What more is there to say Senator Clinton.

The world now knows, beyond any reasonable doubt, who you are.

Hint: Withdraw or you will truly experience what it's like to be a candidate in a Nation that is sick of war-mongering, corporatist-infatuated and subservient, liars.

The last diary I wrote but didn't post was titled "you fools".  So you know (essentially) where I'm coming from.

Rather than post that post, I have decided, after taking a break, I will take a different tack.  You see, what I realize, is that my realizations are not the be-all and end-all of every realization in the whole world.

In reality, I have realized this sort of thing for a long time.  I just didn't know (and still do not) know how to respond to it.

I have in the last several months, damaged my credibility.  I did this by promising that which I did not, and in my heart of hearts, had some intention, at the time, of delivering but no readiness.  Not out of intention, necessarily, but out of fear, and out of caring, or lack thereof, for specific people or groups of people.

In particular, I wish to apologize to teacherken, and to Robyn, and to people within that particular sphere, and to people who may believe that religion is valid.

You see, people irritate me.  And, I telecommute, and while I do not lack a conceit of lacking bravery, I get a little crazy from time to time.  

This world is changed; I feel it in the water drying in Georgia and flooding New Orleans; I feel it in the earth that is warming; I smell it in the smoke of Southern California. Much that once was, is lost FOR NOW — a budget surplus, a better world for our children, and innocence on the causes of global warming. Those who now live, who recall past hopes, wonder if our nation and our world could ever be fully healed again.

We progressives have had our asses handed to us recently.  If you need links to prove this, this diary is not for you. This diary is for the progressives who thought there would be change in 06 when we had control of both houses of Congress.

The Decider disenfranchised me when he took power in 2000 with his obsession with power and ignoring minority views, hence my handle.  Like many here, I really expected big changes in 06 when we took control of Congress.  But a year and a half later, we have had mostly talk from Dem Leaders and it's clear they are responding less and less to Progressives and their progressive/populous ideas.  

We have become disenfranchised again.  What are we going to do about it?