Depression is rampant. None of us is immune.

But remember this ...

These really are the best of times. Slowly, oh so slowly, we have gotten better and better over the years. The government has always, and I mean always, principally served the interests of the ruling elite. Look at those rich white guys who signed the Declaration of Independence. Nary a woman nor a person of color, nor even a white indentured servant in the whole lot. Ours is a government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich (even though our rhetoric says something else).

Slowly, over time, we have improved the Country and brought our reality closer to the rhetoric of our founding documents. We abolished slavery. We established public education. We granted women the right to vote. We reformed labor practices. We actually gave people of color substantial rights in the 1960s. We got Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. As many problems as the Country has right now, in truth, this is the best it has ever been. Hell, we just elected a black President. He may be a corporate toady, like all the rest of them have been, but so what? What did you expect?

Does that mean that silence and acceptance are the answer? No. Of course not. We will continue to do what liberals do. We will keep our eyes open, talk to one another about the problems we see, care for our families and neighbors, vote for the people we think are more likely to share our values, and, occasionally, write letters, march a bit, or otherwise scream our heads off until someone with power listens to us.

And they always do, in the end. Conservatives are wrong on the issues 95% of the time, as history has well proven. So, be proud of what we liberals have accomplished, and just keep doing what we do. What alternative do we have, really?





-Laelth