Unsustainability + Ideology = Epic Fail

First up, Mark Steyn rolls-in on our sneering political class's response to our looming economic crisis: 

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/know-295583-medicare-america.html

Next, Sultan Knish, a blogger I discovered thanks to 6 feet 2 in High Heel Shoes, discusses how political ideology can cause societal collapse despite the grandiose schemes and construction projects:

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-we-can-learn-from-soviet-union.html 

This makes me even more worried when I hear the terms "stimulus package," and "shovel-ready projects."