Therein lies the problem. The Liberals behave like spoiled teenagers who don't really know what's good for them but know what they want. The Conservatives behave like over-indulgent parents and let them have it, just to keep peace in the family, even though they know it's not really good for them. When will they learn?

I'm afraid that Waffler is confusing the word "intellectual" with the word "despot." That problem aside, I thought that it was our new President's plan to put people to work in the infrastructure. Surely someone will be digging holes someplace, and I guarantee you it won't be the intellectuals Be intellectual, be smart, be intelligent, but don't have the hubris to think that it gives you the right to run other people's lives because you think you know more about how to do it than they do. One of the problems with our society is the prevalance of experts in every field, who think they are better at whatever it is they do than anyone else. Thus we see our country and lives being run by politicians. Please, someone...anyone, tell me what qualifies a politician to tell us what's best for us.

I think that, as Waffler so aptly demonstrates, the most dense members of our society prefer to cling to their ignorance, and deny what is right before their eyes if it doesn't agree with their preconceived opinion... and deny it with vulgarity and poor grammer.