Open Left

Thanks for this

This is an issue I don't follow all that closely, although it goes without saying that I should. It's just that the news has been so depressing for so many years. After Clinton got done giving away what was left of the farm, I asked myself if anyone in this entire God-forsaken country had a clue what we were doing to ourselves, or more accurately, to our children and grandchildren. The answer I came up with was so demoralizing that I just turned off the switch and left the room.

I had only myself to blame, of course when I returned ten years later to find things like creationist geology texts in the Grand Canyon gift shop, fundamentalist academies masquerading as charter schools on every street corner in my town, and public school teachers begging in the streets.

God bless folks like you, who've had the guts to stick it out while I was indulging my inner funk. Your counsel of patience seems reasonable. What do you think of our long-term chances?

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by: William Timberman @ Sun May 03, 2009 at 21:50:56 PM CDT