Asylum for the Criminally Inane

The term Fascism is bandied about carelessly in our thoughtless American political discourse, but it is indeed what we have in this country now. The plutocracy has effectively gamed both parties to prevent any Liberal/ Progressive/Leftist policies from succeeding. Clinton & Obama were both stalking horses for the Corporatist agenda. There are a very few honorable men who still serve the interests of their constituents in both parties... but sincere progressives must recognize that the Democratic Party no longer represents them. Democrats collude with Republicans to advance Corporate interests. Democrats will continue to screw their base in the same way that Republicans screwed their base. We will never get DADT repealed... hey will never get an Anti-Abortion amendment. What we will get, regardless of who controls the White House & Congress is more regressive taxes and fewer regulations which might impede the flow of wealth from bottom to top.

Sincere progressives would do well to make common cause with the Teahadists. Glenn Beck is a cat's paw for Rupert Murdoch, the quintessential Corporate thug. Beck is Howard Beal, ranting & spouting nonsense that sells overpriced gold & adult diapers while driving ratings for his boss. His prescriptions to fix what is wrong with this country are categorically wrong & ridiculous. But he is channeling the fear, frustration & anger of people who rightly recognize something is, in fact, wrong. Most Liberal/Progressives are too busy laughing at these people for wearing tri-corn hats & carrying Gadsden flags to realize that their sincere agita is a resource that could fuel meaningful change.

Liberals justifiably decry their antipodes for being racists... and they are... this is a racist nation... we've been soaking in it for five centuries. If Liberals were a little more honest they would they would acknowledge the bigoted timbers in their own eyes. Then recognize that all previous movements that accomplished anything worthwhile were racist at the outset. Amongst the Abolitionists Methodists didn't like the Baptists & everybody hated the Quakers. The Suffragists, which mutated into the Temperance movement, were classist & nativist. The Labor movements of the early 20th Century were frequently segregated. Colored folks were not welcome at the Chautauquas. The Black Panthers were sexist. Progress doesn't happen all at once. Once everyone is jointly engaged toward some greater purpose, tribal differences will pale. This is the lesson we all should have learned on the decorating committee for Junior Prom.