WSJ Article - True, but is anyone listening?

This WSJ OpEd gives visions of Atlas Shrugged to anyone who wondered what happened prior to the start of the novel. It is very negative, but also very true.

I despise articles like this though, because only the people who already share the beliefs with the author are likely to read it. Few Obama supporters are going to read why "Europe Should Hope Obama Fails". It is natural tendency we all share - to close our ears and minds as soon as we are on the defensive. It is not healthy or wise, but it is what we tend to do. Unfortunately, this is part of the reason conservatives are struggling to reach people today: the message is always negative, even when people are hurting. Negative attacks work best when times are good - the threat of loss. Positive messages work best when times are bad - See Lincoln, Kennedy, or Churchill. People even do it subconciously. I've always wanted to do a study on the correlation between pop culture and America's current economic and military state... I think one would find that the messages tend to become more and more negative as we experience the good times and positive during the bad. Again, its a theory, and I would love to see data supporting one way or another.

Obama was elected, for good or ill, on his promise of Hope and Change. Positive messages. We could all learn a thing or two from that, no matter our party affiliation.