An excellent tonic, Old Blue. Though I agree with many that we may need to get sick before we get better.
The problem comes from many directions.
* A media/entertainment complex that is almost 100% to the Left and has managed to demonize everything Conservative as “not cool.” I believe that at least 50% of people vote based on what they think other people will think of their vote, a dynamic that dramatically serves Obama.
* An educational system that is soft-core Left at the grade school and highschool levels (the three R’s of racism, reproduction and recycling) and hard-core Left at the University.
* A population that is entirely ignorant about how economics works. After all, we all go to the mall and the supply of goods is endless. So isn’t the supply of everything endless and responsive to our immediate desires? This ignorance includes the media and political classes.
* A much larger population of truly wealthy people who don’t understand where their wealth comes from, but understand all too well they “deserve” everything they want, even if what they want politically is a demented fantasy. (Think Silicon Valley millionaires.) Even if what they want would mean their own destruction (they are too ignorant to understand the implications of their desires).
* A massive influx of people from countries where Socialism is the norm. These people have no feel for the traditions and strengths of the United States, and they do not inculcate these values in their children.
This all portends a perfect storm to sweep Obama into power, along with a compliant Democratic Congress. Will we survive it? Probably. But that’s not guaranteed. We already see the Democrats plotting to remove Conservative talk radio from the airwaves. What happens when the Obama government takes over the medical industry (free health care!), the energy industry (punish the robber barons!) and then pretty much every industry under the guise of Global Warming? Who will be left to fight them?
These things move swiftly. It will be at least two years until we have a chance to vote the rascals out. Plenty of time to push events beyond the point of return.
