It has been an age since I have written here or anywhere about politics. The why? I could say it was because I am busy, but the truth is I have always been too busy, even back when I was writing more than a post a day.

I am actually disheartened. The anti everything movement is so ugly and hateful. And our own progressive movement is fighting so much amongst ourselves that I just feel overwhelmed. Today I woke up to read that tea baggers called John Lewis a nigger today, and that members of congress were spat upon. Is that what we have come to? How can any of this be resolved in any sensible way? What will become of our country if the haters manage to stop us from fixing what is killing us.

I had dinner the other night at a wine event. One of the attendees after getting fairly buzzed started going on about healthcare in the usa/ He said that Health care is a commodity and those who can afford it deserve it and forget about the others. He really believed that. I asked about people who were going bankrupt or losing their homes because of medical expenses and he said that it was just the way it is and not his problem. What can you say to people like that? how can we move forward if we can't agree that stopping suffering is an obligation we owe to our fellow humans? What can we do if that is the frame we are working within?

Anyway, I am still engaged in the battle, and I am going to get back on the horse I hope and start writing again. Hope there are still some readers out there who will stop by. I miss you guys.

I have not given up hope yet, and this is not a good bye cruel world post. BUT I am struggling to see where we go from here? thoughts?