Do you feel like I do that we Americans have lost control over our

[CanIgonow]

lives in our own land? Our politicians are bought and paid for by lobbyists of foreigners,our economy is dominated by corporations who want to export our jobs but use us as cash cows to sell products to us,our children are sent off to foreign wars to get killed to serve the interests of foreign countries, we are spied on by a country and its agents who are financed by our taxes.Both the parties that are supposed to represent us do not give a damn about our opinions and continue to speak in tongues not understandable to us,dividing us by race,religion and nationality while undermining our future and our children's futures.I know of no country in history that has been so generous to others and yet it has become a patsy for any and all who would take advantage of us.

I am in a rage this morning.Please pardon my rant.

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. LOL! GMTA

Feeling the same here! :hug: :grouphug: :hug:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Is there a disconnect?

Sure. Why? Because entering The Beltway is like entering Brigadoon, just without the fog, most times. They need to get out more and more than every four years. More like every two weeks. At gunpoint, if they don't want to leave.

That said, facts are facts: For us "One Fodder Units"(Poppy Bush's phrase, not mine), the dems are light years closer to what we want and need than the repukes have any hope of being, in their present philosophical and ethical configuration. It is the party of the angry sociopath, the 9-year-old who wants his allowance but doesn't want to do his chores, the well-couched bigot, the smug and the self-satisfied twerp. The jerkoff.

The repukes are the party of the unapologetic and un-self-examined jerkoff.

[HootieMcBoob]

7. I'm dumbstruck

Tandalayo_Scheisskopf, that is just the best, most satisfying description of the current republican party that I have ever laid eyes on. It's a thing of beauty. I'm overwhelmed as I sit here this morning drinking my first cup of coffee. I must commend you and ask if I may borrow your description for future use?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Awww, shuckins.

Sure. Have it tatooed on the left cheek of your ass, if you want. Just send me a picture. ;-)

[Sperk]

3. I'm afraid you are right.....we are in a struggle for the soul of

our country.....we have lost control, but have faith, it will turn out being that these horrific times will have serve a purpose for the greater good.

[sweettater]

4. It may be a rant but

you have said it all in one concise paragraph. Thanks for your insight. My father, sister and I were talking about this yesterday. Depressing to be sure. :hug:

[Brian_Expat]

5. It's happened because you and me have allowed it to happen

And we're continuing to support the status quo when we refuse to stand up for what's right because it's "electoral suicide."

In reality, we're afraid of the hard work it takes to change society. So we seek the easy way out, nominate and elect the Bill Clintons and John Kerrys of the world to "save us" and seem shocked when a few years later, things are going back down hill.

[dumpster_baby]

6. We never really HAD control

It is just that in this "information age" more and more of us are finally aware of what is going on.....

I was a republican for years (in the 80s), then I switched to Libertarian/independent in the 90s (voted for Libertarians, voted for perot, buchanan, then Nader).

It was the internet, with its explosion of information that got me informed enough to switch to the Left.

[FloridaPat]

9. Now here's a person I agree with. If you read history, you will

find out the averge person never had control of anything in this country. Theyve given us bones of jobs and homes, but actual control of the course of this nation has always been in the hands of the powerful and rich. Just more people realize it now.

[CanIgonow]

10. I am talking more about being unable to even dream about ordinary things

like getting good schooling or healthcare for our children and grandchildren because we do not know eek to week what would happen to our jobs, our communities or our political life.These were things we used to be able to take for granted and could make commitments on over long periods of time.Now I find it just about impossible.

[soothsayer]

11. Don't forget the national security state that dominates our gov without

our knowledge or control----the huge web of intelligence agencies and the corps and defense industry types who feed them. When you think about how they operate without our knowledge or governance---going merrily along with their own agendas without knowledge of most of our elected reps and sometimes even the president---it's terrifying and frustrating.

[Roy Robertson]

12. A cup of coffee can do wonders, short term...

Then turn off the damned computer, go take a walk, do something strenuous. I'm packing my tent and heading off to Maine for a few days of canoing along the Saco River.

...flowing waters, grant us peace....

Over the longer term, the earth could well be hit by a comet. Wouldn't you feel silly if the last thing that went through your mind was George Bush?

"The gods do not deduct
from man's allotted span,
the hours spent in fishing."