Ron, good will is an important component in any conversation. If you were to post with a bit less of a snide and condescending tone dripping from your comments, it would help.

I do not "admit" that we are not powerless, I assert it. My belief that the Republican and Democratic parties are both pretty useless to vote for does not change that one iota.

One of the standard techniques used by people when they argue in an unfair fashion is the setting up of straw men on the following basis: they act as if the person they're arguing with is speaking in absolutes. You've been assuming that about me ever since this conversation began. It is not the case.

I respect your right to be the way you are, and I say that that's okay. You do not seem much inclined to accord me the same courtesy. Your style of talking in a debate is nasty, Ron. It sounds superficially rather polite while it fairly drips with sarcasm and comtemptuous dismissal. You wouldn't like it if you got that coming back the other way.