays sub-standard intelligence. But surely we can still scorn, ridicule, deride and laugh at those who choose to display sub-standard intelligence? Today, there are villages with nothing but idiots.

When Rosie O'Donnell states in all seriousness that on 9/11, for the first time in history, "fire melted steel" shouldn't we all just burst out laughing? Or at the very least the sort of muffled sniggering that occurs when someone has just made a complete fool of herself or farted in public?

How much better off would we be if Don Imus had had the courage to go on Al Sharpton's show and say "Me? Apologize? Sure, right after you apologize to the Duke LAX players and those accused by Tawana Brawley!" and then smiled condescendingly?

If my hypothosis that hard-core leftists suffer from Narcisstic Personality Disorder is correct, then the last thing we should do is to take them seriously. Seriously. It is simply wrong to believe that Narcissists are selfish. You have to have a self before you can be selfish. The Narcissist's real self is so wrapped up in the persona he/she needs to present outwardly that it might as well not exist. He needs to be surrounded by people who take his made-up persona seriously. People who give him the serious attention that his persona craves. And like the emotional six-year-old that he is inside, any attention is good. Even if it is bad. The one thing that he can't stand is to be laughed at. To be ridiculed.

So the next time some trans-gender freak in a pink dress states that "we support the troops by making their sacrifices worthless", or some San Francisco feminist dons a hajib to kow-tow to a Muslim dictator, laugh. Go on, you know you want to.

Do yourself a favor. Do America a favor. Laugh at a liberal today.