Been Away from Here. Got Apathetic. Then Got Pissed. Had to come back and vent.

[Armstead]

154. Thank you. I know you missed me.

I wrote a reasonably complete response to your post, but i stupidly press the wrong key and erased it before I could send it.

I haven't time right now to redo it, but in a nutshell....The real problem is that the public needs and has expressed basic support for liberal/progressive answers to the horrendous concentration of wealth and power that has developed. They want help for the poor and the struggling middle class. But the politicians ignore it, continue to support and engage in Crony Capitalism and corruption and into phony debates about the need for "austerity" while continuing to allow the wealthy and powerful to plunder and loot..

1) I know Obama has done some good things, and he is 1,000 percent better than a republican. But after what looked like a good start, he has reverted to his old tricks of starting out negotiations from the position republicans want, throwing us some bones and essentially keeping the same old shit in place and allowing it to get worse.

2)This is much bigger than Obama. He is a symptom. ..I expect that from Republicans. But when too many Democrats continue to engage in a combination of cowardice and/or corruption and cozy up to the same interests...I get disgusted and angry.

And after 40 years of seeing this pattern over and over, and seeing the long-term damage, I am through with making excuses for them and giving them a pass. At some point we need a two-party system, with at least one party actually representing liberalism and progressive populism.