The wisdom of factual reporting and analysis sometimes comes through amidst the vast array of written and spoken opinions on our nations broken political system.

Here is some of what Chris Hedges of TruthDig.com has to say. It is worth the read.

“We will all swallow our cup of corporate poison. We can take it from nurse Romney, who will tell us not to whine and play the victim, or we can take it from Obama, who will assure us that this hurts him even more than it hurts us, but one way or another the corporate hemlock will be shoved down our throats. The choice before us is how it will be administered. Corporate power, no matter who is running the ward after January 2013, is poised to carry out U.S. history’s most savage assault against the poor and the working class, not to mention the Earth’s ecosystem. And no one in power, no matter what the bedside manner, has any intention or ability to stop it.”

Mr. Hedges goes on to explain, in detail, about the “cash-drenched charade of a two-party democratic election” in which we find ourselves held captive as a society of Americans.

Let’s think seriously about this and reflect upon it. It is so easy to fall into the trap of just feasting upon what is being fed to us rather than creating our own sensible meal.

It seems to me that what we average Americans need to do, as our responsibility in this democracy, is to become so concerned about just what Mr. Hedges is referring to that we create a mighty ground-swell of public outcry that will put people in political power who will actually work together to recreate the America we are fast losing.

Bob McClellan,

Polson