When will Americans get angry with getting screwed daily?

[Cyrano]

I defy anyone to name an issue on which we have not been screwed by our Democratic/Republican corporate owned government.

The Democratic Party has decided to ignore us. They’ve also confused compromise with surrender. And they’ve forgotten the meaning of the word “sane.”

I really need someone to tell me any major changes that have taken place between the Bush and Obama administrations. I can name only one. The rest of the world doesn’t hate us as much since Obama took office.

That aside, is your life any better? Do you really believe we have “public option” health care on the table? Have our troops left Iraq or Afghanistan? Do you think any politician is ready to stand up for principal at the risk of losing the next election?

Yeah, I know all about "blue dog Dems," but there is leverage that can be brought against them to make them, at the very least, act like Democrats.

We are so, so screwed. And if you think we aren’t, let’s hear your argument.

[abq e streeter]

1. Hey! the future is bright with Democrats in charge because... um... uh...

[SoCalNative]

2. Never

as long as all of the wealthiest people have the power and they're not getting screwed.

[DJ13]

3. I agree, were screwed

And I have little doubts both party's know things cant continue this way much longer, that being blatant about ignoring the people isnt viable for the long term, but they dont care.

Our political system is like a riot, where everyone tries to grab as much merchandise as they can before they get caught.

They dont care if the place burns to the ground, as long as the looting is still possible.

[Cyrano]

8. Our politicians really need to update themselves on

Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the French Revolution.

Or perhaps they can read about what the American revolution was all about.

[Skittles]

4. oh we are truly fucked

just seeing the cheerleaders on DU is enough to let me know we are in serious trouble

[ThomCat]

10. They do provide a perverse entertainment though.

Frustrating, but somehow entertaining too.

No matter how bleak and barren the landscape, people can always laugh. :P

[Skittles]

12. I just cannot see it that way, ThomCat

in the same way that repukes used to amuse me - until they sent America off a fucking cliff - we've got to snap people out of their stupor, and FAST

[BeHereNow]

21. "Night of the Living Dead-ish," isn't it?

They're killing us!
YAY!
I mean WHAT THE FUCK?
I think it is Stockholm Syndrome.
People are so used to being held captive they now sympathize with their kidnappers.
BHN

[Skittles]

33. it is indeed some kind of syndrome

and it surely sucks bigtime seeing it on a Democratic board - they are making DU look utterly foolish

[QC]

37. More like The Last Days of Jonestown. n/t

[timeforpeace]

5. In which country of the world of 300+ million population is the situation better?

[Angry Dragon]

9. Is that the solution then??

Get rid of some of the people to get back to a more manageable nation??

[Cyrano]

11. So we should just sit around, take all the crap, and do nothing???

[girl gone mad]

13. Europe has better safety nets and they seem to be pulling out of the recession..

at a faster clip overall.

[ThomCat]

14. If you mean, "in which industrial nation is the situation better?"

Almost all of them. We rank either low or very low compared to our peers in almost all regards.

Infant mortality
Life span
Quality of life
Democracy
Freedom of press
Educational achievement
Class mobility
Etc.

The only thing I know of in which we score #1 in the world is military expenditures. That's it. That is the only thing the US is still good at. Doesn't that just make you so proud? :(

[bikingaz]

31. don't forget the highest deficit in the world

We're number one. We're number one.

[marmar]

6. Once they finally decide the crumbs they're fighting over aren't worth fighting over.....

nt

[AllentownJake]

7. When American Idol and Dancing with the Stars goes off the air

and they can no longer buy lottery tickets in the hopes of joining the wealthy.

[conspirator]

15. When net neutrality ends and the internet becomes corporate only nt

[RagAss]

16. We're actually doing great for a third world nation...cheer up.

[samrock]

17. Reminds me of a old Everly Brorthers song.. hehe

I've been cheated, been mistreated
When will I be loved
I've been made blue, I've been lied to
When will I be loved
I've been turned down, I've been pushed round
When will I be loved

[lostnfound]

18. Never, because we are made passive by wall-to-wall school-ing

Passive to sit quietly and follow an insane amount of rules and tolerate trivialities for the first 12 years of our rational lives.

