Blue Wave? Nah. Don't Bet On It
All demonstrations, and all reason considered, some of the talking heads are predicting a huge Democratic win in 2014. You watch. We will be sorely disappointed. We may make a few gains here and there, but I doubt we're coming anywhere near taking the House or gaining a super-majority in the Senate. A lot of noise, a lot of reason, a lot of heroic effort. This country is NOT ready to move forward in any meaningful way. The GOP will have a very hard time making the argument that will gain them the White House, but their power base in Congress is a lock for the next 14-20 years. They have donors to pay off, and those donors WILL be paid off.
Expect huge rollbacks in women's rights. Continuing transfer of jobs out of the country, slashed wages here, and wealth coagulating to the 1%ers. Deregulation. Christian dominance. Larger outlays to the DoD and the arms industry. AHA will be compromised away into nothing but a gift to profitable "health" corporations.Cutbacks in social programs across the board. Civil rights protections becoming more of a distant memory. Privatization of education, prisons, welfare, transportation, water, hell ALL of our infrastructure. Deepwater Horizon will be a distant memory as we watch the environment get bombarded on a daily basis, and convince ourselves that it's all worth it, and those corporations are doing a good job, and really know more about what they're doing than we do. They have our best interests in mind. It's going to be a nightmare.
Watch this space.
Expect huge rollbacks in women's rights. Continuing transfer of jobs out of the country, slashed wages here, and wealth coagulating to the 1%ers. Deregulation. Christian dominance. Larger outlays to the DoD and the arms industry. AHA will be compromised away into nothing but a gift to profitable "health" corporations.Cutbacks in social programs across the board. Civil rights protections becoming more of a distant memory. Privatization of education, prisons, welfare, transportation, water, hell ALL of our infrastructure. Deepwater Horizon will be a distant memory as we watch the environment get bombarded on a daily basis, and convince ourselves that it's all worth it, and those corporations are doing a good job, and really know more about what they're doing than we do. They have our best interests in mind. It's going to be a nightmare.
Watch this space.
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