Reply #15: Interesting points.

[H2O Man]

You raise important points; thank you for that. While the corporate media is not "free," and is largely dishonest, we have other "free press" options. The internet has made it possible to do on a large scale what the "underground press" could only do on a limited level in generations past.

The republicans in the House and perhaps especially in the Senate are not going to do anything progressive out of the goodness of their hearts. But as Vine DeLoria pointed out in "We Talk, You Listen": "There has never been a system yet that would not gladly sacrifice one of its own for a moment's peace, no matter how brief. If the system is to be changed, then those who would change it should pinpoint its weak spot, its blockage points, and place all the pressure on that one point until the blockage is cleared."