Sir;....How original of you to play the commie card against Mr. Obama. Calling a spade a spade is a little passe'; but calling a democrat a pinko red commie is timeless, and beautiful. But, if I were you I would not bring up that boogie man. I would keep that dirty lie in the box rather than give the people the idea that it might be a good idea because their Champion is one... But just to let you know that I know what crap you preach; I will admit to having read Das Capital, and I found it a fascinating look at the industrial revolution and the age of capital. On top of that I have read a wide range of socialist liturature and propaganda. So, I can tell you clearly and without prejudice that you talk nonsense. No one can be led into socialism, so you need not fear that. The problem for you is no one can prevent socialism among people in need. And need is on the horizon, and pain. The president says the banks will be happy to take our money and need not fear oversight. And if I were talking to the people i would say: Get to know your neighbors. Talk about how you feel about things, and talk about the needs you have that you fear to be without. ...The economy is as shaky as a drunk on the cure. If it falls it will take the government down too. And there is your problem, because no one chooses socialism. Socialism is the last choice of every people and every society. Just like democracy, socialism was forced on societies because they had no wealth or technology. Watch us turn into a poor as dirt third world country in a hurry. How are we going to get by? Are we going to be thrown out of our homes and off our property by bankers on the other side of the globe???The American people will be socialist only so much as is necessary, and only because the rich, in cornering all the wealth and draining the vitality out of the economy and out the government make socialism necessary...Sure it would be better, and cause less strife if people worked for government over industry before being driven to it by dire need. I don't think Mr. Obama has the cool for that. As an attorney you can believe he is trained to see things through the standard conventions. But again, need makes socialists, and not leaders because it is easier to lead people to be wanton spendthrifts tossing their futures and hopes in the toilet after meaningless luxury. Hey; it worked for Rome. Everyone can afford disaster. No one wants to pay the price of survival. But we will find that we will survive together or fall apart...Thanks...Sweeney

Want a good read on the poisons of super socializing a country? Find a used copy of FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE edited by A. Solzhenitsyn. Lots of Russian dissidents (some who had to then disguise their names) cotribute...

Re: vikingmom;....Dear Mom,  in regard to Russia; socialism -my big fat buttt. It is possible to push toward a more socialized country where the expense is shared and the desired ends are reached. That was not Russia...What Russia was more than anything was idealistic. It was the result of an idealism that has plagued humanity since Plato. It is not perfect societies that make people perfect. Perfection is not a quality of people, and they is what they is... What ever they are they should have the government of their needs. Forget about any impossible ideal...  Just make government work... The economy does not work and the government does not work in managing the economy to serve the people... The economy is another ideal of perfection that doesn't work and yet will not be abandoned... We are idealistic to the point of ruin...They were idealistic to the point of ruin.. We do not compare well to them.. We do not compare at all to true socialist societies which hold common resources in common, and allow the greatest democracy, seek always justice for their people, -and consensus for their goals. We are all here today from socialism before it was an ism, because that is how all people once survived, together, -in the same social vessel abreast always of rocky shores. Socialism is the only form of society that has been found completly successful. We live, but not because socialism has died. We all suffer regrets that we have moved beyond it. When those regrets become general we will return to a proven form of social organization....And something else... As much as the wealthy rail against creeping socialism, we have all known  some.  It is the socialism the people accept  that has allowed the extravagant pofits and privilages of the rich. But as much as the rich may cry, the socialism we have is a poor example of  socialism. Now that we are all dispossessed, let us see what a poor existence we must share...  Thanks...Sweeney

I don't care what form our government takes as long as I have my tv, the internet, the shopping channel, the movie channel, take out and home delivery, clean water, good food, electricity, cheap gas, FM radio, cell phones, GPS, garbage pickup, cheap laborers, 24 hr Walmart, a comfortable bed, good plumbing, a big house, one boat, two cars, a happy family, and chocolate, cigarettes, and alcohol. Oh yes, and health and pharmacy benefits, and free education, and updated infrastructure, and child care, and responsible journalists, and low taxes, and a good job, and solid social security, and a government that doesn't start wars, and forests to camp, and parks to play, and safe streets, clean water, and clean air, and my money still has value, and lots of fish in the sea, and travel without fear, and peace on earth. If you will forgive my feeble attempt at being a comedian, I will forgive your feeble attempt at responsible journalism. THERE! I'VE SAID IT.