Long time no post, I know. (I've decided that one of my Health Month tasks is to write a blog post each week, so hopefully that will change.)
Life's been busy in a low-key way, meaning that most of the busy-ness has been of short duration and of only minor significance. Now, however, it's teetering on the edge of a lot of changes, and I'm feeling quietly anxious about it. (I'd be running around with my arms waving in the air from nervousness, if I wasn't coping through determined denial.)
Two things are clear: D has an upcoming part-time job in Midwestern City (not this one) with unclear long-term prospects. And we will not be staying here past October. Beyond that, little is clear.
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Have the American people outlived their usefulness to the rich minority in the United States? A number of trends suggest that the answer may be yes.
via www.salon.com
Reading the article linked above, it's striking to me the parallels with our political situation. Between the two major parties, they've shut the door to any alternative parties, or at least made it very hard for them to get in.
In the state where I live, for example, any party who wants to be on the ballot has to jump through a bunch of pretty onerous hoops... unless they've been on the ballot for several elections running. So, of course that means the two major parties are automatically on the ballot, while any other party has to spend extra effort and money meeting the entry requirements. Add in the costs of buying visibility, and challenging incumbents, and it gets worse. Then, if the challenger is also running on a platform challenging corporate power... what we end up with is two major parties who have a large inflow of money and many structural advantages facing smaller parties with minimal inflow and many structural disadvantages that require money to overcome. I trust you can do the math there.
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