Socialism, Distributism, Etc.

First, there's this bit from Jerry Pournelle on what "distributism" is: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/2008/Q4/view541.html#Distributism

Then there's this bit from the Kansas City Star, which states that calling Obama a "socialist" is code language for "black." http://voices.kansascity.com/node/2493 (Stupid question here, but why should anyone require code for something that is patently obvious?)

Weird world.