American history says no, not by a long shot. Even Wormtongue’s constant, tasteless bashing of the “rich” in favor of the “poor” is nothing new. Although I expect when he says rich he really means the upper-middle class which he’d like to tax into oblivion and not the Democrat’s billionaire pal George Soros.
“The clash of rich and poor has been a constant theme of American history since the Revolution, and was integral to the framing of the Constitution. For the Founders, the ‘haves and have-nots’ were the two most important ‘factions’ that in the Constitutional order would check and balance one another so that neither could threaten the freedom of the other…
“Rather than fret over partisan rhetoric, we should focus on restoring the Constitutional vision of limited government so we can slow the growth of the federal Leviathan whose ruinous costs and encroaching power are the real danger.”
From the comments: “What is unique is the near-monopoly which one party has on the traditional news media of the day. That is what is unprecedented in US history—and infinitely more dangerous than any arguments about ideas and principles.”
Two viewpoints you really can’t emphasize too often these days.
Via Instapundit.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Unfortunately government bureaucracy is like a colony of bacteria in a Petri dish. As long as the colony gets enough nutrients it grows. The only way to deal with it is to starve it.
I don’t think 1,000 feet will do it. It might help with the tornados, some, a tad bit, maybe, possibly. But rainfall, and really, storms, are not too much affected by 1,000 foot obstacles. Else, there wouldn’t be so many in Arkansas and Missouri. Oklahoma, at least around Tulsa, is not without some goodly hills, either.
Crap. Put this comment on the wrong post. Belay my last.
No problem, J.D. Might be more of an obstacle to private aircraft than the weather. Stupid idea.
You sound like my beloved (for one term) Ted Cruz, Mr. Goon, who also wants to starve the bastards.