....this was a sleeper of a thread until I read it, and ER you are to be commended for your precise political views, embued with passion. I never knew you had it in you!
That a boy, let it out. By coming forward and spewing your guts, you have in some small way helped to alleviate the ills of the world. For without acknowledging the problems, how ever can there be solutions?

We all may just be pissing in the wind with our comments, but there's a real chance this country is already lost to fascism...state sponsored corporatism, and we all live in it's shadow....hiding from it's uncertain futures.

Greed and power. What will it get us? (Besides next quarters' financial statement.) Politics can be depressing and slightly dangerous, but certain well-expressed views are comforting to those who think we're losing the game. Others are slowly waking up. Like the ripple in the pond.