Today is a very important day – a “red” letter day, if you will. It is a day that at least a few folks on my Twitter stream have probably been salivating in anticipation of seeing, particularly @andilinks I suspect. Wait for it….

Really, it’s worth it…

The Obama Administration is showing Marxist tendencies!

Yes, I know there are quite a few out there that are saying things like “took you long enough,” but I’ve been avoiding making any statements comparing the two for one very good reason. History. Prematurely calling these ideas to mind would only encourage paranoia similar to what we saw during the Red Scare, and that would necessarily hamper intelligent analysis and debate about the problems at hand. (It also didn’t help any that I was trying desperately to stay out of my husband’s arena, given his degree in Political Science/Soviet Studies.) So, my days of intentionally leaving tomes like “The Communist Manifesto” and “Mein Kampf” sitting on the shelf collecting dust are officially over, since I won’t be relying on my (failing?) memory about them anymore. (Also will be taking a trip to the in-laws’ house to retrieve my hubby’s textbooks, for good measure. At least they will be rejoicing a little bit at the concept of losing a box or three of “junk” from their home!)

And why have I finally reached this conclusion?

If you’re just jumping with anticipation to thank the one responsible for this change of opinion, by all means take a moment and drop a line to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Be sure to thank her for taking to the road so that she can re-educate Americans on Health Care Reform. (And while Ed Morissey’s coverage of this is wonderful, please do take the time to scroll down and read the comments!)

What seems to be eons ago now, I remember being more than a little bit annoyed with President George W. Bush making the flippant comment that it would be much easier to run things if he were dictator. This Sebelius gaff is far more disturbing. Bush did not have the slightest opportunity to carry out what he suggested, so therefore the statement could not be taken anywhere near as seriously as Sebelius’ contention that Americans are in need of re-education. She most certainly does have the power to carry out precisely what she suggests. The law is on her side – “the Secretary shall…” are three little words, but they grant her the power to re-educate us. (That’s one gem readers can note in the comments I mentioned above.)

And for anyone that spent their entire time in History class napping, “re-educate” is the term of choice for Communist regimes when referring to controlling the masses. Sure, there are progressives out there that might try to brush this away as a slip of the tongue, and they might be right in other circumstances. But we’re talking about a piece of legislation that arguably squashes more rights of the people than any other in the history of this nation. (Doesn’t help at all that it creates a system that is as close as we’ve ever been to socialized medicine.)

So, for the record, while I’m not foolish enough to suggest that the masses are well-versed on what the Health Care Reform Act actually is, or what it will do – it’s not foolish to suggest that there are very few people out there that truly understand it all – I am smart enough to realize that the current course of this Administration is headed straight into the territory created by Karl Marx. “We the People” do not need to be “re-educated”. This administration does.