I have mixed feelings about your obvious outrage. On one hand, I’m sorry you (and I, and others) have to experience it. On the other hand, this is the kind of outrage that I believe is necessary to motivate the masses to take a more critical look at our government.ÂÂ
“Creeping Socialism” is probably the best term I’ve heard to describe the inch-by-inch slide toward the authoritarianism you describe. It has taken a few generations since the New Deal, but today most people assume the necessary and proper role of government is to meddle in virtually all aspects of our lives. ÂÂ
Particularly disappointing in the case of Kelo v. New London was that this was an action of the Supreme Court, rather than of Congress – of which this type of collectivism is, by now, to be expected as routine.
It was outrage that lead to the American Revolution, and, unfortunately, I see no other way to stop today’s reckless authoritarian socialists than a similar level of outrage. The bad news is that one generation or another of fine Americans are destined, probably in the not too distant future, to experience the cataclysmic upheaval necessary to alter the present course. As sad as it may be, I plan to prepare my children for this eventuality, and I will tell them, in turn, to prepare their own children as well. Sad indeed.  ÂÂ
Thank you for your comments, and please visit again soon.
Joe Specht  ÂÂ