I am somewhat brain-dead tonight. This is the perfect time to start a new entry. I am compelled to feed my loyal followers with wit, wisdom and sincerity. Unfortunately, I'm a bit witless, and if you read my last post you know I'm short on wisdom too. But I'm chock full of sincerity. So read on loyal fans, read on.

Four score and seven years ago...
Well actually four score and seven years ago, on October 30, 1922, the Fascists Party marched on Rome and Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. To top off the wonder of "four score and seven years ago," on December 29, 1922, the "Treaty on the Creation of the USSR" was approved and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics became a reality.

Fascism, according to the American Heritage dictionary, is defined as "A philosophy or system of government that is marked by stringent social and economic control, a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator, and often a policy of belligerent nationalism."
Socialism, according to the book "Marx for Beginners" is defined as an "economic, social and political doctrine which expresses the struggle for the equal distribution of wealth by eliminating private property and the exploitative ruling class. In practice, such a distribution of wealth is achieved by social ownership of the means of production, exchange and diffusion."

Do either of these sound suspiciously like a new direction of hope and change...?

I think it fitting to borrow from our 16th president who mourned the loss of Americans at a great battlefield. After all, we now find ourselves again mourning the loss of Americans, and our own country is again becoming the battlefield. Only now it is the president himself working to bring about the destruction of this "Shining City on a Hill" as he seems to ally himself far more closely with those rulers of 1922 than he does the great and honorable Mr. Lincoln.