now what

I've been watching the unfolding financial mess / recession / housing collapse / credit contraction / world wide overall depression / Icelandic return to using Cod as currency / etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

If anyone else says it's just a "lack of confidence", my head's going to explode.

A lot of regular, everyday folks have been saying this economy sti8nks since 2000. The cheerleaders seem to have been IDEOLOGUES, folks who just cannot admit things really SUCK.

For the longest time I've been telling folks that the USA works best when pragmatic folks run the country. Every time we get a bunch of Ideologues in charge -- we end up in trouble. Separation of Church and State should also include Ideology.

"Invisible hands", "infallible markets", should be classified as Religious expressions -- and, kept away from PUBLIC POLICY.

I want a working Government back. I want PUBLIC roads, schools, water supply, power companies, health care, prisons, welfare agencies, etc.

End this insane rush to "privatize" ---- IE - make tons of profit for crony's and the dishonest politico's they support.