How about a little reality check here

[SargeUNN]

I read comments here and hear on progressive radio shows comments that tend to bother me. I think we need to get a little reality check and put things in prospective, so please hope this will help.

The Obama Admin. has been disappointing in some ways, been successful in others even though some might have not been as much as we wanted. We still have much work to do to undo the harm that has been done under Bush the younger, but also the damage done under Reagan, Bush the Elder, and the Gangrich revolution. Corporations have a strong hold on our government thanks to these people and to stop them isn't going to be done in 4 years, and probably not in 8 years. They control so much of the media and money in our nation which means they can get out their propaganda and confuse issues.

The Democrats are our best hope of turning the tide and yes some Democrats are almost as corporate as the Republicans but we still have many Democrats that aren't corporate pawns. We stand a better chance of taking the Democratic Party to the position we want, no chance of doing that with the Republican Party, and a third party is still so far from being able to get power enough they aren't a real choice. Corporations already have tainted 3rd parties and the Republicans are using them to make sure they gain power.

We also need to come to reality on the "FEAR FACTOR". The fear merchants have done well in not only scaring people but also to confuse our reaction to this emotion. I read and hear some so say they refuse to be afraid, and while I understand their statement, I feel they have become a victim of the fear merchants by stimulus generalization. Fear is an emotion that we can't control, but we can react to several ways. Fear helped me survive Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, it also killed many in those storms due to how we reacted to them. You have to realize fear is a basis emotion and you can react to in productively or react in such a way to do more harm, like those infamous Hurricane Parties in Camille. Those people said "We aren't afraid of Camille." They partied for the last time in their lives and perished, but I am sure they feared before they died and cursed their decision. I was scared during both storms but I realized the force I was going to face, and I accepted that after the storm it would be hard and rebuilding tough. I refused to listen to the statements that those storms weren't going to be as bad as we were being told or the other side that said it was impossible to survive.

We need to remember how bad the rule of the Republicans were, realize some progress has been made under the Democrats and Obama, but that the progress can be stopped and things made worse with the Republicans. That is not trying to scare anyone, it is getting the facts and acting on the facts.