[MattinNJ]

Do you sense a new phenomenon? The immigration bill, Dubai ports, and now the bail out have been crushed due to overwhelming public pressure.

I have a feeling that the vast majority of Americans are pretty conservative and are now able to hear conservative viewpoints because of the internet. The msm is being drowned out and has no choice but to become blatant left wing cheerleaders. While Rush et. al. have large audiences, most people work during the day. Did the net save our Republic?

[LS]

I do sense this. However, the “new media’s” power is so far pretty much limited to NEGATIVE action (i.e., blocking bad stuff) as opposed to initiating good stuff (i.e., we haven’t had a lot of success on drilling). That may be the next step.

[jnsun]

The immigration bill, Dubai ports, and now the bail out have been crushed due to overwhelming public pressure.

Now throw in the Kelo Decision, where government can confiscate individual property to up the property tax, the No Child Left Behind where the federal government, not the local PT(S)A, controls a child's education, the Iraq intervention, a dicey decision but clearly not universally supported, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to massage and cultivate the deadbeats, Pell Grants and Student Loans, which simply spin and complicate an education which would otherwise be cheaply available, and a majority who recognize it all, and we might have a real revolution.

Problem is, that revolution, in the minds of the emotional and ignorant mob, is also what gave us Lenin/Stalin, and the boys.

We shall see.