Off To The Big City, Part Deux

So, I'm off to pick up Mrs. coldH2O in the Cities & to the Dylan/Nelson concert tonight. Also, I've been thinking lately of how the polarized nature of our politics is affecting the left, particularly since we realize that we will never change the minds of the ReThugs. So, sometimes we turn on each other when we start talking about how things are going in the country. Part of the problem is the abject powerlessness some of us feel in the face of Wall Street, etc. Maybe powerlessness is too strong a word, maybe it's just that some of us realize the value of protest, of saying no, but that things change in this country when the money wants it to change. Look at all the effort that goes into making the environment a money making venture, whether it be eco-tourism or how much money fly anglers will bring to the local economy. It's not that these endeavors are fruitless or bad, but that they acknowledge the role that monied interests, Wall Street, have on every aspect of American life. & this acknowledgement, it seems to me, flies in the face of all that the left stands for - living wages, compassion, decency, etc. More, maybe, later. What do you think?