I suspect Mr. Obama would prefer the roll of "President of the World"...but, of course, then he would complain about the oversight of some higher power (whether God or Allah one does not know). What he and all other would-be dictators fail to consider is that it is usually the multitudes seen as below them that actually bring such people down.

Political Correctness is misnamed. It should be called Political Control, because that is what it is all about. Political Control is all about quieting dissent or criticism that is not desired by the political elite (another oxymoron, to be sure).

They don't see it as a double standard, because they do see non-Progressives as equals. They look at them as the equal of the mentally challenged and look upon the criticisms coming from them to be just babbling. Once you accept that truth, their actions and words are completely understandable. Still totally wrong...but understandable.

Mr. Obama got elected by understanding the definition problem and turning it into an asset by providing and using terms that could be interpreted by every listener, reader and viewer to mean what THEY wanted them to mean. We never required him to define his terms. So when elected, he could hide behind the approach, " you misunderstood what I meant." Yeah...we did, but he allowed us to be foolish because it benefited him. And it still does.

The article makes accurate, but superficial, points. The core fact is that all of the candidates (except for Paul) as well as Mr. Obama are "governmentalists." That is. just as all national candidates for public office since Teddy Roosevelt, they all favor and believe in government as being the solution to all major problems. The only differences are the number of problems and the identity of those problems. And that ignores the fact of Thomas Jefferson's accurate warning that, ultimately, government is the enemy of personal freedom. All (well, virtually all) politicians believe in their ability to use power over others to "do good" and fail to ever consider that the definition of "good" is absolutely different for different people.

Well, again saying that this reasoning is just mine and I am not suggesting that you or anyone else follow, I think that the bible includes the will and advice of God but also includes the reasoning of men writing long after the events depicted and interpreting it with an agenda. Those words that are true will draw me to them, including the fact that you need to accept God in your heart. Once that happens, I think that you can get guidance...IF you WANT IT. Mankind corrupts, and organizations, even religions, are corrupted completely over time. But all of you are entitled to your own beliefs. Just don't mandate them for me.

All religions get into trouble when they place human beings up as "press secretary" for God. In order to give God a fair shot...if you believe in him (or her)...you have to keep it personal. My role is to remain as quiet and ready to feel direction from "God" should it be there. But the minute a man...or any person...starts telling me what God has in mind for me, I see it as the celestial equivalent of a political speech by someone looking to acquire power. Just my opinion, however.

My suspicion is that the Government will solve the shortage of Doctors by decreasing the amount of education required to become one, or decreasing the requirement that an actual doctor treat those needing medical care. Of course, quality of care will decrease even as waiting time increases (as is prevalent today in Europe) and deaths will increase...but this will have the governmentally desirable effect of decreasing demand for services, so it will all be good. Ain't it nice to be taken care of?

For those getting the full advertised break, the difference is about twenty dollars a week, which will quickly stop being noticed. Piecemeal amounts like this cannot have a true effect on any family's finances because few have the discipline to either save it, or apply it to decreasing their debt by increasing their monthly CC payments by that amount. Instead, it will go for some comfort food or one movie visit for two people. And the reward for this is that our SS trust fund is further and more quickly depleted, political promises notwithstanding. Congress and the President should share a cell with Madoff.

Liberalism...or Progressivism...is a sub-category of secularism, which is the equivalent of a religion in the dual sense that it replaces God with Man as the master of our destiny and requires faith in certain stated beliefs that are are not supported by experience and, more pertinently, proven false in the continues failures resulting from trying to implement those worshiped beliefs. The biggest advantage of religion, if people are kept out of the equation, is that there is no power assigned to any man to direct all men, while secularism inspires is to look at any number of people and swoon when they intone, "Trust me!" Hogwash! Giving any power to any man to direct other human beings is committing suicide.The only question is, "when"?