Kagan lamented decline of socialism By Aaron Klein

You guys are going to have to do a search on World Net Daily for this article because it was sent to me via e-mail. Aaron Klein is the author of the Manchurian President and we interviewed his co-author, Brenda J. Elliot on our radio show, the Uncooperative Radio Show last Sunday. So I know this piece was well researched.

From World Net Daily:

NEW YORK – In her undergraduate thesis at Princeton, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, lamented the decline of socialism in the country as “sad” for those who still hope to “change America.” Titled “To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933,” Kagan opined that infighting caused the decline of the early socialist movement. She asked why the “greatness” of socialism was not reemerging as a major political force.
“In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to speak of a golden past than of a golden future, of capitalism’s glories than of socialism’s greatness,” wrote Kagan, Obama’s solicitor general.
“Why, in a society by no means perfect, has a radical party never attained the status of a major political force? Why, in particular, did the socialist movement never become an alternative to the nation’s established parties?” she asked.

There’s more, but I thought that was enough to make your heads explode.
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Craigslist diamond ad leads to deadly home invasion, police say

This story is old, I know, but I wasn’t sure if I should post it because it is truly an awful story, and this poor family is probably going through hell right now. Having said that, it needs to be reported because we live in such a digital world that we have to be very careful what we reveal about ourselves over the airwaves.
From CNN Justice:

Four suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a home invasion that began with an ad on Craigslist, Washington state authorities said Friday.

Three of the suspects were arrested on May 1. A fourth suspect, Clabon Terrel Berniard, 23, turned himself in Thursday, police said. Berniard and the others are accused of killing a man on April 28 in Edgewood, a city outside Tacoma. They are charged with first-degree murder, robbery and assault.

The case began when James Sanders and his wife posted an ad on Craigslist offering a diamond ring for $1,050, said Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist. Sanders arranged to meet prospective buyers of the ring at the family’s home, the prosecutor said.

“Two people show up and act like a couple looking for a ring for the mother-in-law,” Lindquist said. But once they entered the house, he said, the man posing as the husband pulled out a handgun.

I’m just glad they caught the bastards. What is with Craigslist anyway? No one has gotten killed or raped from posting on E-Bay. My husband says that’s because no one gives out their address on E-Bay. But they have to give an address in order to receive the merchandise, right? I don’t know because, I’ve never used the service.
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