Yesterday's Chicago Tribune carries this "letter" from one A. Hart of Forest Park :

On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama; I need the money." I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an "Obama 08" tie. Again I laughed. Just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Barack-Obama-redistribution-of-wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need—the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful. At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment, I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more. I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

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I spoke to another attorney today, while negotiating out a case, and he mentioned to me that Obama's and Socialists' greatest flaw is that Socialism takes away the RIGHT to FAIL. That sounds odd, but its true.

In Socialism, no one has to suffer, no one is denied any benefit given by the benevolence of a liberal politician.

My colleague reminded me of my trial on Monday. He said, if you knew you couldn't lose, would you be studying all weekend long, reading the law, depositions, drafting briefs, etc.?

Of course, I'd rather be watching the Bulldog Gater game, but instead, I know I can fail, so I'm going to be studying like crazy.

Well, when we lose the RIGHT TO FAIL, then we all lose the RIGHT to Succeed. Which means, we all become mediocre. And trust me, most of you liberals that opine away on this board, are . . . well, medicocre. So an Obama President might not raise you up, but it will lower some of us, down to where you are at.

Shared misery, the Obama way. Lowering the highest common denominator to the lowest of the low. Socialism, who needs success.