Oh wow - I'm still having my morning coffee. I need at least two more cups before remembering she exists :(

Thank you Mr. Ransom for an enlightening article. I have believed, for a long time now, that we must sit down and have a serious discussion about what the function of the government should be. Personally I think our federal government has overstretched its boundaries and that is the cause of many of our problems. We are overtaxed because the government is not just too big, but too involved in activities that should have remained at personal or local government levels. This has opened the door to earmarks, corruption, loss of individual liberty, and the redistribution of wealth in crony schemes that would be the envy of feudal lords of the past. You've convinced me that we have allowed our government into areas it should never go.

Fighting any war in the Middle East is completely foolish. There is no good side, so we lose the war whether we win the battles or not.

Mr. Elder is right - because the vetting wasn't done, and because if Obama is reelected he will no longer have the concern of a second term limiting his actions. It is critical to know who Obama is, because while what we've seen is bad enough - Obama unleashed is coming our way. The electorate needs to know who he really is because he will be unrestrained this time around. I'm still waiting for Romney to understand who Obama is and explain to the American public why he would be a disaster in a second term. Whether Romney uses Obama's mentors, or simply points out the very un-American views held by this arrogant President, I wish he would just get busy and start educating the population. Perhaps Romney should hire Mr. Elder!

And then Atlas Shrugged.

I wish it were only the democrats, but it is politicians in general who make the promises that sound good, but can't be kept. We are where we are because of both groups, and because too many people are willing to believe the fairy tales.

Good article - it doesn't take much to fan the flames, and when the money from the 100,000'rs isn't enough, it will be the 60,000'rs, then the 50,000'rs - and on and on until there is no one left and the hatred of anyone with anything will reduce us all to slave status. I can only hope enough people are paying attention to Charles Payne and others like him, and we can replace the hate monger in the White House before it's too late.

And now?

And now?

Except that "all" isn't really given to them. What they do get is promises, and incitement to the politics of envy. The real Dem mantra is I've given you these things, and if we could only tax the RICH guy more, I could give you more. Of course that still won't be everything, and it never will be. We can tax everyone in this country who works and earns a paycheck, and it will never be enough to give "the protected groups" enough.