Atticus (2,243 posts)
I'm in a bad place. I've seen how most of you people live. I agree.
I have voted and contributed and marched and protested and canvassed and worked my ass off at times to elect common-sense people-oriented progressives. I have spoken in public, written countless LTE's and guest editorials and argued face to face with people who were threatening me with imminent harm. Hold the phone - you've written LETTERS to EDITORS and you STILL haven't gotten your way??
And, none of it seems to have helped at all, long-term. Which is surprising. Just the other day I was talking to a guy in the grocery store and he said, 'You know, nothing we, any of us, do matters unless and until we make Atticus happy. You know who Atticus is? Of course you do. We all do. We all should. Atticus today. Atticus tomorrow. Atticus forever.
The Ernsts and Cruz's and Gohmerts just keep getting elected by a populace that is apparently more interested in Dancing With the Stars than what abominations their good ol' boy Congressperson has planned for them. Shutting down the government, gerrymandering, voter suppression and government policy for sale to the highest bidder are all apparently OK with "Joe Six Pack". Said the Democrats who are still splooging over an unprecedented power grab by the dumbest asshole to ever stain the Oval Office.
Seared into my memory is the Kentucky woman interviewed on TV before the last election (auction?). She wore a big smile as she gushed about how "wonderful" it was that she now had health insurance through her state's "KYNECT" system. And, when asked who she'd vote for in the Senate race, she---still wearing that big smile---replied: "McConnell---I ALWAYS vote Republican". Yeah, I saw that, too. I love the Bullshit Channel.
I think we are past the political tipping point: I don't think our democracy can be revived by the normal political means. We just can't fight the money and the power assets already seized by voting for new leaders. Hamilton described "the people" as a "great beast" and I think that beast is now so co-opted, coerced and distracted that it cannot pull itself out of the plutocratic quagmire into which it has waded. Oh, shut up, you stupid self-important mother****er.
I think that the PTB um, 0chucklenuts is the "PTB." are afraid that we will revolt, literally. No, he's afraid of honkeys.That there will be blood in the streets and, worse, much property destruction. But, I don't think they need to be concerned. As long as beer and a little weed are kept available and most have access to cable TV, said the liberal on the website where weed is revered and 25% of the posts are about what's wrong with TV and how to fix it the billionaires can do whatever amuses them or further enriches them, including killing our planet.I trust a billionaire more than any of you assfaces.
That's where I'm at. Poor sweet puppy.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025860952Here is what Atticus had to say about 0loser's sellout of liberals, the extension of the war in Afghanistan:
(not a damned thing)
Eat shit and die, Atticus, you phony loser.
