Zeke, you are suffering from "zealot" syndrome, attacking your allies because they are not "pure" enough. I get it. You're impatient (aren't we all), and the country has gone the wrong way for a number of decades, so the frustration level is extremely high. There are urgent issues that need addressing and little evidence they are being addressed, but the overwhelming evidence is that they are more likely to be addressed by Democrats than any other party, period. Most of us play to probabilities because that is how the real world works.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich