HEROD lives! At the time of the birth of Jesus, his birth was foretold. The three wise men were compelled to visit the 'Holy Land' as a result of astrological readings. It is an old story revisited on humanity periodically. The bad guys, the status quo gang make sure messiah's are stillborn. Herod attempted to slaughter the newborn messiah to sustain his power.
Watch the media devour candidates for president. 'Veting' is no justification to destroy candidates. Sara Palin not did deserve the high tech lynching she got, ditto Chief Justice Clarence Thomas.
President Obama as candidate Obama was not open to the degree of public scrutiny as were other candidates. Was it because President Obama is black, hell he is only Half-African, the rest of him is white. Did PC drive the less than serious exploration of Obama's past, that is part of it. President Obama is the choice of the status quo gang. One need only view the foreign policy of America. I have this theory that when a man becomes president, he or she is made to watch the movie JFK. The movie is followed up by 11/22/1963 newsreel footage & some autopsy shots. The new president gets the message, mess with the status quo crowd & you take a plane ride to Dallas. The continuation of the Iraq & Afghanistan 'wars' demonstrates that Barack got the message.
The domestic front is almost immaterial, when the dust settles & socialism rules, the same people will be in control. "Things must change in order that they remain the same".
Socialism, marxism, communism do not breed peace & justice. America may have all the technology war toys to make war with but Russia (Soviet Union) & Red China had/have massive armies. Look at dwarf North Korea's massive military machine. Unrestrained capitalism can be 'almost' as bad. What we have in America today is smoke & mirrors. The right provides the mirror, the left smokes them up. The center, Americans are little represented nor are their interest.
It is a terrible self destructive system we have in America. So many competing interest with one common goal, stifle humanity. HEROD lives!