No! "You Didn't Build That" Alone.

In 2004, President Obama delivered the   Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
In his speech,  President  Obama captured the attention of many previously disenfranchised Americans by including us in his vision for the future of our Nation.In that speech, President Obama also warned us that  those used to wielding power would react:

     "Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of "anything goes." Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America."
It's now the 2012 election season and it sounds like it's also the most polarizing campaign many people can remember in their lifetimes. As the season progresses, an ideological war is being waged. Judging by the non- relentless time and energy that the Obama Campaign detractors have spent in the last two weeks editing the "You Didn't Build That"  speech the President delivered on July 13, 2012 in Roanoke, Virginia. It seems the President touched a nerve. What the President seems to be articulating is the same essential message he delivered in his 2004 speech:
"It is that fundamental belief: I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper that makes this country work. It’s what allows us to pursue our individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. E pluribus unum: Out of many, one."
The speech that the President delivered in Roanoke was a somewhat more elaborate description of how the concept of the Commons works in our society. Thom Hartmann of Air-America  is probably the most sensible voice on talk radio today. Thom has written several books on American democracy, this short clip is a brilliant summary by Thom on the concept of the Commons .