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In reply to the discussion: You know, Obama has disappointed a lot of people..... [View all]nolabels
(13,133 posts)having distaste for cliches. Mostly the people who come here are well aware of how things have been dumbed down and how they dissuade the average voter to apathy and a subsequent non-vote. Most of us here are not guilty of wanting to do that but do take offense when someone would want to imply that we were. Perhaps the explanation of why there is such a tilt to keep things like they are seems a little conflated but really it does seem that way to me. I also do get upset when people think just a couple of votes will take care of everything
This is a beside the point for me because i rarely listen to the party line and now I already have it both ways, i vote, contribute to candidates, get out when i can etc. I can now also say after FIFTY years of having a republican representing our congressional district we now instead have Rep. Mark Takano (thank goodness and hope you can imagine the wait) At the same time i get to hear others say you get an either or (in other words i have no choice, it's their way or the highway).
What the main point of my post is that there are no quick fixes. Just because you and all the friends you can find can and do all these things does not really mean you will win in the end. You have to be several steps ahead of their counter measures if you want to mitigate the right leaning establishments plans for things. Some of the things or the way they do them have been going that way for centuries. They have an inherent path for going that way
Also I am sorry for what ever posts or parts of posts seem confused to you
http://www.marktakano.com/