Some good developments on the political front

  After the last presidential election, the writers of this blog moved from quickly posting about recent current events toward--a more infrequent, it's true--perspective on the news.
  From my point of view, this is because the conservative blogosphere is excellently represented by many fine writers, timely and fairly widely read. We are a small blog; there are many excellent blogs with wide readership in the millions.
  After Obama's reelection, many of my compatriots and I went into what must be called a down cycle; limited listening to talk radio, despair at the constant attacks on our liberty and grief over the cynical opportunism of those wacky Leftist loonies who have been running crazy since Obama was reelected.
  And don't even mention the incredible, corrupt media coverage the right side of the aisle receives.
  Personally I've been determined to stay as optimistic as possible, remembering that politics is cyclical and dirty and that there have always been corrupt politicians. 
  But this is difficult, considering the era in which many of us were raised, the period following WW2 in which many of our parents had an urgent need for not only normalcy but fairly dull happy home lives. 
  We were raised with a respect for hard work, observing social norms and a classic education focused on Western Civilization.
  Of course, all that is under attack now. In a most perceptive piece, Daniel Henninger at the WSJ describes perfectly the current Leftist attack on academia:

In the U.S., the politics of the left versus the right rolls on with the predictability of traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge. It's a lot of honking. Until now. All of a sudden, the left has hit ramming speed across a broad swath of American life—in the universities, in politics and in government. People fingered as out of line with the far left's increasingly bizarre claims are being hit and hit hard.

  The entire piece is worth reading, as it is clear that Obama's narcissistic divisive rhetoric has encouraged the loonies to emerge from their ivory towers.
  So this is a different world we are entering. It's  not an easy place to exist, and very unlike the dreamy affluence the country's citizens have known compared to much of the rest of the world.
  Those of us who remember what it was like in those days of harvest now have to fight back, for a change, and respect what this country has given us.
  And that's not all bad.
  You might even call it a winnowing of the chaff.
  And fight back we have, whether we realize the enormity of our collective opposition or not.
  So some good news, for the moment, or at least news with a positive perspective:

•    Hoosierman has faithfully blogged about positive developments in the field of energy, particularly in Ohio. In fact, the US has more energy resources than anywhere else in the world. 
•   Two Tea Party Nation endorsed candidates won this week. 
•   The world has disappointed Barack Obama. This is good news. Maybe he'll go away.
•   Ohio grassroots candidates won 100s of races this past week. Grassroots is where it starts.
•   The controversial Gosnell expose movie surpassed its crowd fundraising goal this week, even though one company rejected the premise. 
•   Crooked Wisconsin prosecutors have finally lost in court against conservative groups and Governor Scott Walker.
•   Some Democrat Black leaders are beginning to acknowledge that the Democrat party isn't very good for Black families or politics. Try MLK III. 
•   There's a civil war on the left side of the aisle, including a union realization that they were screwed by Obama and continue to be screwed. 
•    Harry Reid is absolutely losing his mind, not that we didn't know that before but GEEZ the insanity has reached incredible depths, and all for tv cameras. The more these people are exposed, the better.
•    Racist Democrats are showing their colors against Black Conservatives. Nutbags abound. Tim Scott seems to be a threat to the racist Leftists, who only continue to define and divide the world by color of skin.
• One of Obama's ridiculous "security" advisors revealed his ugly immaturity. What a hoot THAT was. Watching for more to reveal themselves.
•   Rep. John Conyers didn't eve have enough votes to make his primary. Double heh.  HAAAAAAAA!
•   Is tv getting more conservative? (Well, ok, that's a stretch. More like, are there a few conservative leaning shows on these days.) 
•   Two faced Mary Landrieu is circling the drain. HAAAAAAA!!!!!
• Still, idiots abound, apparently blissfully unaware that they're idiots.

  And then there's this great video of a Black GOP delegate standing down a buffoon Democrat gubernatorial candidate who's dressed up in a duct taped suit with a kitchen towel wrapped around his waist to look like a Confederate soldier.
  This woman is magnificent, arguing substance while Mr. Buffoon splutters fantasy, eventually drifting lamely off to talk to "a colleague" rather than explain his stupid outfit and position.