"We Are All Arizonans at this Moment"

Dennis Prager On the Left's War on American Values

I'm listening to Dennis Prager who is a guest on Dr. James Dobson's new program, Family Talk [click to read]. He's pointing out that the Left's war on Arizona is unprecidented in American history. We didn't boycott Berkeley when they kicked military recruiters off campus. Even though we disagree, there is no intent on the part of the Right to harm those who we consider fellow Americans. That, says Prager, is why we need to rally behind Arizona now.

The Left, however, while they believe we need to 'understand' jihadists, clearly believe Tea Partiers are the enemy. They do not want to work with us, they want to defeat us. What of the concept of E Pluribus Unum, out of many, one? America is in fact one of the least racist societies in the world -- if you don't believe me visit Saudi Arabia. The Right sees America as a unification of people from diverse backgrounds. We came into being with all of the prejudices and inequities that are all too common to the human condition, but the mandate to change came from within our society -- often driven by people who saw G-d as the author of their struggle.

Prager points out that the Left values equality of results over Liberty. He points out that the Left considers Cuba equal to America in healthcare because all have access to the same miserable results. They prefer equal delivery to a system like ours where exceptional results are obtained but not immediately available to all. They fail to consider how markets actually work to bring the better results to an ever increasing number of people.

Prager now points out that American society is based on the ideaa that G-d is the grantor of human rights. The Left does not acknowledge this history. This is what is behind the drive to remove all reference to America's Christian roots from her public squares.

"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen" -- Prager points out that the increase in the role of the state diminishes the role of the citizen. Removal of the Divine only places the state in an awkward position of assuming his duties in managing the universe.

Prager also reminds us The Left and Right do not Want the Same America [click to read].