“A Christmas Carol” - an amazing slice of Irish history, when Charles Dickens visited

Ken, "A Christmas Carol" is relevant, as KatieM says, to the polarity in American and Irish political life today. Ebenezer Scrooge's obsession with money and his pride in being a job-creator who has the right to control the family life of his employee parallel core issues in the recent campaign between Romney and Obama. The voters chose a more equal approach to the economy, just as Scrooge chose, after visits from the Spirits of Christmas past, present, and future, to spread good will and prosperity to everyone he met. This tale is more timely than ever for people severely affected-- some to the point of suicide-- by the global recessions.

Its too bad that we cant bring Dickens back to the USA. A christmas Carol is of course also the story that the republican party needs to heed. For it is they who want more and more money to go to the rich and powerful, as well as they under Bush all but destroyed not just the USA but much of the world economy. Dont expect any change. Money is like and Obsessive compulsive disorder to these types of people. And yes I know there are many dems like the repubs, but in general the dems are concerned with those who suffer, while much of the repubs only care about themselves........... Yes I waS a repub until the crash came. Never again. Too many people committed suicide including about 100 families per a FRB agent I know - those 100 families - the husband in the depths of despaair , believe it or not - actually killed off their whole family and then themselves. And if you remember the SChiavo scene with Bush about protecting the life of abrain dead woman, well he also in 1994 - an election year - REMOVED THE BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.