Reply #16: This is the time to back up and get a broader look at what's happening [View All]

There's a huge shift that's been happening. We are so much further along now than we were. There are more people able to speak truth these days without being slain by the right winged nut cases. Just remember the way it was shortly after 9/11. No one could speak out against the crooks in office. Very little truth would be allowed out in the media or any other venture. I'll never forget Michael Moore speaking up at the Academy Awards, so excited to finally hear sanity somewhere, and then to hear so many horrible things about him afterwards. I remember him talking about the pain his wife went through from that, about how one day shortly after that night, they had a huge pile in horse manure left in his driveway. Remember the Dixie Chicks. Remember the power of the Bush Administration, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, etc. running around snubbing their noses in the public faces, saying in unison, "We don't care about you. We were elected (selected) to decide" and of course, those decisions financially lined their pockets while bankrupting our country and killing millions of innocent people. I can't forget how miserable and frantic I felt under that craziness.

Little by little, the right wing has been cracking. More Republican politicians are showing a human side and even making sense. Others are being caught with their pants down, almost literally, and finally exposed. More Republican voters have awakened to the reality of their party and have even changed their registration. More media coverage is out there that reports on the sins happening in Washington. It's leaking through, more and more. The powers that be don't have the choke hold on the country nearly as badly as they did only 6-7 years ago. We are making so much progress, but like you are all saying, we're done with it especially since we saw such a huge leap forward last November. We want it over with already.

More than ever, now is the time to remain hopeful, be thankful for the incredible progress we've made. Stop watching the news and the nuts. You know the media tries to make this small group of crazies look like they are bigger and more powerful than they are. If you fall for that, you're empowering this very weakened party. Don't do that. Look at the good, acknowledge the light that's already there, shining so bright, and be thankful that this nightmare is indeed coming to an end (with our help, sooner than later). We're doing great. :grouphug: