I had a troll infestation on one of my posts below. He asked me to visit his blog, The Angry Redneck, where I found this little nugget of whizdumb:

Libs have no platform!

Here is the list of Democrat’s accomplishments over the last 50 years. They are even too afraid to comment!

Now you realize I’ve never been afraid to comment on anything, so here’s my retort:

There must be something wrong with your HTML, Red. The list of Democratic Accomplishments of the past Fifty Years somehow got cut off. Let me help:

• The GI Bill
• Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Laws
• The Space Program
• The Peace Corps
• Americorps
• The Civil Rights Movement
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Family & Medical Leave Act
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Americans With Disabilities Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Women’s right to control their reproductive future
• Allowing citizens to view their own credit records
• The Internet
• Balancing the federal budget
• The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)
• Lobbying Disclosure Act
• “Motor-Voter” Act
• The Voting Rights Act
• Unemployment Insurance
• Medicare/Medicaid
• Food Stamps/WIC
• Peace between Israel and Egypt
• The Department of Education
• The Department of Energy
• The Department of Transportation
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Of course, the list gets longer if we expand our view to the entire 20th Century:

• Labor Laws
• The Marshall Plan
• Food Safety Laws
• Workplace Safety Laws
• Social Security
• The Tennessee Valley Project
• The Civilian Conservation Corps
• The Securites and Exchange Commission
• Women’s Right to Vote
• Universal Public Education
• National Weather Service
• Product Labeling Laws
• Truth in Advertising Laws
• Morrill Land Grant Act
• Rural Electrification
• Public Universities
• Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Public Broadcasting
• Opposing fascism and defeating Hitler
• Supporting the establishment of Israel
• The United Nations
• NATO

“OK, but aside from protecting people from pollution, racial discrimination, barriers to the handicapped, dangerous products, poisonous food, bank failure, hazardous workplaces, overwork, unemployment, handguns, extreme poverty, hunger, and deadly diseases; and aside from providing public education, money for college, balanced budgets, the right to vote, a decent retirement, electricity, the Internet, time off for family, access to government and credit records, and the best examples of peace and diplomacy in our time; what have the liberals ever done for us?” (Apologies to John Cleese in “Monty Python’s The Life of Brian”)