There's something happening to the Democratic Party...

[raouldukelives]

74. I agree with you when you say "there is nothing any president can do to stop them"

Alone. All of these things came about because of elections and politicians. They can all come apart as well.
Everything involved with the implementation of our security state, especially after 9/11, is the complete will of the Republicans and the global corporations they serve, IMHO.
It is not the will of We the People. I have to keep hoping its not. I have to keep hoping my party can stand up against those things. Can stand against the corporations, not with them. Can stand against climate change. Can stand up against killing for money. Cause that's all we are doing now. Shipping weapons around the world, waging wars, killing people & killing the planet for cash. They have to know this and yet is just accepted as a casualty of doing business. Sure we borrow billion upon billion from China but that is just money. The loans we are taking out on the environment wont care about trade agreements or personal favors. And they will come due, hard.
Talk about leaving a burden on our children. I wonder what the actuarial value of an ecosystem is? It has to be worth more than BP, Chevron or Exxon. Alone? Maybe. Combined? No, apparently not.
Anyway, I'd like my party to address some of those concerns. I think they are liberal concerns. I don't find them far out or wacky. I just think they are hard. They are hard truths that nobody wants to touch.
Soon, everyone will get a feel whether they like it or not.