What a clusterfuck. [View All]

[Fading Captain]

I'm at a loss.
On the one hand, a group of people I almost always disagree with appear to be on the verge of torching the nation.
Why?
Over a health care "reform" bill that I am 70 percent opposed to.

I am revolted by the opponents. I am shocked and dismayed by their ignorance. Their hate. Their total disdain for the facts. These people -- and there are a lot of them, I work around many of them each day -- are spinning out of control. They're being pushed to the edge of God knows what by the hyperpropagandists on television, radio and the Internet. There are racists. There are war mongers. There are nut jobs.
But mostly, it's a bunch of stupid people who've been programmed to react in a selfish, greedy and grumpy way.
They are truly a scourge.

On the other hand, they are protesting a bill I can't stand. They are protesting a bill that will force every person in the country, so long as they are breathing, to purchase health insurance.

And this fucking hell hole of a bill is brought to you by a party elected by liberals, unions and civil rights activists.

People I agree with and people I respect are supporting this because they believe it is the last hope. I believe supporting something like this signals that I've given up hope. That I've decided that "not good enough" will have to do. That "Yes we can" was just a marketing ruse and that the reality is, the Democratic Party is just another corporate-owned party.

The lesser of evils.

What a truly fucking sad display of a badly deteriorated democratic republic.