I understand something as well: that there is indeed an enemy that would like to destroy everything worthwhile that the US stands for...  it's only too bad that that enemy lives at the White House and that all his Republican allies have been bought.

The Conservative Threat Level (CTL) is currently Orange/Elevated: Church and State to Merge.

cultural revolution

From SouthCoastToday.com comes news that Department of Homeland Security officials visited an Umass Dartmouth senior, after he requested an inter-library loan of an official copy of Mao's Little Red Book for use in researching a term paper on totalitarianism.  Only the incomparably obtuse will fail to grasp the irony here, blemished though it is with horror.  Coming on the heels of reports that spies are monitorong war protesters, disobedient churches, and untold others, many of whom mistook what they were doing for an exercise of their constitutional rights, one supposes DHS officials have also visited 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. After all, the occupying regime has demonstarted its taste for the totalitarian.

Bloogers who support these Kafkaesque practices label those who disagree "Commies", without any apparent ear for the irony in what they say.  For just such an example of the incomparably obtuse, I offer this from AnkleBitingPundits.com.

It might be best to use that detailed information (for instance) in a communication plan by spreading it over the progressive blogosphere and ultimately (and virally) into more "traditional" media.

Think about what a demographic on gun ownership might look like with a whole bunch of crosstabs on domestic spying. Wayne LaPierre's head would explode when the various implications involved in surveillance of gun owners started hitting "letters to the editor" all over small town and rural America.

Be judicious in sharing all of the results with the media (and the opposition) - use the information wisely. Be sure of the ethical requirements (in opinion research) once you start publicly releasing the results.

Releasing all of the information to everyone gives the opposition the benefit of your expensive research (with no cost to them).  

In 1997:

Isn't it interesting how the opposition operates? They created media buzz (thanks to a very lazy and incompetent media) - and to this day, the meme that the "Contract on America" reflected the views of the voters in 1994 permeates everything. To the point that we have Democrats calling for our own version of that tripe. To my knowledge the republicans never released the information - no independent parties vetted or confirmed their methodology.

Article II, section 2:

"The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;"

Grants him immunity from obeying laws established by Congress and signed by the President and that he may take any action whatsoever that he deems necessary to fulfill his obligation as set out in

Article II, Section 1 (last paragraph):

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Is the gist of this argument?

Polling is largely a science and partly an art of designing and asking questions.

Hire an organization or your self-produced questions will not be viewed with validity by any media.

I support your goal. And I will contribute to the hiring. But let professionals do the professionals job.