Thanks Carol and Ebbie, nice thoughtful posts.

Don't you think that things have just gone too far for anyone using the current political sytem to change...if they really wanted to change anything?

As I said above, we are about to see lots of unemployment and deprivation associated with the financial collapse.
Subsequent civil unrest could bring out the military and lay the foundations for Fascism.
When this happens, what side will your interchangable political parties line up on? Its my guess ,that it won't be on the side of the deprived. Black white green or orange they will fight for what they have always fought for....Corporate America!!

People power is the only hope. Get out on the streets "Stop the machine from functioning at all"(Mario Savio)