Hi, Terry
As far as the "coup" is concerned, I doubt that there's much difference in our views. Mostly, I think it's a matter of semantics. There is no doubt (at least in my mind) that "money" took over our government. I just don't happen to think it occurred in a coup-like fashion. It was a process, not an event.
Actually, I don't think it matters. As far as you and I are concerned, the government we are saddled with is a monstrosity, however it came to pass.
On "What to do", all I can suggest is to keep returning to the root cause ... the people who write our laws. They are the people we elected to represent our interests ... and they are the people who enact the laws we abhor.
When we clearly understand that nothing will change until we improve the quality of our leaders, we can try to explain what we've learned to others. Perhaps we can help one or two other people to understand why our wonderful homeland is drowning in a cesspool of corruption ... and what we can do about it.
My suggestion may not be as emotionally gratifying as venting our spleen, but spleen-venting is dangerous. It discourages careful thought.
I'd like to add a comment about President Bush: However much we may dislike the individual and the course of his Presidency, we mustn't lose sight of the fact that he is a product of a system. The major difference between him and his predecessor is where we find the excesses.
Why has the Congress we elected last fall become mute on the war in Iraq? Do you imagine the money that underwrote our abominable invasion of a sovereign nation has not found its way into Democratic coffers?
Political parties are conduits of corruption. Doubt it at your peril.
Fred
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