"Some will cheer the decline of America. But I think we'll miss it when it's gone"

[ancianita]

16. Hardly quick. I'm 68, too. I address six defeatists sounding as if the U.S. is irretrievably wrecked

It's not.

It takes some history reading to come around to how we fight off corruption, but we have done just that.

The theater and the play have been seen for what they are, and even those who were duped are coming around, but we have to let them.

Time changes a lot of people when they continue to get good, useful information. As we've seen with their finally learning what Single Payer is. Rachel's is the most watched show now. That's something, because people crave historical perspective and civics.

I'm not enthused but I'm far from feeling defeat, either. It's worse than even we know, which is why the old heads from the Pizza Connection, Lockerbie Pan Am103 days have dived into this situation. They've had intel all over the world about Russia, and they've got the budgets and expertise to tease out the evidence and make the case.

Governmental reorganization won't be a bad thing, either.

I can't recommend that what helps me is for everyone, but reading more about cybersecurity, Russia, the FBI and history usually does help people. I don't think this is the year for junk TV or fast food fiction.

Another thing. We have to get away from "Admiring The Problem" journalism, not just the he-said/she-said journalism. We have to latch onto solutions being found out there, and people who do work that's for the good of more than just themselves.

2018. If we can't win the House, we won't win the 2020 redistricting. So I do look forward to that win.

Al Franken. I'm calling it. He's going to be the new Bernie Sanders of the Democratic Party.

Republicans are okay with him, Schumer digs him, and we can use some laughs in the service of restructuring.