There are a lot more of us than you realize, but in insufficient numbers to matter right now. As long as people are comfortable in their comfort zone, roof overhead, food on the table, etc, there will be very little done in the way of political or social activism. We are voices in the wind and not being heard right now. Most people still believe the people we send to Washington will not let anything really bad happen to us. Boy do I have a lot of bridges to sell them. The truth is our government is an entity that will do whatever it takes to survive. Which is not a bad thing except for the fact that it will sacrifice as many of it's citizens as it takes to accomplish that end.
I wonder how welcome "W" will be back in Texas when his term expires in January. The Bush legacy- 2 very costly, in lives and money, unfinished wars, an econmy in shambles, and he paved the way for the first African American president in history. Although I'm still a Ron Paul guy, I do think Obama has a better chance of cleaning up the mess than McCain. I'm normally a "gridlock is good" person because when gov't is gridlocked, they are too busy pandering to the press and posturing to look good back home to get anything accomplished and the less they do the better off we are. Also, and I hope I'm not stepping on too many toes here, the idea of Palin, a fundamentalist Christian looking forward to the rapture, with her hand so close to the nuclear button does scare me.
Whoever gets in, it will take years to straighten out the mess we are in if it will ever be done at all. It didn't happen overnight and won't be fixed overnight. All Paulson is doing is taking care of his buddies on wall street as parting gifts. Hoard your gold and silver.
............al
