Words have meanings

Our politicians are claiming that they are not socialists or communists but you decide...

so·cial·ism  [soh-shuh-liz-uhm]
–noun
1.a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2.procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3.(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

com·mu·nism  [kom-yuh-niz-uhm]
–noun
1.a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
 
Those sound a lot more like what is happening in our country than these:

cap·i·tal·ism   [kap-i-tl-iz-uhm]
–noun
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

re·pub·lic  [ri-puhb-lik] 
–noun
1.a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2.any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3.a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
4.(initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France.Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
5.(initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

Don't let others twist your reality. Educate yourself. Do not let those that are trying to undermine and overthrow our nation define the terms of the debate! A socialist is a socialist not a 'moderate'. A communist is a communist not 'progressive'. If we concede the terms we set ourselves at a disadvantage. Do not give an inch; we are in a war of words, elections and legislation that as a nation we cannot afford to lose. We must retake our country while there is still something to take back!

(All definitions are from www.Dictionary.com)

Before it is too late

I usually spend some time in thought and a little research before I post anything but this time I feel it is better to allow my emotion to speak...
Regardless of your opinion of the content of the healthcare bill think about the repercussions! We just had a single party in our government threaten and bribe its way to the passage of one of the biggest federal power-grabs in history! Where do we draw the line? At what point do we admit that we have left our Constitutional Republic far behind in the dust? Look at history, I am begging here look! Please study the events that led to the rise of some of the worst totalitarian governments in history and then objectively look at where we, the United States, are as a nation on that same path. Be it the unconstitutional regulation of intra-state commerce, the blatantly constitutionally illegal restriction and INFRINGEMENT of our "Creator given" right to bear arms, or the federal control of the education system, we have been headed down this dark and scary road to totalitarianism for some time. All I have is my one small voice amid the billions in the world but I am choosing to use it to hopefully influence a person or two to study the history and see what is happening. Our greatest defense against any of the forms total government control may take, be they Fascism, Nazism, Socialism or Communism, is an educated citizenry! We must deal with this threat now or our children and grandchildren most certainly will feel the boot heel of totalitarianism pressing firmly against the backs of their necks!