I don’t know what’s going to become of this country if we have to put up with another 4-8 years of Republicans. I used to think that a balance of power between the legislative and executive branch was a good idea. Then I saw what truly unscrupulous people can do when they have the power to pass and sign laws. With no checks and balances, there is little to protect us from whatever they think is a good idea — and in the case of Republicans that usually means a good idea for the privileged.

I’m continually amazed about the things that skilled politicians are able to put across on their constituents and still leave them with the idea that they give a shit. All politicians are liars to one degree or another, and anyone who says they aren’t is a ridiculous caricature of a thinking person regardless of their affiliation. But the NeoCons are in a class by themselves.

They are masterful at triggering the Them Or US response. That’s the whole secret. In a world that is being destroyed by tribalism, they are the 21st Century tribal elders, backed up by the shamans and supported by an ill-educated cadre of people who ought to be able to look at their own sorry lives and know better.

The planet will be better off without us, but I’m afraid all those folks who expect to be extracted through their sunroofs are in for an unpleasant surprise, especially when they find they’ve been sold a bill of goods about the hereafter and all those rewards.

Truly, you can give the ape a big brain, but he’s still an ape.

Those who deviate too far from the norm become Democrats.