With the New Year comes a host of glad tidings - if you're a member of the far Left.
With the election safely over, Bill Ayers can come out of the closet. Here he is expounding on indoctrination (oops, "education") over at the Huffington Post.
Closer to home, we learn of some fledgling "Ayers in training" types.
During the Republican convention in St. Paul, many of us expected to see a level of violence similar to that of the Seattle WTO riots a few years back. When that violence never materialized, we knew that law enforcement managed to penetrate the organizations of tinhorn terrorists who have to rely on bombs and rocks to make their arguments. The trial of two conspirators has revealed one successful penetration that saved lives and property — and of course the nutcase Left in Texas considers the informant a traitor:
In a federal courtroom in Minneapolis this month, the public transformation of Brandon Darby of Austin will become complete.
In four years, he has gone from a never-trust-the-government activist to the confidential informant who helped the FBI arrest two Austin men on suspicion of building firebombs during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September.
“I feel like, as an activist, I played a direct role in stopping violence,” Darby, 32, said in his first interview on his role.
Darby was the government’s chief informant in the case against David McKay and Bradley Crowder. The two are scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court on Jan. 26 on accusations they built Molotov cocktails during the convention. They are being held without bail.
Ed Morrissey rightly recognizes Brandon Darby's admirable behavior:
Regardless of Darby’s politics, he rightly saw political violence as illegitimate and un-American at its core. Being an activist, Darby took action to protect lives and to allow for the peaceful exercise of democracy for those with whom he disagrees. That is the essence of being an American, at least in a political sense.
Bravo, Mr. Darby. And, on a more positive note, so far, it appears that President-elect Obama has been steering toward more centrist liberals in his administration rather than toward those who would silence their opponents with violence. Let's hope that this trend continues.
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