Well you got me there, Jax.  My questions did start with "What if".  But I didn't really think they were too absurd.  It's interesting that you should say that politics has moved left...I was just recently thinking that politics was moving to the right.  It seems like more recently there have been more reactionary right wing ideas than I've seen of radical left wing ideas.  Although, I suppose Obamacare is pretty left for the US.  Maybe the conservative side is just louder.  They certainly seem to speak more about the issues.  Maybe it's just too much Jon Stewart.
@TheDude: any example of it moving right?
Obamacare = way left
Dodd/Frank = left
$800 billion stimulous = left
End of don't ask don't tell = left
Justice department not defending DOMA = left
Justice department not proscuting Black Panther polling intimidation = left
More people applying for SSI disability than finding jobs = left
Government taking over GM, restructuring it to give the majority of it to the unions while leaving shareholder with nothing = left
$7,500 tax credit to buy a Chevy Volt = left
Class warfare in raising taxes on " the rich" in the name of "fairness" = left
There is more, but you get the point.
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