Those that control mass communication control outcomes. This has been the history of totalitarian governments throughout the 20th century. The one place where a totalitarian government was defeated was Poland where the Catholic Church controlled communication and as a result Communism was defeated.

Few people seem to be able to understand the connection between responsibility and authority. If you give away responsibility you give away authority. To surrender to the government responsibility for personal choices is to give the government the authority to make those choices for you, The government exercises that authority by enacting laws. You break those laws and the government takes away your liberty and/or your property. All of these, so called, welfare programs are designed to transfer responsibility from the people (charity) to the government (welfare) thereby providing a vehicle for government members to acquire power and wealth, One day we will find ourselves living in George Orwell's 1984.

Governments don’t produce wealth. If this were not true, why do governments collect taxes? Why don’t they just pay their bills out of the wealth that they have produced? The fact is that all governments, from the very first, consume wealth. Everything that the government does, even if necessary or important, is consumption. To read the entire piece, go here: http://www.meetup.com/westend912project/messages/boards/thread/8036303

Oops! Sorry this was misposted. It belongs on Krugman the invincible.

Governments don’t produce wealth. If this were not true, why do governments collect taxes? Why don’t they just pay their bills out of the wealth that they have produced? The fact is that all governments, from the very first, consume wealth. Everything that the government does, even if necessary or important, is consumption. To read the entire piece, go here: http://www.meetup.com/westend912project/messages/boards/thread/8036303

If you want to know what the world will look like when Proportional Response becomes the rule, just read George Orwell's 1984. The surviving three world powers are engaged in endless war with adversaries changing from day to day. Orwell's biggest miscalculation was in the title. Had he named his book 2084 he would have been right on the money.

I can't believe that intelligent grown-ups can't see through Obama's political posturing. The Jewish vote was weakening so he put on a show. Remember, he put up with 20 years of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's anti American, anti Semitic, racist rantings and had him conduct his marriage and baptize his children. Could you attend a church led by such a bigot and be friends with such a pastor? I couldn't. I changed parishes for a lot less.

Two things. First there was never a Palatine state. It was called the Palestine territory because there was no official government: It was occupied by tribes and clans. Second Obama always says what is politically expedient but then does the opposite. Anyone who accepts the creditability of his words either isn't paying attention or is delusional.

I have been saying for some 30 years that if you want to know what's coming in this country look at Great Britain because what's happening there will be coming here in about 20 years.

While I agree that we need more Peters, that's not the problem. The problem is that with the constant Democrat onslaught of propaganda echoed by the drumbeat from a corrupt media they have convinced Peter that he is Paul.