Right wing jackass misses the point.

I admit this is not a real compelling headline, but Cal Thomas's article about Obama's vision for a prostrate U.S. government in the face of a one world government is patently absurd.

I've read the Audacity of hope, quite recently in fact, and what Barack refers to in the passage Thomas quotes is about working with foreign governments on a more equal basis. We can't expect other countries to disarm if we don't take leadership. And we can't expect trust from foreign governments if we act with an air of American exceptionalism--an idea who's time has long past.

I've also read Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman as well as The Great Experiment by Strobe Talbott (former deputy secretary of state under Clinton). They talk about the impossibility of American exceptionalism in an age where you can get around the globe in less than two days or work virtually in and from nearly any place on earth. This means that the traditional rule of law based on borders is simply not sufficient to tackle the legal, moral and economic issues that we face as human beings. And if we continue to follow the shortsighted, blindly nationalistic rhetoric of idiots like Cal Thomas, then we are bound for marginalization. The world is getting smaller, and we need to learn to play a little nicer. I don't think this comes as a shock to many--except Cal Thomas.

I say poo poo to Cal Thomas! He gets a big politica-ca stick in the eye!