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Statism: Pope Francis seemed to have an economic blind spot, to say the least, when he urged more "state control" to cut global poverty Thursday. On the contrary — the biggest poverty-killer in history is free enterprise.Before we go further, let us say that we know that the pope does seem to have the best intentions and his devotion to the poor is indisputable. But it appears he has been infected by the local economic pathologies of his homeland, Argentina, and its liberation theology among the Jesuits, at least when he warned ambassadors about "the tyranny of money" and called...

Out of touch isn’t nearly enough to describe today’s American President. He’s gone all socialist agenda on us and his actions are proving Glenn Beck’s theory right, Obama and company are radically transforming America. In a socialist society, the government collects resources from individuals, owners and corporations by levying taxes, fines, mandates, penalties, and restrictions, so that it can distribute resources such as welfare, unemployment, food, medical, education, government, housing and energy to its citizens, all in the name of equality of services. (While the US provides similar entitlement programs already, socialism would extend services on a much broader scale.)...

Already we are seeing the Socialist, Marxist cogs in the change wheel manipulating away our freedoms and money. Congress and this President have wasted no time from the executive orders to the manipulative speeches and attachments on the ‘stimulus’ bill that insult and betray the American people. Don’t you love the endless speeches and statements by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Obama regarding the URGENT need to pass the stimulus bill or our country will go down in heaping flames? Naturally, we all understand the EXTREME emergency choices added to the bill such as $650 million for digital TV coupons;...