Reply #147: The great depression [View All]

[Scruffy1]

We are not even close to the level of suffering of the great depression. Being the child of depression raised parents I think one story of my late mother's sums it up. She told me that she was the only child in one of her classes whose father had a job. This was in Iowa. My late father often had to take off from school to go hunting so the family could eat. There was no food stamps, public housing,
AFDC or social security. About 40% of inductees were unfit for military service largely because of malnutrition. Being a life long RED I voted for Obama as the best that was available. Yes, I am not happy with his slow pace on some issues but I also know first hand the ignorance of the American voter
and the crappy media. I also know that the US senate has always been the preserver of the status quo and worked hard for Al Franken. If you want change you have to change the senate. Even FDR never got one thing through the senate after 1937. To me the real problem is not the right wing like John Kyl
Coburn, Imfoff etc. but the fact that the voters of more progressive states like Maine keep reelecting assholes like Snow and Collins because they are "moderates". Thats like being a moderate NAZI in my book. Here in Minnesota We have Oberstar, McCollum, and Ellison as progressives-Tim Walz is a sometimes Democrat and Colin Peterson as the Rep from Big Farm and Insurance. So instead of crying and bitching I think we would be better served by going after Senate seats in Iowa-Schmuck Assly has never been challenged-Maine-these a holes hiding behind a moderate cloak are just corporate shills-and maybe in some of the border states like Kentucky.A party headed by a face lifted and rouged Drag Queen can't be that hard to beat in this state. But in order to win you need good progressive candidates. Paul Wellstone did it in Minnesota with no money because he stood up for real values not the Republican light crap. Any more Pauls and Bermies out there?