Glenn Beck is one of the most common sense people on TV these days.  Last night he asked everyone who disagrees with the way our government and country is heading to send a picture of themselves for a project (with the understanding that your picture may be shown on Fox News) to:  wesurroundthem@gmail.com  

Mine was returned because the mailbox is full but I'm going to keep trying.  I think it's to illustrate that there are more of us than them.  

Democrats never met a tax dollar they didn't like. 

They were some of the first "private" companies/organizations to receive funding from state and local governments to do things like build new stadiums.  Yet their employees, i.e. athletes, make millions more than the CEOs in Wall Street.  On top of that, I would bet that the athletes impact upon the economy is less than the CEO.  At least the CEO is trying to keep a business going to employ people.

Where does it stop?

....eastern Europe and the Soviet Union before the wall came down, I can assure the idealists out there that socialism/communism was a complete and utter disaster.

Supposedly free health care, housing and education for all does not come without a cost. Rather than inspiring people to create wealth, it dragged everyone (except the ruling class of course) down to the same miserable level. The economy was propped by artificial means and in the end of course it all collapsed.

The cities were uniformly run down (East German and the Soviet Union being the worst). The people were sullen, the air thick with sadness and hopelessness, the same dazed look on all the people's faces.

The Obamas, Daschles, Kennedys, Pelosis, and Kerrys of the world will never experience that of course since their wealth will be well preserved in their trust funds and the thought that any of them would voluntarily "sacrifice" their wealth for the good of the country is laughable.

But they know what is best for the rest of us, and for now a lot of people think they are right.

Philosophers since Socrates have been urging humanity to admit that we don't know everything.

Socialism is a political system that's built on the opposite. Socialism is the hubris that a small number of clever people (i.e., the government) can comprehensively understand all of the factors involved in complex environments, and that if we all set aside our own judgments and follow theirs, we'll all profit.

Capitalism is a system that acknowledges the effect of imperfect information. We can't possibly know the effects of the interaction of millions of fellow citizens, so let's not pretend that we do. Instead, each individual seeks his own best interest because it's the one thing that individuals do know.

The irony is that by keeping their "knowledge" horizon small, capitalists behave predictably. That predictability means stability. The essence of strategy is that you decide what you do based on what you think others are going to do. Since you can predict what your neighbors are going to do, you can respond accordingly. Socialism, however, expands the horizon beyond control. A socialist thinks that the government knows everything. But because a government is just a collection of individuals, none of them capable of knowing everything, the socialist presumption is false. Socialists, however, respond by trying all sorts of policies and programs based on the latest theory. The result is unpredictability, and no one can create a strategy. No one can predict what the other guy will do, so they stop.

It's hubris when experts who consider themselves capable of knowing everything ... that's why we conservatives are petrified of the gushing accolades for any political figure. Obama's worshippers believe he's so smart that he can fix everything, and Obama himself allows them to portray him that way.

Every Greek tragedy begins this way ...

I haven't followed Mr Beck's radio show... but lots of us here at Newsbusters have been saying for the past 18 months that candidate, nominee, President-elect and then President Obama is an out and out socialist, quasi Marxist.

Mark Levin, in particular, has had this guy nailed on The Mark Levin Show.  He was one of the few who used the S-word -- and used it correctly as a pejorative.

"I am NOT a tax crook!"
Thomas Milhous Daschle

I like the cuttingly humorous Glenn Beck. I can't listen too long to the apoplectic pleading toned Glenn Beck when he talks like it's the day before Armageddon when all is lost. It's not that I disagree with him, it's just that his tone gets hard to listen to. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

I can't believe that giving children healthcare, prohibiting CEO's from fleecing the public, and allowing workers to unionize for fair wages and safe working conditions is akin to socialism. So does that mean bankrupting the economy and starting two wars is the same as capitalism?

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