AN IDEOLOGY THAT'S JUST PLAIN UN-AMERICAN.

And we're talking about you, Barack Obama:On Sunday Barack Obama urged graduates ofConnecticut's Wesleyan University to devote themselves to "collectiveservice." This is not an unusual theme for a commencement address. Butit was interesting how long he went on discussing various kinds ofnonprofit activism without ever mentioning the virtues of commerce orof individual achievement.He also did not cite the military as an example ofservice to one's country. This is a surprising omission in a MemorialDay weekend speech to college-age students by a man seeking to beentrusted with the defense of the U.S.Sen. Obama told the students that "our individualsalvation depends on collective salvation." He disparaged students whowant to "take your diploma, walk off this stage, and chase only afterthe big house and the nice suits and all the other things that ourmoney culture says you should buy."The people Mr. Obama is sneering at are the ones whobuilt America - the traders and entrepreneurs and manufacturers whogave us railroads and airplanes, housing and appliances, steam engines,electricity, telephones, computers and Starbucks. Ignored here is thework most Americans do, the work that gives us food, clothing, shelterand increasing comfort. It's an attitude you would expect from aDemocrat.Or this year's Republican nominee ..More:There is a whiff of hypocrisy here. Mr. Obama, whomade $4.2 million last year and lives in a $1.65 million house boughtwith the help of the indicted Tony Rezko - and whose "elegant suits"and "impeccable ties" made him one of Esquire's Best-Dressed Men in theWorld - disdains college students who might want to "chase after thebig house and the nice suits." Mr. McCain, who with his wife earnedmore than $6 million last year and who owns at least seven homes,ridicules Mr. Romney for having built businesses.But hypocrisy is not the biggest issue. The real issueis that Messrs. Obama and McCain are telling us Americans that ournormal lives are not good enough, that pursuing our own happiness is"self-indulgence," that building a business is "chasing after our moneyculture," that working to provide a better life for our families is a"narrow concern."They're wrong. Every human life counts. Your lifecounts. You have a right to live it as you choose, to follow yourbliss. You have a right to seek satisfaction in accomplishment. And ifyou chase after the almighty dollar, you just might find that you areled, as if by an invisible hand, to do things that improve the lives ofothers.John McCain doesn't get away here either. Read the whole thing.Source