The audacity of neo-socialist megalomania

• "ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE" (Drudge Report, Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET).
  
• "OBAMA PLAN: SUPERVISION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL FIRMS" (Reuters, 16 Jun 2009 23:02:06 GMT)

Can you believe this? George Orwell's 1984 unfolding within the first six months of "The Chosen One" in office. Is that Big Brother I hear knocking at your door? Unbelievable. There's nothing original about Obama's agenda. It's the time-worn and repeatedly failed legacy of Stalin's 5 year plans and the more recent trendy-lefty European experiments in womb-to-tomb welfare nanny-governments that were soundly defeated and sent packing in recent European elections.

The only thing Obama has going for him is the apathy of the American middle-class, which may actually give him a chance of achieving, what with the technology and willing media he has at his fingertips, irretrievable damage. As long as the system is delivering the goods at Walmart and the good ol' boys have their beer and pizza and ESPN, who out there really cares? It's all in Plato's Republic.