Reply #2: Take a break, but come back

[ladym55]

I know how down you feel. The rabid hatred coming from the right non-stop is enough to exhaust anyone. Obama has disappointed on many levels, but the alternative is so damned scary that we have to keep on keeping on.

I live in Ohio. Since January I have watched transparency be legislated away (slows down business don't ya know),and I've circulated petitions to repeal Senate Bill 5, which stripped all public employees of collective bargaining rights. The same awesome legislators have trashed our voting rights. They are selling off state-owned assets in one big corporate garage sale. Drilling is now permitted in state parks. This disaster was the result of too many Strickland voters "not feeling it" in 2010. And we are all paying dearly.

My son lives in Wisconsin. He received his teaching license one week before Gov. Walker brought the house down. My son will be subbing again this year ... no jobs, no money in public education.

Once you are rested, come back. We need you. Reading and good music help me when I can take the insanity anymore. I took the summer off. My husband bought me MLB TV for my birthday, so I've been happily watching the Red Sox on NESN all summer. :) It is getting me ready to head out to canvass to defeat SB 5 at the polls in November.

Our nation is in a giant mess caused by corporate greed, complicit media, and some of the dumbest people in public office I've ever seen. So, we need time away ... then we need to stand up and say, NO!!! This is MY country, too!!!