"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."

It's kind of sad to see how polarizing this all has become, but it seems that the lines are truly being drawn and there may be no turning back.    There seems to be no middle ground and even if there were, you can't compromise with evil.    Ayn Rand said "In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit."   I believe that to be true.   I believe the Bible conveys the same sentiment and I do believe that is a much higher authority than Rand :), although for an atheist, she did get some things quite right.    If you look at how things are being turned on their head, how the things the left accuses us of (violence, lies, selfishness, etc) are actually the things THEY are doing, how the media supports this, how people like Obama are given a pass on everything and people like Sarah Palin are villified.... it is overwhelming at times to think about the obstacles we face in this fight.  The cards are stacked against us.  But still, we fight, because it is the right thing to do.....

"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction [that] you give it." ('John Galt Speech' 1957)