Wounded Bear
Wounded Bear's JournalIn a manner of speaking, they have...
Unfortunately, issues of poverty and need have become bargaining chips, which have been negotiated away to iealogues on the right incapable of real compromise. So, in the name of 'compromise' we get surrender of our social safety net for no gain in societal improvement.
Currently, the Rando/libertarians are winning, and 'moderate' Democrats are not fighting hard enough to slow them down much.
The nation continues to be dragged farther and farther to the right, to the tune of RW pundits decrying how 'socialistic' we've become. It's rather bizarre if you ask me. There's some real cognitive dissonance going on in our public discourse. Much of it stems from the corporatization of the main stream media, who seem oblivious to their own hypocrisy as long as they are making money. I yearn for the day when the news divisions of the corporate media outlets were not revenue producers.
Guess I should let you all know.....
Cataract surgery went well. Not quite as well as the first one, though. This one involved more pain, and they ended up giving me a breath or two of anethesia. Not enough to put me under, but some. Plus they threw in some codeine/tylenol pills afterwards. Apparently I needed a stitch, too, that will have to come out next week.
My left eye is not quite as good as my right eye....yet, at least. But it is definitely a hell of a lot better than it was. 
Kind of strange not needing any glasses other than reading glasses. I've worn them since third grade.
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