I have been reading a book by Jonah Goldberg called Liberal Fascism. He takes us back to the beginning of the progressive movement. I have several observations about the new Obama administration in view of the history of liberal thought. If you compare the Classical Liberalism (meaning liberty and the formation of the constitution) to Progressive thought, you will notice an incompatibility between the two. Our constitution and our founding fathers envision a small federal government with the purpose to facilitate interstate commerce, protect our borders from invasion, and protect our interests internationally. All the rest of the governmental actions were to be conducted within the states or by individuals. In fact, the tenth amendment states the unless the action is specifically mentioned in the constitution, it resides in the states or individual. Progressives are opposed to individual states or personal rights or actions because they believe that the STATE (not individual states but the federal government) has the divine right to exist and the STATE is to act as a parent to a child. The individual will not know what is right for him and the state must take care. In order to do this, it means that all power must reside in the state. In the early 20Th century, Progressives, Fascists, and Communists all were still very much in vogue. Hitler and Mussolini were of like minds in so far as the all power resides in the state. In this the American Progressives were in total agreement. The Europeans had one advantage in that they didn't have the constitution to deal with. In fact the constitution has been a stumbling block all along for the progressives. The constitution provides power to the individual and the progressive/liberal wants the power focused in the government. Control is the key. March forward to now and the Obama administration. He has moved all the power away from the Cabinet positions which need senate approval to "Czars" which he appoints. Therefore the power becomes focused in the President with not check or balances. We now have over 40 Czars with power focusing more and more on the President.

This is wrong and contrary to the intent of the framers. But the liberals have been trying for the last 100 years to move away from the constitution and concentrate the power to the president. Next we will see neighbor watching neighbor. Oh, wait, we have that now as well.

We need to be careful. Very careful. The country is at stake.