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Let me talk about something that has been bothering me for some time. Really, there are two simultaneous trends that combine to create this huge problem. The first began in the 1980 presidential campaign when Ronald Reagan tried to reenergize the fundamentalist Christians to get them back into politics. From that, the Christian Coalition got their start and they went from staying out of politics to dominating local politics like school board elections, city council, and...

Where did this end?In light of another mob scene at a Memphis town hall meeting on Saturday and yet another one planned for President Obama's appearance in New Hampshire on Tuesday, there is a must read post at Down With Tyranny about what has become of political discourse in this country and where history has shown us this could lead. The post is lengthy, but well worth the time. A few excerpts: "This is not...