The left still equates the term Nazi with far right. I see it everywhere I read, and with those I speak with. And as we all know, it is not true. They know it too, except for the useful idiots.

To this day, people believe our own Civil War was about freeing slaves. To solve all that, American history before – 1870, I believe? – is just not going to be taught anymore. I suppose rubbing out where we came from will make it much easier to re-direct where we are going.

I t was thinking in terms of some of Ann Coulter’s statements on the right, when I made that comment. I do feel like people should have the ability to speak their minds, without being tagged as politically incorrect or racist. I understand that political rhetoric gets heated because that’s what gets the votes. We don’t seem to be able to leave it behind when the election is over.

My boyfriend and best friend are Obama supporters. I like to think that I’ve at least been able to show them that there is some thought on the other side of the political spectrum. I may be making some progress with the boyfriend. He’s taped Sarah Palin’s Alaska for me. Guess this means I’ll have to listen to the next Obama speech.

What all this reminds me of is the Civil War, when people had fixed positions and the rhetoric was even more heated. We are headed for something like that, if we can’t find a way to tone it down on both sides.

I don’t mean to single you out for criticism, Teri, but I want to take issue with your “both sides” statement.

First, a little background: We have all been taught that the political spectrum has Communists on the far left, Nazis on the far right, and “democracy” in the middle. I completely reject that, as it is not accurate.

I see the spectrum as having the various flavors of totalitarianism on the far left. These include Communism, Nazism, and Maoism. More moderate forms of government would be Socialism and Fascism, which would be more towards the middle. The far right would be anarchists, who advocate no government at all. I would place America’s Founders, who wanted strictly limited and circumscribed government, towards the right side of the spectrum, but not all the way to the far right.

So here’s where I have a problem with “both sides”: The left will never be satisfied until they have all of us under their complete control. History shows that they are quite capable of “liquidating” anyone who stands in their way.

The right just wants the left to get out of our faces and leave us alone. We don’t want to exterminate leftists; we just think they need to be removed from positions of power over us. They can work as janitors and maids, but not as university professors and directors of government regulatory agencies.

Ain’t had this much FUN since them Hogs ate baby sister !

What all this reminds me of is the Civil War, when people had fixed positions and the rhetoric was even more heated. We are headed for something like that, if we can’t find a way to tone it down on both sides.