This country proves the Santayana quote “ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” When has liberalism or socialism EVER worked. Has the “New Deal”of Roosevelt Ot the “Great Society” of Johnson ever worked? Was Communism successful anywhere? Why did it need coercion to survive. Why do we keep electing socialist demagogues who are always wrong about history and economics? What produced blue state morons? Public Schools, rejection of the God of the Universe, Moral implosions, etc? After the great sacrifices of the “Greatest Generation” we’ve become a dysfunctional nation of whiners and Kim Kardashion wannabees. My only exemption to this bleak surmisal is our Brave soldiers in uniform, who are still trying to create a livable future for their children. Thanks Free Republic for letting me rant. Now I’ve got to get my lever action and go deerhunting!