Prediction about today's Dennis Prager show

I predict that today, Dennis Prager will address the fact that Obama used the word "enemies" to describe his political opponents, on Univision.  It happened about a week ago, but based on what I'm hearing, it seems like today is the day Prager will be very outraged about it.  I also predict his outrage will be very over-the-top, and yet very sincere, as it always is.  Finally, I predict he will explain how it shows us something about "the Left".

Dennis Prager Q & A At University of Denver (Youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUc8nuo7HI

Q. What is the greatest single threat to the future of our country?

(Audience:  Obama!)

Prager:
No, it's not obama. It's not.  If God forbid Pres. Obama would come down with an illness, nothing would change. Nothing. I believe the greatest threat to America - i've believed this my entire adult life -- is that we have not passed on what it means to be American to this generation.

(Applause)

You cannot, look, let me make this, this is not a sweet line, this is meant literally, a society does not survive if it does not have a reason to survive. That's true for individuals, where there is a why there is a how, I hate to tell you who said it, Nietzche, but nevertheless, it remains true, we have lost the why. The greatest generation did not teach my generation what America is. It's not its fault; it wasn't taught. This goes back 100 years to John Dewey, to the importation of professors to American University, to a whole host of issues. The average American who deeply loves America and even has conservative values cannot articulate what those values are.

It is no one's fault, but that is the greatest threat. When we understand the American trinity, in god we trust, e pluribus unum, and liberty, that is uniquely american, it is not European, the French preferred fraternitie, libertie, egalitie, equality, we don't, as I explained in my talk, we believe in equality of birth, but not equality of result.

When it is understood what America stands for, when it is understood that there is a moral dimension to a smaller government, it is not an economic question, it is a moral question. We give for more charity per capita than Europeans do. Why? Are we born better? No. The bigger the government, the worse the citizen. They are preoccupied in Europe with how much time off, where will they vacation, when will they retire. These are selfish questions, these are not altruistic questions.

So the goodness that America created is jeopardized by our not knowing what we stand for. We are our problem.

(Applause).

I just want to add a word here. There will always be a sliver of Americans like Governor Palin's son who enlist and know in their gut because of their home life or because they're special, who know that we have to defend freedom. But the very fact that the United States of America is about to confirm a woman who banned the military from her campus, gives you an idea of how deep this problem is, that that is not disqualifying to Democrats. To Democrats that that is not disqualifying is a moment of darkness in American history.

(applause)

Obviously i'm in complete agreement with the governor and my colleague. I would just like to add, I have never said this, so I have good credentials to say this now, because it's very common for commentators to say this is the most important election in the history or in our time. I never said that, except in regard to one, with regard to Bush II, term 2, because if we had fled Iraq, the consequences in the world for the ascendance of evil were too frightening to imagine. So i've only said this once before and it was a presidential election. This is not a presidential election, and is the most important in modern american history, this November (applause). This November is a referendum on what we want America to be. It is nothing short of that, and there is one party that stands for American values, and this has nothing to do with patriotism, i'm not attacking patriotic fervor or love of america, it has nothing to do with that. You can love America and be an awful American. You can love your children and be an awful parent. Ok? These things need to be spelled out to the left because they love to distort everything that we say. So the issue is not are you a wonderful wonderful person, or how much you love America. The issue is you have different values than America was founded on. And this is a referendum this November. That is why you must work your tails off, as we are working our tails off. If we do not change both houses, we lose. That is how important it is. (Applause).

Folks, Abraham Lincoln said that America is the last best hope for Earth. That's the way he put it, but we often say for mankind. It will not be the last best hope for mankind if it becomes like Western Europe. Nobody has ever said Norway is the last best hope for mankind. (Laughter) Is that fair to say? And I know that I'll be attacked as anti-Norwegian, because anything that we say is race-based. So with the risk of being considered anti-Scandinavian in my attitudes, let me say that no one says Sweden, Norway, or Denmark is the last best hope of mankind, nor have they said that since 1603 about France. And so, it has only been said about the United States. This is the force for good on this Earth. It is not peace activists that liberated Auchwitz, it is military people who liberated Auchwitz.

