It used to be that the most important job in the world was to "raise awareness." Everyday we were told how important it was to do it for issues like AIDS, global warming, and indoor plumbing. But just as raising awareness had become fulltime jobs for millions of people bearing clipboards and acne, in some very important arenas the crusade is now being undermined. Destroyed, even.

Look at the issues that will potentially devastate your bank account. There, "raising awareness" no longer matters. It happened first with the stimulus bill.
It was far more important to push that mess through than it was to actually read it. Nationalized health care? Beyond knowing that we need it right now – what else is there? And what of this cap and trade muck? It's way too dry - too bad there aren`t any Cliffs Notes.

The truth is - if you raise awareness about all this stuff, people realize it sucks. Hence, the folks pushing for this crap realize it`s better to cloud awareness until you`re left with nothing but noise masquerading as bumper stickers. To incorrectly paraphrase a famous public service campaign – it`s the "less you know," that really works.

And this is really why the modern progressive needs Obama so badly. With his endless charisma and hypnotic charm, Obama represents their only – and perhaps last – opportunity to sell the un-sellable, and remake the United States to fit their Utopian nightmare. It`s actually a testament to how destructive these ideas are: that even someone as gorgeous as Obama can`t even unload this crap.