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As sickened as I am over the past eight years, there is plenty of blame to be shared from corporate America exporting jobs and driving down the standard of living for millions of workers in this country, to an American public who has cared less about what goes on beyond their own yard, and a certain level of denial that has gone on throughout the entire country.
On a number of levels, even amongst the progressives, the left.
I seem to remember a certain segment of the electorate in 2000 who were willing to elect Bush by voting for Nader because as was said at the time, "it needs to get real bad in order to improve," or some sim. crap. Privaledged Whites with college educations, income, and so forth who failed to look beyond their own self interest. I wd. wager that those who have suffered the most in this country over the past eight years were not those who defeated Gore by voting for Nader.
On a certain level, these folks are as bad if not worse that the R party and the hard right-as single visioned. A collective self interest by this countries population help drive this train wreck. However, contrary to what some might believe and say-this country and people are bigger than the current bunch heading towards their big houses and nice salaries in a few weeks.
However, in your list of "expenses"-many need to be thankful for Sgts and their families at a hundred and seventy a week doing jobs and work most in this country have no understanding. Iraq or not, Sgts and their families need to get paid.
I hope the "Green"/Nader folks are happy with pissing their vote down the toilet and electing Bush. It needs to be remembered the role these folks played in putting Bush into office. I find no humor in this fact but the Nader crew from 2000 can form a single line and kiss my ass.
