Whatever Wednesday

TRENDING *

* Compliment of The Babylon Bee

• Democrats Introduce Debate Strategy of Holding Up Small Children Whenever Their Positions Are Challenged
• Parents All 6-Year-Old Son to Begin Transitioning Into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Per His Wishes
• IRS till Waiting for Liberals to Voluntarily Mail Their Refund Checks Back

COMPLAINING WITHOUT SOLUTIONS

It turns out that complaining without solutions isn't actually useful -- at least if you're interested in solving problems. It's political pandering, designed to make solutions more difficult by adding moral condemnation to political infeasibility. That merely frustrates people with the "system," since such pandering falsely suggests that at the heart of the problem lies cruel apathy -- and apathy directed at crying children -- rather than serious political gridlock. It's divisive, rather than unifying, and polarizing, rather than practical. -- Ben Shapiro, Townhall

YOUNG PEOPLE

Everything is so easy now. The stores are so plentifully supplied. You just go in and buy fruits and vegetables from all over the world." Young people ignorant of history and economics "have a sense that this is the way life has always been. Because they've never been exposed to history, they have no idea that these are recent attainments that come from a very specific economic system." Young people led by the likes of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fail to realize that capitalism has "produced this cornucopia around us. But the young seem to believe in having the government run everything, and that the private companies that are doing things for profit around them, and supplying them with goods, will somehow exist forever. --Walter Williams, Townhall

CRUISING

Most cruise ships fly the flag of, say, Panama or Liberia, and they're de facto self-governing. Liberia has no capacity to enforce rules on the 3,000 ships that fly its flag. So a captain is a de facto dictator. Why doesn't he become a tyrant? Because people can choose another cruise line. --John Stossel, Townhall

RHETORICAL BLATHER

The grotesque nature of abortion and the industry that profits from it is routinely hidden by the national press beneath a gauzy layer of rhetorical blather about "a woman's right to choose." It's drummed into the public daily: Abortion is a precious civil right and a sacrament of feminism, never a death, let alone a murder. --L. Brent Bozell, Townhall

INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLITY

This is the ugly truth behind the climate change farce.  Democrats by and large do not so much care about the environment as wanting to be perceived as caring about it. This is why they favor the “all or nothing” approach to reform; which affords them the luxury of not having to make inconvenient lifestyle changes, while pursuing extreme measures cloaked in the message of “reform, or we all die.” When climate activists back up doomsday rhetoric with confetti-laced street dancing, and when their movement’s loudest climate advocates – whether in Washington, DC or Hollywood, California – refuse to lead by example with basic lifestyle changes, what value is there in coming to the table with them to parlay?Instead, conservatives will find more success in taking individual responsibility at the local level for environmental stewardship and conservation. They should continue to support private sector innovation (and policies that foster such innovation) for ways to make our energy consumption cleaner and more efficient; whether that be expanded use of natural gas, ever-cheapening solar energy, or something completely new. --Bob Barr, Townhall