Stephen L. Goldstein, The Sun-Sentinel

April 12, 2009

Stephen L. Goldstein
The Sun-Sentinel
200 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

RE: Easter Greetings!

My dear Professor,

It being Easter Sunday I am tempered by the redemptive spirit of the season. Not to the point of metaphorically turning the other cheek, mind you, but rather in the spirit of forgiveness. Forgive me but your column precludes both.

One of the building blocks of modern American Liberalism is the total disregard of History.

You begin your paean to Obama by conveniently ignoring some hard facts, inconvenient truths if you will, about Franklin Roosevelt’s time in office.

#1 – He ran in 1932 promising to balance the budget. Honest. You can look it up.
#2 – Having broken that promise it is well to note that by nay measurable standard the economy was in worse shape in 1938 than it was in 1932.
#3 – He ran in 1940 promising to keep us out of war.
#4 – Have you forgotten his attempt to pack the Supreme Court? I mention that because as the prototypical modern American Liberal you trust in the courts to correct mistakes made by citizens. Your column chastises the citizens of Florida for not voting a straight party line.

As I said, the above are “inconvenient truths” but they are truths none the less.

You praise Florida for voting for Obama but damn the same electorate for forbidding Mister and Mister nuptials.

Beneath the shining armor of a modern American Liberal beats the heart of a Fascist. Brown shirted and wearing hob nailed boots with designer names but a Fascist none the less. Book burning would be OK provided the “bad” books got burned.

Voting is “good” when good people and good things win.

Voting is “bad” when bad people and bad things win.

I was involved in a local election in New Jersey. My guy lost. I asked him what happened. “The other guy got more votes”, was his reply.




When we expect, when we anticipate, that Judges will correct mistakes that voters make we go on the “slippery slope” that liberals never tire of warning us about when the issue is pornography or public prayers.

If Judges can decide political questions of public policy how will know that the “good” Judges are on the Bench? If Judges rule based on the latest polls why even bother having elections?

You sound like a hectoring Sunday School teacher with a captive audience on a very hot day.

Would you think ill of me if I were to ask what “rights” are denied to a transgendered Floridian? One “right” open to them would be the ability to advertise unisex underwear, a “right” denied to those who choose to stay with the genitals originally assigned to us.

“How sad of all the things that men endure how few
Laws or Kings can cause or cure.”

There are things that Courts cannot decide. As much as progressive agents of change wish it were different those changes must come from within.

You may wish to consult Dante on this. He began La Commedia with the lines that have withstood the centuries.

“Half way through my journey I found myself in the dark wood of error.”

For you it was not to be today.

You end your Jeremiad by using a typical modern American Liberal ploy.

If you don’t like what you hear the solution is simple.

Ban it.

I know that you are positively priapristic in anticipation of the return of the Orwellian named “Fairness Doctrine”.

Until that glorious day you resurrect the chestnut from olden days of the secondary boycott. “Use your financial clout” you tell us. Tell the sponsors of Rush Limbaugh that we will not buy their products. One of his big sponsors is General Motors. Are you telling us to buy Japanese cars made in Japan?

You mention that Bill O’Reilly is saying that he will boycott Spain because of their judicial proceedings against the Bush Administration. Your tone indicates that you are in favor of said proceedings.

Would it be Logical of me to deduce that you are in favor of Franco?

I know that, as the prototypical modern American Liberal, your favorite color is plaid. When we take political lesson from the Spanish we just may be in need of divine intervention.