A voice of one calling in the desert

Everyone by now is becoming familiar with Michelle Obama's view of life in America...

To recap:

• Our souls are broken in the nation.
• For the first time in her adult life she is proud of her country.
• Every woman she knows is struggling to keep her head above water.
• Her life's gotten progressively worse since she was a little girl.
• Barack will demand that we shed our cynicism, and he will never allow us to go back to our uninvolved lives.
• We live in a country that's just downright mean.
• We're a nation of cynics, sloths and complacents.
• America has declined over her lifetime.
  
  

A modern day prophetess, she is a voice of one calling in the desert -- a desolate land of immense struggle we call America.

An America in which you don't live with the audacity of hope, you just try to muster...

The Audacity of Cope

UPDATE: WELCOME Mark Steyn readers! And thank you, Mr. Steyn. You have been very gracious, indeed! (If you would like a little story of Mr. Steyn’s graciousness, you can go here, keep scrolling!)

UPDATE: Don Surber finds that the Obamas live in John Edwards's America. He points to Jack Kelly who quotes Michelle as saying: “We spend between the two kids, on extracurriculars outside the classroom, we’re spending about $10,000 a year on piano and dance and sports supplements. And summer programs… Do you know what summer camp costs?”

I honestly have no idea how she copes. Only a five-figure budget for her kids' extracurricular activities? It's audacious.

(And thank you Mr. Surber for the link!)