Every major event that happens in AS–from the psychological enslavement of a great tycoon by a mother, brother & wife who both hate & envy him, to the disintegration of art & music, to the obliteration of great centers of learning, to the rise of corrupt businessmen, to the destruction of great industries, to the elevation of thugs in politics, to the collapse of a nation–all derives from the ethics of self-immolation, the old morality of suicide: the 2,000 year old Judeo-Christian creed of self-sacrifice.

This is the morality of both the Dems & the Repubs. It is, oh by the way, the same morality of the Islamic killers who took down the WTC. And, OMG!, of the Koran & Islamic jihad theocratic tyranny.

Imagine that.

In terms of solutions, turning to the Repubs is like asking the Fascists for help against the Nazis–or the Maoists for help against the Marxists. As a friend of mine succinctly put it in his blog: “To oppose the Democrats’ calls for sacrifice, they (the Republcans) hold up the image of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. That is not a refutation, it is an exclamation point….”

Neither the Republicans nor the Libertarians are the solution. Christianity is not a repudiation of socialism. And anarchy is nothing but a society’s epitaph.

I quit my full-time job a year and a half ago, and work part time on my terms now. Push me too far and I’m done.

And yes, I can do that. In a two-income family, women are *constantly* evaluating whether working is worth not being with their kids. Working means paying money in daycare, convenience foods, eating out, even house cleaners, and frankly I’d rather just relax and do it all myself. Who wants the stress of a cubicle and daycare??? Not too many people. When I quit, every woman I worked with came to me and quietly told me how jealous they were.

You just make it worth it to them to stay home, and they will. (Or men even — I know quite a few house husbands!)

Or maybe you’re right, and this is some crazed fantasy of the Malkin conservatives who were defending big-spendin’ G-Dubya-B for the last eight years… I guess we won’t know they’re missing until they’re gone. When will that be?