"As corruption becomes routine in Washington in both parties...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

...it trickles down as a corrupting influence in everyone's lives. Democracy is the ultimate casualty ... As democracy ebbs, Americans retreat into private cocoons, feeling helpless to make a difference... In a democracy, civic participation and the belief in one's ability to contribute to the common good is the most important guarantor of public morality. When that belief fades, so too does the vision of the common good itself." - Charles Derber

It's time to make a difference, in any way you're able. Help someone... now, please.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Hard to say if it is trickling down,

or if it started locally, since all politics is, afterall, local.

Perhaps it was a combination of both and the saddest day in America began when campaign organizers at the federal level began to network with local boss hogs.

That's the day when our American dreams became a commodity for someone else to steal.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. 63 views. 2 recs. Maybe "they" are not the problem. n/t

[FSogol]

3. Unrec. More both parties are the same BS.

[hobbit709]

4. When it comes to corporate influence they are quite similar.

[EC]

5. So tell me about all this Democratic corruption

I must have missed it. All I saw was a guy in NJ trying to get cover to run as GOP so he's not even a Democrat really.

[canoeist52]

6. Google Chuck Schumer and Comcast merger.

[EC]

7. And?

Schumer recused himself from it. You do know that that means he has no input?