Corporate Democrats pretend, ludicrously, that Republican obstructionism is the main problem.

[HughBeaumont]

48. I'll tell you why American Politics sucks . . .

. . . it's because in America, you don't have an OPTION.

Nowhere to GO. Everyone's purchased. No progressive voices. Authoritarian Conservatives own and operate EVERYTHING.

There is nothing we can do, because our next viable option ALSO sucks.

I got people on facebook . . . semi-famous people, mind you . . . that go on the "both parties are the same" thing (and economically, sorry to say, it IS a wash). But then, names like Ron Paul and Gary Johnson pop up . . . or "I'm voting Libertarian"!!

LIBERTARIANS ARE THE SAME FUCKING ONE PERCENTER-FELLATING GARBAGE. THEY'RE REPUBLICANS MINUS TEH JESUS PLUS GUNZ 'N' BONGS. But I'M the one that's called a "Sheeple"?? COME on.

Among the positions they advocate:
Fair Taxation (Neal Boortz idea and a favorite of idle rich conservatives),
Stopping "Class Warfare" ("Leave the rich alooo o o o ne!&quot
Either Free Trade or Border Closure (Which ALL regressive wingnuts lurve),
Vouchers for schools and medicare (SUPER wingnuttery),
Deregulation (Let Big Biznezz run WILD),
Abolishing the IRS (Paulbot stupidity)
Defunding/eliminating social programs (or, as conservaturds put it, "entitlements&quot

Paul and Johnson are also pro-lifers, anti-universal health care and even hate the insurer-friendly "Obamacare".

I think ending the military interventions, ending the TSA/spying on citizens lunacy, pro-marriage equality and ending the drug war (not so much because they're pro-peace, pro-liberty, pro-gay or pro-pot, but more because they're anti-federal-government-getting-involved-in-ANYthing states rights people) are just about the only progressive initiatives on their agenda. Everything else is wingnut crapola, especially their economics.

So that leaves us with a progressive party that literally serves as the Kansas City Royals in a room full of Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers. Who has the voice? Who has the TV rights? Who has the financial backing from corporations?

There isn't any option for the worker. There isn't any option for the senior. There isn't any option for the student. There isn't any option for the un/under-employed.

Until money is out of politics and we get more parties, this system is going to continue to belch out Milton Friedman worshippers. Hell, even Milton Friedman toyed with the idea of Guaranteed Minimum Income.

We don't even get THAT from EITHER party, because any notion of "egalitarianism" or "economic fairness" = Nikita Khruschev. Or something.