[thecavemaster]

Anybody who seeks to control the free market, whether it is a corporation exploiting monopolies or politicians like Obama seizing ownership of private companies, is not a true capitalist. People need to be protected against unfair trade practices but we also need to be protected from those who would like to place the yoke of socialism on our shoulders.

Let's be clear: Barack Obama did not seize control of GM in the way that a dictator seizes control of private interests. You may not agree with Obama's decision on GM, but to cast him in the same mold with Castro or Stalin or Mao or Lenin as has been done? Come on. How am I supposed to take you seriously? I cannot take seriously those who refuse anything but the broadest generalizations, as if points of differenentiation and distinction don't matter. I may or may not like Obama's GM decision. But, he's not a socialist.