> How much respect do you think the hard left has for the "American Dream"?

I don't know what the "hard left" is, but I know that teachers, labor unions, and local political leaders are all about jobs and wages.

> The fact that communist flags are regularly flown at leftist protests should be a tremendous national scandal and embarrassment, with our media educating the populace on the horrors of communism.

Look at Boston. Tens of thousands of people marched. There was one guy with some socialist literature, and a couple guys who were anti-GMO food, and then someone trying to sell you a copy of his music CD. But the overwhelming majority stood for free speech, representative democracy, and equal protection under the law.

But let's face it, you can walk into any Starbucks in Boston and find one crazy person there too.