Things over which you have absolutely no control

[Stinky The Clown]

You have no control over which candidate for any major office is declared the "front runner". And these days the "front runner" always wins. The "front runner" is *always* the candidate anointed by the Mediamotherfuckers. The criteria by which that declaration is made is fungible. Just by way of example, in the last election (NOTE: THIS POST IS NOT ABOUT OBAMA OR CLINTON. THEY ARE MENTIONED HERE SIMPLY AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE POST'S POINT.) Early on they were deemed "front runners" by dint of race, gender, and early fundraising leads. The Powers That Be made their choices and we got what we got.

Similarly, you have no control over the talk of Silly Season (the August before the biennial national elections). This Silly Season, several trial balloons got run up the flag pole (mixed metaphor for purely absurdist comedic reasons). Salutes were counted. Swimming/not swimming in the actual Gulf lost out to Mosquebama. And a good choice it was. The popaganda (intentional spelling, there) catapulters came up with yet another can't lose scenario. If Dems support Obama, they all get painted as people who disrespect the troops in harms way who died for our freedom when the jihadis ..... or whatthefuckckever. If they disagree, as Harry Reid did "so he wouldn't be outdone by that paragon of political acumen, Sharon "Chicken Lady" Angle", the story is the renting asunder of the Democrats. If Democrats say nothing, they're cowards and get goaded into taking a position. As usual in Silly Season, the repubicans play it perfectly, they win if the Dems do and they win if the Dems don't.

Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman? Really? How is that even possible? Linda McMahon? Sharon Angle? Nikki Haley? No, I'm not a mysogynist. But how is it that repubicans get away with this? How does Lady Blah Blah get treated with any fucking deference at all????

Things over which you have no control. These are but a few.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Identify the fear in people

and then build from there.

The republicans have this down pat.
They are the party of exclusion.......

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Excellent to read your rant as I sit here contemplating how soon I can leave this country. Just saw

the results of a 'poll' on the local news station about the 'ground zero mosque' to built in a city none of these hillbillies have ever been in and is 1140 miles away! 91%, yes 91%, of the self-righteous fools said it was just a horrible un-American thing to do.

[Joe Fields]

3. I would happen to agree with your assessment.

Which poses a much more difficult conundrum.

What does that say about our society in general?

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Three little words, actually . . . . . .

1: We

2: Are

3: Fucked

[Joe Fields]

5. I can sum it up in one word.

Sheeple.

[madinmaryland]

6. This is the result of a media owned and controlled by corporations.

Which have in essence turned the government into one of, "buy", and for the corporations. Whatever trickles down from that is what the middle and lower classes get.

:shrug:

[Stinky The Clown]

7. You're correct. It is one of the more obvious symptoms of the disease known as corporatism

Our democracy may well on life support .... if it is even still alive.

[EFerrari]

8. The Vanna White candidates.