re: Why is the country/this board so polarized?

Hey Ralph...I used to be a Commie in my youth. The "from each...." thing. Ideal and just. Until I observed people for 20 or so years. And then I realized that most of the prosperous folk were hard working and honest.....and many of the *poor* were slackers looking for freebies, for whatever reason.

Yeah...this country is moving Left, and I said as much in my first post in this thread. But it damn sure ain't because that movement was OPENLY and honestly debated, with all the pluses and minuses aired. We got the Morsi 'no Sharia', "you can keep your doctor" version...or your dear leader would have been on the golf course this morning.

Gay marriage! Who gives a crap about who or which body cavity somebody does, when we've got serious life and death challenges here.

And you are spot on re the Right "willing to destroy the country". They aren't scared...they are pissed! They claim God-given rights...and Marxist are going to have to take those rights with force. Or at the least, honest persuasion instead of political lies. Ask Morsi how lying worked out for him.

The economy is shrinking, QE won't be able to prop it up forever; at some point, QE BECOMES the problem, and not the crutch. When that happens...the Military makes the call. Guess what.

Pray for the hope in technological future re the book "Abundance"; then you'll see your 'social justice'. That is if "The Transhumanist Wager' bunch don't triumph. If they do...your 'Proletariat' is ("humanicide") toast...lest they produce.

Real justice and prosperity is based on merit, buddy. Qualified. The rest is delusion and chasin rainbows.