Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Rodin - The Thinker I was asked recently by a Rational Nation USA regular about President Obama and if he could possibly be compared to Mao, China's tyrannical and brutal communist leader. After a period given to clarifying my thoughts on the subject I decided to respond. My response I hope reflects intellectual clarity and is absence right leaning hyperbole. First I will present the question as advanced followed by my response. The question : Les, sometimes I wonder if what Obama wants by fairness would ultimately become very much like it is in Communist countries. China under Mao may be a good example. I never hear anyone comparing it so I wonder if I am far out in left field. Am I? My response : Obama is a product of the "democratic socialist" movement. I often use the term statist which essentially means a belief that the state through it's elected representatives and senators has the p...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Witness democrat and union civility Bolshevik thuggery. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Thousands participate in a rally to protest a Senate Budget Committee hearing on employee benefits at the State House Annex in Trenton, N.J.,Thursday, June 16, 2011. Labor leaders rallying for collective bargaining rights in New Jersey went on the offensive Thursday with one comparing Gov. Chris Christie to Adolf Hitler and two Democratic legislative leaders to his generals, one day after the three agreed on a deal to sharply restrict state employee bargaining rights and increase health care costs. "Welcome to Nazi Germany," Christopher Shelton, international vice president of the Communication Workers of America's District 1, told the large crowd gathered on the Statehouse lawn. "It's going to take World War III to get rid of Adolf Christie." The rally was planned before Christie, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Shei...