Alinsky, patron saint of community organizers, including our current president, saw life as a struggle between Haves and Have-Nots. Freedom is found by the Have-Nots taking power away from the Haves.
The theory works well in the classrooms of tenured Marxist professors. In history, not so much. The Have-nots rid France of King Louis XVI. The result: an obtuse monarch was replaced by a bloodthirsty mob. Order was restored by the imperious tyrant, Napolean. In Russia, the Czars were autocratic and out of touch with their subjects. Lenin rallied the Have-nots, then he and Trotsky instituted a reign of terror, which gave way to a tidal wave of terror in the person of Stalin. Life is not a struggle between Haves and Have-Nots. It is an inner struggle between flesh and spirit. Does Christ rule in my heart, or does my own corrupt flesh rule?
Obama is still blaming the out of control federal deficit on Bush, even though he will add as much debt in his first two years as Bush did in eight. Obama ran for president as an advocate for the Have-Nots against the Haves - yet bailouts for the uber-rich continue, while the unemployed are basically told, "be thou warmed and fed." Obama ran as the fill-in-the-blank candidate. "Hope" and "change" - deliberately vague terms. What were you hoping for? Unsophisticated voters inserted every pipe dream they ever held, and looked to their Messiah (he did run with a messianic theme) to fulfill....
Oops. Obama-flesh is no more sanctified than Bush-flesh, although it promises much more.
Let's pray that a Stalinesque figure doesn't step in to pick up the mess.
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