We Live In A Different Era Now.

There Is No Such Thing As A 'free' Government Benefit. Ask Small-business Owners Who Are Footing Skyrocketing Bills For Bottomless Jobless Benefits.

Out: Reading Is Fundamental. In: Feeling Is Fundamental.

Try Walking The Halls Of Congress. It's Abercrombie & Fitch Meets The Hair Club For Men. Lots Of Really Photogenic Young People Kissing Up To Lots Of Insufferable Blowhards. Separated By One Or Two Generations, Most Of These Players Have Only One Real Thing In Common: They Have Never Been Weaned From The Public Teat. The Closest They've Ever Come To Meeting A Payroll Is When They Come Together To Spend Everyone Else's Payroll Taxes.

In Civilized Societies, If You Are Offended By A Cartoon, You Do Not Burn Flags, Take Up Guns And Raid Buildings, Chant Death To Your Opponents, Or Threaten Suicide Bombings. You Write A Letter To The Editor.

Contrary To The Belief That Obama Is America's Lightworker Who Can Defy Political Gravity, H.r. 1, The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Guarantees More Of The Same Old Borrow-spend-panic-repeat Cycle That Got Us Into Our Current Mess In The First Place.