There's nothing "unwitting" about it, GB. And I'm no "liberal." The terms "hard-core" and "liberal" contradict one another.

"Liberalism" exists because it negotiates between socialism and capitalism. It has few ideas of its own and even fewer principles, being almost purely pragmatic. Most of its energy is spent disguising conservative ideas as an alternative to conservatism. In the 20th-century, liberalism vaccinated capitalism against Communism.

But now there's nothing to vaccinate against. No ideological opposite number. No alternative.

Nowhere is this more evident than in terms of global warming and environmental movement, where liberals like Al Gore advance a phony vision of reform, a vision of a world where Americans can continue to consume and produce and waste just as we have since WWII if, we just switch to solar, wind and electric transport.

 Nature, however, is telling us that this is impossible; I hope I am too.