What a week! As someone born and raised in Massachusetts, I never thought I’d live to see the day when a Republican would take the seat of the late Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Senator Kennedy – truly a legend in Massachusetts and a progressive nationwide – held his seat for 47 years. For my political appetite, he was a tireless advocate for the poor, the disenfranchised, and those without a voice.
In the same week with a 5-4 decision, our quite political Supreme Court voted to allow corporations to spend unlimited sums of money for or against candidates. We truly now have government for sale – and we just lost in the bidding. This is an excellent op-ed vid by Keith Olbermann on the recent Supreme Court decision
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In just one year, we went from Obama’s with “change we can believe” to “we can’t believe the change we got.”
Is it time to move to another country?
