I highly recommend to anyone that finds themselves listening to their television machine to get an electric monk to do it for them. One machine to another.

I have never in my fifty one years ever had a discussion with my television machine. On the rare occasions when I do directly address it, it is on the receiving end of epithets and no response is expected. I did not realize that so many people have discussions with it and that it actually leads these discussions. I have met some of these people from time to time but, never have any discussions with them. I find they are completely unable to discuss anything after apparently being taught by their television machines. I just thought they were on drugs or retarded or something.

I guess the news about Phil Mickelson occurred after you wrote this column. Another one driven out of California you can add to the list. Tiger said it was the exact same reason he turned pro out of Orlando FL after growing up his entire life in CA. That was back in 1996 I believe.

I must take the contrarian view from your title and say that we must unilaterally disarm. Not in spirit and certainly not physically but, in word. He won. The people are not going to be happy if he is not given a chance to hang himself, which he must surely do in terms of results, or shine, if his skills and beliefs hold water which we know they don't. But, we must let him try and in turn try to minimize the damage and think about our opportunity when it comes for it surely will. Raise the damn debt limit on a linear path that won't bankrupt us in four years and plan for the future. The people must learn Santa Claus does not exist before we can reform the entitlement state. It must fail in perception if not actuality.

Well. I think he is going to go down in history as either the most clueless president ever topping Jimmy Carter or, if things go his way, he could possibly become a grand historical figure founding the new country that is formed after the remnants of the old have been rewritten out of history. It is entirely possible for people to live long lives and be as clueless about the world as the day they came in. I know some. He does exhibit signs of having lived in a bubble his entire life. I still have some fear that he knows exactly what he is doing and hopes to be far enough along to make his second term only one of many. We shall see. Most of the people are ready for a Caesar.

Unfortunately the establishment is right about one thing. Most of the voting public cannot be fairly characterized as adults. They are still wrong, however, that they must be treated as children. That only prolongs the problem. Many will refuse to grow up until they have to. Some lessons can only be learned the hard way and some people only learn the hard way. I don't think Gingrich would have fared any better. Probably worse after putting his foot in his mouth too many times. Romney was the right man at the right time for the job. His potential employers are simply too childish and voted for the fantasy, the con man.

Yes indeed. People that cannot gain private employment can thus be employed in the process of removing money from private employers and redistributing it to those likely to vote to keep the handlers(middlemen) gainfully employed in the continuing redistribution. Completely corrupt government at its finest. For, of course, the simple act of creating the jobs of the money changers and those employed due to the money being distributed is not complete without subtracting the far larger number of jobs lost in order for the middleman to get his cut. But, who's counting? Certainly not the electorate. They can barely add or subtract small numbers thanks to modern education.

Well, we can certainly see that the people will voluntarily submit. What remains to be seen is whether, if they change their minds, they can be forcefully constrained. They probably can be but, not by the kind of blatant naked violence used in 1861. Now, the preferred method is bribery using their own confiscated money to bribe them. Basically saying to them, we are going to borrow and spend an obscene amount of money using you as collateral. Would you like to help spend it or not? In for a penny, in for a pound.

Very ashamed. If there is indeed a core that would not vote for Romney because of his religion, they need to be flushed down the toilet where they belong. If they could not vote for the most Christian candidate ever to run for president in the history of the nation, they are too small minded to matter to anyone about anything in the future. Please identify yourselves proudly so we know who to shun. Fortunately, the number is not too sizable. Anyone with an ounce of conviction would have walked over hot coals if necessary to cast a ballot. Crawl back into your caves. It is you who are lost, my friend. Very, very lost.

Very well said Ann. Couldn'ta done it better myself.