Nixon's "The One"...

"The Imperial Presidency", title of a '73 work by Artie S., describes what Arthur considered a Presidency as office run amok. Nixon was at the time considered only the most recent, and perhaps most egregious, example of a trend that dated back to F.D.R. As G.M. sinks beneath the waves, and the bankers cash their relief checks, is this ringing any bells, oh thou children of the Obamasiah? Me, I was foolish enough to think we were finally rid of the 'Great Leader' notion after Reagan faded from the scene; but no, it's back, and this time it's PERSONAL!.

I wonder, are we truly so spiritually bankrupt that we don't give a damn if someone else makes all our choices for us, so long as health care's cheap? Do we long for the Big Brother of George O's nightmare to come and save us from ourselves? The backside of every great civilization's arc of existence consists mainly of the long slide to oblivion on the razor edge of "benevolent" dictatorships. The mob is fed, the elites content themselves with whatever pass times B.B. approves, and the barbarian hordes gather quietly at the borders and wait...