The Left is not just a set of political beliefs.

It is so much more. As the Leninist-Leninists are increasingly marginalized by the electorate (Assuming we continue to have free elections and assuming we can do something about the reelection rate of incumbents. Whatever happened to term limits anyway? How many of those Contract With America Repansycans actually served only two terms? The most important part of their "contract" just happens to be the one they can't deliver! AAAGGGHHH! DIGRESSION ALERT! DIGRESSION ALERT! MUST...FOCUS...ON...CURRENT...POST...) those among them with the stomach for political murder (both the one-at-a-time and the mass variety) will begin to act out their dark paranoid fantasies.

Golly, Fyodor, how do I know if I'm a target of the Forces of Progress?

Luckily for us, dear reader, most totalitarians are egomaniacs who can't shut up. They also tend to put their evil flapdoodle to paper. (Ok, ok. Microsoft Word then. Speaking of which, why does Bill Gates want to stop the differentially skinned from procreating?) Michelle Malkin found one such savant who made a list of the types of bourgeois folks he wants to eliminate.

In March 2003, I reported on a manifesto disseminated across the Internet by infamous eco-radical Craig Rosebraugh -- former spokesman for the violent Earth Liberation Front -- who called on fellow leftists to take "direct actions" against American military establishments, urban centers, corporations, government buildings and media outlets. His instructions included:

1) Attack the financial centers of the country. Using covert or black block techniques . . . physically shut down financial centers which regulate and assist the functioning of U.S. economy. This can be done in a variety of ways from massive property destruction, to online sabotage, to physical occupation of buildings.

2) Large scale urban rioting. With massive unrest and even state of emergencies declared in major cities across the country, the U.S. government will be forced to send U.S. troops into the domestic arena thereby taking resources and political focus away from the war.

3) Attack the media centers of the country. . . . Using any means necessary, shut down the national networks of NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc. . . .

Hmmmm. Naw, just kiddin'.

4) Spread the battle to the individuals responsible for the war and destruction of life -- the very heads of government and U.S. corporations. No longer should these people be able to hide behind their occupations, living their lives in peace while they simultaneously slaughter countless people. Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes, and make them feel personally responsible for committing massive atrocities.

5) Make it known publicly that this movement DOES NOT support U.S. troops as long as they are serving an unjust and horrifying political regime. Create an atmosphere lacking of support to assist U.S. troops at home and abroad in losing their morale and will to fight . . .

6) Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States . . . use any means necessary to slow down the functioning of the murdering body.

And here is a bonus Recent Unknown History lesson:

In April 2003, I reported on a mob of "peace" activists from an outfit called Direct Action to Stop the War that coordinated a seditious blockade of an Oakland port in shipping military supplies. The antiwar mob's primary target at the Port of Oakland was American President Lines, a longtime carrier of military cargo. For Operation Iraqi Freedom, the carrier made nine of its vessels available to the Defense Department in order to move ammunition and sustainment cargo to support U.S. military forces.

The anti-war obstructionists weren't simply exercising their "free speech." They blocked trucks, employees, entryways and streets in order to stop the shipment of things like bullets, rations, lubricants, medical supplies, repair parts and chemical defense equipment to our troops. They also targeted Stevedoring Services of America, which handled some 3 million tons of humanitarian aid.