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"The elderly, the disabled and all but the most perfect babies head the list for elimination. The weaker half of us are unfair to the strong because they consume resources and eat food."

Both brands of socialism are just tools for totalitarianism. They come with all kinds of EUphemistic names, but in the end there are only two. Brand A: Marxism, Brand B: Fascism. They are not opposites, they're more like asking "Ford or Chevy?" They look different, but both drive alike and both get you to the same place. Either way, the weak will be eliminated. The rationale for elimination varies, according to each ideology's view of who should hold the resources for "the common good".

Brand A: The weak's consumption of resources is unfair - meaning it cuts into government coffers (the coffers that are tapped by govt. officials.)

Brand B: The weak's consumption of resources is unfair - meaning it cuts into the bottom line of the vested interests who bought the govt. (Less $ in their coffers means less to spend on buying govt. officials.)

The brand your country buys will be the one that sells best there due to the country's history. Most people will sheepishly assume they're free from both Marxism and Fascism if the system in effect isn't called by those names.

How many people known as "neo-cons" - or even conservatives - now once called themselves socialists? That's a good research project. Was it a genuine change of heart, or just marketing?

And that's my rant for tonight.

Meanwhile, while america is killing future generations and current adults, Bono speaks at the Natl. Prayer breakfast begging for more money for Africa.

Are we going to take care of our own at all or just have thousands more Terris and Teds?

Bono has a lot of nerve but then again the politicians think they're kewl for hanging out w/him.