7.27.09 @ 4:50AM I have not seen so much drivel published as you have done so. As a Foreigner(an ally ,I might add) looking at the US for more years than I can remember the comments of the ultra far right are as expected. The US style of unbridled capitalism has damaged the country as a World Leader,espousing total greed as an almost(?) religion. The Country needed a change for obvious reasons. The rantings of your correspondants should not sway the Administration to continue it's rightful mission to run the country. Stein makes some valid points in the broader context of the standard neo-conservative agenda. That is to say, he does not have America's best interests at heart, as is evidenced by his referencing 'terrorists' and Iran's nuclear program. We only have a terrorism because of our support of Israel and Iran's nuclear program is no more problematic for America than India's, Pakistan's or Israel's -- for that matter. Stein's legitimate criticisms of Obama belie an agenda where ethnic loyalties trump all else. That's the heart of neo-conservatism: pursuing Jewish interests from the right. tc | 7.27.09 @ 5:32AM Ben: good column. Freedom and Liberty, as they have always been, are worth fighting for. Our cage is now duly rattled and the big dogs are up now. This half-student, half-lawyer, half-American, half-professor and leader in name only is in for a rude awakening. He is increasingly marginalized and it's showing. No longer will a speech carry the day but I