When I met with leaders of various 'action' groups, it was common place to refer to those whom they were representing as 'your people'. You know, like "OK, YOUR PEOPLE will have this task" or that territory" etc. However, Ross Perot was vilified for using that expression at an NAACP gathering back in 1992. OR later, in 1999 when a white staff member of the black mayor of Washington DC was essentially forced to resign for properly using the word 'niggardly'. When folks are determined to 'find' something to proclaim themselves 'victims', sometimes they simply prove they are victims of their own intoilerance and ignorance.

I recall a line from attributed to Mark Twain that 'explained' one of his choices '' "I wanted a job, but I didn't want to work." HE was joking, of course, but that attitude seems to prevail in much of the working age population these days, primarily because (in my opinion), folks of all stripes have continued to convince that population they are 'entitled' to something of value provided by someone else without responsibility do anything beyond saying 'present'. That, of course is rather simplistic, but when one considers how many 'activists' and 'politicians' and 'do-gooders' have preached victimhood and 'entitlement', is it any wonder that things have become pretty much as described by Dr. Sowell -- in that people get an...

Are you suggesting that Obama WON'T blame himself if his grandiose schemes backfire or simply get ripped to feces...I mean pieces??

In my opinion, most Democrats have been 'closet radicals' for decades, but only have become more 'open' as more and more unproductive people are put on the 'hand-out' lists OR given 'government jobs' or 'other' 'government benefits', to the point that most people effectively pay no 'income tax', and even those who do often seem to get more in 'assistance' that they pay in any sort of tax. I recall that Franklin D. Roosevelt (although Socialist AT BEST, in my opinion) in practice was and continues to be identified as a Democrat who had AND HYAS many, many supporters of his policies in all levels of 'government' and also looking for 'assistance'.

I wonder how many folks are currently under suspicion of or actually acquired office based on 'dishonest' means? We could begin with the 'natural born citizen' requirement, but the list might also contain the the names of Senators from Alaska, Minnesota, Nevada, Washington and New Jersey but I feel sure that others might have a different list of suspicions.

Even Satan spoke the truth occassionally, and usually with an ulterior motive.

It took years for ‘government’ to admit that the Federal Old Age Benefit withholding was a TAX. Over the years, the tax base and rate and scope have been increased all the while with attempts to cover-up the truth. Even initially seemed little more than a scheme to buy women’s votes because the life expectancy of men was several years less than 65. There was even coverage for several women in that they only had to be married to the wage earner for 5 years in order to be ‘eligible’ on his earnings record. There was just no way that the program was sound from the very beginning – but we were regularly told that all was OK -- even though it has ALWAYS met the definition of Ponzi Scheme.

Whatever the case, it seems that the 'media' AND apparently the Democrat party have decided that the race will be between Romeny and Obama. I say this with a certain degree of confidence because 'Democrats' have been trying to convince me that I should be angrier at the way Romney has spends his money than at the way 'Democrats' and Mr. Obama have been spending MINE

There may be another 'record' to rise up in the mist. It seems that the State Department DOES have some sort of guideline for denying 'citizenship' based on the citizenship of the sperm donor, hence, if there is ANY requirement for the sperm donor and the birth mother to both be citizens in order for a child to be an American citizen, then it would seem that the citizenship of the sperm donor would ALSO be a weighty factor in 'natural born' citizenship. From the following article, it appears that Mr. Obama's State Department gives weight to DENYING citizenship because of not knowing if a sperm donor was an Americna citizen: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47073090/ns/today-today_news/

Tthe 'Marx' of the column and some 'remarks' seem to deserve futther attention. To clarify, there were FIVE Marx brothers in the entertainment field -- Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo and Gummo. Gummo was never in the movies -- and Karl Marx was never a member of the group. Also, there was another group called the Three Stooges but there were different folks who played those parts -- Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Joe DeRita and Emil Sitka. Any similarities between the antics of these groups and Congress is up to you to decide.