Maybe Matt needs to go to war and see how things go. It would probably do him more good than sitting in his nice comfortable chair in front of the TV cameras, making tons of money and downing a young man who actually works towards freedom. Without warriors, he wouldn't be doing much of anything except maybe speaking a foreign language as his primary mode of conversation and it most likely wouldn't be on TV.

Unfortunately, whomever started the term "African-American" should be thrashed! Blacks in America are not Africans. They are Americans - just that their ancestors were from Africa. Would it not be ridiculous if we had all these Italian-Americans, German-Americans and on and on? All this does is continue the racism which divides our wonderful country. And, on another note, I saw this quote the other day which is so true: "If blacks had been able to have guns, they never would have been Slaves!"

Your name isn't quite correct. It should be communist. I'll just bet you don't give everything above your "basic bills" to the government. Mostly, they just squander it anyway. You have forgotten that this country is built on capitalism. You get what you work for - - or used to - - until the "Great Society" took hold and now we have sweet, promiscuous Angel and her brood demanding that we support her and her little illegitimates.

Such a BOZO! What in the world would cause "millions and millions of helpless people to lose their jobs and starve on the streets"? I'd like to see some of those lazy bums and moochers actually contributing to our tax base instead of just taking everything they can get their dirty hands on. The woman with the 15 kids and three "fathers" should be sterilized. Obviously, she cannot support herself much less that tribe of illegitimates. I'm tired of us who work and contribute paying for MOSTLY nothing more than a bunch of deadbeat cheats! The money being given to them should be used to help those who actually NEED help. Mr. Robert, it is YOU who should "get a brain"!

Please be aware that the parent company of the Journal News is Gannett - publisher of USA Today, among others.

I've read a LOT of these posts and I'd like to say one thing which I think is cogent. Most of you call them "progressives". Actually, I think socialist/communist/fascist/liberal fits better. When you say "progressive", people interpret it as being a person who's "hip", modern, up-to-date, etc. Actually, they're out to ruin our wonderful country. This new description sounds far too "politically correct".

Obama won't need any SEIU people because he has his "brown shirts" - the new FEMA Corps. The public will have their automatic guns taken away but these newbies have them and hollow-point bullets to boot! They can run around in their armored vehicles with gun ports. Check out this link: http://www.bing.com/search?q=Homeland+Security+graduates+first+Corps+of+Homeland+Youth&src=IE-SearchBox&Form=IE8SRC One of their "missions" is to help in disasters yet no one has seen any in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The second class, at least, has now graduated.

Unfortunately, Boehner is here to stay! With his ability to take away committee assignments and being in seemingly total control, we won't be able to get rid of him. He is the WORST of the Repubs problems. He is a total washout and should not have been elected speaker again. No one would "man-up" and demand a secret ballot, at least for the Repub side, only perpetuated his re-incarnation. Until they get rid of him, there will be a total give-away to Obama. Boehner no tiene cajones ni sesos!

Holy smokes, Nelson! You've "hit the nail on the head" - several times! Our government needs to take his green card or whatever he has that allows him to stay in our wonderful country and make money away from that jerk! He needs to go back home and straighten out the U.K. I don't think THEY'LL pay any attention to him and probably want to send him somewhere else where he can spew off.

Until the Republicans get rid of Boehner and McConnell, we conservatives will NEVER have a voice. Both of them have lost theirs - if they EVER had one! We cannot spend ourselves into prosperity and all the Washington talking heads know that. They're after socialism/communism and it's coming surely as the sun tomorrow morning. God, help us and bless America!

As long as Obama can continue with his freebies, the recipients will continue to support him. We're to the point where there are more "takers" than "givers". The longer this situation is allowed to continue, the worse it will get and we will NEVER have a balanced budget but continue on in our downward spiral towards socialism/communism.