Indeed. Why do I care about the crash performance of my car, when I've never been in a crash in 15 years of driving?

I think most "Rednecks" are a lot smarter and better tempered than you give them credit for. Unfortunately, it only takes one loony to commit such an act, but then we shouldn't call him a Redneck. We would call him a "loony," "criminal," or "murderer."

Indeed. I would hope it wouldn't be lost on these generations of black youth that it was predominantly *white* people who voted for him. Every black person in the country could have voted for him and he still wouldn't have won if racism and oppression was as rampant as many people claim.

Racial healing? Reality check? The removal of an excuse? All of those things, I'd hope.

Why is it that we need to either like him and think he's a "MASSIVE step forward," or we're racist and should die in a fire? Because of his skin color we can't have ideological differences?

Sounds like you're the racist to me, friend. I saw past his skin color and disliked him for his politics and policies.

Tell you what? Why don't we create an IRS account for "voluntary taxes," and all you guys with extra money to throw around can send in your checks. Hell, we'll even make it tax deductible! Whether or not you ever write that first check, or less likely, the second, please stop volunteering the rest of us just because because of your misplaced altruism.

You know, the snark has got to stop. It sounds witty, but there's nothing behind it and it still manages to pass for insightful commentary.

The fact is that people go to work to make money. They aren't going to quit or not work in government because they want smaller government. Why? Because they've got to work somewhere, and if there's a gov't position open, someone's going to take it anyway. Refusing to take it on principle only hurts the prospective employee, and does NOTHING to constrain the size of government.

What needs to happen is the strategic elimination of high-level groups and programs. That absolutely cannot be done by Joe the IT Worker or Sally the Secretary, and their decision to take that paycheck while its available is totally reasonable.

It's a meme started by Obama. It means nothing more than that.