The third objective for Obama is to make everyone poor, with the exception of an elite corps [pronounced "corpse" in deference to our Dear Leader] of apparatchiks. Poor people are dependent upon government. Poor people are Democrats.

Amen. See Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World."

Have you read Ann's "Demonic"? I think she has latched onto something when she cites the the Gospel story of Jesus asking the name of a demon he is about to drive out, and being told "Our name is Legion, for we are many." Spiritual evil may well be located in the mob mentality, which is in all of us at some level, and which may not be so well buried in a schizophrenic.

When the new gun control laws don't work (and they won't— things will actually get worse), liberals will use the carnage to justify a new round of laws. If they actually manage to get the second amendment repealed and make the private ownership of gun illegal (as they have in Britain), we will actually have much more violent crime (as they have in Britain) because criminals will no longer fear law-abiding citizens. Less gun crime though -- but not as much less as you might think. Someone, somewhere, will still make guns for criminals.

There are many unemployed or underemployed high tech workers in this country who would love to get these jobs. Corporations would rather hire an immigrant who is already trained in some niche technology and is s happy to take food service wages rather than train someone already on their payroll. The older workers, who have demonstrated an ability to pick up dozens of skills over the years get laid off, sometimes after having to train their replacements in the basics.

I have an idea: let's ban the private ownership of automobiles. "if just one life can be saved ... we ought to buy into it wholeheartedly", and it would save many thousands. Many more than gun control. Sure, it might be inconvenient, but what's mass inconvenience against a human life? We could still have taxi cabs ... err, wait a minute. Let me think about this a sec. Or maybe lets ban all abortions. "if just one life can be saved ..."

The central problem is that most westerners do not understand Islam. The very name means "submission". Freedom and democracy are anathema to Islam because they elevate the will of man over the will of Allah. The Koran in sura 2 tells how Allah selected Saul to King over the Israelites. That is the model for Islamic governance— that Allah will select your leaders for you. The notion that people out to have freedom is a relatively recent notion: a product of the English Enlightenment. On the other hand, the modern notion of democracy came from Rousseau and the French Enlightenment, which culminated in the terror of the French Revolution, where the "general will" trumped personal freedom.

Chavez was a "community organizer" and avowed communist. At best, his Christianity was a flavor of Liberation Theology, which is just more community organizing.

You are correct about MA. I work for a company that was once viewed as conservative and run by prominent Republicans. Now I wouldn't dare not to "celebrate" diversity, embrace (so to speak) gay couples, or agonize over climate change. I have to forego raises so that the company can invest in "sustainability". The best I can hope for is hunker down in my cube and hope that the that the "LGBT Advocacy Group", "Women's Leadership Forum", and "Sustainability Circle" don't notice me.

“Can the love between two people ever be an abomination?” Of course not -- unless you are using "love" as a euphemism for "sex". Substitute the what they really mean for l"love" and try it out: "Can sex between a grandfather and granddaughter ever be an abomination?" "Can sex between a catholic priest and a 12 year-old boy ever be an abomination?" You betcha.

The big problem with all this migration is that the people who migrate are doing it only for personal economic reasons. The bring their politics with them. All too often, they see no connection between their leftist politics and the troubles in the place they left behind. I have seen this personally in New Hampshire, a once rock-solid Republican outpost. The immigrants from Massachusetts who fled high taxes and overbearing regulation vote for Democrats who what to impose more taxes and regulation. Today, Senator Kelly Ayotte is the lone major conservative Republican figure figure among major office holders.