The SOTU was vintage MEC. "Invest" in "education" and "infrastructure." Cap and trade come hell or high water, by executive fiat if legislative means prove ineffective. No more al-Qaeda threat, even as north Africa is overrrun with its murderous zealots. More minimum-wage totalitarianism and planned decline. Class warfare. Tepid, fleeting acknowledgment of the new level of threat from North Korea. And, of course, more deficit spending.
As you go through your day today, look at and listen to the people around you. Peruse your Facebook feed. Are you encountering any enthusiasts for the poison he ladled out? Some of them may be social friends, or professional associates. Of course, you have compelling reasons not to regard them as the enemy. But then ask yourself this: Is there any way they can be persuaded by the elegance of reason, or by appeals to the basic nobility of the individual human being? If so, marvelous. Get to work. If not . . .
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