I recently saw this fragment, when Obama was campaigning, and when he said that they will redistribute the wealth, and that he thought this was a good thing, it sounded painfully familiar.
This wonderful experiment with someone else's money has been tried before. In 1917 Russia decided to push slow history and expedite the transition to the great future. They redistributed the wealth in 1917. they did it so well, that the country is still suffering 90 years later.
Power is the most dangerous narcotics. Drug overdose can kill you. Power overdose brings death and misery to others. To millions of others.
I could never figure why Vladimir Lenin, who was a lawyer by education and who studied abroad, and read American Constitution,... why he did not fall in love with it but chose Marxist approach instead?
Now I am puzzled how could American president get fascinated with Lenin's approach. Because he is also a lawyer by education? But wait, Lincoln was a lawyer, too, as many other presidents...
Historians will write volumes about this phenomenon. About a guy who singlehandedly tried to make a transition from a rich and powerful to just an average country at best.
We watched the fall of the Soviet Union. Ronald Reagan, a great American president did a lot to make it happen. We are watching today another American president, Barak Obama. How he is bringing down another super-power: United States of America
Jon, lets pray for the best and prepare for what we as a people may be called upon once again to defend ... freedom isn't free. Not even in USA. Give the man a chance to do what he thinks is right for this nation, when the time is right we will take back what is ours.