Reply #128: You've got the right idea --

[Hell Hath No Fury]

Now that is what I call bypassing the System - bravo! My biggest dream is to free myself from the various tenticles that keep me beholden to and complicit with the Corporate Problem, including that of politics. What I need to buy I try to get second hand, I am looking to bartering directly with others for service, and take advantage of freecyling when I can. I am working towards the goal of energy independence. I do financial services with credit unions and local banks. And starting a neighborhood organic food coop is on my plate.

Hedges is 100% correct -- it is the only way to bring genuine change to our lives and, eventually, politics.