I hardly know what to suggest, Don, except for each one of you to speak out and make your voice heard as effectively as you can, and lobby your Congressmen, and support independent-minded people like Dennis Kucinich...and lobby Obama too, as best you can.

I'm not surprised you don't hear about Dennis Kucinich much in "the news". That's how the media neutralize someone like Dennis. They just don't report on him, that's all, and they didn't allow him into the later presidential televised debates in 2008. Guess why?

I hear about Dennis Kucinich because I'm on his office's email list, and I keep up to date on what he's saying. To hell with "the news".

I don't have exactly the same problem that's facing Americans, however, because I don't live in the USA. If I did, I'd be thinking very seriously about moving to some other country...but that's just me. I love Canada, because I was born here and it's my home. I would no doubt love the USA had I been born there, and that would place me in a different spot emotionally speaking. I would not wish to leave.

You said of the Oligarchy that "They cooperate when it's to their advantage, but they would just as readily and gleefully cut each other's throats if it were to their advantage to do so. It's the just nature of the beast."

Absolutely. Yes, they engage in ruthless competition within the ruling power structure itself...but ONLY after they have done what secures their collective advantage vis-a-vis controlling the government and deluding the public.

They secure the big nsst for themselves first. Then they jockey against each other for the best spots in it.

Exactly like "organized crime"...but "the news" doesn't report on it. Not surprising, because those guys in the Oligarchy own the mass media outlets that provide "the news".