Property can be loosely defined, plus I think that is a bit too restrictive. How about one can vote if one pays more in taxes than one receives in means tested assistance which includes tax credits? But seriously, there is a real problem when the people learn they can vote themselves the treasury which will eventually bankrupt the nation. This is happening today.

I really doubt Reagan would be concerned with such petty matters.

So, Obama is asking us to trust the government despite the evidence that is before us. Isn't that what a con man does?

Obama promised to "fundamentally transform America". He meant it and he is doing a truly amazing job. I wouldn't have thought it could be done so quickly.

So what is your point in criticizing the LDS Church, Mr. Adams? Are you also going to criticize the Jehovah's Witnesses? The Seventh-Day Adventists? Tibetan Buddhists? Theravada Buddhists? Orthodox Judaism? Reformed Judaism? Etc.? If not, why not? What is your point? If you don't agree with the LDS Church, that is fine. That is your prerogative. Is it necessary to bring that opinion, or even fact in your mind, to this public forum?

Note that note all nuclear weapons are equal. India and Pakistan (probably Israel too) only have fission bombs. The rest, including China, have H-bombs, which are 2 or 3 orders of magnitude more powerful than fission bombs.

The only methods I have heard so far where Obamacare cuts costs is by withholding services, such as where treatment is withheld when one is determined not to have enough good years left, or hospitals pressured not to readmit a patient within a month. The former will certainly save money but at the expense of people suffering. The latter will save money if the person just dies or further treatment is withheld on the later readmit. If treatment is not within on the readmit, it might actually increase costs. In any of these cases, it is not desirable. Obamacare was sold to us the American people that nothing would be worse than before and healthcare costs would go down and everyone is covered. Basically, it was sold as a healthcare Utopia. As Obamacare is implemented more and more, NOTHING that it was sold to be is coming to pass, not even the part concerning pre-existing conditions. In the private sector, if a product was sold that is so different from what it was advertised to be, the vendor would be facing charges of fraud.

These Lefties play so many word games that one must parse very carefully what they say. Sure, journalists are not open to legal liability but that doesn't rule out the ability of the Administration to intimidate journalists and make sources fear to make contact with them. The biggest damage from the DOJ spying on journalists is not to the journalists but to the American people. Potential sources are afraid to speak with journalists for fear the American Gestapo will be listening.

Casual readers of this AP article won't notice that it is an editorial piece rather than news. Notice there are declarations of WHY such and such happened as if those are absolute facts. Notice the declaration that the US economy is great and its unemployment rate is great, which it isn't. Just ask the unemployed, under employed, and those that gave up on finding employment. AP, you are not fooling people who are still able to think critically. Fortunately for you, there aren't many left.

The Press MUST always be critical and fairly so, regardless of the political leanings of who is in office. In a republic such as ours, representatives must be held accountable to the people or it doesn't work and we get tyranny. I am so angry at the Press and their dereliction of duty, particularly over the last few years. Add to that the smugness with which they do so. Andrea Mitchell is one that stands out in my mind with her smug, "It's amazing" with her part in the presentation of a Romney rally that totally changed the information from being a lesson about the value of capitalism and competition to a lie portraying Romney as just one rich guy who doesn't understand regular Joe things. Plus, in all that dishonesty, Mitchell goes unpunished. Luckily for her and her kind is that their audience are mainly low information people who only get their information from mainstream media. Hence their dishonesty is not discovered by their audience.