Ben Franklin was such a commie

"an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property."

Source: Sixteenth Article to the Pennsylvania Bill of Rights

I wish people would keep ideas such as this in mind when they so often talk about what the "Founding Fathers" would have wanted.

Let's call it what it is: Elite-bias

Let's be forthright and honest here. Liz Cheney is by all measures a nobody without Dick Cheney. She's not an expert in anything, and her opinion should not matter any more than yours or mine on Barack Obama's birth certificate. Why is it then that she is all over TV and the news?

Because the MSM needs to sell product. They need viewers and readers, and despite the fact that this "birthers" movement is a slap in the face to all available (and impartial) evidence and logic, it is continually given coverage by the MSM because it sells. This is how the media works. Clearly these "birthers" should be pushed to the fringe where they belong, but instead they are given a huge platform to speak from. Ridiculous. But then again, as long as the populace is paying attention to nonsense like this, they'll be less likely to call out our leaders as they water down environmental and financial regulation, bailout their corrupt bank buddies, continue to wage imperialist wars, and make sure that health care will eventually bankrupt our country. Liberal-bias my ass. Elite-bias, indeed.

Pushing the "few bad apples" theory

Official: Joint chiefs chairman 'infuriated' about detainee abuse

I am sure McMullen is 'infuriated'. But is his anger directed in the right direction? Probably not.

There is clearly a sustained effort to continue to push the line that detainee abuse was the fault of a "few bad apples", when the evidence clearly suggests that this kind of treatment was given the OK from the highest levels of our government. Placing plame solely on the foot soldiers and implementers (though they should also be held responsible to a certain extent) only serves to let the true criminals slide and ensure that we don't actually fix the underlying problem. That problem? That the elites and power hungry in this country will do whatever they want in order to ensure that things play out to their liking, legal or not. It happened in Iraq. It's happening with health care. It's happening with environmental legislation. These aren't irregularities. This is how our "democracy" works. It's a sham. Our government is not one of the people, and the only change we have of getting to that point is by recognizing that truth. We need to hold our leaders responsible. Torture and detainee abuse is a good start.