Tell me Frank, how many times has The Board of Regents lowered our Standards of Education? ...now tell me what the ramifications of this just might be...or the brain-deadening drugs introduced in the 60's...would brilliance be the result? Wake up...we've been throwing our freedoms away for a very long time and the signs have all been right in front of us (too numerous to list here). Gerhard J. Pasek | 11.20.09 @ 4:21PM Citizens for Justice | 11.21.09 @ 10:20AM Frank, Obama was elected because the Rebublicans made such an incredibe mess of this country in the last 8 years and offered no other viable alternatives. Republicans still offer no viable alternatives. Ben's article above is full of inaccurate statements and untruths. It is intended, like most conservative doctrines, to scare people. Americans are really tired of the politics of fear. HA HA HA, blame Bush when you have no facts. Right out of the Democraps playbook. Jimmy Carter started it, and Clinton accelerated it, and the Democratic run Congress made sure it was implemented by forcing it on all the financial institutions and Wallstreet. Go do some homework instead of the worn out 'blame it on Bush' crap. (without specifications) DJ | 7.18.10 @ 11:20PM I agree with JR, all the bank mess started in the Carter administration and fully implemented during Clinton's administration. Bush inherited a mess. Granted he didn't do enough to fix it, but he was not the author--Democrats were. Fed-up | 12.14.09 @ 9:32PM obama