THE STATE OF THE UNION

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist,  political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he  advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective.  He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at  the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Sowell was born  in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high  school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.  He had received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a  master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his  doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Sowell has  served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and  University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for "think tanks" such as  the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. He  is the author of more than 30 books.

By Dr.  Sowell

The  current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of  what President Barack Obama's America looks like. It is an America where  the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule. It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the  lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.

It is an America where  history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an  America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all  promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American civil  society.

It is an America where humans have been degraded to the  level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of  basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil  society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights,  have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have  been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed  liberties.

It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will  come to the American people, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama,  Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal college professors, union bosses and  other loyal liberal/Communist Party members will live in opulent  splendor.

It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have  created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood, unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American foreign entities.

Barack Obama has  brought more destruction upon this country in four years than any other  event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what  he and his comrades are capable of.

The Occupy Wall Street  movement is just another step in their plan for the annihilation of  America.

"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

Thomas  Sowell