(applause)

 The Left has everything wrong. Everything wrong. And that is what this battle is about. This being the last best hope for mankind. Do we want to be, the left does not want to be, the president does not want to be, he was asked, do you believe in American exceptionalism, do you know what he said, i'm sure you know, he said, I believe in A'n exc'ims, the way a brit believes etc. greek etc., But greeks don't believe in greek exceptionalism, they don't. Except for an exceptional ability to get Germany to bail them out of their problems. That's exceptional, i must admit. But do you realize what that answer means? It means we are not exceptional, iit's about is this a great human experiment, or isn't it?

And finally do we trust the united states to increase good on earth, or the united nations to increase good on earth. the left believes that the un is a greater force for good than the united states. The un just admitted iran to the commission for the status of women. Do you know, this was the first time in 28 years of broadcasting that i could not think of an absurd analogy. because you cannot out-absurd what happened at the un. to elect iran, i can only imagine, maybe.. the only thing i can imagine the iranian delegation to the commission is a new color of veil. and that will be an upgrading in the status of iranian women. this is a country that tortures women that run away from their homes because they don't want to marry etc. etc.

I hope this invigorates you for the greatest struggle in our history. Thank you.

Caller kicking Dennis Prager's ass

The second very effective caller today.  I'll give credit to Dennis Prager for one thing, he does let opposing callers on the air.  He has let me on the air many times, I've never not gotten on.

But the more effectively the caller refutes his points, the more dishonest Dennis Prager engages with him.  It's happened to me, he responds with spin.

Just now, the caller very effectively refuted Dennis Prager's repeated claim about Left vs. Right regarding government power.  Caller points out how the Right seeks power for corporations, by loosening regulations, etc.

Dennis Prager very unconvincingly tries spinning the points away, but the caller very ably kept focus on his ideas.  Prager ludicrously denied that the republicans are closer to corporations than the democrats do.

Prager lost his composure, bailed out, went to commercial.  Now he is back and he is debating the caller with the caller not present, by repeating his usual arguments, which of course do not address the caller's points at all.

Whoever the caller is, he performed admirably.

False claim by Dennis Prager about "the Left"

Just now Dennis Prager uttered one of his many smears against "the Left".  He was talking about how he's kind of getting sick of politics and then of course as he always does, he turned it into a grand theory about "the Left".  He said the Left only cares about politics, while conservatives care about all of life.

Ok, let's test this out.  Here's today's headlines from Amy Goodman's Democracy Now.  What's more "the left" than that?  Look at this list of topics and ask yourself how it compares to Dennis Prager's program, or right-wing radio in general:

http://www.democracynow.org/

Report: Election Spending to Hit Record $4B
Obama Defends Record, Urges Patience
Angle Criticized for Anti-Immigrant TV Ad
Wells Fargo to Modify 55,000 Foreclosure Documents
Afghanistan Delays Ban on Private Military Firms
Obama Issues Waiver to Send Military Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
Virginia Resident Charged with Plotting to Bomb DC Metro Stations
Computer Malfunction Knocked US Nukes Offline
Arkansas School Official Facebook Post Urges Gay Youths to Commit Suicide
Chicago Parents End Elementary School Sit-In
Arizona Executes Prisoner after Supreme Court Lifts Stay
Fmr. Argentine President Kirchner Dies of Heart Attack
Today's Headlines

Prediction about today's show

I heard a promo where Dennis Prager poses a hypothetical for his listeners.  He says, suppose you are undecided on left vs. right, and you hear wild accusations from both sides, how do you decide which one is right?  He says, listen in and Dennis Prager will give you the answer.

My prediction on Dennis Prager's answer:  it will be an idea he shared yesterday and which he found profound enough to expand on today.  The idea is that you should see the decision as one between the side that wants to increase government power and decrease individual liberty, that is to say "the left", vs. the other side which wants vice versa.

We'll see how good my prediction is.  I'm 0 for 1 so far on this blog...

Ha! Prager praises himself because he's a man, baby!

This is priceless.  He takes a serious flaw in himself and turns it into proof of his manliness.  Pure Dennis Prager.

This is the subject of the Male/Female hour.  It started with an anecdote about how he praised himself to his wife.  I'm laughing my ass off here.

Prager calling Obama a leftist again

Every time Prager calls Obama a leftist, the lie compounds itself.  It is getting really huge, because Prager repeats this over and over again, and with great sincerity and great feeling. 

He knows it is not true.  I know he knows it, because I see all of the facts which Prager omits from his discussion.  He bends over backwards to ignore almost everything Obama actually does, and limits his analysis to repeating his namecalling of Obama as a "leftist".