What is my point in regurgitating these recent attempts at destroying our free enterprise system, and turning the presidency into something akin to what Italy experienced under Mussolini?

For years now a small band of not-so-merry conservatives (yours truly among them) have been warning American business leaders to stop appeasing anti-corporate activist groups seeking to advance their socialist political agendas through the so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement. We were concerned that appeasement might embolden the socialists and enable them to take power.

Efforts to stop the corporate Neville Chamberlains from selling out to environmental and social activists were all too often sandbagged by company spin-doctors and insiders whose jobs depend on their firm’s continued homage to the gods of green and the lords of social justice. Their CSR mantra was “don’t worry, be happy . . . it’s all voluntary!”

Given all The Leader has done since Inauguration Day to disrupt, dismantle and degrade our free enterprise system, will Barack, Barney and their fellow travelers on Capitol Hill decide to make corporate socialism mandatory for American companies?

Consider this communiqué from the left-wing Planet 2025 NewsNetwork: “The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States on the platform of hope and change - as well as clean energy and green jobs and wealth distribution - has sparked optimism for the prospects of transitioning to a sustainable economy underpinned by corporate social responsibility (CSR).”

When the corporate Neville Chamberlains ultimately forfeit their salaries, bonuses and their jobs thanks to their spineless leadership and the anti-capitalism cabal that now inhabits wine and cheese bars in the District of Columbia, I hope to be around to ask this simple question: “So, how’s that hope and change working out for you?”