When We Need It Least, the Right Wing Conspiracy Machine Works Best

More than most people realize, the left and the right actually do agree on a lot of issues. The post-9/11 era (via Obama?) return to airport security procedures being but one of many.

I don't know how many people realize that the most left-leaning liberal mainstream blog on the net that I can think of, Fire Dog Lake, run by Jane Hamsher, is the most vocal opponent of the TSA and the Big Brother state one can find. Such a stance puts them squarely in-line with Lew Rockwell or even National Review-- two of the most mainstream right-leaning blogs.  If either could get over the self-infatuation with always being right, the country could probably solve a lot of our most pressing concerns.

However, when plumb retarded, vast right wing conspiracy theories like Muslim women are exempt from the TSA pat downs are being invented and spread by Fox News and Glenn Beck, there's just no chance Jane Hamsher and her liberal wing are going to agree to agree with anything the rightards might propose.

Muslim women are exempt...what a bunch of idiots.  Can we ever have a sane, well-balanced discussion about a serious matter in this country?  If we could do it without actually having to include Beck, Palin and Limbaugh, we might solve something.  But that would be like asking one side to play a game without their leadership and that's not about to happen anytime soon.