Socialism, according to Karl Marx, is the transition between capitalism and communism. To achieve communism, Marx says, there must be continuing revolution in which the fundamental principal is: The end justifies the means.

For more than half a century, capitalism in the United States has taken a beating from the socialist revolution. Despite the best efforts of conservatives since the Roosevelt era, socialists have made great strides toward converting the nation to socialism. Apparently, the majority of Americans either fail to recognize the transition, or welcome it. The enthusiastic support for Barack Obama, especially among young people, is abundant evidence.

Obama has declared that he believes every person has a "right" to health care. The Socialist Party USA believes every person has a "right" to health care.

Obama believes that labor unions should be allowed to organize without a secret ballot. The Socialist Party USA calls for unions to be recognized without a secret ballot. (Hear Obama's words here.)

The Socialist Party USA recognizes the "right" of adequate housing for everyone. Obama trained ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) workers to secure mortgages for unqualified people in sufficient numbers to collapse the housing and home-financing industries.

The Socialist Party USA believes that "capitalism is fundamentally incompatible" with socialism. For years, Obama worked in Chicago through the Annenberg Challenge, along with Bill Ayers, to funnel more than $50 million to anti-capitalist education projects. In November 2006, Ayers traveled to Venezuela to speak at Hugo Chavez's Education Forum where he railed against "the failings of capitalist education," and praised the "Bolivarian Revolution and the profound reforms in education made by Hugo Chavez."

The Socialist Party USA believes in open borders and six-months residency as the only requirement for U.S. citizenship. Obama marched with illegal aliens in Chicago in support of "comprehensive" immigration reform. Listen to Obama's promises to La Raza in 2007.

The Socialist Party USA calls for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Obama says, "I will end this war," with never a reference to "winning" or "victory."

The Socialist Party USA calls for the "unconditional disarmament" by the United States. Obama has promised to dramatically reduce defense spending. Listen to his words here.

The Socialist Party USA calls for a "livable guaranteed annual income." Obama trained ACORN members to conduct "Living Wage" campaigns in cities around the country.

The Socialist Party USA calls for a "steeply graduated" tax policy to redistribute wealth. Obama has promised to increase the tax burden on the rich to redistribute wealth to the poor. He revealed his philosophy when answering a question from Joe the plumber, who complained that he was being taxed for his success. Obama said:

It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody.
This list of comparisons could be quite long. This is sufficient to reveal an unmistakable similarity between Obama's political beliefs and the beliefs of the Socialist Party USA. The tragedy is that Obama's supporters don't care. In fact, many of his supporters are delighted that he promises to usher in a new era of socialism, and push the memory of capitalism further into history.

Socialists, who are in perpetual revolution, who believe that the end justifies the means, have worked through educational institutions, non-government organizations such as ACORN and by electing socialists to public office to silence teaching the virtues of free enterprise, capitalism, private property, individual responsibility and personal achievement. For nearly two generations, students have been fed a steady diet of socialism under a variety of disguises, including Outcome Based Education, No Child Left Behind, School-to-Work and a host of other "feel good" slogans.

Students and young adults no longer know why capitalism is better than socialism. Like Obama, young people really believe that when government redistributes wealth, "it's good for everybody." They do not realize that wealth redistribution is no substitute for wealth creation. They are never taught that the only way to create wealth is for an individual to combine his energy and intellect with resources to produce a product that improves his life, or for which someone else is willing to pay.

Private property, the accumulation of personal prosperity and individual achievement are anathema to socialism. Socialism sees the individual as nothing more than a cog in a government-run machine designed to ensure equity for all.

Capitalism seeks prosperity; socialism seeks equity. Freedom increases as prosperity increases. In a socialist system, there can be neither.

---- see, there you go. credible evidence to suggest Barack Obama is a socialist. But you'll probably just call me a right wing wierdo and keep bowing down to your lord obama.

I would first like to rubbish any claims that Governor Sanford's actions have hurt the GOP's chances in 2010 and 2012. While I condemn his actions, they do not make his skills as governor or a future president any less. This is kind of linked to my previous post in that we cannot let the media hype about this ruin the image of one man who made a mistake but has been a good governor and has done good things for his state.

To move on to the main subject of the day, the 2010 elections are looming already and it is imperative that Republicans pick up seats. Not just to improve the party's stature in American politics, but for the welfare and for the general good of the USA. America cannot stand Obama having basically unopposed power in the US, America cannot stand further swings to the left in that the nation cannot afford his reckless spending and huge expansion of government which goes against what the founding fathers said in that our basic rights come from god, not from government. We cannot stay in this Obama honeymoon, where we look at everything through rose coloured glasses and say "everything will be fine, don't worry" because to be blunt, it won't. The US cannot stand to increase the national debt four fold or to increase the size and power of government. Obama's 'ideals' do not match up the ideals of the founding fathers and the constitution. It is for that reason that a reliable conservative, such as newt Gingrich perhaps, needs to be elected to the presidency in 2012, and many new GOP congressmen and senators need to be elected in 2010 so that we know there are people in government who want to reduce spending, the size of government and to maintain a strong national defence. So my message to you all is to stop being lemmings to the media. Read up on things for yourself, find out what your congressman or senator is doing. The most important thing you can do in 2010 is vote. Vote to reject the far left policies of Obama and Pelosi. Vote and contribute to a party and candidate which stands for everyone, not just the rich or the poor or some particular group. That factor, the fact that Republicans view the US as one people and not alot of groups that can be used to start culture wars and feed the victim mentality in minorities like the Democrats do, that I am a conservative Republican.

Vote Republican in 2010!
Max

Remember when GW Bush took the US, and the UK along with it, into the Iraq War? And when we were asking where is the exit strategy, whats going to happen? Well, thats what we have to do now with the erosion of civil liberties in the US and the unbelievable spending. To all the Obama fanboys, do you know what he is doing? Firstly, he is going to increase the national debt four-fold. Second, he limits CEO pay (curbing capatalism, in effect). Thirdly, he's taken over the car companies. When are people going to get over the Obama honeymoon and start to realise that he is destroying the American foundation of government and swinging the nation to the left in a big, big way. Before you call me a right wing weirdo who likes to rant, I do want Obama to succeed. While I supported McCain in the Election, I had high hopes for Obama because I deemed him to be a good man who wants to do well. But my fears are being realized, that he has no exit strategy to his socialist agenda. Now, I never supported George Bush. He was a neo-con, and not a real conservative and spended big. Compared to Obama, Bush is a fiscal conservative. What I'm really trying to say is that you have to start investigating your Leader and see what he is doing because I almost guarantee that you will not like it because he is rolling back liberties, raising your taxes and expanding government powers. If you want the economy to revive itself, stand up to these democrats who are wasting your hard earned dollars. Only by making them, the politicians, realize that they must fear you and not the other way round. Wake up ladies and gentlemen, and realize that what Senator McCain and Governor Palin said in the campaign about Obama's intention to raise taxes, taking away liberties and using soft power in foreign policy. Wake up, and...have a nice week!

God is love ( Not Obama),
Max