A number of new stories stuck me today as being incredible. Taken together, they represent the disturbing extent to which people and society have lost their bearings. You be the judge.

Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism. That absolutely blows my mind, and it's the scariest statistic I've read in a long time. The survey concludes that Democrats, naturally, are far more inclined to favor socialism. I suppose the silver lining is that at least the Democrats are now being honest about it.

The White House is denying that Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Look, no sane person can say that Obama didn't bow, so this denial shows that the Obama Administration is willing lie to the American people. And if they are willing to lie about such a minor incident (thus risking the the often-repeated PR blunder of turning a small incident into a large incident), they surely will be willing to lie when the political stakes are higher.

Oh, and if you don't believe that much of the media is just a mouthpiece for liberal organizations, see this: The curious case of 200 nearly identical MSM headlines.

A Democrat delegation to Fidel Castro ends up praising him. I have nothing to add.

Obama's "science advisor" is considering shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun's rays. Can you imagine how the Bush Administration would have been mocked had it proposed such insanity?