The people are angry. Well, what’s new? The people are always angry. About what and at whom, and is it likely that your house will get burned down by rioters — those are the operative questions. I suppose we could add: Is the anger warranted?

Elitist indie music anti-capitalists are a special breed. Alongside the typical feel-good slogans about greed and sellouts jostles a transparent need to be on the inside, bleeding edge, in the know. Anything mainstream is stupid, vapid, polished, sellout. In the corporate world, there is no better figurehead for dumb ol’ chawbacon America than Wal-Mart.

Sky News in Merry England tells us today of another tale of teleprompter dependency on the part of President Obama.

In a time of extreme financial turbulence and pessimism, American businesses need incentives to launch, develop, produce, and hire. Regulations add layers of time, effort, and costs to any business, but especially to those struggling to launch. Many entrepreneurs will give up when they see what faces them; others will be forced out of business due to non-compliance; still more will go bankrupt or be forced to drastically compromise their working conditions due to compliance costs and changes.

Glenn Beck asks him about why socialism is bad. Predictably, McCain’s against it, but for all the wrong reasons. The reasons he gives are incidental and all too common among so-called conservatives and libertarians, among others opposed to socialism, in America.