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In reply to the discussion: I refuse to let cynicism make me bitter.. [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)are worth.
"I will not let a quest for perfection sour my optimism. " Not sure what you mean there. I hope it isn't a shot at the quest to improve our lives. I am not seeking "perfection". Far from it. The 99% have some inalienable rights that are being trampled on. Incremental changes will not be enough. Love it if they were, but we've past that tipping point. No use rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
We need drastic change. Those that don't recognize that must not deal on a daily basis with the poverty all around. Children going hungry as Goldman-Fracking-Sachs drains our resources. How many children are we going to let slide into poverty? How many bridges are we going to let crumble into the rivers? Our Pres is playing patty-cake with the head of Nike. How to increase Nike profits and throw more children into poverty. Do I sound bitter? Children going hungry and not getting adequate health care and Goldman-Sachs and ??? are having martini's laughing at how fracking is destroying our water supplies. Fracking is making huge profits for the oil lobby and Obama is cool with that. (he said it's the bridge to our energy future). He didn't say at the expense of our water supply. Nestle is tickled to death to sell us our water.