So an administration that was muddleheaded, but strong, is followed by an administration that’s muddleheaded, but weak. Hardly what the Doctor recommended.

Given the gravity of our nation’s economic stagnation, our quadi-imperial overreach, our sense of national loss and humiliation, our deepening internal divisions … does our current national predicament remind you of another haunting historical precedent: the Weimar Republic?

That said, much of your post can be summarized by 18th Century philosopher David Hume’s oft quoted comment, “Reason is, and ought to be, the slave of the passions.” How true.

Yeah, but would you support him in a primary? An upcoming primary? I won’t now.

Wonder if they’ve gotta vaccine for THAT mass St. Neoliberal-Swine Vitus Dance of the Mindless?

Believe me it was a lot worse in the past when there was zero access to information and you voted how you were told to vote – there really wasn’t much of a choice. Be thankful you have the ability to form your own opinions and express them without the fear of being marginalized or getting the sh** kicked out of you.

And what is the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow? Well, you get to realize that Republican or Democrat, the President is basically a tool of big business whose only job is to get reelected and funnel money to the right people. And there really isn’t much you can do about it except bitch on the Internet.

Smoke a doob and put on some Steely Dan, you’ll soon feel a lot better about the world.

I’m a big fan of your writing. I won’t go so far as to say you’re doing God’s work but let’s just say he doesn’t disapprove. That said, you seem to be suffering the same kind of ‘group think’ you rightly point out in others. If the Democrats and Republicans are both bought and paid for by big business why should we vote for any of them. Sure there may be a few politicians left from each of these dominant political parties that still ‘tries’ to represent the common man but wouldn’t even these remnants of representative government benefit from a multiple party political system. If politicians didn’t need to worry about running against someone with the support of big business they (theoretically) wouldn’t need to sell their soul to big business themselves.

I’m not entirely sure how we get there but finding a way to rid ourselves of this corrupt two party system should be the goal of every American who gives a damn about this country and its supposed democratic principles.