The caucus system is wrong and fundamentally un-American.  It attacks the foundation of our form of government - the secret ballot.

Whether you were a black in an mostly-white district, a Latino in an mostly-black district, a Clinton supporter in a mostly-Obama district (or vice versa for any of the examples), the caucus system makes you think twice, not on the issues, but on the potential adverse response of your neighbors to your private views.

This is not right.  This is un-American.  The caucus system must be abolished.

Many are up-in-arms that a know-nothing, do-nothing is charming his way through the nation.

The bulk of the voting young (under 35) are the products of the self-seeding, inbred educational system of the 90's, where self-esteem, polite speech, and indoor voices were far more important than self-examination, open debate, and critical thinking.

Social compliance became an absolute requirement. Dissent was viewed as hostility.

Individual achievement in academics was (is) viewed as a pernicious form of elitism, threatening to disrupt the imposed harmony arising from doing just enough to get by. Individual expressions of boredom and brilliance were (are) met with institutional indifference and/or hostility.

In the 90's, the goal was to make kids feel good about themselves and to feel uplifted, and not to suffer with "excessive" assignments in reading mathematics, science, history, languages, and civil and government studies. Math, science, and critical thinking became de facto electives. Impressions and perceptions trumped facts and reality.

I've interviewed many people under 35 for responsible positions.  A staggering portion of then cannot read, write, calculate, comprehend basic scientific principles, articulate our basic form of government and why we do *not* live in a democracy, or show me where Iran is positioned on the globe. Critical thought and analysis was too painful for these candidates, and they surrendered without breaking a sweat. The question was too tough or "unfair"!

The younger they were, the less they grasped the fundamentals.

A large number of them were college graduates. One had a graduate degree. Others walked in with great high school transcripts with sexy elective course titles or decent AP class scores.  Nearly all were clueless about just how profoundly lost they were.

However, they did have great self-images.  I almost envied their self-esteem.

Those with hard science backgrounds fared far better - across the board - than liberal arts or social sciences. To be sure, there are gems from all backgrounds, but there is stark divide between those able to tell fact from fantasy, and pragmatic reality from self-deluded wishful thinking.

So, it's no wonder that Obama has drawn the crowds he has. It may be a payback for the intellectual disingenuity and charlatanism that's been practiced over the past 15 years in the schooling of America.  Many of those early 90's students are now teachers or administrators.

These folks need to have their self-esteem boosted and not be bothered by reality, facts, or experience. Obama fits the bill. His moonbeams makes their eyes sparkle, true?

One last thing.  This is not a slam on "No Child Left Behind."

On a number of blogs, some have observed that the Democratic leadership is trying to force, or bamboozle, Democratic voters into abandoning Clinton and embracing Obama. These Dems believe that the DNC and Party leadership are stealing the show.

I agree, in part.  The leadership is stealing the show; they are rigging the election.

However, it's also clear that the Democratic Party leadership has always been running the show. The Democratic voters are window dressing, and have been for decades.

The concoction of the SuperDelegate is but one demonstration of the Dem Party leadership's fear of the public vote and of their lust to remain in control, no matter what.

After all, these leaders are the people who save us from ourselves, and spend our money, on our behalf, on grand social engineering projects.   So, they must know which candidate is best, true?

Why are the traditionally greedy and self-interested pols in the Democratic Party tripping over themselves to join the Lemming Express, hellbent for Obama.

Simple. To get a better job.

Obama's position on his inexperience is that he will select a great panel of advisors to help him run the country.

Regardless of where they end up, they will benefit by bowing to The Transcendant One, Obama.

It smells like the fix is in for the Dems, doesn't it?  We're about to find out.

The race issue was bound to get out of hand anyway.  It doesn't matter who threw the mud, or who threw it first.

There are two components to the race issue in this election cycle:
     *    Black vs. everyone else
     *    Black vs. brown

Up until now, brown voters have not made a significant impact, as a voting bloc, on the Democratic race.

If Hillary Clinton suffers significant losses in the campaigns ahead, many Democratic voters of all races -- who can't subscribe to the smoke, mirrors, and empty hope of Obama -- will be in search of a candidate who can at least reach out to them and seek to settle their concerns.

It appears that Obama may be a water carrier for slavery reparations proponents, as suggested by public links between Obama and those who demand/expect slavery reparations to be paid.
 
Quite frankly, on top of his health care plan, where will he get the money?

Not only does the amount of reparations concern me, but that whatever it is, it is not likely to be enough. Some also want "millions of acres," too.  Who decides which landowners will cede their land and what the fair market value will be for the Taking?

Perhaps I missed something but I don't know why I should have to pay anyone reparations, considering that my family arrived here long after slavery was repealed.

This reparations matters isn't a bolt from the blue, as much as a carefully orchestrated behind-the-curtains shell game by proponents. 

For example, in 2007, The Hill reported that John Conyers, House Judiciary Chairman, has been biding his time until Obama ascends to the Presidency before introducing his bills to enact reparations legislation.

Patient Conyers hopes to move slavery bill during an Obama administration

After waiting nearly two decades, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) is well positioned to move legislation that could lead the federal government to apologize for slavery and pay reparations. But the Judiciary Committee chairman is willing to wait two more years, when he hopes Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will be in the White House.

TheHill.com, 03/12/07
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/patient-conyers-hopes-to-move-slavery-bill-during-an-obama-administration-2007-03-12.html

Barack Obama: Is America Ready for Reparations?

Is America ready to pay reparations for slavery? What is that you say, "Doesn't Senator Barack Obama oppose reparations for slavery?" Well, no. He doesn't. In fact the reparations crowd in Washington and Chicago is salivating at the prospect Obama might stumble into the White House and put them on track for a reparations gravy train for slavery which took place centuries ago.