Reports from the yearly... oh, what's his name again?

Oh, yeah, "Kos." Of course, I hear that "kos" actually means something pretty rude in Arabic, and although it might be accurate, I think I prefer the "alternative" spelling: POS. Hot Air has had several on-scene reports on this gathering of far left nutcases, and I was particularly interested by this one, a reply to George Lakoff:

Let me give one more example of Lakoff misrepresenting what conservatives think. He cited a "neocon theory" that freedom comes from free markets. Once you have free markets, you get rich people, who will demand reforms like the rule of law, freedom of the press, etc. to protect their property. Bush once said "markets are freedom"; we have free markets now in Iraq, therefore (according to Lakoff's bizarro conservative logic) we have liberated Iraq.

This "neocon" theory Lakoff is advancing (actually it's a sort of neoliberalism) was quite cutting edge, until Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington (himself a neoconservative) debunked it in, oh, 1959. You need freedom and security and rule of law first, so you can have working markets, and the institutions then get stronger. That's how it works, and that's why crushing the insurgency in Iraq before we leave is so crucial to its success.

Boy, I'm glad I'm not there! Sounds like the list of speakers and all the... interesting... people there would have conspired to give me a migrane, heartburn, and high blood pressure.

However, Kender, by some mysterious and serendipidous force was there, and files a lovely after-action briefing:

In a complete coincidence I happened to be wearing my Official Empire t-shirt that has Emperor Misha's Official Seal on the left breast and states on the back "Rope, Tree, Journalist. Some assembly required."

In a bigger twist of fate the hotel the Pos-Hate-Fest was occurring at was within walking distance of exactly where I was standing when I heard that the infestation of Moonbats had taken root in my home away from home.

I couldn't wait.

Unfortunately, the moonbats showed their true color - yellow - and no real mayhem ensued. *sigh* Well, we do live in an imperfect world...