Editorial

In a rant worthy of Marx, author Philip Devol compared rent to own to "Colonial Exploitation" in a recent interview with the Palladium Item, a local Richmond Indiana newspaper.

Mr. Devol listed Rent to Own among four things that must be addressed "If you want to do something about poverty..." Devol was in Richmond for a Communities In Schools conference.

Liberalism is Socialism by other means
The use of inflammatory language to garner support for issues that most Americans would otherwise ignore is not new. Following is the best definition of neo socialism I can find.

Excerpt from: Neo Socialism
By: Gary Schneider
...To attempt and understand the many varied positions and policies embraced, or otherwise represented by the Left, we must assume that, at some base level, they are founded in a semblance of logic and purpose. Though extremely difficult, the challenge then is to establish what that logic and purpose may be and from where it is derived.

If this is established, an understanding can be developed that begins to decode their seeming day to day defiance of logic, history and common sense … thereby mitigating, albeit just a little, the extreme and frustrating befuddlement most mainstream Americans inherently feel when confronted with the illogical output of a Liberal mind. You see, to the Left, history, fact and logic are secondary to the defense and promotion of its philosophy…A philosophy that is rooted in Socialism. Given the historical irrelevance that has befallen Socialism (or Socialist policy) in all its manifestations, the Left must effectively reverse engineer nearly all forms of reality in order for it to conform … or lend justification to, its core set of beliefs. Socialism (and its younger cousin Liberalism) has in effect become a religion that has been proven false by virtually any objective means, and the followers of this religion must necessarily either be dupes or duplicitous in their allegiance to the faith. It has devolved into being a belief system sustained by emotion not cognition, but one that nevertheless seeks cognitive validation. So the requirement for the illogical to become logical and for fiction to become fact (or fact-fiction) has indeed become a high priority for the keepers and purveyors of this doctrine. Once you accept this, well, then Liberalism makes perfect sense.