Yvonne, one would think that keeping all of us safe for eight years after the terrible tragedy of 9/11 might have earned those guys just a wee modicum of gratitude from you. You had your pound of flesh on 4 November. Now you want their blood? Please take your thirst for vengeance elsewhere. This is the United States of America, not a banana republic where a transfer of power sometimes terminates on the scaffold.

Winning has nothing to do with principle, is the problem. It has more to do with simplistic messages, repeated over and over, and slick marketing. Messages like: 95% of the people will get a tax break, I promise! Demonize opposition”greedy” “selfish” “unpatriotic” but in a simple message–like supported Bush 90% or supported “deregulation” (the Congress devises legislation, not Bush? and what deregulation that was negative? the another simple message: everyone will have health care, everyone will have a college education who wants one, everyone will have a house, etc. that is all the sheeple want to hear–simple messages–it does not matter if the statements are too simple to be true, or if promises are empty or impossible–just make the message simple, and we win. That is our problem. Until “principle” becomes important to the majority of Americans, then I think we lose to unprincipled hollywood presentations and special effects, and the willing suspension of reality. Especially among young people, who did not live through the Viet Nam war, 22 percent interest rates in the 1970’s, gas lines, etc.. Our kids have it too easy, that they do not understand how hard it has been traditionally to make a living–there is an entitlement mentality out there, and it is partly our fault. We need to start in the schools, teaching and revering the American dream: self reliance, self determination, entrepreneurship economics, capitalism, at very early ages, to appreciate and celebrate the things that have made our country great. Instead the kids get so much “green” indoctrination, and liberal education where Christian or other beliefs are often not PC and mocked.