Our government is so corrupt and it has infiltrated the media to the point where it completely controls the argument.

Several generations of this country's children have been effectively conditioned to not even be aware of the very special liberties that used to exist in this country. With mis-guided attempts to "protect" children from drugs and alcohol these generations have lived a life where their protections, as outlined in the Constitution, no longer exist. They readily accept intrusions of liberty from locker searches and drug testing to the gestapo tactics of the TSA. Combined with the "revisionist" history taught in schools and the virtual elimination of education about government they have no true understanding of those liberties for the simple reason that they have never had them.

1) That would be the Dot-Com Bubble which when it collapsed in the late 90's cause a severe recession. 2) That would be before 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq occurred. 3) The Euro rode high for a while, how they doing now? 4) That would be after two years of democrat control of Congress and the deflation of the dollar by the Fed who continued the looting of the world's treasuries by the financial institutions. How many of those villains has Obama sent to jail? Only if the people realize what is really going on and quit being played by the partisanship scam will this country have a chance.

I always am amazed when the teachings of Jesus are used to bolster the argument for social justice. I'm sure that Jesus would be strongly in favor of government programs that enable an 80% illegitimate birth rate or generation after generation existing solely on government sustenance. Another strawman argument is to assume hypocrisy in those who are against socialistic policies but rely on Social Security and Medicare. Although incredibly failed programs, they were sold on the basis that their benefits are earned by the lifetime labor of its participants. The fact that those lifetime contributions were squandered does not mean that those programs equate with any "redistribution" through giveaway programs.

The fault of the thinking within the 47% as well as those who defend the entitlement expansion is that if there isn't reform the free ride is either reduced or disappears. The mentality that seems to have come over so many, and I would included many of the 1%ers from the financial industry to defense contractors, is get everything you can while you can get it with no regard to the destruction of the very system that is providing for them.

With union membership such a small percentage of workers these days it must be impossible for most people to understand the insidious nature of unions. Having spent a career in the airline industry I was well exposed to the inexplicable effect that unions have on the mindset of those who fall into their scam. Intelligent, reasonable people become like robots marching to the commands of the collective. The disappearance of clear logic is remarkable and the militaristic antagonism directed at anyone who does not carry the union banner is scary.

The irony and the tragedy of the current situation is the fact that so many of our "leaders" both in the corporate and political world have admitted there use of drugs. The current President has written about his felonious use of drugs. The primary difference between all of those who have "experimented" with illegal drugs and become successful and those who have had a criminal arrest or incarceration ruin their lives is a simple one - they got caught.

Sorry, it is not even a close call. Familiarize yourself with Adobe Illustrator and Occam's Razor.

I was not interested in the question as to Obama's birthplace until I downloaded his Birth Certificate from The WhiteHouse.Org site. As a graphics professional with over 20 years of experience in scanning and document creation/manipulation I can say with 100% certainty that the document is a forgery and a very poor one at that. So poorly done in fact that it had to be intentional. The only question remaining is why?

That is certainly insightful. I guess in your small world of the simple it is much easier to pin the tail on a villain than it is to actually be capable of thought and reason. In that way you are of a similar mind with the current president.