[Atticus]

19. Honeybee hive collapse was well-handled in a fair and bipartisan manner. nt

[keep_it_real]

20. The nose is around the masses neck and we are on our tip toes.

Won't be long now before we hang.

[lefty369]

22. Seems like both parties are the same. Same BS agendas

I don't see any different from my viewpoint.

[BeHereNow]

24. Welcome to DU, and your observation is correct.

we, the people, are on our own.
Like bark and dirt soup?
That's what we are all expected to survive on from here out.

Both parties are owned by the multi national corporate thugs and don't give a damn about us.

That should be clear to all by now, but it isn't.

BHN

[lefty369]

27. So what should we do about it?

Who is behind the corporations?

[BeHereNow]

36. Learn to like bark soup...

Too many people THINK they know the problem, they don't.
Therefore the ptb continue to rule.

Even here on DU the comprehension of the REAL problem is extremely limited
inour members.
Stick around, you'll soon begin to see what I am talking about.

BHN

[blues90]

30. AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH. NT

[Le Taz Hot]

23. 2004

When the DLC-backed Kerry was FORCED down our throats. When it was found out in January of 2004 that the Kerry, Edwards and Gebhardt campaigns PAID FOR THE ANTI-DEAN ads (the ones comparing Dean to Osama bin Laden). When, as an e-board member, my arm was twisted HARD by the party shills to persuade those in my area to back Kerry instead of Dean. I resigned everything and changed my registration from Democrat to Declined to State. After doing a little checking, I just found out the Greens meet every second Thursday.

[Canuckistanian]

25. Americans DO have a high tolerance for screwage

I'm constantly amazed how one third of the population protests the screwing, another third ENCOURAGES it with bad policies and the last third has no clue what's going on.

OK, it's more like 40/20/40, but you get the drift.

But I'll tell you this - Canadians wouldn't put up with this crap for more than ONE electoral cycle. We may have our problems, but at least we don't have politicians LYING on easily Googleable FACTS and we don't have certifiable morons like Palin, Bachmann, Coburn, or Boehner anywhere NEAR the reins of power.

What's the problem here? Bad education system? Money in every nook and cranny of politics? False impressions of their own situations? Corrupt media? Maybe all of the above?

One thing's for sure. America is rapidly losing it's prestige in the world. Not neceesarily it's military or monetary might. Just the prestige.

And with that goes it's influence. And with that goes it's dominance.

[Moondog]

26. What really pisses me off is that

we not only continue to be screwed, we're still not even getting the common courtesy of a reach-around. Hope, change, meh ....

[spanone]

28. most folks are scrambling to keep their heads above water... i think few pay attention on a regular

basis.

[blues90]

29. Yes we are screwed and in what's left of my life of 61

I don't see people rising up to fight it.

[Forkboy]

32. As long as we have a full belly at night, never.

[bobbolink]

34. As is readily apparent on DU, there is plenty of rage. It's just being directed at each other,

or inward.

Our Rugged Individualism doesn't allow us to band together and express the rage where it truly belongs.

[anonymous171]

35. I hate to say it but you are right. nt

[donheld]

38. Sadly too many American's don't know they're being screwed.

They're either mis-informed or too busy with other crap to pay attention.

[Kievan Rus]

39. Probably never.

People these days are more interested in "reality" TV, balloon boy, idiotic celebrities getting in trouble with the law and acquiring more material possessions than the person next to them than improving their families, their communities, the United States of America, and the planet Earth.

I read "Fast Food Nation" about a year after it first came out and thought it was a great book...not unlike Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." His work a hundred years ago mobilized changes to the meat-packing industry. Schlosser's book was just as big an expose, but no new laws were passed and no social change resulted...because when the average American and the corporate media care more about Paris Hilton or a big shiny balloon racing across the sky than what goes into their bodies on a daily basis, there will be little if any important social change and/or new laws and government benefits that benefit the average citizen.

[waiting for hope]

40. The ones falling lockstep:

Thank you Sir! Can I have another?

[tomp]

41. the answer is blowin' in the wind. nt